The Complete Creative

Join Russell Nohelty (The Complete Creative) and Kristine and Colin Poole (artists) as they chat about building the career of your dreams.

By the end of this episode you will learn how networking can help you, use shows and social media to grow brand, get some pointers to stretch your mind to be more creative, and a lot of fun stuff especially in the world of entertainment. Enjoy!

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Colin and Kristine Poole are partners in both art and life. Kristine, a sculptor and Colin, both a painter and sculptor, work both individually and collectively. As Colin describes their sculptural collaborations, “We are both completely involved in all aspects of the process from the beginning. There isn’t any part that we don’t both have our hands in, both literally and figuratively.” Kristine adds, “We both bring specialized backgrounds to the table – my extensive background in ceramic sculpture and anatomical study is the perfect complement to Colin’s 25 years of experience as a professional painter and sculptor.”

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I sincerely hope you enjoy the interview.

You can find Kristine and Colin on...

Colin and Kristine Poolehttp://www.colinpoole.com/http://www.kristinepoole.com/https://www.instagram.com/kcpooleartists

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Join Russell Nohelty (The Complete Creative) and David D. Levine (Hugo Nominated author)  as they chat about Surviving Creative Burnout and Give some tips on how to be successful with your writing career.

By the end of this episode you will learn survival tips from having creative burnout, define your own brand of success, and you’ll also learn how to balance your passion and business. Enjoy!

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Although he has a long interest in reading and writing science fiction, he began as a writer of technical articles. He has primarily written short fiction; his first professional fiction sale came in 2001.

A long-time member of science fiction fandom and early member of MilwApa. He also co-edited a fanzine, Bento, with his late wife, Kate Yule, and has served as Convention Committee Chair for Potlatch. His short story "Ukaliq and the Great Hunt" appeared in The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Volume 2 (2003).

Although he grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Levine now lives in Portland, Oregon. In 2010, he spent two weeks in a simulated Mars habitat of the Mars Society, in Utah.

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I sincerely hope you enjoy the interview.

You can find David on...

Website: https://daviddlevine.com/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.d.levine.sf

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daviddlevine/

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/daviddlevine

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Join Russell Nohelty (The Complete Creative) as he talked about How to dominate on social media in less than one hour a week during a live show from World Fantasy convention in 2019.

By the end of this episode you will learn how to utilize social media properly, mastering one social media platform is much better using all social media platform at the same time, and spend less time while reaping the full benefits social media can give to you. Enjoy!

 

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Hi. I'm USA Today Bestselling author Russell Nohelty. I write the books you read. Some of them at least. Well, I hope you read my books. I guess that's a bit of a presumption on my part. At least I hope you read my books now if you haven't already. That would be cool.

I like to think of myself as Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, John Green, and Chuck Palahniuk's love baby. If you like them, you're almost guaranteed to like my stuff.

The goal of my writing is to combine entertaining plots with thought provoking ideas. I hope to incite conversations with the stories that I tell, but without the impossible density some literary novels face when dealing with difficult subjects.

I love thinking about reality, perception, righteousness, justice, religion, piety, love and the origins of it everything. Since that's what I love thinking about, it's also what I love to write, but I try to do so in an entertaining way real human people can enjoy. To me, entertainment is paramount.

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Join Russell Nohelty (The Complete Creative) and David Raiklen (composer-producer-host) as they chat about finding the rhythm of your creative career and give their perspective on living a complete creative lifestyle.

By the end of this episode you will learn a unique perspective on how to advance your career through being creative, get some pointers to stretch your mind to be more creative, and a lot of fun stuff specially in the world of entertainment. Enjoy!

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David Raiklen is a composer-producer-host. He was mentored by Oscar winner John Williams and Pulitzer Prize winner Mel Powel. Dr. Raiklen studied at USC and CalArts and later taught at those universities. He has worked for Fox, Sony, Disney, Sprint, Mattel, Warner Bros and PBS, plus many independent producers. Films he scored have starred Elliott Gould, Doug Jones, and Martin Sheen. David made the New York Film Critics Top Ten with the documentary Heist, the short list for an Academy Award® for Worth, and Mia, A Dancer’s Journey won the Emmy.

