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How do you capture something as enormous and personal as the feeling of “home” in a book? How can you navigate the chaotic discovery period in writing something new? With Roz Morris. In the intro, KU vs Wide [Written Word Media]; Podcasts Overtake Radio, book marketing implications [The New Publishing Standard]; Tips for podcast guests; The Vatican embraces AI for translation, but not for sermons [National Catholic Reporter]; NotebookLM; Self-Publishing in German; Bones of the Deep. This episode is sponsored by Publisher Rocket, which will help you get your book in front of more Amazon readers so you can spend less time marketing and more time writing. I use Publisher Rocket for researching book titles, categories, and keywords — for new books and for updating my backlist. Check it out at www.PublisherRocket.com This show is also supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Roz Morris is an award-nominated literary fiction author, memoirist, and previously a bestselling ghostwriter. She writes writing craft books for authors under the Nail Your Novel brand, and is also an editor, speaker, and writing coach. Her latest travel memoir is Turn Right at the Rainbow: A Diary of House-Hunting, Happenstance & Home. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. Show Notes How being an indie author has evolved over 15 years, from ebooks-only to special editions, multi-voice audiobooks and tools to help with everything Why “home” is such a powerful emotional theme and how to turn personal experiences into universal memoir Practical craft tips on show-don't-tell, writing about real people, and finding the right book title The chaotic discovery writing phase — why some books take seven years and why that's okay Building a newsletter sustainably by finding your authentic voice (and the power of a good pet story) Low-key book marketing strategies for memoir, including Roz's community-driven “home” collage campaign You can find Roz at RozMorris.org. Transcript of the interview with Roz Morris JOANNA: Roz Morris is an award-nominated literary fiction author, memoirist, and previously a bestselling ghostwriter. She writes writing craft books for authors under the Nail Your Novel brand, and is also an editor, speaker, and writing coach. Her latest travel memoir is Turn Right at the Rainbow: A Diary of House-Hunting, Happenstance & Home. Welcome back to the show, Roz. ROZ: Hi, Jo. It's so lovely to be back. I love that we managed to catch up every now and again on what we're doing. We've been doing this for so long. JOANNA: In fact, if people don't know, the first time you came on this show was 2011, which is 15 years. ROZ: I know! JOANNA: It is so crazy. I guess we should say, we do know each other in person, in real life, but realistically we mainly catch up when you come on the podcast. ROZ: Yes, we do, and by following what we're doing around the web. So I read your newsletters, you read mine. JOANNA: Exactly. So good to return. You write all kinds of different things, but let's first take a look back. The first time you were on was 2011, 15 years ago. You've spanned traditional and indie, you've seen a lot. You know a lot of people in publishing as well. What are the key things you think have shifted over the years, and why do you still choose indie for your work? ROZ: Well, lots of things have shifted. Some things are more difficult now, some things are a lot easier. We were lucky to be in right at the start and we learned the ropes and managed to make a lot of contacts with people. Now it's much more difficult to get your work out there and noticed by readers. You have to be more knowledgeable about things like marketing and promotions. But that said, there are now much better tools for doing all this. Some really smart people have put their brains to work about how authors can get their work to the right readers, and there's also a lot more understanding of how that can be done in the modern world. Everything is now much more niche-driven, isn't it? People know exactly what kind of thriller they like or what kind of memoir they like. In the old days it was probably just, “Well, you like thrillers,” and that could be absolutely loads of things. Now we can find far better who might like our work. The tools we have are astonishing. To start with, in about 2011, we could only really produce ebooks and paperbacks. That was it. Anything else, you'd have to get a print run that would be quite expensive. Now we can get amazing, beautiful special editions made. We can do audiobooks, multi-voice audiobooks. We can do ebooks with all sorts of enhancements. We can even make apps if we want to. There's absolutely loads that creators can do now that they couldn't before, so it's still a very exciting world. JOANNA: When we first met, there was still a lot of negativity here in the UK around indie authors or self-publishing. That does feel like it's shifted. Do you think that stigma around self-publishing has changed? ROZ: I think it has really changed, yes. To start with, we were regarded as a bit of the Wild West. We were just tramping in and making our mark in places that we hadn't been invited into. Now it's changed entirely. I think we've managed to convince people that we have the same quality standards. Readers don't mind—I don't think the readers ever minded, actually, so long as the book looked right, felt right, read right. It's much easier now. It's much more of a level playing field. We can prove ourselves. In fact, we don't necessarily have to prove ourselves anymore. We just go and find readers. JOANNA: Yes, I feel like that. I have nothing to prove. I just get on with my work and writing our books and putting them out there. We've got our own audiences now. I guess I always think of it as perhaps not a shadow industry, but almost a parallel industry. You have spanned a lot of traditional publishing and you still do editing work. You know a lot of trad pub authors too. Do you still actively choose indie for a particular reason? ROZ: I do. I really like building my own body of work, and I'm now experienced enough to know what I do well, what I need advice with, and help with. I mean, we don't do all this completely by ourselves, do we? We bring in experts who will give us the right feedback if we're doing a new genre or a genre that's new to us. I choose indie because I like the control. Because I began in traditional publishing—I was making books for other people—I just learned all the trades and how to do everything to a professional standard. I love being able to apply that to my own work. I also love the way I can decide what I'm going to write next. If I was traditionally published, I would have to do something that fitted with whatever the publisher would want of me, and that isn't necessarily where my muse is taking me or what I've become interested in. I think creative humans evolve throughout their lives. They become interested in different things, different themes, different ways of expressing themselves. I began by thinking I would just write novels, and now I've found myself writing memoirs as well. That shift would have been difficult if someone else was having to make me fit into their marketing plans or what their imprint was known for. But because I've built my own audience, I can just bring them with me and say, “You might like this. It's still me. I'm just doing something different.” JOANNA: I like that phrase: “creative humans.” That's what we are. As you say, I never thought I would write a memoir, and then I wrote Pilgrimage, and I think there's probably another one on its way. We do these different things over time. Let's get into this new book, Turn Right at the Rainbow. It's about the idea of home. I've talked a lot about home on my Books And Travel Podcast, but not so much here. Why is home such an emotional topic, for both positive and negative reasons? Why did you want to explore it? ROZ: I think home is so emotional because it grows around you and it grows on you very slowly without you really realising it. As you are not looking, you suddenly realise, “Oh, it means such a lot.” I love to play this mind game with myself—if you compare what your street looks like to you now and how it looked the first time you set eyes on it, it's a world of difference. There are so many emotional layers that build up just because of the amount of time we spend in a place. It's like a relationship, a very slow-growing friendship. And as you say, sometimes it can be negative as well. I became really fascinated with this because we decided to move house and we'd lived in the same house for about 30 years, which is a lot of time. It had seen a lot of us—a lot of our lives, a lot of big decisions, a lot of good times, a lot of difficult times. I felt that was all somehow encapsulated in the place. I know that readers of certain horror or even spiritual fiction will have this feeling that a place contains emotions and pasts and all sorts of vibes that just stay in there. When we were going around looking at a house to buy, I was thinking, “How do we even know how we will feel about it?” We're moving out of somewhere that has immense amounts of feelings and associations, and we're trying to judge whether somewhere else will feel right. It just seemed like we were making a decision of cosmic proportions. It comes down so much to chance as well. You're not only just deciding, “Okay, I'd like to buy that one,” and pressing a button like on eBay and you've won it. It doesn't happen like that. There are lots of middle steps. The other person's got to agree to sell to you, not do the dirty on you and sell to someone else. You've got all sorts of machinations going on that you have no idea about. And you only have what's on offer—you only get an opportunity to buy a place because someone else has decided to let it go. All this seemed like immense amounts of chance, of dice rolling. I thought, yet we end up in these places and they mean so much to us. It just blew my mind. I thought, “I've got to write about this.” JOANNA: It's really interesting, isn't it? I really only started using the word “home” after the pandemic and living here in Bath. We had luckily just bought a house before then, and I'd never really considered anywhere to be a home. I've talked about this idea of third culture kids—people who grow up between cultures and don't feel like there's a home anywhere. I was really interested in your book because there's so much about the functional things that have to happen when you move house or look for a house, and often people aren't thinking about it as deeply as you are. So did you start working on the memoir as you went to see places, or was it something you thought about when you were leaving? Was it a “moving towards” kind of memoir or a “sad nostalgia” memoir? ROZ: Well, it could have been very sad and nostalgic because I do like to write really emotional things, and they're not necessarily for sharing with everybody, but I was very interested in the emotions of it. I started keeping diaries. Some of them were just diaries I'd write down, some of them were emails I'd send to friends who were saying, “How's it going?” And then I'd find I was just writing pieces rather than emails, and it built up really. JOANNA: It's interesting, you said you write emotional things. We mentioned nostalgia, and obviously there are memories in the home, but it's very easy to say a word like “nostalgia” and everyone thinks that means different things. One of the important things about writing is to be very specific rather than general. Can you give us some tips about how we can turn big emotions into specific written things that bring it alive for our readers? ROZ: It's really interesting that you mention nostalgia, because what we have to be careful of is not writing just for ourselves. It starts with us—our feelings about something, our responses, our curiosities—but we then have to let other people in. There's nothing more boring than reading something that's just a memoir manuscript that doesn't reach out to anyone in any way. It's like looking through their holiday snaps. What you have to do is somehow find something bigger in there that will allow everyone to connect and think, “Oh, this is about me too,” or “I've thought this too.” As I said, we start with things that feel powerful and important for us, and I think we don't necessarily need to go looking for them. They emerge the more deeply we think about what we're writing. We find they're building. Certainly for me, it's what pulls me back to an idea, thinking, “There's something in this idea that's really talking to me now. What is it?” Often I'll need to go for walks and things to let the logical mind turn off and ideas start coming in. But I'll find that something is building and it seems to become more and more something that will speak to others rather than just to me. That's one way of doing it—by listening to your intuition and delving more and more until you find something that seems worth saying to other people. But you could do it another way. If you decided you wanted to write a book about home, and you'd already got your big theme, you could then think, “Well, how will I make this into something manageable?” So you start with something big and build it into smaller-scale things that can be related to. You might look at ideas of homes—situations of people who have lost their home, like the kind of displacement we see at the moment. Or we might look at another aspect, such as people who sell homes and what they must feel like being these go-betweens between worlds, between people who are doing these immense changes in their lives. Or we might think of an ecological angle—the planet Earth and what we're doing to it, or our place in the cosmos. We might start with a thing we want to write about and then find, “How are we going to treat it?” That usually comes down to what appeals to us. It might be the ecological