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Celebrating Four Years of Wordsmiths

24/8/2021

 
"Anniversaries are often times to ask pertinent questions.

​For every multi-Doctor event, we find ourselves, whether reader or creator, discussing what Doctor Who means to us now and when we first arrived on the scene. For myself, as an editor/writer, the programme began with a few glimpses of two schoolteachers in a junkyard. A handful of images that led to my first real engagement with the show, the first ever Dalek story. That quiet, frightening saga on the surface of Skaro solidified everything I loved about Doctor Who. All its virtues. Quickly, as word travels, we're reminded that everyone has a story like that. A key moment. A nexus point. Each giving a unique and valuable perspective that fuels the energies we use to create and imagine.

After four years, ​
Divergent Wordsmiths continues to be an eye-opening experience. Writing is not a solitary vocation. It can certainly feel that way, somtimes, but the reality far from expectation. So many people being willing and able to volunteer their time is nothing short of triumphant. Our writers, editors and artists, whether past, present or emerging are extraordinary.
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In our time, we have created Main Stories:
  • Unbound Imaginings: Volume 1 (2018)
  • Genesis of Terror (2019)
  • The Paul Spragg ReCollections Anthology (2019)
  • The Meaning of Big Finish (2019)
  • Unbound Imaginings: Volume 2 (2020)
  • Eden By Annihilation (2020)

Contributed to Theories on the Doctor Who universe(s):
  • The Whiskey-Wolfie Theory: "Loom or Womb?"
  • How Many Times Did the Doctor Run Away?
  • Cyberman Origins
  • Gallifrey Historia: "Trial by Ordeal"
  • Gallifrey Historia: "Romana's Reconciliation"

And shared the odd bit of delightful Addenda:
  • "A Christmas Cutaway" -- by Iain McLaughlin
  • Go to 6: "The Lost Gamebooks"

Main stories, theories and addenda, all alongside several additional Easter Eggs hidden throughout our regular content. Aided by our regular stable of contributors, but also the efforts of professional Doctor Who alumni such as:
  • Iain McLaughlin (Erimem)
  • Tony Jones (Companion Chronicle Tactics of Defeat)
  • Ian Atkins​ (Big Finish's Short Trips)
  • Joshua Wanisko (Short Trip Forever Fallen)​
  • Iain Robertson (Big Finish release covers)
  • And the mysterious persona(s) of Big Finish Twitter.

We've not such a strict division between fan and professional, either. We also have at least two of our own Wordsmiths transition into the professional sphere:
  • J.A. Prentice (Bernice Summerfield's The Undying Truth)
  • Ethan Gibson (Influencing the Doctor)
Our very first writer and one of our first editors. There, at the very beginning, when 200,000+ words of writing was only a dream.
Whether you are just starting out or have been part of creative writing for some time, Divergent Wordsmiths is the place to go. Our community of authors, editors and artists stretches across multiple continents. Always welcoming. Always willing to help. Each contributing a small piece of their own creativity, that spirit of adventure, and letting it turn from a gestating chrysalis to a fully-grown butterfly. Creatures that with one beat of their wings can change the nature of cause and effect in the passage of Time.

Why do we matter? Because we are unique as each regeneration that opens their eyes to the universe. We are travellers in Space and Time. We don't have a TARDIS (probably), but that doesn't stop us. We are proof, if proof were ever needed, that a bit of wonder, mystery and curiosity, rather than tyranny, cruelty and villainy, can enrich whichever world we step into next. We write stories by fans, for fans. For you. This anniversary is dedicated to all of us.

Let's see what's out there, shall we?"
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~Vworp, vworp!
Alan Camlann
Publisher of Divergent Wordsmiths
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(Illustrations by @disusedyeti, Caroline Tankersley, Phil Johnson and Iain Robertson)

Go to 6: The Lost Gamebooks

20/8/2021

 
Salutations, Wordsmiths!

A brand new ongoing installment of our Theories and Addenda section, exploring a rare gap in Doctor Who's history. Six stories from the Sixth Doctor. Mysteries from the midst of his tenure in 1986. Featuring the return of familiar faces such as K9 and Drax, alongside new companions such as the prospector, Mack, and telepathic castaway, Wings. These encounters include:
  • Battling through Time against one of the Time Lords' lost founders, Omega;
  • Thwarting the interstellar death trap set by arch-criminal Garth Hadeez;
  • Uncovering the terrible corruption at the heart of the Elisian faith;
  • Matching wits against the Rani's oppressive influence on Pyro Shika;
  • Outwitting poltergeists and strange imps aboard the Medusa, and;
  • Keeping Earth safe from invasion from the Ormazoids and their mutated leader.

Go to 6: "The Lost Gamebooks" will provide an in-depth, non-fiction examination of the Make Your Own Adventure with Doctor Who stories including their initial premises, editorial reviews, standout moments, links to continuity (current and superceded) and rarely-documented illustrations by artist Gail Bennett. A chance to experience stories that have not been seen by Doctor Who fans for over thirty years.

The very first Search for the Doctor is available to read now from the link here.

~Vworp, vworp!
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