QWERTY Writing Life Podcast

In Episode 8 of QWERTY Writing Life, join authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith and take a creative page from kids! Joy and Mea have learned many lessons from their children and share some in this episode. As they discuss ways they’ve encouraged creative discovery in their kids’ lives, they realized the same principles applied to their own—and other adults’.

Following the four steps they share might just lead you to discover a new passion or—at the very least—a new appreciation for a different creative medium.

If you have creative kiddos (or you’re up for learning, too), here are a few links Mea mentioned for videos she and her kids enjoyed:

Dav Pilkey: https://pilkey.com

Narwhal and Jelly: https://www.narwhalandjelly.com/books/

Frog and Toad

Frog & Toad The Complete Collection: https://www.amazon.com/dp/000813622X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_X1GfFbQ9DGE11

Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems: https://youtu.be/RmzjCPQv3y8

Dude Perfect: https://www.youtube.com/user/corycotton

Primitive Building: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClo-U5gvXPRy-4VqWEkkRDg

Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.

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Meet the authors at https://www.logosandmythospress.com/authors.

Happy Thanksgiving to our US friends!! In Episode 30, we are reflecting on the first six months of QWERTY Writing Life Podcast. Can you believe it’s been six months already?!?! We have many things to be thankful for in this experience and so many exciting things to come. In fact, we have a gigantic announcement to share that we think you’ll be pretty stoked about as well.

Check out the links we reference in the show and be sure to share with us what you’re thankful for this year.

https://www.logosandmythospress.com

https://womeninpublishingsummit.com

http://brookewarner.com

https://podcast.shewrites.com

https://www.shewrites.com

http://brookewarner.com/green-light-chapter-giveaway/

Episode 14: Interview with a Creative: Kim Howes Zabbia, artist https://youtu.be/DdYyIG84pNs

https://www.kimhoweszabbia.com

Episode 29: Interview with a Creative: Brandon Odom, professional vocal performer https://youtu.be/z-jO6IC-Zqo

https://corovocati.org/

https://www.thecreativepenn.com

https://www.thecreativepenn.com/podcasts/

Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Brandon Odom, professional vocal performer for more than twenty years, shares his creative journey and tips of the trade in this Interview with a Creative on the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast. He discusses his experience as a professional performer as well as the benefits and challenges of interpreting an established work of art. Brandon gives us practical tips on how to infuse your creative mark when reimagining these pieces through research and by connecting with the piece through a combination of emotions and personal experiences. 

Brandon leaves us with a QWERTY Challenge based on his practical creative tips. You can visit Brandon and hear his incredible voice on his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChULdxMo4xXRhVz8eq59O3g

Learn more about the professional choir Brandon sings with by visiting https://corovocati.org/

At the end of the episode, Brandon sings “Beautiful City” from the Broadway show Godspell.

Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our author resource series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.

Welcome to Episode 28 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast with Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith! November is almost half done, so we’re wondering: Are you still pumped about writing now that NaNoWriMo is almost halfway over? Whether you are participating in NaNo or not, motivation is ALWAYS in the Creative’s conversation. Today’s topic is all about motivation and determination. We’re putting our own definitions to each for the creative context and attempting to answer the frequently asked question of how to maintain motivation with, we hope, some more long-term answers.

Our QWERTY Challenge will have you going deep again and asking yourself some deep questions about who you are so you can decide who you’re going to be and how you’re going to get there. 

Subscribe and ring the bell for new episode notifications. Then, continue this week’s chat with us via email. We’d love to hear your reactions, comments and questions to this week’s show! Email us at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com.

For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, subscribe and ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, joyerancatore.com.

Joy mentioned her love for the Photoshop tutorials done by Aaron over on https://phlearn.com. If you’re a photo editing fan, check them out! Also, if you’re in the market for business cards and other marketing materials, give https://www.gotprint.com/home.html a try. Joy loves their products. Her author cards are their Trifecta, and she’s getting standard ones for her Press and square ones for all things QWERTY Writing Life!

Are you planning some special creativity time this holiday season? Are you making a list and checking it twice of all the parties and family obligations that sometimes feel less than nice? With a little creative planning, you may just be able to incorporate creativity into your holiday schedule—without adding unnecessary stress or flinging fruitcakes at your family’s face. We’ll share our tips with you in Episode 33 of the QWERTY Writing Life Podcast.

In this week’s QWERTY Challenge, we’ll guide you to apply a little bit of planning in order to achieve more positive creativity.

Please share our podcast with your friends! We’d love for them to be our new friends, too! Questions? Comments? You know what to do! Continue this week’s chat with us via email at editorial [at] logosandmythospress [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to www.logosandmythospress.com/qwerty-writing-life. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Can’t get enough of Mea? Head over to her online home at www.measmith.com. Want to know more about Joy? Check out her site, www.joyerancatore.com.