6:07 / Writers on Writing / donalee Moulton

In cold Halifax, we meet writer donalee Moulton, who talks all aspects of technology. It’s everything tech: from the tech that we take for granted to knowing how detailed our tech descriptions have to be, and from the depths and limits we have on understanding tech to the practicalities of tech that’s helpful in our daily writing lives.

donalee Moulton’s first mystery book Hung out to Die was published in 2023. A historical mystery, Conflagration!, was published in 2024. It won the 2024 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense (Historical Fiction).

A short story “Swan Song” was one of 21 selected for publication in Cold Canadian Crime. It was shortlisted for an Award of Excellence. Other short stories have been published in numerous magazines, journals, and anthologies. donalee’s short story “Troubled Water” was shortlisted for a 2024 Derringer Award and a 2024 Award of Excellence from the Crime Writers of Canada.

donalee is an award-winning freelance journalist. She has written articles for print and online publications across North America including The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Lawyer’s Daily, National Post, and Canadian Business.

As well, donalee is the author of The Thong Principle: Saying What You Mean and Meaning What You Say and co-authored the book, Celebrity Court Cases: Trials of the Rich and Famous.

LINKS

Website: donaleemoulton.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/donaleemoultonauthor

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donaleemoulton/

X: @donaleeMoulton

Instagram: donaleemoulton

 

TIMINGS

00:40 Welcome / Distractions and Disruptions

04:35 Tech Tools

08:22 Tech that we take for granted

13:36 How deeply we need to understand tech in our novels

20:00 Helpful Tech

26:27 donalee’s Writing journey

33:00 A Psychopath for a Protagonist

36:00 Closing

Total Run Time = 37:29

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