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What We've Learned from Ten Years of Writing

We take you on a journey from Amie's first painful attempt to write a book to now, Amie's settled routine as a professional author, with all the steps along the way. Pre-order To Kill a Queen now [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/800252/to-kill-a-queen-by-amie-mcnee/] Join Amie in Barcelona [https://www.backstorybookshop.com/event-details-registration/we-need-your-art-stop-messing-around-and-make-something] for a book event on Friday November 7th!

You Have to Believe You're Exceptional

Join us for a rambling discussion that starts with us assessing how successful we feel, goes on to a long digression about preserving energy for hard times, talks about honesty in the publishing industry, and finished with Amie's message to artists just starting out. Pre-order To Kill a Queen [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/800252/to-kill-a-queen-by-amie-mcnee/], Amie's book about a non-binary detective in Elizabethan London who has the hots for their bartender. If you're outside the US, your only choice is to get it shipped to you from Amazon :( But we are so grateful if you do! If you're in the US, it would be a huge help to us if you pre-saved the audiobook on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/6LKrzriiJjMcxLFXcb7yqw] (even if you don't plan on listening to it there!).

How Much Work Do We Do in a Day (plus all your writing questions answered)?

Q+A ep! It just so happened to be that most of your questions were about our work and writing routines. There are also a few other Q's answered including: how exactly is making art generous, big breaks we've almost had (and why they may not have mattered anyway). Sonja, I'm so sorry, I forgot to answer your question about bilingual artists... please email us with your question again and we'll answer you. Amie's WNYA events in England: Oxford Blackwells Saturday 16th of August 3-4PM [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/amie-mcnee-we-need-your-art-with-bev-wass-tickets-1358597173719] (tickets essential) Waterstones Canterbury 18th of August 6:30PM [https://www.waterstones.com/events/in-conversation-we-need-your-art-stop-f-ing-around-and-create-amie-mcnee/canterbury-rose-lane] (tickets essential) Pre-Order To Kill A Queen [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/800252/to-kill-a-queen-by-amie-mcnee/] Read James' Substack about the guy who steals his friend's crypto [https://jameswinestock.substack.com/p/he-owns-a-dog-coin] Did you know you can buy PRINTS [https://www.amiemcnee.com/amiesprints] and ORIGINALS [https://www.amiemcnee.com/amiesoriginals] of Amie's love notes? Available on our website now. Stock limited to ten for each large note and fifty of each small.

How Do We Deal with the Enshittification of the Internet?

We're talking: When the internet gives you the ick The flattening of culture by algorithms How social media sows the seeds of its own destruction when it prioritises attention over quality And more! Pre-order To Kill a Queen [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/800252/to-kill-a-queen-by-amie-mcnee/], Amie's queer detective novel set in Elizabethan London. Remember, this is literally the most important thing you can do for an author! Order We Need Your Art [https://www.amiemcnee.com/order-we-need-your-art-book-amie-mcnee] or get a SIGNED copy here [https://www.welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/we-need-your-art-by-amy-mcnee] Enshittification [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification] was coined by our mate Cory Doctorow which we should have known!

Are More People Making a Living with Art Now than Ever?

Hello friends! Today we're talking about the rise of the middle class artist. Based on Amie's substack post [https://substack.com/home/post/p-165713457]. Buy Amie's book for F***'s sake! [https://www.amiemcnee.com/order-we-need-your-art-book-amie-mcnee] ALSO you can pre-order Amie's queer Elizabethan detective novel [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/800252/to-kill-a-queen-by-amie-mcnee/], To Kill a Queen! References: Hollywood is Broken. Can YouTubers Fix it? Colin and Samir interview Max Reisinger. [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/hollywood-is-broken-can-youtubers-fix-it/id1379942034?i=1000706503239] Brandon Sanderson podcast about AI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTIyTuAArtw]