The Savvy Creative

A movie deal as part of our publishing deal? Sounds like a next-level writing career move, but what's the journey like?

Meet Author Kayla Perrin, who has been featured in multiple publications and by top publishers with over 40 books translated in several languages.

In this episode, we talk about:

• The effectiveness of making book trailers
• Balancing writing and being a single mother
• Starting in Romance and changing genres
• Writing for Harlequin and their formulaic approach to books
• Expectation of Romance Writers
• Chick Lit vs Women's Lit
• Pros and Cons of Traditional and Indie Publishing
• What your sign says about your writing- Gemini
• Adapting a novel to film
• Choosing which novel to adapt
• Film will help find more readers
• Behind the Scenes of her work in the Handmaid's Tale
• How acting helps writer's block- especially with dialogue
• The Struggle of adapting our own books
• Building your team to make your film
• How she used writing to heal after her father's death
• Endings that are realistic and hopeful, not HEA

Get a copy of A Second Chance for Love, a Mother's Day themed anthology featuring Kayla's short story at www.authorkaylaperrin.com

Follow Kayla Perrin:

Twitter: @kaylaperrin

IG: @authorkaylaperrin

Facebook: @Kayla Perrin

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If you're stuck growing your writing business, is the answer to write more books or focus on audience building?

Author Stephanie LaVigne started as a Romance Writer and is now making a pivot in her writing career to write Mysteries. In this episode, we talk about:

• Saying Yes to random Adventures (climbing mountains, hopping trains and climbing an extreme ropes course)
• Why you shouldn't overdo research
• What is considered unreasonable versus risky
• The Pros and Cons of using pen names
• Writing what you love versus writing popular trends/genres
• Why she decided to write Mystery for a more fulfilling writing career after being known as a Romance Writer
• How to make happiness your guiding beacon

Get a copy of Stephanie's newest book, Headlines, Deadlines and Lies and more: stephanielavigne.com

Follow Stephanie:

Facebook: @thestephanielavigne

Instagram: @thestephanielavigne

A Savvy Creative fan favorite, Liz Butcher, is back to talk about what her writing life is like now that she left her job to write full time as an author and ghost writer- in this episode she sheds some light on what a full time writing career is like and the new joys and struggles that come with it.

Listen as we talk about:

• Re-inventing herself and embracing the new life of full time writing
• Rebranding as an author
• Growing a following on Tik Tok
• The difference between the writers we are at 29 and 39
• Behind the scenes of Never, Never
• The trauma of Wendy Darling in Never, Never and why it is relevant today
• Starting her blog, Behind the Book
• What's the next big goal as writers after leaving our jobs

Follow Liz Butcher:

Get a copy of Never, Never: https://www.lizbutcher.com.au/books

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00X6XN5O6

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lunaloveliz

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lizbutcherauthor/

Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lunaloveliz?

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Little Red Riding Hood. The Three Little Pigs. All of them have portrayed wolves as villainous and predatory, but Author Martha Hunt Handler is changing the narrative on wolves, death and climate fiction.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How we define magic
• finding synchronicities in nature
• Misconceptions about wolves in folklore
• Evolving folklore to modern times
• Changing the conversation around death
• How she realigned with her mission to work with the Wolf Conservation Center of NY
• Finding our one thing to help in the battle against Climate Change
• How mothers face survivors guilt and blame in teen suicide
• Why her novel wants to help readers find their intuition

All proceeds of Martha Hunt Handler's novel, Winter of the Wolf, go to the Wolf Conservation Center of NY

Winter of the Wolf on Amazon

Websites: https://marthahunthandler.com

www.nywolf.org

Instagram: @marthahunthandler

Facebook: @marthahunthandler

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Our Audio Drama continues as The Last Magician comes out of hiding to make our mischievous heroine an offer, forcing her to choose between her loveable team of prophets and soldiers, or to follow the Last Magician as they try to reclaim their city under siege.

Cast:

BK Phillips as Elijah

Fernando Rivera as John Church

Tom Jenkins as The Last Magician

April Yanko as Audrey

Randi Cee as Guadalupe

Gina Ann as Nari

Eric Gee as Jack

Director Dalya Guerin

Sound Design by Lily Rodriguez

Score by Riley Geare

Writer and Narrator Christina Castaneda

Listen to Part IV: https://thesavvycreative.libsyn.com/storytime-the-last-magician-part-iv

Listen to Part III: https://thesavvycreative.libsyn.com/storytime-audiodrama-the-last-magician-part-iii

Listen to Part II: https://thesavvycreative.libsyn.com/story-time-the-last-magician-part-ii

Listen to Part I: https://thesavvycreative.libsyn.com/storytime-quarantine-edition-the-last-magician

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As a special holiday weekend bonus, we're sharing a preview of the next episode of our featured Audio drama, The Last Magician: Part V. Listen now and find out who the new voices are and the magic that awaits! Full Episode debuts April 9th!

