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This week on Off The Shelf, Morgann sits down with Becka Mack, the author of the beloved hockey romance series, “Playing For Keeps”. The two dive into how this series started, how and why this was the creative outlet Becka turned to when faced with grief. Becka also opens up about her own infertility struggles and how that influenced her newest release, “Breath With Me.”
They also dive into:
- Becka’s favourite snacks and hyper-fixations
- How writing stories began at a very early age
- What readers can expect next from Becka!
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Becka’s favourite snacks
1:17 Beginning of Becka’s writing career
5:02 Becka’s old short stories
8:47 Favourite rom-coms
9:54 Life before writing
14:05 Therapy and creative outlets
17:55 Writing the first book
20:04 Advice to your younger self
21:29 Grief & Writing
22:56 Hyper-fixations
26:10 Creating the Playing For Keeps series
36:10 Social media response to Consider Me
28:10 Wattpad to traditional publishing
44:43 Miscommunication in books
49:10 Breathe With Me (no spoilers)
53:30 Feeling ready for Breathe With Me
55:00 Balancing fiction with personal experience
56:17 Misconceptions with infertility
1:04:39 What’s next?
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