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bd5d6816 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c09f86d3 @551afd26 This is a *much* more interesting list than anything I'm ever approached about in a pub. If I've heard a Taylor Swift song I didn't know it was her, and I had to look up Ed Sheeran, but I could keep a conversation on psychopomps going until the wee hours.
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a6d93b6b | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3b678e16 @c09f86d3 @551afd26 

One of my characters got psychopomps and psychopaths confused.

Fortunately, one was present to explain the differences to him.
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Emma Cox | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @96b4330b @3b678e16 @551afd26 was the one present a psychopath or a psychopomp?
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a6d93b6b | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c09f86d3 @3b678e16 @551afd26 

A psychopomp. The Goddess of Death.
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Emma Cox | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @96b4330b @3b678e16 @551afd26 

I've a character who ends up becoming something akin to a psychopomp, but more in the style of the Wild Hunt or Old Crocken than a guide to the afterlife. I'm about to write a bit more of his story now.

https://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/2016/03/26/old_crockern/
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Emma Cox | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3b678e16 @551afd26 

I feel today’s #WritersCoffeeClub question needs the sub-question: tell us the most random bit of information you’ve discovered while researching your novel.
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Emma Cox | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3b678e16 @551afd26 I’ll also add, I wouldn’t be able to name a Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran song even if my life was on the line.