Chasing Creative – Détails, épisodes et analyse

We thought we’d be back with a new season of Chasing Creative in 2022, but alas: it did not happen. Our lives are just too full right now with, well… life! We cannot, however, let the year go by without getting together to talk about books: our most favorite episode to record each season. So, we’ll dive in and talk about our reading wins this last year, our goals for next year, and what life *actually* looks like these days for both of us. 

Where to connect with Abbie: 

Goodreads | Instagram | Newsletter | Bookshop (affiliate) 

Where to connect with Ashley: 

Goodreads | Instagram | Newsletter

Books Mentioned:

The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk 

Wintering by Katherine May

Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (audio narrated by Tom Hanks) 

Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal

Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (on audio) 

Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 

Matrix by Lauren Groff

Sea Wife by Amity Gaige 

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver 

The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon

Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo 

The Life We’re Looking For by Andy Crouch 

The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

The Wild Robot & The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown

The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman

Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling (illustrated versions, too!) 

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street Series by Karina Yan Glaser (audio) 

The Henry Huggins Audio Collection by Beverly Cleary 

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery 

Rewilding Motherhood by Shannon K Evans 

State of Wonder by Anne Patchett 

Attached to God by Krispin Mayfield

The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr

Try Softer by Aundi Kolber

Middlemarch by George Eliot 

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

These Precious Days by Ann Patchett

Hi! It has been *an entire year* since we last appeared in your podcast feed. 

We’re wading through Pandemic Year 2 just like everyone else, complete with all the day-to-day negotiations and risk calculations like everyone else. And also: a fourth baby for Ashley, a smattering of kids entering the public school system for both of us, and entire routines shifting overnight. 

We gave ourselves a break and didn’t record a single thing together in all of 2021 – but it didn’t feel right to finish a year on the calendar without talking together about books. So let’s talk books! 

Resources Mentioned: 

Pantsuit Politics Extra Credit Book Club

The Anthropocene Reviewed podcast by John Green 

Books Mentioned:

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Rewilding Motherhood by Shannon K. Evans

No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler 

Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley

What You Wish For by Katherine Center 

It Didn’t Start with You by Mark Wolynn (DNF for Ashley) 

Fair Play by Eve Rodsky (skimmed by Abbie) 

Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham 

The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson 

Harry Potter Book 1-3 

The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi

Keep Going by Austin Kleon 

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater 

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green 

Who Made This Cake? by Chihiro Nakagawa

The Wordless Trilogy by Aaron Becker

The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall 

Mine! How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control our Lives by Michael A. Heller and James Salzman

12 Tiny Things by Ellie Rosher and Heidi Barr

The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary

These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett 

Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

Where to connect with Abbie: 

Goodreads | Instagram | Monthly Newsletter | Bookshop Storefront (affiliate link) 

Where to connect with Ashley: 

Goodreads |  Instagram |  Blog  |  Newsletter

The world has been turned upside down, and being productive as a creative doesn't need to be your top priority right now. Instead, learn to think of your creativity as a form of self-care.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

The No Grocery Challenge by Sarah von Bargen

Bank Boost by Sarah von Bargen

Elise Blaha Cripe's Three Things Template for Instagram

Encouraging Creative Kids by Elise Blaha Cripe

Coloring printables for kids from Jane Heinrichs

The Growing Gills book club with Jessica Abel

A Pep Talk for Being Stuck on The Lazy Genius Podcast by Kendra Adachi

Mini Book Club

Big Dreams, Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe

Essentialism by Greg McKeown

Spark by Andrea Debbink

Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren

Keep Going by Austin Kleon

Calvin and Hobbes comics

Past Episodes of Chasing Creative to Revisit

S6 E5: Sarah von Bargen on Setting Creative Goals that Actually Make You Happy

S6 E3: Elise Cripe on Having Big Creative Dreams and Making Them Happen

S6 E2: Nicole Gulotta on Seasons of Creativity

S5 E7: Jessica Abel on Integrating Creativity into Your Life 

S5 E8: Doing the Work: How We’re Using the Lessons from Growing Gills 

S5 E4: Creativity, Burnout, and a New Way of Looking at Self-Care with Addie Zierman

S5 E3: Taking Creative Risks with Andrea Debbink

S5 E2: Creativity and Place with Jane Heinrichs

S4 E25: Creating in the Chaos

S4 E7: Creative Challenges

Today we’re chatting with Lindsay Swoboda about how being a military spouse experiencing seasons of deployment and living overseas has affected her creative journey. Along with being a military spouse, Lindsay is also a mom and writer. Her blog Uplifting Anchor encourages mothers and military spouses in their daily and creative lives.

