Much of my writing contains humour. I would like to think that the humour is intentional and usually funny, but often I think the funny moments happen largely by accident. That’s why I invited Leanne Shirtliffe to come on the show. Leanne is a humour writer with great experience in several different genres and mediums both fiction and non-fiction. We talk about a lot of things and almost manage to get at the meat of what makes humour. It was a great conversation that I know will have to be continued on a later episode. For the middle part of the show, I talk about Steampunk writing. You may be asking yourself what I know about Steampunk. The truth is, […]
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Get Published Episode 130 – Marty Chan, Extraordinary Writer
130 episodes. Wow! I can never thought I would be able to claim that number when I started Get Published. Now that I’m here, I have a hard time concieving of the day when the show won’t be part of my life. What better way to celebrate the milestone but by having another awesome guest. Today, you will hear me talk to Marty Chan. Marty is an author, playwright, and screenwriter for radio and television. He has won awards for many of those mediums so it would seem that he knows what he is talking about. We talk about a lot of things in what I would argue is one of the best interviews ever for Get Published. I got […]
Read moreGet Published Episode 129 – David Laderoute
I had the privilege to talk to David Laderoute. David is a Geologist, retired Lieutenant Colonel from the Canadian Army Reserves, entrepreneur and a writer. He has several short stories in print in various small press publications and has written extensively for role-playing games. He is active on Wattpad and his debut novel, Out of Time was released by Five Rivers Publishing in December of 2013. We had a great conversation that I think you will get a lot out of. I’ve also been working my way through first revisions of Mik Murdoch: The Power Within for my editor for almost two months now. I won’t deny that I find revisions to be somewhat grueling. You need to consider what […]
Read moreGet Published Episode 128 – Charlie Brown Talks About Dirty Magick
Happy Groundhog Day to those of you listening to the show on February 2nd. I watched the movie of the same name starring Bill Murray last night just to celebrate. That is a movie that I have always enjoyed. Perhaps one day I will even use the idea of a continuous looping day or moment in a story. You just never know. As you may know, I had stories appear in two anthologies in 2013. The first anthology was Lucky or Unlucky: 13 Stories of Fate. I interviewed the editor, Nila White when we talked about the anthology back in episode 124. This episode, I talk with Charlie Brown, the editor of the second anthology I appeared in. That anthology […]
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