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Blah Di Da — 210 episodes · page 1 of 3
Sticking with your vision
Writing "mean" stuff
Selling kills my writing
Good things are happening when things are going bad
Never giving up when you want to
A book that breaks free from social media and has its own life
Poetry - the building block for novelists
Authors who no longer write from a personal emergency
I got sick of my own writing
Why your work sounds like you even when you're trying not to
How I improved my writing
Tricking my brain to write better
Most modern stories kill my intuition and sense of self
Putting art into the world and no one cares
Writing a new book with lots of light
Books that kill loneliness
Sleepwriting poems (I'm guilty of this)
Catching the spirit with art
My favourite artists disguise their effort
Where did the anti-heroes go?
Why I like "bad" poetry
30 years self publishing to traditional publishing
Laughing at myself and sometimes others
Writing about the most boring person I know: me
Resting is important to make quality art
Virality can be a trap for authors
Instagram poetry line breaks drag me through poems
Finding your writing voice
A writing trick & what my 3rd book's about
When your weirdness finally fits into society (in the form of a book)
A writer's pilgrimage to LA
Forgetting my book is actually good
Writing a whole book as fast as I can
My new book for an artist's heart lost in the world
Borrowing the atmosphere of my favourite writers
The thing you are good at is hiding in plain sight
Planting stories in real-life locations
Getting my new book from publisher Andrews Mcmeel in the mail
Recording an audiobook - behind the scenes and some thoughts
Atmosphere over story
How I found energy after work to make art and break out of the jail of meaningless jobs
Revisiting my 2009 tweets wasn't a good idea
Finding my writing voice took the length equivalent of 4.5 PhDs
Writing update....
Writing is the hardest work I've ever done
5 years on writing full time after quitting my job
Following the Art Spirit through darkness into light
Just make something good
Trying to remember my book is magic, not a unit to sell
I've become more writer than human
Signing me book that's just out
The fear of sharing art to an audience
Today is for people with art, tomorrow for people with plans
The need to create under a new patch of sky (live overseas)
Nervy thoughts on releasing a book
Never ending search for home
30 years of following the "art god"
Masculine and feminine energy in books
The BS of artists "making it" at a certain age
Blending comedy and poetry
Modern poetry all sounds the same for a reason
Creative theft or just whinging?
Borrowing the essence of classic books
Good art makes everything else seem like it's pretending
Sometimes books are home
Writing my way out of mental straitjackets
Art is a passport to travel the world
The average age of best selling authors is 48-52
I swapped cynicism for wonder and my life changed
Art is a passport to the heart
The magic, quiet eye of mum's storm
How many followers I needed before publishers came knocking (250k)
15 Years Writing with Beers by the Tracks — The Best Part of My Day
Writing from character (more on mum)
More on Mum's book
Mum's voice and my voice. And writing mum's voice.
You're Dangerous When You Make Something Beautiful
Mum: and the alive things she told me before she died
Creative burnout and managing social media
Writing memes
Sometimes the truth sounds like the truth (when it isn't)
My favourite art alleviates the burden of time
When storytelling loses its power
Finding true things in a world of BS
Creativity under pressure - some thoughts on RuPauls Drag Race
Fear and good art don't belong together
I can't be creative in summer
40 is when writers arrive into themselves
Thoughts on The Exorcist (book) and vibes in the air
Balancing cynicism and magic
Becoming an artist by becoming bad at everything else
Tapping the magic of being an old fart
Australian art legend Michael Leunig's influence and advice to me
Fast witty thinkers VS slow deep thinkers
Turning the love of art into a job
Writing stuff that's just for me
Jay the street writer - interview
Stuck on the couch - boring episode
Josh Turek, poet and comedian interview
You need a thin and thick skin to write and promomote your work