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https://loveyourcreativity.com From the initial spark of a creative idea to getting your projects finished & out there! Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:47:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/e82cdf867f3dcf128ce9504af3a51b96.png?s=48 https://loveyourcreativity.com Copyright © LoveYourCreativity.com 2013 marysia13@googlemail.com (Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows) marysia13@googlemail.com (Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows) Creativity 1440 http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q698/M013/LYCPodcastpic_zps3e343740.png https://loveyourcreativity.com 144 144 Podcasts by Marysia Trembecka of LoveYourCreativity.com to make you smile & motivate you to create & put your art out there whether you are an artist or an actor. Interviews & advice with creatives from directors to authors + Marysia[...] Love Your Creativity.com. Interviews with creatives with their advice on keeping motivated & moving forward, whether you are a actor, painter or a musician. Plus Marysia's fun weekly newsletter & 13 minute task of the day to keep you creating. Blog is at www.loveyourcreativity.com. Twitter @MarysiaT http://www.facebook.com/Loveyourcreativity. G+ & LinkedIn Marysia Trembecka creativity, marketing, author, musician, actor, novelist, positive, thinking, interviews, tips, advice Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows marysia13@googlemail.com no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/02/06/how-to-avoid-artistically-starving-to-death-market-yourself-hard/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/02/06/how-to-avoid-artistically-starving-to-death-market-yourself-hard/#comments Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:00:10 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2631 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/02/06/how-to-avoid-artistically-starving-to-death-market-yourself-hard/feed/ 1 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/01/18/guillermo-del-toro-on-embracing-failure-me-on-constricting-oneself-as-an-artist/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/01/18/guillermo-del-toro-on-embracing-failure-me-on-constricting-oneself-as-an-artist/#respond Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:51:37 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2543 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2014/01/18/guillermo-del-toro-on-embracing-failure-me-on-constricting-oneself-as-an-artist/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/11/23/what-it-takes-developing-multiple-revenue-streams-as-an-artist/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/11/23/what-it-takes-developing-multiple-revenue-streams-as-an-artist/#respond Sat, 23 Nov 2013 15:41:04 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=2074 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/11/23/what-it-takes-developing-multiple-revenue-streams-as-an-artist/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/11/03/how-to-get-casting-directors-to-find-you-backstage-day-3-nanowrimo/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/11/03/how-to-get-casting-directors-to-find-you-backstage-day-3-nanowrimo/#respond Sun, 03 Nov 2013 15:02:41 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1881 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/11/03/how-to-get-casting-directors-to-find-you-backstage-day-3-nanowrimo/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/10/04/grow-a-pair-how-to-stop-being-a-victim-and-take-back-your-life/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/10/04/grow-a-pair-how-to-stop-being-a-victim-and-take-back-your-life/#respond Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:41:06 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1792 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/10/04/grow-a-pair-how-to-stop-being-a-victim-and-take-back-your-life/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/09/17/5-valuable-life-lessons-from-billy-crystal/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/09/17/5-valuable-life-lessons-from-billy-crystal/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:13:25 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1714 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/09/17/5-valuable-life-lessons-from-billy-crystal/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/07/01/pt-2-richard-bean-on-playwriting-success-editing-casting/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/07/01/pt-2-richard-bean-on-playwriting-success-editing-casting/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2013 20:02:33 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1208 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/07/01/pt-2-richard-bean-on-playwriting-success-editing-casting/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/25/dont-compete-collaborate/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/25/dont-compete-collaborate/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:52:07 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1160 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/25/dont-compete-collaborate/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/10/richard-thomas-jerry-springer-aletta-collins-on-creative-success/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/10/richard-thomas-jerry-springer-aletta-collins-on-creative-success/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:29:22 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=1011 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/06/10/richard-thomas-jerry-springer-aletta-collins-on-creative-success/feed/ 5 0:24:43 This week’s podcast interview is two brilliant creatives for the price of one as they are currently working on their next project together, a musical version of “Made In Dagenham’. Aletta Collins, choreographer and Richard Thomas, lyricist and compo[...] This week’s podcast interview is two brilliant creatives for the price of one as they are currently working on their next project together, a musical version of “Made In Dagenham’. Aletta Collins, choreographer and Richard Thomas, lyricist and composer of such shows as Jerry Springer the Opera consented to be interviewed on Aletta’s terrace Just press the right facing arrow above to hear the podcast. Aletta Collins is an award winning choreographer, Associate Artist at the Royal Opera House and choreographs operas, musical theatre, film and dance. Her work includes His Dark Materials, Anna Nicole the Opera and Awakenings. She is a Guinness World Record for the largest ever online taught dance for Dance 2008, where they had nearly 40,000 people dancing in Trafalgar Square. She also organised and choreographed the amazing Paralympic Piccadilly Circus celebrations with acrobats, a giant blow up Eros and over a tonne of white feathers, most of which I think ended up in my bra. She won Best Choreography in a Video, UK Music Video Award for ‘Losing Myself’ by Will Young in 2012 My video of the Circus Ceremony in Piccadilly Circus Richard Thomas is an ex comedian who then wrote music for TV and then started pitching shows. He wrote Jerry Springer the Opera for which he won an Olivier award in 2004 and the equally controversial & brilliant Anna Nicole the Opera which Aletta also worked on at the Royal Opera House. He has also written half hour operas for BBC2, Shoes at Sadlers Wells and also paired up with the fabulous David Hoyle (whose shows have to be seen to be believed) on an alternative take on Christmas. These are some of the highlights of the interview, please be aware this is not a full transcript. Aletta Collins Sometimes ideas come from very site specific ones such as when she approached Somerset House about doing a dance on the fountains. However when she had an idea for a dance based on the film The Red Balloons, she then successfully pitched that to the Royal Opera House, Everything starts with an idea but that idea may change. As a freelancer she used to working and starting projects in very different ways, she also works with opera and musical theatre companies so then the process differs, she loves the scope of what she can do with Musical theatre and Opera in terms of budget and possibilities. Richard Thomas In the case of Made in Dagenham he has been brought on board but he is used to having to take an idea and pitch his lungs off and try to sell it. That takes practice, he once wrote a very bad script (his words not mine!) and took it to Los Angeles, there he learnt how to pitch, to talk with passion and enthusiasm for an hour. ‘In the UK if they like it will be just a short 15-20 mins interview, in LA they can say they love it after an hour and then you never hear from them again.’ He wrote Jerry Springer the Opera with five sixths of the credit, Anna Nicole the Opera he did the libretto so did both the book and lyrics. For the musical version of Made in Dagenham he is doing the lyrics, David Arnold the music and Richard Bean the book (writer of Toast to One Man Two Guvnors). Aletta Collins was always massively encouraged as a young person by her dance teachers, her first teacher still performs at the Royal Opera House, but even when she was teaching in a little village hall ballet class. she encouraged us all to make out own dances for exams. London Contemporary Dance School also she was encouraged to make dance pieces, it never seemed to be a big deal, you were expected to create and make something. Whilst at college, a piece she created at just 18 years of age got bought and toured round the world and then she got commissions from then on. However she has moved into big scale productions as well, she likes choreographing operas – she loves the scale and working with a director, designer, lighting designer, the whole team – she loved the team making work. so she started doing m[...] Podcast Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/24/get-inspired-by-someones-life-or-greatest-moment/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/24/get-inspired-by-someones-life-or-greatest-moment/#respond Fri, 24 May 2013 21:33:27 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=931 