The Savvy Creative

Follow our mischievous heroine through a post-apocalyptic city under siege as she partners with a mysterious and hopeful ex-soldier, John Church, on their mission to seek out a legendary figure in hiding to lure him out from behind the curtain and into the fight to reclaim the city.

Featuring:

Director Dalya Guerin

Actor Fernando Rivera

Actor BK Philips

Sound Designer Lily Rodriguez

Composer Riley Geare

And written by Christina Castaneda

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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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We're almost through NaNoWriMo, and if you feel the need to rush your ending to end by November 30th, listen to Horror and Paranoramal author, Liz Butcher. You'll keep your pace steady so you can leave your reader with an ending that will literally haunt them!

In this episode, Liz and I talk about:

• Why we love old buildings and creepy places and how it inspired her latest novel, LeRoux Manor
• Ancestral cultures and when we have gaps in our own ancestry
• Leaving her career to be a fulltime writer
• Being a fulltime fiction ghostwriter
• Motherhood as a writer in lockdown
• How to pace your ending and why your characters have to be scared
• Our paranormal experiences

Follow Liz Butcher and get a copy of LeRoux Manor:

Website: https://lizbutcherauthor.com.au

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lunaloveliz

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

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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13845425.Liz_Butcher

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com.au/lizbutcherauthor/

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

Being obsessed with all things dark is a gift for writers, especially for Horror Author, Becky Wright. But this episode isn't just a tale of ghosts and the macabre. Becky and her husband James are the founders of Platform House Publishing, offering services for indie writers. The next time you struggle formatting your book on your own, or before you pay for a Fiverr designer, listen to Becky as she shares how she develops cover designs and book trailers by understanding the needs of writers.

In this episode, we also talk about telling ghost stories, (we even run into a sound issue during recording, I think ghosts were listening), how she develops character driven stories, her first book with erotic horror, releasing TODAY, how she built Platform House Publishing, and why she's not a fan of selfies.

Get a copy of The Final Act of Mercy Dove, a Victorian Gothic Erotic Horror, Available Now

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www.platformhousepublishing.co.uk

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Special Post-Election and 2020 year in review episode with a Savvy Creative fan favorite, Gina Ann. She is a Hay House author of 4 children's books featuring her lovable character, Jojo and her whimsical friends.

While Gina is a writer and actress, she's also a teacher and life coach that helps people find their inner child with her emphasis on play. Her unique ability to read energy with her clairvoyant and clairsentinent abilities always make this a must listen episode.

Listen as we talk about how we can use the creative process to cope with grief, how we can be effective and empathic communicators, why we need validation but can seek it in a healthy way, why we love pencils and the joy of the Jojo jingle- even in the toughest places like skid row. She even gives me a reading and picks up on a relative visiting me during the interview! Listen to the end and give us a 5 Star Rating, we just might make this our end of the year episode special!

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Get your Jojo books: https://www.ginaannauthor.com/

Instagram: @jojobygigi

If your parents or grandparents survived a wartime era, escaped a war-torn country, or your family fled as refugees, you may feel the calling to write war scenes- everything from recreating battles, researching historical records, and surviving starvation and scarce resources.

Meet Linda Ganzini, author of Lilia, the first historical novel from her family saga, named after her mother whose survival of war-torn Europe in WWII will leave you in tears. In this very emotional episode, we talk about channeling the story, working with international publishers and finding the right contract that's best for the story, helping family members through their past traumas as a healing process, how relatives react when you write about them, and how she made her mother the star of the retirement home. The historical novel of family, love, honor and war is so vivid and breathtaking that you will feel like you traveled back in time!

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Read chapters from Lilia: lindaganziniauthor.com

Follow Linda on Instagram: www.instagram.com/lindaganzini/

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Brilliant Comedy comes from the ability to cross the line- unapolgetically! Meet Lauren LoGiudice, a Comedian and Author whose past year of impersonating FLOTUS has inspired her book and page turning satire, Inside Melania. Through writing her book, she learned how to empathize with characters to perform as them, impersonating other iconic characters (heroes and villains), writing content for TikTok and she is also a trained negotiator who can build a strong team.

