XpoNorth Podcast #003 - Tom Welsh

Tom Welsh is a Scottish Fantasy author known for his Metiks Fade Trilogy. He is also known for his work in writing for games and we wanted to understand how Tom developed his skills as a writer and how he took them from pure fiction into the world of games and journalism.



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Tom Welsh is a Scottish Fantasy author known for his Metiks Fade Trilogy. He is also known for his work in writing for games and we wanted to understand how Tom developed his skills as a writer and how he took them from pure fiction into the world of games and journalism. We had the opportunity to speak with Tom and asked him how he got started as a writer, the challenges of moving iintoa different creative genre, and asked his advice as a mentor to young writers what advice he would share with others wanting to move into becoming published authors.

Date Recorded: April 2020
Date Published: April 2020


Synopsis
Tom Welsh is a Scottish Fantasy author known for his Metiks Fade Trilogy. He is also known for his work in writing for games and we wanted to understand how Tom developed his skills as a writer and how he took them from pure fiction into the world of games and journalism.


Show Highlights

Becoming a writer
The origins of Metiks Fade
The role of a writer in the world of gaming
Advice for budding writers


Participants:
Interviewee: Thomas Welsh
Host: Tim Wright: Tim Wright is co founder of twintangibles a Scottish based management consultancy and an advisor at XpoNorth Digital


Resources / Articles mentioned in the podcast:

Anna Undreaming
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anna-Undreaming-Metiks-Fade-Trilogy/dp/1945654082

Tom’s Twitter
https://twitter.com/calmdowntom

Cloudpunk on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/746850/Cloudpunk/

Tom’s blog
http://calmdowntom.com/

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