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/24/get-inspired-by-someones-life-or-greatest-moment/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/18/podcast-10-how-to-be-your-own-publicist-marysia-ryan-james-lock/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/18/podcast-10-how-to-be-your-own-publicist-marysia-ryan-james-lock/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 23:57:50 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=832 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/18/podcast-10-how-to-be-your-own-publicist-marysia-ryan-james-lock/feed/ 11 0:31:03 In this Podcast interview Marysia interviews Ryan James Lock. In this podcast I ask Ryan about his ebook ‘Be Your Own Publicist” and get some advice and tips on what creatives can do to promote a show, exhibition or event they are working on as part[...] In this Podcast interview Marysia interviews Ryan James Lock. In this podcast I ask Ryan about his ebook ‘Be Your Own Publicist” and get some advice and tips on what creatives can do to promote a show, exhibition or event they are working on as part of the selling of their own work. Here are some of the highlights (this is not a full transcript) so listen to the show either by clicking on the right pointing arrow above or you can go to iTunes Love Your Creativity podcast channel The first half of Ryan’s course  Be Your Own Publicist”  is about getting in the right mindset and coaching –  -Ask yourself who is your ideal listener, buyer, client? – What beliefs are you holding that keep you from going  forward and getting yourself out there as a great brand or product that people want to talk about and buy. I asked for advice to a creative who is about to launch a product. The best piece of advice he could give was ‘You have got to decide to make it a priority for you, it is so easy to say I will promote my show but you have to commit to making this a priority, set goals such as how many people  do you to come to your event, how many book copies to sell etc Then ask Who is the ideal person you want to sell to? It is very easy to be general and say’ I want to fill the room with people’ but the more vague you are the more vague the results. Once you can say ‘I know who I want now’ in the  ‘Ryan Lock branded way’ and the reason why you want to target those people then you  can get clear on how to market your service or event to them. So you know what to say to them, marketing materials etc. If you have a friend who is like your ideal client or buyer, write a description of them and ask them what would make them go to an exhibition or book launch. Really important to be fully behind what you are doing Make sure you do believe in yourself You should be your own best publicist. If u know who you are going after eg bloggers or press, the path is clear as  you have got a specific message that is easier to sell. When you are doing a launch, the clearer you are on who you want there and how to get them there, clarity will give you better results. His advice on dealing with failure was fantastic. Failure – really acknowledge how you feel, first step through anything is being conscious of it, once you have calmed down, reframe your situation. He gives a great example of dong this with rejected writing, reframing and refocusing the article to a different market. Ask ‘what can I use from this  piece of work and process” where you have created something or a piece of work. “What can I now do to make this frustration work for me” such as  change the title and some of the content, hassle your contacts and sell it. It is easy to wish and sit there with folded arms saying why is no-one writing about my product but opportunities only come from being pro-active. I asked ‘How do you think we can balance the time it takes to create the event and the marketing and press  plus the social media Put systems in place Hootsuite.com to automate as much as you can Balance the process, using different sides of your brain, so for work effectiveness you must treat it like a job, really schedule things in. Schedule appointments with yourself, Tips for calling journalists If you are inviting journalists down to see your work, get in right head space What to say to yourself – “This is just a job, nothing personal,  they are very busy people so if they are snappy or not interested you have to realise that it’s not you. Write down description of yourself as a brand, it helps to be objective,  and then when you calling people you not selling yourself but your work. Make sure the journalist you are calling is the right one It is hard to receive negativity as a writer, painter, actor or artist as you are your work and your brand, understandable that there are strong emotional attachments but the wall you have to go through to journalists no[...] Networking, Podcast Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/16/10-how-to-find-the-katniss-everdeen-inside-of-you/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/16/10-how-to-find-the-katniss-everdeen-inside-of-you/#respond Wed, 15 May 2013 23:12:01 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=788 