Chasing Creative

We’re so glad to have Elise Cripe back on the podcast! We previously chatted with her on episode 4 of season 3, all about how she got to where she was creatively, and touched on taking creative breaks and her Get To Work Book business. Today, we wanted to have her on to talk about her first traditionally published book that releases tomorrow, October 8th, titled Big Dreams, Daily Joys, which is all about setting goals and making time for what matters, as well as what the ebbs and flows of her own creative life look like. Here’s our previous chat with Elise all about getting to work on your creative projects. **Where to find Elise: ** Preorder Elise’s new book, Big Dreams, Daily Joys! It comes out October 8th, and you can find it at all major online retailers at Elisejoy.com/book. Elise’s planner business, GET TO WORK BOOK, is at Gettoworkbook.com. Definitely follow @elisejoy on Instagram if you haven’t already. Elise occasionally shares her latest craft adventures on her blog, EnjoyItBlog.com. **Books We Talked About: ** Taproot Magazine A Year Between Friends: 3191 Miles Apart: Crafts, Recipes, Letters, and Stories The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp Essentialism by Greg McKeown This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport **Here’s where you can find Abbie: ** Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages **Here’s where you can find Ashley: ** Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/ashleybrookswrites Twitter: http://twitter.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial

Nicole Gulotta wrote the book (literally) on navigating different seasons of the creative life. Join us to hear her advice on the ups and downs we all experience as creatives, and get the scoop on her new book, Wild Words. These show notes may contain affiliate links to IndieBound, a website that connects readers with books sold by independent bookstores. These links generate a small commission for us if you make a purchase. Thanks for supporting the show and small booksellers! Nicole's Books Wild Words: Rituals, Routines, and Rhythms for Braving the Writer’s Path Eat This Poem: A Literary Feast of Recipes Inspired by Poetry Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode Literary Cooking with Nicole Gulotta on Chasing Creative Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport Join the Wild Words community Mini Book Club Beyond the Point by Claire Gibson Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert The Art of Slow Writing: Reflections on Time, Craft, and Creativity by Louise DeSalvo Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeleine L’Engle Here's where you can find Nicole Websites: nicolemgulotta.com / thewildwords.com / eatthispoem.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/nicolegulotta Twitter: www.twitter.com/nicolegulotta Here's where you can find Abbie Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages Here's where you can find Ashley Blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/ashleybrookswrites Twitter: http://twitter.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial

Hello and welcome back to Chasing Creative for Season 6! We’re excited to be back with you, and still cannot believe that we’ve been doing this together for six seasons now. This season, we’re going to be interviewing some previous guests and some new guests, but asking them all similar questions: what do the ebbs and flows of the creative process look like for them? This season will include interviews with Nicole Gulotta in September, Elise Cripe in October, and many, many more. In this first episode of the season, Ashley and Abbie catch up on what they’ve both been doing since their creative retreat in June, share how they manage ebbs and flows in their own creative lives, and gab about the best books they’ve read this summer. This podcast is the one Abbie shared which talked about your menstrual cycle affecting your creativity. Books We Talked About: Still Life (#1 in Inspector Gamache series) by Louise Penny Everything Happens for a Reason & Other Lies I’ve Loved by Kate Bowler Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel by Kate Bowler It’s Okay to Laugh (Crying Is Cool, Too) by Nora McInerny Purmort Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

We were in the same room for the third time ever for our first (and hopefully not the last!) creative retreat. And we decided to record an episode all about how we made it happen, what our plan was, and what we accomplished while in a valley near LaCrosse, WI with no WiFi for 48 hours. Resources We Mentioned We first heard about creative retreats from Jennie Moraitis back in episode 12 of the first season of Chasing Creative. Ashley was making a sweater as part of the 100 Day Project which ends in early July. Books We Swapped What Ashley gave Abbie: An American Childhood by Annie Dillard Beneath Wandering Stars by Ashlee Cowles Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy by Angela Garbes Introverted Mom: Your Guide to More Calm, Less Guilt, and Quiet Joy by Jamie C. Martin Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch What Abbie gave Ashley: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living edited by Manjula Martin Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Glitter & Glue by Kelly Corrigan

In the last episode of season 5, we're exploring all the ways recording this podcast has changed our own creative lives. We're talking about the power of audio conditioning in motivating you to do the work in front of you, catching up on our novel writing processes, sharing our progress in The 100 Day Challenge, and giving a preview of what's next for us in the months to come. Resources mentioned in this episode Growing Gills by Jessica Abel The Moment with Brian Koppelman: Interview with Seth Godin 1/1/19 Chasing Creative Season 5, Episode 8: Doing the Creative Work Scrivener writing software Chasing Creative Season 5, Episode 5: Intentional Creativity with Ron Vitale The 100 Day Project Mini Book Club A Room with a View by E.M. Forster The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace Wells King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill I Feel Bad about My Neck by Nora Ephron Keep Going by Austin Kleon Here's where you can find Abbie Website: Inkwells and Images Twitter: @abbigailekriebs Instagram: @abbigailekriebs Pinterest: @abbigailekriebs Facebook: @inkwellsandimages Here's where you can find Ashley Personal blog: Ashley Brooks Writes Writing website: Brooks Editorial Twitter: @brookseditorial Instagram: @ashleybrookswrites Pinterest: @brookseditorial

We first chatted about Growing Gills with Addie Zierman in this episode on self-care, resourcing, and diving back into writing after some time away. Then, we got the chance to interview Jessica Abel herself on her method for creating systems that help you be creative in this episode. And then we realized that we had a lot to say about what Growing Gills taught each of us and how we’re incorporating those lessons into spending time on our own much-neglected creative projects. That’s what this episode is all about. Get your hands on a copy of Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life and the free workbook on Jessica’s site here and start creating! Or check out Jessica’s Creative Focus Workshop, which is an even more intense, instructor-led process to set up strategies to help make your creative work happen. Other things we talked about: Ashley uses the Insight Timer - Meditation App. Abbie is probably going to download that ASAP and try the session Ashley recommends, “Five Minute Break for Reflection by Tony Brady”. Atomic Habits by James Clear The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden (Winternight Trilogy #2) How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen by Joanna Faber and Julie King Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman (updated edition!) King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo Here’s where you can find Ashley: Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial Twitter: http://twitter.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial Here’s where you can find Abbie: Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages

Jessica Abel is cartoonist and author who is demystifying the creative process. Join us as we talk about her philosophy that the creative life is just . . . life. You’ll gain practical strategies for integrating creativity into your everyday life with systems and routines that work for you. Books and Links We Talked About Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life by Jessica Abel The Creative Focus Workshop Article on the scarcity mindset: If Creativity Is So Freeing, Why Do I Feel Like I'm Trapped? Scarcity: The New Science of Having Less and How It Defines Our Lives by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir Here’s where you can find more about Jessica and her creativity resources: Website: https://jessicaabel.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jccabel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visiblewoman/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jccabel Books: https://jessicaabel.com/books/ Here’s where you can find Abbie: Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages Here’s where you can find Ashley: Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/ashleybrookswrites Twitter: http://twitter.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial

John Blase is a former pastor turned writer and editor. He spends his mornings writing poetry, his days as a developmental editor for Waterbrook Multnomah Publishers in Colorado Springs, and his evenings with his wife and three kiddos (when they’re home from college!). He preached for over a decade and has brought a pastoring stance to his writer’s pen. His books include The Jubilee: Poems; Know When To Hold ‘Em: The High Stakes Game of Fatherhood; Touching Wonder: Recapturing the Awe of Christmas; and All is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir (with Brennan Manning). We chat with John about when he gets his creative work done and how he switches from writing someone else’s story back to writing his own -- and it wouldn’t be a discussion of faith and writing today without a brief dip into the Enneagram. You can connect with John here: Website: https://johnblase.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnblase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jdblase/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/john.blase Books: https://johnblase.com/books/ Books We Talked About: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy Upstream by Mary Oliver The Jubilee by John Blase Here’s where you can find Ashley: Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial Twitter: http://twitter.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial Here’s where you can find Abbie: Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages

Science fiction and fantasy author Ron Vitale keeps up an impressive writing pace while working full time and being an active father. What’s his secret? Intentional creativity. Join us in this episode to hear how Ron makes space for creative work, manages marketing and networking alongside writing, and maintains a self-care routine. Books, links, and tools mentioned in this episode How to Become a Successful Author While Working Full Time by Ron Vitale Psst! Stop choosing goals you don’t have control over! by Sarah von Bargen There’s a Monster in Your Book by Tom Fletcher Ron’s 2018 Self-Publishing Year-End Review with Full Sales Numbers Author Kristine Kathryn Rusch Scrivener Trello Asana Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert You’ve Torn Your Achilles and Now What? by Ron Vitale Essentialism by Greg McKeown Chasing Creative season 4 episode 11: Tracking and Setting Creative Goals Here’s where you can connect with Ron Website: www.ronvitale.com Twitter: @RonVitale Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ron.Vitale.Author/ Here’s where you can find Abbie Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages Here’s where you can find Ashley Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial Twitter: http://twitter.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial

Reading is a big part of our creative lives, and we know the same is true of many of our listeners. We're giving you the rundown of our year in reading, including our top picks in a variety of genres, our favorite read-alouds for our kids, and the one book we BOTH couldn't finish! If mini book club is your favorite part of the podcast, this episode is for you! Love the podcast and happy to see new episodes in your feed? Consider supporting us on Patreon. If everyone who listens gave $1 per month, we could cover our expenses and maybe even hire an editor. That would allow us to create more—for ourselves and you! Follow us on Goodreads! Goodreads is social media for book lovers. Love it or hate it, this platform is a big factor in how we track our books, set reading goals, and decide what to read next. Follow us on Goodreads to keep up with our reading habits in real time! Abbie's Goodreads Ashley's Goodreads Books mentioned in this episode Beartown by Fredrik Backman Circe by Madeline Miller A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Off the Clock by Laura Vanderkam How to Be a Happier Parent by KJ Dell’Antonia Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren Introverts in the Church by Adam S. McHugh Essentialism by Greg McKeown The Road Back to You by Ian Cron and Suzanne Stabile Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat Heating & Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly Great with Child by Beth Ann Fennelly Bread & Wine by Shauna Niequist Operating Instructions by Anne Lamott Virgil Wander by Leif Enger Peace Like a River by Leif Enger The Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden One Beautiful Dream by Jennifer Fulwiler Dinner: A Love Story by Jenny Rosenstrach The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Girls by Emma Cline The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Jane Unlimited by Kristin Cashore There’s a Monster in Your Book by Tom Fletcher Don’t Push the Button! by Bill Cotter The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don Wood She Has Her Mother’s Laugh by Carl Zimmer The Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan The Temperament God Gave Your Child by Lorraine and Art Bennett Heartland by Sarah Smarsh The Minimalist Kitchen by Melissa Coleman Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver Cozy Minimalist Home by Myquillyn Smith (the Nester) Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel Stories by C.S. Lewis Shadowland by Elizabeth Kostova The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova My Life in France by Julia Child A Room with a View by E.M. Forster Where we find book recommendations Erin Smith on Instagram Kendra at the Lazy Genius Collective From the Front Porch podcast Anne Bogel at Modern Mrs. Darcy and the What Should I Read Next? podcast Morgan Swank on Instagram Other links from this episode Personality and Creativity: Chasing Creative Season 4, Episode 20 Here's where you can find Abbie Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages Here's where you can find Ashley Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/brookseditorial Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/brookseditorial

