Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach

(If you’re a subscriber reading this in email, please click to website to use the audio player.) In this week's three-minute podcast, I interview my coauthor and friend Charity Singleton Craig about our collaboration, asking about some of the challenges and joys associated with our work together writing On Being a Writer. Her responses make me wonder about the collaboration experiences of my readers and listeners. After you listen to Charity's response, I'd love to hear your answers to these questions: What challenges did you face when you collaborated on a creative project and how did you work through them? Have your collaboration projects been filled with enough joy to balance out the challenges? Would you collaborate again? If so, what would you do differently? If not...why not?   * * * On Being a Writer "This brand-new book is a must-have for career writers, whether seasoned or just starting out." — from "10 Great Books for a Writer's Wish List" on Huffington Post NOW AVAILABLE “A genial marri

Listen to The Writing Life with Ann Kroeker Episode 2: Rescue Lost Time (If you’re a subscriber reading this in email, please click to website to use the audio player.)   http://annkroeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/The-Writing-Life-Episode-2-Rescue-Lost-Time.mp3 When over the past week might you have rescued lost time to work toward a writing deadline? What tool or tools might you use to start rescuing lost time? Learn more about: Google docs Voice-to-text feature on phones (some people use dragon, but I just use the dictation feature on my Android phone — enter your phone in the search engine to find out what dictation or voice-to-text features it offers). Learn more about using your phone as a mobile hotspot and contact your cell phone provider for pricing.  * * * On Being a Writer “This brand-new book is a must-have for career writers, whether seasoned or just starting out.” — from “10 Great Books for a Writer’s Wish List” on Huffington Po

Listen to The Writing Life with Ann Kroeker Episode 1: Just Get Started http://annkroeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Ann-Kroeker-Podcast-1-just-get-started.mp3 What have you been putting off because you’re afraid, uncertain, or intimidated by everything involved? What project could you start today?  * * * On Being a Writer “This brand-new book is a must-have for career writers, whether seasoned or just starting out.” — from “10 Great Books for a Writer’s Wish List” on Huffington Post NOW AVAILABLE “A genial marriage of practice and theory. For writers new and seasoned. This book is a winner.” —Philip Gulley, author of Front Porch Tales   The original version of this article can be found here: The Writing Life – Episode 1: Just Get Started