S5 Ep22: Michael Pederson

About this episode

The episode features poet Michael Pederson discussing writing and inspiration.

Ahoy there, you weary word-wanderer. You found us. Finally!  Thank goodness. Welcome to the Failing Writers Podcast. Think of us as your writing harbour. Your safe haven. Your Lighthouse. Come and moor here for a while and have your brain de-barnacled by the glorious mind of poet Michael Pederson. Writer, linguaphile, Edinburgh Makar and all-round inspirational wordsmitherizer. And once you’ve been inspired… time to get involved and write something wonderful yourself. But hang on… before you do… you might want to consider the fantastic writing software Scrivener? An app that makes writing novels, plays, screenplays, poetry and all the other stuff soooo much easier. Plus we’ve got a special code you can use at  https://www.literatureandlatte.com/store/scrivener  to get yourself a majestic 20% off. Our little gift to you for being awesome. FAILING (That’s the code btw, I’m not just shouting FAILING! at you.  That would be mean) And now you’ve listened to Michael, I’ll bet you want all his essential info?... Yep. Thought so. Insta:  @michaelpedersonoyster Go see Michael live: https://www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events Buy Muckle Flugga…

People in this episode

Host: The Failing Writers Podcast

Guest: Michael Pederson

Topics covered

• writing
• poetry
• inspiration
• software
• literature

Keywords

• writing
• poetry
• Michael Pederson
• Scrivener
• inspiration

Sponsors

Scrivener

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Acast

Books & works: Muckle Flugga, Boy Friends

Places: Edinburgh

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