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The Power of Story: How 'The Mouse Who Couldn't Eat Cheese' Addresses Friendship and Illness · Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors Podcast

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  Mooney,
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  the
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  mouse
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  who
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  couldn't
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  eat
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  cheese.
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  Welcome.
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  I'm
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  calling
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  you
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  Brett.
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  I'm
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  not
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  calling
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  you
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  MB
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  depending
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  on
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  what
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  you'd
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  like
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  me
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  to
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  call
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  you,
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  but
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  you
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  can
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  maybe
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  explain
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  that
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  a
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  little
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  bit
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  to
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  the
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  audience
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  before
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  we
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  jump
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  right
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  in.
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  Yeah.
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  MB
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  Is
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  my
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  author
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  name.
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  So
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  MB
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  Mooney
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  is
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  Matthew
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  Britton.
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  So
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  my
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  first
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  two
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  initials,
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  and
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  that's
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  what
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  I
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  started
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  to
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  go
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  with
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  years
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  ago
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  when
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  I
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  got
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  into
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  the
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  publishing
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  arena.
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  But
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  most
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  people
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  call
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  me
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  Brit.
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  It's
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  a
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  shortened
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  version
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  of
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  my
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  middle
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  name,
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  so
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  that's
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  where
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  that
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  comes
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  from.
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  That's
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  cool.
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  And
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  you
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  know
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  what,
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  Brett?
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  It's
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  interesting
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  because
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  I
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  actually
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  go
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  by
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  my
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  middle
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  name.
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  My
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  full
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  name
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  is
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  William
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  Richard,
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  and
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  I
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  go
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  by
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  Rick.
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  Wow.
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  I
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  trace
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  this
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  back
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  on
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  ancestry
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  all
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  the
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  way
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  back
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  to
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  the
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  1700s.
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  It's
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  interesting.
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  It's
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  all
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  the
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  men
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  in
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  the
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  Harris
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  family
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  go
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  by
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  their
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  middle
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  name.
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  Wow.
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  Yeah.
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  It's
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  obviously
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  a
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  family
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  tradition.
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  Thanks,
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  Britt,
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  for
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  appearing
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  on
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  the
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  Adventures
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  in
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  the
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  Heart
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  of
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  Children's
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  Book
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  Authors
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  podcast.
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  Britt
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  has
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  written
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  a
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  children's
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  book,
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  the
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  Most
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  who
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  Couldn't
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  Eat
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  Cheese.
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  And
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  I
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  really
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  look
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  forward
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  to
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  this
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  conversation
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  because
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  Britt
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  and
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  I
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  were
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  talking
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  just
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  before
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  we
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  started
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  the
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  recording
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  about
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  finding
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  a
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  point
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  of
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  difference,
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  and
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  I
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  really
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  believe
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  that
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  Britt's
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  book
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  brings
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  a
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  point
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  of
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  difference,
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  an
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  important
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  point
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  of
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  difference,
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  and
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  get
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  into
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  that.
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  So
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  the
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  first
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  thing
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  I
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  wanted
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  you
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  to
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  know,
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  Britt,
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  I
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  did
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  get
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  your
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  book.
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  Oh,
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  nice.
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  My
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  wife
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  says,
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  oh,
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  my
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  God,
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  Rick,
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  you're
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  going
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  to
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  have
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  a
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  zillion
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  children's
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  books.
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  And
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  she
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  said,
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  maybe
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  you
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  should
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  start
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  converting
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  over
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  to
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  the
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  ebook
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  format
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  because
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  we're
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  running
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  out
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  of
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  space
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  in
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  your
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  office.
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  I
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  really
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  want
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  to
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  make
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  sure
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  that
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  when
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  I'm
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  talking
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  to
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  a
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  children's
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  book
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  author,
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  I
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  do
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  have
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  a
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  copy
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  of
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  one
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  of
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  their
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  books.
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  And
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  so
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  it
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  just
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  gets
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  me
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  to
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  know
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  you
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  before
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  I
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  even
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  get
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  to.
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  To
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  talk
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  to
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  you
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  in
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  person.
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  I'm
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  curious,
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  and
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  the
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  audience
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  is
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  going
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  to
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  understand
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  more
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  as
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  we
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  get
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  into
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  this
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  interview,
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  because
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  you
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  write
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  in
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  two
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  different
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  genres,
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  and
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  I
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  believe
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  that
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  this
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  book,
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  the
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  Mouse
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  who
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  Couldn't
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  Eat
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  Cheese,
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  is
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  your
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  first
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  children's
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  book.
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  My
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  first
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  published
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  children's
• 5:49
  book.
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  Yeah.
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  I've
• 5:50
  got
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  a
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  couple
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  others
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  that
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  haven't
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  been
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  published
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  yet.
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  We'll
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  see
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  what
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  happens.
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  But,
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  yes,
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  this
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  is
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  my
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  first
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  children's
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  book.
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  All
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  right.
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  I'm
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  interested
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  in.
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  Because
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  when
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  I
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  send
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  the
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  links
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  out
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  for
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  people
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  to
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  go
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  to
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  your
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  website,
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  they're
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  going
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  to
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  realize,
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  oh,
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  my
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  goodness,
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  this
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  guy
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  really
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  took
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  a
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  180.
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  And
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  I'm
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  more
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  curious,
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  of
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  course,
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  about
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  your
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  children's
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  book
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  authorship.
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  So
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  tell
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  us
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  what
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  it
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  means
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  to
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  be
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  a
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  children's
• 6:15
  book
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  author.
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  For
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  me,
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  I
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  have
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  a
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  history
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  of
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  an
• 6:22
  education.
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  To
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  your
• 6:24
  point,
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  the
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  main
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  genre
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  that
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  I
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  write
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  in
• 6:28
  is
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  fantasy
• 6:29
  and
• 6:30
  science
• 6:30
  fiction.
• 6:30
  It's
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  YA
• 6:31
  friendly,
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  adult.
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  But
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  also,
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  I've
• 6:33
  got
• 6:33
  a
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  YA
• 6:34
  book
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  out
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  there.
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  And
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  for
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  me,
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  I
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  love
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  books
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  of
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  all
• 6:40
  kinds.
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  I'm
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  one
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  of
• 6:41
  those
• 6:41
  weird
• 6:41
  people
• 6:42
  that
• 6:42
  thinks,
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  oh,
• 6:43
  I
• 6:43
  could
• 6:43
  write
• 6:43
  that.
• 6:44
  And
• 6:44
  although
• 6:45
  publishers
• 6:45
  don't
• 6:46
  always
• 6:46
  like
• 6:46
  that
• 6:46
  because
• 6:47
  they
• 6:47
  like
• 6:47
  to
• 6:47
  put
• 6:47
  you
• 6:47
  in
• 6:48
  a
• 6:48
  genre,
• 6:48
  they
• 6:48
  like
• 6:49
  to
• 6:49
  put
• 6:49
  you
• 6:49
  in
• 6:49
  a
• 6:49
  box,
• 6:50
  so
• 6:50
  to
• 6:50
  speak.
• 6:51
  For
• 6:51
  me,
• 6:52
  children's
• 6:53
  books
• 6:53
  were
• 6:54
  some
• 6:54
  of
• 6:54
  my
• 6:55
  first
• 6:55
  loves,
• 6:55
  as
• 6:56
  most
• 6:56
  of
• 6:56
  us
• 6:57
  were.
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  My
• 6:59
  mom
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  taught
• 6:59
  me
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  how
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  to
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  read
• 7:00
  when
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  I
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  was
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  four.
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  Good
• 7:02
  for
• 7:02
  her.
• 7:02
  Because
• 7:03
  my
• 7:04
  younger
• 7:04
  brother
• 7:04
  was
• 7:05
  born
• 7:05
  when
• 7:05
  I
• 7:05
  was
• 7:06
  two
• 7:06
  and
• 7:06
  a
• 7:06
  half,
• 7:08
  and
• 7:08
  she
• 7:09
  was
• 7:09
  busy
• 7:09
  with
• 7:10
  me,
• 7:10
  a
• 7:10
  very
• 7:11
  energetic
• 7:12
  toddler
• 7:13
  and
• 7:14
  a
• 7:14
  baby.
• 7:15
  My
• 7:15
  younger
• 7:16
  brother
• 7:17
  and
• 7:17
  I
• 7:17
  kept
• 7:17
  wanting
• 7:17
  her
• 7:17
  to
• 7:18
  read
• 7:18
  to
• 7:18
  me.
• 7:19
  I
• 7:19
  just
• 7:19
  wanted
• 7:20
  her
• 7:20
  to
• 7:20
  read
• 7:20
  books
• 7:20
  all
• 7:20
  day.
• 7:21
  Her
• 7:22
  solution
• 7:22
  to
• 7:22
  that
• 7:22
  was
• 7:23
  to
• 7:23
  get
• 7:23
  me
• 7:23
  to
• 7:23
  stop
• 7:24
  bothering
• 7:24
  her,
• 7:24
  was,
• 7:24
  maybe
• 7:25
  I'll
• 7:25
  teach
• 7:25
  him
• 7:25
  how
• 7:25
  to
• 7:25
  read
• 7:26
  so
• 7:26
  he
• 7:26
  can
• 7:26
  learn
• 7:26
  to
• 7:26
  read
• 7:27
  on
• 7:27
  his
• 7:27
  own.
• 7:28
  And
• 7:28
  so
• 7:28
  I
• 7:28
  just
• 7:28
  started
• 7:28
  to
• 7:29
  read
• 7:29
  at
• 7:29
  a
• 7:29
  very
• 7:29
  young
• 7:29
  age.
• 7:30
  I
• 7:30
  wrote
• 7:30
  this
• 7:31
  particular.
• 7:31
  This
• 7:32
  children's
• 7:32
  book.
• 7:33
  My
• 7:33
  own
• 7:33
  kids
• 7:33
  were
• 7:34
  young,
• 7:35
  so
• 7:35
  I
• 7:35
  had
• 7:36
  kids
• 7:36
  who
• 7:36
  were
• 7:36
  4,
• 7:37
  6,
• 7:38
  and
• 7:39
  8.
• 7:39
  So
• 7:39
  I
• 7:39
  had
• 7:39
  younger
• 7:40
  kids
• 7:40
  at
• 7:40
  the
• 7:40
  time.
• 7:42
  And
• 7:42
  we
• 7:42
  read
• 7:43
  all
• 7:43
  the
• 7:43
  time
• 7:43
  to
• 7:44
  our
• 7:44
  kids,
• 7:44
  and
• 7:44
  we
• 7:45
  read
• 7:45
  chapter
• 7:45
  books
• 7:46
  when
• 7:46
  they
• 7:46
  were
• 7:46
  a
• 7:46
  little
• 7:46
  older.
• 7:47
  We
• 7:47
  read
• 7:47
  kids
• 7:48
  books.
• 7:48
  We
• 7:48
  did
• 7:48
  voices,
• 7:49
  we
• 7:49
  did
• 7:49
  the
• 7:50
  whole
• 7:50
  thing.
• 7:50
  I'm
• 7:50
  a
• 7:51
  big
• 7:51
  believer
• 7:52
  in
• 7:53
  reading
• 7:54
  and
• 7:54
  story
• 7:55
  and
• 7:56
  engaging
• 7:57
  kids
• 7:58
  and
• 7:58
  people
• 7:59
  of
• 7:59
  all
• 7:59
  ages
• 7:59
  and
• 7:59
  stories.
• 8:00
  So.
• 8:00
  Yeah.
• 8:00
  So
• 8:00
  when
• 8:00
  I
• 8:01
  was
• 8:01
  approached
• 8:01
  with
• 8:01
  writing
• 8:02
  a
• 8:02
  children's
• 8:02
  book,
• 8:03
  it,
• 8:04
  like
• 8:04
  you
• 8:04
  said,
• 8:04
  it
• 8:04
  was
• 8:04
  outside
• 8:05
  my
• 8:05
  norm,
• 8:06
  but
• 8:07
  I
• 8:07
  was
• 8:07
  excited
• 8:07
  about
• 8:07
  it,
• 8:08
  for
• 8:08
  sure.
• 8:08
  Good
• 8:09
  for
• 8:09
  you.
• 8:09
  I
• 8:10
  want
• 8:10
  to
• 8:10
  dig
• 8:10
  into
• 8:11
  behind
• 8:11
  your
• 8:11
  book.
• 8:12
  Tell
• 8:12
  us
• 8:12
  about
• 8:12
  the
• 8:13
  inspiration
• 8:14
  and
• 8:14
  the
• 8:14
  origin
• 8:15
  story.
• 8:16
  Take
• 8:16
  us
• 8:16
  down
• 8:16
  to
• 8:17
  how
• 8:17
  this
• 8:17
  all
• 8:18
  got
• 8:18
  started
• 8:19
  and
• 8:19
  why.
• 8:20
  Sure.
• 8:21
  Tell
• 8:21
  the
• 8:21
  Frankenstein
• 8:22
  story.
• 8:22
  Right.
• 8:23
  I
• 8:23
  took
• 8:23
  different
• 8:23
  pieces
• 8:24
  for
• 8:24
  different.
• 8:24
  I
• 8:25
  was
• 8:25
  going
• 8:25
  to
• 8:25
  a
• 8:25
  church
• 8:26
  at
• 8:26
  the
• 8:26
  time.
• 8:27
  My
• 8:27
  family
• 8:27
  was
• 8:27
  very
• 8:27
  involved.
• 8:28
  And
• 8:28
  there
• 8:28
  was
• 8:28
  another
• 8:28
  family
• 8:29
  that
• 8:29
  was
• 8:29
  very
• 8:29
  involved,
• 8:30
  the
• 8:30
  Davidsons.
• 8:32
  And
• 8:32
  the
• 8:32
  parents
• 8:33
  were
• 8:33
  extremely
• 8:34
  involved,
• 8:34
  volunteered
• 8:35
  with
• 8:35
  a
• 8:35
  lot
• 8:35
  of
• 8:35
  different
• 8:36
  things.
• 8:37
  And
• 8:38
  their
• 8:39
  youngest
• 8:40
  daughter,
• 8:41
  Alexandra,
• 8:42
  had
• 8:43
  Crohn's
• 8:44
  disease
• 8:45
  and
• 8:45
  had
• 8:45
  a
• 8:46
  fairly
• 8:46
  severe
• 8:47
  case
• 8:47
  of
• 8:47
  it.
• 8:47
  She
• 8:47
  was
• 8:48
  in
• 8:48
  the
• 8:48
  hospital
• 8:48
  a
• 8:49
  lot
• 8:49
  from
• 8:49
  the
• 8:50
  time
• 8:50
  she
• 8:50
  was
• 8:50
  very
• 8:50
  young.
• 8:52
  And
• 8:52
  when
• 8:52
  I
• 8:52
  met
• 8:53
  Alex,
• 8:54
  she
• 8:54
  was
• 8:55
  probably
• 8:56
  17
• 8:56
  or
• 8:56
  so.
• 8:57
  Okay.
• 8:58
  And
• 8:58
  again,
• 8:59
  in
• 8:59
  and
• 8:59
  out
• 8:59
  of
• 8:59
  hospitals
• 9:00
  and
• 9:00
  having
• 9:00
  a
• 9:00
  lot
• 9:00
  of
• 9:01
  issues.
• 9:01
  And
• 9:01
  then
• 9:02
  she
• 9:02
  passed
• 9:02
  away
• 9:04
  around
• 9:04
  age
• 9:05
  20,
• 9:05
  21.
• 9:06
  Alex
• 9:07
  was
• 9:07
  a
• 9:07
  very
• 9:07
  inspiring
• 9:09
  young
• 9:09
  woman.
• 9:10
  She
• 9:10
  inspired
• 9:10
  a
• 9:11
  lot
• 9:11
  of
• 9:11
  people.
• 9:11
  A
• 9:11
  lot
• 9:11
  of
• 9:12
  people
• 9:12
  were
• 9:13
  or
• 9:13
  quote,
• 9:13
  unquote,
• 9:14
  fans
• 9:14
  of
• 9:14
  her.
• 9:15
  They
• 9:15
  just
• 9:15
  felt
• 9:16
  very
• 9:16
  connected
• 9:17
  to
• 9:17
  her
• 9:17
  because
• 9:18
  she
• 9:18
  really
• 9:18
  tried
• 9:20
  to
• 9:21
  give
• 9:21
  back
• 9:21
  as
• 9:22
  much
• 9:22
  as
• 9:22
  she
• 9:22
  could.
• 9:22
  She
• 9:23
  tried
• 9:23
  to
• 9:23
  be
• 9:23
  an
• 9:23
  encouragement
• 9:24
  and
• 9:24
  an
• 9:24
  inspiration
• 9:25
  as
• 9:25
  much
• 9:25
  as
• 9:25
  she
• 9:26
  could,
• 9:27
  and
• 9:27
  tried
• 9:28
  to
• 9:28
  try
• 9:28
  to
• 9:28
  see
• 9:29
  her
• 9:29
  life
• 9:29
  as.
• 9:30
  As
• 9:30
  positively
• 9:31
  as
• 9:31
  she
• 9:31
  could.
• 9:32
  So,
• 9:32
  like,
• 9:32
  even
• 9:32
  when
• 9:32
  she
• 9:33
  was
• 9:33
  in
• 9:33
  the
• 9:33
  hospital,
• 9:34
  she
• 9:35
  would
• 9:35
  try
• 9:35
  to
• 9:35
  go
• 9:35
  visit
• 9:35
  other
• 9:36
  kids
• 9:36
  and
• 9:36
  try
• 9:36
  to
• 9:36
  cheer
• 9:37
  them
• 9:37
  up.
• 9:37
  And
• 9:38
  that
• 9:38
  was
• 9:38
  just
• 9:38
  the
• 9:38
  kind
• 9:38
  of
• 9:38
  person
• 9:39
  she
• 9:39
  was.
• 9:39
  She
• 9:40
  knew
• 9:40
  she
• 9:40
  was
• 9:40
  getting
• 9:41
  toward
• 9:41
  the
• 9:41
  end
• 9:42
  of
• 9:42
  her
• 9:42
  life,
• 9:43
  was
• 9:43
  looking
• 9:44
  bleak
• 9:45
  in
• 9:45
  that
• 9:45
  sense.
• 9:46
  And
• 9:46
  she
• 9:47
  had
• 9:47
  her
• 9:47
  parents
• 9:48
  promise
• 9:48
  her
• 9:48
  that
• 9:49
  they
• 9:49
  would
• 9:49
  continue
• 9:49
  on
• 9:50
  with
• 9:50
  some
• 9:50
  sort
• 9:51
  of
• 9:52
  foundation
• 9:52
  or
• 9:53
  something
• 9:53
  nonprofit
• 9:54
  to
• 9:54
  encourage
• 9:55
  young
• 9:55
  people
• 9:56
  who
• 9:56
  were
• 9:57
  dealing
• 9:57
  with
• 9:57
  Crohn's
• 9:58
  disease.
• 9:58
  Because
• 9:59
  this
• 9:59
  is
• 9:59
  a
• 10:00
  long
• 10:00
  time
• 10:00
  ago,
• 10:00
  dude.
• 10:01
  This
• 10:01
  was
• 10:01
  about
• 10:01
  11
• 10:01
  or
• 10:02
  12
• 10:02
  years
• 10:02
  ago,
• 10:03
  okay?
• 10:03
  She
• 10:03
  was
• 10:04
  dealing
• 10:04
  with
• 10:04
  crohn's
• 10:04
  disease
• 10:05
  even
• 10:05
  10
• 10:06
  years
• 10:06
  before
• 10:06
  that
• 10:07
  as
• 10:07
  a
• 10:07
  kid,
• 10:07
  as
• 10:08
  you
• 10:08
  can
• 10:08
  imagine.
• 10:09
  And
• 10:09
  they
• 10:09
  figured
• 10:10
  out
• 10:10
  a
• 10:10
  lot
• 10:10
  since
• 10:11
  then.
• 10:11
  But
• 10:12
  she
• 10:12
  had
• 10:12
  a
• 10:12
  hard
• 10:12
  time
• 10:13
  because
• 10:13
  doctors
• 10:13
  didn't
• 10:14
  really
• 10:14
  know
• 10:14
  what
• 10:14
  to
• 10:14
  do.
• 10:14
  They
• 10:15
  didn't
• 10:15
  know
• 10:15
  how
• 10:15
  to
• 10:15
  treat
• 10:15
  things.
• 10:16
  They're
• 10:16
  still
• 10:16
  figuring
• 10:17
  a
• 10:17
  lot
• 10:17
  of
• 10:17
  that
• 10:17
  stuff
• 10:17
  out.
• 10:18
  So
• 10:18
  she
• 10:18
  wanted
• 10:18
  her
• 10:19
  mom
• 10:19
  to
• 10:19
  try
• 10:20
  to
• 10:20
  bring
• 10:21
  awareness,
• 10:21
  but
• 10:22
  also
• 10:22
  help
• 10:23
  kids
• 10:24
  like
• 10:24
  her
• 10:24
  and
• 10:25
  give
• 10:25
  them
• 10:25
  an
• 10:26
  easier
• 10:26
  time
• 10:26
  of
• 10:26
  it.
• 10:27
  So
• 10:28
  one
• 10:28
  of
• 10:28
  the
• 10:28
  things
• 10:29
  they
• 10:29
  wanted
• 10:29
  to
• 10:29
  do
• 10:29
  for
• 10:30
  awareness
• 10:31
  was
• 10:32
  they
• 10:32
  wanted
• 10:32
  to
• 10:32
  have
• 10:33
  a
• 10:33
  children's
• 10:33
  book.
• 10:34
  And
• 10:34
  they
• 10:34
  had
• 10:35
  the
• 10:35
  title,
• 10:36
  and
• 10:37
  they
• 10:37
  had.
• 10:37
  They
• 10:37
  wanted
• 10:38
  the
• 10:38
  main
• 10:38
  characters
• 10:39
  or
• 10:39
  one
• 10:39
  of
• 10:40
  the
• 10:40
  main
• 10:40
  characters
• 10:40
  name
• 10:41
  to
• 10:41
  be
• 10:41
  Alex
• 10:42
  an
• 10:43
  owl,
• 10:43
  but
• 10:43
  that's
• 10:44
  pretty
• 10:44
  much
• 10:44
  all
• 10:44
  they
• 10:44
  had.
• 10:45
  They
• 10:45
  had
• 10:45
  a
• 10:45
  title,
• 10:46
  the
• 10:46
  Mouse
• 10:46
  who
• 10:47
  couldn't
• 10:47
  eat
• 10:47
  Cheese.
• 10:48
  There's
• 10:48
  a
• 10:48
  lot
• 10:48
  of
• 10:48
  things
• 10:49
  that
• 10:49
  people
• 10:49
  with
• 10:50
  Crohn's
• 10:50
  disease
• 10:51
  can't
• 10:51
  eat,
• 10:51
  and
• 10:51
  they
• 10:51
  have
• 10:52
  a
• 10:52
  lot
• 10:52
  of
• 10:52
  problems
• 10:52
  with
• 10:52
  their
• 10:53
  diet
• 10:53
  and
• 10:53
  that
• 10:53
  sort
• 10:53
  of
• 10:54
  thing.
• 10:54
  Okay.
• 10:54
  And
• 10:55
  so
• 10:55
  they
• 10:55
  had
• 10:55
  the
• 10:55
  title,
• 10:56
  and
• 10:57
  they
• 10:57
  came
• 10:57
  to
• 10:57
  me
• 10:57
  and
• 10:58
  they
• 10:58
  approached
• 10:58
  me
• 10:58
  and
• 10:59
  they
• 10:59
  said,
• 10:59
  britt,
• 10:59
  would
• 10:59
  you
• 10:59
  write
• 11:00
  it?
• 11:00
  I
• 11:00
  was
• 11:00
  the
• 11:00
  only
• 11:01
  author
• 11:01
  they
• 11:01
  knew.
• 11:02
  Okay?
• 11:03
  So
• 11:03
  it
• 11:03
  wasn't
• 11:03
  because
• 11:04
  I
• 11:04
  was
• 11:04
  really
• 11:04
  that
• 11:04
  special.
• 11:05
  They
• 11:05
  just
• 11:05
  knew
• 11:06
  I
• 11:06
  wrote
• 11:06
  books,
• 11:06
  and
• 11:06
  they
• 11:06
  said,
• 11:07
  would
• 11:07
  you
• 11:07
  write
• 11:07
  this?
• 11:07
  And
• 11:08
  so
• 11:08
  I
• 11:08
  saw
• 11:08
  it
• 11:09
  as
• 11:09
  a
• 11:09
  challenge.
• 11:10
  And
• 11:11
  I
• 11:11
  like.
• 11:11
  Did
• 11:11
  you
• 11:12
  spend
• 11:12
  much
• 11:12
  time
• 11:13
  with
• 11:13
  her?
• 11:14
  With
• 11:15
  Alex?
• 11:15
  Not
• 11:16
  a
• 11:16
  lot.
• 11:17
  I
• 11:17
  did
• 11:17
  spend
• 11:17
  some
• 11:18
  time
• 11:18
  with
• 11:18
  her,
• 11:19
  but
• 11:21
  I
• 11:21
  ended
• 11:21
  up
• 11:21
  spending
• 11:22
  a
• 11:22
  little
• 11:22
  bit
• 11:22
  more
• 11:22
  time
• 11:22
  with
• 11:23
  her
• 11:23
  mom.
• 11:24
  Because
• 11:25
  when
• 11:25
  I
• 11:25
  did
• 11:25
  agree
• 11:26
  to
• 11:27
  write
• 11:28
  the
• 11:28
  book,
• 11:30
  I
• 11:30
  wanted
• 11:30
  to
• 11:31
  know
• 11:31
  as
• 11:31
  much
• 11:31
  as
• 11:31
  I
• 11:31
  could.
• 11:32
  I
• 11:32
  wanted
• 11:32
  to
• 11:32
  do
• 11:33
  research,
• 11:33
  and
• 11:33
  I
• 11:34
  really
• 11:34
  wanted
• 11:34
  to
• 11:34
  honor
• 11:35
  Alex's
• 11:35
  memory
• 11:36
  as
• 11:36
  well
• 11:36
  as
• 11:36
  I
• 11:37
  could
• 11:37
  but
• 11:37
  also
• 11:37
  to
• 11:38
  bring
• 11:38
  the
• 11:38
  right
• 11:39
  sort
• 11:39
  of
• 11:39
  awareness
• 11:40
  to
• 11:41
  the
• 11:41
  story
• 11:42
  and
• 11:42
  have
• 11:42
  the
• 11:42
  right
• 11:43
  story
• 11:43
  and
• 11:43
  all
• 11:43
  that
• 11:43
  sort
• 11:44
  of
• 11:44
  stuff.
• 11:44
  So
• 11:44
  I
• 11:44
  did
• 11:44
  a
• 11:44
  lot
• 11:44
  of
• 11:44
  research
• 11:46
  about
• 11:46
  children's
• 11:47
  books,
• 11:47
  how
• 11:48
  to
• 11:48
  write
• 11:48
  one.
• 11:49
  A
• 11:49
  lot
• 11:49
  of
• 11:49
  people
• 11:49
  don't
• 11:50
  realize
• 11:50
  children's
• 11:50
  books
• 11:51
  are
• 11:51
  probably
• 11:52
  the
• 11:52
  hardest
• 11:52
  books
• 11:53
  to
• 11:53
  write.
• 11:53
  Absolutely.
• 11:54
  Because
• 11:54
  you
• 11:55
  only
• 11:55
  have
• 11:55
  between
• 11:55
  500
• 11:56
  and
• 11:56
  1000
• 11:57
  words,
• 11:58
  limited
• 11:58
  number
• 11:58
  of
• 11:59
  pages.
• 12:00
  You've
• 12:00
  got
• 12:00
  very
• 12:01
  few
• 12:01
  words.
• 12:01
  And
• 12:02
  they
• 12:02
  should
• 12:02
  be
• 12:02
  simpler
• 12:03
  words.
• 12:04
  Yes.
• 12:05
  So
• 12:06
  you
• 12:06
  need
• 12:06
  to
• 12:06
  make
• 12:07
  every
• 12:07
  word
• 12:07
  count.
• 12:08
  Even,
• 12:08
  like,
• 12:08
  that's
• 12:09
  writing
• 12:09
  in
• 12:09
  general.
• 12:09
  Right.
• 12:10
  You
• 12:10
  should
• 12:10
  make
• 12:10
  every
• 12:11
  word
• 12:11
  count.
• 12:11
  But
• 12:12
  even
• 12:12
  more
• 12:13
  so
• 12:13
  in
• 12:14
  children's
• 12:14
  literature.
• 12:15
  I
• 12:15
  understood
• 12:15
  that,
• 12:16
  and
• 12:16
  I'm
• 12:16
  a
• 12:16
  fan
• 12:17
  of
• 12:17
  the
• 12:17
  classics,
• 12:17
  where
• 12:18
  the
• 12:18
  Wild
• 12:18
  Things
• 12:18
  Are.
• 12:19
  That's
• 12:19
  what
• 12:19
  I
• 12:19
  grew
• 12:20
  up
• 12:20
  with,
• 12:20
  the
• 12:20
  classics.
• 12:21
  And
• 12:21
  so
• 12:21
  I
• 12:22
  really
• 12:22
  had
• 12:22
  a
• 12:22
  high
• 12:23
  bar
• 12:23
  for
• 12:24
  what
• 12:24
  I
• 12:24
  was
• 12:24
  going
• 12:24
  to
• 12:24
  do.
• 12:25
  But
• 12:25
  I
• 12:25
  really
• 12:25
  wanted
• 12:26
  to
• 12:26
  take
• 12:26
  on
• 12:26
  the
• 12:26
  challenge
• 12:27
  because
• 12:28
  I
• 12:29
  felt.
• 12:30
  I'm
• 12:30
  trying
• 12:30
  to
• 12:31
  remember
• 12:31
  who
• 12:31
  said
• 12:31
  it,
• 12:31
  but
• 12:31
  there's
• 12:32
  a
• 12:32
  famous
• 12:32
  author
• 12:32
  that
• 12:33
  Roald
• 12:33
  Dahl
• 12:34
  or
• 12:34
  somebody
• 12:35
  that
• 12:35
  was
• 12:35
  like,
• 12:36
  if
• 12:36
  you
• 12:36
  just
• 12:36
  want
• 12:36
  to
• 12:36
  write
• 12:36
  something,
• 12:37
  write
• 12:37
  it
• 12:37
  for
• 12:37
  adults,
• 12:37
  but
• 12:38
  if
• 12:38
  you
• 12:38
  want
• 12:38
  to
• 12:38
  write
• 12:38
  it,
• 12:38
  write
• 12:39
  it
• 12:39
  for
• 12:39
  children
• 12:39
  or
• 12:39
  something
• 12:40
  like
• 12:40
  that.
• 12:40
  If
• 12:40
  you
• 12:40
  want
• 12:40
  a
• 12:40
  really
• 12:41
  hard
• 12:42
  challenge,
• 12:42
  write
• 12:42
  for
• 12:43
  kids.
• 12:43
  So
• 12:43
  I
• 12:44
  just
• 12:44
  took
• 12:44
  that
• 12:44
  on,
• 12:45
  and
• 12:46
  I
• 12:46
  really
• 12:47
  prayed
• 12:47
  a
• 12:47
  lot
• 12:48
  about
• 12:48
  it
• 12:48
  and
• 12:48
  really
• 12:49
  sought
• 12:50
  a
• 12:50
  lot
• 12:50
  of
• 12:50
  input
• 12:51
  and
• 12:51
  tried
• 12:51
  to
• 12:51
  get
• 12:51
  the
• 12:51
  heart
• 12:52
  of
• 12:52
  what
• 12:52
  I
• 12:52
  wanted
• 12:52
  to
• 12:53
  say.
• 12:53
  And
• 12:54
  I
• 12:54
  just
• 12:54
  wrote
• 12:54
  it
• 12:54
  one
• 12:54
  day,
• 12:55
  and
• 12:55
  I
• 12:55
  really
• 12:55
  felt
• 12:56
  good
• 12:56
  about
• 12:56
  it.
• 12:56
  And
• 12:56
  I
• 12:57
  got
• 12:57
  emotional
• 12:58
  after,
• 12:59
  when
• 12:59
  I
• 12:59
  wrote
• 12:59
  it
• 13:00
  and
• 13:00
  edited
• 13:01
  it
• 13:01
  a
• 13:01
  little
• 13:01
  bit.
• 13:01
  But
• 13:01
  when
• 13:02
  I
• 13:02
  started
• 13:02
  sharing
• 13:02
  it
• 13:02
  with
• 13:03
  people,
• 13:04
  they
• 13:04
  started
• 13:04
  to
• 13:04
  get
• 13:04
  emotional,
• 13:05
  too,
• 13:05
  because
• 13:06
  really,
• 13:07
  the
• 13:07
  core
• 13:07
  of
• 13:08
  the
• 13:08
  book
• 13:08
  is
• 13:08
  about
• 13:09
  friendship.
• 13:10
  The
• 13:11
  Crohn's
• 13:11
  disease
• 13:12
  piece
• 13:12
  of
• 13:13
  it
• 13:14
  is
• 13:14
  the
• 13:15
  issue
• 13:15
  that
• 13:15
  these
• 13:16
  two
• 13:16
  friends
• 13:16
  have
• 13:16
  to
• 13:16
  deal
• 13:17
  with.
• 13:17
  How
• 13:17
  do
• 13:18
  you.
• 13:18
  How
• 13:18
  can
• 13:18
  you
• 13:19
  be
• 13:19
  friends
• 13:19
  with
• 13:20
  someone
• 13:20
  who
• 13:21
  may
• 13:21
  be
• 13:21
  dealing
• 13:22
  with
• 13:22
  an
• 13:22
  issue
• 13:23
  that
• 13:23
  makes
• 13:23
  it
• 13:24
  difficult,
• 13:24
  that
• 13:25
  doesn't
• 13:25
  make
• 13:25
  it
• 13:25
  as
• 13:25
  easy
• 13:26
  to
• 13:26
  be
• 13:26
  friends
• 13:27
  with?
• 13:28
  And
• 13:28
  so
• 13:29
  that's
• 13:29
  the
• 13:29
  core
• 13:29
  of
• 13:29
  the
• 13:30
  book.
• 13:30
  It's
• 13:30
  about
• 13:30
  friendship
• 13:31
  and
• 13:32
  being
• 13:32
  friends
• 13:32
  with
• 13:33
  people
• 13:33
  who
• 13:33
  have
• 13:33
  some
• 13:34
  sort
• 13:34
  of
• 13:34
  chronic
• 13:34
  disease.
• 13:35
  And
• 13:36
  that's
• 13:36
  what
• 13:36
  people
• 13:36
  would
• 13:36
  get
• 13:37
  emotional
• 13:37
  about,
• 13:37
  because
• 13:38
  it
• 13:38
  would
• 13:38
  remind
• 13:38
  them
• 13:39
  of
• 13:39
  people,
• 13:39
  kids
• 13:39
  that
• 13:40
  they
• 13:40
  knew
• 13:41
  who
• 13:41
  had
• 13:41
  cancer
• 13:42
  or,
• 13:42
  like,
• 13:43
  all
• 13:43
  kinds
• 13:43
  of
• 13:43
  things,
• 13:44
  but
• 13:44
  how
• 13:45
  they
• 13:45
  had
• 13:45
  to
• 13:46
  reach
• 13:46
  out
• 13:47
  and
• 13:48
  show
• 13:48
  love
• 13:49
  to
• 13:49
  those
• 13:49
  people.
• 13:50
  So
• 13:50
  it's
• 13:50
  interesting,
• 13:51
  and
• 13:51
  I
• 13:51
  want
• 13:51
  to
• 13:51
  just
• 13:52
  dig
• 13:53
  into
• 13:53
  this
• 13:53
  a
• 13:53
  little
• 13:54
  deeper
• 13:54
  because
• 13:54
  I've
• 13:55
  never
• 13:55
  heard
• 13:56
  a
• 13:56
  children's
• 13:56
  book
• 13:57
  author
• 13:58
  have
• 13:58
  this
• 13:58
  approach
• 13:59
  that
• 13:59
  you've
• 13:59
  had
• 14:00
  where
• 14:01
  the
• 14:01
  parents
• 14:02
  of
• 14:02
  a
• 14:02
  child
• 14:03
  came
• 14:04
  to
• 14:04
  you
• 14:04
  and
• 14:04
  said,
• 14:05
  could
• 14:05
  you
• 14:05
  write
• 14:06
  this
• 14:06
  children's
• 14:06
  book?
