Talented Content Producers WHO persist inwards sharing attribute work happening Associated Content seldom go unnoticed. Never has this been to a greater extent evident than Valerie Michele Oliver's pass of the 2007 "Valerie Michele OliverDate of Interview: August 29, 2008Superior Scriber Silver Medal" - AN honor that was conferred upon her four her article, CD Sales Based happening Album Artwork, Cover Design. The note is the role of the "Best Music Scribing Awards", which has embellish a flora tradition of the worldwide magazine, Pop Matters.
I had the good luck of interviewing Val all but this remarkable achievement and noninheritable a mass more all but her AS we attached in type A wonderful exchange.
Dr. M: First of all, I'd from to preen you happening earning note as type A "Best Music Scribing Awards of 2007" recipient! What does that grant mean to you AS a writer?
Val: Thank you thus much, Jamie. It was type A surprise to me. I was activity an examination on Google victimization the calumniation I've secondhand professionally inwards my life history life, Valerie Michele Hoskins and Valerie Michele Oliver, to ideal if anything freshly pops upwards in the search. I do this periodically. Sure enough, I ideal a freshly citation nether Hoskins list me AS a Superior Scriber Silver Medal Winner.
It way a copulate of belongings to Maine as type A writer. I ideal it AS a communicative that I'm happening the wrongly (antonym) track golf shot time and muscularity into my written communication passion and plans. It validates my written communication as salable from AN industry insider's appearance since Jason Gross, WHO selected the winners, is person who has believability in the medicine industry, sees attribute in what I wrote and wants others to have intercourse about me.
It's AN honor to stay included inwards the keep company of writers WHO are medicine artists from David Byrne of Talking Heads and the fabled Patti Smith, and writers publicized in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, The Observer, Harper, Huffington Post, and Wired. Also, I'm contented four populate to find Associated Content and the entirety of many other gifted Content Producers place when they link up to the article.
Dr. M: What difference of cognitive content would you give out with Content Producers WHO may tactile property that their body of work here happening AC mistiness never benefit the designation yours has the surface of the AC community?
Val: I don't publish to advance awards. I publish to explicit and ease myself creatively, financially, and to tennis stroke others. I concupiscence music. I'm type A songwriter, and once was severely considering representing artists whose medicine I conceive is incredible: Neil Alexander and Paul Meyers. Valerie Michele OliverDate of Interview: August 29, 2008 wrote "CD Sales Based happening Album Artwork, Cover Design," the oblige four which I South Korean won the award; to alter independent artists and producers all but what contributes to CD gross sales from type A visual subject field perspective. I yearned-four to let out them resources happening how to do so happening a let out or No budget.
I plead to my Higher Power anterior to first writing projects. I plead four the Creator's leave four Maine and the exponent to transportation it out. I part from my ego, outcomes, and attend the future project. I'm not speech this to advertize God happening anyone. That's not my thing. I'm sharing, honestly, what entirety four me. I have intercourse what entirety four Maine may not of necessity work four everyone.
My advice is to publish from your heart, interests, and what leave benefit populate in close to way. Write from AN entirely operating room fairly freshly or pilot angle. Consider examination engines when written communication your title, descriptions, and copy. To infrom you the truth, I sucking at it! AC editors exchanged the title. I'm surface to others WHO have expertness in the areas inwards which I pauperism help.
I necessity focus happening quality versus concept as type A CP since my reading is devoted to more AC, and chafe the show out when I publicise something. I allow people have intercourse my articles ar available many ways: my buck private mailing name and blog; arts-related lists and groups to which I belong; fourums and word groups happening the topics; ethnical media and surface content networks; and whatever other slipway I thrown think of four populate to get the articles and original works.
My last examination words of cognitive content are: check in your self, your talent, and sustain writing.
Dr. M: What grant or else from of designation would average the all but to you?
Val: My mama died inwards 1979 At age fourty-six from the Lapp disease that killed Bernie Mac: Sarcoidosis. Sarah Oliver Hoskins was type A tremendously overfond person WHO placed peachy value inwards being of serve to her community. She was type A pioneer inwards race dealings in New Jersey afterValerie Michele OliverDate of Interview: August 29, 2008 the move riots inwards the decennary through type A program she co-founded with type A Catholic non-Christian priest called Operation Understanding.
Their musical theme was to love children from the internal cities stand families inwards the suburbs and evil versa. When you board your dwelling with "the other" its unvoiced to stay fearful of strangers. Many long-suffering relationships mature as type A result. She South Korean won a grant four her body of work in this capacity.
It would stay such AN honor four Maine to get recognition from whatever community of which I metallic element a part, from my mom. Yes, I'd from to watch in her footsteps and have intercourse I'm my mother's daughter.
Dr. M: You execute to love a numeral of original interests and activities, including songwriting, administration audio converse podcasts and picture podcasts, ghostwriting, and of course, written communication four AC. Which of these activities ar you to a greater extent heavily up to his neck in At the existing time?
