Folgen

  • Writer Wednesday with Peggyann Kennedy and Special Guests Doug and Jill Pray

    Writer Wednesday with Peggyann Kennedy and Special Guests Doug and Jill Pray
    Jan 29 2026

    Hi, everyone, welcome to Writer Wednesday with Peggyann Kennedy! Joining us today are Doug and Jill Pray, two of my close friends. They discuss their method of storytelling as well as their many adventures in owning the world's leading Auburn Cort Duesenberg (ACD) automobile renovation and repair company. They are super sweet and fascinating folks, so please give this a listen. Enjoy!

    Mehr anzeigen Weniger anzeigen
    44 Min.
  • Mechanics Monday: Brainstorming a Story with Peggyann Kennedy

    Mechanics Monday: Brainstorming a Story with Peggyann Kennedy
    Jan 26 2026

    Hi, everyone! Welcome to Mechanics Monday. Today, I invite you to join me as I brainstorm a story! This episode is the bare-bones part of planning: the basics of the story, an initial conflict, and a tiny bit about the two characters. If you'd like, I challenge you to join me by grabbing your pencils, pens, notebooks, and journals together and plan your own story, following along with me. I hope you have fun, and happy writing!
    Mehr anzeigen Weniger anzeigen
    31 Min.
  • Fun Friday: Exploring Decopolis in Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Fun Friday: Exploring Decopolis in Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Jan 23 2026

    Hi, everyone, welcome to Fun Friday with Peggyann Kennedy! Today we're checking out Decopolis, an eclectic and fascinating bookstore with a coffee shop attached to it. It's right off Route 66, too, a historic highway with a lot of history to it. This Decopolis has ice cream and coffee, along with many other things to look at: gems, journals, candy, art canvases and brushes, and games, to name a few! I bought a little Edgar Allan Poe raven, a small Egyptian doodad, some Japanese candy, a canvas, and a caramel coffee! Kimberly Drymon had to drag me away from the books, though...I hope you enjoy this short video and, if you don't live near or around Tulsa, that you can find a fun place like this near you! Let's get out of our bubbles and have a fun, safe weekend!
    Mehr anzeigen Weniger anzeigen
    2 Min.
  • Writer Wednesday: Graphic Nonfiction with Peggyann Kennedy and Special Guest Sean Fitzgibbon

    Writer Wednesday: Graphic Nonfiction with Peggyann Kennedy and Special Guest Sean Fitzgibbon
    Jan 22 2026

    Hi, everyone! Welcome back to WriteBetterTogether on Spotify! I've finally figured out how to post videos here now, so I will work on (slowly but surely) posting the former videos that I have recorded here in the coming days. Please forgive me for taking so long! I'm learning!

    Today's podcast episode features special guest Sean Fitzgibbon who successfully self-published his own graphic nonfiction novel a few years ago! It is a unique and rare genre, and in it, he combines newspaper clippings, interviews, and his own illustrations to tell a dark, sad, but in the end, hopeful true story about Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Sean Fitzgibbon also discusses his art in connection to his writing as well as his current project, another in his series What Follows is True. Please enjoy, and thank you so much for listening!

    Mehr anzeigen Weniger anzeigen
    39 Min.
  • Remembering Jon Meyers

    Remembering Jon Meyers
    Oct 29 2025

    I am deeply saddened to share that our friend Jon Meyers passed away suddenly on Sunday.

    I recorded this short message to honor him with your own kind words. I could not read them all, so I encourage you to go to our pages to read the messages from people who wrote about him.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/DQUtMIAEe_B/

    https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122263938812230685&set=a.122106296240230685


    As you'll hear in this recording, the podcast will not be continuing for now. I had recently shared that I was stepping back as a co-host, and Jon Meyers planned to continue with Peggyann Kennedy. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with him and to produce these 83 episodes. A few more episodes exist that may be published one day. I hope these episodes, as well as our book, continue to encourage you.
    Mehr anzeigen Weniger anzeigen
    11 Min.
  • Is Boredom Right For You? with Adrian Sanders Russo #writingcommunity #boredom #creativity

