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Creatives Make Good Vampires

A recent road trip by Gifted Underachiever Pat led her to some thoughts on how far we can go in using other people in our art. Can we base characters or story events on people we know and things we’ve seen happen to them? If yes, what are the limits? If we change everything just enough to make it i…

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Delusional Goal Update

Waaaayyyy back the Gifted Underachievers stated their delusional goals for the next three to five years. Let’s see how things are going. Pat: Win the Booker Prize. James: Receive a call from the Nobel committee for the literature prize. So far so good. No phone calls yet, but we remain hopeful. Que…
Halloween can be the black licorice of holidays: Not everybody loves it but those who do, really, really love it. And for many of them, it’s all the creativity that can go into Halloween, the costumes, decorations, haunted barns, and on and on. This then leads to the question: Is Halloween the most…
Originally aired in August 2024 and back by popular demand… Pat and James begin using low-cost merch to drive high-value social media marketing (Hint: “Can you find our coaster or sticker in your city?” as an Instagram meme), but things go a little awry on Pat’s first couple of merch drops. Questio…
Many creatives engage in creative-adjacent work—editing, teaching, commissions, etc.—to make a living utilizing their respective creative skillset. Often, too, we do this work to gain entrance into not just the creative economy but also the creative world we want to be part of. However, these creat…

Election Chat

This wee segment shares our consternation about election marketing by text and the need for fundraising in our so-called modern democracies. Questions for Listeners: * Do you vote? * Where you live, do politicians ask for money to get themselves elected? * If not, why not? We don’t need donations! …

Discipline as Devotion

The concept of discipline is a frequent topic of conversation among creatives. And as often, people bring a lot of baggage and prescriptions around how disciplined creatives should be. But what if we had a more generous and open concept of discipline? Maybe we all enter and exist within our creativ…

Are You Ever Caught Up?

In creative and creative-adjacent work, we always seem to have more projects and deadlines than we have time for. The Gifted Underachievers talk about how this situation develops and name a few scenarios: * Deadlines take priority, which means that other work gets pushed aside til the deadline’s me…
Today, we’re profiling a terrific podcast by Carly Jackson and cohost Christy Lynn, the Book Club Podcast. If you like smart, in-depth analysis of stories, ranging across time periods and including classics as well as genre best-sellers, this is the podcast for you. Each season has a theme, and the…
In an attention-based economy, how do creatives honorably and effectively build an audience, platform, and artistic presence without resorting to sensationalism or grandstanding? Too many believe that the only path is making outlandish claims (you will get a gallery show if you do this…), market co…
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