Last year, my local council featured me as a ‘Creative of the Month‘ – thank you, Northern Beaches Council! This year, they’ve expanded their coverage with a full interview! Wow, thank you again!!
The hardest question to answer was how COVID-19 has impacted my creative practice and business. Being an optimist, I like to look on the bright side of things and move forward, but the question forced me to admit some negatives. Of course there were plenty of negatives last year! But, as I mentioned in my last post ‘Every Step We Take in 2021‘, it’s not necessarily helpful to focus on negatives when planning the future, which I prefer to fill with ideas about where I’d like my life or career to go and how to achieve that – having my local council support creatives with interviews on their website is a great start!
In fact, if you’re a creative and you’d like your local council to support you in this way, please send your local councillor an email with a link to this page and ask them to set up something similar. Tell them how much a little exposure would make a big difference to you and your craft. It might inspire them to take action and support you too!
Other questions in my interview cover:
- my writing practice and connection to the local creative ‘scene’
- the series of affordable online writing workshops I’ve developed – accessible anytime, from anywhere in the world!
- how writers have engaged with those workshops
- the challenge of continuing to connect with other writers during the pandemic
- where I see myself in 5 years-time as a creative practitioner / writer
Read my answers over here! Thank you, Northern Beaches Council!
This is fantastic Zena. I have registered my name so here’s hoping I get some help as well. I will purchase your book very soon. I would love to read it.
Thanks Kate! I hope you enjoy the read! Good luck with registering your name, woo hoo!