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We Don't Want Jobs!
We don't want jobs, we want to make art! You can read Amie's viral substack article here (https://amiemcnee.substack.com/p/i-didnt-want-a-job) and pre-order WNYA here (https://www.amiemcnee.com/pre-order-we-need-your-art-book-amie-mcnee). 0
Artist, You're Allowed to Stay Small and Sustainable
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-book, audiobook, and hardback! Martha Beck, you cannot lie said this about it: "This book is desperat
What Can Artists Expect in 2025 (Last Prediction Will Shock You [Because it's So Not Any More Interesting Than Any Other Prediction and Just as Likely to be Wrong])?
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 Unfortunately, the video didn't work, but we will try again next week. 00:00 Welcome to the Unpublished Podcast 01:46 Why
How Artists should Set Intentions for the New Year
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 in two years. Let us know if you have any notes! 00:00 Welcome to the 2025 Intentions Podcast 00:45
We Don't Want to Learn from Perfect People
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 and a little 15 minute rant about why perfect people are boring. Preorder Amie's guide to creative
Collaborating With Your Partner: How We Wrote Our Sci-fi Novel Together
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 other The importance of planning The number one mistake we noticed in each other's writing Dealing wi
What Does A Full Time Income Look Like for Artists? All About Our Finances
Today we're talking about money! Specifically, our own finances. Revenue streams Emergency funds Retirement saving Book advances Taxes And other extremely interesting things... Amie's book, We Need Your Art, is available for pre-order (http
The 18 Artist Archetypes! Which One Are You?
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 and discuss each one. Kind of like enneagram/Myers Briggs/astrology specifically for artists! You ca
Creativity 101: Getting Started and Improving as an Artist
Welcome back! We're talking about: small steps and achievable goals; fostering scrappiness; behaving like an athlete; and much more! Topic discussion begins at 4:42 The Inspired Collective (https://www.amiemcnee.com/the-inspired-collective-
Preparing for Success, Picking Yourself First, and Why We Need Your Art
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 the future AFTER the podcast recording happened. It went really well thank you for asking. I sat in
Creativity 101: Perfectionism
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 perfectionism? What are the most common ways it shows up our lives? Why is bad? And what can we do about
Creativity 101: Procrastination: Striking the Balance Between Big Ambitions and Achievable Goals
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 future. Where it becomes a problem, though, is when it holds you back from being the sort of person
Creativity 101: Journaling For Artists
Join us for our Creativity 101 series where we go back to foundational principles for being happier, more rested, and more productive artists. We'll be doing a 10 episode series starting here with Journaling. Journaling is the foundational
Secrets of our Marriage
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 about our relationship! How do we deal with conflict? What're our attachment styles? How do we help e
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 Am
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. (https://www.amiemcnee.com/all-courses-amie-mcn
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 goe
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, impos
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 shr
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
There's Nothing Wrong with Making Money from Art
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 sully it? It's a strong no from us. Listen to learn why! Don't forget we have two workshops in Califo
Perfectionism is Making You Worse at Art
Back to our favourite punching bag: Perfectionism. We talk about how perfectionism leads to stagnancy, stunts your growth as a creative, and ultimately leads to worse art. LA and San Francisco artists (or anyone who wants to travel there!),
Creative Would You Rather
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. Her witchy tudor novel, Regrettably, I Am About to Cause Trouble (https://www.amiemcnee.com/regretta
How To Fight For Your Art with Author Emma Couette
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 talk about how she juggles a 9-5 job with this sort of release schedule, doing her own promo, fight
Amie's sister Kirsty on starting a business at 21, motherhood and, parenting.
Welcome Amie's sister Kirsty to the show! At 29 years old, Kirsty is the founder and director of Made Home (https://madehome.com.au/), a Sydney based home transition company, with fifteen employees and dozens of customers! We spend a lot of
Do We Need to "Normalise the 9-5"?
First off, friends, audio continues to betray us at every turn. We had multiple glitches again this week so, if James suddenly starts talking about the Patriarchy seemingly mid-sentence, we apologise for the non sequitur. I think things mos
Planning and Preparing When You'd Rather Not
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). Sit with us in a sort of ASMR, fly on the wall type way as we plan what we want to work on for the
Vulnerability over Comfort with Performance Coach Sion Cousins
Today we have Creative, Performance Coach, Mentor and good friend Sion Cousins on the podcast. An incredibly important episode for Creatives who have big dreams. In this episode we talk about what gets in the way between us and our goals. J
Artists need to learn to say NO, with Augustine Charles
It's time to reclaim our creative power, and Augustine leads the way. An incredible conversation around putting up boundaries with gatekeepers and creative institutions, how to embrace your multi-disciplinary magic, and how to bring about a
How We Got A Publishing Deal With Penguin
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 more.
