Everyday fantasy for busy people.
Welcome to Plotted Out!
I write short stories and serial adventures, interspersed with notes about my life in Cornwall with its myths, magic and monsters.
Wednesdays are for my newsletter. You get a short, sharp piece with recommendations, news and short stories. I enjoy hearing from you too, so drop those comments.
Saturdays are for reading. A quick, sweet story you can enjoy in the car or on the run. Watch out for dragons, djinn and foul-mouthed dwarves.
If you are a fiction writer, sign up for the Novel Trenches. They don’t have a fixed pattern. I am stumbling around with a 90,000-word manuscript and a shocked expression, like a first-time mother. There won’t be any advice, but you get to laugh at my mistakes.
Approximately once a month, I interview an author and review their work. You get to hear about their projects in their own words and decide if you want to read their stories.
Have fun and leave a comment.
I’m Nat, not an AI chatbot.
I like the Hindu theory that we are just a crazy dream in a god’s consciousness. However, until that god wakes up, I will share magic, mystery and danger with you via Substack. I’ve been reading, writing and playing with stories for three decades and even met my husband on a role-play battlefield. These days I work in a house guarded by stone dragons and ruled by cats.
Don’t be shy
Exchange ideas, send me your watchlist or reading recommendations and tell me your views on world around us. I’m counting on you.