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Getting over the 'cringe' of self-promotion

Olivia Rafferty, Lori Schkufza, and Joi on how they power through promoting their work

Dec 11, 2025 • Adrianna Nine

Promoting your own work is embarrassing

Social anxiety + trying to hype up my book = a lot of nervous sweating

Nov 19, 2025 • Adrianna Nine

Boredom is the secret sauce

It's hard to trust your own voice when your head is full of someone else's.

Oct 3, 2025 • Adrianna Nine

Jack of all trades, master of none

Are you trying to do too much?

Sep 5, 2025 • Adrianna Nine

How to shift out of "work brain" and into creative mode

Adapting Emily Nagoski's emotional floor plan model for creativity—because moving toward art isn't terribly different from moving toward lust.

Jul 25, 2025 • Adrianna Nine

Who are you trying to impress, anyway?

Jun 13, 2025 • Adrianna Nine

Coverage does not equal endorsement

Being afraid to discuss the bad stuff probably isn't the hallmark of a healthy, art-forward society.

Apr 18, 2025 • Adrianna Nine

Brag to me, please

We all deserve to bask openly in our accomplishments.

Mar 7, 2025 • Adrianna Nine

Inside ThriftBooks, your local library's low-cost BFF

Nothing says "circular economy" like a warehouse full of 2.5 million used books.

Feb 21, 2025 • Adrianna Nine

The time is now for creative solidarity

We might practice different art forms, but our struggles are one and the same.

Jan 24, 2025 • Adrianna Nine

Building self-confidence as a creative

To put yourself out there is to open yourself up to rejection. How do you hang onto your confidence through it all?

Jan 10, 2025 • Adrianna Nine

All "I'm too small to make a difference" thinking is cancelled

We are all earthworms—which means we're all capable of changing the world.

Dec 13, 2024 • Adrianna Nine

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