Episode 265, My Creative Life, 265 Adriana Bergstrom, Author and Illustrator, interview is now live! Listen to Adriana share her journey from writing and illustrating her picture book, Abuelita & I Make Flan, published by Charlesbridge Publishing, while taking classes from Storyteller Academy.
Listen: /pod/profile/nmillerillustration/episodes/265-Adriana-Hernndez-Bergstrom--Author-and-Illustrator-e366oga
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I stopped at the @bnoglethorpemall BN in Savannah at the OMall to see my picture book, Sun, Moon and Star: A Folktale from Korea on display.
Saturday, May 16 at 3 pm.
I will be there to do a storytime, craft, and book signing!
I hope to see my local friends at the event!
Side note Li Xin @lixin.illustration picture book I Lived Inside A Whale is right below mine. 🥰😍 Listen to her My Creative Life Podcast interview @mclarts
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Wow! I just finished interviewing for @mclarts EC Myers ecmyers.com Andre Norton Nebula Award-winning and NYT bestselling kidlit author. @e.c.myers 🤯😍
Please go check out EC's website:
ecmyers.net or Bluesky ecmyers.com or IG!
Interview to air Dec. 2026!
Thank you so much @carrenjao Carren Jao, kidlit author to be a guest on My Creative Life podcast. Carren is an agency sib with BRADFORD LITERARY AGENCY, INC. and rep'd by Kaitlyn Sanchez. She is a gem of an author and a heartwarming person from the moment we chatted online. Her book, The Shape of Love, was the New Voices Award Winner LEE & LOW BOOKS. Her interview will air towards the end of the year.
In the meantime, go check out her website:
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Thank you to Heather Morris, kidlit author, for sharing her journey of blending her love of science and writing together to make her books. I had the pleasure of meeting Heather in person several years ago at an SCBWI Conference. It's nice to come full circle and have her be a guest on the My Creative Life Podcast. The episode will air later this year.
Go check out her books: /books/
I just saw these books in the wild! My guests @carolynbfraiser and @juliepkoon 🥰 Yeah!!!
M is for Mason Jar by Carolyn B Fraiser Art by Sally Garland
City Farm by Julie Koon
Go check them out from your local library!
Congratulations to my former guests, and go to the profile to listen to their interviews 👏
Episode 264, My Creative Life Podcast, with Nancy So Miller. I interviewed the wonderful Kristy Acevedo author of YA novels Fallout and The Warning, Sourcebooks. Kristy has such a wonderful and encouraging heart, and truly learned some great tips for writing novels. She is that rare spirit of a veteran teacher, and she understands how hard it can be in the world of publishing. I love her perspective on writing! While reading her first book in the series, I could hear her voice reading it to me! I am seriously honored to have met her in person!
Click the link to the profile to listen!
Go read her books!
I finally met @carolynbfraiser at the Statesboro Author Festival! She is a magical author and a lovely person.
Go check out her picture book, M is for Mason Jar.
Saw my lovely friends, Chang Li @via.li_art and Kelly Kiviranna 💕 and made a new friend. They are such incredibly skilled artists. Honored to call them friends. 🥰😍🤩
Had a lovely chat with my fellow Holiday House Publishing, Inc., Inc. author/illustrator, David Bruggink, @davidbruggink creator of Pia in the Forest, coming Jul 21, 2026. David shared how he started writing and illustrating his own stories on his commute to work and how he balances his work and creative life.
Check out David's work: /
Congrats on your forthcoming book, David!
My Creative Life, Episode 263: David McMullins @davidmcmullinpb and Robb Hillman share how they’re planning for financial freedom to support a creative life.
This is a topic that doesn’t get talked about enough in the creative world. I grew up thinking that discussing finances was poor manners, so hearing this conversation felt especially meaningful. David and Robb generously open up about their journey—how they’ve aligned their finances with their creative goals, and how they’re building a life that allows them to travel and create long-term.
Listen to the episode here or link in profile:
/episode/47n9sDOzwWb2pfk85yfUXt?si=x0JlKLqSTOiuTqnnPgzOFw
And check out their YouTube channel to follow their latest travels:
/@tendegreeswarmer
Episode 262 of My Creative Life Podcast, guest is Erika Totoro, a stop-motion creator whom I met while teaching last summer. Erika is doing some amazing work in stop-motion animation. More about Erika:
Erika Totoro is a stop-motion director, writer, and producer. Her work has appeared in 70+ festival official selections and received numerous awards, including the NATAS Southeast Emmy Student Production "best Animation Award."
Link in the profile to listen to the episode.
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