The Write Project

Does having a Big Ego help or hurt authors? Sure you need to have some confidence to get your work out there, but where does that line end? We asked 16 authors from a wide-range of backgrounds (award-winning, indie, traditionally published, self published) where they thought that line was. Featuring, from Breakwater Books Ltd. : Susan MacDonald, author of Edge of Time Bridget Canning, author of So...

Jon Dobbin is an award winning author living in the St. John’s, Newfoundland metro region. He is a father of three, the husband to an amazing wife, an educator, and a tattoo and beard enthusiast. Dobbin’s work has appeared in the Terror Nova, Chillers from the Rock, Dystopia from the Rock, Pulp Science-Fiction from the Rock, From the Rock Stars , and, Kit Sora: The Artobiography collections. In 20...

Sensitive subject time. In this day and age, writing outside your demographic -- whatever that may be -- can be a mine field. How do you write characters that aren't reflective of what you are? Featuring, from Engen Books Ltd .: Kelley Power, author of Tombstories Jon Dobbin, author of The Starving Ellen Curtis, author of the Infinity series Brad Dunne, author of The Merchant's Mansion A...

Author Jon Dobbin reads his short story "The Other" from Chillers from the Rock . This short is set in the world of his highly-successful Weston Records series. Pickup Chillers from the Rock and help this channel: https://amzn.to/3Sbq5vD Originally broadcast on October 07, 2019 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country.  Check out  As Loved O...

Originally broadcast on September 30, 2019 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country.  Check out  As Loved Our Fathers , the latest book from Write Project host Matthew LeDrew: https://amzn.to/3HB7BAB It's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologist and a Newfoundland History professor that unveils hidden secrets within Newfoundlan...

Interview with the astonishing Tracey Waddleton, author of Send More Tourists... The Last Ones Were Delicious from Breakwater Books Ltd.! Tracey Waddleton was raised in Trepassey, Newfoundland, and now splits her time between St. John’s and Montreal. She was a finalist for the 2013 NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers, and in 2014 her stories won both second and third place in the Cuffer Pri...

Interview with Rebecca North, author of Nanny's Kitchen Party from Breakwater Books Ltd.! Rebecca North is the author of A Picnic at the Lighthouse and Elliot and the Impossible Fish, finalist for the Bruneau Family Children’s/YA Award Rebecca grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and now lives in Kingston, Ontario. She is the mother of two young children and spends many hours reading and re-readi...

Living her own fairytale in the heart of Downtown St. John's, Kit Sora is a Conceptual & Fine Art Photographer curiously seeking the beauty, magic, and uniqueness around her. With the love and support of her partner in crime & hoard of animals, she spends her days passionately bringing her vivid imagination to life. To pick up this book to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3KlanMH Ori...

Authors are often formed not just through talent but through connections they make in the industry! They say no man is an island, and it is especially true of authors.  In this episode of The Write Project, we talk to 14 authors about who their writer-friends are, and how their influence has affected their work! Featuring, from Engen Books : Chelsea Bee, author of Christmas Mornings Jon Dobbin, au...

On this episode we interview John Haas, author of The Reluctant Barbarian ! From his bio: John Haas was born and raised in Montreal before moving to Calgary where he lived for twelve wonderful years. Now he lives in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, but still misses seeing those Rockies in the distance. John has been writing for most of his life and writes in the genres of Fantasy, Horror and Science-Fict...

Artists tend to wear their hearts on their sleeves. Writers chief among them... but is that a necessity? Can you be a writer without feeling those emotions strongly? We ask these nine authors their opinions on that! Featuring: Brad Dunne, author of The Merchant's Mansion Bridget Canning, author of The Greatest Hits of Wanda Janes Ellen Curtis, author of Infinity Paul Carberry, author of Carch...

“Asimov, Bradbury and Clarke may have laid the foundation, but we’ll always need visionaries and creators – essential for the future. Gareth Mitton is both of these things.” -- The Miramichi Reader The guise, the guise a god should take. In a future where the rich and privileged live in sprawling megacities stacked high above the now-squalor surface cities below, a third layer of reality tempts in...

