Podcasts about Anh Do

From Refugee to Bestselling Children's Author In this heartwarming episode of Reading with Your Kids, host Jed Doherty sits down with the extraordinary Anh Do - a comedian, actor, author, and artist who's captured the hearts of millions with his incredible storytelling. Anh Do's latest book, Wolf Girl, isn't just another children's novel - it's a powerful narrative inspired by his own remarkable life story. Born in Vietnam and escaping as a refugee on a tiny nine-meter fishing boat, Do brings a unique perspective to children's literature that's both entertaining and deeply meaningful. Wolf Girl follows the adventures of Gwen, a young girl separated from her family during an invasion, who finds a new family among a pack of dogs. Sound familiar? That's because Do weaves his own family's survival story into his narratives, creating books that are simultaneously fun, touching, and inspirational. With over 100 books published and more than 10 million copies sold worldwide, Do isn't just an author - he's a storytelling phenomenon. His approach to writing is refreshingly honest: create lots of content, knowing not everything will be perfect, but some gems will emerge. This philosophy, learned from his stand-up comedy days, has served him well across multiple creative disciplines. Do's commitment to children's literacy goes beyond writing. He's donated 40,000 books to disadvantaged children in Australia, remembering how five-cent books from thrift stores helped him fall in love with reading as a child. Upcoming fans can look forward to Wolf Girl becoming a film and his Weirdo series becoming a TV show - proving that Do's creative universe is expanding faster than ever. The episode is a masterclass in resilience, creativity, and the power of storytelling. Do's message is clear: dream big, work hard, and never be afraid to fail. Parents, educators, and kids alike will be inspired by this incredible conversation that proves sometimes the most amazing stories come from real life. We also speak with author Karen Steele about her picture book The Little Girl Who Never Listened. Click here to visit our website – www.ReadingWithYourKids.com Follow Us On Social Media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/readingwithyourkids Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/readingwithyourkids/ X - https://x.com/jedliemagic LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reading-with-your-kids-podcast/ Please consider leaving a review of this episode and the podcast on whatever app you are listening on, it really helps!

Today we start, Hot Dog Tidy Town, by Anh Do. Chester's Book Club library/tote bag! Australia & NZ link below: https://buy.stripe.com/28o9CfduAfPw4q4147 Worldwide link below $20USD plus shipping: https://buy.stripe.com/00gcOrcqwcDk8GkeUY

Kate's awkward dilemma about 'hobby gifting' quickly turned into a discussion about her personalised Anh Do portrait and it's whereabouts. And with that, Kate reveals a hilarious story about the delivery it once made to her house.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Tell Me What to Read host Ben Hunter sits down with fellow book experts Amy and Krystal to chat about the best kids' books to buy this Christmas! Books mentioned: Aussie Bird Babies: A high-contrast board book by Jess Black and Julia MurrayIlluminoceans by Barbara Taylor, Carnovsky Emma Memma's Alphabet Day by Emma Memma Who Took My Nuts? by Tommy Little Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith, Katz Cowley Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Osman Claris: Pasta Disaster by Megan Hess Ask Aunty: Seasons by Aunty Munya Andrews, Charmaine Ledden-Lewis Guinness World Records 2024 The 169-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton No Brainer by Jeff Kinney The Race Is On by Anh Do, Lachlan Creagh Kaldoras by Lynette Noni The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Circe 10th Anniversary Gilded Hardcover Edition by Madeline Miller Explore our curated Christmas Gift Guide for up to 40% off! Tell Me What To Read, powered by Booktopia. Follow @booktopiabooks on Instagram, TikTok, Threads and YouTube. Follow @booktopia on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedInSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

- Trong khuôn khổ Hội nghị Thượng đỉnh G7 mở rộng, Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính cùng trưởng đoàn các nước thăm Công viên tưởng niệm hòa bình Hiroshima, tại thành phố Hiroshima, Nhật Bản- Mở đường bay đầu tiên vận chuyển hàng hóa từ Việt Nam sang Anh- Do nguồn nước suy giảm, hơn 1 nghìn100 héc ta đất sản xuất nông nghiệp của các tỉnh miền núi phía Bắc có nguy cơ hạn hán- Hội nghị G7 ra Tuyên bố chung với nhiều điểm mới đề cập đến an ninh kinh tế toàn cầu- Cũng tại Hội nghị G7, nhóm Bộ tứ khẳng định cam kết với khu vực Ấn Độ Dương, Thái Bình Dương Chủ đề : mở đường bay, sang anh --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vov1thoisu0/support

Today we read the fourth chapter of Ninja Kid, by Anh Do.

Today we read the third chapter of Ninja Kid, by Anh Do.

Today we read the second chapter of Anh Do's Ninja Kid.

Today we read the first chapter of, Ninja Kid, by Anh Do.

Two mass shootings occurred in California during Lunar New Year celebrations, leaving Asian communities in the surrounding areas reeling. They came at a time of increased anti-Asian violence. Anh Do of the Los Angeles Times and Cecilia Lei of the San Francisco Chronicle join us. And, Willie Mae Brown was 12 years old when Martin Luther King Jr. first visited the church in her town. Her new book is "My Selma: True Stories of a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement," and Brown joins us. Then, it'll be a cruel summer for Taylor Swift fans who couldn't score tickets to the pop star's tour. After the chaos and Ticketmaster site shutdown, Swifties know there's a problem with Ticketmaster all too well, but now Congress is weighing in. The New Republic's Pablo Manríquez joins us to recap Tuesday's hearing.

Today we read, What Do They Do With All The Poo From All The Animals At The Zoo?, by Anh Do

Politicians wrangle over a royal commission into the bungled Robodebt scheme. Plus, kids' books by beloved author Anh Do banned  in US schools. Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music composed by Jasper Leak.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We kick off the show with Kate Ritchie's Anh Do portrait in the studio (because she's off doing some important filming). Then we chat Partner Swaps! We dissect P!nk's new song, then chat conspiracies. We chat about a woman's protest about some bushes. We cover some Glossy's on the big screen, including some Kate Moss news. Then Tim dissects Joel's Twitter posts. Then it's Kyle Richards of RHOBH playing Joel in Quick Draw.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy birthday, Anh Do. We hope we did you proud!

We kick off the show with Tim being a cranky-bum, and we welcome our new producer Bree to the team! Then we ask if your mum's a babe after Elon Musk's mum Maye was announced as the latest cover girl for Sports Illustrated. Then we unpack Cara Delevingne's bizarre appearance alongside Megan Thee Stallion at the Billboard Music Awards. We cover some Johnny Depp news in the Glossy's. Then Joel has a small conniption while we announce the next $10K A Day In May winner. We chat allergies and Tim finds a way to crowbar Kate's Anh Do painting into the conversation. We play the Age Game “Mayday” edition. Then some late, breaking news. Scott Morrison was seen bowling a child over during a soccer game in Tasmania. (Watch the footage: https://www.instagram.com/p/CdsRP6Dl1HN/) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Middle Grade Mavens, Pamela and Julie return for season 8 2022! We review the books below and discuss all things "Save The Cat" by Blake Snyder and Scrivener. Affiliate links where to buy: Let the Games Begin, Pow Pow Pig : Book 2 by Anh Do | 9781761065194 | Booktopia The Great Treasure Hunt, MerTales 3 by Rebecca Timmis | 9781760526573 | Booktopia Xavier in the Meantime by Kate Gordon | 9780645218091 | Booktopia Storytorch. - The Riddle of Tanglewood Manor To learn more about the Mavens, head on over to https://www.middlegradepodcast.com Or to find Julie online drop by https://www.julieannegrassobooks.com And for Pamela online find her at https://www.ueckerman.net Have a question or comment? Email us at mavens@middlegradepodcast.com To follow us on Instagram: Middle Grade Mavens (@middle_grade_mavens_podcast) • Instagram photos and videos --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/message

We kick off the show with some chat about TikTok documentaries, then we ask if the pic backfired after a woman caught her boyfriend cheating from a photo. Then we open up the age-old debate: iPhone or Android? We cover some Kelly Clarkson, Anh Do and Celeste Barber news in the Glossy's. Then we ask if you've ever been asked out on a date at the gym / Gym-accidents. We watch Boris Johnson struggle with an umbrella, then Mel Doyle joins us for Quick Draw! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, Arya shares another her favourite book by Anh Do. Join Arya travel into the world of books and imagination! https://www.booktopia.com.au/golden-unicorn-anh-do/book/9781760525132.html?dsa=s1-east&gclid=CjwKCAjw55-HBhAHEiwARMCszhRHc8A7l44Rq_GQdppAeJzjMLd5-f0-CdF5KbhysO120ajFD_NpyxoCAuMQAvD_BwE Music credit: The Fountain of Living Waters by Siddhartha Corsus Music Credits: Pop by Steve Comb Music credit: Airgap by Water Features https://www.instagram.com/koala.explorer/

