Who is Angela Shelton?
Hello!
Thanks for checking me out. I’m Angela and this is my site. I wear many hats. I even have a children’s book series about magical hats! I am a screenwriter, author, actor and public speaker. I blog about writing, performing, enhancing your creativity, and living a joyful well balanced life no matter what you’ve been through. I also post about my darling dog, Norma and a day in the life of a writer and performer.
I answer questions and take requests on Tuesdays. Send them in via that pop up thingamagigger on the bottom of my site, or sign up for my blog posts or newsletter and respond to any of the emails that come in with your questions, comments or requests. Everything comes to me.
I’ve adopted Mondays as Dance Dare Days! It started with this challenge and morphed into Mommy Bloggers and Me doing a monthly Dance off on the first Monday each month – all summer long. I hope it lasts longer! And I hope you enjoy, we are sure having fun doing it!
If you are a survivor of abuse – or life in general – and are in the healing process and discovered me through my documentary or memoir, I am all about moving on! I share lots of ways out of fear and pain and into living a full happy life. You can living happily ever after, no matter what you’ve been through. I’m here to prove it to you.
History (or Her-Story):
I began writing when I was eight. My eclectic mother would tell me to “write it down” when I was upset about another crazy adventure in our life. I began my professional writing career with Tumbleweeds that I co-wrote with director Gavin O’Connor based on my first manuscript I wrote about my mom when I was nineteen. I began writing that book while living in Paris (fancy me) and it will come out some day. I have a publisher who wants it when I finish it. It’s about me, my mom and my grandmother who recently passed away – so it just got juicer and more heartfelt. Tumbleweeds
Tumbleweeds won the filmmaker’s trophy at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival and brought the lead actress, Janet McTeer, a Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe win in 2000.
I went on to adapt other novels for the big and small screen including Charms for the Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons for Showtime starring Gena Rowlands and Mimi Rogers. I got to meet Gena Rowlands and hang out with her in the house she shared with John Cassavetes. That was awesome! Mimi Rogers was one of the greatest producers I’ve ever worked with. Those were fun times.
…The real charm here isn’t the rabbit’s food but the work of Angela Shelton, who turned the historic novel by Kaye Gibbons into a witty and engaging teleplay filled with sparkle, the right amount of sentimentality and some truly memorable performances. Hollywood Reporter
You can see more on my Screenplays Page. 
I left Hollywood for a while to make my directing debut by traveling the US interviewing other Angela Sheltons in an effort to survey American women. That was the birth of the multi-award winning documentary Searching for Angela Shelton that landed me on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, 48 Hours Investigates, NPR, Lifetime Television for Women and the cover of the New York Times. That was some Fancy Press!
Making that film put my whole life on hold for a long time as I traveled, speaking about the epidemic of abuse. That’s also were I created the motto: Stop Raping Children. Go F Yourself!
I wrote Finding Angela Shelton, about how my directing debut, Searching for Angela Shelton, changed my life and opened my eyes to the epidemic of child sexual abuse and violence.
After traveling with my book and documentary and interviewing thousands of survivors and advocates, I created the Be Your Own Hero Workbook to help people move past pain and into living fun healthy lives. The movie, book and workbook are all used in classrooms, support groups and therapist’s offices around the country. That makes me happy and it is an honor to help. I compiled a Writing Page to help you with your writing too for those of you who are ready to write your book, movie or memoir. I enjoy inspiring you to love yours too. 
I modeled for twelve years (don’t hold it against me). I bridged into acting from modeling when I booked the lead in Gavin O’Connor’s first film, Comfortably Numb.
In my spare time, I did comedy bits around Los Angeles and New York and yes, I was in the Air Guitar Championships and featured in the documentary AIR GUITAR NATION! “You don’t have to be a rock star to be a rock star” was my quote. (I am even in the trailer – oh joy!) 
I became a Superhero for children in The Safe Side video series created by Baby Einstein’s Julie Clark and won an Emmy for that performance. It’s on my mantal.
I have a lifelong goal to host Saturday Night Live more than once like Christopher Walken. There’s still time! There’s a fan page for that!
I have spoken in Congress, universities, military bases, high schools, elementary schools, community centers, conferences and seminars nationwide and abroad.
Check out more of my speaking on my Speaking Page.
I started writing the Adventures of Tilda Pinkerton after doing a crazy meditation one day and the character of Tilda grew into two book series! I began working with elementary schoolteachers on pretty fancy teacher’s guides and websites centered around Tilda Pinkerton and her magical hats. It is so fun fun fun!
After a decade of helping people in the trauma and recovery field, it is a joy to help teachers.
On the personal side, I moved out to the country on the east coast to marry my first love, have babies and live the life I always dreamed of – barn house included.
You can read testimonials too if you want to see what other people have said about me.
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