June 2, 2024 • 32 mins
SoCal SBS Spotlight: Tonya Tee Founder and Owner of ‘Writing Waves’ · What they do: Writing Waves is an online-only, service-based business in L. A. County. As a unique and empathetic copy and content marketing writer, Tonya surfs the ocean of words to navigate engaging sentences that captivate each business/brand's target audience. SoCal SBS Spotlight: Tonya Tee. Things to do in SoCal: · GRAMMY Museum Announces Hip-Hop Block Party On June 6 · WeHo Pride Weekend 2024 street closures, parking restrictions · Cinespia announces lineup for summer films and fireworks at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Weed Warning in SoCal: Weed soda brand poses danger to consumers, state officials say.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
(00:00):
Los Angeles, Orange County. IE in the Valley. This is to
Wallace Sharp and you're listening to kfI M six forty Soul Cal Saturday on
demand on the iHeartRadio app. It'sso Cal Saturday. Now Fi to Wallace
(00:22):
charp Is on the show is soCal Saturday. This this is so calson
It's so Cal Saturday, Saturday Saturdayand Saturday seven Day Saturday Saturday. N
(01:00):
word is the word. This isSoul KFI AM six forty Live everywhere on
the iHeartRadio app, in Commerce,Echo Park, Cavazan and Running Springs.
This is soul Cal Saturday. I'myour host, Twalla Sharp, welcoming you
to another soul Cal Saturday Small BusinessSaturday Spotlight. Today, I introduce you
(01:21):
to the one and only Tanya tthe founder and owner of Writing Waves,
Writing Like, Writing Something Down Waves. Writing Waves is an online only service
based in Los Angeles County. Tanyaserves the ocean of words to navigate engaging
sentences that captivate each business brand's targetaudience. And if that already doesn't tell
(01:46):
you, because she wrote that andthat is amazing, just putting that all
together. If that doesn't let youknow what they do. I have gotten
missed Tanya t on soul cal Saturday. Right now, Tanya, welcome to
the show. How you doing today? Hey, t shark while at Sharp
to the people that know you somuch for an awesome, awesome, awesome
(02:07):
introduction. Wow wow Hey, Look, this is why we do what we
do. This is why I dowhat I do. And full disclosure,
I know Tanya, Me and Tanyawe grew up together in Pasadena, so
this is also Dina love. ButTyya did actually submit her business for the
Small Business Saturday shout outs and thatis why she is here now. Tanya,
(02:31):
first of all, tell me whatgot you into writing, of all
things, because that is a hard, hard thing to do, especially writing
for other people. Well, whatgot me into writing? Going all the
way back? And I will notmake this long, I promise, at
being the storyteller that I am,this will be a short story. When
(02:52):
I was little, I met acousin who talked very fast, and I
wanted to talk as fast as her, so in my attempt, I developed
a stuttering problem. So I stutteredbad for like a year. And during
that time, my mother and mysister would just tell me to write it
down because they just did not havethe patience for me stuttering. So that
(03:12):
is actually how I started writing.Wow from there and you know, and
studying. It only happened for abouta year. Then I finally, you
know, slowed down and now Ican talk as fast as that cousin.
Anyway, during high school, Iwould journal and I would write poems.
And then when I got out ofhigh school, you know, went to
(03:35):
college, and I'm writing for friends. I wrote erotic short erotic novels,
well short stories, tried to getpublished that didn't work, but I still
kept writing. I still kept writingsomething, whether it was writing for my
friends, editing something for my friends, writing poems for myself, writing short
stories, erotic stories so my friendscould read. The writing kept going fast.
(03:59):
Forward over to twenty nineteen. Iput up a post on Facebook,
and I can't remember which post itwas. I think it was something like
dear black people stopped calling pasta noodlesor something like that. And one of
my mother's friends commented, look,grammar Nazi, just deal with it.
(04:21):
It is what it is. AndI'm like, I'm not a grammar Nazi,
what is she talking about? Butat the same time. That stuck
with me and I'm like, maybeI could be a grammar Nazi. Maybe
I could because I was looking tostart a business anyway and didn't know what
to do. And I'm like that, but it stuck with me. Since
she was one of my mother's friends, I'm like, let me look into
(04:43):
this. Did my research found outabout copywriters and blog specialists and ghost blogging
and ghost writing and all of thethings. And in twenty nineteen, I
just went into it. Twenty twenty, Writing Ways was born. Wow.
Okay, Now with with I meanthat's a lot. I mean that is
a deep origin. Now with writingwaves, what all are you writing for
(05:08):
people? When it comes to everythingthat you do? I guess my question
is essentially, who comes to youlike and what is it that they're needing?
Are they coming to you saying,hey, we need a pitch for
a business, we need copy forour website, I need help a resume.
How do people find you and whatare they typically coming to you with
(05:29):
a lot of people have found methrough word of mouth referral. That's how
I have been found by the majorityof the clients that I receive. It's
through referral. Because let me tellyou my friends and family. Oh my
goodness, I have a wonderful supportsystem. At the same time, away
from that, LinkedIn and Instagram.For some reason, I'm not really getting
(05:54):
anybody from Facebook, but they're nota problem. But LinkedIn and Instagram have
also been helped. But the legitmajority is referral and word is word of
my referrals. And so that's wheremy clients are coming from. Now,
who do I service? What doI service? A small businesses? I'm
better with small businesses, but Ialso can, you know, work with
(06:15):
corporate Americas absolutely, And what Ican I can? I can. I
can flip it because I have thequalifications to flip it and the education and
everything behind that. You said writewebsite copy, Yes, I actually can
write website copy. Is for ecommerce people if they need product descriptions,
that would be me and that fallsunder copywriting. And that's definitely something I
(06:40):
can do. Email sequences like emailfunnels, sales funnels, that's another thing
that falls under copywriting. That issomething that I offer. Slogan, just
a simple slogan. That's another youknow, it's it can be simple.
