Doing Diversity in Writing
In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—talk about naming our fictional characters. Listen to it here on Podbean or find us on your favourite podcast app. What we talked about General things to look out for when picking our characters’ namesAll the different aspects that might influence which names make sense... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—interview Clare Sager about building different worlds in our fiction. Listen to it here on Podbean or find us on your favourite podcast app. Clare Sager is an office lackey turned full-time author. With both a bachelor of arts and a masters of arts in... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—take a pause to talk about what to do when hiring professionals to better your writing is not an option (yet). Listen to it here on Podbean or find us on your favourite podcast app. What we talked about That there’s privilege in being able... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—ask Erin Olds, CEO of Salt & Sage Books, all our questions about sensitivity reading. Listen to it here on Podbean or find us on your favourite podcast app. Who is Erin Olds? Erin Olds loves to travel, read, and drink boba tea! She currently... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—discuss diversity and representation in Disney’s Encanto. Listen to it here on Podbean or find us on your favourite podcast app. What we talked about All the ways in which diversity shows up in Encanto, from skin colour to body type, to the different roles... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—interview Professor Grace L. Dillon about Indigenous Futurisms and how (not) to write Indigenous characters. Listen to it here on Podbean or find us on your favourite podcast app. Grace L. Dillon (Anishinaabe with family, friends, and relatives from Bay Mills Nation and Garden River... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—compare two F/F romance novels to talk about how to ‘Show, don’t tell’ race and ethnicity in your writing. Listen to it here on Podbean or find us on your favourite podcast app. What we talked about Caren J. Werlinger’s She Sings of Old, Unhappy,... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—interview author Antoine Bandele. Listen to it here on Podbean or find us on your favourite podcast app. Antoine Bandele is an Amazon bestselling author in action adventure fantasy, dark fantasy, sword & sorcery, African American fantasy, and African literature. He was born and raised... Continue Reading →
In this episode of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—discuss the writing of race and ethnicity in fantasy and sci-fi stories. Listen to it here on Podbean or find us on your favourite podcast app. What we talked about How race and ethnicity is done in fiction and TV series that are not grounded... Continue Reading →
In this first episode of Season 2 of Doing Diversity in Writing, we—Bethany and Mariëlle—discuss how to write skin colour. Listen to it here on Podbean or find us on your favourite podcast app. What we talked about Why we should avoid comparing anyone’s skin tone to food, even if people from a certain... Continue Reading →
Representation Matters 