She's Creative with Claire Hutchison

i-D editor Róisín was the Blue Pencil First Novel Award winner of 2020 and has written for the likes of The Atlantic, Vice and the New Statesman.We chatted about what she looks for in a pitch, her Blue Pencil First Novel Award win and what she has learned throughout her career.Follow the podcast: twitter.com/shescreativepodinstagram.com/shescreativepod/facebook.com/shescreativepodFollow me:twitter.com/_clairehutchinstagram.com/_clairehutch/Follow Róisín:twitter.com/rosielannersinstagram.com/rosielanners

Alya is a journalist and author of the bestselling non-fiction book The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes. She is a columnist at Restless and has written for the likes of New York Magazine, The Telegraph and Refinery 29.She discussed using social media as a tool to get your foot in the door, doing shifts at Grazia and The Debrief, trying your hand at different jobs as a freelancer, her pitching process and how she finds stories, the importance of doing lots of reading, writing a column for Restless Network, building a social media following, her book The Greater Freedom and how it came to fruition, and her newsletter The Greater Conversation.Follow the podcast: twitter.com/shescreativepodinstagram.com/shescreativepod/facebook.com/shescreativepodko-fi.com/shescreativepodFollow Alya:https://twitter.com/alyamoorohttps://www.instagram.com/alyamooro/https://linktr.ee/alyamooro

Henrie hosts the weekend early breakfast show on Kiss FM and co-hosts the Spotify Studios podcast Who We Be Talks. She also works with No Signal radio and is a Dazed100 winner of 2020.She discussed how to get started in radio, doing work experience at BBC Radio 1 Xtra, being chosen to host a BBC Radio 1 Christmas show, presenting Who We Be Talks, working as a DJ and voice-over artist, her YouTube project Is Your Area Changing and presenting on Kiss FM.Follow the podcast: twitter.com/shescreativepodinstagram.com/shescreativepod/facebook.com/shescreativepodko-fi.com/shescreativepodFollow Henrie:https://twitter.com/HenrieVIIIhttps://www.instagram.com/henrieviii/YouTube

Shon has written for the likes of The Guardian, Vice and Dazed and hosts the Call Me Mother podcast. Her upcoming book The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice comes out in September.She discussed leaving law to do creative work, doing stand-up, presenting content for Novara Media, having a column in Dazed, exhibiting her short films at the Tate Britain 'Queer British Art' exhibition, the value of having a day job while freelancing, writing about pop culture, what to expect from her upcoming book and how she wrote it.Follow the podcast: twitter.com/shescreativepodinstagram.com/shescreativepod/facebook.com/shescreativepodko-fi.com/shescreativepodFollow Shon:https://twitter.com/shonfayehttps://www.instagram.com/shon.fayehttps://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/141689/shon-faye.html

Megan is a columnist for the New Statesman and has written essays, fiction and reviews for The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The Guardian. Her debut novel, Acts of Desperation, was published last month, becoming a Times bestseller and being named as a book of 2021 by the likes of The Observer and Stylist. We chatted about writing essays and opinion pieces, doing readings and performances, how she was approached by an agent, how she wrote Acts of Desperation, what it was like to release a book during the pandemic and what she is working on next.Follow the podcast: twitter.com/shescreativepodinstagram.com/shescreativepod/facebook.com/shescreativepodko-fi.com/shescreativepodFollow Megan:twitter.com/mmegannnolaninstagram.com/mmegannolan/megannolan.org/Acts of Desperation

Zing is an author, journalist, documentary host and podcaster. The Vice UK executive editor is also a BBC Sounds host and author of the Forgotten Women book series. Zing has also written for publications such as Vogue, The Guardian and BuzzFeed.We chatted about what she has learned from working for Wonderland, Dazed and Vice, how to write for Vice and her top pitching tips, her Forgotten Women series and how she wrote all 4 books in a year while working full-time, podcasting, and side hustles like copywriting and public speaking.Follow the podcast: twitter.com/shescreativepodinstagram.com/shescreativepod/facebook.com/shescreativepodko-fi.com/shescreativepodFollow Zing:twitter.com/misszinginstagram.com/miss_zingForgotten women book seriesUnited Zingdom podcast

Naoise was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award in 2020. Her debut novel Exciting Times was a Sunday Times bestseller and has been shortlisted for several awards, widely translated and optioned for TV. Exciting Times is out now in paperback and has been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Naoise also writes essays, criticism and features.We chatted about her writing process, securing an agent, releasing a novel during lockdown, her next book and advice she has for aspiring authors.Follow the podcast: twitter.com/shescreativepodwww.instagram.com/shescreativepod/www.facebook.com/shescreativepodko-fi.com/shescreativepodFollow Naoise:https://www.naoise.xyz/https://www.naoise.xyz/novelshttps://twitter.com/NaoiseDolanhttps://www.instagram.com/naoisedolan/

Diyora's writing has been featured in the likes of Vice, Refinery29 and The Independent. She is the First Person Editor at gal-dem magazine and host of the podcast Broccoli Book Club. She runs The Freelance Fraud newsletter and was previously the National Editor of The Tab.We chatted about learning on the job vs. doing a journalism degree, work burnout, self-worth getting tied in with success, finding the bravery to leave a job that no longer serves you, podcasting with Broccoli Content, convincing editors to commission you, dealing with rejection & career jealousy, and working as an editor at gal-dem!Follow the podcast: twitter.com/shescreativepodwww.instagram.com/shescreativepod/www.facebook.com/shescreativepodko-fi.com/shescreativepodFollow Diyora:twitter.com/thediyorainstagram.com/thediyora/