That's another thing that falls under copywriting. That's another thing. Or that's another
service that I offer. Social mediacaptions for businesses or brands that they have
(07:03):
the pictures but they don't have thecaption to go underneath the picture for like
Instagram and Twitter and things like that. That that's another thing that I,
as a copywriter can can offer,can provide. So that's the copywriting side,
and then also sales, ads andnewsletters. Copywriting is that big niche,
(07:26):
I guess you could say, andall of those things fall underneath it,
and I am qualified and I offerall of those things. That's on
the copywriting side. On the contentwriting side, blogging, I can I
offer blogs because again I love totell the stories. So I could be
the ghost blogger, meaning I writefor that business and it appears as if
(07:47):
the business wrote it themselves. OrI can just be that expert blogger for
that business and you know, addmy name to it and just being you
know, hired by the business towrite for the business. But that's still
that's blogging to put the information outthere, or to again write newsletters or
(08:09):
to write about pages because about pagesare also the story for that business and
what and how they can benefit whateverconsumer or customer that comes to them,
so again, I love to tellthe stories. So my favorite things to
write are about pages, blogs andemail newsletters. Those are my favorite things
(08:31):
to write. However, I'm qualifiedto do everything that I've listed, and
you mentioned resumes. Yes, Iactually do resumes as well. That's on
the different side. That has nothingto do with copywriting and content writing,
but it definitely is something I offerbecause at the end of the day,
I'm a writer. I'm just awriter to where I can. I can
(08:54):
flip it, I can flip itand write what needs to be written.
So I had to I had tobring it down, you know, and
not say that I'm writing everything.I'm only writing some things because writing matters,
and no matter what we're doing inthis world, we have to read
what somebody wrote and I can writeit. I do write it. So
(09:18):
absolutely. If you are just tuningin, I am speaking with Miss Tanya
t the founder and owner of WritingWaves More with Tanya in just a moment,
you're listening to Soul cal Saturday withTawla Sharp on demand from KFI AM
six forty KFI AM six forty Liveeverywhere on the iHeartRadio app in glass el
(09:54):
Park, Florence, Auroral Grande andLanders. This is soul Cal Saturday.
I'm your host, Tula Sharp,and we are in the middle of our
soul Cal Saturday Small Business Saturday Spotlightwith Miss Tanya t the founder and owner
of Writing Waves. Writing Waves asan online only service based in Los Angeles
(10:16):
County. As a unique and empatheticcopy and content marketing writer, Tanya serves
the oceans of words to navigate engagingsentences that captivate each business brand's target audience.
My question for Tanya is, inthe emergence of AI, how does
someone like Tanya advance beyond the computerand the technology? And so, Tanya,
(10:41):
bringing you back into this conversation.Recently on Later with Mo Kelly me
Moe and Mark Ronner were arguing backand forth between the advancements of AI and
YAI is here to stay and myargument is basically, learn to live with
and make it work for you,stop trying to work against it. How
(11:03):
does someone like you, who whodoes all of this specialized niche writing for
be it small businesses or even forcorporate entities, how do you compete against
AI? You don't, Well,I don't. I embrace it. I
embrace it and I remember that AIis a tool. It is not the
(11:26):
end all be all. It isa tool now for you know, when
chat GPT came out, there werenews coverages saying that kids were going to
chat gpt and having them write theentire the entire report or essay or whatever,
and turning in homework and all ofthat. The problem with AI is
(11:46):
plagiarism. It's so easy to beplagiarized because I don't know if chat GPT
does it now, but I knowbefore they did not cite where they were
getting the information from. As Google'sGemini tells you if it's been on if
whatever whatever prompt you put in onGoogle's Gemini, it will tell you if
(12:07):
the information that is giving back toyou based on your promp is already on
the internet somewhere. I don't knowif chat GPT will tell you that,
but they should because that helps eradicateplagiarism, to know that it's already there.
But at the same time, thereason why I say I can use
it as a tool even though it'salready there, it can. It can
(12:31):
it can reduce my brainstorming time,my brain the time that it takes to
brainstorm, so if I type ina PROMP, I prefer Google's Gemini over
chat GIPT. I don't even usechat jipt anymore. So I do use
AI for brainstorming. I do notuse AI for writing. So if I
have an idea, but you knowhow they say writer's block and you're looking
(12:52):
at a blank page. If that, if that happens, I will go
into Gemini and I'll type in aprompt and then all of these things come
up, and I'm like, okay, now the writing juices are flowing.
And then I'll turn off Gemini andgo back into my creativity and create my
own for the client. Wow.So AI is a great tool, but
(13:13):
it's a tool, not the actualsurface. So and sadly, sadly,
a lot of copywriters and a lotof writers in general are losing clients to
AI because clients are telling them,well, I have chat GPT, so
I don't need you now. Sowe're gonna you know, we're gonna cut
this contract. Or I have thisAI program, so I'm gonna cut your
(13:35):
contract. So it's sad that that'shappening. But at the same time,
it's a tool. So if youembrace it and use it in a certain
way you can still keep some clientsbecause of course there are gonna be those
other clients that don't really understand whatyou what, what I'm offering. Then
when it comes to copywriting, theyfigure, Okay, well you know I
(13:58):
can get it from AI. Butyeah, it's a person. So because
AI is not a person, itwhatever copy person uses from AI, they're
missing the engagement. They're missing thehuman connection that only humans can actually offer
in the writing. Wow, that'sgot that. That's why I had to
(14:20):
I had to carry this conversation overfor another saved because I'm like, I
knew you had that answer. Iknew you had that answer. Tell me
outside of outside of writing for others, do you write for yourself? I
know in our first segment you mentionedthat you were doing some really avant garde
kind of Nazi writing. Uh areyou? Are you still writing for yourself
(14:43):
at all? What do you dofor yourself? When it comes to writing?
I still do poems every now andthen because they helped me if I'm
you know, if I'm feeling lowor depressed or sad, poems still help
me get those emotions out. Andthen I still share those faults to start
with, different people if they act, and every once in a while I'll
put a poem on my on myInstagram page something along those lines. But
(15:07):
the erotic writing, I'm not writingthat. I haven't written a short and
erotic short story in years. However, some friends have recently asked me to
get back into it. So I'mon the fence. I'm on the fence
because, let me tell you,the creativity is still there. I don't
(15:30):
need AI for those. And Ialso know from from following you on social
media that you have become a bitof a prolific film and television series reviewer.
