Why Black Women Over 40 Are TV's Biggest Untapped Audience w/ Award-Winning Felicia Pride 🎙

Award-winning filmmaker Felicia Pride, Co-Executive Producer of Bel-Air and founder of Honey Chile Production Company, joins Bookum Founders Talk to discuss why Black women over 40 represent television's biggest untapped audience. From her Hollywood breakthrough to launching her own production company, Pride shares the creative risks that transformed her career. Get an inside look at her new romance novella "Come Close" and discover how she's building an independent media empire focused on underrepresented stories.Pride shares her journey from rejected scripts to executive producer, offering valuable advice for writers, creators, and entrepreneurs navigating the entertainment industry. Discover her unique perspective on healthy writer's rooms, optioning books to Hollywood studios, and the creator economy's influence on traditional media.📚 GET FELICIA'S NEW BOOK "COME CLOSE": https://www.amazon.com/Come-Close-Romance-Felicia-Pride-ebook/dp/B0DWMM5VWCJOIN OUR BOOK COMMUNITY: Download the Bookum app - your social book club and networking platform for book lovers! Connect with readers, discover new titles, and build meaningful relationships around books. https://www.bookumapp.comTIMESTAMPS1:20 - Movies to Watch & Art to Consume2:03 - Sinners and The Clipse new album3:18 - What makes a great story?5:14 - Come Close New Novella6:10 - Writing Romance in TV6:42 - New Book (Come Close)7:52 - Writing Process for the book8:40 - Writing for 40+ Black Women10:13 - Speaking directing to a target audience12:47 - Writer's Room14:18 - Healthy v. Unhealth Writer's Rooms15:32 - Process to Option Books to Hollywood17:02 - Shopping Books to Movie Studios18:05 - On Promoting A Book v Movie20:34 - On Community21:25 - Podcast (Honey Chile)23:02 - On Creativity Comeback24:18 - Navigating a writing career25:15 - All that wander aren't lost26:21 - Balancing Being A Multi-Hyphenate28:43 - Life advice "Never too late"29:52 - Age Graceful Advice to 20 and 30 year olds31:59 - Going independent and having ownership33:41 - Creator Economy influence on Hollywood34:23 - Taking creative riskCONNECT WITH FELICIA PRIDEInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/feliciaprideInstagram (Company): https://www.instagram.com/itshoneychile/Twitter: https://x.com/feliciapride?lang=enThreads: https://www.threads.com/@feliciaprideLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/feliciapride/Website: https://www.feliciapride.com/This Podcast is to brought you by Bookum - The book communities NEW and BEST way to host dynamic online book clubs. Download the App and Start your Book club today at www.bookumapp.com Catch all of conversations live on the Bookum App Nooks!