The creative world is full of people and places encouraging you to practice self-care. But what if the self-care that the world is promoting feels a little hollow? Addie Zierman shares with us a new way at looking at self-care on the podcast today. It’s called “resourcing” - and we think you’re going to gain a lot from this concept. Addie Zierman is the author of When We Were on Fire (named one of Publisher’s Weekly’s Best Books of 2013) and of Night Driving: A Story of Faith in the Dark. She lives in Minnesota with her husband and two sons and blogs regularly at addiezierman.com. You can connect with Addie here: Website: https://addiezierman.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/addiezierman Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/addiezierman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/addieziermanwriter/ Our inspiration for this episode comes from a post Addie wrote on her blog, “A Better Way To Think About Self-Care”. Addie shared Jessica Abel’s Growing Gills workbook as something she used to get back on track creativity after a period of taking a step back. Love the podcast and happy to see new episodes in your feed? Consider supporting us on Patreon. If everyone who listens gave $1 per month, we could cover our expenses and maybe even hire an editor. That would allow us to create more -- for ourselves and you! Books we talked about in this episode: How to Be Here by Rob Bell Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren Here’s where you can find Ashley: Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial Twitter: http://twitter.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial Here’s where you can find Abbie: Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages

Andrea Debbink is an editor and author with more than a decade of experience in the publishing world. Currently she’s an editor at American Girl where she creates nonfiction content that empowers girls to explore their creative potential. Her new book Spark: A Guide to Ignite the Creativity Inside You just won a 2018 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award. We chatted with Andrea about what it looks like to take a creative risk, her favorite books on creativity, and what creative risks Ashley and I are taking in 2019. You can connect with Andrea on Instagram, Goodreads, or at andreadebbink.com. Grab a copy of Andrea's book, SPARK: A Guide to Ignite the Creativity Inside YOU, illustrated by Emily Balsley. People & Things We Mentioned: The Lovely Drawer has 25k followers on Instagram and still struggles with getting her posts seen. Leif Enger writes slowly. Ashley highly recommends this novel, and his halfway through his current. And Leif is on Instagram! That book we couldn’t remember the name of that Ashley read about the cycles of creativity? It was Ryan Holliday’s Perennial Seller that she talked about in this episode. Ashley recommends the #amwriting podcast. Anthony Trollope worked as a mail carrier and wrote before he went to work each day. If he finished a novel before heading to work, he started a new one. Woah. Books We Talked About: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Daily Rituals by Mason Curry Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living by Manjula Martin How to Be a Happier Parent by KJ Dell’Antonia

How does the place you live and work impact your creativity? Do beautiful landscapes or bustling cities help boost creative inspiration? Join us as we explore these questions and more with illustrator Jane Heinrichs. Jane works as an illustrator with publishers around the world. Her first children's book, "Magic at the Museum," was short-listed for best-illustrated book at the Manitoba Book Awards. She splits her time between three different continents: London, England; Cape Town, South Africa; and Winnipeg, Manitoba. Links from the Show "How Geography Shapes Our Identities" Mini Book Club The Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley The Art of Slow Writing by Louise DeSalvo Circe by Madeline Miller Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Here's where to find Jane Website: https://www.janeheinrichs.net Instagram for daily drawings and stories from my studio: @janeheinrichs Shop (children’s nursery prints and books) : https://www.janeheinrichs.net/shop/ Pinterest (for creativity inspiration): @janeheinrichs Facebook Page: @janeheinrichsstudios Here's where to find Abbie Blog: Inkwells and Images Twitter: @abbigailekriebs Instagram: @abbigailekriebs Here's where to find Ashley Blog: Ashley Brooks Writes Twitter: @brookseditorial Instagram: @brookseditorial

We’re back after an extended summer hiatus! And we’re so happy about it. Not much changed for Abbie, Ashley had a third baby, and here’s how they’re managing life and creativity as they ease back into life in the fall. While they’ve been gone, Abbie started hosting the Exhale Creativity podcast. Exhale Creativity is a monthly membership site where the Coffee + Crumbs team is able to encourage moms to follow their creative hearts. You can check it out here: exhalecreativity.com. Want to hear the background on Abbie & Ashley’s personality types and how they approach their work + life? Here’s the episode you should listen to next. We’re going to be releasing one episode per month this season. You can look for our first interview of the season next Monday, October 8th. And then we’ll have a new episode the first Monday of every month after that. Love the podcast and happy to see new episodes in your feed? Consider supporting us on Patreon. If everyone who listens gave $1 per month, we could cover our expenses and maybe even hire an editor. That would allow us to create more -- for ourselves and you! Here’s where you can find Abbie: Website: inkwellsandimages.com Instagram: instagram.com/abbigailekriebs Twitter: twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Pinterest: pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: facebook.com/inkwellsandimages Here’s where you can find Ashley: Personal blog: ashleybrookswrites.com Business website: brookseditorial.com Instagram: instagram.com/brookseditorial Twitter: twitter.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: pinterest.com/brookseditorial Mini Book Club Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren Red Rising by Pierce Brown This Must Be The Place by Maggie O’Farrell Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done by Laura Vanderkam The Ensemble by Aja Gabel