You want to share a little bitabout that as well. Yes,
I fell into the YouTube beast,or the beast that is YouTube, and
let me tell you that started asat the end of all of my YouTube
(15:54):
videos it says that beach side streamsis a subsidiary of writing ways and it
is because I was already doing TVand movie reviews on Facebook just for my
friends after the pandemic. They's askingme, you know, what can I
watch? What can I watch?Okay, we'll watch this. I'm watching
this for under copywriting. Another nicheor service to offer is script writing,
(16:18):
and I can do script writing.However, I could not showcase because one
thing about being a service provider youhave to be able to show people that
your work. You have to beable to show a portfolio of some sort.
And I had nothing to show inmy portfolio about video scripts. So
I decided to do YouTube as myvideo script portfolio. Now, even though
(16:44):
each episode of Beachside Streams is notscripted, I'm just speaking off the top
of my head about whatever TV showand movie I just saw, it's you.
I'm also using it as a portfoliofor video scripts because I do write
the description, and you know Ido all the editing myself and all that,
all all of the things, allthe things I do it all.
(17:06):
I'm the sole soul. Yes,So beachside Streams I'm reviewing every every Thursday
and Sunday. You're gonna get areview of either a movie or a TV
show. And I did that asmy video script portfolio for writing. Way,
I absolusolutely love it, and ifyou love it, you can find
out more at writing hyphenwaves dot com. Tanya, thank you so much,
(17:33):
not only for what you do,but for joining us today and sharing it,
because I promise you this someone listeningright now, is already going on
your website like I have got tohire this young lady now, Tanya wow
man, thank you for what youdo. And of course Dina love,
(17:55):
Dina love. Thank you t Sharp, as all of us from Dina know
you as t shop for the otherpeople. Thank you, mister Tula.
It has been an honor. AndI love, I love what you're doing.
I remember you in high school andI remember you, you know,
being a rapper and being in radioand still in radio and watching your growth
is awesome. To that. Amento that in a love, good job,
(18:19):
in love, love you. Sincethis is KFI AM six forty Live
everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. You'relistening to Soul Cal Saturday with Taula Sharp
on demand from KFI AM six fortyKFI AM six forty Live everywhere on the
(18:59):
iHeart Radio so app in Green Meadows, Hacienda Heights, rem Forest and Newberry
Springs, Ram Forest. Huh alrighty, welcome to Soul Coal Saturday's city shout
out lineup. Yes, some funand exciting things to get into. Something
that I think you absolutely need tocheck out. If it is your cup
(19:22):
of tea at the Grammy Museum.They have just announced a hip Hop block
Party. This is going down onJune six. Inspired by the Grammy Museums
Hip Hop America the Mixtape Exhibit,this celebratory event ignites the Museum with an
array of interdisciplinary arts and experiences forthe fiftieth anniversary of hip Hop And Yes,
(19:48):
that may have come and gone,but the celebration is far from over.
Yes, on June six, youcan experience the potency of hip hop
culture like never before at the GrammyMuseum. The event will take place on
site at the Grammy Museum, locatedeight hundred West Olympic Boulevard in Los Angeles,
(20:08):
California. Of course, and thereis just a host of amazing events
happening. One dynamic dance showcase beingled by Leslie Big Les Singer and Richard
Swoop White Bear. There is acutting edge fashion show featuring Cross Colors and
the Black Design Collective, a captivatingsite and sound photo gallery presented by Alvin
(20:33):
Alore and entertain The Angels, andQuarantine Villamore, I Hope I Got your
last Name? Ryan, Quarantine,I Hope I got Quarantine right? And
riveting live performances by eurob Nila Allenor Nyla Allen and Jane Bell and Vibes
Curate curated by DJ Artistic on theOnes and twos. I don't know who
(20:56):
any of those live performances are there, look, but they're part of a
different general I'm not familiar with NylaAllen or Jane Zion Bell x I A
n Bell. I'm old too.I don't know. All I know is
if big Les is out there performingand getting down, that's something you absolutely
(21:17):
want to go see. I haveknown big Les for years and she is
She is literally hip hop history.If you've ever watched the TV show and
Living Single, she is the dancersilhouetted in the opening of that. She
is danced for Mary J. Blige, Heavy D, Michael Jackson, Janet
Jackson, Bobby Brown. Look,if there was someone doing a show throughout
(21:44):
the hip hop era of hip hop, R and B and all that she
did the dancing or she choreographed it. So when I found out that she
was a part of this Grammy Museumhip Hop block party, I said,
well, we've got to talk aboutthis because she is a fishy. Now
more information can be found out onthis event at the Grammy Museum dot com.
(22:07):
Uh and right now, if youhave not been living under a rock,
then you know that the we HoldPride Festival weekend is on and popping,
and it has been going on sinceyesterday and will be going on through
June second. Pride festivities will feed. There's who's there, Kesha, Adam
(22:30):
Lambert, Monet Exchange, I guessmoney exchange. Sure, I don't know
who that is either. I can'tlisten to music anymore, Kesha, the
Kesha's dopey. But but the profitis going on all week. Today's events
include the Women's Freedom Festival and theannual Dyke March and the parade. Today
(22:52):
it might actually be over, itmight have be going on. No,
that's that's what the march is called. That's that's living just I thought it.
No, that's literally what I believe. That's what Okay, Yes,
we'll go. No, I thoughtit was I always thought it was a
slur, but I guess not.I don't know that's what they're calling it,
okay, okay, being selacious ordisrespectful. It is literally the annual
(23:15):
Dight March. That's what it saysright here, and of course you know
the street bloc or The street closureshave been massive. North San Vicente Boulevard
from Melrose Avenue to Santa Monica closedall the way through Monday at ten am.
East Bound Santa Monica Boulevard from NorthLociennaga Boulevard to North Dolheeny Drive closed
(23:38):
till Monday at seven am. NorthRobinson Boulevard from Santa Monica Boulevard to Melrose
Avenue closed all the way through Mondayat seven am. Westbound Santa Monica Boulevard
from North Lociennaga Boulevard to North Dolheenyclosed all the way through Monday it's seven
am. And North San Cente Boulevardfrom Santa Monica Boulevard to Cynthia Street.
(24:03):
Yes, you guessed it closed allthe way till seven am on Monday morning.
