Indie Girl: From Starting a Band to Launching a Fashion Company, Nine Ways to Turn Your Creative Talent Into Reality

By Arne Johnson and Karen Macklin

Are you a girl who's tired of waiting for someone to design the perfect skirt? Bored by what adults think makes great "teen literature"? Insulted by the onslaught of fluffy spring break movies? Good--then you're on the right track. The next step is to take matters into your own hands. A fun and comprehensive guide for young women, Indie Girl contains all of the information you'll need to start independent creative ventures, like dance companies, rock bands, art galleries, fashion companies, and more. Inside you'll find out how to shoot a new TV show, cast and produce a play, pull together a poetry slam, make your own zine, and even build a float for a parade. You'll also read quotes from teen and professional artists, receive technical and creative advice from pros, and get a better understanding of why and how women should be working together in the arts. Indie Girl shows you that when girls get come together to be creative, there's virtually nothing they can't do! AUTHOR: Arne Johnson has been a film journalist and filmmaker for nearly 10 years. Most recently he collaborated with Shane King on the feature documentary Girls Rock!, which has been screened at several film festivals around the world - including the 2007 Hot Docs Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival - and opened in theaters in March 2008. He was also an editor on the documentary Out of the Poison Tree, a movie about one woman's journey back to the killing fields of her Cambodia homeland, and is currently producing the feature documentary Cartoon College. He has written for The Onion, San Francisco Bay Guardian and the San Francisco Examiner. Karen Macklin is a San Francisco based writer, editor, and teacher. She has written for more than a dozen publications nationally, including The New York Times, San Francisco Weekly, and Yoga Journal on arts, culture, travel, health, and Eastern spirituality. She holds an MFA in creative writing from San Francisco State University and her creative works, which include plays and poetry, have been produced and published in the United States and Italy. She has travelled and lived all over the world, and spent 2006 teaching journalism in Guatemala City as part of a State Department fellowship. She loves working with teenagers and helping to empower young people. Colour illustrations

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979017335
• ISBN13: 9780979017339
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Zest Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12