The Savvy Creative

Rose colored glasses kept me from seeing traps that made (almost) fatal mistakes in my writing, business and relationships. I didn't learn how and when to differenciate between the two until I heard two very bold women speak and then it clicked for me. In today's solocast, I want to share the difference between the two so you can avoid the traps.

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After spending years in academia, self-taught filmmaker Dalya Guerin left France for Los Angeles. Now she's finished her fourth film, Calws Out, soon to be out on the festival circuit. Listen in this episode as she shares how being a self-taught filmmaker fueled her passion and ambition for telling dark and powerful stories that "move the line in society through conflicted characters". Listen as she shares her latest dystopian film project about abortion and how she uses storytelling to make an impact in the fight for social justice.

Claws Out has been selected for 2 festivals!

Independent Short Awards in Los Angeles, Silver Award Winner for Best Female Director: https://independentshortsawards.com/silver-awards-september-2019/

The American Horrors Film Festival in Lake Geneva, WI: http://americanhorrors.com/film-festival/

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After spending years in academia, self-taught filmmaker Dalya Guerin left France for Los Angeles. Now she's finished her fourth film, Calws Out, soon to be out on the festival circuit. Listen in this episode as she shares how being a self-taught filmmaker fueled her passion and ambition for telling dark and powerful stories that "move the line in society through conflicted characters". Listen as she shares her latest dystopian film project about abortion and how she uses storytelling to make an impact in the fight for social justice.  

Claws Out has been selected for 2 festivals!

Independent Short Awards in Los Angeles: https://independentshortsawards.com/2019/09/14/claws-out/

The American Horrors Film Festival in Lake Geneva, WI: http://americanhorrors.com/film-festival/

Follow Dalya: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dmg80/

Twitter: twitter @dalyaguerin 

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Kindle or Paperback? If you find yourself swiping through the screen instead of turning pages, then listen to the next level of reading--AR (Augmented Reality). Meet Leila Ismailova, the founder of Stardust AR, a company currently producing a series of children's books featuring the fascinating heroine, Ariadna, and experience her adventures through AR.

But being the new founder of Stardust AR isn't all Leila is doing, listen as she talks about empowering women, beating imposter syndrome and how she builds and keeps momentum. Listen now and start giving yourself permission to do the things that will make you happy and successful!

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

Kindle or Paperback? If you find yourself swiping through the screen instead of turning pages, then listen to the next level of reading--AR (Augmented Reality). Meet Leila Ismailova, the founder of Stardust AR, a company currently producing a series of children's books featuring the fascinating heroine, Ariadna, and experience her adventures through AR.

But being the new founder of Stardust AR isn't all Leila is doing, listen as she talks about empowering women, beating imposter syndrome and how she builds and keeps momentum. Listen now and start giving yourself permission to do the things that will make you happy and successful!

Follow Stardust AR: https://www.stardustar.com/

Order Stardust AR's book, The Dreams of Ariadna: https://www.stardustar.com/product-page/the-dreams-of-ariadna

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

Meet Nisha Mody, who's bold blogs on Medium are a known space for social justice and self healing from emotional trauma as she gets raw about her divorce, body image and gaining independance. In this episode, listen how she's removed judgemental thoughts from her writing, used emotional trauma to create a powerful memoir-her current WIP-and why women need to be open minded about their career path. There are so many gems in this podcast about becoming a well rounded, well balanced social justice warrior who has a positive impact.

Nisha has an upcoming essay in The Rumpus that will be published in the fall of 2019. She is also available for developmental editing for essays at this time.

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Was August a crazy month for you? As the summer ends and we head into fall, I want to share what's happening and why knowing your next mission is so important. And the next mission has to be fun ad filled with adventure, so I'm introducing the 40 things to do before 40 bucketlist, join in on the journey!

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There are so many things that I have detached myself from, surviving an abusive and toxic relationships, poverty, homelessness and trauma, but I avoid thinking about them until I realized that detaching was keeping me from writing, I decided it was time to talk about it on today's solocast.

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Why is it important to break down the trope of strong women characters? Because every woman is strong!

Meet Allison Rose, a founding member of the Made In L.A. Writers group, which has now published two short story anthologies of stories inspired by Los Angeles. She is featured in the first volume (Made In L.A.; Stories Rooted in the City of Angels) with a novella titled Between Broken Pieces. She also recently published the second book in her young adult sci-fi series, titled Vice.

The Made in LA group has four live readings in the L.A. area this summer.

July 19, 7 pm: Skylight Books Aug. 9, 8 pm: Stories Books & Café Aug. 24, 7 pm: Gastby Books Sep. 19, 7:30 pm: Last Bookstore

I have also recently published the second book in my young adult sci-fi series, titled Vice.

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My website/blog: https://thegirlandthebook.com Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Allison-Rose/e/B00TOO9AA4?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1561392360&sr=8-1 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/AllisonRoseBook Instagram: @allisonrosewrites Twitter: @allisonrosebook

Our Summer Romance series comes to a close with our sexiest episode yet! Meet author, Aviva Vaughn, and her slow-burn Romance series: Beckoned that combines food, travel, romance and her love of Jane Austen. The sex scenes in this series are so vivid and descriptive that you will get the tingles, read with hands under the covers!

Her series is highly recommended for your summer reads, especially for foodies, travel bugs and romance lovers. Listen as we talk about what it means to write sex positive scenes, EMPOWERING romance, making book series from your characters, and what to do with all the ideas in your mind.

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