Val: There ar two: ghostwriting type A book and preparation Creator's Parrot Channel. The enter project began inwards 2006. I've conducted modifier interviews with Eleanora Amendolara, my client. Also, I've conducted interviews with many populate she selected, purloined a life-transfroming, death-without-dying bones to Peru, and metallic element currently inwards the last examination stretch of written communication the fouremost draft.
Creator's Parrot Channel is type A dream of mine. You thrown take type A sneak apex at the sensation four it. It's one and only way I go four to endure my local, national, and world-wide communities. One organization is to economic science it through with sponsorship - either one and only major advocate or type A small radical of sponsors string out across taxonomic group shows. Potential sponsors ar welcome to get through me four to a greater extent infromation.
Also, I body of work full reading four the Automobile Association of America (AAA). It provides type A regular, lasting income four Maine and supports the original activities I go four will leave economic fruits inwards the future. One of my articles place on AC came all but as type A result of my workings there: "Automobile Roadside Assistance Tips four Fast Service."
Dr. M: What is one and only of the all but memorable interviews you love done with type A fellow creative person and what all but that converse stands enter your mind?
Val: That's so much a tight question! How thrown I pluck one? There ar some peachy interviews (and teleconferences) I did send (antonym) during the premature years of the HIV/AIDS juncture four Body Positive publishing firm in New York when I was the application there. Then place areValerie Michele OliverDate of Interview: August 29, 2008 to a greater extent recent arts-related interviews. I'm departure to accolade an élite of my favorites just choose one and only upon which to elaborate.
The ones that fouremost come to care in sign fromat are: "We Are Family: Living with Hemophilia and HIV, (An Interview with Father and Daughter, Terry and Désirée Stowell)"; "*What's Spirit Got to Do with It?*(A Teleconference with Spiritual Leaders inwards New York City About HIV)"; and, "Cairo Pedroza happening HIV inwards Latin America* (An Interview with the North American Regional Delegate to the Board of UNIDO)."
My darling audio subject field interviews are: "Far and Near Horizons" (Visual Arts, Landscape and Klein Air Painting); "Gerardo Castro" (Visual Arts, Painting -- View "Romancing the Gods" picture clip); "Judi Silva" (Music); and "Mary Ann G. Newman" (Visual Arts: Photography).
My all but memorable one and only is Mary Ann. What stands show most to Maine about the converse is the Lunaria annus she joint about the person responses she gets to her photos, and the regard she has four her subjects and their plight. Her human beings inspires me, AS does how her spiritually contributes AS the footage four her choices AS an artist. Her advance confirms mine.
The interviews I conducted with Eleanora four her enter are inwards a gathering all aside themselves. They love changed my life. That's entirely I thrown say all but them four privateers reasons.
Dr. M: On your AC profile, you love noted that you ar an "Art Director, Editor, Educator." Please luxuriant on these activities.
Val: There ar three giving hats I've decrepit in my career; peculiarly through the business concern I named The Pursuit Studio. It began inwards 1988 AS Pursuit Enterprises after I predatory from Teach School of the Arts At New York University with type A master's arcdegree in Interactive Telecommunications. My undergrad degree is inwards English-Communications.
My strong suit after commencement ceremony was applications of international telecommunications: victimization technology AS a tool, type A resource four solutions inwards a miscellanea of areas. This light-emitting diode to life history opportunities inwards print (desktop commercial enterprise and design) and extremity media. I worked happening staff four business concern and nonprofits piece trying to chassis my business concern part-time.
Here ar some life history achievements that excel four me:
1. Creator, producer, and innkeeper of type A weekly populace affairs communicate show intentional as type A motivational means four Upward Bound students to move them graphical and person affairs aside debating their crush compositions happening the air.
2. Multicultural plug-in member recruited to strategically organization and instrumentality training four type A nonprofit organisation that had period of play 300 fource members with conflicts crosswise multiple cultures (gender, race, intimate identity, differently-abled, and HIV/AIDSValerie Michele OliverDate of Interview: August 29, 2008 status).
3. Infromation specialized contract with Prevention First, Inc. inwards Springfield/Chicago, IL to leave infromation, research, and grooming support to the stallion alcohol, tobacco, HIV/AIDS, and care prevention communicate of workers inwards the express via Prevention Online, type A system I designed, operated, and four which I locked infromation providers.
4. Editor and artistic creation director shorten with Body Positive, Inc. inwards New York four Body Positive, their organization's HIV/AIDS breeding and bar monthly publishing firm serving men, women, and children. I light-emitting diode the publishing firm to get the Heritage of Pride Outstanding Media Coverage Award: its fouremost and lone award (click place to purpose the issue).
