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Natali Simmonds
Mar 7, 20245 min read
Why the Suffering Artist Archetype is so damaging for creatives
The ‘suffering artist’ is a romanticised archetype that has been perpetuated throughout history in literature, film, and popular culture....
Natali Simmonds
Dec 6, 20235 min read
Self-promotion for creatives: Getting seen is the key to success
The arts and business don’t mix. They should. They need to. But no one likes to talk about the two together. I’ve been a published...
Natali Simmonds
Jun 22, 20235 min read
More Than A Thriller
Good Girls Die Last is feminist reality wrapped in fiction I was so tired of crying. It was the summer of 2021 and the news was full of...
Natali Simmonds
May 10, 20236 min read
Luck & The Artist: Does luck have anything to do with creative success?
I hear it often — "You’re so lucky!" In itself, "you’re so lucky" is a perfectly innocuous phrase. There are a lot of things in my life...
Natali Simmonds
Apr 12, 20235 min read
My Experience of Burnout as an Author (and How You Can Avoid It)
It was May 2019 and I’d recently turned forty. I didn’t feel right. In fact, I felt so little like myself I went to see a doctor. ‘I...
Natali Simmonds
Mar 14, 20235 min read
Inspiration & Emotion: How to utilise what you're feeling to create great art
There are two types of creatives in this world; those who are hounded day and night by ideas forcing their way into the mind with jagged...
Natali Simmonds
Feb 16, 20235 min read
A Creative's Guide To Success and Sanity: The power of creative diversification
How do you become a success in the arts without losing your mind? That’s a question I’ve been asking myself for decades. Unlike other...
Carmine Pariante
Feb 8, 20236 min read
How do you keep sane as a creative? An interview with our new columnist, novelist Natali JÂ Simmonds
I meet Natali over Zoom from her house in the Netherlands. This is not our first online meeting — in fact, online is how I met her a...
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