Stoking the flames of creator culture
Stoking the flames of creator culture
A few days ago, my podcast surpassed 600 downloads. I started on July 25, 2020. I've had so much fun hosting this show.
Podcasting is still incredibly underutilized and underleveraged. I know so many brilliant people who would make for fantastic podcast guests. I'm also considering starting an online course/workshop teaching people all I've learned about podcasting. How to hold a conversation, do research, find guests, listen better, and keep it fun and insightful for everyone who tunes in.
You don't need to have big name guests on your podcast to have a great show. But you do need to make your guest feel at home. Make your guest feel as if they've known you your entire life. Serve them tea! Set the table! Lean in and listen their stories. You'll learn so much.
I've also made a lot of mistakes, which I'll share in a separate post.
Listen to my conversations with the world's most creative people at:
I've started a personal brand consulting service. This is the first business I've started.
I'm offering help to writers, bloggers, podcasters, digital authors, coaches, developers - people who consider themselves to be creative.If you want the longer pitch, you can find it here.
I started this three weeks ago. I put a Calendly link in my Twitter bio and set up the aforementioned landing page on my blog. Three weeks went by...and I heard nothing. Nobody responded.
Until I woke up last Wednesday morning with an email from a career coach asking to talk with me. Zero to one, right?
And just this morning, I woke up with an email from a copywriter asking for my services.
What am I feeling?
Well, I don't know, exactly. A mix of excitement and uncertainty.
I keep reading these emails to check if I'm not dreaming.
I have no idea what's going to happen next. But I'm going to do my best to deliver what I've promised to deliver.
I wish there was a book for stuck creatives. A book that would tell me how to start getting out of my own way, so that I can get back to writing this bloody blog post. So I can get back my life my painting all these still life salmons that I love painting.
I wish I could buy this kind of book off of Gumroad or something by visiting https://gumroad.com/l/GczMr
Started making my own trailers for The Penguin Latte Podcast. I'm having an absolute blast doing this, and people seem to like em. So, I thought, what the hell? Guess I'll make trailers for each interview I've recorded so far.
Here's one of them. It's from my interview with Cullin McGrath of the Writer's Bloc Community (which I'm a part of.)
Incredibly humbled by the 5 people who've decided that my writings are worth their attention. Small numbers mean a huge amount to me. And I think that it's silly to get discouraged if you have only 5 or 6 followers. Quit looking at bigger numbers. Quit discouraging yourself. Be proud of your roots. Keep going!
Been on a roll with getting guests on the show. I've also made a trailer for the podcast which you can watch here:
Slowly rebranding this podcast into "A Weekly Look at The Pursuit of Creative Excellence" - I want to interview writers, illustrators, graphic designers, comedians, programmers, any kind of creative entrepreneurs. A few big names here and there would be nice, but ultimately I want to inspire my listeners to pick up the pen, or keyboard, and start doing work that feels like play. I've had an absolute blast recording these episodes and I'm stoked to share them all with you!
Got up to 70 downloads of the podcast. I've got two very exciting episodes of the podcast that I cannot wait to publish. I'm transforming this podcast into a platform that creatives can use to share their messages with other creatives. I've interviewed two newsletter writer friends of mine to talk about the creative process. I had an absolute blast recording these episodes and I can't wait until they go live! I'd make this a daily podcast if I could.
Here's to more.
My first (very short) book went live today on Amazon. It's called "But I Have No Original Ideas - The Book for Stuck Creatives." I actually forgot that the book was releasing today, so I hastily made some twitter and instagram posts about it. I have no idea what's going to happen with this book. We'll see.
I've positioned this book as a way to help creative people realize that it's all in their heads. That impostor syndrome can be beaten. That having original ideas is overrated. I wrote this book because I know what it's like to be there - to have so many ideas but nothing to show for it. To obsessed with information consumption but lacking in flow-states.
Here's the link to buy the book:
https://penguinlatte.blog/2020/07/29/thebook/
Enjoy.
Today, I got my first pre-order for my e-book on Kindle. She's been a follower of my blog for the last couple of months. One true fan out of the sacred 1,000.
The book is called But I Have No Original Ideas - The Book for Stuck Creatives. I collected six of my blog posts and wrote 14 short, original pieces of writing for this book. Each chapter is very short. You could read the whole book in 20 minutes. But I wrote each chapter to get to the point as quickly as I could, so that the reader can see that it pays to get create things no matter how "unoriginal" or how crappy their ideas are. This is the first time that I've asked for money for my writing. I can't help but feel like I could have made this much longer, but this is all a practice to me. Let's see how this goes. Writing this has inspired me to write the next one. I know I can push myself to do more.
Here's the link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DTRQ7WG
Starting to do more with my podcast. Having guests on to talk about their creative process. The first episode is with my high school friend Nathan Rogers, who co-owns a parkour gym called Freedom In Motion. I've got some other guests that I'd like to have on as well. Sending messages in bottles.
Stoking the flames of creator culture