    Is Boredom Right For You? with Adrian Sanders Russo #writingcommunity #boredom #creativity
    Oct 23 2025
    EP 83) Sixty-seven episodes ago, 17 months ago, Adrian Sanders was on our show talking about the power of boredom. Today, she is known as Adrian Sanders Russo, and we brought her back to revisit the topic.Adrian Sanders is a full-time copy editor living in Elizabethtown, KY. She is a graduate of Western Kentucky University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in English-Creative Writing. Her poems have appeared in various print and online publications such as Indiana Review Online, Juke Joint, Maudlin House, GASHER, and others. Sanders’s chapbooks are This Side of the Dirt (https://books.google.com/books/about/...) and Lynchian (https://amzn.to/3WUZt6B). They can be found at B**S** Lit and Alien Buddha Press, respectively.STOLEN FOCUS Johann Hari https://amzn.to/3JkT545Peggyann Kennedy and Jon Meyers have a new romcom with a twist of mystery --which is currently running as a weekly serial on Substack:YOU SHOULD HOPEWRENLEIGH DUVALANDRAE VENNA BRENNANNEVER MEET. Updated every Wednesday at or before 11:59pm CST.https://open.substack.com/pub/jonmeye...The completed novel will be available August 2026.OUR HOSTS GET THEIR BUBBLESPeggyann goes to NOLA (the restaurant, not the city).Jon Meyers learns about chair rankings.YOU RESPOND!Kimberly Carpenter Drymon tells us she played along with THE CUBE. Plus she did our call to action!#HEYJONMEYERS Manta rays. Wow.CALL TO ACTIONDig an old piece of writing out of your morgue file and do something with it. Tell us what you did in the comments under the YouTube -- or on fb, X, or IG.THE FINAL ACT: Jon Meyers plays RAPID FIRE GENRE.Briefly mentioned in this episode: #tradpublishing #Writer #amwriting #creativewriting #selfpublishing #writing #poetry #hustleculture #noticing #WIP #mentalhealth #StolenFocus #johnprine #rollerderby THE PANTOMIME HORSES OF LONDON, KENTUCKY by Jon Meyers https://amzn.to/4oIP5KJ(with cover art by SIGNE.)UPCOMING APPEARANCESJON MEYERS, WRITERCON, SEPTEMBER 4-7, 2026THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN THE HISTORIC SKIRVIN, OKC, OKhttps://writercon.com/conference/JON MEYERS, WRITERFEST, NOVEMBER 21-22, 2025BELMONT UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TNhttps://www.writerfestnashville.com/.........LINKSA PURPLE POMODORO TIMER CHOSEN ESPECIALLY FOR YOU:You can purchase it here: https://amzn.to/4jn89LzThe Mood Octopus https://amzn.to/4jTc6I9You can order Emily's prayer guide here:Paperback NOW Available: https://amzn.to/3UD1vWOAFFILIATE LINKS: Order our book here: Emily Brooks and Jon Meyers, WRITE ANYWAY: https://amzn.to/4erbV3G⁠Plus, WRITE ANYWAY, is now available on Kindle Unlimited: https://amzn.to/3ScKS2JBLOGGING STEP-BY-STEP COURSE by the Blog Authority:https://wbt--theblogauthority.thrivec...MORE LINKS FROM FRIENDS OF THE SHOWStephanie L. Jones entire catalog: https://shop.givingyourbestlife.com/Misty L. Butler's entire catalog: https://mistylbutler.com/books-books-...Our Bookshop…https://bookshop.org/shop/write-bette...Our Patreon… / writebettertogether CONNECT WITH US:YouTube/@writebettertogether ⁠www.instagram.com/WriteBetterTogether⁠⁠www.facebook.com/writebettertogethernow⁠⁠www.X.com/WriteBetterTgtr⁠CONNECT WITH PEGGYANN KENNEDYComing SoonCONNECT WITH EMILY BROOKS: www.emilybrookswriter.com⁠⁠www.instagram.com/EmilyBrooksWriter⁠www.facebook.com/EmilyBrooksAuthor⁠CONNECT WITH S. MATISKOBooks: https://www.amazon.com/author/s.matiskoWebsite: https://smatisko.wordpress.com/Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/smatiskoCONNECT WITH STEPHANIE L. JONEShttps://givingyourbestlife.com/homeCONNECT WITH JON MEYERS: ⁠www.jonmeyersscripts.com⁠⁠www.instagram.com/FilmicThePage⁠⁠www.facebook.com/FilmicThePage⁠⁠www.X.com/FilmicThePage⁠Contact David Corbly at OpenDoorCreations.com for your website creation and/or website upgrading If you need a copy editor or proofreader, we recommend Brian Baker. Check out his bio, and you’ll see why: https://go.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=1084...
    Mehr anzeigen Weniger anzeigen
    1 Std. und 44 Min.
  • Workshop Your Novel's Logline with Author Betsey Kulakowski #writingcommunity #fiction #authorlife

