Writing

The Story: From Bowie, the Falcon, to Publishing Entrepreneur. – 25

In this episode of listenN, we talk with award-winning author and self-publishing entrepreneur Vince Font. Highlights include: What happens when writing is the only thing you can do with any level of competency? How teachers helped him understand he could write, and write well. How a late-night internet music radio show would change everything.

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The Anniversary Episode! – 19

We are celebrating our first year of listenN. We produced 18 episodes this year, touching on a diverse number of topics, each delivered by our unique guests full of passion, soul and expertise. So in celebration, we thought we would take a look back and talk about some highlights from each episode. Share our thoughts, a snippet and give you a taste of what you can experience from episodes 1 through 18.

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Mindfulness meditation, creative writing and the art of coming home. – 17

Creative writer, teacher, and mindfulness meditation instructor, Dr. Ranjini George, discusses the importance of practicing one’s craft as a writer, how her love for teaching interwove with her practice of meditation, and the importance of being present in all situations to let the words come through. She also leads us through a mindfulness exercise to help us return to ourselves, the page, and our creative journey.

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Chasing Dr. Robert Vernon Spears through our post-truth world. – 16

Award-winning author and social commentator, Alan C. Logan. Alan’s back to discuss his new book, Self-Styled, Chasing Dr. Robert Vernon Spears. It explores the mystery of National Airline Flight 967 and its connection with one of the century’s most colourful conmen. Alan shares how his love for truth-seeking led him to Dr. Spears, a complex character who may have single-handedly set the naturopathic profession back 40 years.

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From awarding-winning screenwriter to novelist by way of time travel. – 13

Novelist and award-winning screenwriter, Elan Mastai, shares the story of how a movie changed the course of his life, the importance of getting out of your own way as a creative person, the differences of writing for screen and novel and his book on life and relationships through the lens of time-travel and how getting the science right opened up all sorts of creative and exciting story possibilities.

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Connecting Words, Connecting with the Muse, Creating Poetry – 01

Susana Molinolo is a poetic writer and crafter of words. Born in Santa Fe, Argentina, and now living in Toronto, Canada, Susana’s words have always struck a very deep note with me. As somebody who had an extremely difficult education just trying to master the words of one language, I’m fascinated to learn how she became so skilled at crafting the perfect words in a language that wasn’t her native tongue.

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