Ooh, I'm so freakin' excited! Like… ridiculously excited! Crazy OMG out of my mind excited! I continue to confirm events and locations for Chicago, New York, and Toronto, and I'll be headed out in just…
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Vanessa Van Edwards, Dr. Valerie Baker, and More Badassery
Fun Fact #1: I did the casting for Dr. Paul Ekman’s instructional vids. If you’ve never heard of the dude, he’s the expert whose work was behind the Tim Roth series Lie to Me. This…
SMFA-U: Meet the Profs!
Have you ever known people who have so much talent and so much natural ability to simplify something others find confounding, that you feel like a whole bunch more people out there need to know…
How Storytelling Heals the World
I have approximately four hundred and seventeen things to share about these life-shifting few days I've just spent in Canada. I mean, whoa. This soulful entrepreneur retreat was everything I had hoped it would be…
Help Me Decide: A or B?
Heya gorgeous! I'm a pretty dang decisive person. Always have been. Chalk it up to Libra moon and Libra rising. I'm really good at weighing out options, pros/cons listing like the best of 'em, and…
New? Start Here!
Hi! I’m Bonnie Gillespie (she/her) and you’re probably a creative who’d love to stop being described as a “struggling artist” and start being called a “booking machine who moves through life with ease.” Welp, you’ve…
I Hate the Headshots My Agent Loves
Yo, B. I love my agent. I love my new headshots. I HATE the choice from my proofs my agent made for my primary headshot. What do I do? Use whatever I want? Tell my…
100-Day Challenge Results
So, approximately 100 days ago, I issued a challenge in the March Forth column. I’ve so enjoyed watching tweets, reading emails, and hearing — in person — about how this challenge is going for so…
Feedback on Stage Names
Woo! Got LOTS of email, Twitter action, and follow-up convo at the SMFA Facebook Group about last week’s column on stage names. Here’s just a wee bit of what came through: I hear you. But…