36 episodes

In your writing life, no matter how hard you work or how well you plan, things won't always unfold the way you'd hoped. In Ease Lessons for Writers, we explore what gets in the way of our writing, why that happens, and why it matters. Together we learn how to make our writing easier and more joyful.  I'm your host, Monna McDiarmid, a writer and coach based in Japan and Nova Scotia. Website: monnamcdiarmid.com/ | Newsletter: monnamcdiarmid.com/subscribe/ | Instagram: @monnamcdiarmidwrites/ | Patreon: @MonnaMcDiarmid

Ease Lessons for Writers Monna McDiarmid

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In your writing life, no matter how hard you work or how well you plan, things won't always unfold the way you'd hoped. In Ease Lessons for Writers, we explore what gets in the way of our writing, why that happens, and why it matters. Together we learn how to make our writing easier and more joyful.  I'm your host, Monna McDiarmid, a writer and coach based in Japan and Nova Scotia. Website: monnamcdiarmid.com/ | Newsletter: monnamcdiarmid.com/subscribe/ | Instagram: @monnamcdiarmidwrites/ | Patreon: @MonnaMcDiarmid

    36. Caroline Donahue (Season 3, Episode 3/3)

    36. Caroline Donahue (Season 3, Episode 3/3)

    TODAY'S GUEST: CAROLINE DONAHUEAs a book-loving Writing and Book Coach, Caroline doesn't believe there is any force more powerful in this world than writing. With a Masters in Psychology and Expressive Arts, and a subsequent career in the book world that began with working in a bookshop, progressing through editing and producing a thrice annual auction catalogue, to proofreading for a prominent ad agency, she has apprenticed herself to writing for over ten years. In 2016, she launched The Sec...

    • 1 hr 13 min
    35. Caroline Donahue (Season 3, Episode 2/3)

    35. Caroline Donahue (Season 3, Episode 2/3)

    TODAY'S GUEST: CAROLINE DONAHUEAs a book-loving Writing and Book Coach, Caroline doesn't believe there is any force more powerful in this world than writing. With a Masters in Psychology and Expressive Arts, and a subsequent career in the book world that began with working in a bookshop, progressing through editing and producing a thrice annual auction catalogue, to proofreading for a prominent ad agency, she has apprenticed herself to writing for over ten years. In 2016, she launched The Sec...

    • 1 hr 1 min
    34. Caroline Donahue (Season 3, Episode 1/3)

    34. Caroline Donahue (Season 3, Episode 1/3)

    TODAY'S GUEST: CAROLINE DONAHUEAs a book-loving Writing and Book Coach, Caroline doesn't believe there is any force more powerful in this world than writing. With a Masters in Psychology and Expressive Arts, and a subsequent career in the book world that began with working in a bookshop, progressing through editing and producing a thrice annual auction catalogue, to proofreading for a prominent ad agency, she has apprenticed herself to writing for over ten years. In 2016, she launched The Sec...

    • 56 min
    33. Michelle (Season 3, Episode 3/3)

    33. Michelle (Season 3, Episode 3/3)

    TODAY'S GUEST: MICHELLEToday's episode is my third and final conversation with Michelle, a mom of two and an attorney who prefers storytelling to legalese, as well as an open heart over the analytical mind. She believes that when her heart and mind work as one, that's where the magic happens, and she has been on a lifelong journey to connect them both. She received her first tarot card deck at age thirteen and Reiki certifications at age sixteen. After that she earned certification after cert...

    • 42 min
    32. Michelle (Season 3, Episode 2/3)

    32. Michelle (Season 3, Episode 2/3)

    TODAY'S GUEST: MICHELLEToday's episode is my second conversation with Michelle, a mom of two and an attorney who prefers storytelling to legalese, as well as an open heart over the analytical mind. She believes that when her heart and mind work as one, that's where the magic happens, and she has been on a lifelong journey to connect them both. She received her first tarot card deck at age thirteen and Reiki certifications at age sixteen. After that she earned certification after certification...

    • 56 min
    31. Michelle (Season 3, Episode 1/3)

    31. Michelle (Season 3, Episode 1/3)

    TODAY'S GUEST: MICHELLEToday's episode is my first conversation with Michelle, a mom of two and an attorney who prefers storytelling to legalese, as well as an open heart over the analytical mind. She believes that when her heart and mind work as one, that's where the magic happens, and she has been on a lifelong journey to connect them both. She received her first tarot card deck at age thirteen and Reiki certifications at age sixteen. After that she earned certification after certification ...

    • 34 min

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For creators of any medium or genre, listening to this podcast will leave you with the door cracked wide open to rekindling inspiration. Listening to Monna McDiarmid guide these writers into deeper layers of where their art comes from and where it is going, is like watching Glinda the Good Witch wave her magic wand. Best new Podcast out there.

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