This week on OTAT, the boys review Anh's Brush with Fame (streaming on ABC iView). Refugee turned standup comedian turned painter/interviewer, Anh Do has a new muse every week to chat with about their life, journey, and how they became an icon in their own right. This episode is with none other than Australia's sweetheart: Missy Higgins

Aussie singer/songwriter Missy Higgins appeared on Anh Do's Brush With Fame this week. She spoke about the pressure put on her at a young age by the media, and her fans, to put a label on her sexuality. Artists should be able to say what’s off-limits, but has our understanding of sexuality and fluidity evolved enough since then? Plus, What is FUN? Apart from a bit of an ick word. How important is fun in our lives, and why are women kind of… bad at it?  And our best and worst of the week… which veer from trolls to teeth.   The End Bits Recommendations: Holly wants you to listen to this important episode of The Quicky You can watch Missy Higgins on Anh Do's Brush With Fame here Read more about Canada's stolen generation here Check out the UK's Covid Wall of Remembrance here CREDITS Hosts: Mia Freedman, Holly Wainwright and Jessie Stephens Producer: Emma Gillespie  Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff CONTACT US Via our PodPhone on 02 8999 9386 Via our email at outloud@mamamia.com.au  Via our Outlouders Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/groups/329632330777506/ Mamamia Out Loud is a podcast by Mamamia https://www.mamamia.com.au/author/mamamiaoutloud/ Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Laotian community in California is not large enough to support newspapers or television news programs in Lao, leaving monolingual immigrants especially isolated. So these immigrants have created elaborate phone trees with designated leaders that can spread important information to thousands of people within an hour. In sprawling California suburbs, the phone trees are an attempt to re-create village networks from back home. And it's a crucial service — one that's especially important because there are not enough Lao speakers for government agencies to translate fliers, as is often done in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean. For instance, some Laotians did not know a COVID-19 vaccine existed until they received a call from the phone tree. On today's episode, our host is L.A. Times entertainment reporter Tracy Brown, and our guest is Times Metro reporter Anh Do.More reading:Elaborate phone tree links Laotian immigrants to COVID info, one another Column: Laotian Americans' stories are obscured by history. That's why we need ethnic studies San Diego's Laotian community pushes for a place in California history books

Previewing Kate Winslet and Guy Pearce reunited in Mare of Easttown + revisiting A Teacher and The Serpent (best show you'll see this year?) + Anh Do, DWTS, Bluey and a rave about Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hot Potcast travels Down Under and chats to Aussie comic and podcaster Fergus Neal. We talk about all things Australian, Derek's attempts at assimilating and Fergus's friendship with Joshua Wong, the Hong Kong protest leader. Introduction (00:00) Australian English? (02:05) The most Australian thing I've ever heard (06:10) Anh Do the comedian (11:55) Derek Nguyen's Journey to Australia (15:50) Derek Nguyen's first gig in Australia (20:00) Vietnamese community in Australia (22:52) Fergus and Joshua Wong (29:17)

On this weeks Book(ish) I sit down with German comedian Maren Whitaker to discuss the the Happiest Refugee by Anh Do. Our conversation includes how Germans can be funny, why Europeans need therapy and a very bad book cover. Enjoy!Follow Maren on Instagram.Follow Book(ish) and give your thoughts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Sign up to our newsletter here. Join our facebook group here.You can now physically send us stuff to PO BOX 7127, Reservoir East, Victoria, 3073.Want to help support the show?Sanspants+ | Podkeep | USB Tapes | MerchWant to get in contact with us?Email | Twitter | Website | Facebook | Reddit See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

TODAY ON THE PODCAST: Scurfing Ash & the stolen boat, Quirky Naomi Osaka, Ash Marie Kondo’d his house, Worst National Anthem ever? Susie’s big ride, some great feedback around Susie? Anh Do vs Pirates, Smarter Than Suse, Susie’s video clips, ScoMo’s vaccine attire and (un) Recommendation Station? Follow Ash, Kip & Luttsy with Susie O'Neill! Facebook: www.facebook.com/ashkipluttsyandsusieoneill  Twitter: www.twitter.com/AKLS_nova  Instagram: www.instagram.com/ashkipluttsyandsusie  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, Arya shares feeling about reading Anh Do's Wolf Girl and her anticipation on the new books! Music credit: The Fountain of Living Waters by Siddhartha Corsus

Live or Die + all about Vietnam today! We left you hanging at E49 on Border Insecurity so we're back to give you guns, bombs, contrabands and chocolates! Live or Die with border crossings and leaky boats with no engines. Hear why we love Anh Do, the Happiest Refugee in Australia! And, why Anh should have said, “As an Asian Man, this is what I want” a lot earlier! Timestamp: Intro; [2:16] Unexpected Asia on Chinese Super League + Taiwan Gay Pride Parade + International Students Pilot Program in Canebrra; [9:35] Pond of Ponders on Border Insecurity… Again: 1) Guns + Bombs in Sri Lanka 2) Super Yacht Smuggles 3) Vietnam-China Friendship Pass 4) Korean DMZ; [19:01] Secret Asians…Asianish on Anh Do the Happiest Refugee; [28:15] Outro. THANK YOU LISTENERS! Thank you for listening to Captain Bagrat and supporting our Mission to Fight Boring News in Asia and Australia! YOUR MISSION should you dare to accept it is to click on a Captain Bagrat episode of your persuasion and leave a review on ApplePodcast! Click here http://ow.ly/XVVa30q07P6 SHOUT OUT + U R A WINNER | We will give everyone who have reviewed Captain Bagrat a special shout out! We will pick a winning review each month. The lucky winner will have the chance to podcast with Captain Bagrat in Downtown Chinatown! You pick the topic! Madam Chan will prep a cocktail of your choice and Liam will croon your fav song! #DoIt FANCLUB | Throw a few bucks at us each month on Patreon + TELL US WHAT YOU WANT! That'll keep us busy at the recording studio. Your support will forever be honoured with early access to new episodes, behind the scenes, patron only messages and more. Click here https://www.patreon.com/CaptainBagrat SPONSOR | Why not throw a few '00s or even ‘000s at us. In-kind sponsorship is also great. WE WILL NEVER SAY NO TO BEERS! Like Trump, we love quid pro quo deals! Contact us at Captain.Bagrat@gmail.com or Facebook to strike a deal and get your brand noticed! FOLLOW US: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/captainbagrat/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/captainbagrat/?hl=en Apple Podcast http://ow.ly/XVVa30q07P6 Spotify http://ow.ly/VlWf30q07Nm Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT9jjT1khKsG4UwZRngYa2g Patreon https://www.patreon.com/CaptainBagrat Thanks for your support! Bagrat Out! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/captainbagrat/message

