All Creatives Now: Recent Episodes
All Creatives Now
The All Creatives Now podcast is hosted by authors Paul Stephenson and Kev Harrison, and features interviews with creatives from a range of disciplines, from designers to musicians, from stand-ups to illustrators, as well as guest contributors from the companies bringing a range of new tools to help creatives reach their potential. There's a new economy emerging, and it's built on creativity, driven by a new breed of makers leveraging the power of the internet to share their work with the world. There has quite literally never been a better time to be a creative!
While Kev was away last week Paul got to speak to the man whose blog posts have kept him entertained for twenty years, Andrew Mangan of Arseblog. Andrew tells us more about his road to becoming arguably the most-consumed football fan content in world football, building communities, the importance of building a daily ritual, and much much more.
Then Paul and Kev catch up about Kev's exploits at Authorcon, and Paul moans about not getting very much done over the last week.
Check out Arseblog, and the Arseblog Patreon. This April, Andrew and the team are donating 100% of their proceeds to UNICEF, so if you're ever going to join, now's the time.
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This week Paul talks to award-winning author Sonora Taylor about her journey as a writer, Scares That Care, Fright Girl Summer, working with an editor over a period of time, working collaboratively, community building, and much more.
If you're in Williamsburg, VA as this comes out, you can catch both Sonora and our very own Kev Harrison at Authorcon III! Check out the details here: https://scaresthatcare.org/authorcon-iii
Elsewhere, Kev tells us all about choosing an audiobook narrator, while Paul has a brand new podcast to join this and Bleakwood, an audiobook version of his post-apocalyptic novel Blood on the Motorway. Check it out, or search your podcatcher of choice.
Paul's inspiration of the week: El Paraiso Records
Kev's creative tool of the week: England on Fire
Paul's mailing list
Kev's mailing list
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This week we're joined by Paul Holbrook-Phillips of True Spilt Milk Designs to discuss his route from post-hardcore luminary to award-winning designer for bands such as Villagers, Lonely the Brave, Conjurer, festivals like ArcTanGent, and more. We discuss working with clients without compromising your values, mental health, getting inspiration from the world around you, and much more.
Check out Paul's work: https://truespiltmilkdesigns.com/
Instagram: @truespiltmilkdesigns/
Kev has a new book out! Check out all the details here: https://kevharrisonfiction.com/2024/01/13/emerging-from-the-shadows/
Paul has old books out! Check out all the details here: https://paulstephensonbooks.com/2024/03/13/blood-on-the-motorway-get-the-full-trilogy-now/
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Bluesky: allcreativesnow.bsky.social
Twitter: @allcreativesnow
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This week we're chatting with one of the hardest working people we know. Lauren wears many hats: Editor-in-Chief at Trembling With Fear for horrortree.com; PR and marketing for the British Fantasy Society; founder of the Society of Ink Slingers; curator of the Writing the Occult virtual events. With 25+ years as a professional writer across journalism, marketing, and communications, Lauren also works as a coach to writers looking to achieve goals, get accountability, or get support and advice for marketing. We talk to her about all of this, her roots in journalism, and how to balance all the spinning plates. Then, Paul talks Star Trek for a bit, Kev talks beta reads, and much more besides.
Find out more about Lauren's many ventures at: https://laurenmc.carrd.co
Her socials:
Instagram: @lozthewriter or @societyofinkslingers
Twitter: @novicenovelist
BlueSky: @laurenwrites.bsky.social
Threads: @lozthewriter
Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@spookygirl
LinkedIn: /in/ljmcmenemy
Also, make sure you go preorder Kev's upcoming book, Shadow of the Hidden!
https://kevharrisonfiction.com/2024/01/13/emerging-from-the-shadows/
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We're back, and this week we've got an interview with Bram Stoker Award-nominated designer and author, Greg Chapman. Greg talks us through his creative journey, what motivates him, his thoughts on the AI and creativity debate, working with clients vs creating your own work, and much more.
