Hey Reader,

I woke up to this message this morning from a client:

It says:

THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY because the person in question is an actual creative genius and I know how painful it’s been for her to not make the things she wants to make.

Also the things she wants to make are incroyable and I’m already excited, she sent me pics of what she’d been working on just a few hours after our chat.

(It also reminded me: I’m really good at what I do and sometimes we need to remember that about ourselves. In case you need a reminder today: you’re really good at what you do. Don’t forget that.)

If you’d like to work with me, I’d LOVE to invite you to join me for a month of Write Every Damn Day On Easy Mode. I’m ridic excited about it as you’ll see from the video on this page.

I want to work with 10 people before the end of May — are you one of them?

Right.

On to Friday’s Goodie Bag. Ready?

Why scientists are putting tiny hats on birds

Creativity is everywhere, not just in art. Which is why we should be thinking about STEAM in education, not STEM. Art matters just as much as science.

​See here — Hannah Fry explains mating attraction in birds and how male birds dress up so the female birds can choose the fanciest one. Which is why scientists are putting tiny hats on birds.

This absolute banger of an article from Margo Aaron

Margo Aaron is one of my favourite writers and thinkers, and her work never ever disappoints. It always dazzles, in fact.

She wrote a guest post here after being asked by a fellow mum, “Do you work?” and it incensed her, because women’s domestic work is unvalued, devalued, and — well, read it for yourself.

This wet floor sign

Sometimes you want to make your point visually, wordily, and comically. This warning sign has all of the above.

Thanks to my buddy Dan for sending me this:

Senja’s incredibly useful AI analysis tool

I’ve been raving about Senja for a couple of weeks now, ever since I signed up. It’s testimonial software and it’s the only thing I’ve ever found that has got me actually trying to collect and use testimonials. My incredible VA, Caroline, discovered that it has an inbuilt AI tool that will analyse every testimonial you collect or input and tell you:

• What your customers love about you
• Their pain points
• Common phrases they use
• What you can improve

I don’t think I need to tell you how valuable this is for sales and marketing messages, do I?

Plus, if your inner gremlins are on it, telling you you’re not good enough, you can pop into Senja, ask it to analyse what your customers love about you, and have it tell you why you’re brilliant. Which is priceless.

If you’d ilke to try Senja, it’s free until you get past 20 testimonials, then it’s still a flipping bargain. Please use this link and I’ll get a little kickback too.

This acapella version of Sound of Silence

I love me a little acapella, and when YouTube threw this at me, I caught it with open arms. I’d not heard of Pentatonix before, but now I’m obsessed.

The Sound of Silence is one of my favourite sound-blankets anyway (the original, the Disturbed version, and now this one) so I absolutely loved this.

And finally, here’s a picture I drew of my TinySheep Picard staring thoughtfully into the distance, and composing sheepy haiku:

Happy FriYAY!

And remember kids: I can help unleash your creativity, and I really really want to!

​Get Write Every Damn Day On Easy Mode here.

TTFN,

Vicky

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