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Write Better Together

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 Write Better Together is an interactive podcast hosted by writer/educator Emily Brooks and writing instructor/conference speaker Jon Meyers—designed with YOU in mind. Write Better Together incorporates your needs and input into every aspect of building a community of encouragement, support, and hope to make you comfortable exploring more deeply the writer lifestyle.Write Better Together Art
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  • 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/

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    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.
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    11 mins
  • 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...
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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • 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...
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    1 hr and 22 mins
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