Heidi Marjamäki: There is no such thing as good enough
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My guest today is Heidi Marjamäki, a Finnish author based in Berlin. She studied in Scotland, worked in Oxford and London, and now serves as Associate Fiction Editor at Okay Donkey. Heidi's stories have appeared in ergot., Crow & Cross Keys, and others. She won the 2022 Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award and a 2023 ThrillPit mentorship.
We discussed writing in a second language, the influence of her Finnish heritage, and the creative freedom found in Berlin’s literary community. Heidi also spoke about translingual storytelling, her editorial work, and the value of embracing mistakes in the writing process.
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