The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Twenty-Eight This informal, candid mini-episode was inspired by the fact that this week marks the one-year anniversary of my poetry collection On The Many Shapes Bodies Will Take. Where did that time go?! Books, Topics Discussed and Recommended Reading On The Many Shapes Bodies Will Take by Karen Andrews Trust the Process:…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Twenty-Seven This week’s guest is Kelly Gardiner – award-winning author, educator and co-host of the Unladylike podcast. Her latest novel is 1917: Australia’s Great War. This was a fascinating talk – pirates, sword fighting, Vikings, War & Peace and a whole lot more. She can be found on Twitter. Books,…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Twenty-Six This week’s guest is Penny Harrison, a children’s author, book reviewer and professional writer. She is a mother of two and lives on the outskirts of Melbourne – just as I do! Her latest book, just released, is The Art Garden: sowing the seeds of creativity and can be…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Twenty-Five I’m welcoming my first guest for the second season today – Nicole Avery. Nicole is the creator of Planning With Kids, one of the biggest and best parenting blogs in the country. As a mother of five, she brings a wealth of experience to her content and advice and what…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Twenty-Four Most of you know I’m a big believer in creativity challenges – this episode of the podcast focuses on the kinds that are fun. If you’re playing a game, it feels like less work. (Hopefully!) Books, Topics Discussed and Recommended Reading Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity by…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Twenty-Three Many famous authors are also famous diarists – and others have either outgrown or dislike the practice. I fall into the ‘pro’ note-taking camp and will give the reasons why a writer might consider adopting the habit, why I actually gave it up and now why I’m doing it again. Books,…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Twenty-Two The podcast is back! I promised, so I delivered. I recorded this episode with such a mixture of feelings: excitment (yay – I’m doing a thing!) to trepidation (wait – I forget how to do this, will I stuff it up?) to nervousness (what if I suck?). I almost feel like…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Twenty-One This is a special episode to finish the first season of The Creative Life podcast – a recording of my keynote speech at the recent Small Press Network Independent Publishing Conference. The theme was ‘Why Wait?’ and covers a wide range of topics including my formative years, university, blogging,…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Twenty This episode is about something I’ve done on my blog for the past couple of years that I thought would be applicable to those of us who like to assess project progression and on the basis of those successes or failures (or somewhere in between) decide where to head…