Eating Popcorn in the Dark Because You’ve Earned This, by Melanie Dale on Coffee + Crumbs

Elise Blaha Cripe on Having Big Creative Dreams and Making Them Happen (Chasing Creative Season 6, Episode 3)

The Get to Workbook

Jessica Abel on Integrating Creativity Into Your Life (Chasing Creative Season 5, Episode 7)

Circe by Madeline Miller

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Big Dreams, Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe

Website: www.upliftinganchor.com

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/upliftinganchor/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/upliftinganchor/

Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/upliftinganchor/pins/

Website: www.inkwellsandimages.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs

Twitter: www.twitter.com/abbigailekriebs

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages

Personal blog: www.ashleybrookswrites.com

Business website: www.brookseditorial.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/ashleybrookswrites

Twitter: www.twitter.com/brookseditorial

Pinterest:  www.pinterest.com/brookseditorial

We both spent 2019 getting serious about writing our novels. In this episode, we're hashing out all the details, from where we got our book ideas to how we're fitting writing into our daily lives. Listen in to hear more about our creative processes and what the future holds for our writing.

S6 E3: Elise Cripe on Having Big Creative Dreams and Making Them Happen

S5 E7: Jessica Abel on Integrating Creativity into Your Life

S5 E8: Doing the Creative Work: How We’re Using the Lessons from Growing Gills

Scrivener

Self-Control app

Abbie and Ashley's writing accountability template

WriteTrack word count tracker

Rachael Herron on How to Write Your Book in 90 Days

Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery

Divergent series by Veronica Roth

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

Atomic Habits by James Clear

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert

Eat, Pray, Love  by Elizabeth Gilbert 

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Join us in this conversation with author and kindred spirit Ashlee Cowles as she shares about how travel and parenthood have changed her creative process. Ashlee believes that “creativity is not something we can lose, even if it has to lie dormant sometimes,” and we wholeheartedly agree. Listen in to learn how she’s spreading support and encouragement for creative parents through her latest project, The Most Creative Thing.

Ashlee Cowles is the author of the award-winning novel, Beneath Wandering Stars, and its sequel, Below Northern Lights. Her YA gothic mystery, THE POPPY & THE ROSE, will be published in 2020.

Beneath Wandering Stars

Below Northern Lights

Wisdom for the Way: A Camino de Santiago Guidebook for the Pilgrim’s Soul

The Most Creative Thing

The Cultivating Project

Discover Your Creative Personality Type resource on The Most Creative Thing

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Before I Disappear by Danielle Stinson

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr

The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal

Great Kitchens of the Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

www.ashleecowles.com

www.themostcreativething.com

Instagram: @ashleecowles

Instagram: @themostcreativething

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/20016618-abbigail-e-kriebs

Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com

Instagram: @abbigailekriebs

Twitter: @abbigailekriebs

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/

Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages

Website: www.brookseditorial.com

Blog: www.ashleybrookswrites.com

Instagram: @ashleybrookswrites

Twitter: @brookseditorial

Do we normally try to keep our book talk to a minimum at the end of each episode? And do we normally keep our episodes under an hour? Yes and yes. But today, we have nearly an hour and a half of entirely book-focused conversation for you -- and we hope you love it as much as we loved recording it.

Come find us on Goodreads!

Abbie: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/20016618-abbigail-e-kriebs

Ashley: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1864876-ashley-brooks

Resources we mentioned:

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The interview between Cal Newport (author of Digital Minimalism) and James Clear (author of Atomic Habits).

Whitney Conard’s Instagram account, @theunreadshelf, where she challenges you to get through that TBR stack one book at a time.

Abbie shops used at ThriftBooks quite often. Her referral link will get you 15% off your first order.

