On this episode I am joined by…no one. It’s our first solo episode babyy. In it, I take you through the books (and interviews and podcasts) that make me feel like making stuff. If you’re feeling stuck, pop this one on, go for a walk, and hopefully something will resonate to get you writing/drawing/making again. I highly HIGHLY recommend all these books.

Show notes:

It’s just me today, in this mini episode about books that boost creativity.

(Everything’s a bit hectic at the moment, but I promise there are other episodes in the works.)

(01:25) Make Good Art, Gaiman and Chris Riddel

(01.42) Monsters by Claire Dederer

(03:40) Steal Like an Artist trilogy by Austin Kleon

(06:20) Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

(08:25) Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott and a mention of my writing teacher Clare Strahan

(11:25) The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

(12:15) Novel in a Year by Louise Doughty

(14:00) Brandon Sanderson lecture series

(15:00) The cast of Ghosts have a whole bunch on Youtube that you can watch here.

(15:24) Alice Oseman process of writing I Was Born For This – unfortunately this has now been taken down! Oh well! It was good, though. Trust me!

(15:50) The First Time podcast and The Garret. Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff episode is here and Jessica Townsend one is here.

(17:00) I go a bit mad talking to myself and ramble. Apologies.

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This episode was recorded in Naarm on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respects to their elders past and present and acknowledge that they have been sharing stories and knowledge on this land generations and millennia. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.