Deborra-Lee Furness is sick of people saying she’s ‘lucky’ to be married to Hugh Jackman. This week, the Aussie actor and producer chatted with Anh Do for the ABC's Brush With Fame, and shared the one thing that frustrates her most when she's asked about her marriage.  And, Cuties is an award-winning French film about a young girl caught between a dance-crew of girls from her school and growing up in a traditional Muslim family. When Netflix bought the rights to the movie this year, it sparked a mass movement to #CancelNetflix. We take a closer look at the controversy surrounding the film. Plus, it's time for Best and Worst. Jessie made an 'agenda' ahead of a recent dinner with friends and she thinks you should make one too.  THE END BITS Kee wants you to watch The Comey Rule on Stan. When you're done, listen to The Spill's Watch Club tomorrow morning, September 3rd, for an in-depth look at the series!   You can watch Deborra-Lee on Brush With Famehere CREDITS Hosts: Mia Freedman, Kee Reece and Jessie Stephens Producer: Emma Gillespie Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff CONTACT US Via our PodPhone on 02 8999 9386 Via our email at outloud@mamamia.com.au   Via our Outlouders Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/groups/329632330777506/ Mamamia Out Loud is a podcast by Mamamia-  https://www.mamamia.com.au/author/mamamiaoutloud/     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two incidents of anti-Asian racism — the beating of an elderly grandfather in a San Francisco park and the harassment of a mourning son in a New York pharmacy — reveal an ugly side of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first of three episodes reporting on Asian American responses to anti-Asian hate incidents. Share your thoughts on the stories with us by emailing community@selfevidentshow.com. To support our ongoing mission and work on stories like these, join our membership program via Patreon. Credits Produced by James Boo Edited by Julia Shu Sound mix by Timothy Lou Ly Reporting and production assistance by Prerna Chaudhary Interview recordings by Sonia Paul Self Evident theme music by Dorian Love Music by Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound Sound effects by Soundsnap Shout out to Cynthia Choi at Chinese for Affirmative Action SF for her help with research and reporting Sojung Yi and Charles Wang for sharing their stories with us and with the rest of the world Our intern Prerna, who learned roughly two million new skills to help us report, produce, and edit this episode Resources and Reading To report a micro-aggression, bullying, hate speech, harassment, or violence incident, fill out a form at Stop AAPI Hate (multiple languages provided). Asian Americans Advancing Justice’s Coronavirus/COVID-19 Resources to Stand Against Racism  Bystander Intervention Trainings To Stop Anti-Asian/Xenophobic Harrassment by Hollaback! I’m an Asian American doctor on the front lines of two wars: Coronavirus and racism by Sojung Yi, for The Lily Asian Americans Face Dual Challenges: Surging Unemployment and Racism By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil and Kimmy Yam, for NBC News “As anti-Asian hate incidents explode, activists push for aid” by Anh Do, for the Los Angeles Times Self Evident is a Studitobe production, made with the support of our listener community. This episode was made with support from the Solutions Journalism Network, and from the National Geographic Society’s Emergency Fund for Journalists. Our show was incubated at the Made in New York Media Center by IFP.

Live or Die + all about Vietnam today!We left you hanging at E49 on Border Insecurity so we’re back to give you guns, bombs, contrabands and chocolates! Live or Die with border crossings and leaky boats with no engines. Hear why we love Anh Do, the Happiest Refugee in Australia! And, why Anh should have said, “As an Asian Man, this is what I want” a lot earlier! Timestamp: Intro; [2:16] Unexpected Asia on Chinese Super League + Taiwan Gay Pride Parade + International Students Pilot Program in Canebrra; [9:35] Pond of Ponders on Border Insecurity… Again: 1) Guns + Bombs in Sri Lanka 2) Super Yacht Smuggles 3) Vietnam-China Friendship Pass 4) Korean DMZ; [19:01] Secret Asians…Asianish on Anh Do the Happiest Refugee; [28:15] Outro. THANK YOU LISTENERS!Thank you for listening to Captain Bagrat and supporting our Mission to Fight Boring News in Asia and Australia! YOUR MISSION should you dare to accept it is to click on a Captain Bagrat episode of your persuasion and leave a review on ApplePodcast! Click here http://ow.ly/XVVa30q07P6  SHOUT OUT + U R A WINNER | We will give everyone who have reviewed Captain Bagrat a special shout out! We will pick a winning review each month. The lucky winner will have the chance to podcast with Captain Bagrat in Downtown Chinatown! You pick the topic! Madam Chan will prep a cocktail of your choice and Liam will croon your fav song! #DoIt  FANCLUB | Throw a few bucks at us each month on Patreon + TELL US WHAT YOU WANT! That’ll keep us busy at the recording studio. Your support will forever be honoured with early access to new episodes, behind the scenes, patron only messages and more. Click here https://www.patreon.com/CaptainBagrat SPONSOR | Why not throw a few ’00s or even ‘000s at us. In-kind sponsorship is also great. WE WILL NEVER SAY NO TO BEERS! Like Trump, we love quid pro quo deals! Contact us at Captain.Bagrat@gmail.com  or Facebook to strike a deal and get your brand noticed! FOLLOW US: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/captainbagrat/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/captainbagrat/?hl=en Apple Podcast http://ow.ly/XVVa30q07P6 Spotify http://ow.ly/VlWf30q07Nm Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT9jjT1khKsG4UwZRngYa2gPatreon https://www.patreon.com/CaptainBagrat Thanks for your support! Bagrat Out!

Got a birthday coming up for which you want a shout out? Maybe there’s a news story you want Squiz Kids to cover? Get in touch at https://www.squizkids.com.au/contact/. LINKS:Beetle cam:https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/15/us/beetle-tiny-cameras-scli-scn-intl/index.htmlWhat’s Up Fox:Reading: https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/childrens/Golden-Unicorn-Rise-of-the-Mythix-1-Anh-Do-illustrated-by-Chris-Wahl-9781760525132Listening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgum6OT_VH8Watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkGCZk3F2HISquiz Kids is a free daily news podcast just for kids. A short weekday podcast, created here in Australia, that gives kids (and their adults) the rundown on the big news stories, delivered without opinion, and with positivity and humour.‘Kid-friendly news that keeps them up to date without all the nasties’ (A Squiz Parent)This Australian podcast for kids easily fits into the morning routine - helping curious kids stay informed about the world around them.Squiz Kids is proudly supported by the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hi everyone! I'm Max Crack and this awesome book is all about me and my quests and my best friend Frankie! Buried treasure, new school, doodles, peanut butter and honey toast, best friends, horrible blobs, mysteries, Meddlyslop, spelling bees (hard words, harder words), more doodles, comics, World War Undies ... this book has it ALL. This is a specially formatted fixed-layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book. AUTHOR INFORMATION Jules Faber is a cartoonist, caricature artist and illustrator. In addition to his WEIRDO books, Jules has illustrated THE KABOOM KID and 'The Leo Da Vinci' series. In 2014, Jules and Anh Do were awarded the Book of the Year for Younger Readers at the Australian Book Industry Awards for the first book in the WEIRDO series. They also took out the Best Designed Book for Children and Best Cover at the Australian Book Design Awards as well as an Honour in the KOALAs. WEIRDO 3 was nominated for three awards in 2015 and The KABOOM KID series was also nominated for Best Designed Series at the ABDAs. Jules conducts regular workshops at schools and learning centres for those wanting to learn more about caricaturing, comic strips, comic book layout, scriptwriting, storyboarding, animation and general cartooning.

Naomi and Danielle have a look at some promo for the new season of The Bachelor AU and talk about our new bachelor whose name I honestly have forgotten now. And we only recorded this like an hour ago. Matt? Andrew? Something like that. We also find out that Naomi is not smart at all actually, and pay tribute to the great Anh Do. Please don't cyber bully Alex Lilly after listening to this - it's not her fault that JK Rowling ruined her brain. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What does it mean to be excluded from the American Dream? Two stories, set 100 years apart, explore this question from the perspective of immigrants who think they’ve made it in America, only to find out that their dream comes at a cost. "No Place Like Home" At the height of America’s Exclusion era, an Indian immigrant’s quest for prosperity ends in a tragic realization that being a “good immigrant” isn’t enough to escape the realities of racism. "Non-White Picket Fences" A fight over a homeless shelter in one of America’s most Asian cities reveals the choices that Americans face in seeking suburban paradise. Share your story and keep the conversation going! Do you have a story about feeling excluded from the “American Dream”? Where or when in your life have you felt most like you belonged? Email your story to community@selfevidentshow.com or share with us on social media @SelfEvidentShow, with the hashtag #WeAreSelfEvident. Resources and Recommended Reading: Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255 The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress and prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones. History of Angel Island Immigration Station, by the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation History of “Race, Nationality, and Reality” (including more about the Supreme Court decisions that declared only white people could be U.S. citizens) at National Archives Primary Sources chronicling the life of Vaishno Das Bagai, preserved by the South Asian American Digital Archive The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee, published by Simon & Schuster “Escape From Los Angeles: White Flight From Los Angeles and Its Schools, 1960-1980” by Jack Schneider, for the Journal of Urban History “The Court Case That Forced OC to Stop Ignoring Its Homeless” by Jill Replogle, for LAist Public Record of Irvine City Council Emergency Town Hall Meeting to discuss the proposal to place an emergency homeless shelter in the Orange County Great Park Public Record of Orange County Board of Supervisors Meeting to discuss the proposal to place emergency homeless shelters in Huntington Beach, Irvine, and Laguna Niguel The OC Needle Exchange Program research directory lists many sources of information regarding the public health outcomes of syringe exchanges “In Fighting Homeless Camp, Irvine’s Asians Win, but at a Cost” by Anh Do, for the Los Angeles Times “Asian Americans in Irvine Draw Outrage for Protesting Homeless Shelters” by Carl Samson, for NextShark “Supervisors Defend Their Turf and Criticize Spitzer’s Homeless Warnings” by Nick Gerda, for Voice of OC “Homelessness in Orange County: The Costs to Our Community,” a research report by UC Irvine faculty, sponsored by OC United Way and Jamboree Housing Executive Summary of research on our national homelessness crisis done by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty "Student Housing Issues at UC Irvine," a recently released research report by Izzak Mirales at UC Irvine, based in part on data collected by the ASUCI Housing Security Commission. "Irvine Student Housing Cost and Crowding Under Scrutiny in Report Presented at UCI" by Lilly Nguyen, for the Los Angeles Times “Not in My Backyard: What the Shouting Down of One Homeless Housing Complex Means for Us All” by Jill Replogle for Southern California Public Radio Shout Outs: Erika Lee and Samip Mallick helped us connect with Rani Bagai. Brandon Morales, Mike Carman and Molly Nichelson helped us report our story about homelessness in Irvine, California. Anne Saini and Jill Replogle graciously consulted with our team on these stories. We received feedback on this episode from Aileen Tieu, Aishwarya Krishnamoorthy, Akira Olivia Kumamoto,  Alex Wong, Alicia Tyree, Anish Patel, Chris Lam, Emily Ewing Hays, Erica Eng, Irene Noguchi, Jen Young, Jennifer Zhan, Jon Yang, Jonathon Desimone, Kelly Chan, Kevin Do, Lynne Guey, Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello, Marvin Yueh, Mia Warren, Rebecca Jung, Robyn Lee, and Tommy Tang. This episode was made possible by the generous support of Stefan Mancevski and the rest of our 1,004 crowdfund backers. Credits: Produced by James Boo, Cathy Erway, and Associate Producer Kathy Im Additional reporting by Anthony Kim Edited by James Boo and Cheryl Devall Tape syncs by Mona Yeh and Eilis O’Neill Production support and fact checking by Katherine Jinyi Li Editorial support from Davey Kim, Alex Laughlin, Senior Producer Julia Shu, and Executive Producer Ken Ikeda Sound Engineering by Timothy Lou Ly Theme Music by Dorian Love Music by Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound Sound effects by Soundsnap Self Evident is a Studiotobe production. Our show was incubated at the Made in New York Media Center by IFP. Season 1 is presented by the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), the Ford Foundation, and our listener community. About CAAM: CAAM (Center for Asian American Media) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. CAAM does this by funding, producing, distributing, and exhibiting works in film, television, and digital media. For more information on CAAM, please visit www.caamedia.org. With support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, CAAM provides production funding to independent producers who make engaging Asian American works for public media.

What's it really like to give birth while you're in jail? We found out from Lindy Chamberlain on Anh Do's Brush with Fame last week, the trauma she went through having to hand over her baby just one hour after she was born. She was just beginning her life sentence for the death of her daughter Azaria. In today's episode we explore the life of Mums in jail, what it's like to give birth while in custody, the struggle to maintain relationships with kids on the outside and the programs that now allow woman to not only give birth in jail but raise their kids on the inside.    CREDITS Host/Producer: Claire Murphy Executive Producer: Elle Beattie Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri   Thanks to our special guest Kerry Tucker The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it's delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you are...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. The Quicky. Getting you up to speed. Daily. Want The Quicky in your ears every day?  Subscribe at mamamia.com.au/the-quicky or in your favourite podcast app. Love the show? Send us an email thequicky@mamamia.com.au or call the podphone 02 8999 9386. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Director of the Institut national du patrimoine Charles Personnaz joins Ed from Paris to share the latest on the Notre Dame fire, Anh Do on painting portraits and the fourth series of Anh's Brush with Fame, New Zealand jeweller and artist Lisa Walker on where the two intersect.

Director of the Institut national du patrimoine Charles Personnaz joins Ed from Paris to share the latest on the Notre Dame fire, Anh Do on painting portraits and the fourth series of Anh's Brush with Fame, New Zealand jeweller and artist Lisa Walker on where the two intersect.

Mitch hasn't heard of Anh Do. Mitch is an idiot. Mitch and Dao do the Herald Sun quiz from Mitch's birthday, December 20th 2018. Sad Party and hate-mail to sadpartypodcast@gmail.com http://bit.ly/sp010itunes for iPad or iPhone!

Songwriter Simon Mellor has had a wild career. As country singer, then kids' songwriter, co-collaborator with comedian and artist Anh Do, and hip-hop teacher out in rural communities. He takes a break to chat to producer Elise Cooper about how a conversation about poo at the zoo with his son turned his career on its head.

This week WHO's TV team talk Suits season 8 - which returns without a certain royal bride - and Rachel Griffiths' new Aussie cop drama Dead Lucky. We also look at the new season of Anh's Brush With Fame - and we get to speak to the great man himself! Also on the agenda: Benedict Cumberbatch in Patrick Melrose, and plenty of drama in Marcella.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has been advocating for the scrapping of the SHSAT, which determines admission to the city's top public schools like Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech, and Bronx Science. How much of this is fear and resentment of an Asian takeover? Can the rise of Asian politicians, such as in California, strengthen our community? Teen, Oxford, and Mark discuss this contentious topic, along with the trailer for the new Wong Fu series “Yappie” and bad Asian baby names. Intro/Outro Song: “One Winged Angel” from Final Fantasy VII by Nobuo Uematsu (remade by Enrico Deiana) Intro Voice Track: Alexandra Wallace’s “Asians in the Library” Rant TWITTER: Teen: @mont_jiang Oxford: @oxford_kondo Mark: @snbatman REFERENCED RESOURCES: Was Kevin Cooper Framed For Murder? by Nicholas Kristof: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/17/opinion/sunday/kevin-cooper-california-death-row.html Could A Legal Love Triangle Scuttle SCOTUS Hopes For This Leading Jurist? by David Lat: https://abovethelaw.com/2016/09/could-a-legal-love-triangle-scuttle-scotus-hopes-for-this-leading-jurist/ A Guide To The Controversy Around NYC’s Specialized High Schools by Grace Segers: https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/policy/education/new-york-city-specialized-high-schools-admissions-guide.html Chancellor Carranza to desegregation plan foes: "You don't own these classrooms" by By Ben Chapman, Erin Durkin and Jillian Jorgensen: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-school-desegregation-plan-20180605-story.html Asian-Americans Have Highest Poverty Rate In NYC, But Stereotypes Make The Issue Invisible by Kimberly Yam: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/asian-american-poverty-nyc_us_58ff7f40e4b0c46f0782a5b6 Rep. Grace Meng's tweet opposing elimination of SHSAT: https://twitter.com/RepGraceMeng/status/1004516875328479233 The Korean’s tweetstorm on the SHSAT: https://twitter.com/AskAKorean/status/1004774256033529867 Phil Wang of Wong Fu's angry tweetstorm: https://twitter.com/philipwang/status/993588831482859520 In Fighting Homeless Camp, Irvine's Asians Win, But At A Cost by Anh Do: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-homeless-asians-20180401-story.html Mark Tseng-Putterman's tweet on how there's "no AsAm experience beyond the black-white binary": https://twitter.com/tsengputterman/status/1001892650889416704 "Yappie" by Wong Fu Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rYYuHfGgtU "Yellow Fever" by Wong Fu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2ojpefxk6o "Yellow Fever 2" by Wong Fu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O84QhVqsIs Phil Wang's segment in Natalie Tran's "White Male Asian Female" Documentary: https://youtu.be/chFKDaZns6w?t=29m "Prelude to Act I" from Lohengrin by Richard Wagner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqk4bcnBqls "Girl in Translation" by Jean Kwok: https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Translation-Jean-Kwok/dp/1594485151

When you think animation you might think the Simpsons or Disney or Spirited Away. But animation artist Anh Do says animation art is everything that moves. He got his start as a boy who emigrated to America from Vietnam with no English skills, so he drew pictures of everything he needed.

In this episode, we take you behind the scenes of the children's publishing industry with an in-depth chat with Anna McFarlane of Allen & Unwin. Hear how she decides what to publish, the process between when an author signs on the dotted line and their book hits the shelves, and her recent experiences attending the Bologna Book Fair, where rights are bought or sold to publishers from around the world. In Kids Capers, 9-year-old Zara interviews illustrator Jules Faber, and discovers what's involved in illustrating a book in his famed WEIRDO series written by Anh Do, his hints for young cartoonists and much more. And your hosts share their latest reads, shout-outs and things on their radar right now. Read the show notes: www.onemorepagepodcast.com/episode-7 Email us at: onemorepagepodcast@gmail.com Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/onemorepageAU Twitter: www.twitter.com/onemorepageau Instagram: www.instagram.com/onemorepageau

Jules Faber: Australian illustrator, cartoonist and author chats about his creepy compilation of short stories - that even his mother couldn't read - working with Disney on The Proud Family, and creating stories for children. A great Aussie bloke, Jules talks to us about his career, the writing process and how to engage children in stories, he should know he has illustrated a number of children's books such as the WeirDo series with Anh Do, The Kaboom Kid with cricketer David Warner, the Leo Da Vinci series with Michael Pryor and the Helix series with Damian Posner. Did you know Jules won the Book of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards with Anh Do for the first WeirDo book in 2014? They also won Best Designed Book for Children and Best Cover at the Australian Book Design Awards as well as an Honours in the KOALAs 2014. Plus Weirdo 3 has been nominated for three awards in 2015 and David Warner’s Kaboom Kid series has been nominated for Best Designed Series at the ABDAs. Did you know Jules is also an award-winning cartoonist? He’s won three prizes in the Rotary Cartoon Awards Best Comic Strip category, coming second in 2009 and 2010 before getting first place in 2013. On top of this, Jules’ talents lie in many fields including: caricature art, realistic illustration, teaching workshops, public speaking, pizza making, animation, writing and wearing sneakers.

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 Jules Faber, Illustrator and Cartoonist, talks with Dr Karl about the creative process using "Karl, The Universe & Everything" as a case study​​.  They talk the science of illustration - and the illustration of science. Why do some images speak louder ? Do cartoonists talk a primal language ? Jules is president of Australian Cartoonists' Association and Karl will also give you a preview of some of the hot stories in his latest book ""Karl, The Universe & Everything". Shameless self publicity ? You be the judge.    Jules is a prominent Australian book illustrator, but this is his first adventure with Dr. Karl. His passion for science illustration stems from the late 90s when, while studying animation, Jules was leafing through one of Karl's earlier books. Thinking aloud that he could illustrate like the ones inside, and having never considered illustrating books before, this planted a seed. Years later, when asked to illustrate the first of the WeirDo series with Anh Do, Jules recalled that moment. Thus began a bucket-list ambition - to draw for Dr. Karl. The rest, as they say, is scientifically-accurate history. 

This episode we tackle self doubt... We also discuss Katie Ellis' early childhood education submissions (http://www.kateellis.com.au/a_broken_child_care_system_in_need_of_real_reform) and Refugee week and the book "The Little Refugee" by Anh Do. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review on Itunes (just search Early Childhood Perspectives) and also join our facebook group https://www.facebook.com/earlychildhoodperspectives/

It’s the BIG BATTLE TV breakfast vs radio! Today Show hosts Karl & Lisa battle Fitzy & Wippa in Rap Up Of The Week, Fitzy paints comedian Anh Do and EXCLUSIVE audio of what really happened when Tracy Grimshaw made an on air gaffe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

14,251 words and counting. I’m not sure self-publishing my second book is the best thing to do right now. Here’s to publisher-hunting and exploring new possibilities with better eyes and better stories. I mention comedian Anh Do in the podcast  – find his work at http://www.anhdo.com.au/author.html.

