Episodes
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Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith wrap up Season 5 with a grateful and reflective look back and a huge announcement for the future of QWERTY Writing Life Podcast. You will want to catch the news and find out whatâs next for the QWERTYs and their friends.
Check out the links referenced in the show:
Joyâs LAM Summer Reading Challenge: https://joyerancatore.com/summer-reading/
Learn more about their book on writing critique partners, Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers
Berries, Bridges and Books Conference: https://cmwriters.wixsite.com/creativemindswriters/conference
QWERTY Writing Life Season 1, Episode 21, âAllowing Faith in Your Artâ: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-jmr7a-c0a873
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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Author Joy E. Rancatore muses on the might of mindset in this special QWERTY interview with a creative. Mea Smith asks Joy clarifying and deepening questions to dive well below the surface of the topic and prompts her to share a special QWERTY challenge with listeners.
Tune in to be challenged, enlightened and motivated.
Check out the links referenced in the show:
Learn more about their book on writing critique partners, Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers
Orna Rossâ three-hat mindset: https://ornaross.com/from-orna/indie-authors-three-hats/
Interview with a Creative: Mea Smith: Creativity and Our Worth
Episode Link: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/interview-with-a-creative-mea-smith-creativity-and-our-worth/YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/rkqe5Cqo_1w
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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Author Mea Smith discusses her journey through determining her worth and shares epiphanies about how it connects to creativity in this special QWERTY interview with a creative. Joy E. Rancatore asks Mea foundational and process questions and prompts her to share a special QWERTY challenge with listeners.
Tune in to be inspired, enlightened and uplifted.
Check out the episode about Meaâs poetry book referenced in the show:
QWERTY Writing Life, Season 2, Episode 47: âA Poetic Arc: The Birth of a Poetry Bookâ: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/a-poetic-arc-the-birth-of-a-poetry-book/
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith dispel negative emotions toward motivation in the creative life for Episode 15 in Season 5 of QWERTY Writing Life.
They present a QWERTY theory about the aspects of motivation and two QWERTY-identified types of motivation. Personal examples from their recent creative lives show how they arrived at this candid chat. And, they end with ten observations about motivation and a practical implementation that flows into the QWERTY Challenge.
Check out the links referenced in the show:
Meaâs poetry book, Grief Like a River: https://storyswell.net/books
Learn more about their book on writing critique partners, Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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Recently, authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith met with a group of writers on a college campus. One of the students asked a question that has spurred ongoing conversation between Mea and Joy ⊠and this episode!
âWhat is your motivation to publish? What keeps your butt in the chair to finish a project and get it out there?â
Listen in as Joy and Mea share specific answers to how they achieved publication of some of their books as well as more general reasons behind why they choose to share in the first place.
They close out with a short but deep QWERTY Challenge that can help you answer these questions in your creative life.
Check out the links referenced in the show:
Meaâs poetry book, Grief Like a River: https://storyswell.net/books
Learn more about their book on writing critique partners, Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers
Joyâs book Any Good Thing: https://joyerancatore.com/any-good-thing/
QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, Season 5, Episode 12, âBalancing Vulnerability and Memories in Artâ: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/balancing-vulnerability-and-memories-in-art/
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
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Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith highlight five benefits of writing across formats and genres in this episode of QWERTY Writing Life. They pull from their work and life experiences to exemplify each point and challenge listeners to add to the conversation.
Check out the links referenced in the show:
Joyâs Summer Reading Challenge: https://joyerancatore.com/summer-reading/
QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, Season 3, Episode 17, âFundamental Standards for Creativesâ: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/fundamental-standards-for-creatives/
Meaâs poetry book, Grief Like a River: https://storyswell.net/books
Learn more about their book on writing critique partners, Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith approach a challenging topic in Season 5, Episode 12 of QWERTY Writing Lifeâhow to balance vulnerability and memories in art. They offer five tips to avoid unhealthy bleeding out of emotions in public art while still seizing the opportunity to heal through creativity.
In addition to practical tips creatives can implement, Joy and Mea share personal examples from their own books to show how theyâve used or are using their tips to share emotional pieces with readers.
