Blah Di Da
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Laughing at myself and sometimes others
Writing about the most boring person I know: me
Resting is important to make quality art
Virality can be a trap for authors
Instagram poetry line breaks drag me through poems
S1 Ep 183Finding your writing voice
It took me 50 years to find my writing voice. Here's what I learned along the way.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 182A writing trick & what my 3rd book's about
Beginning with a little trick I use to get unstuck while writing, then the rest of the episode on what the 3rd book I'm writing is about.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 181When your weirdness finally fits into society (in the form of a book)
It's weird to feel 'accepted' by a world that undervalued my strange thoughts for decades. Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 180A writer's pilgrimage to LA
I need to get to LA , even just for 2 weeks.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 179Forgetting my book is actually good
It feels like I'm promoting my book "You're Going To Be Ok" out of existence.Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "You're Going To Be Ok" & "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)", (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 178Writing a whole book as fast as I can
Pumping out a 3rd book - writing as fast as I can. Some thoughts....Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 177My new book for an artist's heart lost in the world
A little chat about my new book, "You're Going To Be Ok"Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 176Borrowing the atmosphere of my favourite writers
My favourite writers brought me relief.Audiobook Spotify presave link for "You're Going To Be Ok"Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 175The thing you are good at is hiding in plain sight
I was great at writing when I was 17, then ditched it for decades.Audiobook Spotify presave link for "You're Going To Be Ok"Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 174Planting stories in real-life locations
I love how stories bring magic to real life locations. Like a shared dream.Audiobook Spotify presave link for "You're Going To Be Ok"Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 172Getting my new book from publisher Andrews Mcmeel in the mail
Audiobook Spotify presave link for "You're Going To Be Ok"I recieved my book as a physical book! Exciting to feel it in my hands as a little world. Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 171Recording an audiobook - behind the scenes and some thoughts
A little behind the scenes of recording my audiobook of You're Going To Be Ok and some thoughts on recording it.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 170Atmosphere over story
I loved atmospheres as a kid. Then stories helped me as I got older. But I've read most of the stories and they all seem to repeat. So I've been returning to the beauty of atmosphere.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 169How I found energy after work to make art and break out of the jail of meaningless jobs
It wasn't easy. It was like being two Sisyphus's at once.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
Ep 168Revisiting my 2009 tweets wasn't a good idea
Going through my old twitter account, seeing the hard=won evolutionGet my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 167Finding my writing voice took the length equivalent of 4.5 PhDs
I stuck with creativity for a long time (33 years) before anything happened.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 166Writing update....
Onto a third book this weekGet my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 165Writing is the hardest work I've ever done
I've worked a lot of jobs but writing full time is the heaviest lifting. I'm lifting the full weight of all my boringness and trying to make it the lightest thing to read.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 1645 years on writing full time after quitting my job
Just trying to relax after pushing myself hard with writing for 5 years.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 163Following the Art Spirit through darkness into light
I've been blinding following the Art Spirit for decades. It's let me through dark places and maybe finally into a small patch of light.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 162Just make something good
Some thoughts on attention spans and the crappy stories we're being fed that messes with our attention spans.PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
Trying to remember my book is magic, not a unit to sell
Me book's been out nearly a month in the US and a few weeks in Australia. I've been watching the charts as it goes up and down. It's been doing my head in. So I've returned in a more dedicated way to writing and little more sane again.PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:Get my books hereMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 161I've become more writer than human
I'm curious as to where these books lead... and not just to write yet another book. Althought I'm going to write a third book, I'm still very curious. PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 160Signing me book that's just out
Struggling with life at the moment, good stuff is happening and bad stuff at once. It's funny how that happens.PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 159The fear of sharing art to an audience
A few thoughts on audience size and fear of sharing art and writing to a big audiencePREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 158Today is for people with art, tomorrow for people with plans
A few thoughts on a future opening up after existing in a single long endless day most of my life. And some thoughts on writing my two books.PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 157The need to create under a new patch of sky (live overseas)
Some thoughts on making art in new places, planting the seed to leave Australia, and my new book a week or so away!PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 156Nervy thoughts on releasing a book
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S1 Ep 155Never ending search for home
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S1 Ep 15430 years of following the "art god"
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S1 Ep 153Masculine and feminine energy in books
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S1 Ep 152The BS of artists "making it" at a certain age
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S1 Ep 151Blending comedy and poetry
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S1 Ep 150Modern poetry all sounds the same for a reason
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S1 Ep 149Creative theft or just whinging?
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S1 Ep 148Borrowing the essence of classic books
Some thoughts on RuPauls Drag Race and The Sopranos2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder:DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 147Good art makes everything else seem like it's pretending
Some thoughts on RuPauls Drag Race and The Sopranos2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder:DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 146Sometimes books are home
Writing my way into the world.2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder:DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 145Writing my way out of mental straitjackets
2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder:DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 144Art is a passport to travel the world
2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder:DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 143The average age of best selling authors is 48-52
2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder:DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 142I swapped cynicism for wonder and my life changed
2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder:DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 141Art is a passport to the heart
2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder:DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 140The magic, quiet eye of mum's storm
More on writing mum's book and touring the US later this year.My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)"DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
S1 Ep 139How many followers I needed before publishers came knocking (250k)
Some thoughts on self publishing and traditional publishing. And getting what you want when you no longer need what you want.My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)"DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist