Darken the Page: Conversations about the Creative Process

What does it take to be a best-seller on Amazon? Tyler Wagner is a writer and runs the Best Selling Book System for authors who want to break into the Amazon market. He also shares his daily routine, how he writes and the mistakes authors make by not what writing about things they are passionate about.

Rick Smith, author of best selling self-published book Conscious Classroom Management talks about the pros and cons of self-publishing, why procrastination is good, the importance of making your book easy to read and enjoyable to look at and much more.

What does it mean to find your rhythm as a writer? Why do people create mediocre art? Joining us today is Jason Hairston, writer and hip-hop artist, we talk about what it means to make someone feel something, how bad art is useless and what it means to be in the zone.

Have you considered self-publishing? How about writing erotica? What is it like to write and work in a large house used to shoot porn? Allison Moon joins the show to share her experiences publishing 4 books and being a sex-educator. We also talk about why she is so good at teaching men (and women) about driving a woman's vulva and how she took that metaphor and wrote Girl Sex 101, her latest project, coming out this spring. Lots of great tips, suggestions and laughs in this episode.

Chris Morris is a transformational writer, a speaker and a coach. He joins to talk about his experience as a ghost writer, what it means to come from nothing and how we get lost in the trying to be something. There are some great wisdom nuggets in here, my favorite was at the end when Chris talks about how we are constantly passing our past self notes and how time is non-linear.

I really love speaking with Amir, he's so passionate about the insights he has had, and after writing four books he has some great wisdom to share. We talk about overcoming writers block, struggling to make a "best seller" and what it means to let go and surrender to what wants to come through.

I'm really excited to have Mike on the show, his writing has moved thousands of people because of it's raw, honest approach. Listen as we discuss how to write what scares you, being authentic and how Mike gets himself in the zone.

Steve inspired the name "Darken The Page" with advice he gave me several years ago. He said that instead of trying to write a masterpiece, just have my goal be "darkening the page", and years later that advice has been brilliant in helping me be more creative and enjoy the writing process more. Listen as Steve and I talk about how music inspires him, writing that feels natural and a love of the human spirit.

I’m a writer, and this show is my therapy. I’ve struggled with every part of the writing process. I have half-finished books that stress me out, I have moments of inspiration followed by weeks of a creative void, I have a vision of my ideal life where everything happens like clock work and I write every day first thing in the morning, and I have the reality of me procrastinating, sleeping in, spending too much time on the internet and generally being a lot less disciplined than I want to be.

These interviews have saved my life, and my creative output has greatly increased, along with me having a far more grounded sense of how I can consistently create art in a way that’s easy and fun... just the way it’s supposed to be. This show is a chance for me to share the conversations that have changed my life with you, in hopes that for you, it does the same.