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Beyond You Theres A Story A Woven Woman From Author Ann Martin Ridings · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: You got to check it out sometime. Just check it
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  Speaker 1: out for just the fun of it, the learning of it,
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  Speaker 1: the something about it. It's arrow.net. Not just a podcast.
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  Speaker 1: It's a podcast network. A-R-R-O-E.net. One of the greatest features
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  Speaker 1: on there is that voice. I've spent the past 11
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  Speaker 1: years with those that are featured on NBC's The Voice.
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  Speaker 1: How about listening to their journeys before they become the superstars?
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  Speaker 1: That voice. Only on Arrow.net. A-R-R-O-E dot net. Enjoy your exploration. Hi, Arrow. Hi, Anne.
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  Speaker 1: How are you?
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  Speaker 2: I'm great. How are you?
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  Speaker 1: Very excited to share a conversation with you because you're
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  Speaker 1: touching on a lot of things that I'll bet your
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  Speaker 1: readers are going to put very tightly inside their heart
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  Speaker 1: because you really, you really do bring up a lot
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  Speaker 1: of memories, not for my personal life today, but for
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  Speaker 1: my mother as well. And I just, I can't thank
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  Speaker 1: you enough for doing something like this.
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  Speaker 2: Arrow, that is so sweet. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: For you to be so open and transparent though, that
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  Speaker 1: stuff doesn't just fall out of you. You had to have,
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  Speaker 1: had to have had conversations with yourself.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, yeah, it was a really interesting, um, process. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: this couch, I'm calling it the power of the couch, um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, to like really get still with yourself. It's
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  Speaker 2: amazing what comes to you. And, um, It's one of
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  Speaker 2: the proponents, you know, of my book is, you know,
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  Speaker 2: take a risk and be quiet, you know, and see
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  Speaker 2: what comes. But you're right. It's like it is. It's
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  Speaker 2: you being with you. It's like you are your best company.
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  Speaker 2: And they were like conversations. And the crazy thing was
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  Speaker 2: is that the book is not chronological. It's like whatever
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  Speaker 2: floated in from the pouch. Nice. Yeah. And I think
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  Speaker 2: that makes it a very interesting read because you don't
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  Speaker 2: know what's going to happen next. And also the crazy
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  Speaker 2: thing during the whole writing process, which took 10 years,
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  Speaker 2: by the way, I had a friend come to me
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  Speaker 2: and she said, you know, there is an ancient style
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  Speaker 2: of writing in Japan. Called Nikki Bungaku. And it's exactly
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  Speaker 2: what I was doing. It was like it's sort of
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  Speaker 2: like a journal, but there's no chronological proponent to it. Nice. Nice.
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  Speaker 2: And that was that was pretty fun to find out. So.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm a daily writer. I've been a journal writer
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  Speaker 1: since July of 1994. Maybe that is the reason why
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  Speaker 1: I can really relate with this. Because how many times, though, Anne,
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  Speaker 1: have you walked into somebody's life and said, you need
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  Speaker 1: to write? Oh, yeah, I need to write. I need
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  Speaker 1: to write. And then they don't do it. And it's
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  Speaker 1: like you have no idea what kind of peace you're
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  Speaker 1: going to experience when you do sit on that couch
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  Speaker 1: and you just let the silence just become a part
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  Speaker 1: of your moment.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. So well said. Very well said. And I can
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  Speaker 2: think of so many people I wish would write a book. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: But it's not easy. Holy cow. It is not easy.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't mean to put a damper on things, but,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you start typing and you think you're going
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  Speaker 2: left and you end up way over on the right side.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's like. it's a crazy process. Um, so
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  Speaker 2: I'm really impressed that you're a journalist.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my God. I complain to my wife all the
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  Speaker 1: time that they don't put enough ink in pens anymore.
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  Speaker 1: And she says, it's the same pen you've been using
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  Speaker 1: for 30 years. I said, they don't use the same
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  Speaker 1: kind of ink.
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  Speaker 2: There's no way. Oh God. Yeah. My dad was a writer. He,
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  Speaker 2: he wrote for time magazine and, um, He had these pencils.
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  Speaker 2: Remember when we were kids, the pencils? Yes. Like they
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  Speaker 2: smelled different. Yes. And he used to chew on his pencils.
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  Speaker 2: They were real wood. That's me. And he sharpened them
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  Speaker 2: with a knife. Yeah, I love those old pencils.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. And the only, you know, in fact, I got
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  Speaker 1: to be open and honest with you, Ann. And that is,
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  Speaker 1: is that my, my, I wrote a book while I
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  Speaker 1: was in the 11th grade because that's how the teachers
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  Speaker 1: convinced me to stay in high school. And so, and
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  Speaker 1: that was all written in pencil. And to this day,
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  Speaker 1: I was in the 11th grade in 1978. To this day,
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  Speaker 1: I still have that original manuscript in pencil.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I love that. Oh, my gosh. And did you
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  Speaker 2: ever do anything with it? 32 years.
