Interview with Emily Claudette Freeman with E. Claudette Freeman
Literary Services
Emily has
such a soft and a wonderful tone to her voice.
I can listen to her speak all day.
Maybe it’s her training in radio for over 20 years or maybe it’s just
her tenor that evokes a response in my heart.
Either way … love her!! Now go
get your favorite beverage, get comfy and read the words Emily shared with me
so candidly so that you may get to know her.
What is the
name of your business
E.
Claudette Freeman Literary Services
What
services does your business provide?
I
offer literary coaching and something that I call word & story styling
which is basically finding the words within to help empower and inspire your
life. I believe that each of us has a
story but typically there is a back story to the story that we often overlook
and so part of what I do is your general literary coach which is to help
someone write fiction and non-fiction books and plays and that kind of thing
but the other side of it is exploring those same writing principles to a brand
of life coaching or literary giving.
I
started the business in 2007 after 20 years in radio.
Your
business, doesn’t have a physical store front. Is it basically a home-based
business?
Yes. It is basically a home-based business and
when I do workshops then I am on location at different places or I get invited
to participate in other workshops.
Do you have
a particular territory that you serve?
Because
the nature of my business, I am actually able to work with clients all
over. Interestingly, most of my clients
right now are not even in south Florida.
Right now most of my clients are from the Texas area and the northeast
United States.
Who does
your business serve?
I
am built to work with people who have not necessarily have a tremendous talent
but have a tremendous desire and a tremendous tenacity to see their work come
to fruition because writing can be a very intimidating thing. The process of literally just setting aside
the time do it can be overwhelming and then to have somebody work with you that
tell you this isn’t flowing or I think you need to more here; to have somebody
like me who approaches it from that radio background so when you give it to me,
I am interviewing your work. I am
interviewing you.
My
ideal client is someone that is willing to braze all of that to see their
finished product come to life and from the empowerment perspective, my ideal
client has to be someone who is willing to face the words that are within them
and look back at their story, even in the most painful parts of it and realize
that there was some power, there was some positive energy, there was some guide
in your life even in their most difficult moments.
The examples that Emily
gave me of how she helps her customers to bring out, as she states, the other
side of the story. She thought me that I
must look at things deeper than the surface.
Ladies use her questions to your story!
What is the other side of the story?
Think about what is it that you are supposed to learn from “this” story?
At home who
is in your home front?
It
is me and a 15-year-old and he is a full plate!
Emily and I agreed! We need to gather our teens and move them to
a commune where they can freely express themselves and feed themselves and earn
their own money and wash their own laundry!
We can dream can’t we?
How did you
get bitten by the entrepreneurial bug?
I
think I have always known that I was always supposed to be an
entrepreneur. I was the kind of teenager
that would do things like you know start my own little magazine. Like sit down and type (when it was a typewriter),
typing stuff up and you know putting it together and stapling it and sending it
to my family. Or I would sit in the
house saying I will one day own a radio station or I am going to do this that
or the other.
Emily spoke of
grandparents and uncles in her family who raised families from running their
own businesses!
I
think it was very unusual for me to be the one to jump into entrepreneurship
because of my mother’s kids I am the most introverted one. I am the shy one. I am the one that did radio. Go figure!
One cannot say that you
need be a specific “type” to be an entrepreneur. From the bubbly to the shy ones like Emily …
it all depends on ONE THING! How bad do
you want it?
Success
wise, what has been your biggest success so far?
You
know what my biggest success is and I don’t think I realized it until recently
is I love that look when people see their words in front of them.
Seeing your work come to
fruition whether it is the written word or a web page or the prototype of your
work is REAL!! Emily is so lucky to pull
the words out of clients!
What do you
feel is your biggest challenge?
I
think my biggest challenge has been the financial peace. Finding clients to see the value in what you
do for them and are willing to compensate you for the value and also finding
the value in YOU. Because that is
something that I’ve noticed that us entrepreneurs that we all struggle with is
saying that what I have is worth something and actually putting the worth on
it. It is like “I really have to charge
for this?” And you do. You really do!
Yes! Oh yes!
She said it so well. So yes
ladies … We must put a price tag on the value that we bring to our clients. This is a message that the universe is putting
out there with Emily as the vehicle for all of my women entrepreneurs in MY TRIBE
reading this blog.
What is
your favorite thing about humanity?
The
fact that in the most interesting moments we can be immensely compassionate to
people we do not know.
If you were
a new color in a crayon box what would be your crayon name and why?
This is where Emily’s imagination
shows off. Without missing a beat she
replied in the most creative way!
I
would be like a Consuela Candy. It would
look somewhere between an orange and a burgundy. But when you use it, it would put out
whatever color your energy is putting out that day. It would be like a mood ring.
I
fell in love with the name Consuela when I started watching re-runs of Marcus
Welby, M.D.
Emily gets my creativity
award for this answer so far! Consuela
Candy! Love it.
What value
does being an entrepreneur bring to your life?
It
brings the value of helping define my purpose and my gift from The Divine. And being able to walk in it. You know.
In a very weird and creative way, I get to counsel and minister all at
the same time.
Being
an entrepreneur doing what I do has in so many ways helped me find ME! Help me find my back story. And the power in my back story. And the power and the value in my worth. So while I have been helping and working with
others, It’s in turn has been empowering and healing me.
One word … WOW! We grow when we help others grow! She is a true TRIBE member! So happy, happy to have chatted with the
{lovely} Emily!
Emily’s
upcoming event is for those that have a story in them. Come out and play with words. Emily will pull the story out of you! Reserve your seat today by contacting her
directly!
Spring
12 week writing groups
Emily
is introducing a Spring schedule of literary lockdowns both physical and
virtual - so that authors of fiction can learn and write with a small group of
aspiring authors and herself. Additionally, February 10th, seats will open for
our Spring 12 week writing groups. For authors writing fiction, life enhancing
non-fiction and spiritual/inspirational works.
Participation will be first booked, first served in both areas. The
thing that Emily is super excited about is introducing my Styling My Story
Line, which are a variety of literary and publishing engagement options. So,
those interacting with Emily will choose the style of engagement that best fits
their life's needs at the moment and create a customized, printed book for
their personal reflection, introspection and invigoration.
To contact Emily,
here is her info J
Emily Claudette Freeman
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Emily Claudette Freeman Literary
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Word and Story Stylist
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web: www.eclaudetteliterary.com
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email: coaching@eclaudetteliterary.com
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phone: 7867631208
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blog: www.storytimewithemilyclaudette.wordpress.com
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LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/emilyclaudettefreeman
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Twitter: ecfcreative
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I really do hope you
enjoyed this interview and the amazing insight that this {lovely} woman entrepreneur
has brought to you. I love to see that
we are not alone in our experiences, fears, hopes and dreams!
Tune in for next week’s
blog where we will chat with Michelle Reynolds of Back 2 Basics Family.
Happy Time Management
(a.k.a YOU management)
Tabby
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