And, there is a hilarious Melania rap that she does live just for us!

Get a copy of Lauren's book, Inside Melania

Listen to the Reconcile the Aisle podcast

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Instagram: @laurenlogi

Twitter: @laurenlogi

YouTube: @laurenlogi

Meet author Kathrin Hutson, whose dark fantasy, LGTBQ Dystopian writing is flipping common tropes on their heads. Her ability to see the beauty in dark things and appreciate "happily never afters" is so unique, you'll be drawn in fast!

Listen as we talk about her unique characters and the message behind her stories, how motherhood kickstarted her writing career, her story of overcoming her heroin addiction and surviving the underground world of drug dealing, and how she earns a living ghost writing fiction.

Follow Kathrin and get a copy of Sleepwater Static: Book 2 in her LGBTQ+ Dystopian Sci-Fi (adult) series, Blue Helix.

Sleepwater Static was released May 26th, 2020, became an international bestseller in the first 48 hours, is an Award-Winning Sci-Fi Finalist in the 2020 International Book Awards, and is also a Literary Titan Gold Star Award Winner.

Get a copy now: kathrinhutsonfiction.com

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Have you ever written a scene for a character and years later experienced something similar? Meet Author and Coach, Kristina Rienzi, whose novels and nonfiction will help you listen to your intuition, tap into your emotions and make you feel alive by getting your heart racing.

In this episode, we talk about the Law of Attraction, seeing both sides and tapping into the dark emotions to write, writing paranormal scenes, combining the left and right brain as a writer when you need to take a clinical approach, and how she produced her Audible book that is now and Audible Editor's pick.

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Join her Facebook Group to feel inspired, supported and happy: https://facebook.com/groups/igniteyourinnerspark

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Writer that use elements from different genres know how to spice up their story arcs. Meet Ann Charles, award-winning and best-selling author of 30 novels that include a mix of mystery, supernatural, adventure, humor, romance, and action.

Listen as we talk about why she started her YouTube channel for her fans, why we love the Old West sayins', how and why she adds humor to her stories, how she can write a 12 part series with crossover characters, using a world keeper to organize her world building, writing a series with her husband, Sam Lucky and more! Laugh with us as she shares her writing and entrepreneur journey that led her to making writing her full time business and life's work.

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Get the latest book in the Deadwood Undertaker Series: Can't Ride Around It

anncharles.com

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Meet author, entrepreneur and YouTuber, Marci Brockmann, who used her journaling to not only heal from the trauma of narcissistic abuse, but to complete an honest recollection of what it's like to struggle with a loved one's addicition and opening up the conversation about mental health.

In this episode, we talk about being raised by narcissists (and being married to them), how narcissists are a gift to writers, how Marci helps her clients through her journaling prompts, and how to love writing prompts again.

Books and Journals by Marci:

Permission to Land: Searching for Love, Home & Belonging

Permission to Land: Personal Transformation Through Writing is over 100 pages of guided writing prompts and questions to help you uncover your past, illuminate your present, and guide you into your own bright, hopeful future with more clarity, awareness, and confidence than ever before.

Available at MarciBrockmann.com as well as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Book Revue, and most places where books are sold. Take my FREE Expressive Writing Workshop on my YouTube Channel - https://youtu.be/1gjKcMLb3xMannel - What's up, Marci? and discover all the many benefits of journal writing.

Paintings by Marci:

Original art, custom prints, scarves & masks of my original designs are available on MarciBrockmann.com. Use the code ENDOFSUMMER20 to get 20% off all purchases.

Follow Marci:

Facebook: Facebook.com/Marci527 & Facebook.com/marcibrockmannartist

YouTube: What's up, Marci? - https://bit.ly/WhatsupMarci

Take the FREE Expressive Writing Workshop on my YouTube Channel and discover all the many benefits of journal writing

Instagram: @marcibrockmann; @marcibrockmann27

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcibrockmann/