The Creative Shift with Dan Blank

Today artist Megan Carty shares strategies and insights into how she has been leveling up her art and her business. She gives an unfiltered look into specific ways she is doubling down on her business, and what she has learned in growing her career. She also goes into detail as to how she grew her … Continue reading "Leveling Up Your Art and Business, with Megan Carty"

Christine Koh took a risk that so many people dream of. She left a successful career in order to create and make stuff. Today she takes you behind the scenes of that process, “the good, the bad, and the ugly” as she says! Christine Koh is a music and brain scientist turned multimedia creative. Since … Continue reading "“I wanted to be creative, independent, and make stuff.” My Interview with Christine Koh"

Today I take you inside the book launch plans of author Leigh Stein. She and I worked together last year in preparation for the launch of her new book, Self Care: A Novel. We take you step-by-step into the process she went through to identify her ideal readers and develop her marketing plan. We also … Continue reading "Behind the Book Launch of a Novel, My Interview with Leigh Stein"

How do you make a major creative shift in order to do the work you love? Today, award-winning children’s book illustrator Anna Raff shares how she did exactly that. This is how she described what she learned when, mid-career, she began taking classes again: “I realized I was missing out and silenced a part of … Continue reading "“I Silenced a Part of Myself for a Long Time.” My Interview with Illustrator Anna Raff"

Last summer, Teru Clavel released her first book: World Class: One Mother’s Journey Halfway Around the Globe in Search of the Best Education for Her Children. It was published by a major publisher (the Atria Books imprint of Simon & Schuster), was well reviewed in major media (Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus, etc), she appeared … Continue reading "The Reality Behind a Book Launch, My Interview with Author Teru Clavel"

How does one find the time and energy to embrace creativity after the bottom has dropped out of their life? Today I am excited to share a powerful interview with Shannon Connery,PhD who gets radically honest about what it means to build a life filled with intention, creativity, and happiness. She shares a story of … Continue reading "Filling Your Life with Creativity After the Bottom Drops Out. My Interview with Shannon Connery."

One of my favorite quotes is from Bono reflecting on the transition U2 made in their music from the 1980s to 1990s: “You have to reject one expression of the band first, before you get to the next expression. And in between you have nothing. You have to risk it all.” Today I share an … Continue reading "You Have to Risk it All: Inside the Harrowing Creative Shift of Jennie Nash"

Writers have felt an intense pressure over the past decade to jump into social media. I’ve worked with thousands of writers on this, so I understand why many are for it, many are against it, and most are stuck somewhere between the two. They are interested, but apprehensive. They ask, “Will it actually lead to … Continue reading "Social Media for Writers"

Today I’m excited to share my podcast interview with illustrator and author Aura Lewis. She shares her story of making a huge career shift to focus on the arts, how she developed her first book, got a book deal, and then in the last year signed deals for 6 additional books! You can listen to … Continue reading "How a Major Career Shift Led to 8 Book Deals. My Interview with Illustrator & Author Aura Lewis"

I’m celebrating 10 years of running my business, WeGrowMedia, full-time. In that decade, I have worked with thousands of writers and made space for creativity in my daily life. Today I want to reflect on what that decade has taught me, and how I am using that to set my goals for this year, and … Continue reading "Lessons From 10-Years of Running a Full-Time Creative Business"