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Hi, I'm Zoe! I'm a Visual Linguist and Exophonic Writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Join me each episode while I podcast my quest to become a published author. Some topics that will show up in the podcast are: -Languages and Linguistics (especially about Spanish and English). -The struggles of writing in your second language. -Literature (genres and styles that have grabbed my attention) -Writing techniques, rituals and routines. -Seeking publication. -Curation of resources: books, blogs, ...
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20 - Mapping your Writing Journey to Beat Imposter Syndrome
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Send us a Text Message. 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 Span…
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19 - Identity (or Are the Literary Voices of Exophonic Writers Compromised by Cultural Expectations?)
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Send us a Text Message. 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 lan…
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18 - Exophonic Chats: Write about your culture in a language that they will understand, but how to be authentic? With Cher Chidzey
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Send us a Text Message. 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 l…
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17 - Exophonic Chats: Telugu and a Rich Literary Tradition with Madhuri Karra
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Send us a Text Message. 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…
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16 - Help! I'm writing a novel in 3 languages
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Send us a Text Message. 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 …
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15- Exophonic Chats: How First Language Identity is a Fundamental Part to Bring into Theatre Play with Fabio Motta
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Send us a Text Message. 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.) …
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Send us a Text Message. 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 st…
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Send us a Text Message. 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%20w…
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Send us a Text Message. 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 fictio…
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11 - Bonus series: 🪄 Magical/Playful Fiction 🪄
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Send us a Text Message. 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 …
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Send us a Text Message. 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…
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Send us a Text Message. 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 TOMAD…
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Send us a Text Message. 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 Carlto…
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7 - MINISODE: Introducing a ✨BONUS✨ series on genre
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Send us a Text Message. 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/PLAYFU…
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6- My publishing process (or lack thereof)
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Send us a Text Message. 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/@Hanna…
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Send us a Text Message. 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 …
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4- Are you an exophonic reader? - Read more to write better! :)
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Send us a Text Message. 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 re…
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3- In the beginning... there was the Word - a podcast about loving, learning and making wor(l)ds up
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Send us a Text Message. 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 Sc…
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2- The Challenges of Exophonic Writing and What Helps Tackle Them
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Send us a Text Message. 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 th…
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1- What's Exophonic Writing? (the what, why and how of exophonic writing)
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Send us a Text Message. 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 th…
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