In our last episode of Season 4, we’re chatting about how we keep creating even in chaotic seasons. Most of us have plans and dreams for the way we want our lives to go, but here in the real world, life is messy and unpredictable, and things rarely go as planned. When things go off the rails, creativity is often the first thing to take the hit. Sometimes scaling back is necessary, but we also believe there are ways we can prioritize creating even when we’re living right in the middle of chaos. We will be back for a Season 5 at some point… but we’re not really sure when. To get updates on when we do, sign up for our newsletter. We promise it is the lowest-commitment email newsletter you will ever sign up for, because we send about one email a year. You can now support Chasing Creative on Patreon! Resources We Mentioned While Ashley is on maternity leave, you’ll be able to find Abbie over at Exhale Creativity hosting a podcast that explores where motherhood and creativity intersect. The Lazy Genius helps everyone manage life a little better - Kendra is a great resource for anyone trying to do things smarter to make more room for what you want to be doing instead. Mini Book Club Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life & Work by Chip and Dan Heath Beartown by Frederik Backman Here's where you can find Ashley Personal Blog: Ashley Brooks Writes Business Website: Brooks Editorial Twitter: @brookseditorial Instagram: @brookseditorial Pinterest: @brookseditorial Here's where you can find Abbigail Website: Inkwells and Images Twitter: @abbigailekriebs Instagram: @abbigailekriebs

While we are usually bemoaning our lack of time to sort out all of our creative projects, every once in a while we get stuck in a place where we’ve got time or desire to do something creative, but find ourselves with an utter lack of inspiration. When that happens, we both have some tried-and-true places we turn to that give us that little nudge we need to get back to making, and we thought we’d share them in today’s episode. You can now support Chasing Creative on Patreon! Resources We Mentioned Blogs: Melissa Camara Wilkins John Blase, especially his advent book, Touching Wonder Anne Bogel a.k.a. Modern Mrs. Darcy, specifically The Examined Life archives Erin Loechner at Design for Mankind Podcasts: The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman The New York Times Book Review The Lazy Genius Podcast by Kendra Adachi Magic Lessons by Elizabeth Gilbert The #AmWriting Podcast The Create if Writing Podcast Social Media: Nicole Gulotta’s Wild Words Collective - you can sign up for her newsletter to get access here Lindsay Crandall on Instagram The Coffee + Crumbs Instagram account Our episode in Season 3 with Nicole Gulotta, the author of Eat This Poem Mini Book Club A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller A Million Little Ways by Emily P. Freeman Finish by Jon Acuff Here's where you can find Ashley Personal Blog: Ashley Brooks Writes Business Website: Brooks Editorial Twitter: @brookseditorial Instagram: @brookseditorial Pinterest: @brookseditorial Here's where you can find Abbigail Website: Inkwells and Images Twitter: @abbigailekriebs Instagram: @abbigailekriebs

We’re all have limited resources to dedicate to creativity, and one of those is money. No matter what your financial situation, money is a finite resource, and we can only spend so much on creative pursuits---and the costs can add up quickly. So how do we budget for creative projects when we’re not independently wealthy? That’s the conversation in this week’s episode. Resources mentioned in this episode Society6 for selling your creative work YNAB (You Need a Budget) budgeting app EveryDollar budgeting app Financial resources by Dave Ramsey: Total Money Makeover book Budgeting Tips Podcast Wave for business accounting Mini book club Euphoria by Lily King The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr Here's where you can find Abbigail Inkswells and Images Twitter: @abbigailekriebs Instagram: @abbigailekriebs Pinterest: @abbigailekriebs Here's where you can find Ashley Personal blog: Ashley Brooks Writes Business website: Brooks Editorial Twitter: @brookseditorial Instagram: @brookseditorial Pinterest: @brookseditorial

