The Write Project

Every new author has things to learn, but there are some major mistakes early on that some make over and over again. Thirteen authors reveal them so that you can avoid making them yourself! Featuring from Breakwater Books Ltd .: Tzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, Now Morgan Murray, author of Dirty Birds Lisa Moore, editor of Hard Ticket From Engen Books Ltd .: Hannah Jenkins, contributor to Acceptanc...

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 eight Breakwater Books authors where they thought that line was. Featuring: Rebecca Rose, President and Publisher Tzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, Now Gareth Mitton, contributor to About Face Prajwala Dixit, author of The Tales of Dwipa Daze Jefferies...

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, from Engen Books : Samm Joyy, author of A Decade From Harper-Collins Canada : Charlene Carr, author of Hold My Girl From Breakwater Books : Dr Hasah Khalili, au...

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 eleven authors reflect on their most impactful purchases over their careers. Featuring: Rebecca Rose, President and Publisher Claire Wilkshire, author of The Love Olympics Derek Yetmen, au...

Special 300th Episode! Kenneth Tam looks back on his history in publishing! Kenneth Tam (born 1984 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian science-fiction author. His best-known works include The Equations Novels, the Defense Command series, the His Majesty's New World series, and the recently-complete Champions series! Pick up the first book in the Champions series using...

Sometimes, a book just doesn't get enough attention. Here are seven books that Breakwater Authors feel deserve more! Featuring: Rebecca Rose, President and Publisher Daze Jefferies - Land of Many Shores / TransVersing Morgan Murray, author of Dirty Birds Tracey Waddleton, author of Send More Tourists... The Last Ones Were Delicious Lisa Moore, editor of Hard Ticket Xavier Micheal Campbell, co...

Sometimes, authors form a unique connection to their work that borders on the spiritual, or mirrors a spiritual connection they feel in their lives. Today, 18 authors share if they have that connection with Write Project! Featuring from Breakwater Books Ltd .: Rebecca North, author of Nanny's Kitchen Party Olivia Robinson, author of Blue Moth Motel Paul David Power, author of Crippled Dr Rich...

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? Nine Breakwater Books authors try and answer that question on today's episode of Write Project. Featuring: Rebecca Rose, President and Publisher Ainsley Hawthorn, author of Land of Many Shores Morgan Murray, author of Dirty Birds Claire Wilkshire, au...

Authors are not natural marketers. Often it's a learned skill, a necessary evil. Given that, we ask 15 authors to share their best tips and tricks for marketing their books with Write Project listeners! Featuring from Breakwater Books Ltd .: Ainsley Hawthorn, Land of Many Shores Rebecca North, author of Nanny's Kitchen Party Lisa Moore, editor of Hard Ticket From Engen Books Ltd .: Erin...

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 Breakwater Books guests offer their own stories of how it happened for them. Featuring: Rebecca Rose, President and Publisher Daze Jefferies - Land of Many Shores / TransVersing Lisa Moore, editor of Hard Ticket Kerri Cull, author...

Lana the llama lives in the farmyard with all of her sheep friends. She loves being part of their flock, but she knows that she doesn?t fit in — her legs and neck are much too long, and her ‘baa’ is very baaad. Lana does her best to look like the other sheep, until one day a bully arrives, and Lana has to stand up for herself and her friends. Pick up Lana the llama  using this link to help the cha...

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. 11  authors reveal their greatest weaknesses: the writing kryptonite that can stop their work dead in its tracks, every time! Featuring : Tzu-Hao Hsu, contri...

Would You Consider Writing Under a Pseudonym? For what reason would you want to pen something not under your own name? Is it so different from what you usually write that it needs that level of anonymity? Do you want to see if people respond to your work sans name the same way they do when your name is on it? 16 authors reveal why (or why not) to do this industry practice! Featuring from Breakwate...

Shelly Kawaja’s writing has appeared in several journals and literary magazines, such as the Humber Literary Review, the Dalhousie Review, Post-Colonial Text, and PACE. Her short story “Shotgun” won the gritLit 2020 fiction contest. Shelly has an MA from Memorial University and is currently completing an MFA in creative writing at UBC. She lives in Norris Point and manages the Writers at Woody Poi...