So that is a look at whyyou may want to avoid that area
unless you are going to the event. Don't go trying to just drive through
and think it's going to be easydrive because it's not. Also quickly and
this is all I really love thisevent. Cinaspa they have announced or Cinespia,
(24:27):
not Cinnaspa. Cinespia has announced thelineup for the Summer Films and Fireworks
Festival at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.Yes, I know you may think it's
freaky or weird watching films among thedead, but no, this event,
it's it's like a family gathering,get together, full of fun. Yeah,
(24:49):
don't creakle your nose, Super producerKayla. People like watching movies with
the dead. I've heard. I'veheard great things about watching the movies at
the Cemetery. I I don't thinkit's my thing, like beaches aren't yours.
But tweet his own, you know, like I think it shall be.
I like the beach, I justdon't like the water and all the
poop that's in it. I likemovies, just not watching them with dead
(25:11):
people. Okay, that's fair,that's fair. Well. General admission tickets
start at twenty two dollars. Parkingon site at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery starts
at thirty dollars. There's some offsite parking at Lemon Grove and some other
streets and this, that and theother. But the complete listing of the
films in the outdoor festival on Julyfourth, Rocky plus a firework show on
(25:36):
July fifth, Charlie's Angels, thetwo thousand film with a firework show on
July sixth, Shrek two with yesfirework show on July thirteenth, Midsummar mid
Midsummer, Midsummer. I've never seenthat film. I don't know what it
is. Okay, sure it's playedJuly thirteenth, July twentieth, Empire Records,
and July twenty seventh, Love Bamba. Why they're not doing a firework
(26:00):
festival with La Bamba. That isa damn shame. Lobamba needs a firework
festival, but you know, Idon't run the festivities over there, so
yeah, that is definitely something tocheck. It's the neighbors. That's probably
why. Oh boo boo, they'relike, no more fireworks, Tomato,
(26:21):
tomato, not for the girl.You had better get it right, Love
Bomba. Sorry. If they hearlike shooting in the movie, like I
work at the theater, I'm sorry, the studio right next door. If
they hear shooting, they complain likewhy shooting? So for sure fireworks are
off. Okay. See that's that'sjust because if they're doing it for Rocky,
(26:42):
there's no I mean, really,I don't want to see how Charlie's
Angels gets the fireworks. But butbut it's around the fourth because that's July
fifth, So Charlie's Angels deserves fireworks. I don't know if you've ever seen
it, Cameron Dias, Lucy Lowmorebest movie ever at least George Lee I
have seen it. I don't know. I'm just saying fourth of July weekend,
(27:03):
I can understand the fireworks. I'mjust thinking the special consideration should be
made for LaBamba, one of thegreatest musical film documentaries ever made ever period.
So yeah, coming up on theother side, I got a few
more things that want to share withyou. You're listening to soul col Saturday
(27:25):
with Tawala Sharp on demand from KFIAM six forty, KF five and six
forty live everywhere all the iHeart Radioapp in Harbor City, Los Feliz,
(27:47):
Pioneer Town, and Cressline. Thisis soul cal Saturday. And I was
going to close the show out withyour favorite subject bar none reparations. But
but but but uh, there isone story that I forgot and I think
it is important to go back andget it. In our conversation about marriage
(28:12):
and wanna all right, there is, for some crazy reason, a weed
soda brand which is said to posea danger to consumers, as if weed
soda would not. But California stateofficials are warning the public against consuming a
(28:33):
brand of cannabis containing sodas as theycontained what officials describe as prohibited intoxicating ingredients.
So wait a minute, Wait waita minute, Wait a minute,
Wait a minute. State officials arewarning you against consuming a weed brand of
(28:53):
soda because it contains prohibited intoxic ingredients. Okay, so all right. The
California Department of Public Health recently saidthat Mary Jones Hemp infused sodas contain prohibited
(29:14):
THC isolate ingredients, thus making thema risk to community to consume. The
SODA's active ingredient is a THC isolateproduced from himp, not marijuana, making
them federally legal but prohibited in California. According to CDPH director doctor Thomas J.
(29:37):
Aragon, quote, California simply willnot tolerate the distribution and sale of
unsafe, mislabeled an illegal products thatput the health of the public at risk.
In quote, so, the containedTHC in a WEE branded soda,
(30:00):
and this is the warning Okay,seems like doctor Eric Gun may need a
toke just to loosen up a littlebit so you can stop sitting out mass
alerts and warnings against drinking weed sodathat contains weed. That's weird. This
is weird to me. I don'tknow. I have the idea too much
(30:21):
weed. I guess maybe too much. Baby. It's like I can't have
people drinking weed soda getting high too. You can't have that because I don't
think you can overdose on weed.I mean, if there is a case
of weed overdose, please bring itto my attention. Please hit us up
on the talk back or canf Iwell, I don't know what you're about
(30:44):
to talk about. I don't knowif I'm listening to the talk a little
while. Just look, just hitus up on the talk back if you
can od on weed, because Ireally do not think you can. Uh,
And I don't know if anyone's gonnabe getting turned up off this soda.
And if you do, well,then that's on you. I mean,
you're drinking it, David, whatdo you expect? Okay, all
right, coming up next week,we do have another small business. We
(31:08):
are just not one hundred percent surebecause there are so many superproducers coming through
every superproducer. Keayla, her emailis just blowing up. She cannot even
take it around now. She's liketee, there's like fifty million of them.
I don't know what we're gonna do. I'll have someone for you next
week, guarantee, So that willbe coming. And also we will be
(31:29):
joined by the founders, the creators, the practitioners behind Rhythms of Healing,
a Journey of mental health and wellness, doctor j doctor James P. Norris,
PhD. And Data Mason, whois a holistic practitioner. They will
come on and let us know allabout this amazing program that they are launching
(31:52):
here in the City of Angels,So make sure you join us for that.
Super Producer Kayla, thank you foryet another fantastic show, as she
throws up the heart sign. Raoul, thank you for holding it down on
the board. Good sir, AndHeather Yay, thank you for just being
Heather. Yeah, thank you.I love my Saturday nights with you.
(32:14):
Guys. Hey man, look,we love you. We love having you
back in the building. The teamis alive. This is Soul cal Saturday
on KFI AM six forty live everywhereon the iHeartRadio app. You've been listening
to Soul Cal Saturday, you canalways hear us live on KFI AM six
forty five pm to seven pm onSaturday, and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app
Los Angeles, Orange County. IE in the Valley. This is to
Wallace Sharp and you're listening to kfI M six forty Soul Cal Saturday on
demand on the iHeartRadio app. It'sso Cal Saturday. Now Fi to Wallace
(00:22):
charp Is on the show is soCal Saturday. This this is so calson
It's so Cal Saturday, Saturday Saturdayand Saturday seven Day Saturday Saturday. N
(01:00):
word is the word. This isSoul KFI AM six forty Live everywhere on
the iHeartRadio app, in Commerce,Echo Park, Cavazan and Running Springs.
This is soul Cal Saturday. I'myour host, Twalla Sharp, welcoming you
to another soul Cal Saturday Small BusinessSaturday Spotlight. Today, I introduce you
(01:21):
to the one and only Tanya tthe founder and owner of Writing Waves,
Writing Like, Writing Something Down Waves. Writing Waves is an online only service
based in Los Angeles County. Tanyaserves the ocean of words to navigate engaging
sentences that captivate each business brand's targetaudience. And if that already doesn't tell
(01:46):
you, because she wrote that andthat is amazing, just putting that all
together. If that doesn't let youknow what they do. I have gotten
missed Tanya t on soul cal Saturday. Right now, Tanya, welcome to
the show. How you doing today? Hey, t shark while at Sharp
to the people that know you somuch for an awesome, awesome, awesome
(02:07):
introduction. Wow wow Hey, Look, this is why we do what we
do. This is why I dowhat I do. And full disclosure,
I know Tanya, Me and Tanyawe grew up together in Pasadena, so
this is also Dina love. ButTyya did actually submit her business for the
Small Business Saturday shout outs and thatis why she is here now. Tanya,
(02:31):
first of all, tell me whatgot you into writing, of all
things, because that is a hard, hard thing to do, especially writing
for other people. Well, whatgot me into writing? Going all the
way back? And I will notmake this long, I promise, at
being the storyteller that I am,this will be a short story. When
(02:52):
I was little, I met acousin who talked very fast, and I
wanted to talk as fast as her, so in my attempt, I developed
a stuttering problem. So I stutteredbad for like a year. And during
that time, my mother and mysister would just tell me to write it
down because they just did not havethe patience for me stuttering. So that
(03:12):
is actually how I started writing.Wow from there and you know, and
studying. It only happened for abouta year. Then I finally, you
know, slowed down and now Ican talk as fast as that cousin.
Anyway, during high school, Iwould journal and I would write poems.
And then when I got out ofhigh school, you know, went to
(03:35):
college, and I'm writing for friends. I wrote erotic short erotic novels,
well short stories, tried to getpublished that didn't work, but I still
kept writing. I still kept writingsomething, whether it was writing for my
friends, editing something for my friends, writing poems for myself, writing short
stories, erotic stories so my friendscould read. The writing kept going fast.
(03:59):
Forward over to twenty nineteen. Iput up a post on Facebook,
and I can't remember which post itwas. I think it was something like
dear black people stopped calling pasta noodlesor something like that. And one of
my mother's friends commented, look,grammar Nazi, just deal with it.
(04:21):
It is what it is. AndI'm like, I'm not a grammar Nazi,
what is she talking about? Butat the same time. That stuck
with me and I'm like, maybeI could be a grammar Nazi. Maybe
I could because I was looking tostart a business anyway and didn't know what
to do. And I'm like that, but it stuck with me. Since
she was one of my mother's friends, I'm like, let me look into
(04:43):
this. Did my research found outabout copywriters and blog specialists and ghost blogging
and ghost writing and all of thethings. And in twenty nineteen, I
just went into it. Twenty twenty, Writing Ways was born. Wow.
Okay, Now with with I meanthat's a lot. I mean that is
a deep origin. Now with writingwaves, what all are you writing for
(05:08):
people? When it comes to everythingthat you do? I guess my question
is essentially, who comes to youlike and what is it that they're needing?
Are they coming to you saying,hey, we need a pitch for
a business, we need copy forour website, I need help a resume.
How do people find you and whatare they typically coming to you with
(05:29):
a lot of people have found methrough word of mouth referral. That's how
I have been found by the majorityof the clients that I receive. It's
through referral. Because let me tellyou my friends and family. Oh my
goodness, I have a wonderful supportsystem. At the same time, away
from that, LinkedIn and Instagram.For some reason, I'm not really getting
(05:54):
anybody from Facebook, but they're nota problem. But LinkedIn and Instagram have
also been helped. But the legitmajority is referral and word is word of
my referrals. And so that's wheremy clients are coming from. Now,
who do I service? What doI service? A small businesses? I'm
better with small businesses, but Ialso can, you know, work with
(06:15):
corporate Americas absolutely, And what Ican I can? I can. I
can flip it because I have thequalifications to flip it and the education and
everything behind that. You said writewebsite copy, Yes, I actually can
write website copy. Is for ecommerce people if they need product descriptions,
that would be me and that fallsunder copywriting. And that's definitely something I
(06:40):
can do. Email sequences like emailfunnels, sales funnels, that's another thing
that falls under copywriting. That issomething that I offer. Slogan, just
a simple slogan. That's another youknow, it's it can be simple.
That's another thing that falls under copywriting. That's another thing. Or that's another
service that I offer. Social mediacaptions for businesses or brands that they have
(07:03):
the pictures but they don't have thecaption to go underneath the picture for like
Instagram and Twitter and things like that. That that's another thing that I,
as a copywriter can can offer,can provide. So that's the copywriting side,
and then also sales, ads andnewsletters. Copywriting is that big niche,
(07:26):
I guess you could say, andall of those things fall underneath it,
and I am qualified and I offerall of those things. That's on
the copywriting side. On the contentwriting side, blogging, I can I
offer blogs because again I love totell the stories. So I could be
the ghost blogger, meaning I writefor that business and it appears as if
(07:47):
the business wrote it themselves. OrI can just be that expert blogger for
that business and you know, addmy name to it and just being you
know, hired by the business towrite for the business. But that's still
that's blogging to put the information outthere, or to again write newsletters or
(08:09):
to write about pages because about pagesare also the story for that business and
what and how they can benefit whateverconsumer or customer that comes to them,
so again, I love to tellthe stories. So my favorite things to
write are about pages, blogs andemail newsletters. Those are my favorite things
(08:31):
to write. However, I'm qualifiedto do everything that I've listed, and
you mentioned resumes. Yes, Iactually do resumes as well. That's on
the different side. That has nothingto do with copywriting and content writing,
but it definitely is something I offerbecause at the end of the day,
I'm a writer. I'm just awriter to where I can. I can
(08:54):
flip it, I can flip itand write what needs to be written.