Today on the show, Kyle and Jackie hung out with Renee Zellweger and Patrick Dempsey in studio! We also found out where Olivia and Nathan's relationship is at! Anh Do also came in to hang out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Segments Include -GooliesMan wears 'Fox Hat' for drivers licenceGabi Grecko making a sex tape with a corpseMounceys Magazine WatchBad, Worse, Worsetest - Skinny dipperWe speak to Anh Do about his new show Long Lost Family"Does That Make Me Crazy?"We speak to 007 stunt driver Mark HigginsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New media pioneer and entrepreneur Darren Rowse — creator of both Digital Photography School and ProBlogger — joined me to chat about the opportunities that 13 years of blogging have provided, his new podcast, and the importance of having the right mindset as a writer.   Rainmaker.FM is Brought to You By   Discover why more than 80,000 companies in 135 countries choose WP Engine for managed WordPress hosting. Start getting more from your site today! This sage blogging veteran and educator has blazed an inspiring path for enterprising online publishers. His step-by-step blog series — 31 Days to Build a Better Blog — went from zero to viable business in no time, and now it’s a podcast every content creator can listen to … for free. In this file Darren Rowse and I discuss: Why You Should Write Like You Talk How a Book Deal Was Born from a Blog Series How Writing Offline Can Boost Your Word Count The 3 Types of Writer’s Block All Bloggers Eventually Face How Public Accountability Can Light a Fire Under Your Ass Why You Need a Balance Between Dreaming and Doing How to Get the Maximum Impact From Your Writing Listen to The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience below ... Download MP3 Subscribe by RSS Subscribe in iTunes The Show Notes ProBlogger.com Digital Photography School Darren Rowse Speaking at WDS Problogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income by Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Problogger Podcast Problogger on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter The Transcript How ProBlogger s Darren Rowse Writes Voiceover: This is Rainmaker.FM, the digital marketing podcast network. It’s built on the Rainmaker Platform, which empowers you to build your own digital marketing and sales platform. Start your free 14-day trial at RainmakerPlatform.com. Kelton Reid: These are the Writer Files, a tour of the habits, habitats, and brains of working writers, from online content creators to fictionists, journalists, entrepreneurs, and beyond. I’m your host, Kelton Reid: writer, podcaster, and mediaphile. Each week, we’ll find out how great writers keep the ink flowing, the cursor moving, and avoid writer s block. New media pioneer and entrepreneur Darren Rowse, creator of both Digital Photography School and ProBlogger joined me to chat about the opportunities that 13 years of blogging have provided, his new podcast, and the importance of having the right mindset as a writer. The sage blogging veteran and educator has blazed an inspiring path for enterprising online publishers. His step-by-step series, 31 Days to Build a Better Blog, went from zero to viable business in no time, and now it’s a podcast every content creator can listen to for free. In this File, Darren Rowse and I discuss why you should write like you talk, how a book deal was born from a blog series, how writing offline can boost your word count, the three types of writer’s block all bloggers eventually face, and why you need a balance between dreaming and doing. If you enjoy The Writer Files podcast, please do us a favor and leave a rating or a review in iTunes to help other writers find us. Thanks for listening. Darren, thank you so much for joining me on The Writer Files. I really appreciate you stopping by. Darren Rowse: You’re welcome. Kelton Reid: For listeners who may not be familiar with your incredibly inspiring story, who are you, and what is your area of expertise as a writer? Darren Rowse: Yes. I’m Darren. I live in Melbourne, Australia. I’m a dad — that’s probably the number-one thing in my life at the moment. That’s one of my major defining parts of me, I guess. In terms of the writing side of things, 13 years ago, I wasn’t a writer at all. I would have said I was a communicator. I did some public speaking, but had never really written before. I stumbled upon blogging after a friend shot me a link to a blog and just fell in love with the medium. That was November 2002, and within 10 minutes, I knew I needed to have a blog even though I had no idea what one really was. I muddled my way through setting one up, and so that became my journey of writing. I discovered that my love of communication extended into that written field. Why You Should Write Like You Talk Darren Rowse: But I came to it with no experience and no real expertise in anything, I would say. That first blog was a personal blog. I wrote about anything and everything and just gradually over time found my voice. I don’t really know what my voice is, but I found it and began to realize that people were responding to me writing like I talked — in a very conversational tone — and I also discovered that I love to teach people and help people to learn and to find their potential in different areas. That personal blog began to transition into me writing tutorials on anything and everything and on a whole heap of different niches. Gradually, over time, I grew an audience. For one reason or another, people seemed to connect with what I was doing and began to break out those topics onto separate blogs. I’ve been blogging for about 13 years, but it transitioned into a number of blogs, two of which remain today. One’s ProBlogger, which is a blog about blogging, which is sad, but it turns out a lot of people wanted to learn about that. Then the other one’s on photography, so Digital Photography School. It really started out as me teaching my friends how to take better photos with these great cameras that they had that they never switched out of automatic mode. I just began writing really simple tips and tutorials on how to hold cameras and what aperture is and what shutter speed is. I’ve really focused my writing on how-to content and in those two fields. Although, I’ve transitioned those two blogs into me really being more of a publisher than a writer because I feature a lot of writers now on those blogs, too. Kelton Reid: Yes, as well-known as those sites are — and I’ll point, obviously, to both in the show notes — I’ve heard you speak at Authority Intensive with Copyblogger, and just your starting, as a mindset, it’s truly inspiring I think for writers. Writers should always seek out those sites. ProBlogger, obviously, has been a pioneering voice clearly. It speaks for itself. But also, I think your speaking should be sought out as well. I found some of your replays, which I will also post in the show notes, from some of your speaking engagements, and I think for writers, those are also a true inspiration. I’ll skip on as I’m hoarding the mic here. Where else can we find your writing in addition to ProBlogger and Digital Photography? How a Book Deal Was Born from a Blog Series Darren Rowse: Yeah, so they’re kind of my home bases, but out of those two blogging experiences, other opportunities have come to write, and I never would have expected some of the things that came along. The biggest one, and one of the earliest ones, was an opportunity to write a book. I got an email one day from a guy who claimed to be at Wiley in the US, and he said, We’d love to publish a book with you. I really thought it was a joke, because I’d never had book writing on my radar at all, but that was true, and it was real. It felt a little bit big and hard for me to write a book, so I coerced Chris Garrett, who is now at Copyblogger as well, to write it with me, and so we co-authored the ProBlogger book. That’s probably where you’d find the biggest chunk of my writing in one place, although Chris wrote half of it as well. I didn’t really enjoy writing it, but it was a great experience, and it’s now had three editions, so it seems to have connected well. Then the other places that I’ve written would be in ebooks, and this is the other opportunity that came out of both sites was to initially update and collate a lot of the content that I’d created into one volume in an ebook on ProBlogger called 31 Days to Build a Better Blog, which really emerged out of a series of blog posts. Then on Digital Photography School, I also wrote a portrait ebook, which is no longer on the market. I got actual photographers to write our new portrait books, but that was I guess my first foray into ebooks on that site. To this day, we’ve published about 30 ebooks as well, but most of them have been written by other authors who have expertise in particular topics. Kelton Reid: That’s cool. I know that the story behind 31 Days to Build a Better Blog is a pretty amazing one, which will kind of dovetail into the next question, which is what are you presently working on? Darren Rowse: It did emerge from a series of posts that I wrote in 2007, and it really led to a lot of life for the blog. I repeated it in 2009, I think it was. My readers started to basically say, We want you to put it into a book for us, because we love this series of posts, but we want to keep going over it again and again. I designed it as a very practical here’s something to learn, but here’s something you can do today, and it was really about developing habits of blogging and good blogging. I put it into that ebook, and I was really dubious about whether anyone would buy it because it was all on the blog for free. I updated it a little and added a little content, but it sold thousands of copies every day for the first week that I launched it. It really opened my eyes to this new way of communicating through ebooks. That was back in 2010, I think. So that ebook, we updated it in 2012. And more recently, I’ve turned it into a podcast series, so that’s probably the main thing that I’m working on this month. There’s a whole heap of other things that are always on the go for us. We run an event here in Australia as well, so that’s six weeks away now, for 700 bloggers this year. That’s kind of on my mind as well. I’ve always got these little preliminary stages of thinking for books and other projects as well, so I’m not writing a whole heap this month, but there’s dreams and thoughts there to write again on a larger scale. Kelton Reid: Very cool, and the podcast itself is fantastic, I will say. Congrats on the early success of that. I have checked out the first week or so of it, and it’s inspiring, so writers should also seek that out. Darren Rowse: There’s some good writing challenges in there for people. Kelton Reid: Absolutely, and anyone who wants to take their blogging game to the next level. Let’s talk a little bit about your productivity. As a truly prolific blogger and online publisher, how much time per day would you say you are reading or doing research? Darren Rowse: I would say at the start of this year, that was an area that had been suffering. For me, I’d become so busy that I wasn’t really filling my cup and staying in touch with the industries that I was kind of working in because I was producing so much, and it started to impact my output, and also my health as well. I was so busy. So I made a concerted effort to change the daily structure that I had, and that included putting a walk right into the middle of my day for at least half an hour, sometimes as much as an hour. That’s an area where I’ve filled up with listening to podcasts and audiobooks, and that’s really new for me. I hadn’t listened to a book ever before those walks, and podcasts, I’d only ever listened to a few. That’s probably where I’m getting most of my research and input at the moment. I do read quite a bit during the day of blogs, but not so much in terms of books. If I’m doing a new project, or if I’m preparing for a presentation or a new ebook, that’s when I do a lot of my research. I tend to batch my research. I don’t tend to be someone who’s just researching for the sake of keeping up with things. I tend to be someone who needs a purpose for that research. I need a problem that I’m trying to solve, and that’s where I go into research mode. I quite enjoy it, but not just for the sake of doing it. There needs to be a reason. Kelton Reid: Before you actually sit down to write, do you have any pregame rituals or practices that help you get into the flow? Darren Rowse: Coffee is a big part of that, but that’s just to do anything, really. I don’t have a whole heap. I would say I probably like to have a clean desk, so that’s one thing that I tend to … It’s not clean at the moment, so I obviously don’t have a big project. But a clean desk, a clean white board, and a new notebook probably are the three things that I like to have. I do tend to procrastinate until those things are done. I have also been known to faff around a little bit and look at what tools and apps are out there and chop and change those a bit before I start writing. But I don’t really have any rituals as such. Kelton Reid: I think I know the answer to this next question, but I’m going to ask anyway. Do you write every day? Darren Rowse: I would say I probably don’t write every day anymore, and that’s something I have some regrets around. I tend to be someone who writes, most days, something, whether it be short blog posts or articles. I do tend to batch my writing. So Monday mornings are a time where I write quite a bit, and I try and write multiple blog posts for the week. If I’m writing a larger, like a book or an ebook, I tend to put aside a week to write it and clear everything else out, and that’s what I do with the podcasts. I set aside a week to record 31 episodes. I have a fairly short attention span, so I find if I’m writing for a year, I lose interest too quick. So I need to really chunk out a lot of stuff quickly. I do write something every day — emails — but yeah, it’s not on those projects. I tend to chunk it a bit more. Kelton Reid: I see. So do you commit to a certain amount of time, then, excluding that social media stuff, which I know you’re in kind of constant contact with that stuff, but … ? How Writing Offline Can Boost Your Word Count Darren Rowse: Yeah. I tend to write offline when I can. So I do go to a café quite a bit to write if I need to do that, and they don’t have Wi-Fi. I could get on with my phone, but I tend to avoid doing that unless I have to. I find that once I get in the zone of writing, I can go anywhere from an hour to four hours without any problem and almost get lost in it. I love that space. I love being in that zone and just firing. It does get a little awkward when you’re not drinking coffee in the café. Typically during the day, I’ll work in 50- to 60-minute bursts, but I go with the flow if it’s firing. Kelton Reid: Nice. Are you a morning person, or do you like to write at night? Darren Rowse: Creativity-wise, I’m very much a writing in the morning person. However, I have noticed around 4:30 in the afternoon, about half an hour before I’m supposed to get back with the family and stop working, that’s often a time that I get inspiration bombs. I don’t whether it’s because there’s that looming deadline — and I do work well with deadlines — but that’s often another time that I just need to put aside a little time to just vomit out anything that’s in my head that I need to get out. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Do you like to listen to music at all while you’re writing, or do you prefer the silence? Darren Rowse: I enjoy music, but not while I’m writing. I love white noise, so the cafe’s a place that it just flows for me a bit more. They do have music there, but I don’t notice it at all. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Darren Rowse: It’s just in the background. It’s just there. Kelton Reid: There’s something about that coffee shop noise that seems to work very well for writers. Darren Rowse: Yeah. I think it’s also being around people — and I’m not looking at the people — but just being aware that there are other people, for me, makes me aware that there are people that are going to read what I’m writing as well. There s something about that social environment without actually talking to anyone. As an introvert, I kind of enjoy that connection without being intensely connected, and I think that infects my writing in some ways as well. A lot of people reflect back that they feel like I’m talking to them, and sometimes I do look at the people around me and pretend that they’re the person I’m writing to. There s something about that I haven’t quite defined yet, but it’s really important for my writing I think. Kelton Reid: Do you believe in writer’s block, Darren? The 3 Types of Writer s Block All Bloggers Eventually Face Darren Rowse: I would say that I’ve suffered from something maybe like writer’s block, but as I’ve thought about it over the years, I’d say there’s three types for me. I’d say I get ideas block, which is where I can’t work out what to write about. I think many bloggers who’ve been blogging for a year or two feel, one, I’ve written it all before, I’ve got nothing left to say, What could I write fresh today? or Everyone else has already written about it. I haven’t got anything unique to say. So that blockage of finding a unique angle and a freshness to your topic, I think, is one thing I’ve suffered. The second type for me is writing block, and that’s where the words just aren’t flowing. You’ve got the idea, and you know the topic you want to write about, but you just can’t make it come out in a sensible way. Then, for me, the third one is completion block, and that’s where the first draft’s done, but I’m just so distracted or on the next thing that I’m really into, or I’m too tired, or I’ve lost the passion or interest for what I’m writing about to complete it. That’s probably the area I’ve struggled with the most over the years is that lack of revision and editing, so that’s why I hired an editor to basically oversee that and crack the whip for me in that. I think for me — writer’s block — I don’t know what that is, but for me there’s those three things. For me, the key is to work at which one of those three things I’m suffering right now and then to make appointments with myself to put extra time and energy and to get help in those areas. Ideas block I had probably two years into my blogging, so I just built into my week time to brainstorm ahead of time when I wasn’t supposed to be writing. So I have now got a bank of ideas sitting there, and I also involve my team in that brainstorming time. I haven’t had ideas block for quite some time because I’ve built that into my week. The writing block, again, regularity of writing helps with that as well. Making appointments on Monday mornings when I do a lot of my blog post writing, that sort of helped to unlock that. Then the completion block, I have times in my week, usually in the afternoons, where I set aside time to edit and revise because I don’t need to be quite so creative there, but I need to be a little bit more analytical. Kelton Reid: Wow. Let’s talk about your workflow a little bit. What hardware or typewriter model are you presently using? Darren Rowse: There’s not been a typewriter in my life for many years, but I just use a MacBook Pro when I’m out and about and an iMac on my desktop. I just love the fact that they talk to each other now with iCloud and Dropbox and all those wonderful tools that connect them. Kelton Reid: Yeah. I’m a huge fan myself. Do you have some favorite software that you use for writing? Darren Rowse: I try to keep things pretty simple. I’ve tried a lot of the writing tools. I can’t even remember the names of most of them, but these days I tend to write a lot of my stuff in Evernote. If it’s a larger project, I’ll set up a notebook for that and then break it down into sections or chapters in different notes and then have other notes for outlines and to-do lists and all that kind of stuff. I find it’s pretty simple to use, and a lot of the other tools, it got too complicated for me. Evernote seems to work quite well, and I like that I can share it with my team as well to be involved in that process. For blogging I use a little tool called MarsEdit as well, which is kind of like a document creator that you can put your images into and format everything in the app, and then you can upload it to your blog and don’t have to edit it in the blog. Kelton Reid: Interesting. I’ll have to get that link from you. Do you have any organizational hacks? Darren Rowse: Evernote has kind of changed things for me on that front. I tend to whiteboard in the early stages of a project. I like to be able to visualize it. I occasionally will mind-map using a little tool called MindNode. I also have been known to use Post-It notes spread out all over my floor, so whatever it takes to visualize how things fit together. I think in terms of the organization of my writing, I had some training 20 years ago in public speaking, and it was all based around breaking your talk down into two-minute modules and to really creating modules that chop and change and take people through different phases of what you want to present. I think that’s flowed into my writing. I tend to write in very small, short, sharp sections, and a module might be a metaphor or a story or a teaching point and then sort of chopping and changing those. I tend to visualize my writing in that sort of style. They’re probably the tools I use the most. I would say I also use Wunderlist as an organizational tool as well, so I’m very big on lists and setting myself to-do lists to check off during the day. Kelton Reid: Procrastination, the beast of procrastination — do you find yourself leaning into that or do you have some other kind of best practices? How Public Accountability Can Light a Fire under Your Ass Darren Rowse: I find I do procrastinate, but it’s not just a lazy kind of, Eh, I ll get it done. It s more of a prioritization and listening to my energy levels as well. I tend to work best when I’m excited about something, so I tend to listen to that more than I used to and go to the places where I’ve got energy. But I also work very well to deadlines. It stresses me out when something’s looming, but I know that that’s when I’ll do my best work, so that’s important. The other thing I’d say with procrastination, for me, and getting things done, is that accountability is a big thing. I respond really well when other people have an expectation of me. It’s not just an internal expectation of myself. I don’t really respond well to that at all. I respond if other people are waiting for something. So if I really need to get something done, I publicly announce when it will be ready, and I’ve done that quite a few times. I Tweeted with the podcast that I just launched. I publicly announced that it was coming on the first of July before I had recorded an episode, and that motivates me a lot, because I don’t like to be seen missing a deadline. Kelton Reid: That’s right. How do you unplug at the end of a long day there? Darren Rowse: I have to stop working at 5pm. That’s just a family rule, and so that helps as well, and I find the shenanigans of family life pretty much force me out of work mode at that time. I do work once the kids go back to bed, and our kids are fairly young, so I can get back to work at sort of 7:30. But I tend not to do creative stuff at that time because I find if I allow myself to try and get creative at night, I don’t sleep. If I do more admin logistical stuff in the evenings, social media scheduling and all that kind of stuff, I find that almost puts me to sleep. I also always try and give myself at least half an hour between the last work I do and bed just to decompress a little, and that usually involves TV. Kelton Reid: Just a quick pause to mention that The Writer Files is brought to you by the Rainmaker Platform, the complete website solution for content marketers and online entrepreneurs. Find out more and take a free 14-day test drive at Rainmaker.FM/platform. Let’s talk about creativity some. I know you just mentioned creativity, inspiration, finding your passion and your energy. How do you define creativity? Why You Need a Balance Between Dreaming and Doing Darren Rowse: I think creativity for me is the process of turning a new, imaginative idea into reality, so for me, it’s got two parts. It’s about thinking and doing. The problem I see many people falling into the trap of is that they focus on one or the other. I think we all probably have a tendency to focus on one or the other, but we need to work on the other one. So for me, creative thinking and idea generation is what I love to do. I could sit there all day brainstorming, coming up with ideas, and dreaming of what could be, but for a while there, it didn’t really translate into doing a whole heap. So that’s the area that I have to work on. For me, it’s about completion. Again, that theme that came up earlier. I can think of ideas all day. I can start them, but not complete them, so that’s the area that