CAST:

Fernando Rivera plays John Church

BK Phillips plays Elijah

Tom Jenkins plays The Last Magician

Gina Ann plays Nari

Randi Cee plays Guadalupe

April Yanko plays Audrey

Eric Gee plays Jack

Director Dalya Guerin

Sound Design by Lily Rodriguez

Score by Riley Geare

Written and Starring Christina Castaneda

Listen to episodes I-IV now:

Part IV: https://thesavvycreative.libsyn.com/storytime-the-last-magician-part-iv

Listen to Part III: https://thesavvycreative.libsyn.com/storytime-audiodrama-the-last-magician-part-iii

Listen to Part II: https://thesavvycreative.libsyn.com/story-time-the-last-magician-part-ii

Listen to Part I: https://thesavvycreative.libsyn.com/storytime-quarantine-edition-the-last-magician

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Imagine if the Law of Attraction was taught to you at a younger age; how different would your life would be if you felt that the Universe loved you and the world wasn't a dark place that you may have been conditioned to believe?

Meet Children's Books Author and Illustrator, Dalandra Young, whose Children's Book Series Noonimals bring together a diverse group of characters to encourage imagination, manifesting and self-belief to kids. We talk about one of my favorite topics, manifesting and more in this episode:

• Writing the book you needed as a kid and problems seemed huge
• Nurturing our imagination at any age
• Being curious in manifesting when it wasn't acceptable in certain cultures
• Telling your kids the universe loves them
• Diverse characters and cultures in children's books
• Her battle with suicide and how her writing saved her life
• How the Smurfs and Sunday comics started her journey as an illustrator
• The power of affirmations
• Changing our inner programming
• The future of children's books
• Bringing her characters to life in Animation

She reads part of her book too!

Get a copy of Noonimals for your kids (or as a gift for a baby shower or birthday party):

https://www.noonimals.com/

Follow Dalandra on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noonimals/

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What makes Dystopian fiction eerie is that the post-apocalyptical world is not only possible, but years away from happening. Meet Dystopian Author O.E. Tearmann, a writing duo whose series, Aces High, Jokers Wild brings together a band of misfits and outsiders in a world controlled by big, bad corporations.

Listen as O.E. Tearmann drops fascinating knowledge about solarpunk writing with her background in botany to understand the world they're creating and the dangers we're facing now. Listen as we talk about:

• Writing marginalized characters
• Working with sensitivity readers
• Misconceptions about Doom & Gloom dystopian fiction
• How we can focus on making a better world with the following authors & resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DXPitNl5BAJM5SJnZkgrurwtO0WBpBM4iA2jMzgzinM/edit
• Defining Resistance Writing
• What it means to be a Fighter as writers and in our characters
• Writing Climate and/or Solarpunk fiction

Why Communities can defeat Corporations

And more! We even get teary eyed in this episode!

Enter to win a free copy of Aces High, Jokers Wild, Book 1: The Hands We're Given: https://storyoriginapp.com/giveaways/8c66a72c-fa8f-11e9-b990-878f289dce7a

Follow O.E. Tearmann:

https://www.oetearmann.com/ https://www.facebook.com/wildcards1407 https://twitter.com/ETearmann https://www.bookbub.com/profile/o-e-tearmann https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18359444.O_E_Tearmann

After looking back over some of our favorite moments, I found some gems that are important to feature, especially today.

Every episode I ask the guest 2 signature questions, so this episode we want to feature 6 writers and their response about what their definition of success means, and it's not what you think!

Listen to the full episodes by:

Jessi Elliott: https://thesavvycreative.libsyn.com/the-challenges-of-going-dark-with-romance-with-jessi-elliott

Victoria Vertuga: https://thesavvycreative.libsyn.com/calling-out-the-double-standard-of-shaming-culture-with-disgraced-creator-victoria-vertuga

Maren Montalbano: https://thesavvycreative.libsyn.com/self-producing-is-the-new-way-forward-with-maren-montalbano

Leila Aboulela: https://thesavvycreative.libsyn.com/writing-cross-cultural-folktales-to-reflect-modern-times-with-leila-aboulela

Kimberly Davis Basso: https://thesavvycreative.libsyn.com/the-process-is-about-discovering-together-with-author-and-playwright-kimberly-davis-blasso

Melanie Camp: https://thesavvycreative.libsyn.com/live-from-the-podcast-pit-la-audience-chooses-the-adventure-with-melanie-camp

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I can't believe we have 100 episodes already! We've had so many adventures in multiple countries, live events, Audio dramas and more, thank you for being part of the journey! I hope that each episode inspires you to go after the life of freedom, creativity and love!

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