So I had to I had tobring it down, you know, and
not say that I'm writing everything.I'm only writing some things because writing matters,
and no matter what we're doing inthis world, we have to read
what somebody wrote and I can writeit. I do write it. So
(09:18):
absolutely. If you are just tuningin, I am speaking with Miss Tanya
t the founder and owner of WritingWaves More with Tanya in just a moment,
you're listening to Soul cal Saturday withTawla Sharp on demand from KFI AM
six forty KFI AM six forty Liveeverywhere on the iHeartRadio app in glass el
(09:54):
Park, Florence, Auroral Grande andLanders. This is soul Cal Saturday.
I'm your host, Tula Sharp,and we are in the middle of our
soul Cal Saturday Small Business Saturday Spotlightwith Miss Tanya t the founder and owner
of Writing Waves. Writing Waves asan online only service based in Los Angeles
(10:16):
County. As a unique and empatheticcopy and content marketing writer, Tanya serves
the oceans of words to navigate engagingsentences that captivate each business brand's target audience.
My question for Tanya is, inthe emergence of AI, how does
someone like Tanya advance beyond the computerand the technology? And so, Tanya,
(10:41):
bringing you back into this conversation.Recently on Later with Mo Kelly me
Moe and Mark Ronner were arguing backand forth between the advancements of AI and
YAI is here to stay and myargument is basically, learn to live with
and make it work for you,stop trying to work against it. How
(11:03):
does someone like you, who whodoes all of this specialized niche writing for
be it small businesses or even forcorporate entities, how do you compete against
AI? You don't, Well,I don't. I embrace it. I
embrace it and I remember that AIis a tool. It is not the
(11:26):
end all be all. It isa tool now for you know, when
chat GPT came out, there werenews coverages saying that kids were going to
chat gpt and having them write theentire the entire report or essay or whatever,
and turning in homework and all ofthat. The problem with AI is
(11:46):
plagiarism. It's so easy to beplagiarized because I don't know if chat GPT
does it now, but I knowbefore they did not cite where they were
getting the information from. As Google'sGemini tells you if it's been on if
whatever whatever prompt you put in onGoogle's Gemini, it will tell you if
(12:07):
the information that is giving back toyou based on your promp is already on
the internet somewhere. I don't knowif chat GPT will tell you that,
but they should because that helps eradicateplagiarism, to know that it's already there.
But at the same time, thereason why I say I can use
it as a tool even though it'salready there, it can. It can
(12:31):
it can reduce my brainstorming time,my brain the time that it takes to
brainstorm, so if I type ina PROMP, I prefer Google's Gemini over
chat GIPT. I don't even usechat jipt anymore. So I do use
AI for brainstorming. I do notuse AI for writing. So if I
have an idea, but you knowhow they say writer's block and you're looking
(12:52):
at a blank page. If that, if that happens, I will go
into Gemini and I'll type in aprompt and then all of these things come
up, and I'm like, okay, now the writing juices are flowing.
And then I'll turn off Gemini andgo back into my creativity and create my
own for the client. Wow.So AI is a great tool, but
(13:13):
it's a tool, not the actualsurface. So and sadly, sadly,
a lot of copywriters and a lotof writers in general are losing clients to
AI because clients are telling them,well, I have chat GPT, so
I don't need you now. Sowe're gonna you know, we're gonna cut
this contract. Or I have thisAI program, so I'm gonna cut your
(13:35):
contract. So it's sad that that'shappening. But at the same time,
it's a tool. So if youembrace it and use it in a certain
way you can still keep some clientsbecause of course there are gonna be those
other clients that don't really understand whatyou what, what I'm offering. Then
when it comes to copywriting, theyfigure, Okay, well you know I
(13:58):
can get it from AI. Butyeah, it's a person. So because
AI is not a person, itwhatever copy person uses from AI, they're
missing the engagement. They're missing thehuman connection that only humans can actually offer
in the writing. Wow, that'sgot that. That's why I had to
(14:20):
I had to carry this conversation overfor another saved because I'm like, I
knew you had that answer. Iknew you had that answer. Tell me
outside of outside of writing for others, do you write for yourself? I
know in our first segment you mentionedthat you were doing some really avant garde
kind of Nazi writing. Uh areyou? Are you still writing for yourself
(14:43):
at all? What do you dofor yourself? When it comes to writing?
I still do poems every now andthen because they helped me if I'm
you know, if I'm feeling lowor depressed or sad, poems still help
me get those emotions out. Andthen I still share those faults to start
with, different people if they act, and every once in a while I'll
put a poem on my on myInstagram page something along those lines. But
(15:07):
the erotic writing, I'm not writingthat. I haven't written a short and
erotic short story in years. However, some friends have recently asked me to
get back into it. So I'mon the fence. I'm on the fence
because, let me tell you,the creativity is still there. I don't
(15:30):
need AI for those. And Ialso know from from following you on social
media that you have become a bitof a prolific film and television series reviewer.
You want to share a little bitabout that as well. Yes,
I fell into the YouTube beast,or the beast that is YouTube, and
let me tell you that started asat the end of all of my YouTube
(15:54):
videos it says that beach side streamsis a subsidiary of writing ways and it
is because I was already doing TVand movie reviews on Facebook just for my
friends after the pandemic. They's askingme, you know, what can I
watch? What can I watch?Okay, we'll watch this. I'm watching
this for under copywriting. Another nicheor service to offer is script writing,
(16:18):
and I can do script writing.However, I could not showcase because one
thing about being a service provider youhave to be able to show people that
your work. You have to beable to show a portfolio of some sort.