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/16/10-how-to-find-the-katniss-everdeen-inside-of-you/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/14/james-purefoy-speaking-shakespeare-how-to-be-a-successful-actor/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/14/james-purefoy-speaking-shakespeare-how-to-be-a-successful-actor/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 11:46:39 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=708 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/14/james-purefoy-speaking-shakespeare-how-to-be-a-successful-actor/feed/ 4 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/14/how-to-get-motivated-set-your-brain-on-fire-pt-8/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/14/how-to-get-motivated-set-your-brain-on-fire-pt-8/#respond Tue, 14 May 2013 00:47:29 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=724 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/14/how-to-get-motivated-set-your-brain-on-fire-pt-8/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/14/podcast-09-there-is-no-room-to-be-a-dilettante-newsletter/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/14/podcast-09-there-is-no-room-to-be-a-dilettante-newsletter/#respond Mon, 13 May 2013 23:32:39 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=716 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/14/podcast-09-there-is-no-room-to-be-a-dilettante-newsletter/feed/ 0 0:15:54 “There is no room for being a dilettante as an actor” Sir Richard Eyre informed me tonight. He wasn’t accusing me, just answering my question regarding his experience of working of some of Britain’s greatest actors of the las[...] “There is no room for being a dilettante as an actor” Sir Richard Eyre informed me tonight. He wasn’t accusing me, just answering my question regarding his experience of working of some of Britain’s greatest actors of the last thirty plus years. This is the  weekly podcast newsletter where we track our creativity but first I set a 13 minute task of the day inspired by successful creatives telling me the importance of hard work and unrelenting focus as a creative. Even William Blake got his oar in. Brief show notes Ken Collard, his website “The starting point is that it’s absolutely possible, there is no reason why, if you are half decent as an actor, there is no reason why you cant get consistent work.” His favourite quote is by Daisaku Ikeda, SGI President, the lay organisation of Nicherin Buddhists “Press on, nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Perserverance and determination alone are omnipotent” “Persistence – you have got to keep going, even though it is incredibly difficult, develop it!” James Purefoy @JamesPurefoy Some of his other gems on speaking Shakespeare I will post tomorrow “Be proactive, there is no such thing as resting. Work begets work If you are not proactive then give up, you have to get auditions, get in the loop.” Sir Richard Eyre, the director NB I took so many notes at his Q&A today it will be a few days before i pop them up on the blog “Actors need to be heard and be serious at what they do, they need to take their job seriously and work hard. There is no room to be a dilettante” Blake’s poem – Jerusalem, the unofficial British anthem ‘Bring me my Bow of burning gold; Bring me my Arrows of desire: Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold! Bring me my Chariot of fire! I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand: Till we have built Jerusalem, In Englands green & pleasant Land” Beneath the poem Blake inscribed an excerpt from the Bible: “Would to God that all the Lord’s people were Prophets”: Numbers chapter 11, verse 29 All these people were saying ‘Decide who you are (actor/artist/dancer/….), commit and then get very serious about the business of your craft & getting better. 13 minute task of the day So sit down no distractions Decide what you are – actress, singer, painter Write down 1) what you know you need to focus on in your craft, technical development 2) for the business of ur craft What it is that you need to ‘not cease from mental fight’ from Then today commit to doing one thing every day for your craft & one thing for the business of your craft even if it is just 10 minutes a day on each Weekly Tracking Time The following is what we need to track each week as a look back in brief, full explanations are in a previous podcast . How many CV’s and emails did you send out for creative work? How many creative jobs did you actually do, whether 8 shows a week, a gallery opening or a song in a children hospice? How many auditions and meetings for creative projects? How many classes and workshops did you do? How much practise done that week, how much each day? How much money made through your creative pursuits? What marketing of your creative output did you do and what revenue generation plans put in place? Did you learn or see anything new or worth exploring creatively? If it is zero then dont feel guilty, just look at the coming week and endeavour to do better. Each week track these statistics and review the same day every week. Your creativity and bank balance will thank you for it! Love Your Creativity.com is dedicated to all creatives trying to make great work and make a living from it. About Marysia and Love Your