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My Creative Life for Artists and Creators

My name is Nancy Miller, and I"m an illustrator and art teacher in Georgia. I"m interested in other artists and how they stay motivated and keep passionate about their own work. How they sell and market themselves. How do you balance your home, creative, and work-life? I will be documenting my own creative process in these podcasts. Thanks for listening!

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235 Shanda McCloskey, Children's Book Author and...

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2025/02/02

Hi Everyone! My guest today is Shanda McCloskey. Here is more about Shanda:Shanda (rhymes with panda) McCloskey comes from a whole family of different kinds of artists and entrepreneurs! She studied art in Atlanta and New York City. But before writing and illustrating kids books, she taught art to high-schoolers. Shanda now lives in Ball Ground, Georgia with her husband, daughters, and dog. She is also co-creator of the Author Visit Podcast and Author Visit Central. Shanda's website Author

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00:46:29

234 Kaitlyn Sanchez, Children's Book Author & Agent

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2025/01/19

Hi Everyone! Today my guest is Kaitlyn Sanchez, children's book author and agent. Here is more about Kaitlyn:Kaitlyn Leann Sanchez is a mom, wife, literary agent, middle school math teacher, and picture book author. She's also the proud co-creator and co-host of the Spring Fling Kidlit Contest and Kidlit Zombie Week as well as creator and co-host of the Kidlit Fall Writing Frenzy Contest. Kaitlyn's Website: https://kaitlynleannsanchez.com/ Another interview about her work as a

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233 Monica Acker, Children's Book Author

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2025/01/05

Hi Everyone! My special guest today is Monica Acker, children's book author and agency sib at Bradford Literary Agency.More about Monica. Monica Acker is a writer and educator. She holds a BA in creative arts and a MAT degree in childhood education. Monica is a member of SCBWI, 12x12, and Children's Book Insider. She lives in Reading, Massachusetts, with her family. She is the author of Brave Like Mon published by Beaming Book. Visit Monica's

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00:37:35

232 Highlights Personal Retreat for Writing

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2024/12/22

Hi Everyone! Today, I'm talking about the wonderful writers' retreat that I attended at the Highlights Foundation Barn. Here is a link to learn more. Highlights Foundation Retreats Brandon Sanderson Lectures for Writing SF and Fantasy Jed Herne Questions for Readers Thanks for listening!

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231 Neha Rawat, Children's Book Author and Illustrator

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2024/12/08

Hi everyone! My guest today is Neha Rawat is a children's book illustrator from India. She graduated and worked as a software engineer for five years, after which I started my freelance illustration career. Her clients include Harper Collins, Candlewick Press, and Running Press.Neha's site Thanks for listening!

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00:46:21

230 Ali Terese, Children's Book Author

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2024/11/24

Hi Everyone, I interviewed Ali Terese, children's book author of Free Period. Here is more about Ali:Ali Terese writes funny and heartfelt middle grade and YA stories. FREE PERIOD (Scholastic Press – March 5, 2024) is her debut novel. It is a middle grade story of friendship and period equity complete with laugh-out-loud shenanigans, delightfully disgusting desserts, and some world-changing crafts. The fun continues in Fall 2025 when Ali launches her next middle grade comedy VOTES FOR

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00:23:19

229 Xin Li, Children's Book Author and Illustrator

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2024/11/10

Hi Everyone! My guest today is Xin Lin, children's book author and illustrator. Here is more about her. Xin (Sheen) Li is an illustrator and writer. After spending half of her life living in countries outside of her homeland, Xin chose to paint and write, as stories help her to make sense of a world that otherwise is often lost in translation. I Lived Inside a Whale is her debut picture book as author and illustrator. Additionally, Xin also illustrated You and the Universe, a picture book

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00:46:32

228 Aram Kim, Children's Book Author and Illustrator

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2024/10/27

Hi Everyone! Today's special guest is Aram Kim, children's book author and illustrator. Here is more about Aram.Aram Kim [ah-rahm: both a’s sound like those in the laughter sound, haha] is a writer, illustrator, and designer of children’s picture books. By day, she is an Art Director in the picture book team at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group. At all other times, she writes and illustrates her own stories. She is the author and illustrator of Tomorrow is New Year’s Day and Sunday

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227 Amanda Rawson Hill, Children's Book Author

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2024/10/13

Amanda Rawson Hill lives in central California, where the miles and miles of orchards and farmland never seem to end, the summers are excruciatingly hot, and the winters are foggy and green. She is the author of Once Upon a Family, The Hope of Elephants, and You'll Find Me. Her website: https://amandarawsonhill.com/ Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B079DWZ4WM Thanks for listening!

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00:33:29

226 Rasika Ashwin, Art Teacher, Surface Designer,...

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2024/09/29

Hi All! Today my guest is Rasika Ashwin an art teacher, surface designer, and kid lit creator. We met from the Storyteller Academy community.Here is where you can see more of Rasika's work: IG: https://www.instagram.com/cocorosha_artroom/ Spoonflower: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/cocorosha Other sites: https://linktr.ee/CocoRosha Thanks for listening!

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00:26:23

225 Handling Rejection

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2024/09/15

Hi Everyone! This is Nancy So Miller for My Creative Life Podcast. In this episode, I discuss handling rejection and passing when it comes to your work. I am not sure it will work for everyone, but it helped me when I was sending my work out. My Website My IG X Thanks for listening!

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224 Rebecca Gardyn Levington, Children's Book Author...

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2024/09/01

Hi Everyone! This is Nancy So Miller for My Creative Life and my special guest is Rebecca Gardyn Levington, the author behind such lyrical books as BRAINSTORM!, WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW and AFIKOMAN, WHERE’D YOU GO? A PASSOVER HIDE-AND-SEEK ADVENTURE.Here is more about Rebecca: Rebecca Gardyn Levington is a children’s book author, poet, and journalist with a particular penchant for penning both playful and poignant picture books and poems – primarily in rhyme. Rebecca's website Rebecca's

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00:24:09

223 Meredith Laxton, Comic Artist and Illustrator

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2024/08/18

Hi Everyone, this is Nancy Miller and Tiffany Gordon for My Creative Life Podcast and today my guest is Meredith Laxton. More about Meredith:Meredith Laxton is the illustrator of the graphic novel edition of Mary Downing Hahn’s classic ghost stories Wait Till Helen Comes, and The Old Willis place. They have also created work published by IDW, Humanoids, and Comics Experience. Meredith and their partner share a home with two cats and collaborate on various self-published works together. Visit them

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00:27:26

222 Alex Samuely, YA Author

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2024/08/04

Hi, Everyone; on this episode of My Creative Life, I interviewed YA author Alex Samuely. Here is more about Alex:Alex Samuely works in corporate communications by day and writes YA by night. Her young adult contemporary fantasy novels draw inspiration from her favorite locations, because she strongly believes that setting is a character. Alex, a 2020 Pitch Wars alumna, can be found dreaming up story ideas after visiting quaint small towns, spooky forests, and places with a slightly eerie

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221 Lynnor Bontigao, Children's Book Author and...

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2024/07/21

Hi Everyone, this is Nancy Miller for My Creative Life and today's guest is Lynnor Bontigao, children's book author and illustrator. Here is more about Lynnor: Lynnor Bontigao is a Philippine-born author-illustrator. She has a degree in Advertising but fell in love with children’s books after joining Ang InK, a children’s book illustrator group. In the US, she switched gears and became a Programmer in NYC, and after 15 years, Lynnor went back to her love of drawing. Her debut as an

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00:32:37

220 Mirka Hokkanen, Children's Book Author and...

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2024/07/07

Hi Everyone, this is Nancy Miller for My Creative Life and today my guest is children's book author and illustrator, Mirka Hokkanen. More about Mirka:Mirka Hokkanen is a Finnish-American author, illustrator, printmaker and educator. Her art has been shown in galleries around the world and my illustrations have been featured on products from picture books to home goods. Her art focuses on the nature and animals that surrounds me. For children’s illustration she love creating character based,

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00:33:56

219 Jolene Gutiérrez, Children's Book Author

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2024/06/30

Hi Everyone, on this episode of My Creative Life I interviewed Jolene Gutiérrez, children's book author. Here is more about Jolene and her writing:Jolene grew up on a farm and now lives with her family and a variety of animals in a suburb of Denver, Colorado. A school librarian since 1995, Jolene spends her days sharing children’s books and her nights writing them. Her writing credits include: Unbreakable: A Japanese American Family in an American Incarceration Camp (Abrams Childrens 2025,

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00:47:56

218 Sharon Pegram, Author and Freelance Editor

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2024/06/16

This is Nancy Miller for My Creative Life Podcast, interviewing Sharon Pegram, children's book author and freelance copy editor. Here is more about Sharon:Sharon Pegram writes middle grade and YA novels and runs a freelance editing business, Grim Reader Editing (grimreaderediting.com). She has volunteered extensively with the Southern Breeze region of SCBWI and is passionate about building communities of encouragement and mutual support among creators. Sharon's website Sharon's

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00:55:07

217 Maja Hampson, Children's Book Author

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2024/06/02

Hi Everyone, this is Nancy Miller for My Creative Life. Today my guest is Maja Hampson. Here is more about Maja.Maja is a writer, mom and conservation biologist. She writes middle grade and YA. She is represented by Kaitlyn Sanchez of the Bradford Literary Agency. Maja on IG Maja on X Thanks for listening!

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00:23:55

216 Faith Kazmi, Children's Book Author

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2024/05/19

This is Nancy So Miller for My Creative Life Podcast and today my special guest is Faith Kazmi, children's book author and illustrator of Box of Dreams pub. by Harper Collins Books. Here is more about Faith:Faith Kazmi is an educator and author whose debut picture book, Box of Dreams (HarperCollins), will be released in summer 2024. Many of Faith’s stories celebrate her Filipino American identity and others focus on themes of love, truth, and magic. She is the Director of the Stanford Women’s

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