On Episode 7, I sit down with poet, Maria Giesbrecht, who just released her first collection of poems titled, ‘peeling oranges’. We discuss the process of writing the collection, where she finds inspiration, the challenges in promoting your writing as an independent artist, finding a publisher, and how she managed to make her debut collection a Canadian bestseller on Amazon.com.

In this episode we discuss: 

• The process of writing a collection of poems. 
• How to find an editor that works for you.
• How to have your original writing published. 
• Tools she has used to grow her social media and online presence. 
• Her inspiration of other authors and poets.
• How poetry and songwriting are closely linked.

Purchase ‘peeling oranges’ at a local Guelph, Ontario bookstore or through Amazon at the link below:

• https://www.amazon.ca/peelingoranges

Support Maria through her social media pages: 

• I: @Theguelphpoet