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…
Read / February 22nd, 2018
Looking back over this month’s reading, I think there’s a common theme among all of the titles: that through resilience and self-examination humans can endure hardship. Whether these experiences come through the death of a loved one, the solo trek across a desert or unpacking the mysteries within our brains we can learn so much about our nature….
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…
I recorded this quick little video for YouTube the other day and thought I’d put it up here too. If you’re unaware of the hubbub over at YouTube at the moment, they changed the partner program eligibility for those channels wanting to monetise (i.e earn money). It used to be 10,000-lifetime views for a channel; as…
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…
Read / January 30th, 2018
I’ve begun 2018 with a reapplied focus to read more and to better document those texts as I go to avoid the scenario of getting to the end of the month only to look back and think “Hmmm… what was that about again?” (I won’t say how often it’s happened…) How I record these thoughts…
