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Checking in with “Heather in Brooklyn”
Last year, she was in a post-project funk. Now her book is out! An advice column update.
Mason Currey
Nov 28, 2022
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Advice on starting projects (and sticking with them)
Plus, your reading recommendations for an artist and new mother
Mason Currey
Jul 11, 2022
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Three tales of creative incompetence
Plus: Advice on sharing your work
Mason Currey
Mar 7, 2022
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Advice on writing and love!
“I’ve spent most of my adult life resisting the possibility of romantic love because I feared how it would distract me from my writing work.”
Mason Currey
Feb 7, 2022
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Advice on writing, fear, and shame
For a writer who worries readers will think, “What the hell is wrong with this person?”
Mason Currey
Dec 20, 2021
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Mega advice column, plus an announcement
This weekly newsletter is going every-other-weekly
Mason Currey
Aug 30, 2021
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Advice on building creative stamina
“I’d love to pour more of myself in . . . but I lose focus, get tired, get frustrated, feel disappointed in my progress.”
Mason Currey
Jul 26, 2021
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Advice on marketing and fame with guest columnist Ron Hogan
The author of Our Endless and Proper Work fields this month’s creative dilemma.
Mason Currey
Jun 28, 2021
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Advice on insomnia
Can you convert sleeplessness into a creative asset?
Mason Currey
May 24, 2021
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Advice on art paralysis with guest columnist Beth Pickens
The author of Make Your Art No Matter What fields this month’s creative dilemma.
Mason Currey
Apr 26, 2021
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Advice on impostor syndrome, procrastination, and getting to your real work
“Every time I sit down to do work, my feelings of inadequacy take over.”
Mason Currey
Mar 29, 2021
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Advice on post-project depression
"I can’t find the juice and then I just feel terrible."
Mason Currey
Feb 22, 2021
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