The Write Project

For a writer, there's nothing quite like that first time you see the impact of language. 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 five different authors about what their 'First' was! Andrew Hawthorn, contributor to Mythology from the Rock Prajwala Dixit, author of...

It can be a lightbulb moment for an author: that moment when we learn that language can do things: change minds, tell stories, get us things. Today on Write Project, our guests offer their own stories of how it happened for them. Featuring, from Engen Books : Hannah Jenkins, contributor to The Birds Come Back in the Spring AJ Ryan, author of Slipstreamers From Breakwater Books Ltd. : Rebecca Rose,...

Magazines the print stories by authors can be a lifeline early in your career. On today's episode, Write Project guests rate their best magazines for young authors to follow! Featuring, from Engen Books : Andrew Peacock, author of VIRAL Matthew Daniels, author of Interstiches Sarah Thompson, author of The Love of Summer Kelley Power, author of Tombstories also featuring: Colleen Helme, author...

Some authors crave financial success. Others bestseller status. Others awards. Still other just want their stories told... it's one of the most decisive things in the art industry, and today on Write Project , we examine: how do you define success? Featuring, from Breakwater Books Ltd. : Paul David Power, author of Crippled Rebecca North, author of Nanny's Kitchen Party Shelley Kawaja, a...

Billy, Old Dan, and Little Ann—a boy and his two dogs... A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee County. Old Dan had the brawn, Little Ann had the brains—and Billy had the will to train them to be the finest hunting team in the valley. Glory and victory were coming to them, but sadness waited too. And close by was the strange and wonderful power that's onl...

Alright people: deal with the devil time. If you could give up one thing to be a better author, what would it be? Featuring, from Engen Books : Elizabeth Whitten, author of Off-Panel: A History of NL Comix Jon Dobbin, author of The Starving Brad Dunne, author of The Merchant's Mansion Andrew Pike, author of The Greatest Science-Fiction from Newfoundland From Harper-Collins Canada : Charlene C...

Writing is hard, but as with any hard thing worth doing, that hardness comes in degrees. What is the hardest part of the creative process? 12 authors reveal their picks. Featuring, from 47North : Shannon Fay, author of Innate Magic From Engen Books Ltd. : Chelsea Bee, author of London Calling Sarah Thompson, author of The Love of Summer Jennifer Shelby, author of Plague of the Dreamless From Marve...

Okay... look. It's embarrassing, but writers are good storytellers, they're not always good at spelling. That's editors. So, come clean, writers: what is a word you cannot spell? Featuring, from Breakwater Books Ltd. : Rebecca Rose, President and Publisher Ainsley Hawthorn, Land of Many Shores Kerri Cull, author of Rock Paper Sex: Trigger Warning Michelle Porter, author of Approachi...

It's one of the most impossible questions we ask of our authors: if you were going to be trapped -- forever -- on a desert island with only three books : what three books would you want with you to read and thrive forever ? Featuring, the amazing talents of: Christine Rains, author of The 13th Floor Robert Chafe, author of Between Breaths Katheryn Taylor, author of Misty's Misadventures...

Anatomical Venus is a visceral collection of poems that invoke anatomical models, feminine monsters, and little-known historical figures. It’s a journey through car accidents and physio appointments, 18th century morgues and modern funeral homes. Grappling with the cyclical nature of chronic pain, these poems ask how to live with and love the self in pain. Magic seeps through, in the form of fairy...

Are you the type of writer that starts when the sun rises, and leaves the keyboard jazzed up to start the day? Or is writing the last thing you do before bed, at the end of a long one? Does writing energize you, or does it exhaust you? Featuring, from Breakwater Books Ltd. : Rebecca Rose, President and Publisher Andie Bullman, author of Salt Beef Buckets: A Love Story Derek Yetmen, author of The Y...

On this episode of Write Project, 9 authors think back and reveal what age they draw from when writing the most! Do they pull from their childhood? Troublesome teenage years? Young Adulthood? Current times? They pull deep and let us into their process! Featuring, from Engen Books Ltd. : Sarah Thompson, author of The Love of Summer Lisa Timpf, contributor to A Toast to Hope From Breakwater Books Lt...

