Sylvie Soul Writing Podcast

In this episode of the Sylvie Soul Podcast, I interview Jennifer Hayward. Jennifer is an award-winning author that writes for Harlequin Presents and has written over 20 Harlequin novels, including The Divorce Party, which won her the 2012 So You Think You Can Write Competition. Jennifer Hayward has recently launched a coaching business, Jennifer Hayward Coaching, which offers story consultation and developmental editing.  For more information on her writing career, visit http://jenniferhaywardromance.com For more information Jennifer's coaching business the services offered, visit http://jenniferhaywardcoaching.com    

In this episode of the Sylvie Soul Writing Podcast, I interview Jeff Thorpe, aka TheLastSonCosplay, a professional cosplayer in Toronto, Canada. We cover a myriad of topics, from the advent of the gig economy; how to balance one's hobby and side-hustle with a demanding full-time job; how to give 100% and live a life of intention. You can follow Jeff at @thelastsoncosplay on Instagram. Violet Love - @VioletLoveCosplay on Instagram Crimson Creations - Custom cosplays and props The Sean Ward Show - Youtube Channel

In this solo episode, I discuss the lessons I learned from speaking at the Pretty Heroes convention in Toronto, Canada.

In this episode I chat with Jeremy Fuscaldo, creator of the Amelia Enmity webcomic. I was introduced to Jeremy during my heyday as a Hey Arnold! superfan and discovered that aside from creating spectacular fanart (as well as commissioned art for my former show, the Vacant Lot podcast), Jeremy is an exceptionally talented artist that brings a lot of value to the creative community. We run the gamut of topics, from the importance of an MFA, to Sesame Street Storyboards and Storybooks. We chat about the current state of the animation industry, the impact of #Metoo in Hollywood, and debate about separating the art from the artist when a creator of a show/property is mired with scandal. We also speak in depth about the power of fandom, from its potential of toxicity to its ability to create transformative works out of its source material. Jeremy can be reached at the following channels: www.jeremyfuscaldo.com http://jeremyfuscaldo.tumblr.com http://twitter.com/jeremyfuscaldo http://patreon.com/jeremyfuscaldo http:

Ariana Grande has put the blogging community on notice. The “God is a Woman” star spoke out to publicly defend Justin Bieber’s performance at Coachella. In the process, she spoke out against bloggers in the infamous, now-deleted tweet: “People are so lost. One day everybody that works at all them blogs will realise how unfulfilled they are and purposeless what they’re doing is and hopefully shift their focus elsewhere. “ While these comments were intended for one particularly vocal online critic, they struck a nerve with those who actually DO take part in the practice of blogging. And so the age-old question once again rears its ugly head: Is blogging a waste of time? The answer? It depends. I ran a blog and a podcast about the cartoon series Hey Arnold! from 2016 until the end of 2017. I was excited about the upcoming release of the new television movie, and wanted to sing the show’s praises as a sort of love letter to my devotion to the fandom. Well, November 2017 came and went with little fanfare. The se

I have an addiction. My drug of choice isn’t a controlled substance, and it can’t be bought in the stores or at the pharmacy. My drug is the little red circle that appears whenever I check my Wattpad account. It’s the email I receive notifying me when someone had liked, given kudos, or reviewed one of my fanfics. I am addicted to validation. Confession time: although I no longer write fanfiction, I still occasionally check back to Wattpad, Fanfiction.net, and Archive of our Own to see if the masses are still reading my stories. The brief hit of seeing that someone liked something I wrote is always nice, but what really gives me my dopamine high is when a person takes the time to write to me to tell me how much my fanfic is “OMG THE BEST THING EVER!” But here’s the messed-up part: no sooner do I take in that initial rush of validation, the high is gone, vanishing into the ether like so much smoke dissipating from an opium pipe. The joy is fleeting. So I’m constantly looking, constantly checking for new instanc

Confession time: I’m a fan of King of the Hill. In season 5, episode 19 of the series, the eponymous character Hank Hill competes in a lawnmower race. There’s this bizarre plot where Hank discovers he has no buttocks, which comes to a head in the last lap as he struggles to finish the race. Hank can’t win, and neither can his neurotic friend-slash-neighbour Dale Gribble. Dale reasons he can at least have bragging rights in beating the handicapped racer, leading to this memorable line uttered in the race for sixth place: I lost…but I can still beat Hank. That’s even better than winning! This line has become a running joke amongst me and my siblings, and we often spout it in times when failure is inevitable but abject humiliation can be avoided by at least beating the opponent directly behind us. Case in point: when it comes to preparing for long –distance races, I am not the fastest runner. I came in last place in my 8th grade cross-country team. While I no longer bring up the rear, I’m still far from an elite

Originally published on Medium on July 21, 2018 A co-worker at my office had to put her dog down last weekend. I felt bad for her, so I purchased a sympathy card and included a gift card to one of her favourite restaurants, thinking it would make her day. The Monday after she put her dog down, this same co-worker was physically assaulted by a deranged individual near our building. I felt appalled that someone could be randomly attacked so close to our work…but I also wondered if it was my fault she got assaulted. You have to leave our building to access the restaurant for which I had gotten the gift card. If she didn’t leave the building to use the gift card, would she have been alright? I now realize these thoughts are moot. The co-worker went the opposite direction, and had not opened the card prior to the incident. But how pathetic am I that the first thing I considered when she was subjected to bodily harm was how I may have been ultimately responsible? This is an inherent problem with the human race. S