What We're Doing When We Should Be Writing

Posting, re-tweeting, video content, live streaming, blogs and newsletters. Wait, when did we become content creators, on top of writers? Today during our Lit' It and Quit It segment, we’re going to talk about with bestselling author COURTNEY MAUM about the struggle between curating a platform and feeling imprisoned to the algorithm. Following that, we’ll get right into my conversation with LI...

Showing up for your work can mean different things to different people - it can mean how authentically you show up in the work itself or how you prioritize your time and space to physically show up for your practice. Today during our Lit' It and Quit It segment, we’re going to talk about the latter with a good friend of mine, Nicholas Selig, poet and the Editor-in-Chief for The Miramichi Reade...

Today I have a very special episode for you! We’re going to take a break from our Lit it and quit segment, so save all those great questions of yours for next week, and we'll jump right into my interview with not only an award winning, best selling and highly respected author but my own personal mentor, Chelene Knight.  On last weeks episode, I discussed support systems with Denise Da Costa an...

Having a solid support system is more than someone “babysitting” the kids or not interrupting while you write. Real support is understanding this journey will require patience, communication and compromise and on today's episode during our Lit' It and Quit It segment, I talk about this very subject with the author of AND THE WALLS CAME DOWN, Denise Da Costa.  After which is my interview wi...

What's that saying? Your eyes are bigger than your stomach? Well as writers, our ideas are often significantly bigger than our bandwidth when starting a project. On today's episode during our Lit' It and Quit It segment bestselling and award-winning author Amy Jones and I will talk about our own struggles with setting realistic goals during the writing process and how sometimes steppin...

What We're Doing When We Should Be Writing premieres on March 7th! You can listen wherever you find your favourite shows and don't forget to follow us on Instagram and Threads @shouldbewritingpod.