And I had nothing to show inmy portfolio about video scripts. So
I decided to do YouTube as myvideo script portfolio. Now, even though
(16:44):
each episode of Beachside Streams is notscripted, I'm just speaking off the top
of my head about whatever TV showand movie I just saw, it's you.
I'm also using it as a portfoliofor video scripts because I do write
the description, and you know Ido all the editing myself and all that,
all all of the things, allthe things I do it all.
(17:06):
I'm the sole soul. Yes,So beachside Streams I'm reviewing every every Thursday
and Sunday. You're gonna get areview of either a movie or a TV
show. And I did that asmy video script portfolio for writing. Way,
I absolusolutely love it, and ifyou love it, you can find
out more at writing hyphenwaves dot com. Tanya, thank you so much,
(17:33):
not only for what you do,but for joining us today and sharing it,
because I promise you this someone listeningright now, is already going on
your website like I have got tohire this young lady now, Tanya wow
man, thank you for what youdo. And of course Dina love,
(17:55):
Dina love. Thank you t Sharp, as all of us from Dina know
you as t shop for the otherpeople. Thank you, mister Tula.
It has been an honor. AndI love, I love what you're doing.
I remember you in high school andI remember you, you know,
being a rapper and being in radioand still in radio and watching your growth
is awesome. To that. Amento that in a love, good job,
(18:19):
in love, love you. Sincethis is KFI AM six forty Live
everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. You'relistening to Soul Cal Saturday with Taula Sharp
on demand from KFI AM six fortyKFI AM six forty Live everywhere on the
(18:59):
iHeart Radio so app in Green Meadows, Hacienda Heights, rem Forest and Newberry
Springs, Ram Forest. Huh alrighty, welcome to Soul Coal Saturday's city shout
out lineup. Yes, some funand exciting things to get into. Something
that I think you absolutely need tocheck out. If it is your cup
(19:22):
of tea at the Grammy Museum.They have just announced a hip Hop block
Party. This is going down onJune six. Inspired by the Grammy Museums
Hip Hop America the Mixtape Exhibit,this celebratory event ignites the Museum with an
array of interdisciplinary arts and experiences forthe fiftieth anniversary of hip Hop And Yes,
(19:48):
that may have come and gone,but the celebration is far from over.
Yes, on June six, youcan experience the potency of hip hop
culture like never before at the GrammyMuseum. The event will take place on
site at the Grammy Museum, locatedeight hundred West Olympic Boulevard in Los Angeles,
(20:08):
California. Of course, and thereis just a host of amazing events
happening. One dynamic dance showcase beingled by Leslie Big Les Singer and Richard
Swoop White Bear. There is acutting edge fashion show featuring Cross Colors and
the Black Design Collective, a captivatingsite and sound photo gallery presented by Alvin
(20:33):
Alore and entertain The Angels, andQuarantine Villamore, I Hope I Got your
last Name? Ryan, Quarantine,I Hope I got Quarantine right? And
riveting live performances by eurob Nila Allenor Nyla Allen and Jane Bell and Vibes
Curate curated by DJ Artistic on theOnes and twos. I don't know who
(20:56):
any of those live performances are there, look, but they're part of a
different general I'm not familiar with NylaAllen or Jane Zion Bell x I A
n Bell. I'm old too.I don't know. All I know is
if big Les is out there performingand getting down, that's something you absolutely
(21:17):
want to go see. I haveknown big Les for years and she is
She is literally hip hop history.If you've ever watched the TV show and
Living Single, she is the dancersilhouetted in the opening of that. She
is danced for Mary J. Blige, Heavy D, Michael Jackson, Janet
Jackson, Bobby Brown. Look,if there was someone doing a show throughout
(21:44):
the hip hop era of hip hop, R and B and all that she
did the dancing or she choreographed it. So when I found out that she
was a part of this Grammy Museumhip Hop block party, I said,
well, we've got to talk aboutthis because she is a fishy. Now
more information can be found out onthis event at the Grammy Museum dot com.
(22:07):
Uh and right now, if youhave not been living under a rock,
then you know that the we HoldPride Festival weekend is on and popping,
and it has been going on sinceyesterday and will be going on through
June second. Pride festivities will feed. There's who's there, Kesha, Adam
(22:30):
Lambert, Monet Exchange, I guessmoney exchange. Sure, I don't know
who that is either. I can'tlisten to music anymore, Kesha, the
Kesha's dopey. But but the profitis going on all week. Today's events
include the Women's Freedom Festival and theannual Dyke March and the parade. Today
(22:52):
it might actually be over, itmight have be going on. No,
that's that's what the march is called. That's that's living just I thought it.
No, that's literally what I believe. That's what Okay, Yes,
we'll go. No, I thoughtit was I always thought it was a
slur, but I guess not.I don't know that's what they're calling it,
okay, okay, being selacious ordisrespectful. It is literally the annual
(23:15):
Dight March. That's what it saysright here, and of course you know
the street bloc or The street closureshave been massive. North San Vicente Boulevard
from Melrose Avenue to Santa Monica closedall the way through Monday at ten am.
East Bound Santa Monica Boulevard from NorthLociennaga Boulevard to North Dolheeny Drive closed
(23:38):
till Monday at seven am. NorthRobinson Boulevard from Santa Monica Boulevard to Melrose
Avenue closed all the way through Mondayat seven am. Westbound Santa Monica Boulevard
from North Lociennaga Boulevard to North Dolheenyclosed all the way through Monday it's seven
am. And North San Cente Boulevardfrom Santa Monica Boulevard to Cynthia Street.
(24:03):
Yes, you guessed it closed allthe way till seven am on Monday morning.
So that is a look at whyyou may want to avoid that area
unless you are going to the event. Don't go trying to just drive through
and think it's going to be easydrive because it's not. Also quickly and
this is all I really love thisevent. Cinaspa they have announced or Cinespia,
(24:27):
not Cinnaspa. Cinespia has announced thelineup for the Summer Films and Fireworks
Festival at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.Yes, I know you may think it's
freaky or weird watching films among thedead, but no, this event,
it's it's like a family gathering,get together, full of fun. Yeah,
(24:49):
don't creakle your nose, Super producerKayla. People like watching movies with
the dead. I've heard. I'veheard great things about watching the movies at
the Cemetery. I I don't thinkit's my thing, like beaches aren't yours.
