Man, That’s a Beautiful Mullet and How To Pace Your Novel
Just like hanging out with a friend, or listening to an instructor drone on and on about the beauty of a mullet, the keys to controlling your novel’s ...
Dogs Are Smarter Than People: Writing Life, Marriage and Motivation
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Join an internationally bestselling children's book author and her down-home husband and their dogs as they try to live a happy, better life by being happier, better people . You can use those skills in writing and vice versa. But we’re not perfect, just like our podcast. We’re cool with that.
Invisible Disability Requires A Different Kind of Bravery for One Author
IT’S BE BRAVE FRIDAY WHERE SHAUN OR I (FROM DOGS ARE SMARTER THAN PEOPLE AND LOVING THE STRANGE AND JUST BEING AN AUTHOR IN MAINE) SHARE PEOPLE’S UNED...
Simple Story Structure, Pokemon Oreos and Do You Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching You?
There are lots of fancy and complicated ways to figure out story structure. There’s Save the Cat, the Snowflake Method, the Five-Act, the Four-Act, th...
What Does It Mean to Be Brave
No video today! Sorry! This week things got a bit hectic. Apologies. But we wanted to quickly talk about what it means to be brave and of course, ask ...
WORD! AWARD-WINNING ELLEN BOORAEM TALKS WRITING TIPS AND HOW SHAME KEEPS HER FROM GIVING IN TO PROCRASTINATION
The amazing writer and human, Ellen Booraem, spent nineteen years as a small-town journalist before quitting her day job to write four award-winning f...
Big Foot Fights and Trailer Sauce and No Flat Writing
A lot of writers will worry that their stories seem flat. There’s a reason that they are worrying about that and it’s one of the core elements of good...
You Should Start Your Own Publishing Company – Be Brave Friday
IT’S BE BRAVE FRIDAY WHERE SHAUN OR I (FROM DOGS ARE SMARTER THAN PEOPLE AND LOVING THE STRANGE AND JUST BEING AN AUTHOR IN MAINE) SHARE PEOPLE’S UNED...
He Built a Guitar Out of His Uncle’s Skeleton And Over-explaining Makes Bad Writing
Authors, let’s just admit it. We’re insecure. Writing is communication and we want to make sure that our readers are getting what we’re putting down (...
Helping Toxic People Even When They Didn’t Help You – Be Brave Friday
It’s Be Brave Friday where Shaun or I (from Dogs are Smarter than People and Loving the Strange and just being an author in Maine) share people’s uned...
Full-time Writer and Thinker – Martin Vidal QuarterLife Crises Led to Full-time Writing Career
I was lucky enough to interview author and writer, Martin Vidal, and pick his brain. I hope you'll check out the video or podcast and give this man so...