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313 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWelcome to Dogs are Smarter Than People with NYT and internationally bestselling quirky human author Carrie Jones, her slightly more normal husband, Shaun, and their dogs. Life tips. Writing tips. Dog noises. It's all here.
Bonus episodes of BE BRAVE FRIDAYS (telling people's stories of bravery) and LOVING THE STRANGE (all about celebrating the weird) and author-to-author interviews. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carriejonesbooks/support
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Episodes
Is it sleep paralysis or is it a ghost? Either way, it was freaky
November 08, 2018 20:30 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBIt is a bonus podcast where weird things happen like potential ghosts, fishing and roadside painted purple Jesus! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carriejonesbooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carriejonesbooks/support
Stream Your Consciousness, Baby, Plus Shaun Goes Fishing
November 06, 2018 15:51 - 17 minutes - 24.2 MBShaun: Two weeks ago we were hanging out at a friend's house and Carrie met a woman who was talking about writing, and how it helped her through some tough times and how she loved writing, but didn't think she could ever be one. "It's all stream of consciousness," she said as if it was a bad thing. This of course broke Carrie's heart. Carrie: To be fair, my heart is easily broken. Like last week, when one of our friends said that Shaun is the best part of the podcast because he's funny and...
Advice About Writing Scary Stories and the Levels of Terror
October 30, 2018 13:37 - 24 minutes - 33.7 MBAll sorts of different things scare different people. We’re breaking from our normal podcast format for Halloween and talking about our scary stories and what makes a story feel scary to us. Stephen King said, “I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I’ll go for the gross-out. I’m not proud. ” And he also said, “The 3 types of terror: The Gross-out...
Three Tips to Facing Your Writing Fears
October 23, 2018 14:30 - 18 minutes - 25.5 MBThis past weekend was sort of scary. Carrie's worst case scenario of presenting happened. She was scheduled to give a four-hour seminar on public image, but when she arrived the place wasn't unlocked, there was no water, but worse- there was no A/V. It was not pretty. And then... We went to a party, a SNL-themed party, and because our friends are good at peer pressure and we were dressed as Spartan cheerleaders, we stunted and Carrie had to jump on Shaun's back in a short skirt (with modes...
Writers, Don't Let Them Make You Sit Down, Take Your Shot
October 16, 2018 13:44 - 20 minutes - 27.7 MBA long time ago, our daughter Em was taking karate, which was the only martial art available then in our town. She was eight years old and tiny. The instructor was Shaun size – sort of – and bald, super intimidating. He had all the little ones line up and kick rectangular strike pads. Em’s kick was so unexpected and powerful that the adult holding the pad fell over. Did they tell her, “Good job?” Nope. They made her sit down. “What did I do wrong, Mommy?” Em asked. “Nothing, buddy. Not...
Stupid Writing Tips are Stupid
October 09, 2018 13:36 - 21 minutes - 29.5 MBTrust yourself. Some writing gurus are... Well, there's no once size fits all about writing edicts and adjectives are not the devil. For the words that go with the podcast, check out: https://carriejonesbooks.blog/dogs-are-smarter-than-people-podcast-stupid-writing-tips-are-stupid/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carriejonesbooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carriejonesbooks/support
Be the Flamingo of Change for Your Characters And Yourself
October 02, 2018 13:53 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBDogs are Smarter Than People is the quirky podcast about writing life and dogs and marriage, too. WRITING TIP OF THE POD Remember that kindness, that telling moment of giving or empathy? T. hat makes the characters you write so much more likable. You root for characters who take care out of others. Search the world and your life for those random moments. Use them in your writing. Be the flamingo of change. Don't be afraid to be innovative, to be quirky, to be kind. We all tend to resist ...
Writing Prompts of the Weird
September 26, 2018 18:50 - 21 minutes - 30 MBFor the written tips that go with the podcast, check out https://carriejonesbooks.blog/dogs-are-smarter-than-people-the-podcast/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carriejonesbooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carriejonesbooks/support
Writing Life Can Be Awesome
September 21, 2018 18:50 - 14 minutes - 26.1 MBWriting tips. Life tips. Quirky as heck. It is our first and maybe most authoritative episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carriejonesbooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carriejonesbooks/support
Bonus Episode - Canadian Prime Minister Talks about Rotary
September 21, 2018 15:30 - 3 minutes - 3.25 MBPaul Martin talks about Rotary and Polio --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carriejonesbooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carriejonesbooks/support
How to Hook Your Readers With Memorable Characters
August 14, 2018 15:15 - 22 minutes - 31.1 MBHooking Your Readers by Making Memorable Characters. Plus, horrible panelist types. Plus, Death Grip Eye. It's an awesome episode. So, when you read a book, and you remember a book, a lot of the time it isn’t the plot that you’re remembering. It’s the character that has held you enthralled. Plots are super important, but it’s the character that things are happening to that really hold the plot together. A lot of stories fail because their main character is… Well, he’s boring. She’s a bit ...
It's Book Release Day and Carrie Can't Handle It
August 10, 2018 21:29 - 24 minutes - 33.8 MBIn the latest episode of "Dogs Are Smarter Than People," Carrie talks about Book Release Day, her lack of celebration ability, and explains what Conflicting Wants are and how they are good for story. Shaun disagrees. A lot. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carriejonesbooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carriejonesbooks/support
Episode 2
July 06, 2018 20:55 - 14 minutes - 26.1 MBJoin an internationally bestselling children's book author (Carrie Jones) 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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carriejonesbooks/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carriejonesbooks/support