Check out the links referenced in the show:
Marching North hat tutorial on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GcXlu6eLz-U?si=r1urP90_FO_dVHOl
Learn more about their book on writing critique partners, Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers
QWERTY Writing Life Season 5, Episode 9, âWhat Is the Great Conversation?â https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/what-is-the-great-conversation/
QWERTY Writing Life Season 5, Episode 10, âWhy Care About the Great Conversation?â https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/why-should-we-care-about-the-great-conversation/
QWERTY Writing Life Season 5, Episode 11, âHow Do We Add to the Great Conversation?â https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/how-do-we-add-to-the-great-conversation/
QWERTY Writing Life, Season 5, Episode 5, Interview with a Creative: Dan Blank on Creative Place & Purpose podcast episode: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/interview-with-a-creative-dan-blank-on-creative-place-purpose/
QWERTY Writing Life, Season 5, Episode 5, Interview with a Creative: Dan Blank on Creative Place & Purpose podcast episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hIvSma0YZXk
Grief Like a River by Mea Smith: https://storyswell.net/books
This Good Thing by Joy E. Rancatore: https://joyerancatore.com/this-good-thing/
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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In Season 5, Episode 11 of QWERTY Writing Life, authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith answer the question, âHow do we add to the Great Conversation?â To do that, they came up with four thoughts on the how of it all to round out this mini series on the Great Conversation.
Check out the episodes and books referenced in the show:
QWERTY Writing Life, Season 5, Episode 5, Interview with a Creative: Dan Blank on Creative Place & Purpose podcast episode: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/interview-with-a-creative-dan-blank-on-creative-place-purpose/
QWERTY Writing Life, Season 5, Episode 5, Interview with a Creative: Dan Blank on Creative Place & Purpose podcast episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hIvSma0YZXk
The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings by Philip and Carol Zaleski: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23526522-the-fellowship
The Bird and the Sword by Amy Harmon: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29008738-the-bird-and-the-sword
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11337.The_Bluest_Eye
Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith dive deeper into the topic of the Great Conversation as they answer the question, âWhy Care About the Great Conversation?â They share three primary âwhysâ and then go further in regards specifically to literature with seven benefits to that creative medium.
Check out the book referenced in the show:
Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith begin a few thoughts about the Great Conversation. In Episode 9 of Season 5âs QWERTY Writing Life, they seek to answer the question âWhat is the Great Conversation?â
Check out the links referenced in the show:
Joyâs 12 Days of Reading
https://www.facebook.com/groups/twelvedaysofreading
Simon Schama, The Power of Art https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19797.The_Power_of_Art
Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/588138.The_Hero_With_a_Thousand_Faces
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith encourage creatives to play this holiday season and jumpstart their creativity with prompts. In this episode of QWERTY Writing Life, they give five types of prompts for creatives and then share examples from their lives of how each can be used.
Check out the links referenced in the show:
Blog Battle: https://bbprompt.com/
Tales of the Faerie Shepherds (stories by Joy, many inspired by Blog Battle prompts): https://joyerancatore.com/my-writings/tales-of-the-faerie-shepherds/
Reedsy has a weekly writing prompt contest you can have fun with: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/
FOR A BONUS PROMPT AND IMPROMPTU EXAMPLES OF HOW ITâS USED BY BOTH JOY AND MEA:
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith continue season fiveâs extra candid format in an episode about sacrifice. They discuss peopleâs natural aversion to the word as well as the importance of it and how it ties into a creativeâs life and art.
As with many other introspective topics, asking âWhat will you sacrifice for your art?â requires a balancing act. Joy and Mea share a few of their tendencies to tip to one extreme or another and some practical steps they have taken or are taking to avoid such imbalance.
Throughout the discussion, the authors weave in ways creatives can prepare themselves to answer the question, âWhat will you sacrifice for your art?â
Check out this link referenced in the show:
We Can Do Hard Things Podcast with Dr. BrenĂ© Brown, Episode 48, âHow to Know Ourselves and Be Known by Our Peopleâ: https://shows.cadence13.com/podcast/wcdht/episodes/e77b5152-0180-4a59-8540-d8aa59e73c94
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith present perhaps their most candid QWERTY Writing Life episode yet. They donât have any earth-shattering answers for the questions they pose on the topic of redefining self care. What they do have are honest reflections from their own lives and examples of how to redefine self care, specifically for the creative life.
As shared in the show, this is the QWERTY Definition of Self-Care:
How we care for ourselves physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually (all the ways that make us human beings) that enables us to pour into the people in our lives and into the responsibilities and opportunities weâve accepted, without sacrificing personal peace (our own wholeness).
