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Amie McNee and James Winestock

Join Amie McNee from @inspiredtowrite and her writer husband James Winestock for 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.

  • 26 minutes 17 seconds
    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 with conflict


    And much more!


    30 October 2024, 4:00 pm
  • 43 minutes 53 seconds
    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. This is super important to the success of the book! Pre-order numbers directly impact how much support publishers and booksellers will give to a book. If you buy one thing from us in your lifetime, this is the one!



    23 October 2024, 12:01 pm
  • 48 minutes 38 seconds
    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 can read more about it on Amie's substack!

    Still two days to sign up to the Inspired Collective!

    19 September 2024, 3:45 pm
  • 35 minutes 7 seconds
    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


    We Need Your Art Book


    James' substack


    Amie's substack



    13 September 2024, 5:41 pm
  • 43 minutes 56 seconds
    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 on the whole thing and Amie killed it. For some reason, she speaks much better when she's talking to someone who isn't her husband (swirly eye emoji).


    Hey! You can pre-order Amie's book now! Links are HERE!

    22 August 2024, 1:42 pm
  • 28 minutes 3 seconds
    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 it?


    Amie was right, no cover reveal yet... But you should come to our live course: Selling Without Selling Out

    13 August 2024, 4:23 pm
  • 26 minutes 38 seconds
    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 you want to be.

    We look at some common tools and techniques to help you cut through procrastination and make art with more ease and regularity.

    Also discussed towards the end: procrastination for Neurodivergent creatives!

    29 July 2024, 7:00 am
  • 32 minutes 57 seconds
    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 methodology for all our teaching. In all our courses, books, and online classes we always include journaling prompts. It helps you ask yourself important questions, and find your own wisdom which you can use to overcome blocks and problems.


    If you're interested in learning more, you can get a free copy of Amie's Journaling Compendium when you sign up for her newsletter on substack.

    22 July 2024, 7:00 am
  • 55 minutes 11 seconds
    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 each other when one of us is upset or disregulated?

    Our views on couple's therapy.

    And much more!


    James has a new substack post that talks more about our relationship and how we balance it.

    2 July 2024, 12:25 pm
  • 28 minutes 18 seconds
    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 Amie's books (which she'll never have done enough research for to satisfy some people) here

    24 June 2024, 6:51 pm
  • 21 minutes 44 seconds
    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.

    11 June 2024, 12:41 pm
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