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Balanced Black Girl

How to Follow Your Creative Calling with Tia Williams

Balanced Black Girl

She's So Lucky

Health & Fitness, #Shessolucky, Balancedblackgirl, Lesalfred, Balancedles

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

#285: What does it take to fully step into your creative calling?


In this episode, I sit down with bestselling author Tia Williams to explore her career journey from beauty editor to full-time novelist, proving that sometimes, there isn’t a single pivot—just a path you’ve always been walking.


Tia shares how her love for romance fiction shaped her storytelling, why taking risks is key to success, and how writing her own love story helped her discover her true voice.


We Also Talk About…

  • Tia’s career experiences as a beauty editor and full-time fiction author.
  • What it takes to get your book adapted for film.
  • How to spark inspiration when you’re in a creative rut.
  • How to turn your messy first draft into something amazing.
  • How to create systems to support your creativity.


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0:00.0

The following podcast is a Dear Media production.

0:04.4

All right, y'all, it is happening to celebrate the rebrand from Balance Black Girl to

0:09.6

She's So Lucky. I'm bringing the podcast live to you. We're kicking off this new chapter

0:15.8

with two incredible live shows featuring some amazing surprise yes. So join us on April 3rd in New York City

0:23.3

or on April 5th in Washington, D.C. These are going to be unforgettable nights filled with fun convos,

0:30.5

major inspiration, and of course the best vibes. Think community, manifestation, and all the lucky

0:37.2

magic of the pod, but in real life.

0:40.2

If you've ever wanted to be a part of a live recording and connect with like-minded women

0:44.9

IRL, this is your chance. Tickets are on sale now, but they won't last long. Grab yours in the

0:51.4

description, and I cannot wait to see you there.

1:00.7

Thank you. grab yours in the description and I cannot wait to see you there. Welcome to the podcast.

1:02.8

I am so excited to be sitting down this week with a very special guest who I think is just

1:10.4

the epitome of kind of the new era of the podcast.

1:14.8

When we talk about creating our own luck, she is absolutely someone who has done that.

1:20.4

So if you are a fellow book lover, particularly of romance, you are going to be very excited to hear from today's guest. I'm sitting down

1:28.8

with the iconic New York Times bestselling author, Miss Tia Williams. You have loved her books

1:35.1

like Seven Days in June, The Perfect Find, a love song for Ricky Wild. We sit down and we talk

1:41.6

about really the ways that she has created her own luck.

1:45.9

We talk about her career in beauty, her career as an author, her creative process, how she

1:52.6

approaches writing, her advice for getting out of creative plateaus.

1:57.0

I mean, this episode is just full of so many amazing nuggets of just wisdom and creative goodness from Tia.

2:04.8

So let's get into the episode.

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