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So, over on our substack, LIVING HAPPY, I’ve been talking a lot about creating our own realities in relation to success and meaning.  This is really just sort of diving deep to realize that maybe...

Yep, we’re going there, because we’re the only self-development podcast that will. Join us as we talk about brawls in the Waffle House, farting, and creating systems to actually achieve your goals. DO...

Hi! This year (2023), I’m continuing my quest to share a poem on my blog and podcast and read it aloud. It’s all a part of my quest to be brave and apparently the things that I’m scared about still in...

Since it’s the time of holidays for many religions, we thought it would be a great time to talk about the ancient types of drunk-foolery from the 1500s and how they still exist today. And, a random st...

Just so you all know, if my poem is about a relationship, it might not be about my own current relationship or even about me. :) Hey, thanks for listening to Carrie Does Poems. The music you hear...

Sometimes you see these little bastards in text or sometimes you might want to put them in there yourself. Gasp! We aren’t here to tell you how to be fancy or not, but we are here to let you know how ...

This week we talk about the take-aways from spending time with the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, plus weird junk finds. Because why not? Filmmaker Peggy Callahan spent a lot of time listenin...

Hi! This year (2022), I’ve decided to share a poem on my blog and podcast and read it aloud. It’s all a part of my quest to be brave and apparently the things that I’m scared about still include: My...

Weather vs Whether It’s sexy to know the difference. So, a lot of people mess up weather vs whether. I actually had one writer who just spelled the word consistently wrong as a totally made up word we...

It’s part two of how to deal with being uptight about sex.Yes, this is a two-part podcast series Carrie isn’t cool with.Plus, we have a Florida man story about a bad choice in a Wal-Mart filled with c...

Hi! This year (2022), I’ve decided to share a poem on my blog and podcast and read it aloud. It’s all a part of my quest to be brave and apparently the things that I’m scared about still include: My...

Last week, I took a little break because of the holiday in the U.S., but this week, we’re talking about cause and effect in fiction novels. Troubleshooting Your Novel by Steven James has a big se...

So, this podcast episode is probably going to be Shaun’s favorite because he grew up in a family that was not uptight about sex. I, however, grew up in a family where a couple of the branches pretende...

It's a super short poem about living.  The music you hear is made available through the creative commons and it’s a bit of a shortened track from the fantastic Eric Van der Westen and the track ...

Over on Medium, Michael Lin has a post of short tidbits that he’s learned from reading 100 self-development books. That’s a lot of books. And it’s a lot of two-three sentence tidbits that he has, but ...

This podcast we quickly (so quickly) talk about writing evil people’s dialogue. And a great link that we reference is right here. There are a ton of resources as Matt Bird’s site that you can check ou...

Let’s say your cat gets trapped in the pantry overnight and manages to chew through two bags of cat nip, spread it throughout the pantry and then have a panicked pea on top of a bucket of cashews befo...

This week’s podcast focuses on some advice from Roy Peter Clark. I hope you’ll join me for one of our short weekly writing tips! Thanks for listening to Write Better Now. The music you hear is made av...

This week’s episode is all about special dog dinners and eating frogs for breakfast. So, yeah, basically time management. Come hang out with us! REFERENCES https://apnews.com/article/san-francisco-res...

It’s another poem by Grammy Barnard. She was well into her seventies when I was born and lived to be over 100. She wrote a lot of poems about people being unfaithful. Poor Grammy. The music you hear ...

I'm breaking format this week, for once. Our high school had a credible and serious threat yesterday, staff and teachers and kids were locked down for hours and I want to talk about how people telling...

Let’s talk about life lessons, you know those pity-ass short messages that are meant to give us massive epiphanies that turn our lives around completely. I want to tell you that I hate life lessons. A...

A poem Hey, thanks for listening to Carrie Does Poems. The music you hear is made available through the creative commons and it’s a bit of a shortened track from the fantastic Eric Van der Weste...

This week’s podcast is some quick tips about how to make your scene memorable. I hope you’ll check it out. Hey, thanks for listening to Write Better Now. The music you hear is made available through t...

Join us as we talk a little more about finding your damn purpose and sticking to it the way your dog will stick to farting in your office. And no, your purpose is not to change out the toilet paper ro...