Interview with author Carolyn R Parsons, author of the The Forbidden Dreams of Betsy Elliott from Flanker Press and Desolate from Engen Books. Carolyn R. Parsons is a Newfoundland & Labrador author with a background in freelance journalism and is the owner-operator of Cabochon Manuscript Services. She served on the board of the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador until 2021 and...

A gifted author with a talent for the strange, Shannon K Green has been recognized in both the genre community and the contemporary literary community for his pursuits. In the past, he has been shortlisted for the 1996 Arts and Letters Award, and later won the 2015 Audience Choice Steampunk Newfoundland Showcase. Green’s short fiction has appeared in Fantasy from the Rock, The Hamthology, Jibberno...

From the back cover: A tragic story uncovers the depths of dysfunction in the Catholic Church. How can a story about a man trying to bring an abusive priest to justice reveal truth about the Catholic clerical child sexual abuse crisis? Grace Ungiven, based on extensive research and over 100 in-depth interviews with Catholics from all walks of life, achieves this. It is, essentially, a fictional ac...

From the back cover: She’ll Reign Over His Heart…In This Time or Another . After decades of war, two hostile druid factions come close to a peace treaty that could save hundreds of lives. All they need is the hand of Princess Ashlynn to seal the deal, but the stubborn and powerful daughter of Clann Kavanagh’s High Priestess will have nothing of it. Desperate to change her fate, Ashlynn ventures in...

Ali House is an award-winning, bestselling author, originally from Newfoundland. She is a graduate of the Fine Arts program at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College (MUN), and currently resides in Halifax where she works in arts administration and spends more time than a person should in and around theaters. She is a master storyteller whose work has helped define the landscapes of science-fiction, fantasy...

Authors reveal the first books that ever made them cry, tear up, get emotional! What books affect the people who write what affects you? Featuring, from Engen Books Ltd. : Kelley Power, author of Tombstories Helen C Escott, author of I Am Funny Like That Chelsea Bee, author of London Calling Jon Dobbin, author of The Starving Ellen Curtis, author of Compendium Brad Dunne, author of The Merchant&ap...

Interview with Tanith Frost, author of Resurrection ! From the Back Cover: The vampires of Maelstrom are monsters in every sense of the word. Aviva should be, too, but she struggles to let go of her past life and her connection to humanity. It's her weakness and her shame, neither of which are tolerated in her dark new world. Start the Immortal Soulless series using this link to help the chan...

Have you ever had Reader's Block? You know, when you want to read something... anything... but you just can't? It's incredibly frustrating, almost more than writer's block! Today, these nine authors discuss what books gave them that horrible feeling... and how they dealt with it! Featuring, from Engen Books: Erin Vance, author of Exposure Paul Carberry, author of Carcharodon El...

Interview with Erin Vance, author of Exposure ! From the back cover: Look, all Joshua Deering wanted was to pass his final photography project. It should have been simple: find a subject, take some photos, get an A, and get his dad off his back. But that’s not what happened. And, okay, maybe he should’ve known better than to befriend a guy chilling out in a cemetery. Maybe he should’ve taken the h...

For a writer, there's nothing quite like that first book that got them interested in writing. That first book that was so good it sparked creativity... or maybe, it was so bad it made them think "hey, I can do better than this"! Today we talk to 11 different authors about what their 'First' was! Featuring, from Engen Books: Paul Carberry, author of Carcharodon Brad Dunne,...

Interview with Paul Carberry, author of Carcharodon and The Last of the Dragons ! From the back cover: There is no 'safe.' The small island of Newfoundland and its people are used to the perils of the sea, and the mysteries that lie beneath its murky depths. But even they could not have been prepared for the horrors that arose from beneath the decks of The Swift Current one dark evening....

Ellen Curtis is a writer born and raised in St. Johns, Newfoundland; whose aptitude for the written word began at a young age, when she began writing short stories, poetry, lyrics and novellas. Her first collection of stories, Compendium , was published in October 2009. She has gone on the be the co-editor of the bestselling From the Rock series. She has written five novels for the Infinity series...

We all have things we'd like to change about our writing style. If you could go back and whisper something to your younger writing-self, what would it be? If you could impart that to a new author in the industry, what would you say? Featuring, from Flanker Press : Helen C Escott, author of Operation: Wormwood From Engen Books : Chelsea Bee, author of London Calling Jon Dobbin, author of The S...