side. It might be the story of a few estate agents who are trying to sell homes for people. Or it might be like mine—just a personal story of trying to move house. From that, we can create something that will have a wider resonance as well as starting with something that's personally interesting to you. The big emotions will come out of that wider resonance. JOANNA: Trying to go deeper on that— It's the “show, don't tell” idea, isn't it? If you'd said, “I felt very sad about leaving my house” or “I felt very sad about the prospect of leaving my house,” that is not a whole book. ROZ: Yes. It's why you felt sad, how you felt sad, what it made you think of. That's a very good point about “show, don't tell,” which is a fundamental writing technique. It basically tells people exactly how you feel about a particular thing, which is not the same as the way anyone else would feel about it—but still, curiously, it can be universal and something that we can all tap into. Funnily enough, by being very specific, by saying, “I realised when we'd signed the contract to sell the house that it wasn't ours anymore, and it had been, and I felt like I was betraying it,” that starts to get really personal. People might think, “Yes, I felt like that too,” or “I hadn't thought you'd feel like that, but I can understand it.” Those specifics are what really let people into the journey that you're taking them on. JOANNA: And isn't this one of the challenges, that we're not even going to use a word like “sad,” basically. ROZ: Yes. It's like, who was it who said, “Don't tell me if they got wet—tell me how it felt to get wet in that particular situation.” Then the reader will think, “Oh yes, they got wet,” but they'll also have had an experience that took them somewhere interesting. JOANNA: Yes. Show me the raindrops on the umbrella and the splashing through the puddles. I think this is so important with big emotions. Also, when we say nostalgia—we've talked before about Stranger Things and Kate Bush and the way Stranger Things used songs and nostalgia. Oh, I was watching Derry Girls—have you seen Derry Girls? ROZ: No, I haven't yet. JOANNA: Oh, it's brilliant. It's so good. It's pretty old now, but it's a nineties soundtrack and I'm watching going, “Oh, they got this so right.” They just got it right with the songs. You feel nostalgic because you feel an emotion that is linked to that music. It makes you feel a certain way, but everyone feels these things in different ways. I think that is a challenge of fiction, and also memoir. Certainly with memoir and fiction, this is so important. ROZ: Yes, and I was just thinking with self-help books, it's even important there because self-help books have to show they understand how the reader is feeling. JOANNA: Yes, and sometimes you use anecdotes to do that. Another challenge with memoir—in this book, you're going round having a look at places, and they're real places and there are real people. This can be difficult. What are things that people need to be wary of if using real people in real places? Do you need permissions for things? ROZ: That book was particularly tricky because, as you said, I was going around real places and talking about real people. With most of them, they're not identifiable. Even though I was specific about particular aspects of particular houses, it would be very hard for anyone to know where those houses were. I think possibly the only way you would recognise it is if that happened to be your own house. The people, similarly—there's a lot about estate agents and other professionals. They were all real incidents and real things that happened, but no one is identifiable. A very important thing about writing a book like this is you're always going to have antagonists, because you have to have people who you're finding difficult, people who are making life a bit difficult for you. You have to present them in a way that understands what it's like to be them as well. If you're writing a book where your purpose is to expose wrongdoing or injustices, then you might be more forthright about just saying, “This is wrong, the way this person behaved was wrong.” You might identify villains if that's appropriate, although you'd have to be very careful legally. This kind of book is more nuanced. The antagonists were simply people who were trying to do the right thing for them. You have to understand what it's like to be them. Quite a lot of the time, I found that the real story was how ill-equipped I sometimes felt to deal with people who were maybe covering something up, or maybe not, but just not expressing themselves very clearly. Estate agents who had an agenda, and I was thinking, “Who are they acting for? Are they acting for me, or are they acting for someone else that we don't even know about?” There's a fair bit of conflict in the book, but it comes from people being people and doing what they have to do. I just wanted to find a good house in an area that was nice, a house I could trust and rely on, for a price that was right. The people who were selling to me just wanted to sell the house no matter what because that was what they needed to do. You always have to understand what the other person's point of view is. Often in this kind of memoir, even though you might be getting very frustrated, it's best to also see a bit of a ridiculous side to yourself—when you're getting grumpy, for instance. It's all just humans being humans in a situation where ultimately you're going to end up doing a life-changing and important thing. I found there's quite a lot of humour in that. We were shuffling things around and, as I said, we were eventually going to be making a cosmic change that would affect the place we called home. I found that quite amusing in a lot of ways. I think you've got to be very levelheaded about this, particularly about writing about other people. Sometimes you do have to ask for permission. I didn't have to do that very much in this book. There were people I wrote about who are actually friends, who would recognise themselves and their stories. I checked that they didn't mind me quoting particular things, and they were all fine with that. In my previous memoir, Not Quite Lost, I actually wrote about a group of people who were completely identifiable. They would definitely have known who they were, and other people would have known who they were. There was no hiding them. They were the people near Brighton who were cryonicists—preserving dead bodies, freezing them, in the hope that they could be revived at a much later date when science had solved the problem that killed them. I went to visit this group of cryonicists, and I'd written a diary about it at the time. Then I followed up when I was writing the book to find out what happened to them. I thought, I've simply got to contact them and tell them I'm going to write this. “I'll send it to you, you give me your comments,” and I did. They gave me some good comments and said, “Oh, please don't put that,” or “Let me clarify this.” Everything was fine. So there I did actually seek them out and check that what I was going to write was okay. JOANNA: Yes, in that situation, there can't be many cryonicists in that area. ROZ: They really were identifiable. JOANNA: There's probably only one group! But this is really interesting, because obviously memoir is a personal thing. You're curating who you are as well in the book, and your husband. I think it's interesting, because I had the problem of “Am I giving away too much about myself?” Do you feel like with everything you've written, you've already given away everything about yourself by now? Are you just completely relaxed about being personal, for yourself and for your husband? ROZ: I think I have become more relaxed about it. My first memoir wasn't nearly as personal as yours was. You were going to some quite difficult places. With Turn Right at the Rainbow, I was approaching some darker places, actually, and I had to consider how much to reveal and how much not to. But I found once I started writing, the honesty just took over. I thought, “This is fine. I have read plenty of books that have done this, and I've loved them. I've loved getting to know someone on that deeper level.” It was just something I took my example from—other writers I'd enjoyed. JOANNA: Yes. I think that's definitely the way memoir has to happen, because it can be very hard to know how to structure it. Let's come to the title. Turn Right at the Rainbow. Really great title, and obviously a subtitle which is important as well for theme. Talk about where the title came from and also the challenges of titling books of any genre. You've had some other great titles for your novels—at least titles I've thought, “Oh yes, that's perfect.” Titling can be really hard. ROZ: Oh, thank you for that. Yes, it is hard. Ever Rest, which was the title of my last novel, just came to me early on. I was very lucky with that. It fitted the themes and it fitted what was going on, but it was just a bolt from the blue. I found that also with Turn Right at the Rainbow, it was an accident. It slipped out. I was going to call it something else, and then this incident happened. “Turn Right at the Rainbow” is actually one of the stories in the book. I call it the title track, as if it's an album. We were going somewhere in the car and the sat nav said, “Turn right at the rainbow.” And Dave and I just fell about, “What did it just say?!” It also seemed to really sum up the journey we were on. We were looking for rainbows and pots of gold and completely at the mercy of chance. It just stayed with me. It seemed the right thing. I wrote the piece first and then I kept thinking, “Well, this sounds like a good title.” Dave said it sounded like a good title. And then a friend of mine who does a lot of beta reading for me said, “Oh, that is the title, isn't it?” When several people tell you that's the title, you've got to take notice. But how we find these things is more difficult, as you said. You just work and work at it, beating your head against the wall. I find they always come to me when I'm not looking. It really helps to do something like exercise, which will put you in a bit of a different mind state. Do you find this as well? JOANNA: Yes, I often like a title earlier on that then changes as the book goes. I mean, we're both discovery writers really, although you do reverse outlines and other things. You have a chaotic discovery phase. I feel like when I'm in that phase, it might be called something, and then I often find that's not what it ends up being, because the book has actually changed in the process. ROZ: Yes, very much. That's part of how we realise what we should be writing. I do have working titles and then something might come along and say, “This seems actually like what you should call it and what you've been working towards, what you've been discovering about it.” I think a good title has a real sense of emotional frisson as well. With memoir, it's easier because we can add a subtitle to explain what we mean. With fiction, it's more difficult. We've got to really hope that it all comes through those few words, and that's a bit harder. JOANNA: Let's talk about your next book. On your website it says it might be a novel, it might be narrative nonfiction, and you have a working title of Four. I wondered if you'd talk a bit more about this chaotic discovery writing phase when we just don't know what's coming. I feel like you and I have been doing this long enough—you longer than me—so maybe we're okay with it. But newer writers might find this stage really difficult. Where's the fun in it? Why is it so difficult? And how can people deal with it? ROZ: You've summed that up really well. It's fun and it's difficult, and I still find it difficult even after all these years. I have to remind myself, looking back at where Ever Rest started, because that was a particularly difficult one. It took me seven years to work out what to do with it, and I wrote three other books in the meantime. It just comes together in the end. What I find is that something takes root in my mind and it collects things. The title you just picked out there—the book with working title of Four—it's now two books. One possibly another memoir and one possibly fiction. It's evolving all the time. I'm just collecting what seems to go with it for now and thinking, “That belongs with it somehow. I don't yet know how, but my intuition is that the two work well together.” There's a harmony there that I see. In the very early stages, that's what I find something is. Then I might get a more concrete idea, say a piece of story or a character, and I'll have the feeling that they really fit together. Once I've got something concrete like that, I can start doing more active research to pursue the idea. But in the beginning, they're all just little twinkles in the eye and you just have to let them develop. If you want to get started on something because you feel you want to get started and you don't feel happy if you're not working on something, you could do a far more active kind of discovery. Writing lists. Lists are great for this. I find lists of what you don't want it to be are just as helpful as what you do want it to be because that certainly narrows down a lot and helps you make good choices. You've got a lot of choices to make at the beginning of a book. You've got to decide: What's it going to be about? What isn't it going to be about? What kind of characters am I interested in? What kind of situations am I interested in? What doesn't interest me about this situation? Very important—saves you a lot of time. What does interest me? If you can start by doing that kind of thing, you will find that you start gathering stuff that gets attracted to it. It's almost like the world starts giving it to you. This is discovery writing, but it's also chivvying it along a bit and getting going. It does work. Joanna: I like the idea of listing what you don't want it to be. I think