What Were You Thinking?

I thought it was probably a good idea to introduce myself in a solo episode. I've kept it short (the self-effacing voice in my head tells me I'm not that interesting), and I've dropped a couple of weird things most people don't know about me. I've shared why I decided to start this podcast and how I use book reviews on Goodreads. To learn more about me, visit www.danagoldstein.ca You can buy my bo...

Michelle Good took 9 years to write Five Little Indians. As a member of the Cree nation, she had first-hand knowledge of the experiences of those who had been sent to Canada's residential schools. She wanted her novel to answer two questions: what happens when the children are released and how do they function in the world. She answers both of those with an emotional, thought provoking novel. Buy...

When Christina Sweeney-Baird started writing The End of Men, she was exploring the idea of a world without men. She gave serious thought to how the world would function without men filling typically male jobs: electricians, garbage disposal and infrastructure. When she was creating this dystopian world, a pandemic seemed a reasonable way to eliminate 50 percent of the world's population. What she...

Welcome to What Were You Thinking, a podcast about authors and their stories. We'll be meeting authors from all genres to discover the "What If..." moment that led them to start writing their books. We'll talk about their characters, their plots and how their books came to life. FIRST EPISODE DROPS JUNE 15!