• 14:07
  You
• 14:07
  said
• 14:07
  you
• 14:07
  were
• 14:08
  involved
• 14:08
  with
• 14:08
  the
• 14:08
  mother
• 14:09
  the
• 14:10
  most
• 14:10
  Tell
• 14:11
  us
• 14:11
  the
• 14:11
  experience.
• 14:12
  Was
• 14:12
  she
• 14:12
  involved
• 14:13
  when
• 14:13
  you
• 14:14
  started
• 14:14
  writing
• 14:14
  the
• 14:15
  book?
• 14:15
  Did
• 14:16
  you
• 14:16
  read
• 14:16
  parts
• 14:17
  of
• 14:17
  the
• 14:17
  book
• 14:17
  to
• 14:18
  her
• 14:18
  or
• 14:18
  share
• 14:18
  the
• 14:19
  whole
• 14:19
  book
• 14:19
  or
• 14:20
  tell
• 14:20
  us
• 14:20
  that
• 14:20
  experience?
• 14:21
  Because
• 14:21
  this
• 14:21
  is
• 14:22
  definitely
• 14:22
  different
• 14:23
  than
• 14:23
  most
• 14:24
  children's
• 14:24
  book
• 14:24
  authors
• 14:25
  I've
• 14:25
  talked
• 14:25
  to.
• 14:26
  Yeah,
• 14:26
  I
• 14:26
  didn't
• 14:27
  share
• 14:27
  it
• 14:27
  with
• 14:27
  her
• 14:29
  until
• 14:29
  I
• 14:29
  finished
• 14:30
  it.
• 14:30
  Okay.
• 14:31
  Did
• 14:31
  you
• 14:31
  give
• 14:32
  you
• 14:32
  ideas
• 14:32
  or
• 14:33
  did
• 14:33
  you
• 14:33
  sit
• 14:33
  down
• 14:34
  with
• 14:34
  the
• 14:34
  parents
• 14:34
  and
• 14:35
  they
• 14:35
  said,
• 14:36
  here's.
• 14:37
  Here's
• 14:38
  some
• 14:38
  basics
• 14:39
  behind
• 14:39
  this,
• 14:40
  or.
• 14:40
  No.
• 14:43
  Like
• 14:43
  I
• 14:43
  said,
• 14:43
  they
• 14:43
  had
• 14:43
  the
• 14:44
  idea
• 14:44
  of
• 14:45
  the
• 14:45
  mouse
• 14:46
  who
• 14:46
  couldn't
• 14:46
  eat
• 14:46
  cheese.
• 14:47
  So
• 14:47
  there
• 14:47
  was
• 14:47
  going
• 14:47
  to
• 14:47
  be
• 14:47
  a
• 14:47
  mouse,
• 14:48
  gave
• 14:48
  the
• 14:48
  mouse
• 14:49
  a
• 14:49
  name,
• 14:50
  and
• 14:50
  they
• 14:50
  wanted
• 14:51
  their.
• 14:51
  And
• 14:52
  they
• 14:52
  wanted
• 14:52
  Alex
• 14:53
  the
• 14:53
  owl
• 14:54
  to
• 14:54
  represent
• 14:55
  Alex
• 14:55
  to
• 14:55
  be
• 14:56
  kind
• 14:56
  of
• 14:56
  part
• 14:56
  of
• 14:56
  it.
• 14:57
  And
• 14:57
  her
• 14:57
  idea,
• 14:58
  we'll
• 14:58
  see
• 14:58
  what
• 14:58
  happens.
• 14:59
  But
• 14:59
  her
• 14:59
  idea,
• 15:00
  too,
• 15:00
  is
• 15:00
  to
• 15:00
  have
• 15:01
  a
• 15:01
  series
• 15:01
  of
• 15:01
  books
• 15:02
  about
• 15:03
  all
• 15:03
  different
• 15:03
  kinds
• 15:04
  of
• 15:04
  issues
• 15:06
  that
• 15:06
  kids
• 15:06
  go
• 15:06
  through,
• 15:07
  where
• 15:07
  Alex
• 15:08
  is
• 15:09
  the
• 15:09
  main
• 15:09
  character.
• 15:10
  Alex
• 15:11
  is
• 15:11
  friends
• 15:11
  with
• 15:11
  different
• 15:12
  animals
• 15:13
  that
• 15:13
  have
• 15:13
  different.
• 15:14
  Whatever.
• 15:14
  That's
• 15:14
  awesome.
• 15:15
  We'll
• 15:15
  see
• 15:15
  what
• 15:16
  happens.
• 15:16
  I.
• 15:16
  I
• 15:16
  told
• 15:17
  the
• 15:17
  mom,
• 15:17
  I
• 15:17
  said,
• 15:17
  we
• 15:17
  got
• 15:18
  to
• 15:18
  sell
• 15:18
  a
• 15:18
  lot
• 15:18
  of
• 15:18
  these
• 15:18
  books
• 15:19
  first.
• 15:19
  That's
• 15:19
  how
• 15:19
  focusing
• 15:20
  works.
• 15:20
  So
• 15:21
  let's
• 15:21
  talk
• 15:21
  about
• 15:21
  that
• 15:22
  a
• 15:22
  bit
• 15:22
  then.
• 15:22
  A
• 15:23
  lot
• 15:23
  of
• 15:23
  times,
• 15:24
  like,
• 15:25
  I'm
• 15:25
  now
• 15:26
  over
• 15:26
  40.
• 15:27
  Interviews
• 15:28
  with
• 15:28
  children's
• 15:28
  book
• 15:29
  authors.
• 15:29
  And
• 15:30
  one
• 15:30
  thing
• 15:30
  I've
• 15:31
  started
• 15:31
  incorporating
• 15:32
  in
• 15:32
  the
• 15:32
  conversation,
• 15:34
  and
• 15:34
  it
• 15:34
  seems
• 15:35
  very
• 15:35
  important
• 15:36
  in
• 15:36
  this
• 15:36
  circumstance
• 15:37
  is
• 15:38
  tell
• 15:38
  us
• 15:38
  a
• 15:38
  little
• 15:39
  bit
• 15:39
  about
• 15:40
  the
• 15:40
  business
• 15:41
  plan
• 15:42
  for
• 15:42
  the
• 15:42
  book.
• 15:43
  I
• 15:43
  know
• 15:43
  you're
• 15:44
  an
• 15:44
  author
• 15:44
  in
• 15:44
  a
• 15:44
  different
• 15:45
  genre,
• 15:45
  and
• 15:46
  so
• 15:46
  tell
• 15:46
  us,
• 15:46
  are
• 15:47
  you
• 15:47
  bringing
• 15:47
  some
• 15:47
  of
• 15:48
  that
• 15:48
  practice
• 15:49
  over
• 15:49
  to
• 15:49
  this
• 15:49
  book
• 15:50
  to
• 15:50
  make
• 15:50
  it
• 15:50
  successful?
• 15:52
  Yeah,
• 15:52
  good
• 15:53
  question.
• 15:54
  Yes
• 15:54
  and
• 15:54
  no.
• 15:56
  What
• 15:56
  I
• 15:57
  do
• 15:57
  with
• 15:58
  my
• 15:58
  fiction,
• 15:59
  because
• 15:59
  I'm
• 16:00
  doing
• 16:01
  teens
• 16:01
  and
• 16:01
  above,
• 16:04
  the
• 16:04
  actual
• 16:05
  reader
• 16:05
  is
• 16:06
  the
• 16:06
  audience.
• 16:07
  So
• 16:08
  it's
• 16:08
  different.
• 16:09
  With
• 16:09
  a
• 16:09
  children's
• 16:10
  book,
• 16:10
  the
• 16:11
  audience
• 16:11
  is
• 16:11
  the
• 16:12
  parent.
• 16:13
  Yeah.
• 16:13
  So
• 16:13
  the
• 16:13
  grandparent
• 16:14
  or
• 16:15
  the
• 16:15
  grandparents.
• 16:15
  So
• 16:17
  for
• 16:17
  a
• 16:17
  children's
• 16:18
  book,
• 16:18
  generally
• 16:19
  speaking,
• 16:19
  99.9%
• 16:20
  of
• 16:21
  the
• 16:21
  time,
• 16:21
  you're
• 16:22
  selling
• 16:22
  to
• 16:22
  an
• 16:22
  adult
• 16:23
  who
• 16:23
  is
• 16:23
  going
• 16:24
  to
• 16:24
  buy
• 16:24
  this
• 16:24
  for
• 16:25
  a
• 16:25
  child.
• 16:26
  And
• 16:26
  marketing
• 16:27
  the
• 16:27
  pitch,
• 16:28
  as
• 16:28
  it
• 16:28
  were,
• 16:29
  is
• 16:29
  a
• 16:29
  little
• 16:29
  different.
• 16:31
  And
• 16:31
  I
• 16:31
  really
• 16:31
  waited.
• 16:32
  Like
• 16:32
  I
• 16:32
  said,
• 16:33
  I
• 16:33
  wrote
• 16:33
  this
• 16:33
  book
• 16:34
  probably
• 16:34
  12
• 16:35
  years
• 16:35
  ago,
• 16:36
  and
• 16:36
  I
• 16:37
  talked
• 16:37
  with
• 16:37
  and
• 16:38
  I
• 16:38
  pitched
• 16:38
  it
• 16:38
  several
• 16:39
  times
• 16:39
  to
• 16:39
  several
• 16:39
  different
• 16:40
  publishers,
• 16:41
  and
• 16:42
  it
• 16:42
  never
• 16:42
  got
• 16:42
  off
• 16:42
  the
• 16:43
  ground.
• 16:43
  And
• 16:43
  I
• 16:44
  wanted
• 16:44
  it
• 16:44
  to
• 16:44
  be
• 16:44
  with
• 16:44
  a
• 16:45
  publisher
• 16:45
  because
• 16:45
  I've
• 16:45
  done
• 16:46
  self
• 16:46
  publishing
• 16:47
  and
• 16:47
  traditional
• 16:48
  publishing,
• 16:49
  but
• 16:49
  I
• 16:49
  wanted
• 16:50
  a
• 16:50
  publisher
• 16:50
  because
• 16:50
  there
• 16:50
  were
• 16:51
  so
• 16:51
  many
• 16:51
  elements
• 16:52
  of
• 16:52
  the
• 16:52
  children's
• 16:53
  book
• 16:53
  market
• 16:53
  that
• 16:54
  I
• 16:54
  didn't
• 16:54
  know
• 16:55
  that
• 16:55
  I
• 16:56
  wasn't
• 16:56
  as
• 16:56
  familiar
• 16:57
  with.
• 16:57
  And
• 16:58
  so
• 16:58
  I
• 16:58
  wanted
• 16:58
  to
• 16:58
  partner
• 16:59
  with
• 16:59
  a
• 17:00
  publisher
• 17:01
  who
• 17:01
  would
• 17:01
  get
• 17:02
  the
• 17:02
  vision
• 17:02
  of
• 17:02
  the
• 17:02
  book,
• 17:03
  be
• 17:03
  passionate
• 17:04
  about
• 17:04
  the
• 17:04
  book
• 17:05
  be
• 17:06
  willing
• 17:06
  to
• 17:07
  explore
• 17:08
  or
• 17:08
  have
• 17:10
  the
• 17:10
  opportunities
• 17:11
  with
• 17:11
  the
• 17:12
  medical
• 17:12
  industry.
• 17:12
  For
• 17:13
  example,
• 17:13
  I
• 17:14
  wrote
• 17:14
  this
• 17:14
  book
• 17:15
  to
• 17:15
  be
• 17:15
  in
• 17:16
  a
• 17:17
  pediatrician's
• 17:18
  office
• 17:18
  or
• 17:19
  in
• 17:19
  the
• 17:19
  library
• 17:20
  or
• 17:20
  to
• 17:20
  be
• 17:21
  read
• 17:22
  a
• 17:22
  kindergarten
• 17:23
  classroom
• 17:24
  talking
• 17:24
  about
• 17:24
  friendship
• 17:25
  and
• 17:25
  for
• 17:25
  awareness.
• 17:26
  So
• 17:26
  there
• 17:26
  was
• 17:26
  a
• 17:26
  lot
• 17:26
  of
• 17:26
  those
• 17:27
  things
• 17:27
  that
• 17:27
  I
• 17:27
  had
• 17:27
  in
• 17:28
  mind.
• 17:28
  But
• 17:28
  part
• 17:28
  of
• 17:28
  that
• 17:28
  was
• 17:29
  how
• 17:29
  can
• 17:30
  we
• 17:30
  engage
• 17:31
  the
• 17:31
  medical
• 17:31
  community
• 17:33
  for
• 17:34
  them
• 17:34
  to
• 17:34
  get
• 17:34
  on
• 17:34
  board?
• 17:35
  And
• 17:35
  so
• 17:35
  it
• 17:35
  just
• 17:36
  took
• 17:36
  a
• 17:36
  while
• 17:36
  to
• 17:36
  get
• 17:37
  it,
• 17:37
  to
• 17:37
  get
• 17:37
  to
• 17:38
  find
• 17:38
  the
• 17:38
  right
• 17:38
  publisher.
• 17:39
  Maybe
• 17:40
  partly
• 17:40
  because
• 17:40
  I'm
• 17:41
  not
• 17:41
  a
• 17:41
  children's
• 17:41
  book
• 17:41
  author.
• 17:42
  It
• 17:42
  wasn't
• 17:42
  like
• 17:42
  that
• 17:43
  was
• 17:43
  what
• 17:43
  I
• 17:43
  was
• 17:43
  known
• 17:43
  for.
• 17:44
  I
• 17:44
  don't
• 17:44
  know
• 17:44
  if
• 17:44
  that's
• 17:45
  answering
• 17:45
  question,
• 17:45
  but
• 17:45
  that's
• 17:46
  some
• 17:46
  of
• 17:46
  the
• 17:46
  things.
• 17:47
  And
• 17:47
  I'm
• 17:47
  not
• 17:47
  an
• 17:48
  artist.
• 17:48
  So
• 17:49
  generally
• 17:50
  speaking,
• 17:50
  what
• 17:51
  a
• 17:51
  publisher
• 17:52
  can
• 17:52
  do
• 17:52
  for
• 17:52
  me
• 17:53
  that
• 17:53
  I
• 17:53
  couldn't
• 17:53
  do
• 17:53
  for
• 17:54
  myself
• 17:54
  without
• 17:54
  spending
• 17:55
  a
• 17:55
  lot
• 17:55
  of
• 17:55
  money
• 17:55
  is.
• 17:56
  Is
• 17:56
  finding
• 17:56
  the
• 17:56
  right
• 17:57
  artist,
• 17:57
  partnering
• 17:58
  me
• 17:58
  with
• 17:58
  the
• 17:58
  right
• 17:58
  artists.
• 17:59
  And
• 18:00
  so
• 18:00
  when
• 18:00
  I
• 18:00
  found
• 18:00
  Yorkshire
• 18:01
  Publishing
• 18:01
  and
• 18:02
  they
• 18:02
  got
• 18:02
  a
• 18:02
  great
• 18:03
  artist,
• 18:03
  the
• 18:03
  art
• 18:04
  is
• 18:04
  amazing
• 18:04
  in
• 18:04
  this
• 18:05
  book.
• 18:05
  People
• 18:06
  love
• 18:06
  the
• 18:06
  story,
• 18:06
  they
• 18:06
  love
• 18:07
  the
• 18:07
  book,
• 18:07
  but
• 18:07
  they're
• 18:07
  also
• 18:08
  just
• 18:08
  all
• 18:08
  commenting
• 18:09
  on
• 18:09
  how
• 18:09
  much
• 18:09
  they
• 18:10
  love
• 18:10
  the
• 18:10
  art.
• 18:10
  They
• 18:11
  Yorkshire.
• 18:12
  Are
• 18:12
  they
• 18:12
  a
• 18:12
  traditional
• 18:13
  publisher?
• 18:14
  Yes,
• 18:14
  they
• 18:15
  are
• 18:15
  a
• 18:15
  traditional
• 18:15
  publisher,
• 18:16
  and
• 18:16
  they
• 18:16
  had
• 18:17
  a
• 18:17
  lot
• 18:17
  of
• 18:17
  experience
• 18:18
  with
• 18:18
  children's
• 18:19
  books
• 18:20
  as
• 18:20
  well.
• 18:20
  There
• 18:20
  was
• 18:21
  some
• 18:21
  elements.
• 18:21
  And
• 18:22
  the.
• 18:22
  The
• 18:22
  owner,
• 18:24
  when
• 18:24
  I
• 18:24
  pitched
• 18:25
  the
• 18:25
  book
• 18:25
  to
• 18:26
  the
• 18:26
  owner
• 18:27
  at
• 18:27
  the
• 18:27
  time,
• 18:28
  he's
• 18:29
  still
• 18:29
  the
• 18:29
  owner,
• 18:29
  and
• 18:29
  they
• 18:29
  just.
• 18:29
  They
• 18:30
  have
• 18:30
  some
• 18:30
  more
• 18:30
  different
• 18:30
  editors
• 18:31
  now
• 18:32
  that
• 18:32
  I'm
• 18:32
  working
• 18:32
  with.
• 18:33
  But
• 18:34
  he
• 18:34
  had
• 18:34
  some
• 18:34
  background
• 18:35
  in
• 18:36
  the
• 18:36
  pediatric
• 18:36
  er,
• 18:37
  so
• 18:37
  he
• 18:37
  was
• 18:38
  a
• 18:38
  doctor
• 18:38
  who
• 18:38
  worked
• 18:39
  in
• 18:39
  pediatric
• 18:40
  medicine.
• 18:41
  And
• 18:41
  so
• 18:41
  he
• 18:41
  had
• 18:41
  a
• 18:42
  passion
• 18:42
  for
• 18:42
  the
• 18:42
  story.