Interview with JM DeMatteis, author of Ben Reilly - Spider-Man, Kraven's Last Hunt, Speeding Bullets, and much more over a thirty year history with over a billion units sold! Pick up Kraven's Last Hunt using this link to help the channel: https://amzn.to/3ZNAqQY Originally broadcast on August 21, 2023 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country.  Ch...

Interview with Trudy Morgan-Cole, author of The Cupids Trilogy from Breakwater Books Ltd., as well as Most Anything You Please, By the Rivers of Brooklyn , and That Forgetful Shore ! Her newest, A Company of Rogues , releases this October from Breakwater Books! This episode is the thirty-fifth part of a fifty-episode Write Project sub-series celebrating the fifty-year anniversary of Breakwater Boo...

Interview with Nicole Smith of the Women's Work Festival.  She has lived in and/or travelled around beautiful places like Australia, New Brunswick, Peru and the Eaton Centre, but is now based in Cambridge, ON, where she is from. She is a writer and theatre creator who spends most of her time distracted by the internet. Nicole studied theatre at the University of Guelph and spent 2016-2018 wor...

Every author makes mistakes, especially when they're new to an industry. If you're new to this world and find it hard to get answers, give this episode a listen -- you might just avoid a major mistake! Lisa Moore, editor of Hard Ticket Rebecca North, author of Nanny's Kitchen Party Shiela Lukins, author of Bottom's Up Xavier Micheal- Campbell, contributor to Us, Now Michelle Po...

The books that affected us as children can have a profound affect on the material we consume and create as adults. In this episode, 13 incredible authors reveal what their favorite and most memorable books from childhood were! Featuring: From HarperCollins Canada : Charlene Carr, author of Hold My Girl From Breakwater Books Ltd .: Tzu-Hao Hsu, contributor to Us, Now Dr Richard Elcock, contributor...

Sometimes characters come to you with names fully formed... but sometimes, they don't. When that happens, how do you develop a name for the characters in your work? Amanda Dorothy Jean Bulman, author of Salt Beef Buckets Shiela Lukins, author of Bottom's Up Xavier Micheal- Campbell, contributor to Us, Now Olivia Robinson, author of Blue Moth Motel Paul David Power, author of Crippled She...

Interview with JRH Lawless, author of Always Greener , and its new sequel The Rude Eye of Rebellion , now from Engen Books! Born in Newfoundland, Canada, raised in France, and come into his own as an author while living near an 12th century abbey in rural England, J.R.H. Lawless is an attorney by day and a speculative fiction author by night, penning novels and short stories, mostly in adult Scien...

They're some of the greatest authors the province have ever seen... but do they read their reviews? These four Breakwater authors break their silence! Amanda Dorothy Jean Bulman, author of Salt Beef Buckets Gemma Hickey, author of Almost Feral Kerri Cull, author of Rock Paper Sex: Trigger Warning Tom Moore, author of Goodbye Momma This episode is the 32nd part of a fifty-episode Write Project...

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. Featuring from Breakwater Books Ltd .: Olivia Robinson, author of Blue Moth Motel Kevin Major, author of The Sebastian Synard Mysteries From Flanker Press : Ida Line...

Sometimes, authors form a unique connection to their work that borders on the spiritual, or mirrors a spiritual connection they feel in their lives. Today, Breakwater authors share if they have that connection with Write Project! Ainsley Hawthorn, Land of Many Shores Lisa Moore, editor of Hard Ticket Claire Wilkshire, author of The Love Olympics Morgan Murray, author of Dirty Birds Gemma Hickey, a...

This episode we feature ELIZABETH WHITTEN, the journalist and talented author behind OFF-PANEL: A HISTORY OF NEWFOUNDLAND COMIX that dives into the true story of a small Atlantic Province's history of visual storytelling through the counter-culture antics of artists like Wallace Ryan, Paul Tucker, and Kevin Woolridge! Order OFF PANEL using this link to help the channel! Originally broadcast o...