123 - Poetry, Finding Your Voice, and Balancing Hope & Pain (feat. Tanner Olson)

This week we talk with poet and author Tanner Olson. We touch on balancing hope & pain, where he finds inspiration, and learning to still be himself while being a writer. In the intro, Robert and Holly check in after Texas’s recent weather and talk about WandaVision.

Things we mention in this episode/other resources:- CXMH ep. 122 - How Writing Can Shape Your Past, Present, & Future (feat. Allison Fallon) (https://cxmhpodcast.com/show-notes/2021/02/15/122-allison-fallon)- CXMH ep.  90 - Small Beginnings, Other People's Stories, & Being Made to Make (feat. Morgan Harper Nichols) (https://cxmhpodcast.com/show-notes/2020/01/13/90-morgan-harper-nichols)

Connect with Tanner on his website (https://www.writtentospeak.com/), Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/writtentospeak), Twitter (https://twitter.com/tannerJolson), or Instagram (http://instagram.com/writtentospeak). Listen to his work on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/artist/6VSXq2yYD3n5MFZ5ahIUDZ?si=ZzaMB7YbRGWhbcY6Ilf6sQ), Apple Music (https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/written-to-speak/id1093168854), or watch it on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/tannerjolson). Buy his books on Amazon (https://amzn.to/3uGdHIa).

Quotes:- “Don’t call yourself an ‘aspiring writer.’ If you’re putting words down on a piece of paper…you are a writer.” (tweet (https://ctt.ac/rU4aK))- “When I write something hopeful that comes out of heartbreak, I don’t want to ignore the heartbreak.” (tweet (https://ctt.ac/gbaIo))- “Hope always has the outstretched hand.” (tweet (https://ctt.ac/A1fx6))- “It’s really hard to deal with the things inside of us when we just keep them there.” (tweet (https://ctt.ac/mrSU6))

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