Books we talked about in this episode:

The Whole Thing Together by Ann Brashares

The Last Summer (of you and me) by Ann Brashares

The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal

Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

The Techwise Family by Andy Crouch

Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy by Angela Garbes

Big Dreams, Daily Joys by Elise Cripe

Doing Harm by Maya Dusenbery

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

Atomic Habits by James Clear

I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron

I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott

Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeleine L’Engle

A Room with a View by EM Forster

Turtles All The Way Down by John Green

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson

Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved by Kate Bowler

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

The People’s Republic of Everything by Nick Mamatas

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

Landline by Rainbow Rowell

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Road Builders by B.G. Hennessey

Maybe God is Like That Too by Jennifer Grant

Fortunately the Milk by Neil Gaiman

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Keep Going by Austin Kleon

The Inspector Gamache Series by Louise Penny

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church by Rachel Held Evans

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova

On Stories by C.S. Lewis

Circle of Nine - Beltany by Valerie Biel

Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge

What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon

The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

Here’s where you can find Ashley:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1864876-ashley-brooks

Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com

Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial

Twitter: http://twitter.com/brookseditorial

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial

Here’s where you can find Abbie:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/20016618-abbigail-e-kriebs

Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs

Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/

Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages

Did you know that it actually takes between 12-265 days -- with the average being 65 days! -- to make a new habit stick? Sarah Von Bargen shared that statistic with us on the podcast, and we were blown away! Sarah is the mastermind behind yesandyes.org where she is a writer, coach, and educator who helps people spend their time, money, and energy on purpose. We had her on the podcast to discuss how to craft goals that actually matter to you, create habits that support those goals, and what the ebbs and flows of the self-employed and creative life look like for her.

Resources We Talked About

Need to figure out what makes YOU happy? Sarah’s ebook might help you do that.

Sarah also teaches courses that can help you change your habits in the New Year. You can find her raved-about Habit School, Bank Boost, and more over here.

Here’s the link to Sarah’s free private Facebook Group called “Money + Happy” where -- you guessed it! -- the community talks about how to spend their money in ways that make them actually happy.

This podcast is the one Abbie shared about self-care for the different Enneagram numbers.

Books We Talked About

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk by Kathleen Rooney 

I Miss You When I Blink by Mary Laura Philpott 

Becoming by Michelle Obama 

Where to Find Sarah:

Website: http://yesandyes.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yesandyesblog/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yesandyesblog/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/yesandyesblog/

Here’s where you can find Abbie:

Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs

Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/

Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages

Here’s where you can find Ashley:

Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com

Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com

Instagram: http://instagram.com/ashleybrookswrites

Twitter: http://twitter.com/brookseditorial

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial

We're welcoming returning guest Callie Feyen to the podcast! Join us as we talk about Callie's recent transition into full-time self-employment as a brave step toward making space for creative work.

Listen to our first interview with Callie here.

Listen to our second interview with Callie here.

Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing by L.L. Barkat

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

No Happy Endings by Nora McInerny

It's Okay to Laugh (Crying Is Cool Too) by Nora McInerny

The Magic of Motherhood  by Ashlee Gadd

Order your copy of Twirl: My Life with Stories, Reading & Clothes in paperback or on Kindle.

You can also snag her previous book, The Teacher Diaries: Romeo & Juliet here.

Read Callie’s blog.

Connect with Callie on Twitter or Instagram.

Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com
Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/ashleybrookswrites
Twitter: http://twitter.com/brookseditorial
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial

Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs
Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages

We’re so glad to have Elise Cripe back on the podcast! We previously chatted with her on episode 4 of season 3, all about how she got to where she was creatively, and touched on taking creative breaks and her Get To Work Book business. Today, we wanted to have her on to talk about her first traditionally published book that releases tomorrow, October 8th, titled Big Dreams, Daily Joys, which is all about setting goals and making time for what matters, as well as what the ebbs and flows of her own creative life look like.

Here’s our previous chat with Elise all about getting to work on your creative projects.

**Where to find Elise: **

Preorder Elise’s new book, Big Dreams, Daily Joys! It comes out October 8th, and you can find it at all major online retailers at Elisejoy.com/book.

Elise’s planner business, GET TO WORK BOOK, is at Gettoworkbook.com.

Definitely follow @elisejoy on Instagram if you haven’t already.

Elise occasionally shares her latest craft adventures on her blog, EnjoyItBlog.com.

**Books We Talked About: **

Taproot Magazine
A Year Between Friends: 3191 Miles Apart: Crafts, Recipes, Letters, and Stories
The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
Essentialism by Greg McKeown
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

**Here’s where you can find Abbie: **

Website: http://www.inkwellsandimages.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/abbigailekriebs
Twitter: http://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/abbigailekriebs/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/inkwellsandimages

**Here’s where you can find Ashley: **

Personal blog: http://www.ashleybrookswrites.com
Business website: http://www.brookseditorial.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/ashleybrookswrites
Twitter: http://twitter.com/brookseditorial
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial