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Hi. So glad you’re here.

I am a writer of fiction and plays, whose work has appeared in The New QuarterlyRoomThe Antigonish Review, and Agnes & True. I also work as a teacher and coach, helping writers embrace their unique visions and ways of working.

Heather Debling Writer

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The Divine Dissatisfaction

Blog posts about writing, the creative process, and the messy but beautiful work of living a creative life

Who is witnessing your work?

The following is a transcript of Episode 3 of The Divine Dissatisfaction podcast. Click here to listen to the episode. A few months ago, I wrote a blog focused on TV shows that capture the creative process. I’ll include a link to the post in my show notes, but essentially what I was…

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Reflecting on The Maple Leaves

The following is a transcript of Episode 3 of The Divine Dissatisfaction podcast. Click here to listen to the episode. Last month, I realized that one of my projects was celebrating a significant anniversary. It had been a decade since I self-produced a workshop production of my play The Maple Leaves.…

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Encased

This is a transcript of Episode 1: Encased from The Divine Dissatisfaction Podcast. Click here to listen to the episode. Here where I live in southwestern Ontario, we have, not often, but definitely more often than we used to, these periods of freezing rain. And on those mornings, I take my…

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