Check out the links referenced in the show:
QWERTY Writing Life, Season 5, Episode 5, Interview with a Creative: Creative Place & Purpose with Dan Blank: https://youtu.be/hIvSma0YZXk
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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Dan Blank, founder of WeGrowMedia, visits QWERTY Writing Life and chats with authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith about Creative Place and Purpose.
He gives practical tips on how to take overwhelming aspects of the creative lifeâmarketing, author platform, author purpose and mission statements, collaborations and audienceâand make them manageable, approachable and even fun.
Dan also explains his "human-centered approach to marketing" and shows how it plays out in the lives of authors through real-life examples.
Learn more from Dan at these links:
Subscribe at Substack for his weekly newsletter that is always packed with inspiration and practical steps you can take to improve your creative life: https://danblank.substack.com/
Visit his website for more on his âhuman-centered approach to marketingâ and his consultations for authors: https://wegrowmedia.com/
Follow him on Instagram or X for daily encouragement: https://www.instagram.com/danblank and https://twitter.com/DanBlank
And, of course, get your own copy of his creative life-altering book, Be the Gateway: A Practical Guide to Sharing Your Creative Work and Engaging an Audience: https://bookshop.org/a/95576/9780998645216
(Note: This is Joyâs affiliate link for the book on bookshop.org. Thank you for supporting Dan, Joy and independent bookstores!)
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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In Season 5, Episode 4 of QWERTY Writing Life, Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith bring back a previous question, with a twist.
Where Is Your Artâs Place in the Creative World?
Answering where an artist fits in the creative world is one challenge that comes with easy to follow questions. Placing art, though, can be more complicated. Joy and Mea share three perspectives to ease the task and guide fellow creatives.
Check out the links referenced in the show:
QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, Season 5, Episode 3: âAuthors & Readers: Letâs Get Together!â: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/authors-and-readers-let-s-get-together/
Joanna Pennâs interview with John Truby on The Creative Penn Podcast: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2022/11/28/anatomy-of-genre/
The Anatomy of Genres: How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works, by John Truby: https://bookshop.org/a/95576/9780374539221 (This is Joyâs affiliate link for the book on bookshop.org, a fantastic online bookseller that gives back to independent bookstores.)
More on Carolinaâs Legacy CollectionââSouthern fiction with Christian rootsââby Joy: https://joyerancatore.com/my-writings/carolinas-legacy-collection/
QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, Season 5, Episode 2: âWhere Is Your Place in the Creative World?â: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/where-is-your-place-in-the-creative-world/
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith tackle a huge topic in this episode of QWERTY Writing Life: bringing Authors and Readers together.
They seek to reduce the overwhelm of the topic, though, through a set of six lessons theyâve learned over their years as Creatives.
Check out the links referenced in the show as well as a few suggestions for fellow authors seeking to identify their ideal readers:
QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, Season 5, Episode 1, âCalibrate Your Creative Purposeâ: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/calibrate-your-creative-purpose/
QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, Season 5, Episode 2: âWhere Is Your Place in the Creative World?â: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/where-is-your-place-in-the-creative-world/
Suggested Resources for Identifying an Ideal Reader:
Dan Blankâs book, Be the Gateway: A Practical Guide to Sharing Your Creative Work and Engaging an Audience: https://wegrowmedia.com/bethegateway/
Dan Blank, We Grow Media consulting: https://wegrowmedia.com/work-with-us/
Belinda Griffin, Smart Authors Lab: https://smartauthorslab.com/about-smartauthorslab/
Kimberley Grabas, Your Writer Platform: https://yourwriterplatform.com/about/
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Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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Since childhood, people ask that loaded question: âWhere Do I Fit In?â Creatives still ask that question, but with a twist:
âWhere Is My Place in the Creative World?â
Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith have asked the same question, and theyâve developed a three-tiered approach to help Creatives answer where they belong.
In this episode, Joy and Mea provide Creatives with 11 questions to answer. These prompts cover the first two tiers of finding your place in the creative world. The third tierâconnecting with the right creative audienceâwill be covered more thoroughly in Episode 3 of Season 5.
To answer Where Is Your Place in the Creative World, decide who you are and what you want as a creative by answering these six questions:
#1: What are your fundamental standards? What is your code of conduct or the set of standards that guide what and how you create?
#2: Why do you have to create?
#3: What do you want to create?
#4: What are your goals for what you create?
#5: What do you want to make people feel?
#6: Envision yourself as a successful artist. Whoâs around you? Where are you? How are you holding that successâare you headlining conferences as a keynote speaker or touring bookstores and libraries across the country or traveling while you create?