that's very useful because often writers, especially in the early stages—or even not, I still struggle with this—it's knowing what genre it might actually be. With Bones of the Deep, which is my next thriller, it was originally going to be horror and I was writing it, and then I realised one of the big differences between horror and thriller is the ending and how character arcs are resolved and the way things are written. I was just like, “Do you know what? I actually feel like this is more thriller than horror,” and that really shaped the direction. Even though so much of it was the same, it shaped a lot about the book. It's always hard talking about this stuff without giving spoilers, but I think deciding, “Okay, this is not a horror,” actually helped me find my way back to thriller. ROZ: Yes, I do know what you mean. That makes perfect sense to me, with no spoilers either. It's so interesting how a very broad-strokes picture like that can still be very helpful. Just trying to make something a bit different from the way you've been envisaging it can lead to massive breakthroughs. “Oh no, it's not a thriller—I don't have to be aiming for that kind of effect.” Or try changing the tone a little bit and see if that just makes you happier with what you're making, more comfortable with it. JOANNA: You mentioned the seven years that Ever Rest took. We should say the title is in two words—”Ever” and “Rest”—but it is also about Everest the mountain in many ways. That's why it's such a perfect title. If that took seven years and you were doing all this other stuff and writing other books along the way, how do you keep your research under control? How do you do that? I still use Scrivener projects as my main research place. How do you do your research and organisation? ROZ: A lot of scraps of paper. My desk is massive. It used to be a dining table with leaves in it. It's spread out to its fullest length, and it's got heaps of little pieces of paper. I know what's on them all, and there are different areas, different zones. I'm very much a paper writer because I like the tangibility of it. I also like the creativity of taking a piece of paper and tearing it into an odd shape and writing a note on that. It seems as sort of profound and lucky as the idea. I really like that. I do make text files and keep notes that way. Once something is starting to get to a phase where it's becoming serious, it will then be a folder with various files that discuss different aspects of it. I do a lot of discussing with myself while writing, and I don't necessarily look at it all again. The writing of it clarifies something or allows me to put something aside and say, “No, that doesn't quite belong.” Gradually I start to look at things, look at what I've gathered, and think, “How does this fit with this?” And it helps to look away as well. As I said with finding titles, sometimes the right thing is in your subconscious and it's waiting to just sail in if you look at it in a different way. There's a lot to be said for working on several ideas, not looking at some of them for a while, then going back and thinking, “Oh, I know what to do with this now.” JOANNA: Yes. My Writing the Shadow, I was talking about that when we met, and that definitely took about a decade. ROZ: Yes. JOANNA: I kept having to come back to that, and sometimes we're just not ready. Even as experienced writers, we're not ready for a particular book. With Bones of the Deep, I did the trip that it's based on in 1999. Since I became a writer, I've thought I have to use that trip in some way, and I never found the right way to use it. I came at it a couple of times and it just never sat right with me. Then something on this master's course I'm doing around human remains and indigenous cultures just suddenly all clicked. You can't really rush that, can you? ROZ: You absolutely can't. It's something you develop a sense for, the more you do—whether something's ready or whether you should just let it think about itself for a while whilst you work on something else. It really helps to have something else to work on because I panic a bit if I don't have something creative to do. I just have to create, I have to make things, particularly in writing. But I also like doing various little arty things as well. I need to always have something to be writing about or exploring in words. Sometimes a book isn't ready for that intense pressure of being properly written. So it helps to have several things that I can play with and then pick one and go, “Okay, now I'm going to really perform this on the page.” JOANNA: Do you find that nonfiction—because you have some craft books as well—do you find the nonfiction side is quite different? Can you almost just go and write a nonfiction book or work on someone else's project? Does that use a different kind of creativity? ROZ: Yes, it does. Creativity where you're trying to explain something to creative people is totally different from creativity where you're trying to involve them in emotions and a journey and nuances of meaning. They're very different, but they're still fun. So, yes, I am an editor as well, and that feeds my creativity in various unexpected ways. I'll see what someone has done and think, “Oh, that's very interesting that they did that.” It can make me think in different ways—different shapes for stories, different kinds of characters to have. It really opens your eyes, working with other creative people. JOANNA: I wanted to return to what you said at the beginning, that it is more difficult these days to get our work noticed. There's certainly a challenge in writing a travel memoir about home. What are you doing to market this book? What have you learned about book marketing for memoir in particular that might help other people? ROZ: Partly I realised it was quite a natural progression for me because in my newsletter I always write a couple of little pieces. I think they're called “life writing.” Just little things that have happened to me. That's sort of like memoir, creative nonfiction, personal essays. I was quite naturally writing that sort of thing to my newsletter readers, and I realised that was already good preparation for the kind of way that I would write in a memoir. As for the actual campaign, I actually came up with an idea which quite surprised me because I didn't think I was good at that. I'm making a collage of the word “home” written in lots of different handwriting, on lots of different things, in lots of different languages. I'm getting people to contribute these and send them to me, and I'm building them into a series of collages that's just got the word “home” everywhere. People have been contributing them by sending them by email or on Facebook Messenger, and I've been putting them up on my social platforms. They look stunning. It's amazing. People are writing the word “home” on a post-it or sticking it to a picture of their radiator. Someone wrote it in snow on her car when we had snow. Someone wrote it on a pottery shard she found in her drive when she bought the house. She thought it was mysterious. There are all these lovely stories that people are telling me as well. I'm making them into little artworks and putting them up every day as the book comes to launch. It's so much fun, and it also has a deeper purpose because it shows how home is different for all of us and how it builds as uniquely as our handwriting. Our handwriting has a story. I should do a book about that! JOANNA: That's a weird one. Handwriting always gets me, although it'd be interesting these days because so many people don't handwrite things anymore. You can probably tell the age of someone by how well-developed their handwriting is. ROZ: Except mine has just withered. I can barely write for more than a few minutes. JOANNA: Oh, I know what you mean. Your hand gets really tired. ROZ: We used to write three-hour exams. How did we do that? JOANNA: I really don't know. JOANNA: Just coming back on that. You mentioned mainly you're doing your newsletter and connecting with your own community. You've done podcasts with me and with other people. But I feel like in the indie community, the whole “you must build your newsletter” thing is described as something quite frantic. How have you built a newsletter in a sustainable manner? ROZ: I've built it by finding what suited me. To start with I thought, “What will I put in it? News, obviously.” But I wasn't doing that much that was newsworthy. Then I began to examine what news could actually be. The turning point really happened when I wrote the first memoir, Not Quite Lost: Travels Without a Sense of Direction. I thought, “I have to explain to people why I'm writing a memoir,” because it seemed like a very audacious thing to do—”Read about me!” I thought I had to explain myself. So I told the story of how I came to think about writing such an audacious book. I just found a natural way to tell stories about what I was doing creatively. I thought, “I like this. I like writing a newsletter like this.” And it's not all me, me, me. It's “I'm discovering this and it makes me think this,” and it just seems to be generally about life, about little questions that we might all face. From then, I found I really enjoyed writing a newsletter because I felt I had something to say. I couldn't put lists of where I was speaking, what I was teaching, what special offers I had, because that wasn't really how my creative life worked. Once I found something I could sustainably write about every month, it really helped. Oh, it also helps to have a pet, by the way. JOANNA: Yes, you have a horse! ROZ: I've got a horse. People absolutely love hearing the stories about my ongoing relationship with this horse. Even if they're not horsey, they write to me and say, “We just love your horse.” It helps to have a human interest thing going on like that. So that works for me. Everyone's got different things that will work for them. But for me, it builds just a sense of connection, human connection. I'm human, making things. JOANNA: In terms of actually getting people signed up—has it literally just been over time? People have read your book, signed up from the link at the back? Have you ever done any specific growth marketing around your newsletter? ROZ: I tried a little bit of growth marketing. I have a freebie version of one of my Nail Your Novel books and I put that on a promotion site. I got lots of newsletter signups, but they sort of dwindled away. When I get unsubscribes, it's usually from that list, because it wasn't really what they came for. They just came for a free book of writing tips. While I do writing tips on my blog—I'm still doing those—it wasn't really what my newsletter was about. What I found was that that wasn't going to get people who were going to be interested long-term in what I was writing about in my newsletter. Whatever you do, I found, has got to be true to what you are actually giving them. JOANNA: Yes, I think that's really key. I make sure I email once every couple of weeks. And you welcome the unsubscribes. You have to welcome them because those people are not right for you and they're not interested in what you're doing. At the end of the day, we're still trying to sell books. As much as you're enjoying the connection with your audience, you are still trying to sell Turn Right at the Rainbow and your other books, right? ROZ: Absolutely, yes. And as you say, someone who decides, “No, not for me anymore,” and that's good. There are still people who you are right for. JOANNA: Mm-hmm. ROZ: I do market my newsletter in a very low-key way. I make a graphic every month for the newsletter, it's like a magazine cover. “What's in it?” And I put that around all my social media. I change my Facebook page header so it's got that on it, my Bluesky header. People can see what it's like, what the vibe is, and they know where to find it if they're interested. I find that kind of low-key approach works quite well for what I'm offering. It's got to be true to what you offer. JOANNA: Yes, and true for a long-term career, I think. When I first met you and your husband Dave, it was like, “Oh, here are some people who are in this writing business, have already been in it for a while.” And both of you are still here. I just feel like— You have to do it in a sustainable way, whether it's writing or marketing or any of this. The only way to do it is to, as you said, live as a creative human and not make it all frantic and “must be now.” ROZ: Yes. I mean, I do have to-do lists that are quite long for every week, but I've learned to pace myself. I've learned how often I can write a good blog post. I could churn out blog posts that were far more frequent, but they wouldn't be as good. They wouldn't be as properly thought through. In the old days with blogs, you had an advantage if you were blogging very frequently, I think you got more noticed by Google because you were constantly putting up fresh content. But if that's not sustainable for you, it's not going to do you any good. Now there's so much content around that it's probably fine to post once a month if that is what you're going to do and how you're going to present the best of yourself. I see a lot on Substack—I've recently started Substack as well—I see people writing every other day. I think they're good, that's interesting, but I don't have time to read it. I would love to have the time, but I don't. So there's actually no sin in only posting once a month—one newsletter a month, one blog post a month, one Substack a month. That's plenty. People will still find that enough if they get you. JOANNA: Fantastic. So where can people find you and your books and everything you do online? ROZ: My website is probably the easiest place, RozMorris.org. JOANNA: Brilliant. Well, thank you so much for your time, Roz. As ever, that was great. ROZ: Thank you, Jo.The post Writing Emotion, Discovery Writing, And Slow Sustainable Book Marketing With Roz Morris first appeared on The Creative Penn.

