whenwordscollide's Podcast
1) 2023 006 Collision Reconstruction: Life Hacks
The celebration of past WWC festivals resumes with Collision Reconstruction: Life-Hacks. Previous guests Jack Whyte, Leanne Shirtliffe and Robert Runté bring words of wisdom on finding inspiration, ba...Show More
2) 2023 005 Collision Reconstruction: Early Experiences
Regardless of the field, early adventures can be unexpectedly pleasant, eye-opening, or tragi-comic. Check out the latest Collision Reconstruction podcast for examples from WWC past guest authors Bran...Show More
3) 2023 004 Collision Reconstruction Humble Beginnings
We continue to gather excerpts from WWC panels over the years. We put them in a blender and call them Collision Reconstructions. This time, we present three festival guests--Kevin J. Anderson, Lisa Ma...Show More
4) 2023 003 Collission Reconstruction: Marketing and Labels
The celebration of WWCs past continues with a new Collision Reconstruction. We combed through four panels from three past festivals for insights on marketing and labels. Voices in this reconstructio...Show More
5) 2023 002 Collision Reconstruction: Canadian Crime Writers
Are Canadian crime writers pigeon-holed? Can they "break through" with non-Canadian (read: U.S.) readers. Panelists from the 2012 and 2018 festivals offer their thoughts in another Collision Reconstru...Show More
6) 2023 001 Collision Reconstruction: Editing
To whet your appetite for our first in-person festival in three years, we're dipping into the archive to revisit some past encounters, Collision Reconstructions if you will. First is a mash-up of edit...Show More
7) 2019 027 Writing Facts In Fiction
Some of the best ways to get it right and make all the difference in the effectiveness of your story. (NB: embarrassingly, in a panel about facts, one fact is wrong--the Russian Tsar was Ivan the Terr...Show More
8) 2019 026 Self Published vs. Traditional
Join prolific authors, Jonas Saul and Tracy Cooper-Posey, who've both had (or still have) literary agents and who have (and still do) self-publish. This interactive discussion covers the pros and cons...Show More
9) Is Plot King
Does a satisfactory mystery depend on plot? Or has the classic whodunit evolved into a mainstream novel with a murder or other significant crime? Panelists debate the elements of a good crime/mystery ...Show More
10) 2019 024 What is Eco-fiction and Why Should We Care?
The rise of environmental fiction, both in literature and film, has spawned several sub-genres such as climate fiction, eco-thrillers, eco-mystery, eco-punk, and eco-romance. Is eco-fiction part of sc...Show More