Creativity[...] Podcast Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/11/how-do-i-find-casting-opportunities-some-thoughts/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/11/how-do-i-find-casting-opportunities-some-thoughts/#respond Sat, 11 May 2013 14:12:29 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=627 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/05/11/how-do-i-find-casting-opportunities-some-thoughts/feed/ 0 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/04/06/podcast-you-have-got-to-hit-send-marysia-interviews-jason-hewitt/ https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/04/06/podcast-you-have-got-to-hit-send-marysia-interviews-jason-hewitt/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:15:38 +0000 http://loveyourcreativity.com/?p=204 https://loveyourcreativity.com/2013/04/06/podcast-you-have-got-to-hit-send-marysia-interviews-jason-hewitt/feed/ 2 0:39:09 Love Your Creativity.com is dedicated to all creatives trying to make great work and make a living from it. In this podcast I interview Jason Hewitt whose novel ‘The Dynamite Room’ is being published by Simon and Schuster in Spring 2014.[...] Love Your Creativity.com is dedicated to all creatives trying to make great work and make a living from it. In this podcast I interview Jason Hewitt whose novel ‘The Dynamite Room’ is being published by Simon and Schuster in Spring 2014. It is a very inspiring story with lots of tips on how he kept going despite so many rejections as well as his writing process.   Me no photoshop – just me The full transcription of the interview is below if you would rather read than listen to it. The big takeaway for me  is ‘You have to hit send’, you have to get that novel/song/artwork out the door and into the hands of agents and the public. You have to be willing to let go of the work you have done and release it out there;  send it to an agent, perform it live, even to when you have to hand over your ‘finished’ novel, because of course we all know ‘art is never finished, only abandoned’ according to Leonardo Da Vinci. He also covers how he managed to keep working on his novel, even when he was also studying to be an actor,  doing a play, working part time all whilst concurrently doing edits suggested by his agent in an effort to get the book sold. Hope you like the interview and come away motivated to pick up whatever project you are working on at the moment and carry on working. Comments are very welcome! You can contact Jason Hewitt as follows Jason Hewitt: Writer – Actor – Playwright The Dynamite Room will be published by Simon & Schuster in 2014 Literary Representation: http://www.janklowandnesbit.co.uk/ Website       http://www.jason-hewitt.com/ Actor’s Spotlight pin: http://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/2612-4505-9285 Follow on Twitter: @JasonHewitt123 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheDynamiteRoom FULL TRANSCRIPT Hi, this is Marysia for loveyourcreativity.com. Today I am interviewing Jason Hewitt and it’s just an awesome story of an author who spent a long time writing, rewriting and failing, to finally get the really big book deal. It’s just amazing to hear the stories of how many times he’s had to pick himself back up again. There’s lots of great takeaways from how to keep going forward, how to deal with rejection, and ultimately just how to hit send. How you’ve got to let it out of the door. You’ve got to get that first draft to an agent or finally when it’s about to go to print. So enjoy!   Marysia: Hello Jason! Welcome. Thank you for coming in to do this. This is the first official loveyourcreativity.com podcast. The idea of all of these is just to get an idea by creative people on all walks of art in life, how they manage to keep going through the successes and failures. Any tips you can pass on? You have got your very first published novel coming out next year, right?   Jason: Yes, that’s right.   Marysia: And it’s called The Dynamite Room.   Jason: Yes.   Marysia: Obviously it’s a bit different with this interview because I was with you last summer, so summer 2012, the day you got the call from the agent about your publishing deal. I remember it was quite a day. So can you talk to me of the process up to that? Was this the first book you had written?   Jason: No, I had written two before. I wrote one after I finished university which I really didn’t do anything with. Then I went to do an MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. That’s where I wrote my second novel which took me many years to complete and it was that novel that got me an agent but that was not The Dynamite Room. We tried to sell that and ultimately failed after a couple of years. Then I wrote another one which became The Dynamite Room. So it’s been quite a long process. The Dynamite Room is my debut novel but it’s actually the third novel I’ve written.   Marysia: Over a period of what, maybe ten to fifteen years?   Jason: Yes, about fifteen years.   Marysia: Wow so you must’ve had a real kind of sense of ‘I have somethin[...] Actors, Inspiration, Londontown, Marketing, Motivation, Podcast, Writers Marysia Trembecka Actress/Blogger/Writer & Performer of her own shows no no