A conversation about the books and art that inspired our co-written novel, that meanders into a conversation about taking your art seriously, versus allowing it to be playful / silly. It is so fun to talk about the art that allowed our own art to be born. A favourite episode of m ...Show more
Things will go wrong ... good.
Creatives must make thousands of mistakes, they are inevitable, unavoidable, and crucial to reaching your potential.Amie and James are back and they're discussing the many things that go wrong in their art, business, books - and how, whilst they are deeply annoying, they are cruc ...Show more
Business Tactics for Creatives
In this episode, we talk about the practical tactics we actually use to sell our art and make money as artists.This is not a mindset episode. We briefly acknowledge the shame, fear and awkwardness artists often carry around selling, but then we go all in on what we are doing righ ...Show more
The System Is Broken. You Still Have Power.
Is the problem systemic, or individual?In this episode, we sit with the messy middle. Creative industries are full of scarcity, gatekeeping, bad incentives, exploitation, and cooked economics. But if we only talk about the broken system, artists are left feeling powerless. And if ...Show more
How We Built a Creative Life Together
Welcome to the Jamesy and Amsy Q&A, in which we discuss high school romance, creative chemistry, business roles, blurred boundaries, editorial bluntness, Steam Deck timing, Space Story, travel chaos, alternative careers, and whether an ibis is from Egypt. It is not. We checked.We ...Show more