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We're back from 3 months of family and work travel and ready to pod... just in time for the holidays... Join us for a 15 minute cozy catchup and a little 15 minute rant about why perfect people are boring. Preorder Amie's guide to creative living [https://www.amiemcnee.com/pre-order-we-need-your-art-book-amie-mcnee] Sign up to Amie's substack [https://amiemcnee.substack.com/] And James' [https://jameswinestock.substack.com/]

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!

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 [https://www.amiemcnee.com/pre-order-we-need-your-art-book-amie-mcnee]. 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!

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 [https://substack.com/@amiemcnee]! Still two days to sign up to the Inspired Collective [https://www.amiemcnee.com/the-inspired-collective-creative-community]!

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 [https://www.amiemcnee.com/the-inspired-collective-creative-community] We Need Your Art Book [https://www.amiemcnee.com/pre-order-we-need-your-art-book-amie-mcnee] James' substack [https://substack.com/@jameswinestock] Amie's substack [https://substack.com/@amiemcnee]