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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.

We're back! Topics: Creating while travelling/busy The importance of confidence in your own work Whether James' justice streak makes his lif...

We take you on a journey from Amie's first painful attempt to write a book to now, Amie's settled routine as a professional author, with all...

Join us for a rambling discussion that starts with us assessing how successful we feel, goes on to a long digression about preserving energy...

Q+A ep! It just so happened to be that most of your questions were about our work and writing routines. There are also a few other Q's answe...

We're talking: When the internet gives you the ick The flattening of culture by algorithms How social media sows the seeds of its own destru...

Hello friends! Today we're talking about the rise of the middle class artist. Based on Amie's substack post . Buy Amie's book for F***'s sak...

Come hang out with us as we talk shit. Very chatty, casual episode today with lots of ranting about things like: what annoys us in the gym,...

I'm so sorry everyone but it's another AI episode :(Listen to us, two people who aren't experts on anything really, talk about AI, climate c...

We had so much fun recording a very fancy in person episode with THE Martha Beck and Rowan Mangan! How 'bout those production values? Don't...

Join us as we remind you how important it is to celebrate your own art (coz no one's gonna do it for you!). Fully raw ep today. No music (so...

BOOK OUT THIS WEEK BOOK OUT THIS WEEK BOOK OUT THIS WEEK BUY BOOK BUY BOOK BUY BOOK 00:00 Introduction and Holiday Hat00:30 Book Tour and Po...

00:00 Introduction 02:13 Housekeeping and Upcoming Events03:39 25 Things to Avoid 03:45 Obsessing Over Details04:57 The Pitfalls of Excessiv...

Today we're talking to the boys! Or, given our audience demographics, we're talking to the girls and gender non conforming folks about the b...

Yes I kept Amie's preamble in on purpose because I thought it was funny! Today we're talking about locking in, getting stuff done, and thriv...

We talk about ambition! How ambitious are we? Is it good to be ambitious? Is it HEALTHY to be ambitious? Inspired by Amie's substack post ....

MORE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS PLS 00:00 Welcome to the Unpublished Podcast 01:16 Audience Questions Introduction 03:34 Multidisciplinary Creativit...

We don't want jobs, we want to make art! You can read Amie's viral substack article here and pre-order WNYA here . 00:00 Introduction and Po...

WTF why is the video so bright after I export it? Y'all, video is hard! Don't Forget to pre-order We Need Your Art, out 11th of March in e-b...

Join us as we predict creative trends for 2025! It's all speculation and probably going to be wrong... but we had fun. Unfortunately, the vi...

Let's go!!! Lachlan and Lachlina here getting ready to Lock In for 2025. Or are we? Come with us! James did the mix/audio for the first time...

We're back from 3 months of family and work travel and ready to pod... just in time for the holidays... Join us for a 15 minute cozy catchup...

We finished our joint novel! We take you behind the scenes of the on and off year and a half long project. Topics: Writing to delight each o...

Today we're talking about money! Specifically, our own finances. Revenue streams Emergency funds Retirement saving Book advances Taxes And o...

Amie has made a list of artist archetypes to help you all figure out your strengths and weaknesses as artists. We go through the archetypes...

Welcome back! We're talking about: small steps and achievable goals; fostering scrappiness; behaving like an athlete; and much more! Topic d...

We interrupt Creativity 101 for a special episode! Help us prepare for Amie's guest appearance on a big podcast. Also, I'm writing this from...

We're coming back to a topic we talk about a lot on the podcast, Perfectionism. This time, though, we're going back to basics. What is perfe...

Most artists will procrastinate. That's just a fact. It's something people have dealt with in the past and will continue to deal with in the...

Join us for our Creativity 101 series where we go back to foundational principles for being happier, more rested, and more productive artist...

I know a lot of you want to know a little more about how our partnership works. This week, we're answering heaps of listener questions all a...

Today we're talking about people who think making art is only for the special few, who think you need double decker doctorates or generation...

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...

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...

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 wo...

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...

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 wit...

Another spice one provoked by some online discourse. Is it wrong to make money from our art? Does making art with the intention to sell it s...

Back to our favourite punching bag: Perfectionism. We talk about how perfectionism leads to stagnancy, stunts your growth as a creative, and...

Join us on a walk and talk as we play a little game of Would You Rather, artist edition! We would love for you to check out Amie's fiction....

This is one of our favourite ever conversations! Emma Couette, six novels in the last five years. All while holding down a full time job. We...

Welcome Amie's sister Kirsty to the show! At 29 years old, Kirsty is the founder and director of Made Home , a Sydney based home transition...

First off, friends, audio continues to betray us at every turn. We had multiple glitches again this week so, if James suddenly starts talkin...

REAL PODCAST STARTS AT ABOUT 07:00, everything before that is bullshit chat. We talk you through how we like to plan out projects (or don't)...

Today we have Creative, Performance Coach, Mentor and good friend Sion Cousins on the podcast. An incredibly important episode for Creatives...

It's time to reclaim our creative power, and Augustine leads the way. An incredible conversation around putting up boundaries with gatekeepe...

Today Amie and James detail the journey of getting a publishing deal! Who approached who? How did it feel? How long did it take? And much mo...

Thank you for all your questions! Today we have the first Q&A ep in a while. We talk about Amie's experience losing 30,000 followers, our wo...

This topic is back after a break in 2022 for some reason... We talk about all the "things" that brought us delight in 2023. TV shows, tech,...

Today we're talking about the myth that artists need to be unhappy in order to create great art. Amie made a post on Instagram the other day...

Amie's writing the description today because James burnt his hand on the oven. Today, we talk about being a creative on social media. We dis...