• 18:43
  So
• 18:43
  there
• 18:43
  was
• 18:43
  just
• 18:43
  a
• 18:44
  lot
• 18:44
  of
• 18:44
  things
• 18:44
  that
• 18:44
  just
• 18:44
  happened
• 18:45
  at
• 18:45
  the
• 18:45
  right
• 18:45
  time
• 18:45
  after
• 18:46
  years
• 18:46
  of
• 18:46
  trying.
• 18:47
  And
• 18:48
  so
• 18:48
  did
• 18:48
  you
• 18:48
  sit
• 18:49
  down
• 18:49
  with
• 18:49
  them
• 18:49
  and
• 18:49
  develop
• 18:50
  a
• 18:50
  plan?
• 18:51
  So,
• 18:51
  like,
• 18:51
  what
• 18:52
  is
• 18:52
  their
• 18:52
  business
• 18:53
  plan
• 18:53
  for
• 18:53
  the
• 18:53
  book?
• 18:55
  Yeah,
• 18:55
  so
• 18:55
  part
• 18:55
  of
• 18:56
  the
• 18:56
  plan.
• 18:58
  So
• 18:58
  we
• 18:58
  didn't
• 18:59
  exactly
• 19:00
  come
• 19:00
  up
• 19:00
  with
• 19:00
  a
• 19:00
  business
• 19:00
  plan
• 19:01
  or
• 19:01
  marketing
• 19:02
  plan.
• 19:02
  We.
• 19:02
  We
• 19:02
  did
• 19:03
  a
• 19:03
  little
• 19:03
  bit,
• 19:03
  but
• 19:04
  most
• 19:05
  of
• 19:05
  the
• 19:05
  understanding
• 19:06
  was
• 19:06
  to
• 19:07
  try
• 19:07
  to
• 19:07
  get
• 19:07
  into
• 19:07
  whatever
• 19:08
  communities
• 19:09
  there
• 19:09
  are
• 19:10
  around
• 19:10
  Crohn's
• 19:11
  disease.
• 19:11
  So
• 19:11
  there
• 19:11
  is
• 19:12
  a
• 19:12
  Crohn's
• 19:12
  and
• 19:12
  Colitis
• 19:13
  foundation.
• 19:14
  I've
• 19:14
  already
• 19:15
  spoken
• 19:15
  at
• 19:16
  a
• 19:16
  camp
• 19:16
  for
• 19:17
  kids
• 19:17
  with
• 19:17
  Crohn's
• 19:18
  and
• 19:18
  colitis
• 19:19
  called
• 19:19
  Camp
• 19:20
  Twin
• 19:20
  Lakes.
• 19:20
  Right
• 19:21
  down
• 19:21
  here.
• 19:21
  Camp
• 19:22
  Oasis
• 19:22
  is
• 19:22
  the
• 19:22
  name
• 19:23
  of
• 19:23
  the
• 19:23
  camp.
• 19:24
  And
• 19:25
  so
• 19:25
  I've
• 19:25
  already
• 19:25
  started
• 19:26
  to
• 19:26
  make
• 19:26
  some
• 19:26
  inroads
• 19:27
  there.
• 19:27
  And
• 19:27
  this
• 19:28
  is
• 19:28
  one
• 19:28
  of
• 19:28
  the
• 19:28
  ways
• 19:29
  that
• 19:29
  Lori,
• 19:30
  the
• 19:30
  mom,
• 19:30
  and
• 19:31
  her
• 19:31
  family
• 19:31
  have
• 19:32
  been
• 19:33
  important
• 19:33
  in
• 19:33
  this
• 19:34
  is
• 19:34
  because
• 19:34
  they
• 19:34
  had
• 19:35
  a
• 19:35
  lot
• 19:35
  of
• 19:36
  connections
• 19:37
  within
• 19:37
  that
• 19:37
  community
• 19:37
  as
• 19:38
  well.
• 19:38
  And
• 19:39
  part
• 19:39
  of
• 19:39
  what's
• 19:39
  going
• 19:39
  to
• 19:39
  happen
• 19:40
  with
• 19:40
  this
• 19:40
  book.
• 19:40
  It
• 19:41
  just
• 19:41
  came
• 19:41
  out.
• 19:41
  So
• 19:42
  you
• 19:42
  don't
• 19:42
  get
• 19:42
  money
• 19:43
  right
• 19:43
  away.
• 19:43
  That's
• 19:43
  another
• 19:43
  business
• 19:44
  thing.
• 19:44
  Right.
• 19:44
  People
• 19:45
  who
• 19:45
  don't
• 19:45
  know
• 19:45
  the
• 19:46
  book
• 19:46
  comes
• 19:46
  out,
• 19:46
  you
• 19:46
  might
• 19:47
  not
• 19:47
  get
• 19:47
  paid
• 19:47
  for.
• 19:48
  For
• 19:48
  whatever
• 19:49
  copies
• 19:49
  you
• 19:49
  sell
• 19:49
  for
• 19:50
  another
• 19:50
  six
• 19:50
  months
• 19:50
  or
• 19:50
  something.
• 19:51
  When
• 19:51
  I
• 19:51
  do
• 19:51
  start
• 19:51
  making
• 19:52
  money
• 19:52
  with
• 19:52
  the
• 19:52
  book,
• 19:53
  I'm
• 19:53
  going
• 19:53
  to
• 19:54
  give
• 19:54
  a
• 19:54
  portion
• 19:54
  to
• 19:55
  Camp
• 19:56
  Oasis
• 19:56
  and
• 19:56
  some
• 19:57
  of
• 19:57
  these
• 19:57
  things,
• 19:57
  because
• 19:58
  that's
• 19:58
  part
• 19:59
  of
• 19:59
  the
• 19:59
  whole
• 19:59
  purpose
• 20:00
  behind
• 20:00
  it
• 20:00
  was
• 20:00
  to
• 20:01
  help
• 20:01
  kids
• 20:02
  like
• 20:02
  Alex
• 20:02
  was.
• 20:03
  And
• 20:03
  so,
• 20:03
  no,
• 20:04
  so
• 20:04
  there
• 20:04
  wasn't
• 20:05
  a
• 20:05
  firm
• 20:06
  sort
• 20:06
  of
• 20:07
  idea,
• 20:07
  but
• 20:08
  they
• 20:08
  have
• 20:08
  a
• 20:08
  little
• 20:08
  bit
• 20:08
  of
• 20:09
  a
• 20:09
  marketing
• 20:09
  team.
• 20:10
  And
• 20:10
  so
• 20:10
  they've
• 20:10
  gotten
• 20:11
  it
• 20:11
  out
• 20:11
  in
• 20:11
  some
• 20:11
  different
• 20:12
  ways
• 20:12
  and
• 20:13
  they've
• 20:13
  done
• 20:13
  a
• 20:13
  good
• 20:13
  job,
• 20:13
  man.
• 20:14
  It
• 20:14
  hit
• 20:14
  number
• 20:15
  one
• 20:15
  the
• 20:15
  first
• 20:16
  week
• 20:16
  in
• 20:16
  all
• 20:17
  three
• 20:17
  categories
• 20:17
  on
• 20:18
  Amazon.
• 20:18
  Nice.
• 20:19
  Now,
• 20:19
  is
• 20:19
  it
• 20:20
  also
• 20:20
  in
• 20:20
  the
• 20:20
  traditional
• 20:21
  bookstores?
• 20:23
  It's
• 20:24
  not
• 20:24
  in
• 20:25
  many
• 20:25
  traditional
• 20:26
  bookstores
• 20:27
  yet.
• 20:27
  I
• 20:28
  have
• 20:28
  a
• 20:28
  couple
• 20:28
  connections
• 20:29
  with
• 20:30
  Barnes
• 20:30
  and
• 20:30
  Noble
• 20:31
  trying
• 20:31
  to
• 20:31
  get
• 20:31
  them
• 20:31
  in
• 20:31
  there.
• 20:32
  And
• 20:32
  it's
• 20:33
  going
• 20:33
  to
• 20:33
  be
• 20:33
  in
• 20:33
  some
• 20:33
  independent
• 20:34
  book
• 20:34
  bookstores
• 20:35
  around.
• 20:36
  But
• 20:36
  that's
• 20:36
  part
• 20:37
  of
• 20:37
  the
• 20:38
  plan,
• 20:38
  is
• 20:38
  to
• 20:38
  try
• 20:39
  to
• 20:39
  get
• 20:39
  it
• 20:39
  into
• 20:39
  libraries
• 20:40
  and
• 20:40
  bookstores
• 20:41
  along
• 20:42
  the
• 20:42
  way
• 20:42
  for
• 20:42
  you.
• 20:43
  So
• 20:43
  tell
• 20:43
  us
• 20:44
  a
• 20:44
  little
• 20:44
  bit
• 20:44
  about
• 20:45
  the
• 20:46
  illustrator,
• 20:47
  because
• 20:47
  the
• 20:47
  illustrations
• 20:48
  are
• 20:48
  great.
• 20:49
  They're
• 20:50
  a
• 20:50
  lot
• 20:50
  of
• 20:50
  fun.
• 20:50
  So
• 20:51
  talk
• 20:51
  to
• 20:51
  us
• 20:51
  about
• 20:51
  that
• 20:52
  whole
• 20:53
  journey
• 20:53
  with
• 20:53
  the
• 20:53
  illustrator,
• 20:54
  because
• 20:54
  you're
• 20:54
  coming
• 20:55
  at
• 20:55
  it
• 20:55
  from
• 20:55
  a
• 20:55
  different
• 20:56
  genre
• 20:56
  now.
• 20:56
  You're
• 20:57
  into
• 20:57
  a
• 20:57
  children's
• 20:59
  illustrating
• 21:00
  world.
• 21:01
  So
• 21:01
  tell
• 21:01
  us
• 21:01
  about
• 21:01
  that.
• 21:02
  Yeah,
• 21:03
  so
• 21:04
  when
• 21:04
  I
• 21:04
  was
• 21:05
  a
• 21:05
  kid,
• 21:05
  I
• 21:06
  was
• 21:06
  totally
• 21:06
  into
• 21:07
  comic
• 21:07
  books,
• 21:07
  too.
• 21:08
  As
• 21:09
  if
• 21:09
  I
• 21:09
  wasn't
• 21:09
  into
• 21:10
  enough
• 21:10
  things.
• 21:10
  I
• 21:11
  was
• 21:11
  told
• 21:11
  I
• 21:11
  was
• 21:11
  totally
• 21:12
  a
• 21:12
  comic
• 21:12
  book
• 21:12
  kid.
• 21:13
  Science
• 21:13
  fiction,
• 21:13
  fantasy,
• 21:14
  superheroes,
• 21:14
  all
• 21:15
  this,
• 21:15
  all
• 21:15
  that
• 21:15
  stuff.
• 21:16
  So
• 21:17
  the
• 21:17
  art
• 21:17
  portion,
• 21:18
  obviously
• 21:18
  any
• 21:18
  children's
• 21:19
  book
• 21:19
  author
• 21:19
  is
• 21:19
  going
• 21:19
  to
• 21:20
  think
• 21:20
  the
• 21:20
  art
• 21:20
  portion
• 21:20
  is
• 21:20
  important,
• 21:21
  but
• 21:21
  I
• 21:21
  really
• 21:21
  wanted
• 21:22
  the
• 21:22
  art
• 21:22
  to
• 21:22
  look
• 21:23
  great
• 21:24
  and.
• 21:25
  And
• 21:26
  have
• 21:26
  a
• 21:26
  great
• 21:26
  style
• 21:26
  to
• 21:27
  it.
• 21:28
  And
• 21:28
  yeah,
• 21:28
  we
• 21:29
  just.
• 21:29
  So
• 21:29
  she's
• 21:30
  not
• 21:30
  on
• 21:31
  the
• 21:31
  COVID
• 21:31
  of
• 21:31
  the
• 21:31
  book
• 21:31
  because
• 21:32
  she's
• 21:32
  not
• 21:33
  getting.
• 21:33
  They
• 21:34
  just
• 21:34
  paid
• 21:34
  her
• 21:34
  outright,
• 21:35
  so
• 21:35
  they
• 21:35
  just
• 21:36
  commissioned
• 21:36
  her.
• 21:37
  She
• 21:37
  did
• 21:37
  a
• 21:37
  great
• 21:37
  job.
• 21:38
  There
• 21:38
  was
• 21:38
  a
• 21:38
  couple
• 21:39
  different
• 21:39
  people
• 21:39
  that
• 21:39
  we
• 21:39
  had
• 21:40
  to
• 21:40
  choose
• 21:40
  from,
• 21:40
  and
• 21:41
  the
• 21:41
  publisher
• 21:42
  and
• 21:42
  I,
• 21:43
  we
• 21:43
  both
• 21:44
  picked
• 21:44
  her.
• 21:45
  And
• 21:46
  so,
• 21:46
  yeah,
• 21:46
  so
• 21:46
  she
• 21:46
  did
• 21:46
  a
• 21:47
  great
• 21:47
  job.
• 21:47
  I
• 21:47
  asked
• 21:48
  that,
• 21:48
  too,
• 21:48
  is
• 21:48
  that
• 21:49
  you've
• 21:49
  mentioned
• 21:50
  that
• 21:50
  there's
• 21:51
  a
• 21:51
  hope
• 21:52
  that
• 21:52
  this
• 21:52
  will
• 21:52
  turn
• 21:53
  into
• 21:53
  a
• 21:53
  book
• 21:53
  series.
• 21:54
  So
• 21:54
  can
• 21:54
  you
• 21:55
  go
• 21:55
  back
• 21:55
  to
• 21:55
  that
• 21:56
  illustrator
• 21:56
  or
• 21:57
  would
• 21:57
  you
• 21:57
  give
• 21:58
  them.
• 21:58
  Yeah,
• 21:58
  that's
• 21:58
  a
• 21:59
  great
• 21:59
  question.
• 21:59
  There's.
• 22:00
  It's
• 22:00
  not
• 22:00
  a
• 22:00
  guarantee,
• 22:01
  let's
• 22:02
  put
• 22:02
  it
• 22:02
  that
• 22:02
  way.
• 22:02
  But
• 22:03
  part
• 22:03
  of
• 22:03
  it
• 22:04
  will
• 22:04
  be
• 22:04
  if
• 22:04
  there
• 22:04
  are
• 22:04
  other
• 22:05
  books
• 22:05
  to
• 22:05
  try
• 22:05
  to
• 22:06
  get
• 22:06
  at
• 22:06
  least
• 22:06
  a
• 22:07
  similar
• 22:07
  style
• 22:07
  at
• 22:08
  least.
• 22:08
  Okay,
• 22:09
  that's.
• 22:09
  There
• 22:09
  was
• 22:09
  a
• 22:10
  lot
• 22:10
  of.
• 22:11
  We
• 22:11
  wanted
• 22:11
  the
• 22:11
  forest
• 22:12
  look,
• 22:12
  the
• 22:13
  organic
• 22:13
  sort
• 22:13
  of
• 22:14
  look
• 22:14
  to
• 22:14
  it
• 22:14
  and
• 22:15
  it
• 22:15
  has
• 22:15
  a
• 22:15
  really
• 22:15
  classic
• 22:16
  look
• 22:17
  to
• 22:17
  it.
• 22:17
  It's
• 22:17
  done
• 22:17
  a
• 22:18
  great
• 22:18
  job.
• 22:19
  Because
• 22:19
  you're
• 22:19
  coming
• 22:20
  at
• 22:20
  this,
• 22:20
  like
• 22:21
  I
• 22:21
  said,
• 22:21
  I
• 22:21
  think
• 22:22
  the
• 22:22
  audience
• 22:22
  will
• 22:22
  find
• 22:23
  this
• 22:23
  very
• 22:23
  fascinating
• 22:24
  because
• 22:24
  you're
• 22:24
  coming
• 22:24
  at
• 22:25
  it
• 22:25
  from
• 22:25
  a
• 22:25
  different
• 22:25
  approach
• 22:26
  than
• 22:26
  it
• 22:27
  than
• 22:27
  a
• 22:28
  indie
• 22:28
  or
• 22:28
  self
• 22:29
  published
• 22:29
  children's
• 22:30
  book
• 22:30
  author
• 22:31
  because
• 22:31
  of
• 22:32
  all
• 22:32
  the
• 22:32
  dynamic
• 22:33
  pieces
• 22:33
  that
• 22:33
  have
• 22:33
  been
• 22:34
  involved
• 22:34
  and
• 22:35
  you
• 22:35
  bringing
• 22:35
  the
• 22:35
  book
• 22:36
  to
• 22:36
  life.
• 22:36
  And
• 22:37
  I
• 22:38
  noticed
• 22:38
  when
• 22:39
  I
• 22:39
  went
• 22:39
  to
• 22:39
  your
• 22:39
  website
• 22:40
  because
• 22:41
  I
• 22:41
  thought,
• 22:41
  okay,
• 22:42
  let's
• 22:42
  find
• 22:42
  out
• 22:42
  more
• 22:43
  about
• 22:43
  Brit.
• 22:44
  And
• 22:44
  that's
• 22:45
  when
• 22:45
  I
• 22:45
  realized
• 22:45
  I
• 22:45
  then
• 22:46
  holy
• 22:47
  jumping.
• 22:48
  Like
• 22:49
  this
• 22:49
  is
• 22:49
  a,
• 22:50
  this
• 22:50
  is
• 22:50
  this
• 22:51
  genre.
• 22:51
  This
• 22:51
  guy
• 22:52
  has
• 22:52
  very
• 22:52
  successful
• 22:53
  on
• 22:53
  one
• 22:54
  side.
• 22:54
  And
• 22:54
  all
• 22:55
  of
• 22:55
  a
• 22:55
  sudden
• 22:55
  this
• 22:56
  children's
• 22:56
  book
• 22:57
  comes
• 22:57
  out
• 22:57
  of
• 22:57
  like
• 22:58
  nowhere
• 22:58
  left
• 22:58
  field.
• 22:59
  And
• 22:59
  I
• 22:59
  was
• 23:00
  thinking,
• 23:00
  whoa,
• 23:01
  so
• 23:03
  what's
• 23:03
  the
• 23:03
  intention?
• 23:05
  Because
• 23:06
  you
• 23:06
  probably
• 23:06
  don't
• 23:07
  want
• 23:07
  to
• 23:07
  drive
• 23:07
  them
• 23:07
  to
• 23:08
  your
• 23:08
  website.
• 23:09
  So
• 23:10
  what's
• 23:10
  the
• 23:10
  intention?
• 23:11
  Is
• 23:11
  there
• 23:11
  an
• 23:11
  intention
• 23:12
  to
• 23:12
  build
• 23:12
  out
• 23:12
  a
• 23:13
  website
• 23:14
  for
• 23:14
  this
• 23:15
  children's
• 23:15
  book
• 23:16
  or.
• 23:16
  Well,
• 23:16
  yeah,
• 23:16
  that's
• 23:17
  part
• 23:17
  of
• 23:17
  the
• 23:17
  thought
• 23:18
  process
• 23:18
  is
• 23:19
  right
• 23:20
  now
• 23:20
  I'm
• 23:20
  pushing
• 23:21
  people
• 23:21
  to
• 23:21
  Amazon
• 23:22
  or
• 23:22
  Barnes
• 23:23
  and
• 23:23
  Noble
• 23:24
  or
• 23:24
  Bookstop
• 23:25
  or
• 23:25
  the
• 23:25
  publisher's
• 23:26
  website.
• 23:26
  I'm
• 23:26
  pushing
• 23:27
  people
• 23:27
  to
• 23:27
  those
• 23:27
  sites
• 23:29
  more
• 23:29
  than
• 23:29
  my
• 23:30
  own
• 23:30
  website.
• 23:31
  If
• 23:31
  it's
• 23:32
  successful
• 23:32
  enough
• 23:34
  that
• 23:34
  there's
• 23:34
  going
• 23:35
  to
• 23:35
  be
• 23:35
  other
• 23:35
  books,
• 23:37
  then
• 23:38
  my
• 23:38
  plan
• 23:39
  is
• 23:39
  to
• 23:40
  either
• 23:40
  do
• 23:40
  a
• 23:40
  separate
• 23:41
  website
• 23:42
  for
• 23:44
  children's
• 23:44
  books
• 23:46
  because
• 23:48
  like
• 23:48
  most
• 23:49
  authors,
• 23:51
  I
• 23:51
  have
• 23:51
  a
• 23:51
  lot
• 23:52
  of
• 23:52
  ideas.
• 23:52
  Even
• 23:52
  besides
• 23:54
  the
• 23:54
  like
• 23:54
  this
• 23:55
  series,
• 23:55
  I
• 23:55
  have
• 23:55
  other
• 23:56
  ideas.
• 23:56
  Sure.
• 23:57
  And,
• 23:57
  and
• 23:58
  that's
• 23:58
  a
• 23:58
  curse
• 23:59
  for
• 23:59
  a
• 23:59
  creative
• 24:00
  person.
• 24:00
  There's
• 24:00
  way
• 24:01
  more
• 24:01
  ideas
• 24:01
  than
• 24:02
  I
• 24:02
  have
• 24:02
  ability
• 24:02
  to
• 24:03
  do.
• 24:03
  But
• 24:03
  with
• 24:04
  a
• 24:04
  couple
• 24:04
  successful
• 24:05
  books
• 24:05
  and
• 24:05
  a
• 24:05
  successful
• 24:06
  series,
• 24:06
  I
• 24:07
  would
• 24:07
  probably
• 24:07
  either
• 24:07
  do
• 24:07
  like
• 24:08
  a
• 24:08
  page
• 24:08
  on
• 24:08
  my
• 24:09
  website
• 24:09
  dedicated
• 24:10
  to
• 24:10
  children's
• 24:11
  books
• 24:11
  or
• 24:11
  just
• 24:11
  do
• 24:12
  a.
• 24:12
  Put
• 24:12
  up
• 24:12
  a
• 24:12
  different
• 24:13
  website
• 24:13
  where
• 24:13
  people
• 24:14
  could
• 24:14
  just
• 24:14
  for
• 24:15
  sure
• 24:15
  didn't
• 24:15
  have
• 24:15
  to
• 24:16
  look
• 24:16
  at
• 24:16
  me
• 24:16
  killing
• 24:17
  dragons
• 24:17
  on
• 24:17
  the
• 24:18
  website
• 24:18
  to
• 24:18
  get
• 24:18
  to
• 24:18
  the
• 24:18
  children's
• 24:19
  books.
• 24:19
  Absolutely.
• 24:20
  And
• 24:20
  that's
• 24:21
  what
• 24:21
  we
• 24:21
  did.
• 24:21
  My
• 24:21
  co
• 24:22
  authors
• 24:22
  are
• 24:22
  my
• 24:22
  five
• 24:23
  grandchildren
• 24:24
  and
• 24:25
  our
• 24:25
  first
• 24:25
  book,
• 24:25
  which
• 24:26
  is
• 24:26
  the
• 24:26
  Adventures
• 24:27
  of
• 24:27
  Caboose
• 24:27
  the
• 24:27
  Rocky
• 24:28
  Mountain
• 24:28
  Bear,
• 24:28
  we
• 24:29
  decided
• 24:30
  to
• 24:30
  dedicate
• 24:32
  to
• 24:32
  it
• 24:33
  as
• 24:33
  a
• 24:33
  book
• 24:33
  series
• 24:34
  and
• 24:34
  develop
• 24:35
  our
• 24:35
  own
• 24:35
  website
• 24:35
  around
• 24:36
  Caboose.
• 24:37
  Everybody
• 24:37
  takes
• 24:37
  their
• 24:37
  own
• 24:38
  approach
• 24:38
  for
• 24:38
  sure.
• 24:39
  So
• 24:39
  that's
• 24:39
  why
• 24:39
  I
• 24:39
  asked
• 24:39
  you.
• 24:40
  The
• 24:40
  neat
• 24:40
  thing
• 24:40
  about
• 24:40
  it
• 24:41
  is
• 24:41
  that
• 24:43
  a
• 24:43
  lot
• 24:43
  of
• 24:43
  people
• 24:43
  ask
• 24:44
  me,
• 24:44
  did
• 24:44
  your
• 24:44
  website
• 24:45
  come
• 24:45
  first
• 24:46
  or
• 24:46
  did
• 24:46
  your
• 24:46
  book.
• 24:47
  And
• 24:47
  in
• 24:47
  our
• 24:48
  case
• 24:48
  they
• 24:49
  tell
• 24:49
  you
• 24:49
  you
• 24:49
  should
• 24:49
  have
• 24:50
  your
• 24:50
  website
• 24:50
  before
• 24:51
  your
• 24:51
  book.
• 24:51
  But
• 24:51
  we
• 24:52
  had
• 24:52
  our
• 24:52
  book
• 24:52
  before
• 24:52
  our
• 24:53
  website.
• 24:53
  But
• 24:54
  the
• 24:54
  positive
• 24:54
  thing
• 24:55
  is
• 24:55
  we
• 24:55
  were
• 24:55
  able
• 24:56
  to
• 24:56
  use
• 24:56
  a
• 24:56
  lot
• 24:56
  of
• 24:56
  the
• 24:57
  artwork
• 24:58
  like
• 24:58
  you
• 24:59
  could
• 24:59
  from
• 25:00
  our
• 25:00
  first
• 25:00
  book.
• 25:01
  And
• 25:01
  that
• 25:02
  made
• 25:02
  a
• 25:02
  big
• 25:02
  difference
• 25:03
  in
• 25:03
  how
• 25:03
  our
• 25:04
  website
• 25:05
  is
• 25:05
  starting
• 25:05
  to
• 25:06
  look.
• 25:06
  And
• 25:06
  now
• 25:06
  we've
• 25:06
  got
• 25:07
  our
• 25:07
  second
• 25:07
  book
• 25:08
  coming
• 25:08
  out
• 25:08
  shortly
• 25:09
  and
• 25:10
  we're
• 25:10
  able
• 25:10
  to
• 25:11
  use
• 25:11
  some
• 25:11
  of
• 25:11
  that
• 25:12
  artwork
• 25:12
  too.
• 25:13
  So
• 25:13
  at
• 25:13
  least
• 25:13
  with
• 25:14
  the.
• 25:14
  With
• 25:14
  your
• 25:14
  first
• 25:14
  children's
• 25:15
  book,
• 25:16
  you
• 25:16
  already
• 25:16
  have
• 25:17
  that
• 25:17
  feel.
• 25:19
  And
• 25:20
  so
• 25:20
  what
• 25:20
  your
• 25:21
  website
• 25:21
  could
• 25:22
  look
• 25:22
  like
• 25:23
  and
• 25:24
  it's
• 25:24
  totally
• 25:25
  different
• 25:25
  from
• 25:25
  what
• 25:26
  your
• 25:26
  current
• 25:27
  author
• 25:27
  website
• 25:28
  looks
• 25:28
  like.
• 25:29
  Yeah.
• 25:29
  And
• 25:29
  to
• 25:30
  me,
• 25:31
  part
• 25:31
  of
• 25:31
  the
• 25:31
  point
• 25:31
  of
• 25:32
  doing
• 25:32
  a
• 25:32
  website
• 25:32
  and
• 25:33
  this
• 25:33
  is
• 25:33
  total
• 25:34
  business
• 25:35
  marketing
• 25:35
  sort
• 25:35
  of
• 25:36
  stuff.
• 25:36
  And
• 25:36
  I
• 25:36
  don't
• 25:36
  know
• 25:36
  if
• 25:36
  you've
• 25:37
  done
• 25:37
  this
• 25:37
  with
• 25:37
  your
• 25:37
  website
• 25:37
  or
• 25:38
  not.
• 25:39
  There's
• 25:39
  also
• 25:40
  merch
• 25:40
  that
• 25:40
  you
• 25:40
  could
• 25:41
  sell.
• 25:41
  Right.
• 25:41
  T
• 25:42
  shirts
• 25:42
  or
• 25:43
  you
• 25:44
  could
• 25:44
  do
• 25:44
  little
• 25:44
  stuffed
• 25:44
  animals
• 25:45
  based
• 25:45
  on
• 25:45
  the
• 25:45
  characters,
• 25:46
  or
• 25:46
  there's
• 25:46
  all
• 25:47
  sorts
• 25:47
  of
• 25:47
  little
• 25:47
  things
• 25:48
  you.
• 25:48
  Said
• 25:48
  that
• 25:48
  you
• 25:48
  could
• 25:49
  do
• 25:49
  because
• 25:49
  right
• 25:49
  behind.
• 25:50
  There
• 25:50
  it
• 25:51
  is.
• 25:51
  There
• 25:51
  it
• 25:51
  is.
• 25:52
  Okay.
• 25:52
  So
• 25:53
  actually
• 25:54
  know
• 25:54
  that
• 25:54
  saying,
• 25:55
  coming
• 25:56
  on
• 25:56
  the
• 25:56
  slow
• 25:56
  boat
• 25:57
  from
• 25:57
  China.
• 25:59
  Have
• 25:59
  you
• 25:59
  ever
• 25:59
  heard
• 25:59
  that
• 26:00
  saying?
• 26:01
  Guess
• 26:01
  what?
• 26:01
  Our
• 26:01
  caboose
• 26:02
  plushies
• 26:03
  are
• 26:03
  on
• 26:03
  the
• 26:03
  slow
• 26:04
  boat
• 26:04
  from
• 26:04
  China.
• 26:05
  They're
• 26:05
  on
• 26:05
  their
• 26:05
  way.
• 26:06
  So
• 26:06
  we
• 26:06
  hope
• 26:06
  to
• 26:07
  see
• 26:07
  them
• 26:07
  by
• 26:07
  the
• 26:07
  end
• 26:08
  of
• 26:08
  July.
• 26:08
  So
• 26:08
  you're
• 26:08
  absolutely
• 26:09
  right.
• 26:09
  And
• 26:10
  I
• 26:10
  have
• 26:10
  to
• 26:10
  say
• 26:10
  one
• 26:10
  other
• 26:11
  thing
• 26:11
  just
• 26:11
  to
• 26:11
  share
• 26:11
  this
• 26:12
  with
• 26:12
  our
• 26:12
  audience.
• 26:13
  I
• 26:13
  was
• 26:13
  talking
• 26:14
  to
• 26:14
  one
• 26:15
  of
• 26:15
  our
• 26:15
  guests
• 26:16
  and
• 26:16
  she
• 26:17
  has
• 26:18
  a
• 26:18
  really
• 26:18
  cool
• 26:19
  logo
• 26:20
  and
• 26:21
  a
• 26:21
  big
• 26:22
  part
• 26:22
  of
• 26:22
  her
• 26:23
  sourcing
• 26:23
  revenue
• 26:24
  to
• 26:24
  help
• 26:24
  her
• 26:25
  support
• 26:25
  her
• 26:25
  children's
• 26:26
  book
• 26:26
  authorship
• 26:27
  is
• 26:28
  T
• 26:28
  shirts.
• 26:29
  That's
• 26:29
  where
• 26:29
  she
• 26:29
  makes
• 26:30
  her
• 26:30
  most
• 26:30
  margin
• 26:31
  and
• 26:31
  that's
• 26:32
  what
• 26:32
  she
• 26:32
  sells
• 26:33
  more
• 26:33
  of,
• 26:34
  to
• 26:34
  your
• 26:34
  point,
• 26:34
  through
• 26:34
  the
• 26:35
  website.
• 26:36
  Again,
• 26:37
  we'll
• 26:37
  see
• 26:37
  what
• 26:37
  happens.
• 26:38
  But
• 26:38
  so
• 26:38
  far,
• 26:39
  especially
• 26:39
  among
• 26:39
  the
• 26:40
  adults
• 26:40
  who
• 26:40
  have
• 26:40
  read
• 26:41
  it,
• 26:42
  obviously
• 26:42
  they're
• 26:42
  surprised
• 26:43
  that
• 26:43
  I
• 26:43
  wrote
• 26:44
  it.
• 26:44
  Obviously
• 26:44
  most
• 26:44
  of
• 26:44
  the
• 26:45
  adults
• 26:45
  that
• 26:45
  I
• 26:45
  know,
• 26:46
  who
• 26:46
  know
• 26:47
  me,
• 26:47
  who
• 26:47
  know
• 26:47
  what
• 26:48
  I
• 26:48
  write
• 26:48
  otherwise.
• 26:49
  Yes.
• 26:50
  Are
• 26:50
  just.
• 26:50
  They're
• 26:51
  just
• 26:51
  blown
• 26:51
  away
• 26:51
  on
• 26:52
  how
• 26:52
  great
• 26:52
  it
• 26:53
  is.
• 26:53
  They're
• 26:53
  just,
• 26:53
  this
• 26:53
  is
• 26:54
  amazing,
• 26:54
  the
• 26:54
  fact
• 26:54
  that
• 26:55
  you
• 26:55
  could
• 26:55
  do
• 26:55
  this
• 26:55
  while
• 26:55
  you
• 26:56
  also,
• 26:57
  again,
• 26:57
  cut
• 26:57
  the
• 26:58
  heads
• 26:58
  off
• 26:58
  of
• 26:58
  monsters
• 26:58
  and
• 26:59
  other
• 26:59
  books.
• 26:59
  But
• 26:59
  now
• 26:59
  you're
• 27:00
  doing
• 27:00
  this
• 27:01
  and.
• 27:02
  But
• 27:02
  again,
• 27:03
  to
• 27:03
  me,
• 27:03
  I've
• 27:04
  learned
• 27:04
  so
• 27:04
  much
• 27:05
  about
• 27:05
  story
• 27:06
  in
• 27:06
  the
• 27:07
  past
• 27:07
  10,
• 27:08
  15
• 27:08
  years.
• 27:08
  Just
• 27:09
  what
• 27:09
  is
• 27:10
  a
• 27:10
  story
• 27:11
  and
• 27:11
  what
• 27:11
  makes
• 27:12
  a
• 27:12
  story
• 27:12
  good?
• 27:13
  That
• 27:15
  I
• 27:15
  really
• 27:16
  enjoyed
• 27:17
  making
• 27:17
  it
• 27:17
  something
• 27:18
  more
• 27:18
  simple
• 27:20
  that
• 27:20
  really
• 27:21
  could
• 27:21
  communicate
• 27:22
  to
• 27:22
  kids
• 27:23
  and
• 27:24
  could
• 27:24
  communicate
• 27:25
  to
• 27:25
  adults
• 27:26
  something
• 27:26
  very
• 27:26
  important,
• 27:28
  which
• 27:28
  is
• 27:28
  making
• 27:29
  space
• 27:29
  for
• 27:29
  each
• 27:30
  other.
• 27:30
  There's
• 27:31
  a
• 27:31
  lot
• 27:31
  going
• 27:31
  on
• 27:31
  in
• 27:31
  this
• 27:32
  world
• 27:32
  where
• 27:33
  we're
• 27:33
  not
• 27:34
  really
• 27:34
  making
• 27:34
  space
• 27:34
  for
• 27:35
  each
• 27:35
  other
• 27:35
  as
• 27:36
  much
• 27:36
  as
• 27:36
  we
• 27:36
  used
• 27:36
  to.
• 27:37
  I
• 27:37
  don't
• 27:37
  think.
• 27:37
  And
• 27:38
  I
• 27:38
  think
• 27:38
  that
• 27:39
  we.
• 27:40
  To
• 27:40
  include
• 27:41
  more
• 27:41
  people,
• 27:41
  we
• 27:42
  have
• 27:42
  to
• 27:42
  learn
• 27:42
  those
• 27:42
  principles
• 27:43
  or
• 27:43
  teach
• 27:43
  our
• 27:44
  kids
• 27:44
  those
• 27:44
  principles.
• 27:45
  Not
• 27:45
  everybody's
• 27:46
  going
• 27:46
  to
• 27:46
  be
• 27:46
  like
• 27:46
  you,
• 27:47
  but
• 27:48
  make
• 27:48
  space
• 27:48
  for
• 27:48
  each
• 27:48
  other
• 27:49
  and
• 27:49
  find
• 27:50
  ways,
• 27:50
  find
• 27:50
  some
• 27:50
  common
• 27:51
  ground,
• 27:51
  find
• 27:51
  some
• 27:52
  things
• 27:52
  you.
• 27:53
  That
• 27:53
  you
• 27:53
  can
• 27:54
  connect
• 27:54
  on
• 27:55
  and
• 27:55
  make
• 27:56
  friends
• 27:56
  instead
• 27:57
  of
• 27:57
  enemies
• 27:58
  and
• 27:58
  tell
• 27:58
  stories
• 27:59
  instead
• 27:59
  of
• 28:00
  argue.
