Send us a text Hi, 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 P...
Jan 17, 2025•48 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Send us a text Hello, 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/document/read/656...
Jun 29, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Send us a text Welcome, 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 expect...
May 18, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Send us a text Hop, 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/ If y...
Mar 29, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Send us a text Hello 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 pe...
Mar 11, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Send us a text Hello 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. Long answer: listen to the episode to find out! 😉 If you enjoy...
Feb 12, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Send us a text Hello 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 w...
Jan 25, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Send us a text Hi, 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...
Jan 15, 2024•12 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Send us a text If 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 Perloff https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57229765-infrathin 📜1000 INFRATHINS chrome-extension:/...
Jan 01, 2024•37 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Send us a text Here 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-literature 8 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/...
Dec 16, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us a text Welcome 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 Snicket (Alter ego of write...
Nov 30, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Send us a text This is a tiny one, just to chat a bit about our favourite November writing challenge: Nanowrimo! Nano website: https://nanowrimo.org/dashboard Redy, Set, Novel! - writer's workbook https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12590721-ready-set-novel?ac=1&from_search=true Author 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=true Come say HI to me on insta...
Nov 16, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us a text Happy Halloween and welcome to spooky episode 8! 👻🎃🧟 These are some of the things mentioned on the episode: 💀Zombie Teenagers on a Train https://www.instagram.com/p/CkXI3YRPOz9/?img_index=1 💀Edgar Allan Poe's lesser know story 'Berenice' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenice_(short_story) 💀Julio Cortazar's story 'CASA TOMADA' (has Fall of The House of Usher vibes) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Tomada 💀Roald Dahl's 8 books collection https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Oct 31, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Send us a text What´s Bizarro Fiction? Bizarro is like: Franz Kafka meets John Waters Dr. Seuss of the post-apocalypse Takashi Miike meets William S. Burroughs Alice in Wonderland for adults Japanese animation directed by David Lynch Read more at: https://www.bizarrocentral.com/about/ 👽 Favourites Authors/ Stories: Candy-coated - by Carlton Mellick III https://carltonmellick.com/2009/07/02/candy-coated-a-short-story-by-me/ A Million Versions of Right - by Matthew Revert https://www.matthewrever...
Oct 06, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Send us a text Hello! 👋 It's been a minute... This minisode is about 2 things mainly: -The podcast passing from being weekly to biweekly (sort of, consider subscribing if you don't want to miss any episode). -Introducing a BONUS series on genre. These especial episodes are going to be: Ep #7 BIZARRO FICTION Ep #8 SCI-FI Ep#9 MAGICAL/PLAYFUL FICTION Ep#10 HORROR/GOTHIC Ep# 11 POETRY They are going to be a lot of fun, don't miss them! 🙃 If you enjoyed this episode, please consider rating and rev...
Sep 30, 2023•10 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Send us a text SHOW NOTES In this episode I share a bit of how my seeking publication looks like and also I share (as always) some pretty cool resources related to this. Future Me (write a letter to your future self!) https://www.futureme.org/ Hannah Lee Kidder (check her self-publishing course on SkillShare) https://www.youtube.com/@HannahLeeKidder My first ever publication 💕 Sleeping Beauty of Melbourne - Lot's Wife Magazine https://lotswife.com.au/sleeping-beauty-of-melbourne/ Chill Subs (aw...
Sep 03, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Send us a text Welcome to episode 5, where I'll talk about my (messy) writing routine, plus the software (or lack thereof) that I use, my favourite places to write, and much more. This episode is packed with inspiration triggers and curated resources that you can find listed down below (they obviously make much more sense if you listen to the episode). SHOW NOTES: ✨ Writers' Routine. https://writersroutinedotcom.wordpress.com/ ✨Unpublished Podcast (about romanticising writing). https://open.spot...
Aug 23, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Send us a text To write exophonically, first you need to read lots in the language you're seeking to write in. In this episode I talk about: -How I wasn't a reader growing up and became one only recently. -Changing schools mid-first grade and having to quickly adapt to cursive (when all I new was printed letters). -The first book I ever read on my own and liked: Dailan Kifki by María Elena Walsh ✨ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/311950.Dailan_Kifki -How I used to think I needed to read all t...
Aug 17, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Send us a text Words are god-like elements that establish the reality all around us. Join me in this episode to know about: When a word has 2 meaning but we only know 1 of them. The joy of making words up. There's no such thing as unreal words, only unpopular ones. Why linguists don't study words. ✨ SHOW NOTES ✨ The Translator - by Nina Schuyler https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/16255224 Babycakes - by Neil Gaiman (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cB2fe60Mdk Words (allegedly) made-up...
Aug 10, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Send us a text Welcome to this episode about the challenges that we encounter when writing not in our first language. I mention the obstacles of... 1. Grammar and syntaxis 2. Imposter Syndrome 3. Lack of vocabulary 4. Falling into literal translation (especially of collocations and fix phrases) ... as well as some ideas on how to tackle them. Listen to find out! SHOW NOTES: Mundo Lingo https://mundolingo.org/ Masterclass: 68 creative ways of saying 'said' https://www.masterclass.com/articles/cre...
Aug 02, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Send us a text This is my first ever episode, (yay!) and it's all about (you guessed it)... Exophonic Writing! I'll talk about what it is and why I choose to practise it instead of simply write in my native language (Spanish) More specifically, I'll mention 4 reasons why writing in English is easier to me than writing in Spanish. As per the how to write exophonically? you'll have to listen and find out for yourselves. SHOW NOTES: Qué difícil es hablar el español (difference in Spanish vocabulary...
Jul 20, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 1