I need to work on. For other people, I think they’re doers, and they don’t give enough time to the thinking and the dreaming and the imagining of what could be, so they end up doing and creating things that perhaps aren’t as imaginative as they could be. For me, creativity’s about finding the sweet spot between creative thinking and actual implementation and doing. Kelton Reid: Yeah. It’s interesting. You brought up before that you have a team that helps you get to that completion phase, but not everybody has both spheres, do they? Darren Rowse: No, and for me, until three years ago, I didn’t really have a team at all. One or two people I occasionally outsourced stuff to, but that was a big tension. Now I guess the tensions are that I ve got to manage people, and that’s not a skill that I really have and I need to grow as well. It really came down to just forcing myself to be organized and making appointments with myself to do those things I needed to do, which didn’t come naturally for me as a creative, airy-fairy kind of guy. Kelton Reid: We may have covered this already, but when do you feel most creative? Darren Rowse: I think there’s a number of things. Conversations with people often stimulate a creative moment for me, whether that be me having conversation with a friend, but also online, I find any sort of social media discussion stimulates ideas and creativity. Often when I do a webinar or even a podcast like this, I find, even preparing for this podcast. I had ideas and that creative thinking. I found myself going off on tangents in my thinking, so I think conversations are a big part of it for me. Getting input from podcasts and blogs and that type of thing. I also find that it’s when I’m not thinking about my work that I’m getting the creative ideas as well. So the shower — I know a lot of people say they get their best ideas in the shower. That’s me, but what I found is I was having my showers sandwiched by kid time. My kids would be there, and then I’d have a shower, and I’d get an idea, and the kids would be there. So I’ve started having showers later in the day so that I can then go and take those ideas that I have and implement them straightaway. I think the other part for me is just being healthy. This year I’ve really worked on my health a lot, and I’ve found myself being much more productive, but also much more creative. So I think all those factors play into when I’m most creative. Kelton Reid: Would you say that’s your creative muse at the moment? How to Get the Maximum Impact from Your Writing Darren Rowse: Yeah, I think so. I tend to get into little obsessions with things. So at times it’s photography, and at times, it’s health and walking, or those types of things. I think I need to keep mixing up that thing that I’m into, and when I do have a thing that I’m obsessed by, that often sparks and brings … I guess it just makes me feel alive. And when I feel alive, I’m more creative. It’s not that I do those things to make creativity come. It just is a byproduct. Kelton Reid: Just going back to the procrastination piece, Austin Kleon talks about productive procrastination and having multiple projects going all at once so that when you’re procrastinating on one project, you’re really being productive on another project. It kind of melds in with that thinking. You’ve seen so much writing, so much online writing and online publishing. What, in your mind, makes a truly great writer? Darren Rowse: I guess it depends on the medium and the style, but for me, I really respond to writers who are taking me on a journey, and I feel like they have thoughtfully taken me from one place to another. In my writing, what I am always trying to think about as I sit down to write is, What change am I trying to bring about in my reader? Whether that be a change in the way they feel, they think, whether it be giving them a new skill, giving them a sense of not feeling like they’re the only one, or a sense of belonging, or some new insight. I don’t want my readers to come away from the things that I write in the same state that they were when they started reading it, because that’s just wasting their time and mine. But if they go from point A to point B, that, to me, is success for my writing. I guess I’d translate that into most formats of writing, whether it be fiction or non-fiction. If I’ve changed as a result of reading a great book, then that’s great. That’s success. The same goes to how-to content that I focus on or other mediums. You want to be changing people, take them on a journey. Kelton Reid: Yeah. Do you have some favorite authors right now? Darren Rowse: To be honest, at the moment, I’ve not been doing as much reading as I should because I’ve been focusing more on podcasts. But I guess those audio books that I ve started to listen to, it’s been an interesting journey. I’m still not sure whether I enjoy the audio format or not, but I’ve reading — or listening to — Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, and I’m enjoying that. I’m still towards the beginning, so I’m not ready to talk about it yet. Another book that I’ve been listening to is Tom Rath’s Fully Charged, which is all about having a full charge for your life, and that’s been interesting. This year I’ve also gone back. I’ve tried to make this year a year where I go back to books I’ve read before that have had some impact upon me. So I’ve gone back to Malcolm Gladwell’s Tipping Point, which started the journey for me, I guess, in some of my thinking. Then also, a book by an Aussie author, Gregory David Roberts, called Shantaram, which is sort of a fictional biography of his journeys as an escapee from a prison and went to India and had all these adventures, and no one really knows how much of the story’s true and how much of it’s not. It’s a whopping, massive book. It’s huge, but I just can’t wait for him to bring out a sequel. Although it’s been 20 years now, so maybe it’s not coming. Kelton Reid: You pull some really, really great quotes for your speaking engagements. Do you have a best-loved quote at the moment? Darren Rowse: Yeah, probably the one from the last year for me that I just keep coming back to and do use quite a bit in my speaking is John Schaar’s, The future is not someplace we’re going, but one we’re creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. The activity of making them changes both the maker and the destination. I’ve been using that quite a bit to encourage people to not just let their future happen to them, but to chase their dreams and take steps towards making their dreams and their futures a reality — the futures that they want rather than just falling into a future that maybe isn’t what they want. Kelton Reid: All right. Let’s do a couple fun ones. You may have already answered this. Do you have a favorite literary character? Darren Rowse: I’m not sure I would call my favorite literary character’s great works literature, but the ones that came to mind were all children’s characters. I don’t know if you ever came across the series called Biggles. It was a series of books that I read when I was probably eight or nine, and he was a pilot flying Sopwith Camels in World War I and World War II. There must have been heaps of these books, but he was always on an adventure. For me, that was probably my first experience of reading that just fired my imagination. Tintin — I don’t know if you ever came across Tintin? Kelton Reid: Oh yeah. Darren Rowse: Those were sort of graphic novels, I guess, in some ways, those comics are. My son has just started reading Tintin, and he is obsessed with it. I think Spielberg made the movie. So they’re probably two characters that come to mind because they bring out memories in me, but I can now also see the same thing happening in my children as they begin to read those books. Kelton Reid: If you could choose one author from any era for an all-expense-paid dinner to your favorite restaurant, who would you choose? Darren Rowse: Gosh. This is the third time this week I’ve been asked to have dinner with someone that I’ve wanted to meet. I always struggled with this question, but probably the one that comes to mind is one that I suspect you’ve not heard of, but another Aussie called Anh Do who wrote a great book called The Happiest Refugee. He’s a comedian, an Aussie comedian, one of the best-known Australian comedians. He comes from Vietnam originally and came to Australia as a refugee. I think he’d be pretty funny to have dinner with. He’s also just written this powerful story of overcoming challenges and doing some really amazing things. He’s also written a children’s book of the same topic, and my kids have really been impacted by that book. I’d love to sit with him and spend some time with him and hear his story from his mouth, and I guess, more so feedback the impact that he’s had on my kids learning about some really important lessons of life. Kelton Reid: Nice. Where would you take him? Darren Rowse: He’s got a Vietnamese background, so I do enjoy that food, so I’d let him choose some nice Vietnamese restaurant. Kelton Reid: Let me ask you, who or what has been your greatest teacher? Darren Rowse: I’d say my dad, probably. Dad was a pastor of a church, and so he spoke every week, and I saw him get up in front of people and communicate. He really didn’t have any agenda in self-promotion or anything other than really trying to serve people and make their lives better. I think that’s probably come across. I’ve picked that up in a lot of what I do. I’m perhaps not quite as humble as him, at times, and it’s hard to be in the social media environment where it’s me, me, me and promote yourself, promote yourself. I certainly didn’t see any of that in my father at all, and so that is a nice reminder to be a bit more grounded, perhaps. I try to live that. His heart for trying to help people and make people better through his communication is something that I try and live out as well in both my speaking but also writing. Kelton Reid: Nice. I skipped a question, which I’ll circle back to. Do you have a writer’s fetish at all? Darren Rowse: I don’t know that I really do. Most of my fetishes are probably more camera-related than writing. I like the look of all those typewriters that people have, but for me, I don’t have room on my shelves because I’ve got cameras everywhere. Kelton Reid: Got you. Can you offer any advice to fellow scribes on how to keep the ink flowing and the cursor moving? Darren Rowse: Yeah. I think for me, it’s about practice. You improve so much when you do. The rhythm of writing regularly — as much as I’m not in a daily rhythm at the moment, I think having certain times in the week where I write and edit and come up with ideas certainly is important for my writing and output. Write something meaningful to you that you know has the potential to change someone’s life. For me, that’s as much about being an effective communicator, but also it comes into the writing process as well. If I know that what I’m writing has the potential to really help someone, then I’m bringing much more energy and creativity to that process. Then fill your cup. If you’ve just got to keep giving input if you want to produce and so don’t let yourself get dry. Find the inspiration that you need in all areas of your life. I think the better your life is going, the better your output. Unless you want to be a poet or write angsty stuff. Maybe you need a bad life to do that. I don’t know. Kelton Reid: Where can fellow writers connect with you out there? Darren Rowse: I think probably the best place is ProBlogger, on Twitter @ProBlogger and then ProBlogger.com has all the different aspects of the ProBlogger brand, so it’s kind of a portal into the rest of the podcast and the blog and the ebooks and the different aspects of what I do. Kelton Reid: I do encourage writers to find the podcast, and it is available on iTunes and other reputable podcast publishing platforms. Darren Rowse: That’s right. Kelton Reid: Very good. Darren, thank you so much. You’re a huge inspiration to me and I know to lots of other writers both online and off, so thank you so much for taking the time to chat with me and do your Writer File. Darren Rowse: Thanks. Nice to chat with you. Kelton Reid: Thanks for tuning into The Writer Files. Now, go turn some of those crazy dreams into something that we can read. For more episodes of The Writer Files and all of the show notes, or to leave us a comment or a question, drop by WriterFiles.FM. You can always chat with me on Twitter @KeltonReid. Cheers. See you out there.

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