Blog Feed: The Spiritual Creative

Moving Day

Published on 2010-12-29 10:31:00

Cheers!! After having my blog hosted by blogspot for the past couple of years, I have moved my blog to my website. Please go here. There you will find all my archived posts and new ones. I hope you will sign up for the blog. I hope your holidays > read more

Where Has The Time Gone

Published on 2010-11-15 10:00:00

Goodness gracious. It has been two months since I last wrote a blog post. I've had some interesting things happen. First, Jeff and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary by spending a week in Hawaii - we were on the islands of Oahu and Maui. Heav > read more

Drop Offs

Published on 2010-09-17 22:58:00

I've been on the fence for years about whether headshot drop-offs are for me. I'm not a big fan of the drop-off services in which your headshot/resume is grouped with those of a bunch of other actors and dropped off to a plethora of theatrical and > read more

Meetings. Offers.

Published on 2010-09-17 22:37:00

I have a mantra that I keep on my desk that says: Replace auditions with meetings and offers. The subtext behind this for me is to shift energy away from self-submitting myself and into developing relationships with producers and directors. I emba > read more

Random Acts of Social Media

Published on 2010-08-14 11:19:00

Hey everyone! My friend and former writing partner, Dana VanDen Heuvel, who is CEO of Marketing Savant, produces a great email newsletter called Monday Morning Moxie, which has some great marketing tips. The tips are bite-sized so they are easy to i > read more

Mental Health Break

Published on 2010-08-01 00:39:00

Hi everyone. I took a bit of a break in July. First, Jeff and I took a vacation to Pittsburgh, PA and Dayton, OH from July 14-July 23, 2010. And, last week, I took a "mental health" break. I'll be back in August. In the meantime, enjoy this Dilb > read more

Ellipses Vs. Dashes

Published on 2010-07-06 13:18:00

Some more good advice from Lesly Kahn's blog: Ellipses (. . . ) are not dashes. During ellipses (. . . ) no one says anything. Everybody thinks. Dashes ( -- ) are cutoffs: you keep talking 'til the other actor interrupts. > read more

The Universe

Published on 2010-06-28 14:06:00

I love a lot of the things found on Lesly Kahn's blog. This is just one of the many juicy tidbits... With self-confidence, the world bows to greet you and coincidence becomes your partner. And self-confidence comes from loving yourself. And loving y > read more

It's A Numbers Game

Published on 2010-06-27 16:59:00

I went to a fabulous CD Workshop with one of my favorite CD's recently, who re-affirmed the comment that acting is "a numbers game". Yes, the entertainment industry is a numbers game, just like every industry out there. In the actors' case, the more > read more

Changing Paradigms

Published on 2010-06-24 15:00:00

Attached are some great articles about the Drama show runners and the Comedy show runners courtesy of THR. It's interesting to point out that I had read another interview by a TV Executive Producer who indicated that, sometimes, casting is being t > read more