Sadvertising is a short fiction series by writer, Ennis Cehic which explores the existential dramas of working in the creative industry. Formerly, Ennis worked as a copywriter at CHE Proximity.

Sometimes feedback can be a killer, says Josie Burns, ACD at Host/Havas.

Nadia Ahmad is an art director at BMF and the creator of Handvas, the handy way to display your prints (Awesome. Google. Buy.). She’s here to give us a reality check.

Ryan Clayton is a senior art director at Ogilvy Melbourne—and he’s found the light.

Josh Robbins is an artist. A former Clemenger BBDO Melbourne Creative Director, he said goodbye to the industry he love-hated to eat less chips, see more of his family, and create beauty.

Moira Cotnoir is a copywriter at McCann Melbourne. She is mid-way through writing her first novel, is looking to publish her first children's book, and writes for Gabberish about competitive forces impeding the creative process.

Awards make you feel fantastic—if you win them. But in an industry that prizes them so heavily, how do you feel if you don’t?

Darby Hudson is a poet and artist who had a brief fling with advertising. He didn’t really win any awards, but his name was put on something he didn’t do so it looks like he did. You can find his book WALK at Readings.

We’re not always kind on ourselves. Lindsay Thompson is Creative Director at Khemistry in—here’s what his subconscious is telling him.

Jim Walsh and Jess Lilley are CDs at Leo Burnett Melbourne. They created a poster series from advice overheard in agency corridors, using a font created from the logos of creative agencies around the world.

Connor Beaver is an art director at The Monkeys Melbourne. He is also awful. Except when he’s great. When he’s not awful.

Some people like to draw. Others to sing. Niccola Phillips, Head of Art at M&C Saatchi Sydney, likes to crochet large amphibious creatures, make cookie monster costumes and mould porcelain rat skulls. The only problem is—she’s running out of room.

Rikki Burns works as a senior creative at Meerkats Perth. When she’s not contemplating her next big idea, she’s sending highbrow text messages examining life, the universe, and her insecurities. Here we get to see inside her brain via her text messages.

By day Jenny Ko is an art director at Sibling. By night, she bakes, and crafts things out of sugar—ribbons and flowers, and the odd vagina.

A Poem by Anonymous

Becoming a CD puts you in a different frame of mind, says Dan Grech, Associate CD at Goodby Silverstein & Partners.

Cam Blackley, CCO at M&C Saatchi Australia, channels his subconscious through the #peepsinmyhead.