Amie and James discuss how difficult it can be when we share our work and either people respond badly, or no one responds at all.

Amie and James talk about the stories we are told around being lazy. We talk about how we integrate laziness into each of our days.

James and Amie discuss what direction they personally want to take with their novels, and they look into the pros and cons of both options. Amie processes a lot of shit she's been thinking about in the last six months in regards to this issue.

Poet Brooke Solis talks to Amie about rebelling against the systems that try to keep us small and making art without the constraints of other people's rules.

Brooke’s Website: https://thebrookesolis.co/

Author, Abidemi Sanusi, talks about her experience with writer's block, rejection and the difference between being published by a house and being self published.

Abidemi Sanusi

Author. Nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Eyo

Featured in: BBC, Reuters, the Guardian, Independent on Sunday

New book: Looking for Bono, coming out in 2019, published by Jacaranda (#Twenty2020 author)

Founder: www.abidemi.tv, the website for ambitious writers

Featured in Scribendi: '28 Best Writing Websites of 2019'

Course: 'From Book Idea to Finished Manuscript' https://www.abidemi.tv/learn/how-to-write-a-book/

For 'Eyo', the book that was nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize: https://amzn.to/2MscgKx

Jasmine and Amie discuss her poetry, writing a collection, how to process trauma through the written word and how to stop all the bullshit stories and manifest what you truly desire.

Jasmine’s Instagram is @thealmightj.c

and you can buy her first collection here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Broken-Beer-Bottles-Jasmine-Cenci/dp/1548610712

Amie details the way in which she stays motivated throughout the process of writing her novels.

Raechelle and Amie talk about screenwriting, writing habits and how to live sustainable creative lives.

Raechelle spent three years on Home and Away; is the co-star (with her twin sister Karina) of the award winning short, Second Best; and is the star of the upcoming Lifetime series Ruby based on the writing of V.C. Andrews.