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TOTAL PARTY KILL (TPK): tabletop roleplaying slang for the situation of all characters dying in the same in-game encounter. At turns nightmarish, hilarious, brutally honest, and heart-breaking, TPK maps an unforgettable course into the fantastic dark of back-alley dive-bars, demonic underworlds, various rock bottom floors, and a whole host of monsters, both imagined and frighteningly real. Pickup...

TOTAL PARTY KILL (TPK): tabletop roleplaying slang for the situation of all characters dying in the same in-game encounter. At turns nightmarish, hilarious, brutally honest, and heart-breaking, TPK maps an unforgettable course into the fantastic dark of back-alley dive-bars, demonic underworlds, various rock bottom floors, and a whole host of monsters, both imagined and frighteningly real. Pickup...

Every new author has things to learn, but there are some major mistakes early on that some make over and over again. Eight authors reveal them so that you can avoid making them yourself! Featuring, from Engen Books : Matthew Daniels, author of Interstiches Hannah Jenkins, author of The Birds Come Back in the Spring Nicole Little, author of Roxy Buckles and the Flight of the Sparrow Lisa Timpf, con...

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: Erin Vance, author of Exposure Sarah Thompson, author of The Love of Summer Andrew Marc Rowe, author of The Bawdy Bard JRH Lawless, author of Always Greener Originally broadcast on April 29, 2024 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's,...

If someone came up to you and said: "your book is their favorite book ever, what would you recommend I read next?" ... what would you say? Featuring, from Iceberg Publishing: Kenneth Tam, author of That Wolfdog Lifestyle From Mirage Comics : Kevin Eastman, creator of The Last Ronin From Breakwater Books : Shelley Kawaja, author of The Raw Light of Morning From Flanker Press : Emily Hepdi...

Some novels just never get their due. On today's episode, our authors step out of the spotlight and give it to some much-needed works by underappreciated authors. Featuring, from Engen Books : Matthew Daniels, author of Interstiches Hannah Jenkins, author of The Birds Come Back in the Spring Sarah Thompson, author of The Love of Summer Dr. Lisa M Daly, author of Their Sturdy Pride Nicole Litt...

Writing -- no matter if for a hobby or your career -- can sometimes be fairly cheap, and other times, quite expensive. Editing, covers, all that. But what's the best thing you can spend your money on? These ten authors reflect on their most impactful purchases over their careers. Featuring, from Engen Books : Elizabeth Whitten, author of Off-Panel: A History of NL Comix From Flanker Press : I...

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? Featuring, from Breakwater Books : Rebecca Rose, President & Publisher Dr. Hasan Khalili, author of A Life Spent Listening Sh...

Sometimes you're there. You're in the zone. The words are flowing, and things are going great, and then it just... stops. Sometimes that's random, but sometimes ... it's the same thing over and over again. In this episode. Twelve authors reveal their greatest weaknesses: the writing kryptonite that can stop their work dead in its tracks, every time! Featuring, from Engen Books...

Robert Chafe is a writer, educator, actor and arts administrator based in St. John’s, Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland). He has worked in theatre, dance, opera, radio, fiction and film. His stage plays have been seen in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and in the United States, and include Oil and Water , Tempting Providence , Afterimage , Under Wraps , Between Breaths , Everybody Just Calm the Fuck Do...

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 Engen Books : Teresita E Dziadura, the author of Corporate Invasion Erin Vance, author of Exposure From Harper-Collins Canada : Charlene Carr, aut...

For an unpublished author, there's nothing so certain as the goal of being published, so much that it consumes the art. As such, it's a massive shift once that goal first occurs! In this episode, we ask nine authors how being published changed their writing process! Featuring, from Engen Books : Kit Sora, author of The Artobiography Erin Vance, author of Exposure Chelsea Bee, author of L...

Special episode of the Write Project, we sit down with TMNT creator KEVIN EASTMAN and talk about: - his future drawing Ninja Turtles into the Jason Aaron reboot! - the TWIST in the middle of LAST RONIN 2 that will leave people's jaw dropped! - the landmark 40th Anniversary of TMNT! Originally broadcast on March 01, 2024 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across th...

