In this episode, Alexa and Joni discuss (among other things!):

• Joni's Writing Center in Vermont, and how she started that
• The ways we writers get in our own way... and how to move past them
• The importance of being inspired when you're writing
• How to deal with feedback and the power of positive feedback
• Dealing with self-sabotage and negative self-talk
• Joni's book for writers: Good Naked: How to Write More, Write Better, and Be Happier (Amazon aff link)
• Joni's new book: Party Like It's 2044: Finding the Funny in Life and Death (Amazon aff link) - finding the funny in life

Joni B. Cole is the author of seven books, including two popular writing guides: Good Naked: How to Write More, Write Better, and Be Happier (listed as a “Best Books for Writers” by Poets & Writers magazine); and Toxic Feedback: Helping Writers Survive and Thrive ("I can't imagine a better guide to writing's rewards and perils than this fine book,” American Book Review). Her second collection of personal essays, Party Like It’s 2044: Finding the Funny in Life and Death, published from the University of New Mexico Press this September, 2023. Joni teaches writing online and in person at her own writer’s center in White River Junction, Vermont, and at a diversity of academic and nonprofit programs. She is a contributor to The Writer magazine, and hosts the podcast “Author, Can I Ask You?”

Learn more here: www.jonibcole.com
www.thewriterscenterwrj.com