Check out all of Greg's work at his website: https://darkscrybe.com/
Kev has a new book! Check out all the details and the preorder links at his blog: https://kevharrisonfiction.com/2024/01/13/emerging-from-the-shadows/
Paul's horror podcast, Bleakwood, has wrapped its first season. Check out on Acast, or search Bleakwood wherever you're listening to this podcast to hear the full season now. https://shows.acast.com/bleakwood
Paul's tool of the week is Atticus, check it out at https://www.atticus.io
Check out All Creatives Now socials:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/allcreativesnow
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/allcreativesnow.bsky.social
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Join us as we talk to the Lord Weird of Australia, Alan Baxter, as we talk about his journey to being one of the most exciting voices in modern horror, how he manages to stay so productive, the parallels between writing and the martial arts, and much much more. Plus Kev talks end of year accomplishments, and Paul calls everyone a tool.
Alan Baxter links:
https://www.alanbaxter.com.au/
https://www.patreon.com/alanbaxter
https://alanbaxter.substack.com/
https://bsky.app/profile/alanbaxter.bsky.social
https://www.threads.net/@alan_weird_baxter
Follow Paul, Kev, and the pod online:
ALL CREATIVES NOW
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/allcreativesnow.bsky.social
X: https://twitter.com/@allcreativesnow
Paul
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/prsbooks.bsky.social
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prsbooks/
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@prsbooks
Website: https://paulstephensonbooks.com
Kev
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kevharrison.bsky.social
X: https://twitter.com/@lisboetaingles
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrevilkev/
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@mrevilkev
Website: https://kevharrisonfiction.com/
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In this episode, Kev sits down with renowned horror author T.C. Parker to talk about quitting, social media burnout, and much more. Then Paul and Kev talk about the power of having a creative group, and how to use creative challenges to push yourself creatively. Lots to unpack from this episode!
T.C. Parker links:
https://www.tcparkerwrites.com/
https://tcparker.substack.com/
https://www.instagram.com/writestc/
https://bsky.app/profile/tcparker.bsky.social
Kev & Paul
https://hollowstone.substack.com/
https://kevharrisonfiction.substack.com/
https://bsky.app/profile/prsbooks.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/kevharrison.bsky.social
https://www.threads.net/@prsbooks
https://www.threads.net/@mrevilkev
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We're back! On this episode we talk a bit about why we've been away for so long, some recent inspiration and useful tools, and chat to filmmaker Miles Watts about Zomblogalypse, how to get stuff done, working in collaboration, and much much more.
If you're happy to have us back, please tell all your friends, and come say hi on our socials below!
Links:
Miles Watts: https://www.mileswatts.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milesofthefilms/
Buy Zomblogapypse blu ray: https://darkrifthorror.com/shop
Skillshare: https://www.skillshare.com
NaNoWriMo: https://nanowrimo.org/
Follow Paul, Kev, and the pod online:
ALL CREATIVES NOW
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/allcreativesnow.bsky.social
X: https://twitter.com/@allcreativesnow
Paul
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/prsbooks.bsky.social
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prsbooks/
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@prsbooks
Website: https://paulstephensonbooks.com
Kev
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kevharrison.bsky.social
X: https://twitter.com/@lisboetaingles
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrevilkev/
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@mrevilkev
Website: https://kevharrisonfiction.com/
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We're back! And this time we're talking to the exceptionally talented Gemma Amor. Gemma is a Bram Stoker nominated author whose new book, Full Immersion, releases in a week on Angry Robot Books. She's also an artist, a podcaster, voice actor, and an all round bloody good human. In our chat we cover off a range of topics around the relationship between creativity and mental health, the myriad roads to being published, some myths around social media, and lots more beside, as well as getting the lowdown on Full Immersion.
You can find out all about Gemma's work at https://gemmaamorauthor.com/
Buy Full Immersion at Angry Robot Books: https://angryrobotbooks.com/books/full-immersion/
No Sleep podcast: https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/
As well as that, we catch up with each other after a long summer break. Get Paul's Sunset Chronicles here: https://paulstephensonbooks.com/the-sunset-chronicles/
We're joined by one of the funniest people on the planet for a wide ranging chat that takes in everything from forgetting what adverts you've done, why you should never try and make anyone laugh, and much more besides. Plus there's a bit of news about the pod at the end.