Every so often, a special book comes along that changes what we think about fiction. What it can do. What it can accomplish. These books are especially poignant for authors, at it affects how we live out lives. How we craft our stories. Eight authors share these moments with you. Featuring, from Engen Books : Hannah Jenkins, author of The Birds Come Back in the Spring Lisa Timpf, contributor to &a...

It's one of the weirder questions we ask people, granted, but the answers are always fun! For real: if you took all your writing, every last little thing you had in print, and you put it in a cauldron or some such during a magic spell... what animal would pop out of that thing? Featuring, from Engen Books : Erin Vance, author of Exposure From Mirage Comics : Kevin Eastman, creator of the Teen...

For writers, writing scratches a very specific itch... but what would they do to satisfy that itch if they couldn't write, for some reason? Twelve authors try and answer that question on today's episode of Write Project. Featuring, from Engen Books : Andrew Pike, author of The Epic Quest for Terral B. Hylotz JRH Lawless, author of Always Greener From Flanker Press : Emily Hepditch, autho...

On this episode of Write Project, eight authors dig deep and reveal their favorite books they read as children. Will these shine a mirror onto how they write as adults? Featuring, from Engen Books : JRH Lawless, author of Always Greener Nicole Little, author of Roxy Buckles and the Flight of the Sparrow Matthew Daniels, author of Interstitches From Breakwater Books : Shelley Kawaja, author of The...

Comics can return a long-studied writer to the purest form of reading: reading for enjoyment. Reading for the sake of reading. Today, thirteen richly talented authors reveal their favorite comic book (or comic book character)! Featuring, from Engen Books : Erin Vance, author of Exposure Andrew Pike, author of The Epic Quest for Terral B. Hylotz Featuring, from Iceberg Publishing : Kenneth Tam, aut...

Being a writer is hard, and there's always some "Uncle Albert"-style character that's trying to convince you to get a haircut and get a real job. But that butt-head aside: does your family support your career as an author? Featuring from Breakwater Books Ltd .: Olivia Robinson, author of Blue Moth Motel Susan MacDonald, author of Edge of Time From Engen Books Ltd .: Ellen Curti...

21 authors reveal exactly what they did with the first money they made. That blissful moment hopefuls dream of, when they're finally making scratch off their art. What will they do with it? What would you? Featuring from Breakwater Books Ltd .: Kevin Major, author of The Sebastian Synard Mysteries Michelle Porter, author of Approaching Fire Tzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, Now Olivia Robinson,...

The world is changing. What was considered acceptable twenty, ten, even five years ago is always in flux today. What does that mean for using historical figures in our work? Eight authors from a spectrum of the writing world weigh in. Originally broadcast on January 08, 2024 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country.  Check out  As Loved Our Fathers ,...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creator Kevin Eastman talks Ninja Turtles in 2024, the upcoming end with issue 150, and more! Pick up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #150 using this link to help the channel ! Originally broadcast on January 01, 2024 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country. Support the show Produced and recorded at CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John'...

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 Ltd .: Ali House, author of Variety Show Lily McCarthy, author of Quick Bright Things Chelsea Bee, author of Fall With Me Yasmine Dalloul, poet with Mythology from the Rock Jennifer Shelby, author of Plague of the Dreamless Lauralana Dunne, author of Ashes N...

On this episode of Write Project, 23 Authors Admit Their Great Shame: They Google Themselves! And we have on an all-star cast of authors to answer Featuring from Breakwater Books Ltd .: Kerri Cull, author of Rock Paper Sex: Trigger Warning Olivia Robinson, author of Blue Moth Motel Paul David Power, author of Crippled Dr Richard Elcock, contributor to Us, Now Tzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, Now Su...

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 Breakwater Books Ltd .: Michelle Porter, author of Approaching Fire Susan MacDonald, author of Edge of Time From Engen Books Ltd .: Ali House, author of Variety Show Peter Foote, author of Stowaway's Luck Kit Sora, author of The Artobiog...