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Andrew Boden is a writer and editor based in Burnaby, Canada.

His fiction and non-fiction have been published in numerous anthologies and magazines across Canada and the US, including the Journey Prize anthology. He was also a finalist in the Malahat Review’s 2016 and 2018 novella contests. Andrew was thrilled to co-edit Hidden Lives: Coming Out on Mental Illness, a ground-breaking anthology of evocative personal essays by writers who either suffer from or have close family members who have been diagnosed with a serious mental health or developmental disorder.

Andrew is also passionate about helping disadvantaged children learn to read. He is a director of Books Over Borders, a Canadian children’s literacy charity and has helped thousands of
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Andrew Boden I'm very fortunate, since I don't suffer from writer's block too often. I like to research my fiction thoroughly beforehand, steeping myself in the pl…moreI'm very fortunate, since I don't suffer from writer's block too often. I like to research my fiction thoroughly beforehand, steeping myself in the place, characters, history and mood of my story. That process may take weeks or months. Once I begin writing, I emphasize keeping my fingers moving, not thinking and certainly not heeding any self-doubts that come up. If my fingers stop, I write that down. If I seem stumped, I write that down. No matter what, I keep my fingers moving, incorporating even the feeling of being "blocked" into the words on the page.

Now what may appear in the first draft may not be prize-winning prose, but you need to get those first words down. That's critical: you can't polish a blank page anymore than you can polish a non-existent sapphire. You need to polish and polish those initial words until the story shines.(less)
Andrew Boden A new novel set in Germany in 1940. I'm on the final draft now!…moreA new novel set in Germany in 1940. I'm on the final draft now!(less)
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