Where Is Your Art’s Place in the Creative World?

QWERTY Writing Life Podcast

In Season 5, Episode 4 of QWERTY Writing Life, Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith bring back a previous question, with a twist.

Where Is Your Art’s Place in the Creative World?

Answering where an artist fits in the creative world is one challenge that comes with easy to follow questions. Placing art, though, can be more complicated. Joy and Mea share three perspectives to ease the task and guide fellow creatives.

Check out the links referenced in the show:

QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, Season 5, Episode 3: “Authors & Readers: Let’s Get Together!”: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/authors-and-readers-let-s-get-together/

Joanna Penn’s interview with John Truby on The Creative Penn Podcast: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2022/11/28/anatomy-of-genre/

The Anatomy of Genres: How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works, by John Truby: https://bookshop.org/a/95576/9780374539221 (This is Joy’s affiliate link for the book on bookshop.org, a fantastic online bookseller that gives back to independent bookstores.)

More on Carolina’s Legacy Collection—”Southern fiction with Christian roots”—by Joy: https://joyerancatore.com/my-writings/carolinas-legacy-collection/

QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, Season 5, Episode 2: “Where Is Your Place in the Creative World?”: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/where-is-your-place-in-the-creative-world/

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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.

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