Creative, Inspired, ALIVE

My guest today is Beth Spencer, a picture book author-illustrator, photographer, and founder of the staggeringly popular Introvert Drawing Club , an online community of 7,000 members she leads in ultra-relaxed drawing sessions. Today we talk about how Beth succeeded in building a bestselling Substack platform even though she didn’t know what she was doing when she started, how to find fulfillment...

My guest today is Ali Hazelwood , whose latest novel, Not in Love , just hit bookshelves everywhere. She is a #1 New York Times bestseller multiple times over, and she’s also a former neuroscience professor. Today we talk about how Ali was discovered by her agent, and why she doesn’t like the label “incredibly successful,” and her advice for anyone pursuing a creative career. Full video version av...

My guest today is Pierce Brown, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Red Rising series , the latest of which— Light Bringer —recently came out in paperback. Today we talk about how Pierce overcomes self-doubt, how success has changed his career, and whether writing makes him happy. (And we poke some good-natured fun at what authors are like.) We also debate creativity vs inspiration. Fu...

Coming Soon: The CREATIVE.INSPIRED.HAPPY podcast. Interviews with incredibly successful writers about how they rose from obscurity to build fulfilling careers. Learn something new each episode to make you more creative, inspired, and happy. Hosted by New York Times bestselling author and #1 Netflix film/literary collaborator Evelyn Skye. Full video podcast available free at CreativeInspiredHappy.c...