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The Exophonic Writer Podcast21 - SEASON FINALE: I've self-published my first novel and I'll tell you everything I've learntSend us a textHi, exophonics. I know... it's been a minute.But I have a really good excuse. I've been working on the publishing process of my first novel: TANGO MASALA!!!Tango Masala is a psychological coming-of-age drama written in verse, about Bianca, a language teacher living in Buenos Aires and Milan, an Indian businessman bearing a job proposal that will change Bianca's world.It's available on hardback and paperback, Kindle and Kindle Unlimited. In this episode of The Exophonic Writer Podcast I want to share three valuable lessons I l...2025-01-1747 minThe Exophonic Writer Podcast20 - Mapping your Writing Journey to Beat Imposter SyndromeSend us a textHello, Exophonics!In this episode I'll share with you a map of the milestones of my (still very young) trajectory in this writerly life. My aim is to inspire you to do the same with your own journey and, like that, beat IMPOSTER SYNDROME, once and for all!...Or at least try. 😉Let's gooo!✨Show notes: My Paris blog (in Spanish):https://unaciudadenelmundo.wordpress.com/Sleeping Beauty of Melbourne (my first ever published short-story): https://www.yumpu.com/en/docum...2024-06-2939 minThe Exophonic Writer Podcast19 - Identity (or Are the Literary Voices of Exophonic Writers Compromised by Cultural Expectations?)Send us a textWelcome, exophonic friends!It's almost impossible to talk about exophony without talking about Identity, since it's such a fundamental pillar for this practice. Matters of Identity emerge during the phase of choosing to become an exophonic writer as well as during the phase after one has already been writing in a second language for a while (well, duh, matters of identity govern almost everything we do, don't they?)In this episode, I'm posing a lot of questions about the expectations surrounding ide...2024-05-1830 minThe Exophonic Writer Podcast18 - Exophonic Chats: Write about your culture in a language that they will understand, but how to be authentic? With Cher ChidzeySend us a textHop, hop, hop 🐰Look at what the Easter bunny brought...a brand new episode of the Exophonic Writer Podcast!In this episode I talk with Cher Chidzey who's an author from Singapore living in Australia. Cher wants to bring aspects from her culture to English speaking societies and what other way to do it if not writing in a language that they will understand, but how to be authentic?Click here, if you want to know more about Cher and her work:https://cherchidzey.weebly.com/I...2024-03-2937 minThe Exophonic Writer Podcast17 - Exophonic Chats: Telugu and a Rich Literary Tradition with Madhuri KarraSend us a textHello exophonics and exophonic lovers!In this new episode of The Exophonic Writer Podcast I bring you a new exophonic guest. Meet... Madhuri Karra, who's from Vizag in India and came to Australia in 2013. She writes fantasy novels in English and was highly influenced by the literary tradition running in her family.Likewise, her mother tongue, Telugu, has a particularly rich literary tradition which she tells us about in this episode. Also, tune in to find out what's her own personal reason to choose exophony!2024-03-1123 minThe Exophonic Writer Podcast16 - Help! I'm writing a novel in 3 languagesSend us a textHello friends, welcome.Omg, this novel of mine is a real challenging linguistic something! 🙀It l includes English, Hindi and two varieties of Spanish.Oh, and it's also... written in verse! And there are plenty of calligrams.(Watch this awesome video about calligrams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ0x1YOuMwQ )Why did I enclose myself in this linguistic labyrinth, you ask?Short answer: because I'm a rebel.2024-02-1222 minThe Exophonic Writer Podcast15- Exophonic Chats: How First Language Identity is a Fundamental Part to Bring into Theatre Play with Fabio MottaSend us a textHello friends, please join me in my conversation with our first guest to the podcast.(Woohoo!)His name is Fabio Motta and he's an award-winning, Italian-born Australian actor and educator who kindly joined us to chat about the importance of bringing our first language selves to the stage (or the page, or the canvas, etc.)We also talked about his language-related struggles when he first moved to Australia at 8 years old and he even taught us a cool new word: Grammelot. ✨I say we rea...2024-01-2529 minThe Exophonic Writer Podcast14 - MINISODE: ✨ 2024 Teaser ✨Send us a textHi, friends! In this mini teaser episode, I'll tell you what I have planned for this year (spoiler alert: plenty of awesome stuff).You can expect some episodes about:✨ Writing a novel in 3 languages✨ A chat about Identity when being an exophonic writer✨A chat about Translation VS. Exophonic Writing✨More cool literary stuff, such as Constricted Writing...aaaaand, what I'm most excited of all:✨EXOPHONIC CHATS! A section in which I'll have exophonic or exophonic-related guests so we can slowly but...2024-01-1512 minThe Exophonic Writer Podcast13 - Bonus series: 📜Poetry 📜Send us a textIf you only think poetry is rhyming short texts about love or heartbreak... well, you may be missing out!Listen to today's episode to find out some cool sides of poetry. ✨SHOW NOTES📜What is poetry?https://poets.org/glossary/poetry#:~:text=The%20following%20definition%20of%20the,language%3B%20an%20experience%20through%20words.📜Infrathin: an experiment in micropoetics -Marjorie Perloffhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57229765-infrathin📜1000 INFRATHINSchrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://monoskop.org/images/2/21/1000_Infrathins_2018.pdf📜Shortest poem2024-01-0137 minThe Exophonic Writer Podcast12 - Bonus series: 🛸 Sci-fi 🛸Send us a textHere are some titles and resources explored in this episode, enjoy! ✨What is Science Fiction Writing?https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-science-fiction-writing-definition-and-characteristics-of-science-fiction-literature8 Sci-fi sub-genres:Fantasy fiction.Supernatural fiction.Utopian fiction.Dystopian fiction.Space opera.Space western.Cyberpunk.Steampunk.My favourite sci-fi book: The Loneliest Girl in the Universe, by Lauren James.https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/32601841My favourite Sci-fi show: Undone (Amazon Prime original)https://www.amazon.com/Undone-Season-1/dp/B0875GVR6...2023-12-1632 minThe Exophonic Writer Podcast11 - Bonus series: 🪄 Magical/Playful Fiction 🪄Send us a textWelcome and I hope you enjoy the topic of today:fiction that is playful and magical and interactive and fun. 🌈✨As I mention in the episode, this is not a category that already exists in libraries and bookstores, but a rather personal mix of my own.These are the books and authors mentioned:🪄Alice in Wonderland - By Lewis Carroll🪄The Jabberwocky:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLQos7-Vq8M🪄The little Prince - By Antoine de Saint Exupery🪄Lemony Sn...2023-11-3036 minThe Exophonic Writer Podcast10 - Minisode: A NaNoWriMo chatSend us a textThis is a tiny one, just to chat a bit about our favourite November writing challenge: Nanowrimo!Nano website:https://nanowrimo.org/dashboardRedy, Set, Novel! - writer's workbookhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12590721-ready-set-novel?ac=1&from_search=trueAuthor Sarah Crossan, from whom I discovered the amazing free verse novel writing technique 😍https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4864330.Sarah_Crossan?from_search=true&from_srp=trueCome say HI to me on instagram:https://www.instagram.com/the_exophonic_writ...2023-11-1617 min