• 28:01
  These
• 28:01
  are
• 28:01
  the
• 28:01
  sort
• 28:01
  of
• 28:01
  principles
• 28:02
  that
• 28:02
  I
• 28:02
  think
• 28:03
  are.
• 28:03
  I
• 28:04
  think
• 28:04
  our
• 28:04
  world
• 28:04
  needs
• 28:05
  to
• 28:05
  learn,
• 28:05
  but
• 28:05
  especially
• 28:06
  in
• 28:06
  America
• 28:06
  and
• 28:07
  maybe
• 28:07
  Canada
• 28:07
  too.
• 28:08
  Yes.
• 28:08
  Out
• 28:08
  there,
• 28:09
  but.
• 28:09
  And
• 28:10
  that's.
• 28:10
  That
• 28:10
  does
• 28:10
  a
• 28:10
  whole
• 28:10
  lot
• 28:11
  more
• 28:11
  for
• 28:11
  the
• 28:11
  world,
• 28:11
  I
• 28:12
  think.
• 28:12
  Absolutely.
• 28:12
  In
• 28:13
  the
• 28:13
  long
• 28:13
  run.
• 28:13
  Absolutely.
• 28:14
  You
• 28:14
  said
• 28:15
  earlier
• 28:15
  I
• 28:16
  love
• 28:16
  the
• 28:16
  idea
• 28:17
  of
• 28:17
  taking
• 28:18
  Alex
• 28:19
  and
• 28:20
  incorporating
• 28:21
  more
• 28:21
  stories
• 28:22
  about
• 28:23
  certain
• 28:24
  situations.
• 28:25
  I
• 28:25
  think
• 28:25
  that's
• 28:25
  very
• 28:25
  admirable.
• 28:26
  It's
• 28:26
  a
• 28:27
  great
• 28:27
  thing
• 28:27
  to
• 28:27
  do.
• 28:28
  Now,
• 28:28
  I
• 28:28
  want
• 28:28
  to
• 28:28
  talk
• 28:29
  to
• 28:29
  you
• 28:29
  a
• 28:29
  little
• 28:29
  bit
• 28:29
  about.
• 28:30
  Because
• 28:30
  I
• 28:30
  know
• 28:30
  we're
• 28:31
  talking
• 28:31
  about
• 28:31
  website,
• 28:31
  but
• 28:32
  I
• 28:32
  want
• 28:32
  to
• 28:32
  talk
• 28:32
  to
• 28:32
  you
• 28:32
  about
• 28:33
  your
• 28:33
  social
• 28:33
  media
• 28:33
  because
• 28:34
  I
• 28:34
  had
• 28:34
  to
• 28:34
  look
• 28:34
  at
• 28:35
  your
• 28:35
  Instagram
• 28:35
  and
• 28:36
  I
• 28:36
  just
• 28:36
  about
• 28:36
  fell
• 28:37
  on
• 28:37
  the
• 28:37
  floor.
• 28:38
  Now,
• 28:38
  I
• 28:38
  know
• 28:38
  you're
• 28:38
  not
• 28:39
  a
• 28:39
  rock
• 28:39
  star,
• 28:39
  even
• 28:39
  though
• 28:40
  I
• 28:40
  see
• 28:40
  a
• 28:40
  guitar
• 28:41
  in
• 28:41
  the
• 28:41
  background,
• 28:42
  but
• 28:42
  I
• 28:43
  noticed
• 28:43
  you
• 28:43
  had
• 28:44
  4,472
• 28:46
  followers
• 28:47
  on
• 28:47
  Instagram.
• 28:48
  I
• 28:48
  need
• 28:48
  to
• 28:49
  go
• 28:49
  behind
• 28:49
  the
• 28:49
  curtain
• 28:50
  a
• 28:50
  bit
• 28:50
  with
• 28:50
  Brit
• 28:51
  and
• 28:51
  find
• 28:51
  out
• 28:52
  how
• 28:52
  did
• 28:53
  you
• 28:53
  get
• 28:53
  to
• 28:53
  that
• 28:53
  type
• 28:54
  of
• 28:54
  growth
• 28:54
  and
• 28:55
  then
• 28:55
  how
• 28:55
  are
• 28:55
  you
• 28:56
  using
• 28:57
  that
• 28:57
  number
• 28:58
  of
• 28:58
  followers
• 28:59
  to
• 28:59
  support
• 28:59
  the
• 29:00
  children's
• 29:00
  book?
• 29:01
  Or
• 29:01
  are
• 29:01
  you?
• 29:02
  I'm
• 29:03
  not
• 29:03
  as
• 29:03
  much.
• 29:04
  I
• 29:04
  am.
• 29:04
  And
• 29:05
  I
• 29:05
  think
• 29:05
  that
• 29:06
  there's
• 29:08
  some
• 29:08
  overlap,
• 29:10
  but
• 29:11
  yeah,
• 29:11
  and
• 29:11
  I've
• 29:12
  got
• 29:12
  a
• 29:12
  certain
• 29:13
  number
• 29:13
  of
• 29:13
  email
• 29:13
  addresses
• 29:14
  as
• 29:14
  well.
• 29:15
  But
• 29:16
  yeah.
• 29:16
  So
• 29:17
  I
• 29:17
  built
• 29:17
  a
• 29:17
  little
• 29:17
  bit
• 29:18
  more
• 29:18
  of
• 29:18
  an
• 29:18
  audience
• 29:18
  in
• 29:18
  the
• 29:19
  beginning
• 29:20
  on
• 29:20
  purpose.
• 29:21
  I
• 29:21
  tried
• 29:21
  to
• 29:23
  build
• 29:23
  a
• 29:23
  little
• 29:23
  bit
• 29:24
  bigger
• 29:24
  audience
• 29:25
  When
• 29:26
  I
• 29:26
  first
• 29:26
  got
• 29:26
  on
• 29:27
  Instagram
• 29:28
  and
• 29:29
  Facebook,
• 29:30
  I've
• 29:31
  got
• 29:31
  a
• 29:31
  decent
• 29:31
  amount
• 29:32
  of
• 29:32
  followers,
• 29:32
  but
• 29:33
  Instagram
• 29:33
  and
• 29:34
  Facebook
• 29:34
  has
• 29:34
  become
• 29:35
  a
• 29:35
  pay
• 29:35
  to
• 29:35
  play
• 29:36
  sort
• 29:36
  of
• 29:37
  place.
• 29:38
  And
• 29:38
  so
• 29:39
  it's
• 29:39
  really
• 29:40
  difficult
• 29:40
  to
• 29:41
  develop
• 29:41
  and
• 29:42
  maintain
• 29:43
  that
• 29:43
  sort
• 29:43
  of
• 29:44
  audience
• 29:45
  on
• 29:45
  Instagram.
• 29:46
  Unless
• 29:46
  you're
• 29:47
  really
• 29:47
  popular,
• 29:48
  you're
• 29:48
  getting
• 29:49
  a
• 29:49
  lot
• 29:49
  of
• 29:49
  engagements.
• 29:50
  So
• 29:50
  I've
• 29:50
  definitely
• 29:50
  shared
• 29:51
  and
• 29:51
  gotten
• 29:51
  some
• 29:51
  good
• 29:51
  responses
• 29:52
  on
• 29:53
  my
• 29:53
  Instagram
• 29:54
  and
• 29:54
  Facebook
• 29:54
  and
• 29:55
  things
• 29:55
  like
• 29:55
  that.
• 29:56
  My
• 29:56
  author
• 29:57
  pages,
• 29:58
  I've
• 29:58
  gotten
• 29:59
  a
• 29:59
  little
• 29:59
  bit
• 29:59
  better,
• 30:00
  I
• 30:01
  think,
• 30:01
  response
• 30:02
  just
• 30:02
  personally,
• 30:03
  just
• 30:03
  because
• 30:05
  people
• 30:05
  who
• 30:05
  know
• 30:06
  me
• 30:08
  know
• 30:09
  that
• 30:09
  I'm
• 30:09
  a
• 30:09
  family
• 30:09
  guy
• 30:10
  and
• 30:10
  I
• 30:10
  have
• 30:10
  my
• 30:10
  own
• 30:11
  kids.
• 30:11
  And
• 30:11
  so
• 30:11
  it's
• 30:12
  a
• 30:12
  little
• 30:12
  more
• 30:12
  of
• 30:12
  a
• 30:12
  crossover
• 30:13
  there.
• 30:14
  Fortunately,
• 30:14
  the
• 30:15
  publisher
• 30:15
  did
• 30:15
  a
• 30:15
  good
• 30:16
  job
• 30:16
  getting
• 30:16
  it
• 30:16
  out
• 30:16
  to
• 30:17
  a
• 30:17
  couple
• 30:17
  influencers
• 30:18
  and
• 30:18
  people
• 30:18
  on
• 30:18
  Instagram
• 30:19
  that
• 30:20
  gave
• 30:20
  me
• 30:20
  some
• 30:20
  really
• 30:21
  cute,
• 30:22
  good
• 30:23
  posts
• 30:24
  to
• 30:25
  share
• 30:25
  and
• 30:25
  that
• 30:25
  sort
• 30:26
  of
• 30:26
  thing.
• 30:26
  But
• 30:26
  it
• 30:27
  is.
• 30:27
  It
• 30:27
  is
• 30:27
  something
• 30:28
  I'm
• 30:28
  aware
• 30:28
  of.
• 30:29
  Yeah,
• 30:29
  this
• 30:29
  is
• 30:29
  totally.
• 30:31
  Again,
• 30:31
  not
• 30:31
  that
• 30:31
  my
• 30:32
  Instagram
• 30:32
  was
• 30:32
  ever
• 30:34
  not
• 30:34
  kid
• 30:34
  Friendly
• 30:35
  in
• 30:35
  a
• 30:35
  certain
• 30:35
  sense,
• 30:36
  but
• 30:36
  it
• 30:36
  wasn't
• 30:36
  four
• 30:37
  kids
• 30:37
  I
• 30:37
  was
• 30:38
  sharing
• 30:38
  about
• 30:39
  movies
• 30:39
  and
• 30:39
  books
• 30:40
  I'm
• 30:40
  reading
• 30:40
  and
• 30:41
  my
• 30:41
  writing
• 30:41
  and
• 30:41
  that
• 30:42
  sort
• 30:42
  of
• 30:42
  thing.
• 30:42
  The
• 30:42
  children's
• 30:43
  book
• 30:43
  is
• 30:43
  a
• 30:43
  little
• 30:43
  different,
• 30:43
  but
• 30:44
  I've
• 30:44
  gotten
• 30:44
  some
• 30:45
  good
• 30:45
  response.
• 30:45
  But
• 30:45
  I'm
• 30:46
  not
• 30:46
  as
• 30:46
  actively
• 30:47
  trying
• 30:47
  to
• 30:47
  push
• 30:48
  it
• 30:48
  on
• 30:49
  my
• 30:49
  social
• 30:50
  media.
• 30:50
  I
• 30:50
  wanted
• 30:51
  people
• 30:51
  understand
• 30:51
  because
• 30:52
  when
• 30:52
  I.
• 30:52
  Like
• 30:52
  I
• 30:52
  said
• 30:53
  to
• 30:53
  you,
• 30:53
  I
• 30:53
  was
• 30:53
  very
• 30:54
  impressed
• 30:54
  with
• 30:54
  over
• 30:55
  4400
• 30:56
  followers.
• 30:57
  And
• 30:58
  that's
• 30:58
  one
• 30:58
  of
• 30:58
  the
• 30:58
  things
• 30:59
  that
• 30:59
  you're.
• 31:00
  Everybody's
• 31:00
  trying
• 31:00
  to
• 31:01
  find
• 31:02
  a
• 31:02
  way
• 31:02
  to
• 31:02
  get
• 31:02
  their
• 31:03
  message
• 31:03
  out
• 31:03
  and.
• 31:04
  And
• 31:04
  if
• 31:04
  you
• 31:04
  have
• 31:05
  that
• 31:05
  large
• 31:05
  of
• 31:05
  a
• 31:06
  following,
• 31:07
  it's
• 31:07
  nice
• 31:08
  to
• 31:08
  be
• 31:08
  able
• 31:08
  to
• 31:08
  use
• 31:09
  that.
• 31:09
  I
• 31:09
  want
• 31:09
  to
• 31:09
  get
• 31:10
  into
• 31:10
  character
• 31:11
  development,
• 31:11
  Alex
• 31:12
  and
• 31:12
  Maya
• 31:13
  and
• 31:14
  where
• 31:14
  the
• 31:15
  idea
• 31:15
  of
• 31:15
  them
• 31:16
  originated.
• 31:17
  Just
• 31:17
  tell
• 31:18
  us
• 31:18
  a
• 31:18
  bit
• 31:18
  more
• 31:19
  on
• 31:21
  those
• 31:22
  characters
• 31:22
  development.
• 31:23
  You
• 31:23
  know,
• 31:24
  you
• 31:24
  were
• 31:24
  given
• 31:24
  the
• 31:24
  idea
• 31:25
  by
• 31:25
  the
• 31:25
  parents,
• 31:26
  but
• 31:26
  now
• 31:26
  tell
• 31:27
  us
• 31:27
  how
• 31:27
  did
• 31:27
  you
• 31:27
  develop
• 31:28
  the
• 31:28
  characters?
• 31:29
  And
• 31:30
  like
• 31:30
  you
• 31:31
  asked
• 31:31
  earlier,
• 31:32
  that's
• 31:32
  really
• 31:32
  all
• 31:33
  they
• 31:33
  gave
• 31:33
  me,
• 31:33
  was
• 31:34
  there's
• 31:34
  going
• 31:34
  to
• 31:34
  be
• 31:34
  a
• 31:35
  mouse
• 31:35
  that
• 31:35
  can't
• 31:35
  eat
• 31:36
  cheese,
• 31:36
  and
• 31:36
  there's
• 31:37
  Alex
• 31:37
  the
• 31:37
  owl,
• 31:38
  who's
• 31:38
  going
• 31:38
  to
• 31:38
  be
• 31:38
  the
• 31:39
  guide
• 31:39
  through
• 31:39
  the
• 31:39
  story,
• 31:40
  in
• 31:40
  a
• 31:40
  sense.
• 31:41
  And
• 31:42
  this
• 31:42
  is
• 31:42
  the
• 31:43
  title.
• 31:43
  And.
• 31:44
  But
• 31:44
  the
• 31:44
  more
• 31:44
  that
• 31:45
  I
• 31:45
  talked
• 31:45
  with
• 31:46
  Alex's
• 31:46
  mom,
• 31:48
  you
• 31:48
  know,
• 31:48
  because
• 31:49
  I
• 31:49
  just
• 31:49
  asked
• 31:49
  her
• 31:49
  a
• 31:50
  lot
• 31:50
  of
• 31:50
  questions.
• 31:50
  What
• 31:50
  was
• 31:50
  it
• 31:51
  like
• 31:51
  going
• 31:51
  through
• 31:51
  all
• 31:51
  the
• 31:51
  hospital
• 31:52
  visits?
• 31:52
  What.
• 31:52
  I
• 31:53
  just
• 31:53
  asked
• 31:53
  her
• 31:53
  a
• 31:53
  lot
• 31:53
  of
• 31:53
  questions
• 31:54
  about
• 31:54
  what
• 31:54
  her
• 31:54
  life
• 31:55
  was
• 31:55
  like
• 31:55
  growing
• 31:55
  up.
• 31:56
  What
• 31:56
  were
• 31:56
  some
• 31:56
  of
• 31:56
  the
• 31:56
  things
• 31:56
  that
• 31:58
  she
• 31:58
  struggled
• 31:58
  with.
• 31:59
  And
• 31:59
  one
• 31:59
  of
• 32:00
  the
• 32:00
  things
• 32:00
  that
• 32:02
  Laurie
• 32:03
  kept
• 32:03
  coming
• 32:04
  back
• 32:04
  to
• 32:04
  was
• 32:04
  how
• 32:05
  difficult
• 32:05
  it
• 32:05
  was
• 32:06
  to
• 32:06
  maintain
• 32:06
  friendships
• 32:08
  because
• 32:10
  plans
• 32:10
  would
• 32:10
  have
• 32:11
  to
• 32:11
  get
• 32:11
  canceled
• 32:11
  because
• 32:11
  she
• 32:12
  had
• 32:12
  to
• 32:12
  go
• 32:12
  to
• 32:12
  the
• 32:12
  hospital
• 32:13
  or
• 32:13
  she
• 32:13
  wasn't
• 32:14
  feeling
• 32:14
  good
• 32:14
  that
• 32:15
  day
• 32:15
  or
• 32:16
  was
• 32:16
  in
• 32:16
  a
• 32:17
  lot
• 32:17
  of
• 32:17
  pain,
• 32:17
  or
• 32:17
  there's
• 32:18
  a
• 32:18
  lot
• 32:18
  of
• 32:18
  these
• 32:18
  sort
• 32:18
  of
• 32:18
  things.
• 32:20
  And
• 32:20
  so
• 32:21
  really,
• 32:21
  in
• 32:22
  a
• 32:22
  lot
• 32:22
  of
• 32:22
  ways,
• 32:23
  and
• 32:23
  Alex
• 32:23
  herself,
• 32:24
  as
• 32:24
  I
• 32:24
  said
• 32:24
  before,
• 32:26
  was
• 32:26
  an
• 32:26
  inspiration.
• 32:27
  She
• 32:27
  wanted
• 32:27
  to
• 32:27
  inspire
• 32:28
  people.
• 32:28
  She
• 32:28
  wanted
• 32:29
  to
• 32:29
  help
• 32:29
  people.
• 32:29
  She
• 32:29
  wanted
• 32:30
  to
• 32:30
  reach
• 32:30
  out
• 32:30
  to
• 32:30
  people.
• 32:32
  So
• 32:32
  really,
• 32:34
  here's
• 32:34
  a
• 32:34
  spoiler.
• 32:35
  Okay,
• 32:35
  Here's
• 32:35
  a
• 32:35
  little
• 32:35
  secret.