In this episode, we speak with Cathie Curtis, Deputy Secretary of State at the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and Chrissy Nizer, Administrator of the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration, to get a sneak peek at what to expect at the 2026 NMVTIS/E-Titling Forum and who should attend.  Host: Ian Grossman Producer: Claire Jeffrey, Chelsey Hadwin, and Kayle Nguyen Music: Gibson Arthur

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KADA Vice President Sarah Bishop sits down with Stephanie Riddle to talk all things electronic registration and title- from getting started for new users to tips and tricks for improving efficiency for those already onboard.

What if titling your art is actually part of your creative practice? One that helps you better understand your work, connect with your audience, and prepare your art for life beyond the studio? That's the beautiful perspective offered by artist and writing consultant Fran Gardner. In this episode, host Alyson Stanfield talks with Fran to explore the idea that titles aren't just labels—they're bridges. They link your creative intention to the viewer's experience and give your work a voice when you're not there to speak for it. Fran shares her own turning point with titling, walks us through her thoughtful process, and explains why she believes writing—especially titling—is part of every professional artist's responsibility. 00:00 – Why titling your artwork is an act of creative responsibility 03:45 – The emotional and symbolic power a title carries 07:50 – Fran's turning point: when numbering her work wasn't enough 13:55 – A step-by-step process for discovering the right title 20:50 – How titling deepens your understanding of your own work 24:00 – Balancing personal expression with professional presentation 32:10 – The essential role of writing in every artist's practice 40:15 – Titles as bridges between the art, the artist, and the audience

When Shakespeare asked, "What's in a name?", he clearly wasn't talking about financial accounts, because the way we title our accounts has great bearing over who controls them, the limits of that control, and their tax treatment. Nathan and Steve take us through some scenarios that highlight the importance of being intentional about the types of accounts you open, and how you choose to tile them. Also, on our MoneyTalk Moment in Financial History Nathan and Daniel tell the infamous story of one of the first major US railroads, the Eerie, and the war that ensued between Cornelius Vanderbilt, Daniel Drew, James Fisk and Jay Gould. Hosts: Nathan Beauvais CFP®, CIMA® & Steven Beauvais; Special Guest: Daniel Sowa; Air Date: 5/14/2025; Original Air Date: 1/8/2025. Have a question for the hosts? Visit sowafinancial.com/moneytalk to join the conversation!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Industry Spotlight—a focused series hosted by Sam D'Arc, highlighting standout dealerships and innovative companies, and exploring the trends driving success in today's automotive market. Today, Sam sits down with Kimberly Scogin, Controller at Hudson Management Group, and Shane Bigelow, CEO of CHAMP Titles. This episode of the Car Dealership Guy Podcast is brought to you by CHAMP Titles: CHAMP Titles - In automotive retail, everything moves fast — except vehicle titling. Consumers can shop online, secure a deal, and take delivery in hours, but titles still get bogged down in a maze of paper, processes, and state-by-state variation. For dealers, this means delays, errors, and tied-up cash flow. The National Digital Titling Clearinghouse (NDTC) powered by CHAMP Titles is changing that. By streamlining multi-state title transfers and reducing turnaround times from 30–60 days to less than 24 hours, NDTC helps you move vehicles — and revenue — faster. Learn more at http://www.champtitles.com/ndtc and see how faster titles drive faster deals. Need help finding top automotive talent? Get started here: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.cdgrecruiting.com/⁠⁠⁠ Interested in advertising with Car Dealership Guy? Drop us a line here: ⁠⁠⁠https://cdgpartner.com⁠⁠⁠ Interested in being considered as a guest on the podcast? Add your name here: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3Suismu Topics: 00:37 Kimberly's path from teacher to Hudson Auto controller 01:10 Why people get hooked on the car business 01:56 Controllers: vital, underappreciated role in dealerships 02:46 Hudson's perks: Disney trips and family summits 03:34 Titling chaos keeps controllers up at night 04:30 Why titling is still stuck in the past 05:05 Champ Titles: a digital fix for paper titles 08:47 How digital titles save time, money, and stress 19:16 The road to true digital titles by 2030 29:43 Final thoughts on innovation, efficiency, and next steps Check out Car Dealership Guy's stuff: CDG News ➤ ⁠⁠⁠https://news.dealershipguy.com/⁠⁠⁠ CDG Jobs ➤ ⁠⁠⁠https://jobs.dealershipguy.com/⁠⁠⁠ CDG Recruiting ➤ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.cdgrecruiting.com/⁠⁠⁠ My Socials: X ➤ ⁠⁠⁠x.com/GuyDealership⁠⁠⁠ Instagram ➤ ⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/cardealershipguy/⁠⁠⁠ TikTok ➤ ⁠⁠⁠tiktok.com/@guydealership⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn ➤ ⁠⁠⁠linkedin.com/company/cardealershipguy⁠⁠⁠ Threads ➤ ⁠⁠⁠threads.net/@cardealershipguy⁠⁠⁠ Facebook ➤ ⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077402857683⁠⁠⁠ Everything else ➤ ⁠⁠⁠dealershipguy.com⁠⁠⁠ This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.

Did you know that fake podcast clips are circulating on social media, spreading misinformation and deceiving millions? Even more shocking, there are LinkedIn articles that teach people how to create them! If this raises your eyebrows, you're in the right place because We're back with the latest podcasting headlines, which is a hot topic. We also analyze the generational shift toward spoken word audio, particularly podcasts among young people, and explore how this trend impacts monetization strategies. We also look closer at the Empowered Podcasting Community's listening habits and unpack what makes business podcast listeners some of the most engaged audiences consuming content. Episode Highlights: [4:27] Titling a New Podcast [6:51] Podcasting News and Trends [11:24] Strategies for Engaging Younger Audiences [25:03] Upcoming Events and Opportunities [31:47] Fake Podcast Clips and Business Podcast Engagement [41:16] Business Podcast Recommendations Links & Resources:  The Podcasting Morning Chat:  www.podpage.com/pmc Join The Empowered Podcasting Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/empoweredpodcasting⁠ Podcasting Pro Mastermind Form:  https://form.jotform.com/250127240610037 PodNews Podnews.net  The Podcast Show:  https://bit.ly/3POP2g0 Full-Time Content Manager Position with Libsyn:  https://bit.ly/3E7uNru Director, Podcast Strategist Position with Libsyn:  https://bit.ly/3E7uNru Editor Position with Socially Conscious AI:  https://bit.ly/3E7uNru Late Night Internet Marketing:  https://www.latenightim.com Marketing O'Clock: https://marketingoclock.com How Leaders Lead:  https://howleaderslead.com/podcast/ The Business of Creative:  https://wewafilms.com/creative-business-podcast/ Edison Research:  www.edisonresearch.com/solutions/share-of-ear Article About Fake Clips: https://bit.ly/4gdleEy Remember to rate, follow, share, and review our podcast. Your support helps us grow and bring valuable content to our community. Join us LIVE every weekday morning at 7am ET (US) on ⁠Clubhouse⁠: ⁠⁠ https://www.clubhouse.com/house/empowered-podcasting-e6nlrk0w⁠ Brought to you by⁠ ⁠iRonickMedia.com⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠NextGenPodcaster.com⁠⁠ Please note that some links may be affiliate links, which support the hosts of the PMC. Thank you! --- Send in your mailbag question at:⁠ https://www.podpage.com/pmc/contact/⁠ or ⁠marc@ironickmedia.com⁠ Want to be a guest on The Podcasting Morning Chat? Send me a message on PodMatch, here:  ⁠https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/1729879899384520035bad21b⁠

When Shakespeare wrote, "What's in a Name?", he clearly wasn't talking about financial accounts, because the way we title our accounts has great bearing over who controls them, the limits of that control, and their tax treatment. Nathan and Steve take us through some scenarios that highlight the importance of being intentional about the types of accounts you open, and how you choose to tile them. Also, on our MoneyTalk Moment in Financial History we tell the story of how the California Gold Rush fueled westward expansion at the turn of the century. Hosts: Nathan Beauvais CFP®, CIMA® & Steven Beauvais; Air Date: 1/8/2025. Have a question for the hosts? Visit sowafinancial.com/moneytalk to join the conversation!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we sat down with members of our electronic titling and registration team: Zach Newsom, Vitu Regional Sales Manager; Stephanie Riddle, Vitu Account Executive; and LT Slater, Head of Strategic Partnerships for CHAMPtitles.We're taking a look at how far we've come since our first electronic transaction in April of 2024 to now.Our growth has been exponential and we are seeingmore transactionsexpanded functionalitiesincreased dealer adoptiongrowing positive feedbackThe proof is out there - so if you haven't signed up with Vitu or submitted your form to become an ELT approved entity, NOW is the time!We look forward to a 2025 with completely seamless transactions for dealers and county clerks. As we work towards this, we want to reinforce that communication is key and if you have any questions or issues, do not hesitate to reach out to our Vitu team.

