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This episode Pip and Tee are joined in the studio with Canadian powerhouse writer, KT Bryski.

00:00 Introduction, and a little Vanessa Ives

• Tee wonders why he bothers…
• KT Bryski joins us in the studio even while we have a Penny Dreadful moment.
• KT drops the F-bomb and admits for an undying love of Eva Greene.
• Pip finally gets a drink, a Winchester Ciderworks Malice, while a jug of Paranoia from Pen Druid Brewery awaits upstairs. The other two breweries KT and Tee partook from were Old Busthead and Dogfish Head.
• Tee did the Dogfish Dash and the daughters make signs!
• Tee has an interesting breakfast at the Dash, while the only beer Pip likes is donedoneDONE! (until next year)
• Pip grabs a Dogfish Head Beach Beer with vodka in it. Noice!

11:18 Talking about grant writing

• An artist who wants to live!
• Exposure will kill you, especially in Canada!
• In grant writing, KT is showing that she is using Canadian talent, and showcase Canadian stories.
• KT is writing an audio drama containing five Canadian folk pieces.
• Tee is disappointed by the lack of back-bacon, but this is more about awareness of Canadian culture.
• Breaking down the budget is important. Where does every penny go?
• KT is asking for a modest amount, but how did she learn how to write this?
• Friends are very useful, especially when they have taken a grant writing course
• Writing a grant is not a press release. It is an academic breakdown. Plain words, plain paper.
• Use affirmative words, as if you are already in process.
• So why didn’t KT use Kickstarter or Paetron?
• KT actually does believe in spreading Canadian culture—that’s why!
• Pip talks a little bit about something similar in New Zealand, but not being able to find enough actors…New Zealand actors!
• We talk about government programs…
• Just because something is produced in Canada, doesn’t make it Canadian…
• What happens to a grant after you’ve written it
• Letters of support from people like…Tee and Pip. Pip has experience with introducing people to foreign cultures!
• Are you a professional?
• Campfire Radio Theatre, Coxwood History Fun Park, and Beneath Northumberland are where you can find Blythe Haynes in action.
• Ask KT if she’d do it again once she gets to the end!
• It’s been quite a long three years.

29:53 Voicemail!!

• Tee has a new bumper!!
• We need more voicemail…send it!!
• Call us back Nobilis
• Chris Lester of Metamor City calls about the Nazi romance, and it’s all about Esther.
• However…the romance and shoehorned romance make it wrong.
• Tee calls it treason KT didn’t hear the last Shared Desk, but she figures it out

36:56 Wrapping it up with KT

• Don’t forget to call us at 703.791.1701 and leave us voicemail, even as Pip’s cider kicks in.
• Find KT right here
• Sign up for our social media for writers course
• We’ll be at Steampunk Unlimited with Unwoman and Abney Park
• Your MiniCon in Connecticut in January!
• KT has a book coming out soon. Heartstealer…look for it soon!
• Meanwhile she continues to sling beer at Black Creek, before heading off to pick up her diploma
• And everyone is looking forward to Smokey Writers
• Tee and Pip try adopting KT

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Enjoy the ride
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