SPF-075: Getting Paid For Your Passion – with Creativindie’s Derek Murphy
Serial artist, graphic designer and author Derek Murphy chats to James about his creative lifestyle, including how he finally managed to develop a more productive – and profitable – mindset for his career.
This week’s key highlights:
- Why creativity shouldn’t be an impediment to making money
- Derek’s experience as a starving artist and how he pulled himself out of that habit
- Top tips for list building (an essential skill for any indie author)
- The reasons Derek choose to write in the YA genre
- The creative importance of writing retreats
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Resources and links mentioned in this episode:
DEREK’S SITE: CreativIndie
SOURCE FOR BOOK EDITORS: The Book Butchers
BOOK: Deep Work
BOOK: Plot Perfect
BOOK: Story Grid
BOOK: Story Fix
FREE EBOOK: The Self-Publishing Formula Vault
SPF PODCAST PATREON PAGE: Patreon.com/SPF