• 32:36
  On
• 32:36
  your
• 32:36
  show
• 32:37
  alone,
• 32:37
  I've
• 32:37
  never
• 32:38
  said
• 32:38
  this
• 32:38
  publicly.
• 32:39
  Both
• 32:40
  of
• 32:40
  these
• 32:40
  characters
• 32:40
  are
• 32:41
  Alex.
• 32:41
  They're
• 32:41
  just
• 32:41
  a
• 32:42
  different
• 32:42
  part
• 32:42
  of
• 32:42
  her.
• 32:43
  Right?
• 32:44
  Both
• 32:44
  of
• 32:44
  these
• 32:44
  characters
• 32:45
  are
• 32:45
  her.
• 32:46
  And
• 32:46
  so
• 32:46
  that's
• 32:47
  why.
• 32:47
  So
• 32:48
  for
• 32:48
  me,
• 32:49
  to
• 32:49
  some
• 32:50
  degree,
• 32:50
  for
• 32:51
  the
• 32:51
  Alex
• 32:51
  character,
• 32:52
  I
• 32:52
  wanted
• 32:53
  to
• 32:53
  show
• 32:53
  her
• 32:53
  frustration
• 32:54
  because
• 32:55
  I
• 32:55
  wanted
• 32:56
  to
• 32:56
  validate
• 32:57
  that.
• 32:57
  Trying
• 32:58
  to
• 32:58
  have
• 32:58
  a
• 32:58
  friend
• 32:59
  who
• 32:59
  then
• 32:59
  cancels
• 33:00
  plans
• 33:00
  and
• 33:00
  those.
• 33:00
  To
• 33:01
  validate,
• 33:01
  that's
• 33:01
  frustrating,
• 33:02
  right?
• 33:03
  And.
• 33:04
  But
• 33:04
  also
• 33:05
  take
• 33:05
  the
• 33:06
  Alex
• 33:06
  character
• 33:07
  through
• 33:07
  that
• 33:07
  arc,
• 33:08
  that
• 33:08
  character
• 33:09
  arc
• 33:09
  of
• 33:09
  how
• 33:10
  do
• 33:10
  I
• 33:10
  overcome
• 33:10
  this
• 33:11
  frustration
• 33:11
  and
• 33:12
  still
• 33:12
  show
• 33:12
  love
• 33:12
  and
• 33:13
  Acceptance
• 33:14
  and
• 33:14
  be
• 33:15
  friends
• 33:16
  with
• 33:16
  someone
• 33:17
  who
• 33:17
  is
• 33:17
  having
• 33:17
  a
• 33:18
  legitimate
• 33:18
  issue.
• 33:19
  And.
• 33:20
  But
• 33:20
  then
• 33:20
  also
• 33:20
  how
• 33:21
  important
• 33:21
  it
• 33:21
  was
• 33:21
  to
• 33:22
  reveal
• 33:22
  what
• 33:22
  that
• 33:23
  issue
• 33:23
  was,
• 33:23
  and
• 33:24
  so
• 33:24
  how
• 33:24
  important
• 33:24
  it
• 33:25
  was
• 33:25
  for
• 33:25
  Maya
• 33:26
  to
• 33:27
  be
• 33:27
  vulnerable
• 33:29
  and
• 33:30
  to.
• 33:30
  So
• 33:30
  she
• 33:31
  had
• 33:31
  to
• 33:31
  go
• 33:31
  through
• 33:31
  her
• 33:31
  own
• 33:32
  arc
• 33:32
  of.
• 33:33
  Instead
• 33:34
  of
• 33:34
  just
• 33:34
  saying,
• 33:34
  I
• 33:34
  don't
• 33:34
  feel
• 33:34
  good
• 33:35
  today.
• 33:35
  I
• 33:35
  can't
• 33:35
  make
• 33:36
  it
• 33:36
  have
• 33:37
  to
• 33:37
  explain,
• 33:38
  I'm
• 33:38
  so
• 33:38
  sorry
• 33:39
  I
• 33:39
  couldn't
• 33:39
  eat
• 33:39
  your
• 33:39
  present
• 33:40
  with
• 33:40
  the
• 33:40
  cheese
• 33:40
  or
• 33:41
  whatever
• 33:41
  it
• 33:41
  was,
• 33:41
  apologize,
• 33:42
  but
• 33:42
  then
• 33:43
  say,
• 33:43
  here's
• 33:43
  what's
• 33:44
  going
• 33:44
  on.
• 33:45
  Because
• 33:45
  there's
• 33:46
  that
• 33:46
  cliche
• 33:46
  that
• 33:47
  everyone's
• 33:48
  fighting
• 33:48
  a
• 33:48
  battle.
• 33:48
  You
• 33:48
  just
• 33:49
  don't
• 33:49
  know
• 33:49
  about
• 33:49
  it.
• 33:49
  Everyone's
• 33:50
  dealing
• 33:50
  with
• 33:51
  something.
• 33:52
  And
• 33:52
  so
• 33:52
  often
• 33:54
  we
• 33:54
  don't
• 33:55
  ask
• 33:55
  those
• 33:55
  sort
• 33:56
  of
• 33:56
  questions.
• 33:56
  We
• 33:56
  just.
• 33:57
  Something
• 33:57
  happens.
• 33:58
  And
• 33:58
  so
• 33:58
  we
• 33:58
  just.
• 33:59
  We
• 33:59
  make
• 33:59
  assumptions
• 34:00
  instead
• 34:00
  of
• 34:00
  asking
• 34:00
  like,
• 34:01
  hey,
• 34:01
  man,
• 34:01
  what's
• 34:01
  really
• 34:01
  going
• 34:02
  on?
• 34:02
  Is
• 34:03
  there
• 34:03
  something
• 34:03
  wrong?
• 34:04
  Is
• 34:04
  something
• 34:04
  happening?
• 34:05
  You
• 34:05
  know
• 34:05
  what?
• 34:05
  And
• 34:06
  usually
• 34:06
  when
• 34:06
  we
• 34:07
  find
• 34:07
  out
• 34:07
  about
• 34:08
  those
• 34:08
  things,
• 34:09
  compassion
• 34:10
  shows
• 34:11
  up.
• 34:11
  We're
• 34:11
  not
• 34:12
  mad
• 34:12
  at
• 34:12
  them
• 34:12
  anymore.
• 34:13
  There's
• 34:13
  more
• 34:14
  understanding
• 34:14
  happening
• 34:15
  now.
• 34:15
  And
• 34:15
  I
• 34:16
  love
• 34:16
  that
• 34:16
  technique
• 34:17
  that
• 34:17
  you're
• 34:17
  talking
• 34:17
  about,
• 34:18
  Britt,
• 34:18
  because
• 34:18
  it's
• 34:19
  actually,
• 34:19
  in
• 34:20
  a
• 34:20
  way,
• 34:21
  it's
• 34:21
  saying
• 34:21
  people
• 34:22
  get
• 34:22
  to.
• 34:22
  And
• 34:23
  I'm
• 34:23
  glad
• 34:23
  you
• 34:23
  shared
• 34:23
  this.
• 34:24
  You're
• 34:24
  looking
• 34:24
  at
• 34:25
  it
• 34:25
  through
• 34:26
  eyes,
• 34:27
  and
• 34:27
  each
• 34:27
  of
• 34:27
  us
• 34:28
  have
• 34:28
  different
• 34:28
  eyes.
• 34:29
  In
• 34:29
  this
• 34:29
  case,
• 34:29
  the
• 34:30
  character
• 34:31
  or
• 34:31
  the
• 34:31
  two
• 34:31
  main
• 34:31
  characters
• 34:32
  are
• 34:33
  the
• 34:33
  same
• 34:33
  eyes,
• 34:34
  but
• 34:34
  they're
• 34:34
  looking
• 34:35
  at
• 34:35
  it
• 34:35
  from
• 34:36
  different
• 34:37
  points
• 34:37
  of
• 34:37
  view.
• 34:38
  Again,
• 34:38
  for
• 34:38
  aspiring
• 34:39
  children's
• 34:39
  book
• 34:40
  authors,
• 34:41
  great
• 34:41
  technique.
• 34:42
  And
• 34:43
  again,
• 34:43
  there's
• 34:44
  a
• 34:44
  great
• 34:44
  reason
• 34:45
  to
• 34:45
  support
• 34:45
  Britt's
• 34:46
  children's
• 34:47
  book.
• 34:48
  Just
• 34:48
  what
• 34:48
  you
• 34:49
  just
• 34:49
  shared.
• 34:49
  That's
• 34:49
  a
• 34:50
  great
• 34:50
  technique.
• 34:50
  So
• 34:51
  I
• 34:51
  appreciate
• 34:51
  that.
• 34:51
  Thank
• 34:52
  you.
• 34:53
  Let's
• 34:53
  dig
• 34:53
  a
• 34:54
  little
• 34:54
  deeper
• 34:54
  into
• 34:54
  the
• 34:55
  theme.
• 34:56
  Talk
• 34:56
  a
• 34:56
  bit
• 34:56
  more
• 34:57
  about.
• 34:58
  You're
• 34:58
  dealing
• 34:58
  with
• 34:59
  a.
• 35:00
  I
• 35:00
  don't
• 35:01
  want
• 35:01
  to
• 35:01
  say
• 35:01
  touchy,
• 35:03
  but
• 35:03
  it's
• 35:03
  a
• 35:03
  disease
• 35:04
  that
• 35:05
  ultimately
• 35:06
  took
• 35:06
  Alex
• 35:07
  away
• 35:07
  from
• 35:08
  us.
• 35:09
  Talk
• 35:09
  to
• 35:09
  us
• 35:09
  a
• 35:09
  bit
• 35:10
  more
• 35:10
  about
• 35:10
  how
• 35:11
  you
• 35:11
  handled
• 35:11
  that.
• 35:14
  How
• 35:14
  I
• 35:15
  handled
• 35:15
  just
• 35:15
  dealing
• 35:16
  with
• 35:17
  her
• 35:17
  death
• 35:18
  or
• 35:18
  just
• 35:18
  the
• 35:18
  topic
• 35:19
  in
• 35:19
  general?
• 35:19
  Just
• 35:19
  the
• 35:20
  topic.
• 35:20
  Again,
• 35:21
  to
• 35:21
  give
• 35:21
  aspiring
• 35:22
  authors.
• 35:23
  This
• 35:23
  is
• 35:23
  not
• 35:23
  an
• 35:23
  easy
• 35:24
  subject
• 35:24
  to
• 35:25
  talk
• 35:25
  about
• 35:26
  because
• 35:26
  ultimately
• 35:27
  it
• 35:28
  could
• 35:28
  lead
• 35:28
  to
• 35:28
  death.
• 35:29
  So
• 35:29
  talk
• 35:30
  to
• 35:30
  us
• 35:30
  about
• 35:30
  that.
• 35:31
  Yeah,
• 35:32
  so
• 35:34
  I
• 35:34
  didn't
• 35:34
  want
• 35:35
  the
• 35:36
  story
• 35:36
  to
• 35:37
  be
• 35:39
  informational.
• 35:41
  I
• 35:41
  didn't
• 35:41
  want
• 35:41
  the
• 35:41
  whole
• 35:42
  story
• 35:42
  to
• 35:42
  be
• 35:43
  describing
• 35:44
  and
• 35:45
  telling
• 35:45
  people
• 35:45
  what
• 35:45
  Crohn's
• 35:46
  disease
• 35:46
  is.
• 35:47
  I
• 35:47
  didn't
• 35:47
  want
• 35:48
  that.
• 35:49
  There
• 35:49
  are
• 35:49
  children's
• 35:50
  books
• 35:50
  that
• 35:50
  do
• 35:50
  stuff
• 35:50
  like
• 35:51
  that.
• 35:51
  I
• 35:51
  just
• 35:51
  didn't
• 35:51
  want
• 35:52
  to
• 35:52
  write
• 35:52
  that
• 35:52
  kind
• 35:52
  of.
• 35:53
  To
• 35:53
  me,
• 35:53
  the
• 35:54
  kind
• 35:54
  of
• 35:54
  books
• 35:54
  that
• 35:55
  are
• 35:56
  what
• 35:56
  we
• 35:56
  call
• 35:56
  Evergreen
• 35:57
  or
• 35:57
  that
• 35:58
  last
• 35:59
  are
• 35:59
  the
• 35:59
  kind
• 35:59
  of
• 36:00
  books
• 36:00
  that
• 36:00
  deal
• 36:00
  with
• 36:01
  something
• 36:01
  universal,
• 36:02
  no
• 36:03
  matter
• 36:03
  what
• 36:03
  the
• 36:03
  topic
• 36:04
  is.
• 36:04
  So
• 36:05
  even
• 36:05
  though
• 36:05
  we
• 36:05
  might
• 36:05
  be
• 36:06
  talking
• 36:06
  about
• 36:06
  a
• 36:06
  specific
• 36:07
  thing,
• 36:09
  really
• 36:10
  the
• 36:10
  stories
• 36:11
  that
• 36:11
  last
• 36:12
  are
• 36:13
  really
• 36:14
  not
• 36:14
  about
• 36:15
  Star
• 36:16
  wars
• 36:17
  lasts.
• 36:17
  Not
• 36:17
  because
• 36:18
  there's
• 36:19
  lightsabers
• 36:19
  in
• 36:20
  the
• 36:21
  Death
• 36:21
  Star.
• 36:21
  It
• 36:22
  really
• 36:22
  lasts
• 36:22
  because
• 36:23
  you're
• 36:24
  dealing
• 36:24
  with
• 36:25
  leaving
• 36:25
  home
• 36:26
  and
• 36:26
  rebelling
• 36:27
  against
• 36:28
  tyranny.
• 36:29
  And
• 36:30
  there's
• 36:30
  in
• 36:31
  friendship,
• 36:31
  there's
• 36:32
  all
• 36:32
  sorts
• 36:32
  of
• 36:32
  other
• 36:32
  things
• 36:34
  that
• 36:34
  if
• 36:35
  people
• 36:35
  know
• 36:35
  the
• 36:35
  background
• 36:36
  of
• 36:36
  Star
• 36:36
  wars
• 36:37
  that
• 36:37
  George
• 36:37
  Lucas
• 36:37
  put
• 36:38
  in
• 36:38
  there
• 36:38
  on
• 36:38
  purpose,
• 36:39
  this
• 36:39
  is
• 36:39
  what
• 36:39
  makes
• 36:40
  stories
• 36:40
  great
• 36:41
  across
• 36:42
  time.
• 36:43
  He
• 36:43
  put
• 36:43
  those
• 36:44
  elements
• 36:44
  in
• 36:44
  there.
• 36:45
  And
• 36:45
  so
• 36:46
  that's
• 36:46
  what
• 36:46
  I
• 36:46
  tried
• 36:46
  to
• 36:46
  do
• 36:47
  with
• 36:47
  this
• 36:47
  book,
• 36:47
  was
• 36:48
  really
• 36:48
  make
• 36:49
  it
• 36:49
  about
• 36:50
  again,
• 36:51
  making
• 36:51
  space
• 36:51
  for
• 36:52
  each
• 36:52
  other
• 36:52
  as
• 36:52
  friends
• 36:53
  and
• 36:53
  being
• 36:53
  friends
• 36:54
  with
• 36:54
  people
• 36:55
  and
• 36:55
  learning
• 36:55
  how
• 36:56
  to
• 36:56
  do
• 36:57
  it
• 36:57
  in
• 36:57
  a
• 36:57
  different
• 36:58
  way.
• 36:58
  And
• 36:59
  even
• 37:00
  we
• 37:00
  haven't
• 37:01
  talked
• 37:01
  about
• 37:01
  this,
• 37:01
  but
• 37:02
  I
• 37:02
  thought
• 37:03
  it
• 37:03
  was
• 37:03
  a
• 37:03
  very.
• 37:04
  Even
• 37:04
  though
• 37:04
  I
• 37:05
  didn't
• 37:05
  come
• 37:05
  up
• 37:05
  with
• 37:05
  mouse
• 37:06
  and
• 37:06
  owl.
• 37:08
  Owls
• 37:08
  eat
• 37:09
  mice.
• 37:10
  Right.
• 37:10
  I'm
• 37:10
  just
• 37:10
  saying,
• 37:11
  okay,
• 37:11
  as
• 37:12
  I'm
• 37:12
  doing
• 37:12
  this,
• 37:13
  as
• 37:13
  I
• 37:13
  was
• 37:13
  doing
• 37:14
  this,
• 37:14
  I
• 37:14
  was
• 37:14
  like,
• 37:15
  there's
• 37:15
  a
• 37:15
  sort
• 37:15
  of
• 37:16
  idyllic
• 37:17
  sort
• 37:17
  of
• 37:17
  idealism
• 37:20
  of
• 37:20
  a
• 37:20
  peaceful
• 37:21
  world
• 37:21
  where
• 37:21
  enemies
• 37:22
  can
• 37:22
  be
• 37:22
  friends.
• 37:23
  Yes.
• 37:23
  I
• 37:23
  mean,
• 37:24
  there's
• 37:25
  a
• 37:25
  symbolism
• 37:25
  in
• 37:25
  it
• 37:26
  that
• 37:26
  I
• 37:26
  thought
• 37:27
  was
• 37:27
  really
• 37:27
  important.
• 37:28
  And
• 37:28
  that's
• 37:28
  a
• 37:28
  beautiful
• 37:29
  thing
• 37:29
  about
• 37:29
  children's
• 37:30
  books,
• 37:30
  because
• 37:31
  if
• 37:31
  you
• 37:31
  look
• 37:31
  at
• 37:31
  our
• 37:32
  books,
• 37:32
  and
• 37:32
  again,
• 37:33
  I
• 37:33
  just
• 37:33
  want
• 37:33
  to
• 37:34
  pick
• 37:34
  up
• 37:34
  on
• 37:34
  what
• 37:34
  you're
• 37:35
  saying,
• 37:35
  is
• 37:36
  that
• 37:37
  at
• 37:37
  the
• 37:37
  very
• 37:38
  beginning
• 37:38
  of
• 37:38
  our
• 37:39
  book,
• 37:39
  our
• 37:39
  first
• 37:39
  book,
• 37:40
  you'll
• 37:41
  notice
• 37:41
  that
• 37:41
  there's
• 37:42
  people,
• 37:43
  there's
• 37:44
  animals,
• 37:45
  It's
• 37:45
  a
• 37:45
  community
• 37:47
  living
• 37:47
  in
• 37:48
  the
• 37:48
  Rocky
• 37:49
  Mountains.
