When did you learn that language has power? | The Write Project

It can be a lightbulb moment for an author: that moment when we learn that language can do things: change minds, tell stories, get us things. Today on Write Project, our guests offer their own stories of how it happened for them.Featuring from Breakwater Books Ltd.:Kevin Major, author of The Sebastian Synard MysteriesOlivia Robinson, author of Blue Moth MotelJennifer Shelby, author of Plague of the DreamlessFrom Engen Books Ltd.:Lily McCarthy, author of Quick Bright ThingsAndrew Peacock, author of VIRALLisa M Daly, author of Navigating StoriesPrajwala Dixit, author of The Tales of Dwipa, and more!Originally broadcast on October 23, 2023 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