Brave Fart and Florida Man, Let’s Talk About How Anger is Not The Enemy for Writers and Other Humans

Dogs Are Smarter Than People: Writing Life, Marriage and Motivation

So, a lot of self-help out there on TikTok and blogs is all about being . . . Well, happier, more efficient, better humans. We explore this all the time ourselves as we try to lead better lives, but one of the big things about this is that it sort of makes it seem like we live in a bubble where only we exist, that if we just work harder, better, more, in a different way, then we can get everything we need.

That's what we talk about, plus brave fart and Florida Man headlines and writing.

DOG TIP FOR LIFE

Anger doesn't usually help you get bacon. Be choosy in how you use it and remember there are other souls out there who have to interact with you.

WRITING TIP OF THE POD

Allow your characters to experience a full range of emotions.

SHOUT OUT!

The music we’ve clipped and shortened in this podcast is awesome and is made available through the Creative Commons License.

Here’s a link to that and the artist’s website. Who is this artist and what is this song? It’s “Summer Spliff” by Broke For Free.

WE HAVE EXTRA CONTENT ALL ABOUT LIVING HAPPY OVER HERE! It's pretty awesome.

We have a podcast, LOVING THE STRANGE, which we stream biweekly live on Carrie’s Facebook and Twitter and YouTube on Fridays. Her Facebook and Twitter handles are all carriejonesbooks or carriejonesbook. But she also has extra cool content focused on writing tips here.

Carrie is reading one of her raw poems every once in awhile on CARRIE DOES POEMS. And there you go! Whew! That's a lot!

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