133 episodes
Unpublished Amie McNee and James Winestock
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- Arts
Join Amie McNee from @inspiredtowrite and her writer husband James Winestock for a podcast about building a sustainable creative life. A place to take your art seriously where you can go to reflect on your journey and build a thriving creative practice.
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Elitism in the Arts
Today we're talking about people who think making art is only for the special few, who think you need double decker doctorates or generational talent if you want to create. We're talking about why they're WRONG!
You can find links to buy Amie's books (which she'll never have done enough research for to satisfy some people) here
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Should Artists Do Free Work?
Honestly guys, I have no idea what we said in this one. We recorded it over three weeks ago! Hope it's good... Let me know!
We have a summer sale on for the next week! 50% off all our courses.
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Q&A Do we want kids, falling out of love with art, and fan fiction
Q and A episode today people!
We're answering YOUR questions:
Do we want kids?
Is Fan Fiction a good way to practice writing?
What do we do when we fall of out love with our art?
And more!
We will be in an aeroplane in the sky when this goes out so hopefully it works!
You can join our San Francisco workshop digitally via A Writing Room! The session will be recorded so you can watch the replay too!
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How To Deal with a Slump
We're in a little bit of slump at the moment. How do we deal with it?
It's normal to not always feel motivated and enthusiastic with your work. We share what we've been struggling with lately, common reasons creatives get into slumps, imposter syndrome/the pain of leveling up and feeling like you aren't fully ready for that next level.
We also give you an update on our MUSCLES!
Did you want to come to come to one of Amie's live workshops but don't live in California? Our hosts, A Writing Room, are offering a livestream of the San Francisco event on June 1st! Replay included.
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Are Books Dying Out?
Today we're responding to a series of articles that have gone viral over the last couple of weeks. They're all about the publishing industry, and whether or not it's dying out.
Included: how big is the market for books? Is it growing or shrinking? Are publishers profitable? Is it even worth writing books anymore? What about indie books, self-publishing, e-books, and audio? What do publishers get right and what do they get wrong.
James says the C word twice and apologises to all the Americans for being Australian.
Main sources:
No One Buys Books by Elle Griffin
People Buy Books, Publishing Is Thriving, and Substack Will Never Replace Books, by Brooke Warner which also links to several other great pieces. The one we used most heavily was:
Yes, People Do Buy Books, by Lincolm Michel
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Our Biggest Failures and What We've Learned From Them
Failure is non negotiable. So how can learn and grow from our failures?
We share some of our failures, what they taught us, how we dealt with them at the time, and what we think of them now.
Included: dealing with rejection from gatekeepers, why failure should excite us, letting ourselves be upset, and more!
There are still tickets to both of our US workshops!
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