HeyJaredOne Happy Thing
Welcome to ONE HAPPY THING, the podcast where three bestselling novelists flip the myths of misery inside out and upside down and sprinkle a little bit of magic into your everyday life.
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Ep. 49: Permission to DNF—Reclaiming the Joy of Reading for Pleasure (opens the original)
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Have you done any of these things? A) Hide a book you wanted to read inside your math or history textbook? B) Read while walking down the street? C) Sneak a quick peek at your book a stoplight when you were driving a car? D) Stay up way too late because you just had to know what was going to happen next? That’s the reading joy we’re claiming in this episode. So, if you’ve ever read a book out of a sense of obligation or that vague, guilty, feeling that it’s something you should do – this episode
Ep. 48: Honk if You're Woo (opens the original)
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We get it. We’ve all been laughed at for being too woo woo,so sometimes we hide our magical selves away from people who might not understand. But in this episode, we’re all in with sharing our favorite woo woo practices. From writing down what we want as if it’s already done, to believingthat everything we need (and maybe even the universe) lives inside of us, to secret fireside gatherings of magical mystical women—we’re done hiding. Maddie’s book that we mentioned (after we finally rememberedth
The Joy of Kids, Books, and Fur Babies with guest Jacqueline Pennewill (opens the original)
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We asked debut author Jacqueline Pennewill (nickname HappyWanderer) to tell us her One Happy Thing—which not surprisingly turned into all of us talking about a whole lot of happy things. Jacqueline started us off with a heartwarming story about her son, and from there we traded stories aboutkids, writing, and fur babies. You can find out more about Jacqueline's YA novel, THE BOOK OF ETERNITY(and find buy links!!) on Jacqueline’s website here: https://jacquelinepennewill.com/book/the-book-of-eter
Ep. 46: The Joy of Creating What You Love (opens the original)
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Join us for a deeply felt (and sometimes passionate) conversation that starts out about writing and publishing but ventures into art of all kinds—including the art of creating the life that you want to live. We explore the question of how we can stay true to our own creative vision in a world that often tells us we should do it differently. Whether it's 'writing to the market', painting according to a trend, or really doing anything the way somebody else thinks you should do it, we’re all about
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