Why is vehicle titling and registration so complicated? While that's a common question, to Tony Hall and Shane Bigelow the better question is: How can we make it simpler? Hall, Carvana's head of policy, title and registration modernization, and Bigelow, CEO of CHAMP Titles, are both affiliated with the eSTART Coalition, a consortium of auto industry vendors, associations and other stakeholders that seeks to modernize title and registration processes by facilitating advocacy of electronic titling nationwide. They joined Auto Remarketing Podcast host Andrew Friedlander during Used Car Week 2024 in Scottsdale, Ariz., to discuss the present and future of e-titling, including the current state of the technology, the pace of adoption by state governments, the progress being made and eSTART's role in moving that progress forward.

Send us feedback/questions via TextToday we share strategies into episode titles, live podcasting strategies, effective audience engagement, and New Year's resolutions for their shows. They also broach the overwhelming insanity of Black Friday and handling holiday breaks. Uncle Marv joins to share insights on creating unique podcast merch. Tune in for tips, discussions, and plenty of laughs as they address listener questions in real-time!SPONSORS:Podcast Branding: www.podcastbranding.coBased on a True Story: www.basedonatruestorypodcast.comSchool of Podcasting schoolofpodcasting.comMentionedHome Gadget Geeks: homegadgetgeeks.comPodpage podpage.comEcamm Live ecamm.comUncle Marv: unclemarv.comNoseyAF showAsk Ralph PodcastApp SummoFeatured Supporter of the WeekBible Bytes is your virtual Sunday School, inspiring faith one byte at a time. See bible-bytes.comSupporter of The Week: Max TrescotIf you're a pilot you'll love Aviation News Talk Podcast Hot SeatGrow your podcast audience with Podcast Hot Seat. We help you do more of what is working, and fine tune those things that need polished. In addition to the podcast audit, you get a FREE MONTH at the School of Podcasting (including more coaching). Check it out at https://www.podcasthotseat.com/storeYour Audience Will Thank You! Can't Attend Live?Go to askthepodcastcoach.com/voicemail and leave us your question.How to Start a Podcast Guide: The Complete GuideLearn how to plan, record, and launch your podcast with this illustrated guide.Supporter of The Week: Randy BlackBible Bytes is your virtual Sunday School.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showBE AWESOME!Thanks for listening to the show. Help the show continue to exist and get a shout-out on the show by becoming an awesome supporter by going to askthepodcastcoach.com/awesome

Long waits at the DMV or when buying a car seem like a fact of life—but do they have to be? This week on What's at Stake, Penta senior partner Kevin Madden sits down with Shane Bigelow, CEO of CHAMP Titles, to discuss the company's mission to modernize DMVs and bring digital titling technology to the nation.Shane shares CHAMP's founding story and explains how their technology streamlines title transfers, reducing costs, improving efficiency, and helping DMVs better serve constituents in an age of online car dealers and autonomous vehicles. Kevin and Shane also explore the environmental benefits of going digital along with improvements in privacy and security for the auto industry.Don't miss this in-depth look at how cutting-edge technology is reshaping the future of car ownership.

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Ever stared at a finished piece, proud of your work, knowing you gave it your all…only to feel completely stuck when it comes to giving it a title? I get it. It can feel daunting, but here's the thing — it's one of the most powerful tools you have as an artist! In this episode of The Honest Art Podcast, we'll talk about why a well-chosen title is more than just a label — it's the secret weapon that can make your art more relatable and marketable. Plus, you'll get a few of my best tips if you're stuck titling your art! Make sure to subscribe to this podcast so you don't miss a thing! And don't forget to come hang with me on Instagram @jodie_king_. Interested in being a guest on a future episode of Honest Art? Email me at amy@jodieking.com! Resources mentioned: See My Painting, Unfinished Business: https://jodieking.com/product-painting-sold-unfinished-business  ChatGPT: https://openai.com/chatgpt/  Color Course for Rebels 101: https://www.jodiekingart.com/ccfr101    How are you liking the Honest Art Podcast? Leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform and let us know! Watch this full episode on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC64Vn6NF5BfiwLNTSb_VnDA For a full list of show notes and links, check out my blog: www.jodieking.com/podcast 

In this episode, I set up some questions (per usual), and Patrick Leder, founder of Leder Games, takes them and leads a delightful conversation about the company, robots, baby simulators, and other less random things not included in this cherry-picked short list. In all seriousness, this episode covers a range of stories and sentiments, and it's a real (Trick or) Treat. Check out the Leder Games website.Check out the upcoming Kickstarter for the next Root expansion.Introduction (0:00)A slightly tweaked first question asking Patrick about some foundational gaming memories, transition to design/publishing, and where asymmetry entered into all of this.All Things Four - Part I: Words (19:18)Four words to describe Leder Games.All Things Four - Part II: Titles (27:19)Titling various things to only words with four letters. All Things Four - Part III: Texts (38:20)Various texts Patrick picks that capture the essence of Leder in some way.All Things Four - Part IV: Potluck (50:36)Semi-random questions that all just kind of fit here.Wrap-up Questions (1:07:56)A couple of texts on Patrick's mind and things to look out for from him and Leder Games.----------------------------------------------------------Contact, follow, and support information:vodthepod@gmail.comTwitterInstagramBuy Me a CoffeeTikTok

In this conversation, Marshall and Nick discuss various topics including beer tasting, the importance of getting advice from knowledgeable friends, the confusion in the market regarding ceramic coatings, the challenges of selling high-ticket services, the importance of having the right insurance coverage for mobile detailers, and the need to title vehicles in the business name. In this conversation, Nick and Marshall discuss the importance of insurance and protecting oneself in business. They talk about the different types of insurance needed for various situations, such as liability insurance for mobile detailing and property insurance for businesses. They also touch on the challenges of getting paid for services rendered and the importance of having good relationships with lawyers, insurance agents, and accountants. The conversation concludes with a discussion on the difficulties of collecting money owed and the need to protect oneself legally. Takeaways Be cautious when trying new beers and rely on the opinions of trusted friends. Seek advice from knowledgeable friends before making big purchases or decisions. There is a lot of confusion in the market regarding ceramic coatings, and it's important to do thorough research before investing in them. Selling high-ticket services requires a different skill set and may not be suitable for everyone. Mobile detailers should have the appropriate insurance coverage to protect themselves and their business. Titling vehicles in the business name can provide additional protection in case of accidents or lawsuits. Insurance is crucial for protecting oneself in business, whether it's liability insurance for mobile detailing or property insurance for businesses. Having good relationships with lawyers, insurance agents, and accountants is important for navigating the complexities of insurance and legal matters. Getting paid for services rendered can be challenging, and it's important to establish clear payment terms and be prepared to take action if necessary. Collecting money owed can be a difficult and costly process, and it's important to weigh the potential costs and benefits before pursuing legal action. Chapters 00:00 Beer Tasting and Trusted Opinions 03:00 Confusion in the Ceramic Coatings Market 09:43 Challenges of Selling High-Ticket Services 13:39 Importance of Insurance Coverage for Mobile Detailers 21:33 Titling Vehicles in the Business Name for Added Protection 29:09 The Importance of Insurance in Business 32:55 Building Relationships with Professionals 36:45 Challenges of Getting Paid 41:14 The Difficulties of Collecting Money Owed

A book's title is one of the most important elements to get right, and one of the trickiest. A great title should communicate the promise of the book and who it's for to attract the intended audience — all in a few catchy and memorable words. Maggie Langrick, a creativity coach and founding publisher at Wonderwell Press, explains what makes a successful title and subtitle and what to avoid if you want to make a great impression and hook a reader. Find a transcript and show notes at greenleafbookgroup.com/episode88.

We are excited to provide an update regarding our electronic titling and registration program which has been in pilot mode for the past several months!We sat down with our team of partners who have been working on this initiative since the beginning—Zach Newsom and Stephanie Riddle from Vitu, and Chris Keller and LT Slater from CHAMPtitles.Listen in as we chat about:Dealer and County Clerk integration and feedbackDetails on what things look like moving forward as we continue this roll outTrainingWhat to expect and how your dealership can be preparedWe are thrilled to share that August 5th is the official go-live date—meaning that KY ELT will be available in all counties, on an open enrollment, rolling basis. Dealerships will “roll on” by region and the counties will follow suit, with training and ground support for dealerships and clerks readily available. This is an incredible development for our state and our dealers, and we look forward to driving this forward!

9 thoughts I (Rob Manuel) had listening back to this episode 1. Oh god we're going to have to cut all that really funny stuff about [redacted] because we don't want [redacted] to lose their job 2. These two people are complete dickheads but I quite like them because this is the sound of me and Dave sitting up to 5 in the morning as teenager talking absolute bollocks 3. I feel there could be repercussion from mentioning family stuff - it's not my intent to cause family woe here - but if you open your mouth and press record for an hour then who the hell knows what's going to come out 4. I quite enjoyed listening to me moan about the gym, sitting on a spin bike in the same bloody gym. I won't tell you which one it is, but I didn't go there for years as my partner thought it looked like a swingers club 5. These podcasts really do end up mentioning the crap that's floated around my head forever, I've now had at least two references to Amstrad CPC 464s in them, which really can't be what anyone ever singed up for, but that's what you're going to get.  6. I think we've settled into a groove with the "week in reviews" in this one. The format is there and we're relaxed - although there's plenty of options for other sections. Feedback from the listeners would be nice - also rejected fesses would be good. 7. Titling these things is fucking hard with "week in review" as what it's about? It's about lots of things. "Is it ok for men to bring their own bluetooth speakers into the sauna?" "Is it ok to call things Dave?" "Yes we are old men with opinions like DVDs and CDs were quite good you know" 8. I sorta wish I didn't cop out 5 mins before the end and admit I was tired. Power on through, that's what I want to hear, although maybe that would be a good podcast "I am very tired" and people say they're tired and yawn and stuff and it would help people sleep. 9. God it makes me nervous sticking this stuff out - it's just me and Dave talking like we normally talk - but with a bit of structure. What if people hate us? Well they won't hate Dave, Dave is nice, I'm clearly a bastard. ANHWAYWHAYHWAH - hope you enjoy it and stick around for the next one, coz it's another corker.