David Raiklen compositions have been performed at the Hollywood Bowl and Disney Hall. He is also host of a successful radio program, Classical Fan Club, where guests include Joshua Bell and John Williams; and is host and leader of The Academy of Scoring Arts seminars. David is currently producing and composing for Space Command, a series of epic adventures set in a hopeful future, and creating a Virtual Reality experience.

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I sincerely hope you enjoy the interview.

You can find David on...

Be Friends https://www.facebook.com/david.raiklen

Space Command Pilot https://youtu.be/o9bDvJnrOyI

Sound Cloud https://soundcloud.com/cinematicmusic1

Website: http://davidraiklen.com/wp/

email: [email protected]

youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzxmcE0I6UbomGFne0pb85w

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This week’s episode is Chrishaun Keller-Hanna. I’ve known Chrishaun for a while, and she’s one of my book marketing clients, but then I was listening to the Sell More Books show and heard her as the guest host, and completely went digging to learn everything I could about her.

She’s the real deal. Mentored by Michael Anderle, she learned from all of his successes and failures, and then went to launch her own successful series. Chrishaun talks about her journey to success including all the bumps along the way.

Listen to this episode if you want to learn:

How to be successful in a niche

How to diversify your offerings beyond just your core product

How to make sure your community functions like a living organism

Why geeking out about the things you love is so important to your success

And more.

If you liked this episode, go find Chrishaun on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram and let her know how much you enjoyed it. Also, find her Shaman States of America on this website.

Make sure to subscribe to this podcast, too, and visit www.thecompletecreative.com for tons of awesome resources that can help you build your own creative career.

Join Russell Nohelty (The Complete Creative) and Megan Risk (The Art of Megan E. Risk) as they chat about Dominating the convention scene and Tips to be a successful artist.

By the end of this episode, you will learn as an artist how to use your creativity to be successful in a convention scene, to do what you love and be successful, and how being adaptable can help you with your career as an artist. Enjoy!

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Megan Risk has been an art student since freshman year of High School. As a kid, she was always drawing. None of it was miraculous or evidence of her being any kind of child savant in art, but it was always very detailed and people seemed to like it. She enjoyed making things, so it worked out for everyone

Then she started to understand the fundamentals and realized what she could actually do with a pencil and paper or a brush and canvas. Even clay. And it just never stopped. She wants to learn everything, knowing she never will, but as long as she’s learning SOMETHING, she is happy.

In 2014, she started my creative business online where she sold hand-dyed and handspun yarn as well as crocheted items for those who don’t have time. She took drawing portrait commissions at the same time and supplemented her income while she worked as a sushi chef, which is what she originally thought she would be building a career in. She realized one day that it wasn’t. Where she has a deep respect for sushi making and working in a professional kitchen and will never forget the discipline and friends (and family) She gained along the way, every second she spent away from my artwork of the non-food kind felt like she was that much closer to shriveling up. SHE NEEDED to draw.

In January 2017, Megan gave up my day job and went full time into freelance art. Her bread and butter has been conventions and it’s been an ABSOLUTE BLAST. She can’t even believe this is my life right now.

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I sincerely hope you enjoy the interview.

You can find Megan on...

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meganerisk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MeganERisk/

Website: https://www.meganrisk.com/

 

This is the Kickstarter she talks about for her super creepy short story art book:

 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marionette/marionette

 

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This week I talk to one of my favorite fantasy artists, Naomi VanDoren, about what it takes to build a brand that sticks and endures for the long haul. I still remember the first time I saw Naomi's art at Worldcon 2018. I literally stopped dead in my tracks because I loved it so much, and then spent the next 15 minutes gushing about it to her. In the years since, I've spent a lot of time with Naomi at shows and grown to treasure her not just as an artist, but as a friend and fellow artrepreneur. 

This episode we talk about how to build a brand from scratch, what it takes to make a living as an artist, and how to transition into authorship after years as an artist.

