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Articles filed in: Creativity
Doing The Work Anyway
filed in Creativity, Meaningful Work, News, Storytelling, Worldview
Some people might say it takes a certain kind of madness to work on a project nobody is waiting for. Who in their right mind devotes months or even years to creating something no one said they wanted? And yet, that’s what our art requires of us. We show up and do it anyway, not because someone asked us to but because our persistent heart tells us we must.
Recently, I published my latest novel, Every Shade of Love. Nobody asked me to write it. No editor was eagerly waiting for me to turn in the manuscript, no publishing house shouting from the rooftops about its imminent arrival.
You didn’t say you wanted this book, but I spent nearly three years making it anyway, with love, for you.
Creativity Is A Journey
filed in Creativity, Meaningful Work, Storytelling
Eleven years ago, I discovered blogging. Inspired by my clients’ stories and their questions, I began posting weekly, then daily for a while. I hadn’t written for an audience since I left school more than thirty years before. Nobody was more surprised than I was to discover that people wanted to read what I wrote here and in the books that followed.
Fast forward to 2019, when I decided it was finally time to follow my heart and begin writing my debut novel set in Dublin. And today, I’m thrilled to share it with you. The Making of Her publishes in the U.S. today and is available through all great bookstores. The Australian edition was published in May with an equally gorgeous cover.
You can hear a sample of Aoife McMahon’s brilliant audiobook performance here.
If I hadn’t spent a decade blogging, I wouldn’t have had the courage to begin writing a novel. I have every reader who subscribed to, read and shared my blog to thank for showing me that creativity is a journey, not a destination.