 In 1936, the Philippines gave traditional farmers formal title to the lands they had farmed for generations. The Public Land Act was expected to boost agriculture by encouraging landowners to invest in their property, yet for years it didn't work. The puzzle was why, and what to do about it.Joining us for this tale of “thinking and working politically” is Erwin Tiamson, former director of the Philippines Land Management Bureau and attorney with our partner, the Foundation for Economic Freedom, which worked to change the law. Also with us is Jaime Faustino of The Asia Foundation's Coalitions for Change. Read more about "thinking and working politically" in our latest issue of the InAsia blog. 

I'm Amanda Hanquist, the Fit Financial, are you into real estate or have you thought of getting into real estate? It can be a lucrative investment opportunity to add to your portfolio, but it's also important to do your homework, especially when trusting tenants to live in your property that you could be liable for. Today on the podcast, we're giving you a valuable checklist to consider so that you can be sure your wealth is protected when investing in real estate. The story of the wood river explosion How does insurance handle this claim Titling your real estate to create separation Creating Trusts for Protection Wood River Explosion Video Thank you for listening to The Fit Financial. If you liked this episode, please be sure to subscribe and leave a review. Find me on Instagram at the fit financial or if you'd like to know how you can work with us directly, Visit us at fitwealthadvisors.com IG: Amanda @thefitfinancial_ IG: Shawn @shawnhanquist The fit financial is brought to you by Fit wealth advisors. Fit Wealth Advisors is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Registration as an investment adviser does not imply any level of skill or training. This presentation has been provided for informational purposes only and is not intended as legal or investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security or strategy. The investment strategy and themes discussed herein may be unsuitable for investors depending on their specific investment objectives and financial situation.

In Part 2 of the Kids and Dreams series, we continue discussing the importance of engaging with children when it comes to their dream lives and cover practical ways how we can do so. In this episode, we hear more from our sweet friend James (whose dream we heard a teaser clip of last week) and from another friend, Sawyer.As parents and adults, we can teach children to recognize when and how God is speaking through their dreams by asking the following questions: What would you title this dream?-Titling the dream allows them to think about the content of the dream and find language for what the overall meaning might be.2. What were the emotions felt in the dream? What did it feel like? (Positive, negative)-Talking through the emotions felt in the dream creates a space for them to process and release what was being brought up or revealed in the dream.3. What do you think this dream means?-Children are quick to grasp the meaning of their dreams. Even if they don't remember everything, they remember what they need to know. Growing the muscle of remembering dreams helps further establish the value for and culture of dreams (last episode) and helps them learn to recognize how God may be speaking to them.4. Do you think God is speaking? Where is God in this dream?-Asking this question teaches children to connect to the character of God through their dream life and discover where He was in the dream. Don't worry about getting the full interpretation - the important this is for them to just get talking!*Scripture References: Acts 2:17; Isaiah 61; Hebrews 13:5 & Deuteronomy 31:6-8; Acts 17:28; Psalm 139: 7-12“Our children are hearing from God. Regardless of their age, the Spirit is speaking to them.”“The most important thing we're doing is allowing the dreams to be a bridge to connect us to them so that the conversation is open, so we're connected to what's going on with them, to give them a place to talk about what they're feeling…[It's] also to make space to talk to them about God's character and to start to connect THEM to the voice of God as well, whether through their dreams or dialoguing about their dreams.”More on Breathing Underwater Membership HEREInterested in 1:1 coaching with Margaux : Free Consultation HERE Join the Community and Newsletter: HERE Email: margaux@permissiontoreign.comInstagram: @permission_to_reignIntro Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

Are you a podcaster struggling to grow your audience? This episode of "Why Your Podcast Isn't Growing" discusses the importance of the title. We also provide an in-depth analysis of Her Home & Heart a podcast for parents looking for ways to improve their home-schooling.Every podcaster faces the challenge of reaching and engaging their target audience effectively. Whether you're trying to find the perfect title, understanding how to tailor your podcast to your audience's needs and preferences is essential. This episode provides valuable insights into audience engagement, marketing strategies, and content creation that are relevant to podcaster in any genre.It can be challenging to understand how to adapt your show to match your audience's needs and wants and drive faster growth.And that's why, in this episode, you will discover:Effective techniques to increase your podcast's appeal and reach your intended audience.Strategies for creating content that resonates with your listeners, keeping them engaged and returning for more.Marketing and branding tips to make your podcast stand out in a crowded market.Every other Monday, we invite a business owner, coach, or professional to the podcast for a free podcast audit and roast. We deep-dive into their current marketing and highlight areas holding them back from faster growth and monetisation. We then provide them with actionable steps to apply today to experience faster podcast growth.So, if you're ready to listen in as Katie gets her show roasted, scroll up and press play!Recommended:Cover Design: 99designs#70 | How To Write a Podcast Show Description That Turns More Strangers Into ListenersIf you want to get your podcast audited click hereOr visit: https://getmorelisteners.com/podcastauditMore From Get More Listeners:https://getmorelisteners.com/podcastauditOr Visit https://getmorelisteners.com/bookView Client Results & Case Studies Herehttps://getmorelisteners.com/studentsuccessOr Visit getmorelisteners.com/studentsuccessGet More Listeners Recommendations:Are you looking for a new hosting platform with amazing analytics?Try Captivate: Get a FREE 7-day Trial Here

Ben wants to hire Brad to be his chef for his dinner meals, what would you title Aaron Rodgers Packers biography, Brad writes the forward to Aaron Rodgers new book, the guys go to school at KBN Academy and play Over/Under Packers last 10 players drafted in the first round.

We recently sat down with Dave Spencer and Zach Newsom of Vitu to discuss their National Title Exchange (NTX) and Interstate Digital Titling & Registration products. As you have seen and heard us communicate, Vitu is our endorsed vendor partner assisting with the move to electronic titling and registration in KY. Their team will be working directly with dealers to integrate this new KAVIS system, and it will be their interface that you utilize in your dealership. Which is why it's even more advantageous that you get started with Vitu now, as it's the same platform and login across all their programs. Tune in as we discuss how NTX & Interstate can significantly speed up and facilitate your titling and registration process today, both in-state and out-of-state.Learn how you can:Reduce the time it takes to get a vehicle front-line ready for retailDrastically reduce holding costs to make sure you're getting the maximum amount of wholesale value in the most timely fashion Skip duplicate titles – get your digital title in 3 business days or lessObtain a digital title when you don't have a valid chain of custodyIncrease F&I product profitability 

In this episode of Podcast Marketing Trends Explained, we roast Alison Hoenes' How Fitting podcast packaging to break down what's working, what's not, and what you can learn to improve your podcast cover art, title, show description, SEO, and episode titles.⭐️ Get a free podcast marketing audit with personalized recommendations to help you grow: https://podcastmarketingacademy.com/audit ⭐️Topics Covered00:00 Introduction00:50 First Impressions of the Podcast Packaging02:04 Analyzing the Podcast Cover Art05:32 Analyzing the Podcast Name07:21 Analyzing the Show's Description16:30 Analyzing the Episode Titles25:01 Custom Artwork28:52 Key Takeaways & Recommendations32:00 How to Submit Your Show for an AuditResourcesComplete the Podcast Marketing Trends 2024 SurveySubscribe to Podcast Marketing Trends ExplainedCheck out the Podcast Marketing Trends 2023 ReportSubscribe to the Scrappy Podcasting NewsletterTry Transistor.fm for free for 14 days✍️ Leave your feedback for the show: http://podcastmarketingtrends.com/feedback  

Account titling is one of the main reasons why Christian Financial Plans fail. Without the proper titling, the money will NOT go where you think it will go. In this episode, I tell the story of a hard-working child who helped her parents through 2 deaths and couldn't fulfill her mother's dying wish because she didn't title the accounts properly. Don't let this happen to you. Listen to the 3 FREE and EASY steps to updating your account titling.Schedule A Consultation:https://www.abrwealthmanagement.com

Account titling is one of the main reasons why Christian Financial Plans fail. Without the proper titling, the money will NOT go where you think it will go. In this episode, I tell the story of a hard-working child who helped her parents through 2 deaths and couldn't fulfill her mother's dying wish because she didn't title the accounts properly. Don't let this happen to you. Listen to the 3 FREE and EASY steps to updating your account titling.Schedule A Consultation:https://www.abrwealthmanagement.com

In this captivating episode, we interview the extraordinary mosaic artist, Sarah Fishbein. Join us as we delve into her awe-inspiring journey into this intricate art form, exploring the challenges she faced and the triumphs she achieved along the way. Overall, Sarah's passion for mosaics and her desire to create meaningful and thought-provoking artwork shines through in this conversation. In this conversation, Sarah Fishbein discusses the power of art to evoke emotion and the possibility of love. She shares her process of pushing the boundaries of mosaic art and talks about her new, complex piece. Sarah explains the intensive process of creating mosaics. She challenges the perception of mosaics as craft and highlights the interactive nature of glass mosaics. Sarah reflects on the impact of her artwork and offers words of inspiration for aspiring artists.  But this episode is not just about art; it's about empowerment. Sarah shares her personal experiences and how mosaic art has become a powerful tool for self-expression and empowerment in her life. Discover how she harnesses the transformative power of creativity to inspire others and create positive change.  Additionally, we explore the unexpected connection between mosaic art and the history of romance comics. Titling her style of art as “Pop Art Mosaics”, Sarah delves into the fascinating interplay between love, relationships, and the visual storytelling of romance comics, and how these themes have subtly influenced her own artistic style. Prepare to be captivated not only by the art form itself but also by the artist behind it. Through our in-depth conversation, you'll gain a deeper understanding of Sarah's creative process, her inspirations, and the profound impact that love and empowerment have had on her art.  To learn more about this incredible artist and to view her stunning mosaic creations, visit https://sarahfishbeinmosaics.com/ and on Instagram @sarahfishbeinmosaics.  Tune into this enlightening conversation that promises to leave you inspired and eager to explore the world of mosaic art.  Note from Producer: This episode was pre-recorded in November 2023 and aired in January 2024.Correction: In the episode, the host refers to one of Sarah's pieces as “Heroine” the correct title is “The Heiress”.Chapters00:00Introduction and Background00:47Getting into Mosaics02:23Exploring Different Materials03:16Balancing Art and Business04:43Learning Mosaic Techniques06:28The History of Mosaics07:29Understanding Tessera08:41Creating Pop Art Mosaics09:09Exploring Girls' Comics11:02The Over-Exaggeration of Emotion12:16Popular Girl Comic Titles14:17Captions and Inspiration17:32Art as Social Commentary20:14The Process of Creating Mosaics25:06Finding Inspiration in Music27:26Receiving Compliments on Artwork29:14Favorite Pieces of Artwork35:14Celebrating Love in Art37:03The Power of Art to Evoke Emotion38:19The Possibility of Love39:18Pushing the Boundaries of Mosaic Art40:12The Complexity of Sarah's New Piece41:10The Intensive Process of Mosaic Art42:06The Importance of Black in Mosaic Art43:12The Evolution of Mosaic Techniques44:49Mosaics as Fine Art45:08The Resonance of Sarah's Work46:03Challenging Perceptions of Mosaics47:32The Interactive Nature of Glass Mosaics48:11Sarah's Impact as an ArLike what you heard? Share with others and follow us @ponderingthoughtspodcast Instagram