    Workshop Your Novel's Logline with Author Betsey Kulakowski #writingcommunity #fiction #authorlife
    Oct 23 2025
    EPISODE 82) Bestselling author Betsey Kulakowski drops in on Peggyann Kennedy and Jon Meyers to help them finetune their logline for their upcoming novel. If you need to work on yours, there are a lot of useful tips built into this episode.What novel? Our new romcom with a twist of mystery is being released as a weekly serial on Substack:YOU SHOULD HOPEWRENLEIGH DUVALANDRAE VENNA BRENNANNEVER MEET. Updated every Wednesday at or before 11:59pm CST.https://open.substack.com/pub/jonmeye...The completed novel will be available August 2026.OUR HOSTS GET THEIR BUBBLESPeggyann meets with some of her profs.Jon Meyers goes to the International Festival.YOU RESPOND!Kimberly Carpenter Drymon has some nice things to say. Plus she gives us a well thought out reply to our Gomer Pyle Call-To-Action.Laurie McDuffie is learning a lot, approves of Peggyann , and thinks Jon Meyers is a trip!#HEYJONMEYERS Should you bother getting to know a monarch butterfly?CALL TO ACTIONGive us some dual protagonist comps, books or films. Leave your answer down here in the comments under the YouTube -- or on fb, X, or IG.THE FINAL ACT: Peggyann plays The Box.Also briefly mentioned in this episode: #unfreakingbelieveablepodcast #veritascodex #bigfoot #logline #tradpublishing #Writer#amwriting #creativewriting #selfpublishing #coauthoring #pantser #plotterBETSEY's WEBSITE: https://www.authorbetseykulakowski.com/BETSEY'S BOOKS: https://amzn.to/4qgPmFESuffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race and Voting Rights in the U.S. by CAITLIN CASS https://amzn.to/3UD1vWOTHE PANTOMIME HORSES OF LONDON, KENTUCKY by Jon Meyers https://amzn.to/4oIP5KJ(with cover art by SIGNE.)UPCOMING APPEARANCES BY JON MEYERSJON MEYERS, WRITERCON, SEPTEMBER 4-7, 2026THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN THE HISTORIC SKIRVIN, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKhttps://writercon.com/conference/JON MEYERS, WRITERFEST, NOVEMBER 21-22, 2025BELMONT UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TNhttps://www.writerfestnashville.com/MORE SOON.........SHOPPING LINKSA SPECIAL PURPLE POMODORO TIMER WE CHOSE ESPECIALLY FOR YOU:You can purchase it here: https://amzn.to/4jn89LzThe Mood Octopus https://amzn.to/4jTc6I9SOME OF EMILY'S NEWER LINKSYou can order Emily's prayer guide here:Paperback NOW Available: https://amzn.to/3UD1vWOAFFILIATE LINKS: Order our book here: Emily Brooks and Jon Meyers, WRITE ANYWAY: https://amzn.to/4erbV3G⁠Plus, WRITE ANYWAY, is now available on Kindle Unlimited: https://amzn.to/3ScKS2JBLOGGING STEP-BY-STEP COURSE by the Blog Authority:https://wbt--theblogauthority.thrivec...MORE LINKS FROM FRIENDS OF THE SHOWStephanie L. Jones entire catalog: https://shop.givingyourbestlife.com/Misty L. Butler's entire catalog: https://mistylbutler.com/books-books-...Our Bookshop…https://bookshop.org/shop/write-bette...Our Patreon… / writebettertogether CONNECT WITH US:YouTube/@writebettertogether ⁠www.instagram.com/WriteBetterTogether⁠⁠www.facebook.com/writebettertogethernow⁠⁠www.X.com/WriteBetterTgtr⁠CONNECT WITH PEGGYANN KENNEDYComing SoonCONNECT WITH EMILY BROOKS: www.emilybrookswriter.com⁠⁠www.instagram.com/EmilyBrooksWriter⁠www.facebook.com/EmilyBrooksAuthor⁠CONNECT WITH S. MATISKOBooks: https://www.amazon.com/author/s.matiskoWebsite: https://smatisko.wordpress.com/Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/smatiskoCONNECT WITH STEPHANIE L. JONEShttps://givingyourbestlife.com/homeCONNECT WITH JON MEYERS: ⁠www.jonmeyersscripts.com⁠⁠www.instagram.com/FilmicThePage⁠⁠www.facebook.com/FilmicThePage⁠⁠www.X.com/FilmicThePage⁠You can contact David Corbly at OpenDoorCreations.com for all your website creation and/or website upgrading Although we didn’t mention him in this episode, if you need a copy editor or proofreader, we recommend Brian Baker. Check out his bio, and you’ll see why: https://go.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=1084...
    Mehr anzeigen Weniger anzeigen
    1 Std. und 22 Min.
  • **ALL NEW** Convey Emotions Through Illustration and Best Practices for Author/Artist Collaboration

