#28: How Writing Helped Becka Mack Through Grief

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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