Next, look outside yourself to who you want beside you on your creative journey, by answering these five questions:
Question #1: Who do you want to support?
Question #2: What do you want to promote?
Question #3: What support would you like?
Question #4: How can you help fellow creatives? How are you willing to do this?
Question #5: What safeguards can you put in place to make sure you engage wisely in ways that are best for you and them?
Check out the links referenced in the show:
QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, Season 3, Episode 17, âFundamental Standards for Creativesâ: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/fundamental-standards-for-creatives/
QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, Season 5, Episode 1, âCalibrate Your Creative Purposeâ: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/calibrate-your-creative-purpose/
Dan Blankâs book, Be the Gateway: https://wegrowmedia.com/bethegateway/
âWriting with Maggie Stiefvaterâ digital writing course: https://www.etsy.com/listing/806360184/writing-with-maggie-stiefvater-8-hour
Learn more about their book on writing critique partners, Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers
Writer Moms Inc. Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Writermomsinc/
Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi): https://allianceindependentauthors.org/?affid=7767
Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA): https://www.ibpa-online.org/
Rom-Com Author Sharon Peterson: https://sharonmpeterson.com/
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith have been prepping for a life-changing literary submission. As part of that, they must submit an Artistâs Statement. Neither of them was sure what that was, but after a bit of research, they discovered theyâve been crafting theirs for the past several years.
Listen in as they take this discovery and share how their statements have developed organically over their time as evolving creatives. In reference to their creative purposes, Joy and Mea explain how those important foundational details have adapted over time as theyâve grown as authors.
You will hear four practical steps to intentionally calibrate your creative purpose. The QWERTYs look forward to hearing about your implementation of these tips.
Check out the links referenced in the show:
QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, Season 1, Episode 35, âGoal Planning with 2020 Vision, Part 1â: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/goal-planning-with-2020-vision-part-i-template-for-goal-setting/
QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, Season 3, Episode 17, âFundamental Standards for Creativesâ: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/fundamental-standards-for-creatives/
Dan Blankâs book, Be the Gateway: https://wegrowmedia.com/bethegateway/
Subscribe to Dan Blankâs weekly newsletter, packed with great information and encouragement for creatives: https://wegrowmedia.com/contact-us/
Subscribe to the QWERTYâs monthly newsletter (be sure to click the box next to âopt in to receive news and updatesâ and check your spam for the confirmation email): https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/z9f1z5
Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/qwertywritinglife
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qwertywritinglife/
Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith reflect on the fourth season of QWERTY Writing Life and celebrate the highlights while announcing plans for the future. Tune in for opportunities to weigh in on upcoming creative opportunities and a challenge to help you plan your next steps.
Check out the book and the previous episodes referenced in the show:
Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers
QWERTY Writing Life, Season 4, Episode 7, âArtist as a Work in Progressâ: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/artist-as-a-work-in-progress/
QWERTY Writing Life, Season 4, Episodes 11 and 12: âCreativity: Are You Sitting or Steeping?â
https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/creativity-are-you-sitting-or-steeping-part-1/
https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/creativity-are-you-sitting-or-steeping-part-2/
Subscribe to the QWERTYâs monthly newsletter (be sure to click the box next to âopt in to receive news and updatesâ and check your spam for the confirmation email): https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/z9f1z5
Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/qwertywritinglife
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qwertywritinglife/
Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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Season Four of QWERTY Writing Life has been full of productivity, surprises and lessons learned. Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith reflect on the season and the projects they have managed along the way.
Tune in for thoughts on embracing the finiteness of time and the depth we add to our creative selves when we simply live life and much more. The QWERTY Challenge is geared toward helping you celebrate your creative accomplishments.
Check out the book and the previous episodes referenced in the show:
Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers
QWERTY Writing Life, Season 4, Episode 13, âWhen Your Pivot Needs to Pivotâ:
https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/when-your-pivot-needs-to-pivot/
QWERTY Writing Life, Season 4, Episode 14, âCreatively Redeeming a Time Gapâ: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/creatively-redeeming-a-time-gap/
Subscribe to the QWERTYâs monthly newsletter (be sure to click the box next to âopt in to receive news and updatesâ and check your spam for the confirmation email): https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/z9f1z5
Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/qwertywritinglife
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qwertywritinglife/
Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this weekâs chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about the QWERTYs, the show and their writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if youâd rather see their grinning faces, ring the bell on their YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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