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Feedback on The Agent WOW Kit

in The Actors Voice on May 16, 2011 August 14, 2025

Got some great feedback on The Agent WOW Kit. Here’s a sampling. Again, your weekly articles are so timely! I’m about to go into a meeting with a big agent today and I just read…

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The Super Bowl

in The Actors Voice on May 16, 2011 August 14, 2025

Regular readers know I love football. Specifically, college football. More specifically, SEC football. Most specifically, UGA football. Sue me. I’m a Georgia girl and I bleed red and black. I’ve written several times over the…

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Should Actors Include Social Networking Numbers on Submissions?

in The Actors Voice on May 9, 2011 August 14, 2025

I just read an article that recommends that actors and agents should start to list how many Facebook/Twitter friends an actor has on his resumé because indie producers are looking for “buzzability.” Are we going…

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Connect the Dots

in The Actors Voice on May 9, 2011 August 14, 2025

I find it so interesting to track certain “landmark days” in my life. Y’know the days, right? When you look back at major positive shifts, you are able to trace them to a common event…

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Gratitude Unplugged

in Unplugging on May 8, 2011 August 14, 2025

Golly. This posted started out as one about how I got my gratitude back through an exercise I created for myself. (I needed my gratitude back because I’d been feeling the need to cash in…

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Improving the Odds

in The Actors Voice on May 2, 2011 August 14, 2025

Hello Bonnie, I have just read and printed out your Agent-Free Auditioning article and would like to say a big THANK YOU! I am a starting-out-actor in NYC. I have been acting part-time for years,…

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Think It Through

in The Actors Voice on May 2, 2011 August 14, 2025

I am writing this while The Actors’ Network is celebrating its 20th anniversary. I mention that because one of (TAN founder) Kevin E. West’s favorite sayings is appropriate for this week’s column: “Just because it’s…

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Gratitude Unplugged [RANT]

in Unplugging on April 29, 2011 August 14, 2025

This started out as a post about how I got my gratitude back through an exercise I created for myself. (I needed my gratitude back, because I’d been feeling the need to cash in my…

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Who Inspires Heather L. Tyler? April Stirton!

in The Actors Voice on April 25, 2011 August 14, 2025

It’s the end of the month and that means it’s time for another dose of inspired awesomeosity! To nominate someone for May or beyond, hit me up at the address at the bottom of each…

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The Agent WOW Kit

in The Actors Voice on April 25, 2011 August 14, 2025

Now that pilot season is over and agents are looking to reshape their rosters before midseason, actors hoping to score agent meetings are more likely to get their shot right now. That doesn’t mean it’s…

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