Write, Publish, and Shine
Episodes
#46 Food Writing with Qwerty Editors Christine Wu and McKenna James Boeckner
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Host Rachel Thompson speaks with editors from Qwerty magazine, based at the University of New Brunswick, about sumptuous food writing and, of course, ...
#45 Weird Writing with Okay Donkey Editors Téa Franco, Genevieve Kersten, and Elizabeth Upshur
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Host Rachel Thompson speaks with three editors from the online journal Okay Donkey about weird poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Téa Franco, ...
#11 The Fiddlehead—Understand Who You Are with Alicia Elliott [Replay]
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“I think that when a writer doesn’t have a good understanding of who they are and what their beliefs are...they are going to necessarily lack the ...
#44 Genius and Estrangement with Ploi Pirapokin of Newfound #LitMagLove
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ploi Pirapokin and Rachel Thompson start deep, jumping right into discussing estrangement for writers. Ploi shares about writing thro...
#43 What if my story isn't special?
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The biggest epiphany I had about my writing in the last year is that there is nothing special about my story. This sounds like a terrible epiphany, I ...
#42 Rowan McCandless on How to Create a Writing Community
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Emerging author, Rowan McCandless shares how she built her writing community. She and Rachel discuss the four different forms of writing groups she en...
#41 Five Steps to Publishing Your Writing in Literary Journals #LitMagLove
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
`In this first solo episode after the Write, Publish, and Shine podcast reboot, I talk about the five things editors want in your writing submissions ...
Write, Publish, and Shine! (Announcement)
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I have an announcement about this podcast, but before we get to it, I want to thank you for continuing to listen in this almost year since I released ...
#39 Apple Valley Review—Do the Work You Want to Do with Leah Browning
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Apple Valley Review is a semiannual online literary journal founded in 2005 by Leah Browning. Published in the spring and fall, each issue feature...
#38 Mom Egg Review—Restore the Balance of Narratives with Marjorie Tesser
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mom Egg Review is a literary journal about motherhood. It promotes and celebrates the creative force of mother writers and artists. Mom Egg Review is ...
#37 The Unpublishables—Reflect Your True Self with M. Paramita Lin and Doretta Lau
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Writing may be the only pursuit that M. Paramita Lin hasn't accidentally stumbled into. In between hanging out with triad members and living in a succ...
#36 The Nasiona—Persuade with Julián Esteban Torres López
12 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Editing is a position of power that I take seriously. I’m a writer, author, creative in different ways and I experienced the negativity of being ...
#34 Make Relationships Right with Jessica Johns of Room Magazine
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode focuses on working in close relationship with writers, and thinking through all your relationships as you navigate choices for your writi...
#33 Evoke Place with Mary Leauna Christensen of The Swamp Literary Magazine
18 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Swamp publishes work that evokes a sense of place, which, for The Swamp, is broadly defined. “We look forward to reading work that we can inhabi...
#31 Push Back on What’s Expected with Felicity Landa of Literary Mama
14 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Literary Mama believes that all mothers have a story worth sharing and honors the many faces of motherhood by publishing work that celebrates the jour...
#30 Tear Down Structures with Anna Lena Phillips Bell & Rachel Taube of Ecotone
30 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Founded at the University of North Carolina Wilmington in 2005, the award-winning magazine features writing and art that reimagine place, and our auth...
#29 Question and Observe with Alana Saltz of Blanket Sea Arts & Literary Magazine
16 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Blanket Sea features work created by people living with chronic illness, mental illness, and disability. “There aren’t many places where writers a...
#28 Know Who Your Readers Are (And Are Not) with Caroline Knecht of Whiskey Island
02 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"A rejection letter doesn't mean it's not working." —Caroline Knecht of Whiskey IslandFounded in 1977, Whiskey Island is a nonprofit literary journa...
#27 Follow Your Lights with Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis and Gerald Maa of the Asian American Literary Review
19 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"Our impulse is to trust writers and follow their lights. In cases where we’re editing and working closely with them, it’s to help them get to tha...
#26 Have Heart and Humility with Jasmine Gui of LooseLeaf Magazine
05 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"I think intersectional community asks us to be open and mindful of difference. It asks us to have a posture of listening that requires a lot of effor...
#25 Be Generous & Wise with Jónína Kirton of Turtle Island Responds
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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#24 Share Intimacy with Doyali Islam of Arc Poetry Magazine
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Lit Mag Love: A podcast for creative writers who want to publish, host Rachel Thompson interviews Doyali Islam from Arc magazine.T...
#23 Learn from Others with Alexandria Petrassi of So to Speak Journal
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Lit Mag Love Podcast, host Rachel Thompson talks with Alexandria Petrassi from So to Speak journal.Their discussion covers how...
#22 Invite Readers In with Sakina Fakhri and Diana McClure of Azure magazine
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Lit Mag Love Podcast, host Rachel Thompson talks with Sakina Fakhri and Diana McClure, founders of Azure magazine.Azure accept...
#21 Team Up with Kaitlyn Andrews-Rice and Marianne Chan of Split Lip
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about how their collaboration works and extends to the writers who submit to the journal. We cover jealousy in art and how the poems and stori...
#19 Take Control of Your Narrative with Robin Richardson of Minola Review
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rachel Thompson talks with Robin Richardson, founder of the Minola Review. She discusses how she overcame early critiques of her writ...
#17 Delight in Language with Maya Marshall of [PANK]
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rachel talks with Maya Marshall, a self-described demanding and productive writer and editor with [PANK] magazine—yes, the magazine...
#16 Take Notice with Donna Talarico of Hippocampus
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
“I’ve just become better at noticing those little mechanical things,” says the guest for this episode, Donna Talarico, the founder and publisher...
#13 Room Magazine Contests—Lift Up Women's Stories with Sierra Skye Gemma
19 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
advice for writers of creative nonfiction (CNF) and for writers who are trying to decide if a piece is suitable to enter contests.More About Sierra Sk...
#10 PRISM—Stick With Writers with Shazia Hafiz Ramji
21 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As always this episode truly takes you behind the scenes of a literary journal—in this case, it’s a University-based journal in the centre of cont...
#09 Joyland Vancouver—Turn Your Writing Outward with Carleigh Baker
14 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel interviews Carleigh Baker, an editor with Joyland, who talks about the difference between her first and future books, “You can only gaze at y...
#07 Let Love Lead You with Derek Askey of The Sun Magazine
17 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Sun is an independent, ad-free magazine that for more than forty years has used words and photographs to evoke the splendour and heartache of bein...
#06 Invest in Relationships with Pamela Mulloy of The New Quarterly
31 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The New Quarterly—TNQ, for short—is a Canadian literary journal known for wit, warmth, and literary innovation. Our style is celebratory, and we’...
#05 Listen to the Writing with Chelene Knight of Room
14 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Room is Canada’s oldest feminist literary journal, and has published fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, interviews, and book reviews for fo...
#04 How Writing is Like Running and Cycling with Andrea Bennett of Maisonneuve
02 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
About MaisonneuveMaisonneuve literally means "new house" and suggests the spirit of collective enterprise the magazine gathers under one roof. The ma...
#03 Make Something Strange with Thea Prieto of The Gravity of the Thing
20 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An online independent literary magazine dedicated to the publication of new and innovative writing, The Gravity of theThing has been named one of thir...
#02 Expose Something Scary with John Haggerty from The Forge Lit Mag
19 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Forge Literary Magazine was founded by volunteers from the Fiction Forge, an international online writers’ forum, which counts amongst its membe...