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| The thing you are good at is hiding in plain sight | 05 Feb 2026 | 00:10:47 | |
I was great at writing when I was 17, then ditched it for decades. Audiobook Spotify presave link for "You're Going To Be Ok" Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel): My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Planting stories in real-life locations | 29 Jan 2026 | 00:11:25 | |
I love how stories bring magic to real life locations. Like a shared dream. Audiobook Spotify presave link for "You're Going To Be Ok" Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel): My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Getting my new book from publisher Andrews Mcmeel in the mail | 23 Jan 2026 | 00:11:06 | |
Audiobook Spotify presave link for "You're Going To Be Ok" I recieved my book as a physical book! Exciting to feel it in my hands as a little world. Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel): My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Recording an audiobook - behind the scenes and some thoughts | 15 Jan 2026 | 00:12:36 | |
A little behind the scenes of recording my audiobook of You're Going To Be Ok and some thoughts on recording it. Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel): My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Atmosphere over story | 08 Jan 2026 | 00:15:03 | |
I loved atmospheres as a kid. Then stories helped me as I got older. But I've read most of the stories and they all seem to repeat. So I've been returning to the beauty of atmosphere. Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel): My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| How I found energy after work to make art and break out of the jail of meaningless jobs | 01 Jan 2026 | 00:11:40 | |
It wasn't easy. It was like being two Sisyphus's at once. Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel): My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Revisiting my 2009 tweets wasn't a good idea | 19 Dec 2025 | 00:12:18 | |
Going through my old twitter account, seeing the hard=won evolution Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel): My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Finding my writing voice took the length equivalent of 4.5 PhDs | 11 Dec 2025 | 00:10:40 | |
I stuck with creativity for a long time (33 years) before anything happened. Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel): My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Writing update.... | 04 Dec 2025 | 00:11:11 | |
Onto a third book this week Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel): My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Writing is the hardest work I've ever done | 27 Nov 2025 | 00:11:36 | |
I've worked a lot of jobs but writing full time is the heaviest lifting. I'm lifting the full weight of all my boringness and trying to make it the lightest thing to read. Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel): My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| 5 years on writing full time after quitting my job | 20 Nov 2025 | 00:10:36 | |
Just trying to relax after pushing myself hard with writing for 5 years. Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel): My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Following the Art Spirit through darkness into light | 13 Nov 2025 | 00:09:32 | |
I've been blinding following the Art Spirit for decades. It's let me through dark places and maybe finally into a small patch of light. Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel): My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Just make something good | 06 Nov 2025 | 00:10:10 | |
Some thoughts on attention spans and the crappy stories we're being fed that messes with our attention spans. PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Trying to remember my book is magic, not a unit to sell | 30 Oct 2025 | 00:10:11 | |
Me book's been out nearly a month in the US and a few weeks in Australia. I've been watching the charts as it goes up and down. It's been doing my head in. So I've returned in a more dedicated way to writing and little more sane again. PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| I've become more writer than human | 23 Oct 2025 | 00:10:03 | |
I'm curious as to where these books lead... and not just to write yet another book. Althought I'm going to write a third book, I'm still very curious. PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Signing me book that's just out | 18 Oct 2025 | 00:09:56 | |
Struggling with life at the moment, good stuff is happening and bad stuff at once. It's funny how that happens. PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| The fear of sharing art to an audience | 09 Oct 2025 | 00:10:48 | |
A few thoughts on audience size and fear of sharing art and writing to a big audience PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Today is for people with art, tomorrow for people with plans | 02 Oct 2025 | 00:10:04 | |
A few thoughts on a future opening up after existing in a single long endless day most of my life. And some thoughts on writing my two books. PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| The need to create under a new patch of sky (live overseas) | 25 Sep 2025 | 00:12:18 | |
Some thoughts on making art in new places, planting the seed to leave Australia, and my new book a week or so away! PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Nervy thoughts on releasing a book | 18 Sep 2025 | 00:12:39 | |
PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Never ending search for home | 11 Sep 2025 | 00:09:26 | |
PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| 30 years of following the "art god" | 05 Sep 2025 | 00:10:12 | |
PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Masculine and feminine energy in books | 28 Aug 2025 | 00:15:35 | |
PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| The BS of artists "making it" at a certain age | 21 Aug 2025 | 00:12:07 | |
PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Blending comedy and poetry | 14 Aug 2025 | 00:12:30 | |
PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Modern poetry all sounds the same for a reason | 07 Aug 2025 | 00:13:04 | |
PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Creative theft or just whinging? | 31 Jul 2025 | 00:10:21 | |
PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Borrowing the essence of classic books | 17 Jul 2025 | 00:11:22 | |
Some thoughts on RuPauls Drag Race and The Sopranos 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Good art makes everything else seem like it's pretending | 10 Jul 2025 | 00:10:29 | |
Some thoughts on RuPauls Drag Race and The Sopranos 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Sometimes books are home | 04 Jul 2025 | 00:09:24 | |
Writing my way into the world. 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Writing my way out of mental straitjackets | 26 Jun 2025 | 00:10:47 | |
2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Art is a passport to travel the world | 19 Jun 2025 | 00:10:15 | |
2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| The average age of best selling authors is 48-52 | 12 Jun 2025 | 00:12:34 | |
2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| I swapped cynicism for wonder and my life changed | 05 Jun 2025 | 00:12:38 | |
2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Art is a passport to the heart | 29 May 2025 | 00:11:06 | |
2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder: My books and prints: www.darbyhudson.com Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| The magic, quiet eye of mum's storm | 22 May 2025 | 00:15:51 | |
More on writing mum's book and touring the US later this year. My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" My books and prints: Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| How many followers I needed before publishers came knocking (250k) | 15 May 2025 | 00:18:09 | |
Some thoughts on self publishing and traditional publishing. And getting what you want when you no longer need what you want. My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" My books and prints: Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| 15 Years Writing with Beers by the Tracks — The Best Part of My Day | 08 May 2025 | 00:18:09 | |
I wrote by the train tracks for 12 years. My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" My books and prints: Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Writing from character (more on mum) | 01 May 2025 | 00:14:13 | |
Nearly finished a deal with a traditional publisher. My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" My books and prints: Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| More on Mum's book | 24 Apr 2025 | 00:11:30 | |
Finishing off a second draft for a second edition of mum's book. My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" My books and prints: Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Mum's voice and my voice. And writing mum's voice. | 17 Apr 2025 | 00:09:51 | |
Writing mum's voice was a lot of fun. It was a strange channeling of her spirit. My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" My books and prints: Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| You're Dangerous When You Make Something Beautiful | 10 Apr 2025 | 00:08:53 | |
Link to John Mescalls full lecture on creativity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfVnH7qUCAI&t=28s My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK www.darbyhudson.com My books and prints: Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Mum: and the alive things she told me before she died | 07 Apr 2025 | 00:16:39 | |
2nd Edition "Darby, Love..." (pubished by Andrews McMeel) now available for preorder Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Creative burnout and managing social media | 03 Apr 2025 | 00:11:34 | |
I've gotta keep posting stuff on social media, so I've been reposting old stuff. But I made this podcast My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK www.darbyhudson.com My books and prints: Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Writing memes | 01 Apr 2025 | 00:08:22 | |
Some thoughts on writing memes My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK www.darbyhudson.com My books and prints: Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Sometimes the truth sounds like the truth (when it isn't) | 20 Mar 2025 | 00:09:28 | |
Some thoughts on writing short and simple sentences and a small reflection on advertising constructing simple messages to complicate your life. My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK www.darbyhudson.com My books and prints: Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| My favourite art alleviates the burden of time | 13 Mar 2025 | 00:10:50 | |
Some thoughts on art helping me through my 30s while feeling stuck in life. My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK www.darbyhudson.com My books and prints: Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| When storytelling loses its power | 06 Mar 2025 | 00:09:26 | |
I'm tired of stories. Just give me a scene with a dream. My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK www.darbyhudson.com My books and prints: Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Finding true things in a world of BS | 27 Feb 2025 | 00:11:17 | |
This one is all over the shop. I'm losing my focus these last few weeks. Hopefully the brain brings more focus soon. My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK www.darbyhudson.com My books and prints: Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||
| Creativity under pressure - some thoughts on RuPauls Drag Race | 20 Feb 2025 | 00:13:41 | |
I watched seasons 4 and 6 - supposedly the classic seasons of this show. My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK www.darbyhudson.com My books and prints: Find me: #art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist | |||