
Since you're listening to Creative Elements, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Rocketship.fm and Freelance to Founder. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. Try Grammarly for free and save 20% on Grammarly Premium Start your free trial of Savv圜al and get your first month free using promo code ELEMENTS Try Podia and save 15% for life as a Creative Elements listener Support this show through Buy Me A Coffee In this episode, we talk about how Newspaper Blackout led to Steal Like An Artist, when he knows it’s time to write another book, the pros and cons of self-publishing, why Austin doesn’t believe he’s business savvy, and the role of Luck in Austin’s ability to make a living as a full-time writer.Įnroll in my course on podcasting, Podcast Like The Pros In previous lives, he worked as a librarian, a web designer, and an advertising copywriter.


He speaks for organizations such as Pixar, Google, SXSW, TEDx, and The Economist. New York Magazine called his work “brilliant,” The Atlantic called him “positively one of the most interesting people on the Internet,” and The New Yorker said his poems “resurrect the newspaper when everybody else is declaring it dead.”

He’s been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, PBS Newshour, and in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. His books have been translated into dozens of languages and have sold over a million copies worldwide.

He’s also the author of Newspaper Blackout, a collection of poems made by redacting the newspaper with a permanent marker. Austin Kleon is the New York Times bestselling author of a trilogy of illustrated books about creativity in the digital age: Steal Like An Artist, Show Your Work!, and Keep Going.
