In this special episode, I share how the pandemic prompted me to create, fund and launch my new poetry podcast, A Mouthful of Air. First, I reflect on my own journey through Covid disruptions – …
All Arts Are Performing Arts
If you work on your own – in your office or studio, or your bedroom or at your kitchen table – it can feel like no one is watching. So it doesn’t matter whether you show up. If you skipped a day on …
Sometimes You Have to Grind the Work Out
A few months ago I was listening to the DavidBowie: AlbumtoAlbum podcast, a terrific show about Bowie hosted by Arsalan Mohammed. In Season 3 episode 11 Arsalan spoke to Donny McCaslin, the leader of …
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Work on Multifaceted Projects
Last week I suggested that if you’re serious about achieving your creative ambitions, you need to think in terms of projects, not tasks. Because if you get up every morning and ask yourself ‘What …
Parenting for Creatives with Kay Lock Kolp
Lockdown threw parents into a frenzy of juggling childcare, homeschooling and work – with creativity often sidelined. Kay Lock Kolp shows how even in crisis you can nurture your artistic spark …
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Focus on Projects, Not Tasks
When we think of productivity we typically think about tasks and to-do lists, working habits and routines. We focus on how to make the most of our time on a daily or at most a weekly basis. All of …
Eat that Frog (But Eat the Cake as Well)
‘Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.’ This quote is often attributed to Mark Twain. Apparently there’s no hard evidence linking …
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Career Advice for Creatives: Start Creating Assets (Video)
I hope this finds you as well as can be. Here in the UK we’re bracing for what we are assured will be a large wave of Omicron. I know things may be very different for you, depending on where …
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Every Creative Project Is a Revolving Door
A lot of productivity advice tells us that we need to stop procrastinating, beat Resistance, and get things done. The Americans like to talk about ‘shipping’, meaning finished and sent out for …
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