We’ve all heard that we’re supposed to be building an audience online. Even if we don’t want traditional success, many of us put our work online to share our creativity and use it to connect with others. But building all these “platforms” takes time and energy away from the creative process. It can make us discouraged as we compare ourselves to others and frustrated that we don’t have time to do all the things we’re “supposed” to be doing. So how do we balance social media and the creative life? That’s what we’re talking about in this episode. You can now support Chasing Creative on Patreon! Resources We Mentioned Ashley loves Alexandra Franzen, who is not on social media and doesn’t seem to actively build a platform anywhere. It can be done! Rachel Meeks from Small Notebook hasn’t blogged in years and Abbie still goes back and re-reads her blog from time to time. Hootsuite does post to Instagram now! So does Buffer, but Abbie’s favorite remains Later.com. Ashley recommends finding tools that recycle past updates for you on social media. She recommends RecurPost and SmarterQueue for Twitter as free or close-to-free options, and Board Booster for Pinterest, but she doesn’t remember how much it costs. Mini Book Club Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs by Beth Ann Fennelly Great with Child: Letters to a Young Mother by Beth Ann Fennelly Here's where you can find Ashley Personal Blog: Ashley Brooks Writes Business Website: Brooks Editorial Twitter: @brookseditorial Instagram: @brookseditorial Pinterest: @brookseditorial Here's where you can find Abbigail Website: Inkwells and Images Twitter: @abbigailekriebs Instagram: @abbigailekriebs

We have to eat, we have to have clean clothes, and we should probably vacuum once in a while. If you can’t outsource any (or all!) of those kinds of things, maybe the next best step is to inject a little more creativity into them so that they feel like less of a distraction from our creative goals and more a part of them. Join us in this episode to learn how we make our daily tasks a little more creative. Resources mentioned in this article The Fitness Marshall on YouTube Note: Not all songs are appropriate for little ones! Callie Feyen's Chasing Creative episode on writing through transitions Mini book club The Teacher Diaries: Romeo and Juliet by Callie Feyen The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Here's where to find Abbigail Inkwells and Images Twitter: @abbigailekriebs Instagram: @abbigailekriebs Pinterest: @abbigailekriebs Facebook: @inkwellsandimages Here's where to find Ashley Ashley Brooks Writes Brooks Editorial Twitter: @brookseditorial Instagram: @brookseditorial Pinterest: @brookseditorial

We’re both personality nerds, so it’s no surprise that our Myers Briggs letters and Enneagram types have come up multiple times on the podcast before. In today’s episode, we’re devoting our entire conversation to the ways our personalities can affect our creative lives. There are probably hundreds of personality typing systems out there, but today we’re focusing on three that have had the biggest impact on our creativity: the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Enneagram, and Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies. You can now support Chasing Creative on Patreon! Resources We Mentioned Reading People by Anne Bogel Creative You: Using Your Personality Type to Thrive by Otto Kroeger The Sacred Enneagram by Chris Heuertz The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron & Suzanne Stabile The Road Back to You podcast 16personalities.com A recent Hope*Writers podcast interview with Ian Morgan Cron The Selfie Podcast series on enneagram The Enneagram Institute online resource Explore Your Type online resource The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies quiz Mini Book Club The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte The Sherlock Holmes Series by Arthur Conan Doyle Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Here's where you can find Ashley Personal Blog: Ashley Brooks Writes Business Website: Brooks Editorial Twitter: @brookseditorial Instagram: @brookseditorial Pinterest: @brookseditorial Here's where you can find Abbigail Website: Inkwells and Images Twitter: @abbigailekriebs Instagram: @abbigailekriebs