In We Need Your Art, Amie McNee calls artists and aspiring artists of all kinds to do the work they're meant to do: create.

Using her own experiences as a novelist and the inspiration she's shared as a creative coach, Amie guides you on why we need your art and how you can make it happen--starting with a two-week reset plan to help you kick-start your creative habit. This isn't about writing your great novel in a month or painting a masterpiece in a flurry of inspiration. Rather, this process is about practicing small, sustainable creative steps every day over time--five hundred words of writing each day, a pencil sketch every evening--so that you avoid burnout, produce consistent, reliable content on your own terms, and begin to see yourself as an artist.

With frank and empowering conversations on the many issues creatives face, including impostor syndrome, perfectionism, procrastination, and the inner critic, as well as invitations to coronate yourself and celebrate your ambition, Amie provides the framework and encouragement you need to begin to take your art seriously. Each chapter also includes journal prompts that help you apply what you have learned to your new life.

We Need Your Art is a revolutionary reprogramming of everything we have been taught and told about being a creative, removing the shame and fear we may feel at dubbing ourselves artists and inviting us to create proudly, with celebration. This book is a warm hug, a pep talk, the wise teacher you always wanted, the loving parent you needed, and the fire in your belly that you need to get roaring.

1535, Oxfordshire.

Lady Maude Shaftsberry has it all sorted. She will marry the well-connected lord, ascend the ranks of the Tudor court, and be mother to a small battalion of boys. But Maude has a secret that she carries everywhere: a birthmark that stretches over her stomach and between her legs. Is it a mark of fertility? Did her mother rub her pregnant belly too vigorously on the full moon? Or is it the sign of a witch?

Her new husband is certain it's the latter. Maude, faced with annulment and the nunnery, must make her own way.

The witches in town are the only ones who will give her refuge, but staying in the apothecary comes at a price. She must help and assist the witches. Surrounded by potions, star charts, a fairy, who appears to be a very large and handsome man who helps around the house, Maude begins to realise there is a strange and seductive power in being outcast.

Regrettably, I am About to Cause Trouble is a tale about being ostracised, and finding our power and family in unusual places.

When Queen Elizabeth I is nearly assassinated, the rebellious heir to a criminal legacy seizesan opportunity for a better life.

London, 1579. In the treacherous alleyways of London, Jack has left the life of petty crime behind them with the hope of making amends for her past by rooting out murderers. The daughter of a notorious and infamous father who controls the slums, Jack doesn't have a safe place to land and dreams of a better life. When someone makes an attempt on the Queen's life, it is up to Jack to catch the would-be-assassin and change her future forever.

With the help of her mentor, Damian, who works as a coroner, and relying on criminal connections from her past to get information, Jack is officially on the case. But Jack's informants keep turning up dead, and every time Jack has a lead, the rug is pulled from under her feet. As Jack and Damian follow the trail of evidence, they will have to figure out who can be trusted.

With the promise of redemption hanging over Jack's head, she will have to uncover who orchestrated the assassination attempt before she meets an untimely end in this historical mystery perfect for fans of Tasha Alexander.

There is no dowry left for Elisabeth Knolly. She is destined for a nunnery, for eternal chastity - which is a good thing - because she doesn't want to do that with anyone.

But the devil is at her back, tempting her with impure thoughts about her tutor, Samuel. Her parents, deeply ashamed of their libidinous daughter, do everything they can to keep Elisa's thoughts from bodily pleasures. When she finally finds refuge in the nunnery, Elisa breathes a sigh of relief. But shame and guilt about her true nature follow her everywhere and it becomes apparent that the rules of the nunnery are not being obeyed. There's a phallic shaped piece of wood hidden behind St Jerome's books in the library and there are even rumours that the nunnery's chaplain is defiling women. Elisabeth seeks shelter from the realities of the convent with Sister Constance and Sister Isabella, but with King Henry's commitment to dissolving the abbeys, the sisters are left to fend for themselves.

Elisa, not knowing where to turn, finds sanctuary in one of London's infamous stews.

When Queen Elizabeth I is nearly assassinated, the rebellious heir to a criminal legacy seizesan opportunity for a better life.

London, 1579. In the treacherous alleyways of London, Jack has left the life of petty crime behind them with the hope of making amends for her past by rooting out murderers. The daughter of a notorious and infamous father who controls the slums, Jack doesn't have a safe place to land and dreams of a better life. When someone makes an attempt on the Queen's life, it is up to Jack to catch the would-be-assassin and change her future forever.

With the help of her mentor, Damian, who works as a coroner, and relying on criminal connections from her past to get information, Jack is officially on the case. But Jack's informants keep turning up dead, and every time Jack has a lead, the rug is pulled from under her feet. As Jack and Damian follow the trail of evidence, they will have to figure out who can be trusted.

With the promise of redemption hanging over Jack's head, she will have to uncover who orchestrated the assassination attempt before she meets an untimely end in this historical mystery perfect for fans of Tasha Alexander.