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Mixed Tape: Rea Tarvydas’s How To Pick Up A Maid In Statue Square

by PDR-Kellie | Sep 29, 2016 | Alberta, Books, Fiction, Guest Posts, Mixed Tape, Music, Process, Reading, Recommended, Writers, Writing Life

This week, writer Rea Tarvydas shares the songs that power her brand new short story collection. Read and give a listen!  Music is a big deal for me as a writer. I use it in different ways. Sometimes it’s to condition me into a piece of writing and, in that instance,...

Mixed Tape: Stephanie Domet’s Fallsy Downsies

by PDR-Kellie | Apr 7, 2016 | Fiction, Guest Posts, Mixed Tape, Music, Nova Scotia, Process, Writers, Writing Life

Halifax writer Stephanie Domet shares her roots-flavoured song-list from her novel Fallsy Downsies. Read and listen!  Fallsy Downsies was born in an old bank vault turned secret after-hours drinking room below a pub that no longer exists, in a small town in rural Nova...

Mixed Tape: Ian Williams’s Personals

by PDR-Kellie | Feb 25, 2016 | Guest Posts, Mixed Tape, Music, Poetry, Process, Writers, Writing Life

Today, Ian Williams gives us his collection of songs that helped him write his Griffin Poetry Prize-shortlisted collection, Personals. Rock on.    I was living in the States while writing Personals, thinking about Canada, thinking about distances. If this playlist is...

Heading ‘Home’

by PDR-Kellie | Jan 7, 2016 | Family, Nature, Novel, outdoors, Summer, Travel, Writing Life

Yesterday, J. and I got the maps for the 70-kilometre hike we’re planning to do from Loch Ness to the Isle of Skye this summer. It’s a bit like the journey to Mordor, with brown trout thrown in, which made J.’s eyes light right up. The last 16...
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