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In this episode of Do This Not That, Jay chats with Ashley Faus, Head of Lifecycle Marketing at Atlassian, about the importance of capturing intent and using explicit CTAs in B2B marketing. They discuss common misconceptions around intent, how to design content and CTAs that attract high-intent leads, and why relying on marketing-qualified leads (MQLs) can hurt both marketing and sales teams.Key Discussion Points- The difference between inferred intent and explicit, stated intent (02:03)- Titling and promoting content in a way that attracts the right intent levels (03:06)- Why number-based lead targets can result in low-quality leads (05:30)- Being explicit and prominent with sales CTAs instead of hiding them (08:23)- Why "learn more" is a harmful CTA (11:04)- Tips for creating CTAs that drive the desired action (12:04)

A great sci-fi movie you've never heard of (at least, I hadn't), why I'm shipping Alex and Paul on The Morning Show, ROGUE FAMILIAR audiobook is now wide, a fabulous giveaway, & giving my books as gifts. The Faroween giveaway is here https://farofeb.com/giveaway/The shows I mention are:Edge of Tomorrow https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1631867/Spy https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3079380/ The Morning Show https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7203552/ Join my Patreon and Discord for mentoring, coaching, and conversation with me! Find it at https://www.patreon.com/JeffesClosetYou can always buy print copies of my books from my local indie, Beastly Books! https://www.beastlybooks.com/If you want to support me and the podcast, click on the little heart or follow this link (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jeffekennedy).Sign up for my newsletter here! (https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r2y4b9)You can watch this podcast on YouTube here https://youtu.be/GLSsdYnkBxcSupport the showContact Jeffe!Tweet me at @JeffeKennedyVisit my website https://jeffekennedy.comFollow me on Amazon or BookBubSign up for my Newsletter!Find me on Instagram and TikTok!Thanks for listening!

Henssler Money Talks – September 23, 2023Season 37, Episode 38This week on “Money Talks,” Chief Investment Officer Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, Senior Associate Logan Daniel, CFP®, CRPC® and Associate Giuliana Barbagelata, CFP®, discuss the Fed's September monetary policy meeting, Consumer Sentiment, and Industrial Production. Logan and Giuliana provide advice for an investor who will likely have to take over her aging parents' finances. They discuss some basic steps as well as some other estate planning concerns. The hosts round out the show with a listener's question on not only being able to max out his 401(k) contribution but also having access to two 401(k) plans.Timestamps and Chapters00:00 Market Roundup: Covering September 18 – September 22, 202323:46 Case Study: Finances for Aging Parents34:28 Q&A Time: Should I invest in both 401(k) plans?Follow Henssler:  Facebook: http://bit.ly/HensslerFacebook  Twitter: http://bit.ly/HensslerTwitter  LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/HensslerLinkedIn  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hensslerfinancial/YouTube: http://bit.ly/HensslerYouTube   “Money Talks” is brought to you by Henssler Financial. Sign up for the Money Talks Newsletter: https://www.henssler.com/newsletters/ 

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In this episode, we speak with Commissioner Everett Frazier and Director of Vehicle Services John Springer with the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles about their online titling system. Host: Ian Grossman Producer: Claire Jeffrey and Chelsey Hadwin Music: Gibson Arthur This episode is brought to you by GET Mobile ID - the smart choice for mDL implementations. Put citizens in control with GET Mobile ID. Fully ISO compliant and UL certified for all transaction modes. Learn more at getgroupna.com.  

Dear Songwriter,In this week's episode, I'm  breaking down the struggle many songwriters face: losing sight of the central theme and meaning of their songs. As both a songwriting student and coach, I've learned valuable strategies to keep my lyrics, as well as my students' lyrics, focused and on track.1. Titling your song first. By choosing a title early on, you can establish a clear direction for songwriting and maintain a sense of purpose throughout the creative process.2. Mapping out your verses. Creating a roadmap for your song allows you to structure your ideas and ensure that each verse builds upon the previous one, contributing to the overall narrative or message.3. Decide on a character's point of view and use of pronouns. These choices shape the perspective through which your story is told, adding depth and coherence to your lyrics.4. The power of metaphors in songwriting. Metaphors provide a creative way to convey emotions and ideas, allowing listeners to connect with your song on a deeper level.Join me in this episode as we explore these strategies and learn how to maintain focus and clarity in our songwriting! Whether you're a seasoned songwriter or just starting out, these techniques will help you craft compelling and meaningful lyrics that resonate with your audience.Let's get into it!Mentions and Links:How to Use Song Structure to Strengthen Your Songs TrainingPat PattisonCigarettes - Noah GundersenBook a Call with Me!

A huge year so far for the Phonk genre. All around the globe promoters have begun translating the music from the depths of soundcloud to the clubs, venues and festivals. World class venue, The Black Box Denver invites Phonk overlord @ryan-celsius for his debut headline show, leading to a full US tour. A first of its kind tour for the genre with support from labels such as Purple Posse & Holymob. Titling the tour "The End Of Underground" Ryan is set to truly change the game, and with that what better time to invite him onto the show to talk about it. Join Teddy Colour for 2 hours of the world's best phonk music, featuring an extended interview and a guest mix from the legendary Ryan Celsius. A special thank you to @balamii radio for having TPS on the airways and a another massive thank you to Ryan and his manager Jason for making this happen. Discover - Ryan Celsius° Soundcloud - soundcloud.com/ryan-celsius Instagram - instagram.com/ryan.celsius Youtube - youtube.com/@RyanCelsiusMusic Official Tour Website - endofunderground.com Teddy Colour Instagram - instagram.com/teddy_colour Soundcloud - soundcloud.com/teddyone Artwork - @bigproblemmac TEDDY COLOUR TRACKLIST 01. Cheesy Kut - Walk In Da Spot w/ Gotnotime 02. DJ Yung Vamp - Let Me Go 03. Roland Jones - Drippin w/ Soudiere 04. Kloudbug - Witch Doctor 05. Shmoneykid - This A G5 06. Soudiere & DJ Yung Vamp - I Like It 07. Pepper Bump - Playa House 08. Jared Jackson - Show & Tell 09. Jonny Euphon - Prism 10. Vanyfox - Torques Do Box 11. Aseri & Hym - 3 In The Morning 12. Lapse - Same Thang 13. Gustavo - Swangin w/ Open 14. Siu - Court Of King Boo 15. Wtfthisyear - She Said No Don't Lean 16. Lapse - Blue Diamonds 17. Sxlvr - Ever 18. Sxlvr - Getyahigh w/ Lazlow 19. Yves - Desire w/ Open 20. Ponsuda - Hoe Sale 21. Kalibvr - So Low 22. Backwhen - In The Dirt 23. Oppidan - Circles Bootleg 24. Lapse - 12 Gauge 25. Hamdi - Counting ft. Princess Superstar

It continues. Week two where we discuss and review the films you should like or avoid and we crown a new Awesome Villager. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theawesomevillagepodcast/support

Drs. Karen Rosenberg and Wenda Trevathan join the show to discuss their work examining the evolution of human childbirth and infant helplessness. They also preview some of the content that will appear in their forthcoming (untitled) book. Title suggestions are welcome! Information about their previous publication Costly and Cute can be found here: https://sarweb.org/costly-cute/ -------------------------------------------------------- Karen Rosenberg is a biological anthropologist with a specialty in paleoanthropology. She received her degrees from the University of Chicago (B.A. 1976) and the University of Michigan (M.A. 1980, Ph.D., 1986) and has taught at the University of Delaware since 1987. She has studied human fossils and modern human skeletal material in museums in Europe, North America, Asia and Africa. Her research interests are in the origin of modern humans and the evolution of modern human childbirth and human infant helplessness. She has published in edited volumes as well as anthropological and clinical obstetrical journals. Wenda Trevathan is Regents Professor (emerita) of Anthropology at New Mexico State University and a biological anthropologist who earned her PhD at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research focuses on the evolutionary and biocultural factors underlying human reproduction including childbirth, maternal behavior, sexuality, and menopause. Her primary publications include works on the evolution of childbirth and evolutionary medicine. She is a co-editor of two collections of works on evolutionary medicine (Oxford University Press, 1999 and 2008) and published the book Ancient Bodies, Modern Lives: How Evolution Has Shaped Women's Health (Oxford University Press) in 2010. She currently serves as a Senior Scholar at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she is writing a book on infancy in evolutionary perspective with Karen Rosenberg. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website: humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Mallika Sarma, Sausage of Science Co-Host Website: mallikasarma.com/, Twitter: @skyy_mal Eric Griffith, HBA Junior Fellow, SoS producer E-mail: eric.griffith@duke.edu

Search and Rescue Titling Events Come to US Melissa Stagnaro, vice president of the American Rettungshunde Sport Association (ARSA), joins host Laura Reeves to share details of the growing Search and Rescue Sport titling events in the US. [caption id="attachment_12086" align="alignleft" width="288"] Dog working in an ARSA test.[/caption] “ARSA started out of a need for some standardizations,” Stagnaro said. “There was an earthquake and flooding in Armenia in the late 1980s and a lot of kind-hearted people showed up to help and it was hard to ascertain what their skill level was. This included search and rescue dog handler teams, but it also included EMT's and nurses and people like that. And so sometimes the well-intentioned helpers caused a little more trouble than help. “So the United Nations worked with the FCI and out of this came an International Rescue dog organization. And so the rule book that we're using is standard across the globe. Most countries, other than the US, use this as their basis for their local community SAR teams.” ARSA offers these tests as a way for people to do titling events that could, if they stick with it and find their dog has the aptitude and they have the aptitude, take them to the point that they could do full on search and rescue missions. “There's three sport levels that get progressively more difficult, and there's a fourth mission ready level,” Stagnaro said. “So the mission ready, if you and your dog were to complete it successfully, you would be a real search and rescue team certified by the FCI rulebooks. The three other levels are just sport. “There's a lot of search and rescue community-based groups in the US and also sheriff's departments who would be more interested in accepting a volunteer that already has the skills. In the US we have many certifications for search and rescue teams, but if you came to them and said, hey look, my dog already has these skills, then they would have an easier time assessing you. None of the sport skills are in conflict with real search and rescue.” The ARSA 2023 Championship is March 31 – April 1 in Leesburg, VA. Listen in to the full episode for more details on this fun new sport.

