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© Lauren Layne and Anthony LeDonne
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Lauren Layne and Anthony LeDonne talk about trying to make a living as artists in one of the most expensive cities in the world. For anyone who's ever wondered what it's really like after you quit your day job to follow your dream.
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Things we talk about this week:
Greg McKeown's Essentialism on Amazon (👈🏿 affiliate link) or Bookshop.org
Aqua Notes (👈🏿 affiliate link)
Notion Database
In this episode, Lauren and Anthony discuss whether having a personal brand matters and, if so, what it should be.
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This week Lauren and Anthony talk about the top three apps on their MacBook Pros. It's basically F***, Mary, Kill: App Edition.
Fun things mentioned in this week's ep:
TeuxDeux: https://teuxdeux.com/
Notion: https://affiliate.notion.so/candidcreatives (👈🏿 affiliate link)
Candid Creatives is now The Last Word Podcast. And also, what does ROI mean?
Today's podcast is NOT brought to you by Squarespace.
Flowy Pants, or "Sugar Gliders": https://amzn.to/3SKXEqy
Lauren and Anthony discuss their annual theme words, how they set goals with their theme words in mind, and Anthony confesses one of his biggest fears.
This week Anthony mans the helm solo again while Lauren finishes the last few chapters of Miranda in Retrograde. He tackles big questions like, "When it comes to art, is done better than perfect?" and "Is there such thing as objectively 'good' or 'bad' writing?"
Preorder Miranda in Retrograde here: https://laurenlayne.com/miranda-in-retrograde
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Is there a topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at podcast@anthonyledonne.com and we'll do our best to cover it.
This Anthony's all by his oneself self, tackling the big questions, such as:
- Do we have an obligation to share our creations with the world?
- Is art meant to be shared?
- What are your thoughts on people who become famous solely because of social media?
This week, Lauren and Anthony discuss AI, Anthony's dumb dad jokes, and their annual review process.
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Is there a topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at podcast@anthonyledonne.com and we'll do our best to cover it.
This week, the other shoe drops, and it's Anthony's turn to experience Garbage Voice. Lauren & Anthony discuss their annual planning sessions, the miracle that is the Dyson Airstrait, and their desert-island creative tools, all from the cozy comfort of an upstate-New York hotel.
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This week, @laurenlayne4187 and @AnthonyLeDonne discuss the worst advice they hear being told to people just starting out in their fields. And flocking. Anthony makes a few jokes. One does well, another gets crickets. Lauren drops a few flocking callbacks.
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Is there a topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at podcast@anthonyledonne.com and we'll do our best to cover it.
This week, Lauren and Anthony discuss puzzles, mise-en-place, naming your files, whether done is better than perfect, and Dan Charnas' book, Work Clean (https://amzn.to/46xHG6G 👈🏿 affiliate link). Anthony makes several jokes that do not go over well.
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Is there a topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at podcast@anthonyledonne.com and we'll do our best to cover it.
This week, Lauren and Anthony discuss whether goals are a help or a hindrance to creatives. Lauren reviews her goals frequently. Anthony is afraid to review his.
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This week, Lauren and Anthony discuss multi-hyphenates and whether creatives should niche down. Anthony makes a joke that bombs.
Things mentioned this week:
Emma Gannon’s The Multi Hyphen Method 👉 https://amzn.to/3suDUwZ (affiliate link)
Aaron Ross for Apple Notes tutorials 👉 https://youtu.be/HHx5mgN-Be8?si=srXfMSAGlh6R-YE
Jaron Lanier’s suggestion to post something that takes one hundred times more time to create than it takes to view, from You Are Not a Gadget 👉 https://amzn.to/3MD15Mw (affiliate link)
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Is there a topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at podcast@anthonyledonne.com and we'll do our best to cover it.
This week, Lauren Layne and Anthony LeDonne discuss careless vs conscious consumption, cold showers, intermittent fasting, and whether eating ice cream can neutralize gas [spoiler alert: it can't].
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Is there a topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at podcast@anthonyledonne.com and we'll do our best to cover it.
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This week Lauren and Anthony discuss the role luck plays in an artist’s career. Plus, Lauren lays down the law when it comes to booping the timer, and Anthony picks a fight with a major streamer before walking it back when he remembers that he’d love for them to produce his and Lauren’s screenplay, Emergency Contact.
Speaking of which, their book comes out next week! Click here to buy now!
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Do you have to be born with your artistic talent? Or can you get good with practice and perseverance? This week, Lauren and Anthony tackle this doozy of a question while trying not to offend anyone named Bob or Jay...
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Is there a topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at podcast@anthonyledonne.com and we'll add it to the list.
This week Lauren and Anthony discuss The Muse—capital T, capital M—and how they write with and without her.
Things mentioned in this episode:
Big Magic, by Elizabeth Gilbert: Kindle, Bookshop.org
Notion, one of Anthony's favorite productivity apps.
Endel, Lauren's go to generative music app for focus.
Be sure to follow Lauren and Anthony on Instagram.
Is there a topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at podcast@anthonyledonne.com and we'll add it to the list.
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