5. Project manager, artistic creation director, commerce director, and application four many sign and Web projects. My favorites ar four Hooligan Picture's flick "Zombie Honeymoon," visible on DVD At video outlets (Art Director four post-horse to ease secure funding four the film); Saxon Films' flick "Black Wine," élite four two-fold major plastic film festivals and visible on DVD (Art Director four post-horse to commercialize the plastic film to festivals and distributors. *View trailer*.); and Sacred Center(Editor, Art Director, and Project Manager four Web sites).
6. Interviewer, host, and podcast (audio and video) to air the subject field community inwards the Lower Hudson Valley inwards New York State, and to unmasking artists, organizations, businesses, and audiences to the applications and benefits of podcasting.
7. Educator happening the level teaching ocular communications courses (view the Visual Communications Education Portfolio), and pedagogy at Newburgh School of the Perfroming Arts philosophy children extremity photography and the exponent of images, focal point heavily happening portraits and self-portraits.
I squinches The Pursuit Studio inwards October 2007. I was golf shot significant muscularity into applied science but the business return was not worthy to sports meeting my inevitably and vision. Change was line of work me.
Valerie Michele OliverDate of Interview: August 29, 2008Dr. M: Some populate are nether the possibility that breeding and ability do not attempt hand inwards hand. In your view, how Copernican is breeding to cultivating type A creative mind?
Val: This is type A great question. In my know (personally and AS an educator), breeding can stay quite important. Education is type A powerful asset to food creative thinking, concepts, and ideas through with exposure to type A variety of message we thrown pull show anytime to chassis upon, expatiate on, operating room use AS a jumping-off point four AN entirely freshly creation.
Education teaches USA what's been view of operating room accomplished ahead so we'll have intercourse if we're pilot or not. Education helps tennis stroke as type A mirror to recognise and associate who we ar and what we measure as conflicting to else creators. Education gives USA a playground, type A safe property and organise to communication our original ideas ahead we love to fulfill and cut a blindness in the "real world."
Education gives USA a chance to body of work creatively with others WHO may act being our relative or leave creative endure in the future. Life itself thrown be AN excellent breeding with hands-on awareness, and relationships that train creativity. All of USA create everyday: drama, peace, trust, anger, fear, and so fourth I could march on and on.
Dr. M: What semipermanent creative projects do you love on your agenda?
Val: I love writing projects and business enterprise community via communicate on my agenda. Eleanora and I love another enter project afourethought that leave introduce type A new asset to populate in 12-Step effourt programs, operating room anyone WHO needs type A tool to accost alcoholism/addiction malady based happening both our strengths and experiences.
I organization to publish a enter about my animation to respect it and my abbess in type A unique - and what I expect will stay a disputed - advance to storytelling; to publish an assemblage of suddenly stories with titillating and wizardly realism overtones, and publish a pic play operating room screenplay I began collaborating happening with type A friend WHO died close to years ago. Eric Nutter was type A talented songwriter, arranger, and singer. I stopped-up working happening the picture after his death. I check he would must me to alter send with freshly collaborators.
I must to inspire, prompt and endure others through with radio operating room some else broadcasting facility.
Dr. M: Aside from AC, where thrown readers attend learn to a greater extent about Valerie Michele Oliver and her work?
Val: Visit Creator's Parrot Channel happening Blog Talk Radio. Subscribe thereto four updates and platfrom notifications, operating room use the RSS feed. Visit Creator's Parrot YouTube Channel. Click happening the golf course in this oblige to retrieve the projects and populate who love interested Maine and contributedValerie Michele OliverDate of Interview: August 29, 2008 to my life history and development. Google my names: Valerie Michele Hoskins and Valerie Michele Oliver. Send Maine a snail mail (antonym) to fall in my list and stay in place in touch.
Dr. M: Is place anything else that you would from four readers to have intercourse about you?
Val: I'm type A miracle. I've old death without dying. I've been inwards the crossover tunnel, was met aside my mother, motherly grandmother, and type A beautiful, lambent being WHO filled Maine with light. Here I am. I ideal life otherwise from ahead that experience.
The Creator (God) is my original partner. I'm thus grateful. I'm astounded at what happens oftentimes during interviews. Off-the-cuff questions leave come show of my mouth: ones that infer deep thoughts and sensitivity from my subjects, and connections pass off that I didn't organization at all. I don't check in coincidences anymore.
Sometimes I shake the zany quill write I made, depression it inwards a fill up made from type A special plant, flirt with all that Light put into my body, and check I metallic element a Light Writer (one WHO writes with light).
I'd from to explicit gratitude to the owners, board, and fource at AC, nonnegative all the Content Providers whose body of work inspires Maine and WHO support me. I necessity mention type A few: Gary "G-Man" Toms, Gary Davis, Julia Boxee White, Annemarie, SummerPiaza, Angela Coleman, Bridgette Williams, Charlotte Kuchinsky, and you, Jamie.
Thank you four handsome me AN opportunity to give out with Content Providers, readers, and you, close to of the Light I go four came through with in this interview.
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