Everyone talks about enhancing productivity, but it’s hard to know what will work for you. Today, Johnny talks about what took him from fast to light speed, and it’s probably something you already have at home… a kitchen timer.

Are you a hard-working Smarter Artist? Well of course you are but even the hardest working among us need to take a breather every now and then. In this episode, guest host C. Steven Manley suggests some ways to take a little stress out of your day and ...

Many people agree: the second act is the hardest to write. In the beginning, you have discovery and excitement. At the end, you have velocity. But the middle can be a wasteland. Today, Sean talks about why the second act is challenging,

The idea of casting characters is something we’ve referred to very often on our various podcasts and in our books. Today, Johnny gives a solid overview of how you can be very practical in creating your characters to help you and your collaborators reme...

Pantsers and plotters are the dogs and cats of the writing world. They can’t coexist, right? Maybe not. In this episode, I explore the creative freedom of being flexible not just in the narrative itself but also in how you approach your writing at its ...

If you want to self publish, then you need to take the business side of your dream seriously. While you probably don’t need to draft an entire org chart with you in every role, you do need to know the different realms of being an indie author. Today,

As a writer, it’s impossible not to insert yourself into your stories. But as a responsible storyteller, you can’t put your character on a soapbox if it doesn’t hold true to that characters. In other words, don’t preach! It turns readers off. Today,

Many artists navigate by ‘feel.’ This often leads to fear paralysis, causing the artist to create nothing at all. Today, guest host C. Steven Manley explores the definition of art, and when an artist should and should not pay attention to their feeling...

You might already be a successful smarter artist, but there’s something missing in your life: a mentor. Sure, you can keep treading water, but you won’t truly grow until you have ideas and observations from the outside,

How many people in your life are perfect? How many people try to be and it annoys you to no end? Today, Johnny talks about how the best characters are aren’t perfect. Sometimes good people do bad things and bad people do good things; that’s life.