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by Darby Hudson

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  • The stuff I don't say that gives me my voice

    October 29, 2026 · 8 min

    I'm terrible at restraint, but I'm getting better at it with age. It's the stuff I don't say that gives me my voice. Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by…

  • Reverse engineering astonishment

    October 22, 2026 · 10 min

    Reading reviews of my once favourite art to reverse engineer the astonishment then write my own way towards that same feeling. Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook…

  • Sticking with your vision

    October 15, 2026 · 9 min

    Let time do the heavy lifting of your art and writing. Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEb5SUrY7Y4&t=44s Get my…

  • Writing "mean" stuff

    October 8, 2026 · 9 min

    I write things for my books that I consider pointing the finger out, then turn the finger back at myself. It's a relief to be hypocritical. Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter…

  • Selling kills my writing

    October 1, 2026 · 10 min

    I was a literary poet, then moved to instapoet. And still trying to find that place where I can write a book that works both off and on a social media platform. I could choose to write any old stuff and no one reads it - or find the…

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  • Good things are happening when things are going bad

    September 24, 2026 · 11 min

    Nearly everytime some good has been invisibly growing away in the background, it just travels slowly and invisibly. Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by…

  • Never giving up when you want to

    September 17, 2026 · 12 min

    Art life is mostly thankless and working in the dark. It can't be done any other way. Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by me: https://w…

  • A book that breaks free from social media and has its own life

    September 10, 2026 · 10 min

    I'm keen for a book that has its own life independent of social media. I'm not an 'influencer' but that's the tax one pays for being able to avoid the gatekeepers. So I'm also thankful. It's always a love-hate relationship. Listen to the…

  • Poetry - the building block for novelists

    August 27, 2026 · 10 min

    They say poetry is the first thing you learn before moving towards writing in other genres. I never thought I would. Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook, read by…

  • Authors who no longer write from a personal emergency

    August 21, 2026 · 13 min

    Helen Garner said she struggled to write a follow up to her big book "The First Stone" as she needed to write from a personal emergency. I'm finding myself in the same place. Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK…

  • I got sick of my own writing

    August 14, 2026 · 11 min

    Changing up style and voice is a bit of a struggle but I'm no stranger to it. You lose social media traction and you lose and audience but the heart can breath again. Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because…

  • Why your work sounds like you even when you're trying not to

    August 6, 2026 · 10 min

    This episode: Keep on making stuff until it's the mess you've made outside of the focus of the work that is actually yours. Listen to the first 7 minutes of my book "You're Going To Be OK (Because You're F'd No Matter What)" audiobook…

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About the show

Darby Hudson talks about the 'creative process' and muddling through life.