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,…
“Karen Andrews’ reputation as a writer, editor and publisher precedes her” Books+Publishing I’ve already done a ‘soft’ opening through my newsletter and on social media, so I think it’s high time to officially launch enrollments this coming April’s My Creative Process. Woo hoo, celebration! Need a recap? My Creative Process is the online course I developed…
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…
It’s customary for these sorts of posts to come out in December, before the holidays and our emails (and brains) are switched to ‘out of office’ mode. This is understandable – giving yourself a pat on the back at the end of a year is a great way to round it off before looking towards…
In a bit of a departure from the regular scheduling of this post – moving it forward a month from January to December – I hope to help those people who will be using their holiday rest to think about how they’ll be monetising their blog or leveraging its influence (or both) in 2018. For…
In recent weeks I’ve been reflecting on the topics of creativity, life and inspiration. No, not due to the release of the book. At least, not directly. Let me outline the few things that have prompted me to sit down and write this post. In case you missed my linking to it on social media, I…
I don’t have many photos from last night. As usual, I was too busy talking and getting things organised. It was a wonderful evening and I felt surrounded by support and affection – thank you all for coming. I’m also indebted to Amy Gray, not only for her hilarious hosting skills but also for having…
This week’s Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity tip sneak peek is about creating your own opportunities. I do a walk-through of setting up a media kit in Canva. Enjoy! Ordering details: Booktopia – http://bit.ly/BooktopiaTrust Readings – http://bit.ly/ReadingsTtP Karen’s site – here Amazon – coming soon!
In the month (eek!) leading up to the release of Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity I will be doing/posting quick videos covering a particular tip. The aim is to do one per week – I hope you hold me to that! The video is embedded below – I will aim…
