Episode 14: Coffee Break with Dinah Laprairie, Emily De Angelis, and Daphne Gordon

Welcome to the Women Writing podcast. In this special episode, we’re taking a coffee break to chat about all things writing retreats!Emily De Angelis comes from a long line of visual artists, musicians, and storytellers.She has spent many years developing her writing through independent study, workshops, conferences, and courses, including a year in the Humber School for Writers. She was also fortunate to receive an OAC grant for Works in Progress. Emily has western and Japanese-style poems as well as short stories published in various anthologies. She was guest curator and poet for an ekphrastic exhibit involving the work of early Canadian painter Florence Carlyle and recently launched a chapbook based on Carlyle’s writing and Emily’s poetry entitled In the Space Between: The ‘New Woman’ in the Writing of Florence Carlyle (Woodstock Art Gallery 2024). Her debut young adult novel, The Stones of Burren Bay, released in May 2024 with Latitude 46 Publishing. Emily is wintering in Woodstock, Ontario while spending summers on her property on Manitoulin Island.Daphne Gordon is a writer and author with a background in journalism and a passion for storytelling. She is currently working on a nonfiction book that weaves personal stories, investigative research, and insightful interviews to offer a fresh perspective on the evolving world of psychedelics. This isn’t a guide to using psychedelics—it’s an invitation to reflect on their cultural, medical, and personal significance. Whether or not you engage with psychedelics yourself, this book explores why they matter and how they’re shaping our world. Subscribe to Daphne’s Substack newsletter Psychedelic Sundays and visit her website at daphnegordon.com.Dinah Laprairie is a writer, editor, and an Author Accelerator Certified Book Coach, offering story support to passionate people and community-minded mentors. For 13 years, Dinah served as editor–publisher of Open Minds Quarterly. Today, she supports authors as an editor and coach, serving people who want to inspire change by sharing their professional and lived experience on the page, whether it’s practical advice for specific audiences, life lessons, or big ideas that deserve a wide readership. Her coaching focuses on supporting the writer’s goals while upholding the reader’s needs and expectations. She is ready to help you with book planning and outlining, wrangling ideas into a message, getting into the writing mindset, revisions, or pitching your book to publishers. Her aim is to make you a confident writer who has the tools and mindset to write forward and publish the book you dream about—one that readers need, and read. Dinah hails from the land of blueberries and big nickels, in Northeastern Ontario. When she’s not at her desk, you’re most likely to find her reading literary or crime novels or taking part in a local class or trying a new recipe. Find Dinah on LinkedIn, Substack, or at www.dinahlaprairie.comRekindle Creativity Women’s Writing Retreat: Spring GetawayJoin us for a weekend getaway at The Lodge at Pine Cove in beautiful French River, Ontario to reconnect with yourself and your writing, and make connections with a small group of fellow writers. What a wonderful way to celebrate the spring by rekindling your personal creativity and sparking your ideas. Dinah and I can’t wait to welcome you. Learn more and register here.Women Writing CircleAre you looking for support, accountability, and community to reach your writing goals this year? The Women Writing Circle meets on the second and fourth Mondays of the month from 6:30-8:00 PM EST. This offering is for paid subscribers ($8USD/month). You can learn more about the benefits of subscribing here. I’m looking forward to creating a magical writing community with you, and getting pages written in 2025. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit liisakovalawomenwriting.substack.com/subscribe