Episode 69: What’s the Difference Between a Hobby and Creative Work?

Episode 73: How safe is your creative work? Featuring Artemis North

A candid conversation about creative ownership, digital security, and what happens when access to your work is taken away. After a serious account hijack affecting longtime creator Artemis North, the Creative Work Hour team talks openly about breaches, recovery, community support, and practical ways artists can protect their work—without fear or shame.

Episode 72: Accomplishments and important things that happened this year.

A heartfelt year‑in‑review episode where the Creative Work Hour community reflects on what 2025 brought creatively and personally. With stories from Greg, Alessandra, Shadows Pub, Gretchen, Melanie, and Devin, Episode 72 explores how consistency, kindness, and shared presence matter more than output—showing how creative work grows through structure, rest, and community over time.

Episode 71: Morning Routines? What Works, What Doesn’t?

In Episode 71 of The Creative Work Hour Podcast, the hosts share their very different morning routines—from strict 5 a.m. starts and morning pages to cat-controlled wake-up calls and “I hate mornings” creativity. They talk about how sleep, caffeine, small rituals, and gentle tinkering (like moving phones out of the bedroom or adding a simple journaling habit) can turn mornings from a grind into a more enjoyable, productive part of the day.

Episode 70: From One Day, to Day One!

A candid, practical conversation about turning “one day” ideas into “day one” action. The crew shares how permission, soft openings, and patience with imperfection help creatives start and keep going. Highlights include Alessandra’s frustration-fueled Twitter Space on blockchain, Gretchen’s language shift that transforms piles into progress, Devin’s insight on borrowed permission from others, Shadows’ idea-tracking system in Obsidian, and Bailey’s mantra to “allow yourself to suck.” The message: start small, publish imperfectly, and repeat day one as needed.

Episode 69: What’s the Difference Between a Hobby and Creative Work?

A candid, one-year anniversary conversation on how we define the line between a hobby and creative work. Alessandra’s clarinet journey reframes “work” as honoring a gift beyond pay, Greg centers mission-driven support as creative practice, Shadows champions fun as the fuel, Dr. Timeka offers a three-legged stool (hobby, work, pay), and Devin contrasts low-pressure hobbies with identity-heavy writing that demands selective feedback.