Brad Dunne and 15 other authors reveal their hidden secrets! | The Write Project

Okay, let's be real. Not everything obeys the "Chekov's Gun" rule. It should, but it doesn't. Sometimes there isn't an in-story reason for why there's something in a novel. Sometimes it's an Easter Egg, an in-joke, or something only your mother will notice. These are the tiny details that can confuse and enchant readers in equal measure. So we asked ten authors: have you done that?

From Engen Books:
Ellen Curtis, author of Infinity
Brad Dunne, author of The Merchant's Mansion 
Erin Vance, author of Exposure
Tanith Frost, contributor to Terror Nova: Writers Retreat
Ali House, author of The Hunters and the Hunted
Andrew Pike, author of The Epic Quest For Terral B. Hylotz
Kit Sora, author of The Artobiography

From Breakwater Books:
Shelly Kawaja, author of The Raw Light of Morning
Derek Yetman, author of The Yankee Privateer
Claire Wilkshire, author of The Love Olympics
Susan MacDonald, author of Treason's Edge
Olivia Robinson, author of The Blue Moth Motel 

From Running the Goat:
Lori Doody, author of Lana the llama

And also featuring Paul Tucker, John Haas, Shannon Fay and more!

Originally broadcast on February 9, 2026 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country.

Check out As Loved Our Fathers, the latest book from Write Project host Matthew LeDrew: https://amzn.to/3HB7BAB

It's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologist and a Newfoundland History professor that unveils hidden secrets within Newfoundland history!