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  Speaker 1: 32 years it took to publish it.
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  Speaker 2: Wow. Wow. What's the name of it?
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  Speaker 1: It's called Halloween 78, the Blizzard White Canvas. And you
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  Speaker 1: know what's so funny is that it's written about this
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  Speaker 1: band that dreamed of playing at this place called the
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  Speaker 1: Shrine Auditorium in Billings, Montana. And just a few months ago,
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  Speaker 1: I was talking to this dude that was in this band.
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  Speaker 1: He says, yeah, we were cruising through Billings. We played
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  Speaker 1: at the Shrine Auditorium. My heart stopped in that moment.
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  Speaker 1: But see, but you know, Ann, this is the way
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  Speaker 1: we are as writers. We speak a street that other
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  Speaker 1: people have either been on or they want to become
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  Speaker 1: a part of. That's who we are as writers.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, that's so true. I have a chapter in my
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  Speaker 2: book that's just called Metaphor. You know, it's like I
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  Speaker 2: live for metaphor. Like, it's just... It's a wonderful way
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  Speaker 2: to look at the world, you know, and even raise kids. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You know, what does that look like to you? Describe it,
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  Speaker 2: you know, without normal descriptions and looking at nature a
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  Speaker 2: different way. It's, you know, the written word is fabulous.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's underrated.
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  Speaker 1: Please don't move. There's more with Ann Martin Writings coming
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  Speaker 1: up next. The name of the book, a woven woman.
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  Speaker 1: We are back with the author and Martin writings. Do
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  Speaker 1: you find yourself in a position that I do in
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  Speaker 1: the way that, and this is one of those books,
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  Speaker 1: a woven, a woven woman is that dear future reader.
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  Speaker 1: You don't know who's going to pick it up in
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  Speaker 1: 10 years or 20 years, but you're writing a letter
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  Speaker 1: to them. Dear future reader, a woven woman. Here is
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  Speaker 1: my story. Please learn from it.
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  Speaker 2: Wow. That's exactly right. And, you know, I just learned
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  Speaker 2: the new term evergreen. I think my book is evergreen
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  Speaker 2: because we are producing empty nesters every year. These women
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  Speaker 2: who gave their lives to motherhood, so many of them
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  Speaker 2: like and and it's a beautiful thing and we need
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  Speaker 2: more of it. And it comes to an end every year.
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  Speaker 2: Your kids. Is going to go. So I hope it
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  Speaker 2: goes off into the sunset. I hope it does. I
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  Speaker 2: hope so many people find it. And, you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: more than just about motherhood. It's about our whole transformation. Yes. Right? Right. Yes. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: And you really hit something here that really touched my
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  Speaker 1: heart because my mother did not write anything down. And
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  Speaker 1: I'll see her in heaven and talk to her about
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  Speaker 1: it like a father. And the thing is, is that
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  Speaker 1: you talked about mothers who found a purpose after their children.
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  Speaker 1: My mom did not. She stayed in that mode the
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  Speaker 1: entire time. She didn't go out and find a purpose.
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  Speaker 1: And so I really, really study your book. And vicariously,
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  Speaker 1: I'm living through your word.
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  Speaker 2: Well, that means so much to me because, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's not just about the moms. You know, it's not
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  Speaker 2: just about people who don't have kids. It's about all
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  Speaker 2: people and the way they transform and how they can
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  Speaker 2: take an active part in it. You can take an
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  Speaker 2: active part in your transformation. And I just found that
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  Speaker 2: writing was my... you know, my medium. So, uh, but it's, it,
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  Speaker 2: it is, um, I think your mom, you know, that's
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  Speaker 2: a whole generational thing where that's what you did. You
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  Speaker 2: found your husband, you had kids and that was it,
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  Speaker 2: you know? And, um, I, I think we need to
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  Speaker 2: dream big. Wow. We need to dream big.
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  Speaker 1: You got to make your way back to this show.
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  Speaker 1: Anytime in the future, 10 minutes with you is not enough.
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  Speaker 1: And I love where your heart is. I love where
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  Speaker 1: you're growing beyond.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Harold, I wish you lived closer. I'm so glad
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  Speaker 2: that you are doing what you do because you really
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  Speaker 2: have a wonderful way of picking out great things. I
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  Speaker 2: haven't really had an interview like this yet.
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  Speaker 1: Well, when you come back, we'll do it again. And
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  Speaker 1: I promise you, we'll dive even deeper. Okay, I'd love it.
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  Speaker 2: I'd love it.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you be brilliant today, okay?
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  Speaker 2: You too, Arrow. Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.