Listen to this episode if you want to learn:

Learn how to experiment with your art effectively

How to figure out what you’re passionate about

The secrets to growing your brand

How to evolve your brand over time

And more.

You can check out Naomi’s work at:

https://www.naomivandoren.com/

Make sure to go to her site b/c she has one of the most cohesive art brands you will ever see.

If you liked this episode, go find Naomi on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram and let her know how much you enjoyed it. Also, subscribe to her Youtube channel for some awesome resources and beautiful process videos.

Make sure to subscribe to this podcast, too, and visit www.thecompletecreative.com for tons of awesome resources that can help you build your own creative career.

This week’s guest is artist and creator Melissa Pagluica, writer and artist for the Above the Clouds series, which raised $43,000 on Kickstarter.

Oh, and did I mention that was her first campaign?

This episode, we dig deep into what made her campaign, and her career work, what she does to keep going, and how she found success.

Listen to this episode if you want to learn:

How to write comics where the words don’t overpower the art

How to plan ahead in your writing

How to create an enduring fandom

What’s most important for Kickstarter success

And more.

There were also a couple of books that Melissa mentioned on this episode:

-Invisible Ink by Brian McDonald (she said McCloud) can be found here.

-Wired for Story by Lisa Cron can be found here.

You can also read all of Above the Clouds at:

http://www.atcloudscomic.com/

If you liked this episode, go find Melissa on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram and let her know how much you enjoyed it.

Make sure to subscribe to this podcast, too, and visit www.thecompletecreative.com for tons of awesome resources that can help you build your own creative career.

This week’s guest is Neo Edmund, author of the Alpha Huntress series, several Power Ranger books for Random House, and animation writer for such shows as Kaijudo.

Neo has taught me so much over the years, and I am excited that I got to have this conversation with him. Neo taught me all about panels, and tabling at conventions, and what makes a book sell while I was just getting my feet wet as an author.

Listen to this episode if you want to learn:

How to take risks strategically

Why even if you’re scared you should do it anyway

How to interact with fans at conventions

Why writing a thousand books a year doesn’t matter much

And more.

If you liked this episode, go find Neo on Facebook at www.facebook.com/neoedmundauthorguy or Twitter www.twitter.com/neoedmundx and let him know how much you enjoyed it.

Make sure to subscribe to this podcast, too, and visit www.thecompletecreative.com for tons of awesome resources that can help you build your own creative career.

The free course I talked about in the intro can be found at www.thecompletecreative.com/fbc

This is my first new guest on my podcast in over 18 months.

I’m so thrilled to be back, and I’m excited to get back to it. This podcast has always been near and dear to me. It’s the one thing I always regretted giving up, so to be able to be back on the air is very special to me.

I wanted to give you a guest as special as this moment entails, and that was a tall order. I have been planning this launch for over a year, and almost immediately I knew who I wanted to kick us off.

My good friend Marv Wolfman. Marv is a living legend in comics and one of the most successful creators working today. I say that without an ounce of sarcasm, either.

Marv has had a 50+ year career. He created the Teen Titans, Deathstroke, Nova, Blade, and hundreds of others, as well as writing every character you can imagine. He was the editor in chief of Marvel comics for a time, as well as Disney comics, and more. He's also the architect of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, with CW is retelling through all five of their shows. 

This was a treat to record, and I’ve been planning this whole relaunch on this interview. I was a wee bit nervous, but I think it turned out amazing.

Listen to this episode if you want to learn:

How to develop a character that enters the public zeitgeist

The biggest change to creating in the last 50 years

How to break down a story that keeps readers guessing

How to build a sustainable career

And more.

If you liked this episode, go find Marv on Facebook, Twitter, or on his website at:

http://www.marvwolfman.com/marv/frontpage.html

Make sure to subscribe to this podcast, too, and visit www.thecompletecreative.com for tons of awesome resources that can help you build your own creative career.

The free course I talked about in the intro can be found at www.thecompletecreative.com/fbc