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16 Authors Asked: Does a Big Ego help an Author at all? | The Write Project

from The Write Project · host Matthew LeDrew

Does having a Big Ego help or hurt authors? Sure you need to have some confidence to get your work out there, but where does that line end? We asked 16 authors from a wide-range of backgrounds (award-winning, indie, traditionally published, self published) where they thought that line was.Featuring, from Breakwater Books Ltd.: Susan MacDonald, author of Edge of TimeBridget Canning, author of Some People's ChildrenFrom HarperCollins:Mary Walsh, author of Crying for the MoonFrom Engen Books Ltd.:Brad Dunne, author of The Merchant's MansionKit Sora, author of The ArtobiogaphyPaul Carberry, author of CarcharodonErin Vance, author of ExposureTanith Frost, contributor to Terror Nova: Writers RetreatAli House, author of The Lightbulb ForestPeter J. Foote, author of Molting of a QueenGareth Mitton, author of PedestalAnd independently published authors such as:John Haas, author of The Reluctant BarbarianJeff Kelland, author of Grace UngivenCandace Osmond, author of Dark TidesPeter Breau, author of Mississippi ZombieOriginally broadcast on October 28, 2019 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country.  Check out As Loved Our Fathers, the latest book from Write Project host Matthew LeDrew: https://amzn.to/3HB7BABIt's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologist and a Newfoundland History professor that unveils hidden secrets within Newfoundland history! Support the showProduced and recorded at CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, Newfoundland. Listen on CHMR online at http://www.chmr.ca/​This program is sponsored by:Engen Books: Checkout Engen titles at http://www.engenbooks.com/​Or sign up for their newsletters at: The Write Project signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8W9OTEngen Horror Society Signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8YemrFantasy Files signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8X4zLEngen's Science-Fiction Newsletter for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/ir5JmgThis recording copyright © 2026 Matthew LeDrew

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Does having a Big Ego help or hurt authors? Sure you need to have some confidence to get your work out there, but where does that line end? We asked 16 authors from a wide-range of backgrounds (award-winning, indie, traditionally published, self published) where they thought that line was. Featuring, from Breakwater Books Ltd.: Susan MacDonald, author of Edge of Time Bridget Canning, author of Some People's Children From HarperCollins: Mary Walsh, author of Crying for the Moon From Engen ...

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