A very very short poem this week.  The music you hear is made available through the creative commons and it’s a bit of a shortened track from the fantastic Eric Van der Westen and the track is c...

Super Important Writing Tip For When You Think Your Story Is a Little Boring This podcast we super quickly talk about something you can do when it feels like your novel got a little boring. Come hang ...

This episode we talk about the two traps of self-improvement: the unworthy trap and the unapplied knowledge trap. And also puppy dog eyes. As Tony Robbins says (and Roomer quotes), “Knowledge is not p...

A quick poem by me Carrie Jones.  ...

Here’s a big truth. I don’t know how to fangirl, and one time I was taking photos in Maine for the Maine Democratic Party at a house rented by famous writers and all my writer friends got excited. The...

This week we talk about how the type of dog you have allegedly tells a lot about the type of person you are AND also David Levitin’s tips for an organized mind. Yep, it’s sexy talk about the hippocamp...

This is a poem by me, Carrie Jones, about paternity.  Hey, thanks for listening to Carrie Does Poems. These podcasts and more writing tips are at Carrie’s website, carriejonesbooks.blog. Th...

Hey, thanks for listening to Carrie Does Poems. These podcasts and more writing tips are at Carrie’s website, carriejonesbooks.blog. There’s also a donation button there. Even a dollar inspires a...

Steve Martin had a catch phrase from his time on SNL and standup that he was a wild and crazy guy. He had an entirely different persona in the skit but you could feel it and tell he’d been inspired by...

First we talk about this woman who saw Elvis in her McDonald’s ketchup and then A little bit about a lady who lets her dog sit at the table and wipes his bum. Steve Martin, author, comedian, musician,...

The character in your story is the heart of your story. It does not matter if that character is a person or a troll or a manatee. That character is the soul of your story. Setting, theme, plot are imp...

This podcast is about a butt ton of Coors Light on a Florida highway and flow states. A few years ago, we talked about FLOW on our podcast and then I just did again over on our LIVING HAPPY newsletter...

This year (2022), I’ve decided to share a poem on my blog and podcast and read it aloud. It’s all a part of my quest to be brave and apparently the things that I’m scared about still include: My spo...

Last week on the podcast and over on our substack, we talked about creating amazing characters and the role of backstory. I’m going to talk a little bit more about that today. Again, backstory is the ...

Join us as we talk about calling a new born baby an aunt and cognitive distortions. Cognitive distortions are basically when you notice something that happens outside of yourself and you distort the h...

One of my grandmothers painted and wrote poems when she wasn’t busy raising her three children. This is one of her poems. Grammy Barnard Poem #3 MELANCHOLY, MAY 19, 1927 Cold and dark desolation’s arm...

Hey! Join us tis week as we talk about writing exceptional characters starting with backstory! It’s quick. It’ll make you a better author. It’s free.  Hey, thanks for listening to Write Better No...

W. Edwards wrote “Drive out fear so that everyone may work effectively for the company.” Paul Zak says, “When learners are psychologically safe, they acquire new information easily because they have t...

A poem.  The music you hear is made available through the creative commons and it’s a bit of a shortened track from the fantastic Eric Van der Westen and the track is called “A Feather” and off t...

It’s the last in our three-week series on scene and structure the Dwight Swain way. Let’s go. Like we said in the first week, Swain makes us writers think of basic elemental structure and creating our...

This week’s podcast is all about Belgian psychologist Ester Perel who has two great podcasts and talks all about relationships and sex and you know, the stuff that gets us an explicit rating. Listen i...

“FINDING THE STORIES” What does it mean to find story when you are the one who is oppressed? What does it mean to find story when you are the one who is barely surviving in your own life? When your mo...

So last week on the podcast and on our blog where we elaborated a bit, we talked about the four main elements of story structure according to Dwight Swain, who wrote The Techniques of the Selling Writ...

So, Shaun is off in Florida HUNTING ALLIGATORS (!) leaving me alone to podcast, which means that all the talent is gone! I explain that in the podcast, but this whole episode is short and sweet. And i...

Hey, thanks for listening to Carrie Does Poems. These podcasts and more writing tips are at Carrie’s website, carriejonesbooks.blog. There’s also a donation button there. Even a dollar inspires a...