This week's podcast is focused on titling your photographs and why and how that can impact our perception of the image, intention and experience of the work. The post Ep 406 Some thoughts on titling your photographs appeared first on Daniel j Gregory Photography.

This week on Radically Loved, Tessa speaks with Tara Schuster about her book, Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies. She explains the meaning of the book's title and how it encompasses the path towards reparenting and self-healing. Our life story begins in childhood. And how it begins essentially determines how we will continue to write our journey. Unfortunately, many of us develop trauma from a neglectful upbringing. These traumas manifest later in our lives and may cause us to go down a spiral of setbacks and hiccups. But it is possible to break free from these narratives. The healing process may seem like an endless one, but there is hope.This episode is brought to you by: FAHERTY www.fahertybrand.com/rosieUse Code: ROSIE for 20% OFF Remedy+Use code 'Rosie20' is up and running. Customers will save 20% on everything available on the site.https://myremedyproducts.com/ Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode:Understand the process of reparenting yourself.Learn how adopting a gratitude practice opens your eyes to life's bigger picture.Find out where you can find the lilies in your everyday life.Episode Highlights[00:57] Who is Tara Schuster? 03:10] The Context of Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies[05:18] Titling the Book Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies[09:33] The Gratitude Process[14:53] Converting to Self-Help [17:07] Writing a Thank You Card[21:05] The Difference Between Self-Care and Self-Celebration[24:54] Spending Money on Small Luxuries[28:55] Glow in the F*cking Dark [33:09] How Tara Feels Radically Loved Resources: ● Connect with Tara Schuster ○ Website: https://www.taraschuster.com/ ○ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taraschuster/ ● Sign up for Tara's newsletter at https://www.taraschuster.com/newsletter or by texting GLOW to 66866! ● Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies by Tara Schuster: https://www.amazon.com/Buy-Yourself-cking-Lilies-Rituals/dp/0525509887 ● Glow in the F*cking Dark by Tara Schuster: https://www.amazon.com/Glow-cking-Dark-Practices-Someone/dp/0593243099 ● I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron: https://www.amazon.com/Feel-Bad-About-My-Neck/dp/0307276821 ● I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron: https://www.amazon.com/I-Remember-Nothing-Other-Reflections/dp/0307742806 ● Born Standing Up by Steve Martin: https://www.amazon.com/Born-Standing-Up-Comics-Life/dp/1416553657 ● Pre-order Rosie's book, You are Radically Loved: https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Radically-Loved-Self-Love/ ● Radically Loved is now part of the iHeartMedia Podcasts: https://www.iheartmedia.com/podcasts ● Have a specific topic in mind? Email us at info@radicallyloved.com. Don't forget to add the subject Wisdom Wednesday topic! ● Create a daily meditation ritual in just seven days! Download BUILD YOUR DAILY MEDITATION RITUAL and other freebies at https://www.radicallyloved.com/free-stuff! ● FREE Action Guide! Apply the lessons you learn from this episode as you listen! Sign up at https://www.radicallyloved.com/episode-show-notes, and I'll send it right away! ● Stay updated! ○ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosieacosta/ ○ Twitter: https:twitter.com/rosieacosta ○ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/radicallylovedrosie ○ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@itsrosieacosta

HT1382 - Titles in Conversation Why is it that certain groups of words just seem like a perfect title? Titling our work is one of the great challenges for people who are visual folks and who often struggle with the challenges of writing. So rather than write, why not listen for the titles that occur in everyday conversation?

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Hacker Valley: On the Road is a curated collection of conversations that Chris and Ron have had during conferences and events around the globe. In this episode, Cloud Security Podcast's Ashish Rajan and Shilpi Bhattacharjee speak with the Hacker Valley team at AISA CyberCon in Melbourne, Australia. Ashish and Shilpi discuss their respective talks on supply chain security and zero trust technology, SBOMs, and keynote speakers at this year's Cybercon worth noting for the audience at home.   Timecoded Guide: [00:00] Connecting & conversing at a cyber conference post-COVID [06:50] Breaking down Shilpi's presentation on supply chain threats & attacks [11:45] Understanding the paradoxes & limitations of zero trust with Ashish's talk [26:13] Defining & explaining SBOM, or Software Bill of Materials  [33:16] Noticing key conversations & trends for those who didn't attend AISA Cybercon   Sponsor Links: Thank you to our sponsor Axonius for bringing this episode to life! The Axonius solution correlates asset data from existing solutions to provide an always up-to-date inventory, uncover gaps, and automate action — giving IT and security teams the confidence to control complexity. Learn more at axonius.com/hackervalley Shilpi, can you talk about the idea behind the talk you had at CyberCon?  The inspiration behind Shilpi's conference talk was supply chain issues. Titling her talk, “Who's Protecting Your Software in Supply Chain,” Shilpi hoped to further educate and advocate for security in the supply chain process. An estimated one in two companies will experience a supply chain attack in the coming years. Instead of fearing such a statistic, Shilpi hopes her talk inspired further security action to protect our supply chains.  “One staggering fact that I read is that one in every two companies is going to have some sort of a supply chain attack in the next three years. So, who's going to look after the supply chain? Is it going to be the organization? Is it going to be your third-party vendors?” —Shilpi   Ashish, what about your talk at Cybercon? In contrast, Ashish's talk was about the triple paradox of zero trust. When talking about and implementing zero trust, Ashish realized many companies don't implement the cultural changes needed for zero trust and/or only talk about zero trust as a technology process. Zero trust has numerous layers beyond technology, and requires time and major changes in culture and technology to implement in most companies.  “I feel bad for bashing on finance, marketing, and HR teams. They're all smart people, but if you're going to add four or five layers of security for them, they almost always say, ‘I just want to do my job. I don't really care about this. It's your job to do security.'” —Ashish   Where would you recommend starting when it comes to trying to implement the ideas in your respective talks? When push comes to shove about where cyber companies can start first with supply chain and zero trust, Ashish and Shilpi agree that companies have to discuss business priorities. When company leaders can take the opportunity to look at and understand their cyber hygiene, the next steps might look very different from another company's tactics. Knowing what a business has is the foundational piece that impacts any new process in cyber.  “If I were to go back to the first principle of what we do with cybersecurity professionals, one of the biggest assets that we're all trying to protect is data. You can't protect what you can't see, that's the foundational piece.” —Ashish   For anyone that wasn't able to make the conference, what is one thing that you would want to share with the audience at home?  There were a lot of conversations taking place at Cybercon this year. Ashish wants the audience at home to know that cloud native, zero trust, supply chain, and leadership positions like CISOs were the main themes in many talks, panels, and conversations. Shilpi wants those who couldn't attend to watch out for more talks and conversations about cyber from those outside of the industry to understand that the issues impacting cyber influence the world.  “I think there's that interest about cybersecurity being more than just a cybersecurity problem. Cybersecurity is not just a technical problem, it's a societal problem, a cultural problem. I very much agree, because a lot of the things that we're dealing with impacts everyone.” —Shilpi --------------- Links: Keep up with our guest Ashish Rajan on LinkedIn Keep up with our guest Shilpi Bhattacharjee on LinkedIn Listen to Ashish and Shilpi's Cloud Security Podcast Connect with Ron Eddings on LinkedIn and Twitter Connect with Chris Cochran on LinkedIn and Twitter Purchase a HVS t-shirt at our shop Continue the conversation by joining our Discord Check out Hacker Valley Media and Hacker Valley Studio

This is episode 1089 of the Arete Coach Podcast with Severin Sorensen and his guest Norma Rosenberg. Norma is an Executive Coach, Vistage Chair, and winner of the prestigious Hyndman Award. Norma earned her MBA at Columbia University and worked first in the management consulting industry for PWC. Mid-career she made a pivot to executive coaching small to mid-size businesses. Norma operates from Manhattan, New York. In this episode, Norma shares her observations of navigating this Covid19 era and the flexibility we need to adapt and thrive. Titling this episode, "Oops and Ops," Norma shares metaphors and observations that leaders must consider today, including managing the mindshare of their own brains. Listeners may recall that Norma was a prior guest on our podcast, back in 2020 on episode 1005 "from black and white to Technicolor." The Arete Coach Podcast seeks to explore the art and science of executive coaching. You can find out more about this podcast at aretecoach.io. This episode was recorded on August 15, 2022 via Zoom Video. Copyright © 2022 by Arete Coach™ LLC. All rights reserved.

This week on the podcast, Vyyyper welcomes Jake Thomas to the show to talk about the Psychology of How to title your videos! Sign Up for the Creator Hooks newsletter here:Jake Thomas on TwitterThe Twitter thread breaking down the different title phraseshttps://vidiq.comhttps://twitter.com/vidIQhttps://www.youtube.com/user/vidIQchannel This episode was hosted by Vyyyper of vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email support@vidiq.com

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