Improvising a Creative Career with Substack Bestseller Beth Spencer of the Introvert Drawing Club

Hello, Protagonists!

Welcome back to the CREATIVE.INSPIRED.HAPPY Podcast, an interview series with incredibly successful writers about how they rose out of obscurity to build fulfilling careers. With each episode, I hope you'll learn something to make you more creative, inspired, or happy!

Beth Spencer and Harmonica, the cat

My guest today is Beth Spencer, a picture book author-illustrator, photographer, and founder of the staggeringly popular Introvert Drawing Club, an online community of 7,000 members she leads in ultra-relaxed drawing sessions.

But that’s not the only reason I invited her here today. I chose Beth for you because she is a wonderfully gentle leader who truly cares for her community, and I think you’ll be inspired by her path in art and writing.

Today we talk about how Beth succeeded in building a bestselling Substack platform although she didn’t know what she was doing when she started, how to find fulfillment in your work, and tips for getting started in a creative pursuit, even if you’ve been told your whole life that creativity wasn’t for you.

Tell us: Are you an extrovert or introvert?

I hope you enjoy the show!¹

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GIVEAWAY: 3-Month Paid Subscription to the Introvert Drawing Club

Beth and I are partnering to give away a 3-month paid subscription to the Introvert Drawing Club!

To enter, just be a subscriber to CREATIVE.INSPIRED.HAPPY:

I will choose a random winner from my subscriber list on Sunday, June 23, 2024 and will update this post once the winner has confirmed via email.

UPDATE: The winner is Anjana P. Congrats and enjoy!

As promised in the podcast, Beth made cute badges for her community! Here’s her “Created with Human Intelligence” badge, which you can download in lots of different colors to use when your creativity sparks!

And this is the book she mentioned on the podcast: Attention Span by Gloria Mark.

CREATIVE.INSPIRED.HAPPY is a friendly, vibrant community of thousands who believe that EVERYONE can spark creativity and build an inspired, happier life.

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photo credit in intro video: Arturo Holmes/WireImage via Getty Images (Evelyn Skye attends Netflix's "Damsel" New York Premiere at Paris Theater in New York City); Erin Ashford (Evelyn at Stanford sculpture)