Unpublished

By Amie McNee and James WinestockArts

Unpublished episodes

January 14, 2025 Artist, You're Allowed to Stay Small and Sustainable
WTF why is the video so bright after I export it? Y'all, video is hard!
Don't Forget to pre-order We Need Your Art, out 11th of March in e-book, audiobook, and hardback! Martha Beck, you cannot lie said this about it:
"This book is desperately needed medicine for our hearts, our lives, and our culture. I will read it over and over until its many truths sink into every one of my cells. If you have ever felt the slightest impulse to create anything, I urge you to do the same. Well researched, beautifully written, and powerfully healing, WE NEED YOUR ART is not only a great read, but a manifesto for our personal and collective freedom. Thank you, Amie McNee!"
Timestamps for the ep:
53 min
January 07, 2025 What Can Artists Expect in 2025 (Last Prediction Will Shock You [Because it's So Not Any More Interesting Than Any Other Prediction and Just as Likely to be Wrong])?
Join us as we predict creative trends for 2025! It's all speculation and probably going to be wrong... but we had fun.
Unfortunately, the video didn't work, but we will try again next week.

00:00 Welcome to the Unpublished Podcast
01:46 Why You Should Be Hopeful for 2025
01:57 The Importance of Hope in Creativity
02:41 Challenges and Pessimism in the Creative Community
06:30 Predictions and Hopes for Creatives in 2025
07:46 Building Personal Connections with Your Audience
08:05 The Rise of Micro Communities
15:48 Curating Media Consumption
20:01 The Value of Free Content
25:12 Podcast Production Costs and Realities
27:27 Competing with Industry Giants
28:53 Artists and Business
31:14 Class Consciousness Among Artists
34:00 The AI Dilemma for Artists
41:38 The Future of Human Art
52:09 The Importance of Art for Wellbeing
56:02 Final Thoughts and Housekeeping

Pre-order We Need Your Art Today and we will love you forever!
59 min
December 30, 2024 How Artists should Set Intentions for the New Year
Let's go!!! Lachlan and Lachlina here getting ready to Lock In for 2025. Or are we? Come with us!
James did the mix/audio for the first time in two years. Let us know if you have any notes!
00:00 Welcome to the 2025 Intentions Podcast
00:45 Introducing the Captaincy System
01:59 Goals vs. Intentions
02:46 Balancing Freedom and Structure
03:28 The Unique Approach of Artists
04:43 Setting Realistic Goals
06:58 Navigating Uncertainty
09:55 The Importance of Consistency
15:44 Taking the Podcast Seriously
22:55 Setting Kind Goals
32:02 Reflecting on Past Goals
33:26 Reflecting on Past Goals
33:45 Achievements and Challenges in 2017
35:03 Goals for 2022 and Beyond
39:13 Setting Intentions for the Year
39:47 James' Fitness and Writing Goals
40:56 Discussing Control and Goals
48:24 Amie’s Intentions and Goals
49:46 Building Community and Creative Goals
57:41 Fostering Patience and Trust
59:27 Wrapping Up and Looking Forward

Pre-order We Need Your Art now and we will be your best friend!
1 hr 2 min
December 18, 2024 We Don't Want to Learn from Perfect People
We're back from 3 months of family and work travel and ready to pod... just in time for the holidays...
Join us for a 15 minute cozy catchup and a little 15 minute rant about why perfect people are boring.

Preorder Amie's guide to creative living
Sign up to Amie's substack
And James'
30 min
October 30, 2024 Collaborating With Your Partner: How We Wrote Our Sci-fi Novel Together
We finished our joint novel!

We take you behind the scenes of the on and off year and a half long project. Topics:
Writing to delight each other
The importance of planning
The number one mistake we noticed in each other's writing
Dealing with conflict

And much more!

27 min
October 23, 2024 What Does A Full Time Income Look Like for Artists? All About Our Finances
Today we're talking about money! Specifically, our own finances.
Revenue streams
Emergency funds
Retirement saving
Book advances
Taxes
And other extremely interesting things...

Amie's book, We Need Your Art, is available for pre-order. This is super important to the success of the book! Pre-order numbers directly impact how much support publishers and booksellers will give to a book. If you buy one thing from us in your lifetime, this is the one!

44 min
September 19, 2024 The 18 Artist Archetypes! Which One Are You?
Amie has made a list of artist archetypes to help you all figure out your strengths and weaknesses as artists.
We go through the archetypes and discuss each one.
Kind of like enneagram/Myers Briggs/astrology specifically for artists!
You can read more about it on Amie's substack!
Still two days to sign up to the Inspired Collective!
49 min
September 13, 2024 Creativity 101: Getting Started and Improving as an Artist
Welcome back!

We're talking about: small steps and achievable goals; fostering scrappiness; behaving like an athlete; and much more!

Topic discussion begins at 4:42

The Inspired Collective

We Need Your Art Book

James' substack

Amie's substack

36 min
August 22, 2024 Preparing for Success, Picking Yourself First, and Why We Need Your Art
We interrupt Creativity 101 for a special episode! Help us prepare for Amie's guest appearance on a big podcast.

Also, I'm writing this from the future AFTER the podcast recording happened. It went really well thank you for asking. I sat in on the whole thing and Amie killed it. For some reason, she speaks much better when she's talking to someone who isn't her husband (swirly eye emoji).

Hey! You can pre-order Amie's book now! Links are HERE!
44 min
August 13, 2024 Creativity 101: Perfectionism
We're coming back to a topic we talk about a lot on the podcast, Perfectionism. This time, though, we're going back to basics. What is perfectionism? What are the most common ways it shows up our lives? Why is bad? And what can we do about it?

Amie was right, no cover reveal yet... But you should come to our live course: Selling Without Selling Out
29 min

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Join Amie McNee from @inspiredtowrite and her writer husband James Winestock for a podcast about building a sustainable creative life. A place to take your art seriously where you can go to reflect…