In this episode, Maine photographer Matt Stagliano speaks with Nicole York: author, photographer, digital artist, educator, and creative visionary behind The Artist's Forge. Nicole is the quintessential artist, mastering her craft in nearly everything she does, and is also one of the smartest people in the industry.

This week she released her newest book called Vanished, which is a Gaslamp Fantasy novel.

This wide ranging conversation covers the connection between hobbies and snails, how she finds balance in a hectic schedule of doing "all the things," how independent authors are finding strength in numbers on TikTok, and they even discuss the ethics and philosophy of AI in art.

To see more of Nicole's work please visit nicoleyork.com

For the full video version, please visit the YouTube playlist.