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August 29, 2025 39 mins

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Whether to reach a wider audience, or to detach yourself from saying hard things, or because your native language has a very complex writing system. Whatever the reason that brings you to write in a non-native language... this is a story that only you can tell, so write it!


In conversation with author and book coach Karmen Spiljak, we talked about grammar skills, cultural expectations, opportunities for exophonics in the publishing world and her own trajectory in being an exophonic writer.


If you want to know more about today's guest, you can find more here:

https://karmenspiljak.com/

https://storyallegiance.com/about/


Tune-in and add to your exophonic reality a little piece of truth from the point of view of other exophonics from across the globe ✨🙂

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