🎙 INTERVIEW: Why We Need Your Art w/ Amie McNee
** This is a LIVE interview with author Amie McNee about the craft of writing and reality of building a writing career. Attendees will be sent a recording after the interview. **
How can we break free of perfectionism and keep showing up to make art? Why is making art, even quietly, a radical act?
“The creative life is always a life of vulnerability.” — Amie McNee
After receiving hundreds of rejections from publishers, Amie McNee decided to choose herself—and share her creative journey on her Instagram account @inspiredtowrite. What followed was a growing community of nearly half a million fellow artists and seekers, drawn to her blend of honesty, humor, and creative resilience. Amie is now a bestselling author, a sought-after guest on major podcasts, and a voice of permission and possibility for writers everywhere.
Join us for a conversation with Amie as we discuss staying grounded through success and setbacks, forging a creative life on your own terms, and why she believes art is both essential and revolutionary. We’ll also go behind the scenes of the writing and publishing of her latest book, We Need Your Art: Stop F*cking Around and Make Something.
We’ll also explore:
Her fascination with medieval erotica and art
Her experience of self-published vs traditional publishing
Making a living as a writer
How to mess up the existing rules in art and create new ones
Her process for marketing her book, and how she’s landed interviews with hosts like Jay Shetty and Martha Beck
The role of vulnerability and rejection as a writer
About Amie McNee
Amie is a trained historian turned creativity coach, writer, and speaker best known for her popular Instagram account, @InspiredtoWrite and The Unpublished Podcast. She’s self-published two historical fiction novels: The Rules Upheld by No One, Regrettably, I Am About to Cause Trouble. Her latest book is We Need Your Art: Stop F*cking Around and Make Something, a manifesto on the vital, human importance of creating.
Your London Writers' Salon Hosts:
Parul Bavishi and Matt Trinetti are the co-founders of the London Writers' Salon, creators of the webby-nominated Writers' Hour daily writing sessions, and hosts of the London Writers' Salon podcast.
Parul Bavishi has been an editor for over a decade. In addition to running LWS she helps thriller, YA and non-fiction writers level up their craft and get published. She writes and edits for the Story Grid. She has worked as an editor and literary scout at Random House, Quercus & Eccles Fisher. She analyses TV hit shows (Killing Eve, Ozark, Game of Thrones) on the Story Grid Showrunners Podcast.
Matt Trinetti is a writer, publisher, TEDx speaker, and facilitator. In addition to running LWS, Matt designs programs to help unfulfilled professionals pursue creative work, start businesses, and reinvent their careers. Matt's work has appeared in Quartz, Observer, Creative Mornings, and on his blog GiveLiveExplore.
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