But tweet his own, you know, like I think it shall be.
I like the beach, I justdon't like the water and all the
poop that's in it. I likemovies, just not watching them with dead
(25:11):
people. Okay, that's fair,that's fair. Well. General admission tickets
start at twenty two dollars. Parkingon site at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery starts
at thirty dollars. There's some offsite parking at Lemon Grove and some other
streets and this, that and theother. But the complete listing of the
films in the outdoor festival on Julyfourth, Rocky plus a firework show on
(25:36):
July fifth, Charlie's Angels, thetwo thousand film with a firework show on
July sixth, Shrek two with yesfirework show on July thirteenth, Midsummar mid
Midsummer, Midsummer. I've never seenthat film. I don't know what it
is. Okay, sure it's playedJuly thirteenth, July twentieth, Empire Records,
and July twenty seventh, Love Bamba. Why they're not doing a firework
(26:00):
festival with La Bamba. That isa damn shame. Lobamba needs a firework
festival, but you know, Idon't run the festivities over there, so
yeah, that is definitely something tocheck. It's the neighbors. That's probably
why. Oh boo boo, they'relike, no more fireworks, Tomato,
(26:21):
tomato, not for the girl.You had better get it right, Love
Bomba. Sorry. If they hearlike shooting in the movie, like I
work at the theater, I'm sorry, the studio right next door. If
they hear shooting, they complain likewhy shooting? So for sure fireworks are
off. Okay. See that's that'sjust because if they're doing it for Rocky,
(26:42):
there's no I mean, really,I don't want to see how Charlie's
Angels gets the fireworks. But butbut it's around the fourth because that's July
fifth, So Charlie's Angels deserves fireworks. I don't know if you've ever seen
it, Cameron Dias, Lucy Lowmorebest movie ever at least George Lee I
have seen it. I don't know. I'm just saying fourth of July weekend,
(27:03):
I can understand the fireworks. I'mjust thinking the special consideration should be
made for LaBamba, one of thegreatest musical film documentaries ever made ever period.
So yeah, coming up on theother side, I got a few
more things that want to share withyou. You're listening to soul col Saturday
(27:25):
with Tawala Sharp on demand from KFIAM six forty, KF five and six
forty live everywhere all the iHeart Radioapp in Harbor City, Los Feliz,
(27:47):
Pioneer Town, and Cressline. Thisis soul cal Saturday. And I was
going to close the show out withyour favorite subject bar none reparations. But
but but but uh, there isone story that I forgot and I think
it is important to go back andget it. In our conversation about marriage
(28:12):
and wanna all right, there is, for some crazy reason, a weed
soda brand which is said to posea danger to consumers, as if weed
soda would not. But California stateofficials are warning the public against consuming a
(28:33):
brand of cannabis containing sodas as theycontained what officials describe as prohibited intoxicating ingredients.
So wait a minute, Wait waita minute, Wait a minute,
Wait a minute. State officials arewarning you against consuming a weed brand of
(28:53):
soda because it contains prohibited intoxic ingredients. Okay, so all right. The
California Department of Public Health recently saidthat Mary Jones Hemp infused sodas contain prohibited
(29:14):
THC isolate ingredients, thus making thema risk to community to consume. The
SODA's active ingredient is a THC isolateproduced from himp, not marijuana, making
them federally legal but prohibited in California. According to CDPH director doctor Thomas J.
(29:37):
Aragon, quote, California simply willnot tolerate the distribution and sale of
unsafe, mislabeled an illegal products thatput the health of the public at risk.
In quote, so, the containedTHC in a WEE branded soda,
(30:00):
and this is the warning Okay,seems like doctor Eric Gun may need a
toke just to loosen up a littlebit so you can stop sitting out mass
alerts and warnings against drinking weed sodathat contains weed. That's weird. This
is weird to me. I don'tknow. I have the idea too much
(30:21):
weed. I guess maybe too much. Baby. It's like I can't have
people drinking weed soda getting high too. You can't have that because I don't
think you can overdose on weed.I mean, if there is a case
of weed overdose, please bring itto my attention. Please hit us up
on the talk back or canf Iwell, I don't know what you're about
(30:44):
to talk about. I don't knowif I'm listening to the talk a little
while. Just look, just hitus up on the talk back if you
can od on weed, because Ireally do not think you can. Uh,
And I don't know if anyone's gonnabe getting turned up off this soda.
And if you do, well,then that's on you. I mean,
you're drinking it, David, whatdo you expect? Okay, all
right, coming up next week,we do have another small business. We
(31:08):
are just not one hundred percent surebecause there are so many superproducers coming through
every superproducer. Keayla, her emailis just blowing up. She cannot even
take it around now. She's liketee, there's like fifty million of them.
I don't know what we're gonna do. I'll have someone for you next
week, guarantee, So that willbe coming. And also we will be
(31:29):
joined by the founders, the creators, the practitioners behind Rhythms of Healing,
a Journey of mental health and wellness, doctor j doctor James P. Norris,
PhD. And Data Mason, whois a holistic practitioner. They will
come on and let us know allabout this amazing program that they are launching
(31:52):
here in the City of Angels,So make sure you join us for that.
Super Producer Kayla, thank you foryet another fantastic show, as she
throws up the heart sign. Raoul, thank you for holding it down on
the board. Good sir, AndHeather Yay, thank you for just being
Heather. Yeah, thank you.I love my Saturday nights with you.
(32:14):
Guys. Hey man, look,we love you. We love having you
back in the building. The teamis alive. This is Soul cal Saturday
on KFI AM six forty live everywhereon the iHeartRadio app. You've been listening
to Soul Cal Saturday, you canalways hear us live on KFI AM six
forty five pm to seven pm onSaturday, and anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app
Popular Podcasts
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
24/7 News: The Latest
The latest news in 4 minutes updated every hour, every day.
Therapy Gecko
An unlicensed lizard psychologist travels the universe talking to strangers about absolutely nothing. TO CALL THE GECKO: follow me on https://www.twitch.tv/lyleforever to get a notification for when I am taking calls. I am usually live Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays but lately a lot of other times too. I am a gecko.