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To read 8 books in 2022, one for each of the colours listed below. The colour should be the main colour or a prominent colour on the book’s cover. Extra bragging rights if you read a book that also has the colour in the title.… Read the rest “Rainbow Reading Challenge”
We celebrate a new year and say good riddance to 2020 by setting some writing goals.
In an annual tradition, we discuss our favourite fiction, non-fiction, and graphic novels/comics that we read in 2020.
In this episode, we talk about two stories we wrote using the same NYC Midnight prompt: comedy / trophy room / a manual.
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We talk about our process for first drafts in short and long fiction and all the terrible things we do to get something worth revising.
We take a look at classic craft book Bird by Bird and discussion what advice did and didn’t work for us.
In a less super-sized episode, we discuss our projects for NaNoWriMo 2020 and what prep work we’re doing leading up to November.
We take a look at another of our favourite genres: science fiction. Surprise, we have a lot to say about this one too!
We discuss Canada Reads 2020, the annual battle of the books run by CBC.
We take a close look at “The Rock Garden”, a short story written by Vicki.