My 2020 Blogging from A to Z Challenge revisits my best posts from the 2014 to 2019 Challenges.
F for Feeniks (2014)
My fascination with The Firebird and The Phoenix goes back decades, well before Feeniks the bird character and this post emerged. I must have a penchant for avian ‘totems/spirit guides’ since there are at least two more in other writings.
As I write this intro, I’m listening to the 1910 version of Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird suite, which I first encountered in its ballet form during my teens.
You can listen to the same powerful music too:
All the research nuggets unearthed while I was creating the game-world for my novel ‘Wyrm Bait’, evolved into my post-apocalyptic saga Gossamer Flames. And the research is ongoing.
Especially doing research into the Slavic Folklore surrounding the Firebird for my short ‘Feathered Fire’. My story appears in the IWSG anthology Voyagers: The Third Ghost. which is released on May 5th 2020. Read more about Zharptica here: https://iwsganthologies.blogspot.com/2020/02/in-spotlight-roland-clarke-author-of.html
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Writing Wings 
Phoenix have always fascinated me. And continue to do so.
For some reason (and Freud) might have a field day, the corner of my cluttered mind that holds them is also home to gargoyles.
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Gargoyles, interesting EC. Water and fire? There must be a connection.
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I had known of Phoenix’s for a long time but I saw my first ever in Harry Potter. Dumbledore’s Fawkes!
Happy Blogging 🙂
F is for Framed?
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Phoenix seems to be such a powerful image/being, TDG and widely imagined it seems.
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It is!! So symbolic.. rising from the ashes.
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An image I’ve used – well, part of that in my short.
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For your story, I thought their history of the firebird was really interesting. And bittersweet.
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If you mean my anthology story, Alex, that was an opportunity to build on the folklore. No regrets.
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I’ve always been fascinated with the phoenix too. The idea that she rebirths from her ashes is almost moving.
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It’s such a powerful image, Sarah, I’m not surprised it’s widespread in folklore.
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We all seem to have our own particulate likes when it comes to world building, don’t we. This is part of what helps make our creations unique I suppose.
Tasha 💖
Virginia’s Parlour – The Manor (Adult concepts – nothing explicit in posts)
Tasha’s Thinkings – Vampire Drabbles
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Good observation, Natasha – guess my world-building/themes keep over-lapping.
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