#StrongWomenWrite is a unique literary organization for female authors who want to Write Better Fight Scenes, Strong Female Characters, and call attention to their work. Our podcast will connect you with women writers at various stages who will share their writing, their journey, & inspire you with tangible ways to create the write-life you desire. Visit our website for more about us, events, or to become a guest or sponsor. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stron ...
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Looking to build a career in the creative arts? Join us as we speak to those who have done just that! Creative producer Gina Benou, author/composer Johanna Craven and their fabulous artistic guests talk marketing, money, inspiration and much more. Find out more at www.artyficialdreams.org
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Strength, Life as a Stunt Woman, What's Missing in Action: Michelle Elise Shock
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California actress and stunt woman, Michelle Elise Shock, joins us to discuss strength, life as a stunt woman, and what’s missing in action/fight scenes from her perspective. . Originally from Florida, Michelle Elise Shock, is a stunt performer now residing in California. Her artistic roots are in classical acting, Shakespeare, musical theater, imp…
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Supporting Young Authors: Michelle Midnight
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YA Author, Michelle Midnight, joins us to talk about being a young author, conquering her comfort zone, and what more seasoned, older authors can do to support the generation that will follow. Michelle Midnight is an 18 year-old high school senior whose hobbies are reading, programming, which she has done since the age of twelve (12), and writing, …
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Award-winning Horror Author & Poet, Linda D. Addison, joins us in National Poetry Month to discuss misconceptions of Horror, responsibility in writing, and the other side of being 'first'. Linda D. Addison is an award-winning author of four (4) collections, including How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend, and the first African-American re…
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Special Podcast: Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women
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Special guest author, Lisa See, joins #StrongWomenWrite to celebrate the release of her new novel, The Island of Sea Women, and discuss unique stories found in family histories, strengths of the women she has chosen to write about, and what we can learn from them. Lisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of The Island of Sea Women, The Tea…
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Get Into Character for 2019: Nicole Evelina, Sheri Fink
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Our first podcast of 2019 kicks off Women's History Month and the official relaunch of #StrongWomenWrite. Special guest authors Nicole Evelina and Sheri Fink join us to celebrate the history of women as authors, opportunities that lay ahead for female authors, what the characters we create say about us, and the rewards you can experience from break…
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Episode #10: Writing for TV- and the elusive publishing deal- with Danielle Jawando
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Are you a writer seeking that elusive traditional publishing deal? Are you struggling with an inbox full of rejection letters? Young Adult author Danielle Jawando is here to tell us how she went about securing an agent and multi-book publishing deal. She's also got some great advice on breaking into TV. Don't miss it!…
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Episode #9: Is art a real job? - with a special panel of season one guests.
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Dealing with the perception that working in the arts is not a 'real job' is a challenge that creatives face on a regular basis. In our special season one finale, our panel discusses why art is so often seen as a trivial hobby, rather than a career. We also chat about the challenges of imposter syndrome and how these two issues are related. Join our…
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Episode #8: Launching a Creative Company- with Adam Small
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We're in London today at the rehearsal space of Wild Child Productions. (And right under the flight path of LCY...) We're chatting with Wild Child's founder, Adam Small about the logistics and challenges of launching a new company as well as his journey of taking his latest work, Michael Morpurgo's 'Kensuke's Kingdom' to Edinburgh Fringe. This epis…
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Episode 7: Introducing #StrongWomenWrite, with Khrys Vaughan
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Author Khrys Vaughan is passionate about promoting strong female characters- and the women who write them. The result? The amazing #StrongWomenWrite program; a series of networking events, tweet chats and fight scene workshops. (Yeah I know, cool, right?) Join us as we chat to Khrys about this very important movement, what inspired her to get start…
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Episode #6. A Career on the Opera Stage, with Maria Zoi
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Mezzo-soprano Maria Zoi is building herself an amazing global career on the opera stage— and she's here to tell us just how she does it. Join us for this inspiring interview as we talk travel, dealing with rejection, chasing your dreams and plenty more!
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Episode #5. Audio Book Narration, with Rebecca McKernan
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Today we head to London to chat with actress Rebecca McKernan about her career in audio book narration. This episode is packed with useful advice about getting started in the world of audio. If you're an actor or an author, don't miss it!
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Episode #4: Getting Started in Arts Marketing, with Gillian Edwards
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Arts marketing expert Gillian Edwards gives us some great tips for getting your work out into the world! We talk branding, social media marketing, tapping into trends and much more!
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Episode #3- Building a career in multiple fields, with Howard Ho
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Today we' re off to L.A. to chat with the multi-talented Howard Ho, who has built a career as a sound designer, writer and composer. Howard shares his techniques for balancing a career in multiple disciplines, discusses his Ovation Award nomination and explains how an unfortunate incident with Red Bull led him to the 'deep dive' approach to work he…
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Episode #2. Putting Yourself Out There, with Anna Thunstrom
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Ever felt reluctant to share your art with the world? Today we head to Sweden to chat with creative soprano, Anna Thunstrom about exactly that. Anna talks about the challenges of selling yourself when you really don't want to and the amazing work she's doing to bring classical music to a contemporary audience.…
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Episode 1. Creating a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign, with Bek Chapman
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Today we chat with singer/songwriter Bek Chapman; lead singer of Anne of the Wolves. Bek and her band produced their first full-length album via crowdfunding and has some great tips for artists looking to launch a similar campaign. Join us as we talk music, money, burning puppets and what to do if your car ends up in Frankston...…
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