Creators and Directors

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (511+ words) “I can’t remove one identity from the other,” she says. “I am always all of them at the same time.” That simultaneity is what makes her perspective unusual and, she argues, useful. Most people in the Creator Economy have worked…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (422+ words) Santa Fe Community College’s Library and Creative Writing program present the free online Fall 2026 Writing Generation (Wri-Gen) Series beginning Sept. 23 led by esteemed writers. Each writer will present a reading, followed the next week by a creative (generative writing) session....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (471+ words) Go Premium and Get Access What Happy Premium Members are Saying: “Incredibly useful as a writing research resource” “The best information without spending hours of listening podcasts. This is saving time. Thank you.” “More effectively find ideas to apply to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (741+ words) Scaling a creator management roster to dozens of clients, Jordana Ripp found, has a predictable outcome. The manager stops being a creative partner and becomes a deal-broker. Unscrippted Creative, her dual-sided Los Angeles practice, is organized around a different premise....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (308+ words) Net Influencer Georgia Farquharson, founder and CEO of talent agency FARQ, is launching a new industry event series called “Collective Influence,” designed to address diversity and inclusion in the Creator Economy The first event, focused on diversity and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (617+ words) Outsiders, rebellion, art, performance, music, and the challenge of finding a home! Get all the top news & discounts for Houston & beyond. No password required. Brett Cullum: This is your 10th season, so tell me about the four shows you have picked…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (162+ words) Judith Lafitte and Tom Lowenburg opened Octavia Books in 2000 with a desire to show that a local independent bookstore was essential to the community. That same mission continues to resonate 26 years later, and the shop routinely hosts events, author signings,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (449+ words) Buttondown Newsletters should be the director’s commentary of every creator Convert the cruft of your creations into the content your biggest fans treasure most. Kill your darlings? Taylor Swift’s “From the Vault” version of All Too Well is 5 minutes longer…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (74+ words) A near-Herculean feat of transcription, if I do say so! Read it here. Austin Kleon is a writer who draws. He’s the bestselling author of Steal Like An Artist and other books. Read more→ Join the hundreds of thousands of…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (786+ words) You have an idea for a book, but you’re not sure what to do next. Or maybe you’ve made a start, or have written a first draft, but are struggling with plot holes or think your work could be better....