Savy Leiser's Blog

Are you a small business owner? Do you want to network and support fellow women in business? Then feel free to join my new Facebook group, where we talk about business practices, support each other, and give each other advice.
Watch this video if you want to know more information:

Or join the group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/323106598623307/

Happy small-business-ing!

Love,
Savy

Thinking of publishing a book through the magic of CROWDFUNDING? Considering using Kickstarter, IndieGogo, GoFundMe, or a similar platform to take preorders for your upcoming book?
I've raised nearly $11,000 on Kickstarter for my series the Furever Home Friends. In this video, I give my top 5 tips for how to use crowdfunding to your advantage as an author.

Happy writing!

Love,
Savy

Check out my video ranking 10 books from worst to best!

Happy reading!

Love,
Savy

Happy snowy Monday!

If you're in Chicago, or if wherever you are is anything like Chicago right now, you're buried under a foot of snow while temperatures slowly descend into the negatives.

On Friday night, it was -1 in Chicago with frozen icy snow all over the ground. Needless to say, I spent my entire last hour at work freaking out that no one would come to the launch party for Sculpt Yourself  that night, which I'd been planning over the past two months.


However, by whatever small miracle, a wonderful small crowd of people showed up, and we had a great night of readings, book discussions, Q&A, and more.

I held this party at the DePaul Women's Center. When I was starting to plan this party, I was trying to think outside the box for places other than bookstores, where I could target a crowd of this book's primary readers. The Furever Home Friends Happy Pawlidays party, which celebrated the launch of Kringle's Christmas on December 1, was a huge success because I had partnered with ALIVE Rescue to have a dog-themed holiday party, rather than just a standard book party.

For Sculpt Yourself, I decided to try something similar. This book deals with themes related to body image, female empowerment, and LGBT+ topics. The Women's Center is a huge advocate for all of those things. So back in November, I met with their director to plan a small, intimate launch party in their cozy location, which is one room with couches, books, magazines, tea, and more.

The group that came to the party filled up the Women's Center space perfectly. We sat on couches and armchairs in a circle, and I invited other writers to read some pieces related to female empowerment or body positivity. First, my friend Jen read two of her poems related to women in Greek mythology. Then, Aimee read what she wrote for my blog series on body image in the LGBT+ community.

Finally, I read a few selections from Sculpt Yourself. It's always hard to choose what to read! With Furever Home Friends books, it's always been easy; they're short kids' books, so I just read the whole thing! With a novel, I have to figure out what selections will both be entertaining to people who have already read the novel, and make sense for people who haven't read it yet.

I made a video vlogging my morning getting ready for the launch party as well. You can check it out here:



Overall, it was a wonderful night, and I'm grateful to everyone who came to support a new book!

I hope everyone is having a great start to their week!

Happy reading!
Love,
Savy

IT'S DANCE PARTY TIME!
Launch party is one week from today! See the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/352769008869554/?active_tab=about

Hope to see you there!

Love,
Savy

happy new year!

What are your goals for this year? Let me know in the comments below!

Love,
Savy

I finished off 2018 by reading a book I loved in a gorgeous cabin full of books. What more could you want out of life?



Happy 2019, everyone! How are you getting ready to start the new year? I'll do a new post breaking down this year's goals soon!

Love,
Savy

I attempted makeup again. It did not go well. But on the bright side, I filmed it this time! I made this while preparing for a BookTube video I'm going to release later today on my channel. 


Hope you enjoy!

Love,
Savy

Fairly controversial video below breaking down my thoughts on the publishing industry.

Do you guys agree? Disagree? Let me know in the comments!

Happy Monday! Stay motivated!
Love,
Savy

I was not a fan of this book. Rachel tries so hard to be #RELATABLE, and in the process, comes out looking super classist and out of touch.

I had way too much fun making this video riffing on this book:



Hope you enjoyed it!

Love,
Savy