Costume designer Kate English joins Colleen on Coffee with Colleen, a Creators Co. TV video podcast. Kate has nearly a decade of experience designing costumes for fantasy and period independent films, including three features. She recently moved back to Redding, California after working with the Upstate California Film Commission and spending time in Los Angeles.

In this episode:

• How Kate went from childhood Halloween costumes and homemade harvest festivals to a career in costume design, with no formal training
• Making elven cloaks for a fantasy short film and designing Western wardrobe for a web series on a tiny budget
• Working with directors and actors on color palettes, and improvising on set
• Facing the fear of acting and stepping in front of the camera
• Lessons from a month in Guatemala at age 12
• Promoting Shasta County as a film location with the Upstate California Film Commission
• The new Shasta County Women in Film chapter: classes, table reads, movie nights and monthly film days
• Kate’s period drama series about a screenwriter in early Hollywood, and the women who shaped silent film
• AI in filmmaking, self-education, perfectionism, shame and the “Let Them” mindset

Hire Kate for film wardrobe or custom costumes at KateEnglishCostumes.com.

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Grab your coffee, because Colleen is on a date with her husband, and he brought a camera crew (us).

Cory De Silva is a viral Reddit r/nosleep author, a screenwriter, and a dad of two. In this episode he and Colleen talk about the writing life, the road trip, and what happens when you stop waiting for permission and start posting.

In this episode:

-Why he started writing creepy stories online after years of calling short stories lame
-Posting one story a week for a year and what it did for his writing
-Writing a full script in 14 days (speed beats perfectionism)
-Why your first idea is usually the right idea
-Outlining tips, with and without an outline
-Tales from the Bucket, his upcoming horror anthology series for Creators Co. TV, with 12 stories narrated by actors in the spirit of Tales from the Crypt
-His stunt script for the CarnEvil arcade game
-Books and writers who shaped him: Clive Barker, Charles Bukowski, Raymond Carver
-Why horror works (the stakes are instantly 100%)
-Getting up at 3 AM to write before the kids wake up
-Two months, a dozen states, and a road trip that Colleen says made her realize she's not just a mom
-Encouragement for creative dads: don't give up

Chapters:
00:00 Welcome and intro
03:30 The two-month road trip
11:40 Writing on Reddit's No Sleep
20:12 Tales from the Bucket
22:41 Write faster, trust your first idea
30:33 Outlining and finishing scripts
41:35 Carnival stunt script
43:21 Clive Barker, Bukowski and favorite books
46:00 Why horror works
51:05 Dad life, 3 AM writing and balance
56:00 Hardest part of the road trip
1:01:14 Advice for creative dads

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Colleen sits down inside Bailey’s Book Nook on Market Street in downtown Redding with owner Bailey Bethard — wife, reader, and first-time shop owner who went from a book-club “what if” to a signed lease in a matter of weeks.

Bailey shares how the idea started in March 2025, why the long “shotgun” storefront between Kobe’s and Maxwell’s felt like the right building, how family funding and the Women’s Business Center at JEDI helped her move fast, and what it actually takes to stock a used bookstore that looks and feels new. She and Colleen also talk marriage (they met and later married on St. Patrick’s Day), the balloon-and-anchor dynamic with her husband James, the fear of being alone, and the simple morning gratitude practice they use to stay grounded.

Along the way you’ll hear about:

• First-line mystery books and traditional “blind date with a book” packages from local makers
• The monthly reading club (first Wednesday) and the shop as a lounge / community hub
• Why fantasy is her favorite — plus recs including Throne of Glass, The Knight and the Moth, and more
• Supporting local women and micro-businesses (Kenzie Quilts book sleeves and more)
• Grabbing a latte at Theory Coffee and coming back to read, play Connect Four, or just hang out

Visit Bailey’s Book Nook at 1330 Market Street, downtown Redding. Follow the shop and drop by for books in excellent condition, bookish gifts, and a place that wants you to stay awhile.

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