    **ALL NEW** Convey Emotions Through Illustration and Best Practices for Author/Artist Collaboration
    Oct 23 2025
    EPISODE 81) By invitation, Artist Signe sits in as cohost to teach us some of her considerations when communicating emotions through illustration. We talk about the parallel between storytelling with words and storytelling with drawings. Spoiler alert: Story always comes first. We talk about how the author and artist can help each other arrive at the best project. Peggyann pops in for a few minutes in a prerecorded bit with me as we tell you about our new romcom with a twist of mystery serial on Substack:YOU SHOULD HOPEWRENLEIGH DUVALANDRAE VENNA BRENNANNEVER MEET. Go to 01:37:34 to find out how to read it.The first chapter will be posted on October 8, 2025, before 11pm CST.OUR HOSTS GET THEIR BUBBLESSigne drives her horse around the Netherlands and sees many animals.Jon Meyers shows Signe a new three story mural.YOU RESPOND!Abbie Allen, screenwriter/novelist, responds to a previous discussion about manuscript size.#HEYJONMEYERS What colour is outerspace?CALL TO ACTIONGo find a sheep. At a farm, in a toy store, on a book cover, anywhere. Send us a picture of it and describe the colour. Leave your answer down here in the comments under the YouTube -- or on fb, X, or IG.THE FINAL ACT: Signe plays "Does America Have These?"Also briefly mentioned in this episode: #ghostsigns #selfdoubt #writingcommunity #art #artist #tapir #amwriting #creativewriting #selfpublishing #impostersyndrome #Dutch #language #Friesian #Friesland #chickens SIGNE's WEBSITE: https://www.signeofhorses.com/SIGNE's IG: / signe.of.horses.illustrations Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race and Voting Rights in the U.S. by CAITLIN CASS https://amzn.to/3UD1vWOTHE PANTOMIME HORSES OF LONDON, KENTUCKY by Jon Meyers https://amzn.to/4oIP5KJ(with cover art by SIGNE.)UPCOMING APPEARANCES BY JON MEYERSJON MEYERS, WRITERCON, SEPTEMBER 4-7, 2026THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN THE HISTORIC SKIRVIN, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKhttps://writercon.com/conference/JON MEYERS, WRITERFEST, NOVEMBER 21-22, 2025BELMONT UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TNhttps://www.writerfestnashville.com/MORE SOON.........SHOPPING LINKSA SPECIAL PURPLE POMODORO TIMER WE CHOSE ESPECIALLY FOR YOU:You can purchase it here: https://amzn.to/4jn89LzThe Mood Octopus https://amzn.to/4jTc6I9SOME OF EMILY'S NEWER LINKSYou can order Emily's prayer guide here:Paperback NOW Available: https://amzn.to/3UD1vWOAFFILIATE LINKS: Order our book here: Emily Brooks and Jon Meyers, WRITE ANYWAY: https://amzn.to/4erbV3G⁠Plus, WRITE ANYWAY, is now available on Kindle Unlimited: https://amzn.to/3ScKS2JBLOGGING STEP-BY-STEP COURSE by the Blog Authority:https://wbt--theblogauthority.thrivec...MORE LINKS FROM FRIENDS OF THE SHOWStephanie L. Jones entire catalog: https://shop.givingyourbestlife.com/Misty L. Butler's entire catalog: https://mistylbutler.com/books-books-...Our Bookshop…https://bookshop.org/shop/write-bette...Our Patreon… / writebettertogether CONNECT WITH US:YouTube/@writebettertogether ⁠www.instagram.com/WriteBetterTogether⁠⁠www.facebook.com/writebettertogethernow⁠⁠www.X.com/WriteBetterTgtr⁠CONNECT WITH PEGGYANN KENNEDYComing SoonCONNECT WITH EMILY BROOKS: www.emilybrookswriter.com⁠⁠www.instagram.com/EmilyBrooksWriter⁠www.facebook.com/EmilyBrooksAuthor⁠CONNECT WITH S. MATISKOBooks: https://www.amazon.com/author/s.matiskoWebsite: https://smatisko.wordpress.com/Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/smatiskoCONNECT WITH STEPHANIE L. JONEShttps://givingyourbestlife.com/homeCONNECT WITH JON MEYERS: ⁠www.jonmeyersscripts.com⁠⁠www.instagram.com/FilmicThePage⁠⁠www.facebook.com/FilmicThePage⁠⁠www.X.com/FilmicThePage⁠You can contact David Corbly at OpenDoorCreations.com for all your website creation and/or website upgrading If you need a copy editor or proofreader, we recommend Brian Baker. Check out his bio, and you’ll see why: https://go.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=1084...
    Mehr anzeigen Weniger anzeigen
    2 Std. und 12 Min.