Brad Dunne is a freelance writer and editor from St. John’s, Newfoundland. He began his writing career as an intern at The Walrus magazine and has published journalism and essays in publications such as Maisonneuve, The Canadian Encyclopedia, and Herizons. His short fiction has been featured in In/Words, Acta Victoriana, The From the Rock Series, Terror Nova , and, The Cuffer Anthology. In October...

Readers a voracious . Most publishers don't realize this. Publishers are not in competition with each other. What they're in competition with is a void. An absence of books to read in the same line as what the fan just read. So we asked some of Newfoundland's top authors: if you're a fan of their work, what should you read NEXT once you've exhausted their catalog? Featurin...

As much as we all love reading, there's something about a good movie adaptation. Sitting in the theatre and seeing your favorite book come to life just the way you imagined it, knowing other people imagined it just the same way? Marvelous. These six authors pick their picks for adaptation on today's Write Project! Featuring, from Engen Books Ltd. : Rhea Rollmann, author of A Queer Histor...

Katie Berry is a Canadian Author of Thrillers. Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Katie moved west to British Columbia during a family migration that occurred during the later-half of the 20th century. A longtime writer and voracious reader, Katie enjoys a variety of creative and recreational activities when she's not absorbed in the written word. With many years of keyboard experience, Kati...

Brad Dunne is a freelance writer and editor from St. John’s, Newfoundland. He began his writing career as an intern at The Walrus magazine and has published journalism and essays in publications such as Maisonneuve, The Canadian Encyclopedia, and Herizons. His short fiction has been featured in In/Words, Acta Victoriana, The From the Rock Series, Terror Nova , and, The Cuffer Anthology. In October...

There’s Nothing You Can Do explores a group of recently reconnected friends who fall into a collective quarter-life crisis as they come to the realization that their lives aren’t what they imagined they’d be as they turn, or near, 30. The play re-contextualizes the very real “dancing plague of 1518” as a way to explore this existential-anxiety, and posits that when life doesn’t make sense anymore,...

In this episode, Write Project guests answer a sensitive question... do you read the reviews of your work that are out there? How do you deal with bad ones? Featuring, from Engen Books Ltd. : Andrew Peacock, author of VIRAL Rhea Rollmann, author of A Queer History of Newfoundland From Marvel Comics : Jed MacKay, author of Avengers and X-Men Heather Antos, editor on Star Wars and Gwenpool From Brea...

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 Running the Goat : Susan Flanagan, author of The Degrees of Barry Lick From Breakwater Books: Claire Wilkshire, author of The Love Olympics Ainsley Hawthorn, author of Land of Many Shores Shelley Kawaja, author of The Raw Light of Morning From Fla...

We sit down with SAL CRIVELLI from COMICPOP! to discuss our favorite single issues of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ever made! Part Two! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , commonly abbreviated as TMNT, is a media franchise created by the comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo, four anthropomorphic turtle brothers trained in ninjutsu wh...

Ed Brisson is a Canadian comics writer and letterer who has written for independent comics, Marvel Comics, and DC Comics. He has been nominated for the Joe Shuster Award for Best Canadian Writer several times. In this episode of Write Project, Brisson talks about his current run on SILVERHAWKS comics from Dynamite Comics, then opens up about New Mutants #13, a powerful issue of the X-Men spinoff s...

For one reason of another, books can be INTIMIDATING. Too long? Intimidating. Too much pressure to like it? Intimidating. Too much pressure to hate it? Intimidating. A tight deadline? Intimidating! But what are the most intimidating books, in the minds of these authors? From Harper-Collins Canada : Charlene Carr, author of Hold My Girl and We Rip The World Apart From Breakwater Books Ltd. : Andie...

It's different for every author... but there has to be an average, right? Seriously, how long does it take most authors to write a novel? Featuring, from Engen Books Ltd. : Shannon K Green, author of The Snows of Aetalus Dr. Lisa M Daly, author of Their Sturdy Pride Matthew Daniels, author of Interstiches Nicole Little, author of Roxy Buckles and the Flight of the Sparrow From Harper-Collins...

Are you the type of writer that starts when the sun rises, and leaves the keyboard jazzed up to start the day? Or is writing the last thing you do before bed, at the end of a long one? Does writing energize you, or does it exhaust you? Featuring, from Engen Books Ltd. : Nicole Little, author of Roxy Buckles and the Flight of the Sparrow Elizabeth Whitten, author of Off-Panel: A History of NL Comix...