Tag Archives: the tallow-wife and other tales
Bearskin

Photo by Jules Cox
Working on one of the last Tallow-Wife stories, this one is “Bearskin”:
He listens closely in case Uther is sneaking up behind to scare him so he pees his pants again. Torben would
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The Tallow-Wife: A new tale
Thanks, Degas
I’m working on a new Tallow-Wife story, this one is called “The Nightingale and the Rose: A Call and Response“.
The girl’s voice is divine; it rises higher and higher as if trying to reach the heavens,
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New words for the Tallow-Wife collection
Rossetti’s Jane Morris looks about right
Now that I’ve sent the last story for our collection back to Lisa, I can return to The Tallow-Wife stories.
I have one scene left to
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New words
Today was supposed to be editing day, but new words are pushing their way out.
I know better than to fight.
“There are bones buried beneath, he can feel it; unhappy, exhausted bones, used long beyond their intended years. But not
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The Tallow-Wife
Godfried Schalcken
And so, after much planning and plotting, note-taking and scribbling on things, The Tallow-Wife and Other Tales has begun.
Here is the first draft of the opening page:
The Tallow-Wifeby Angela Slatter
Cordelia does not think about
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