Audio listeners - if you want to see the glory of the Tandy ad, visit https://youtu.be/lz5XXAoEMF8
The Idiot
Strawberries to Pigs
Do the Right Thing podcast
We're back! Today we're talking to the excellent author, filmmaker, podcast creator, publisher, comics creator, and all-round good chap, Luke Kondor, of Hawk & Cleaver.
We talk about Luke's origin story, the power of a creative community, moving across different creative pursuits, creating a short story on zero budget, using systems to make creativity easier, creating a blockbuster fiction podcast, and spend possibly a little bit too long talking about beards. But fear not!
SHOW NOTES:
My Dog Shits Cash Kickstarter
Keith
The Other Stories Podcast
One to Five Million
Hawk & Cleaver Twitter
Luke on Twitter
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Kev's Paths Best Left Untrodden sale
Bleakwood podcast
Notion
*Some links may be affiliate links
In this episode we talk to Djamila Boden Azzouz of British hardcore veterans Ithaca about her route from drama school into extreme music, being on the tour of your dreams when COVID strikes, the process behind the band's incredible new sound, shitposting your way to success, and much more.
We also experience our first mute button fail, and get to meet Ithaca's unofficial band mascot THE HAM, as well as discuss a little bit more about what's going on with Paul and Kev.
DJAMILA LINKS
Djamila's Twitter
Ithaca's Twitter
Ithaca on Bandcamp
Ithaca's They Fear Us video
PAUL LINKS
Check out the new paperback versions of Blood on the Motorway
Bleakwood Podcast
KEV LINKS
Below reissue
Hello and welcome to the first episode of All Creatives now. In this first episode your hosts, Kev Harrison and Paul Stephenson interview, well, each other, about their creative journeys, their aims for the show, and all sorts of other good stuff, so that you can get to know us a bit before we go talking to the other creatives we’ve got lined up.
Important links:
Kev’s books:
Paths Best Left Untrodden
Below
The Balance
Paul’s books
Blood on the Motorway Trilogy
The Sunset Chronicles
Bleakwood Podcast
All Creatives Now articles
Welcome to All Creatives Now
Age is just a number
The History of The Creator Economy: How To Build A Business Around What You Make
How to use Skillshare to learn new skills and become a boss at everything
Meditation at ten kilometres an hour
Other stuff we talk about:
This is Horror
Luke’s Massive Storytelling Podcast Thing
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
Dance, Dance, Dance by Haruki Murakami
Self Publishing Podcast
Creative Pep Talk
Mother Horror
Welcome to All Creatives Now - your one-stop creativity spot
Hi there, and welcome to All Creatives Now, a brand new one-stop creativity spot where you can find all the information and resources you need to unleash your creative potential. Well, that's the plan, anyway. Across our website, podcast, and Youtube channel you'll find interviews that will inspire you whatever your creative discipline, as well as tutorials, articles, and other resources that will help you develop your creativity skills, connect with other creatives, and get your work out there into the world. That's where it belongs, after all.
There's a new economy emerging, and it's built on creativity, driven by a new breed of makers leveraging the power of the internet to share their work with the world. There has quite literally never been a better time to be a creative, but at the same time, there's never been a harder time, either. All Creatives Now was devised with the intention of examining this brave new world, looking at the growth in the creator economy, and facilitating conversations amongst creatives about what it is to be a creator in the modern world.
How do you keep integrity when dealing with global multinational distribution? How do you get attention in increasingly pay-to-play systems and algorithms? Is it okay to not want to make a living doing what I love? And is it okay if I do? And of course, the age-old question: Do I really need to humiliate myself by doing a terrible dance to get a TikTok following? We'll be looking into all of these across our podcast, Youtube channel, and blog, helping any modern creative find inspiration, tips, hacks, and possibly even a fiver down the back of the sofa. Seriously, have you checked down there lately? You never know!
The All Creatives Now podcast is hosted by authors Paul Stephenson and Kev Harrison, and will feature interviews with creatives from a range of disciplines, from designers to musicians, from stand-ups to illustrators, as well as guest contributors from the companies bringing a range of new tools to help creatives reach their potential.
Check out the website at allcreativesnow.com