• 37:49
  And
• 37:50
  to
• 37:50
  your
• 37:51
  point
• 37:51
  is
• 37:51
  that's
• 37:51
  the
• 37:52
  beautiful
• 37:52
  thing
• 37:52
  about
• 37:53
  a
• 37:53
  children's
• 37:53
  book,
• 37:54
  is
• 37:54
  you.
• 37:54
  Can
• 37:55
  you
• 37:55
  have
• 37:55
  the
• 37:56
  literary
• 37:57
  license
• 37:57
  to
• 37:58
  do
• 37:58
  whatever
• 37:58
  you
• 37:58
  want?
• 37:59
  Oh,
• 38:00
  sure.
• 38:00
  It's
• 38:00
  neat
• 38:01
  that
• 38:01
  you
• 38:01
  develop
• 38:02
  this
• 38:03
  relationship
• 38:03
  between
• 38:04
  a
• 38:04
  mouse
• 38:05
  and
• 38:05
  owl.
• 38:06
  Yeah.
• 38:06
  And
• 38:07
  one
• 38:07
  of
• 38:07
  the
• 38:07
  things
• 38:07
  I
• 38:08
  had
• 38:08
  to
• 38:08
  learn,
• 38:08
  and
• 38:09
  this
• 38:09
  happened
• 38:09
  in
• 38:10
  editing,
• 38:12
  because
• 38:12
  I
• 38:12
  came
• 38:13
  up
• 38:13
  with
• 38:13
  the
• 38:13
  whole
• 38:13
  story,
• 38:14
  everything
• 38:14
  about
• 38:14
  the
• 38:15
  story,
• 38:15
  the
• 38:15
  characters.
• 38:16
  Like
• 38:16
  that
• 38:17
  was.
• 38:17
  The
• 38:17
  basics
• 38:18
  were
• 38:18
  there.
• 38:18
  But
• 38:19
  I
• 38:19
  really
• 38:20
  developed
• 38:20
  all
• 38:20
  of
• 38:20
  that.
• 38:21
  And
• 38:21
  when
• 38:21
  I
• 38:22
  did
• 38:22
  share
• 38:22
  it
• 38:22
  with
• 38:22
  Lori,
• 38:23
  the
• 38:23
  final
• 38:23
  version,
• 38:24
  she
• 38:24
  was
• 38:24
  very
• 38:25
  appreciative
• 38:26
  of
• 38:26
  it
• 38:26
  and
• 38:27
  thought
• 38:27
  it
• 38:27
  was
• 38:27
  great,
• 38:28
  perfect,
• 38:28
  everything,
• 38:29
  which
• 38:29
  made
• 38:29
  me
• 38:29
  feel
• 38:30
  good.
• 38:30
  But
• 38:30
  one
• 38:31
  of
• 38:31
  the
• 38:31
  things
• 38:31
  I
• 38:31
  learned
• 38:31
  was
• 38:33
  how
• 38:33
  to
• 38:34
  let
• 38:34
  the
• 38:34
  pictures
• 38:35
  tell
• 38:35
  the
• 38:35
  story,
• 38:36
  too.
• 38:37
  Because
• 38:37
  to
• 38:37
  a
• 38:37
  kid,
• 38:38
  the
• 38:38
  pictures
• 38:38
  you
• 38:39
  don't
• 38:39
  have
• 38:39
  to
• 38:39
  describe.
• 38:40
  This
• 38:40
  is
• 38:40
  where
• 38:40
  I
• 38:40
  think
• 38:41
  some
• 38:41
  children's
• 38:41
  authors
• 38:42
  go
• 38:42
  wrong
• 38:42
  and
• 38:42
  where
• 38:42
  I
• 38:43
  went
• 38:43
  wrong.
• 38:45
  My
• 38:45
  first
• 38:47
  draft
• 38:48
  was,
• 38:48
  you
• 38:48
  don't
• 38:48
  have.
• 38:48
  You
• 38:49
  don't
• 38:49
  have
• 38:49
  to
• 38:49
  describe
• 38:49
  the
• 38:50
  picture
• 38:50
  in
• 38:50
  the
• 38:51
  story.
• 38:52
  Let
• 38:52
  the
• 38:52
  picture
• 38:53
  be
• 38:53
  part
• 38:53
  of
• 38:54
  the
• 38:54
  story,
• 38:55
  because
• 38:55
  that's
• 38:56
  what
• 38:56
  kids
• 38:56
  will
• 38:56
  do.
• 38:57
  Absolutely.
• 38:58
  That's
• 38:58
  what
• 38:58
  we
• 38:58
  all
• 38:59
  do.
• 38:59
  And
• 39:00
  you
• 39:00
  just
• 39:00
  have
• 39:00
  to
• 39:01
  learn
• 39:01
  some
• 39:01
  of
• 39:01
  those
• 39:01
  things
• 39:01
  along
• 39:02
  the
• 39:02
  way
• 39:02
  and
• 39:03
  humble
• 39:03
  yourself
• 39:03
  and
• 39:04
  learn.
• 39:04
  But
• 39:05
  that's
• 39:05
  why
• 39:05
  the
• 39:06
  art
• 39:06
  is
• 39:06
  so
• 39:06
  important,
• 39:07
  because
• 39:07
  the
• 39:07
  art
• 39:08
  is
• 39:08
  going
• 39:08
  to
• 39:08
  help
• 39:08
  with
• 39:08
  the
• 39:09
  tone
• 39:09
  and
• 39:09
  it's
• 39:09
  going
• 39:10
  to
• 39:10
  help
• 39:10
  with
• 39:10
  the
• 39:10
  feeling
• 39:11
  and
• 39:11
  the
• 39:11
  mood
• 39:12
  and
• 39:12
  all
• 39:12
  of
• 39:12
  those
• 39:12
  things.
• 39:13
  And
• 39:13
  that's
• 39:13
  another
• 39:14
  way
• 39:14
  I
• 39:14
  think
• 39:14
  the
• 39:15
  artist
• 39:15
  did
• 39:15
  a
• 39:15
  great
• 39:15
  job.
• 39:17
  There
• 39:17
  was
• 39:17
  a
• 39:17
  couple.
• 39:18
  There's
• 39:18
  just
• 39:18
  a
• 39:19
  couple
• 39:19
  images
• 39:20
  in
• 39:20
  here
• 39:20
  that
• 39:21
  you're
• 39:21
  like,
• 39:21
  man,
• 39:22
  she
• 39:22
  did.
• 39:22
  She
• 39:23
  just
• 39:23
  captured
• 39:23
  the
• 39:23
  heart
• 39:24
  of
• 39:24
  what
• 39:24
  was
• 39:24
  happening.
• 39:25
  That
• 39:27
  mention
• 39:28
  is
• 39:28
  there
• 39:28
  in
• 39:29
  the
• 39:29
  words,
• 39:29
  but
• 39:29
  it's
• 39:29
  just
• 39:29
  brought
• 39:30
  to
• 39:30
  life
• 39:30
  in
• 39:30
  such
• 39:31
  a
• 39:31
  great
• 39:31
  way.
• 39:31
  Yeah.
• 39:32
  And
• 39:32
  that's
• 39:32
  so
• 39:33
  true,
• 39:33
  because
• 39:33
  in
• 39:33
  our
• 39:34
  book,
• 39:34
  we
• 39:34
  don't
• 39:34
  mention
• 39:35
  mention
• 39:35
  on
• 39:36
  the
• 39:36
  first
• 39:36
  page.
• 39:37
  We've
• 39:37
  got
• 39:37
  this
• 39:37
  huge
• 39:38
  community
• 39:40
  of
• 39:40
  people
• 39:41
  and
• 39:41
  animals.
• 39:42
  We
• 39:42
  don't.
• 39:43
  Nowhere
• 39:43
  in
• 39:44
  the
• 39:44
  words
• 39:44
  on
• 39:44
  the
• 39:45
  first
• 39:45
  page
• 39:45
  with
• 39:45
  the
• 39:46
  illustration
• 39:47
  does
• 39:47
  it
• 39:47
  say,
• 39:48
  oh,
• 39:48
  animals
• 39:48
  and
• 39:49
  humans
• 39:49
  live
• 39:49
  together.
• 39:50
  We
• 39:51
  just
• 39:51
  plunk
• 39:51
  them
• 39:51
  all
• 39:52
  together.
• 39:52
  And
• 39:53
  the
• 39:53
  child's
• 39:53
  going
• 39:54
  to
• 39:54
  go,
• 39:55
  oh,
• 39:56
  that's
• 39:56
  pretty
• 39:56
  cool.
• 39:58
  I
• 39:58
  have
• 39:58
  to
• 39:58
  tell
• 39:58
  you,
• 39:59
  my
• 39:59
  granddaughter,
• 40:01
  she
• 40:01
  had
• 40:01
  a
• 40:02
  stuffy
• 40:02
  that
• 40:03
  was
• 40:03
  a
• 40:03
  rabbit,
• 40:04
  and
• 40:04
  she
• 40:04
  had
• 40:05
  a
• 40:05
  stuffy
• 40:05
  that
• 40:05
  was
• 40:06
  a
• 40:06
  bear,
• 40:07
  and
• 40:07
  they
• 40:07
  were
• 40:07
  brother
• 40:08
  and
• 40:08
  sister.
• 40:08
  Because
• 40:09
  in
• 40:09
  a
• 40:09
  child's
• 40:10
  mind,
• 40:11
  that
• 40:12
  didn't
• 40:12
  matter.
• 40:12
  That
• 40:13
  one
• 40:13
  was
• 40:13
  a
• 40:13
  rabbit
• 40:13
  and
• 40:14
  one
• 40:14
  was
• 40:14
  a
• 40:14
  bear.
• 40:14
  No.
• 40:16
  And
• 40:16
  that's
• 40:16
  the
• 40:16
  amazing
• 40:17
  thing
• 40:17
  about
• 40:18
  kids
• 40:18
  is,
• 40:20
  man,
• 40:21
  I
• 40:21
  could
• 40:21
  talk
• 40:21
  about
• 40:21
  this
• 40:22
  forever.
• 40:22
  But
• 40:22
  one
• 40:22
  of
• 40:22
  the
• 40:22
  amazing
• 40:23
  thing
• 40:23
  about
• 40:23
  kids
• 40:25
  is
• 40:28
  they're
• 40:28
  experiencing
• 40:29
  the
• 40:29
  world
• 40:29
  for
• 40:30
  the
• 40:30
  first
• 40:30
  time.
• 40:31
  Absolutely.
• 40:33
  If
• 40:33
  you
• 40:33
  give
• 40:33
  a
• 40:34
  kid
• 40:34
  a
• 40:34
  book
• 40:36
  where
• 40:37
  animals
• 40:38
  and
• 40:38
  people
• 40:38
  talk
• 40:39
  to
• 40:39
  each
• 40:39
  other
• 40:39
  and
• 40:40
  they
• 40:40
  live
• 40:40
  in
• 40:40
  the
• 40:41
  same
• 40:41
  whatever.
• 40:42
  Okay.
• 40:43
  That's
• 40:43
  the
• 40:43
  world
• 40:43
  that's
• 40:44
  like,
• 40:44
  they're
• 40:45
  in.
• 40:45
  They
• 40:46
  might
• 40:46
  ask
• 40:46
  questions,
• 40:47
  but
• 40:47
  we
• 40:48
  have
• 40:48
  to
• 40:48
  educate
• 40:49
  that
• 40:49
  creativity
• 40:50
  out
• 40:50
  of
• 40:50
  kids.
• 40:50
  Right.
• 40:51
  Like
• 40:51
  in
• 40:51
  the
• 40:51
  beginning,
• 40:52
  kids
• 40:52
  are
• 40:52
  like,
• 40:53
  I
• 40:53
  don't
• 40:53
  care
• 40:53
  if
• 40:53
  the
• 40:54
  bear
• 40:54
  is
• 40:54
  purple.
• 40:54
  Who
• 40:54
  cares
• 40:55
  if
• 40:55
  he's
• 40:55
  purple?
• 40:55
  It's
• 40:56
  a
• 40:56
  purple
• 40:56
  bear.
• 40:57
  And
• 40:57
  how
• 40:57
  many
• 40:57
  of
• 40:57
  us.
• 40:58
  How
• 40:58
  many
• 40:59
  of
• 40:59
  us
• 40:59
  as
• 40:59
  children
• 40:59
  talk
• 41:00
  to
• 41:00
  our
• 41:00
  stuffies?
• 41:01
  And
• 41:01
  how
• 41:01
  many
• 41:02
  of
• 41:02
  us.
• 41:02
  How
• 41:03
  often
• 41:03
  do
• 41:03
  you
• 41:03
  think
• 41:03
  I
• 41:03
  talk
• 41:04
  to
• 41:04
  Caboose
• 41:05
  right
• 41:05
  behind
• 41:05
  me?
• 41:05
  Oh,
• 41:06
  sure.
• 41:06
  Yeah.
• 41:06
  And
• 41:06
  people
• 41:07
  are
• 41:07
  thinking,
• 41:07
  you
• 41:08
  talk
• 41:08
  to
• 41:08
  your
• 41:08
  stuffy.
• 41:12
  Why
• 41:12
  not?
• 41:12
  We're
• 41:13
  children's
• 41:13
  book
• 41:13
  authors.
• 41:14
  You
• 41:14
  never
• 41:15
  know.
• 41:15
  You
• 41:15
  never
• 41:16
  know.
• 41:16
  Exactly.
• 41:18
  I
• 41:18
  want
• 41:18
  to
• 41:18
  talk
• 41:18
  to
• 41:19
  you
• 41:19
  about
• 41:19
  your
• 41:20
  writing
• 41:21
  process,
• 41:21
  because
• 41:23
  unless
• 41:23
  you
• 41:23
  wanted
• 41:23
  to
• 41:24
  add
• 41:24
  a
• 41:24
  little
• 41:24
  bit
• 41:24
  more
• 41:25
  to
• 41:25
  the
• 41:25
  central
• 41:25
  teaching
• 41:26
  in
• 41:26
  the
• 41:26
  book,
• 41:27
  I'm
• 41:28
  getting
• 41:28
  the
• 41:28
  sense
• 41:28
  of
• 41:29
  that.
• 41:29
  We
• 41:30
  got
• 41:30
  a
• 41:30
  good
• 41:30
  feel
• 41:30
  for
• 41:31
  that.
• 41:31
  I
• 41:31
  know
• 41:31
  you
• 41:31
  talked
• 41:32
  to
• 41:32
  us
• 41:32
  about
• 41:32
  your
• 41:32
  journey,
• 41:33
  about
• 41:33
  the
• 41:33
  writing
• 41:34
  process
• 41:34
  and
• 41:35
  over
• 41:35
  the
• 41:36
  last
• 41:36
  12
• 41:36
  years
• 41:36
  and
• 41:37
  bringing
• 41:37
  the
• 41:37
  book
• 41:37
  to
• 41:37
  life.
• 41:38
  And
• 41:38
  now
• 41:39
  you're
• 41:39
  talking
• 41:39
  about?
• 41:40
  Possibly.
• 41:40
  It
• 41:41
  depends
• 41:41
  how
• 41:41
  well
• 41:42
  the
• 41:42
  book
• 41:42
  does.
• 41:43
  Turning
• 41:43
  it
• 41:44
  into
• 41:44
  a
• 41:44
  series.
• 41:45
  So
• 41:46
  have
• 41:46
  you
• 41:46
  kept.
• 41:47
  Are
• 41:48
  you
• 41:49
  writing
• 41:50
  more
• 41:51
  in
• 41:51
  the
• 41:52
  book
• 41:52
  series,
• 41:52
  or
• 41:53
  are
• 41:53
  you
• 41:54
  waiting
• 41:54
  to
• 41:54
  see
• 41:55
  about
• 41:55
  the
• 41:55
  success
• 41:55
  of
• 41:56
  the
• 41:56
  book
• 41:56
  before
• 41:56
  you
• 41:57
  write
• 41:58
  anymore?
• 41:59
  Yeah,
• 41:59
  I'm
• 41:59
  not.
• 42:00
  I
• 42:00
  haven't
• 42:00
  written
• 42:01
  anything.
• 42:01
  There's
• 42:02
  a
• 42:02
  basic
• 42:02
  idea
• 42:03
  that
• 42:03
  I'm
• 42:03
  just
• 42:03
  brainstorming
• 42:04
  and
• 42:04
  going
• 42:04
  over
• 42:05
  in
• 42:05
  my
• 42:05
  head.
• 42:05
  Okay,
• 42:06
  you
• 42:06
  know
• 42:06
  what?
• 42:07
  What
• 42:07
  would.
• 42:07
  What.
• 42:08
  Because
• 42:09
  for
• 42:09
  me,
• 42:09
  the
• 42:09
  process
• 42:10
  is,
• 42:13
  what
• 42:13
  am
• 42:13
  I?
• 42:14
  What
• 42:14
  I
• 42:14
  am?
• 42:14
  What's
• 42:14
  the
• 42:14
  theme?
• 42:15
  What
• 42:15
  am
• 42:15
  I
• 42:15
  saying
• 42:16
  through
• 42:16
  this
• 42:17
  book?
• 42:18
  I
• 42:18
  don't
• 42:18
  want
• 42:18
  it
• 42:18
  to
• 42:19
  sound
• 42:19
  like
• 42:19
  it's
• 42:19
  like
• 42:19
  just
• 42:20
  a
• 42:20
  moral
• 42:21
  necessarily,
• 42:22
  but.
• 42:23
  But
• 42:23
  what's
• 42:23
  the
• 42:24
  heart
• 42:24
  of
• 42:24
  this
• 42:24
  book
• 42:25
  going
• 42:25
  to
• 42:25
  be
• 42:25
  about?
• 42:25
  What's
• 42:26
  the
• 42:26
  heart
• 42:26
  of
• 42:26
  this
• 42:26
  story
• 42:27
  going
• 42:27
  to
• 42:27
  be
• 42:27
  about?
• 42:28
  And
• 42:30
  just
• 42:30
  playing
• 42:30
  around
• 42:31
  with
• 42:31
  that,
• 42:31
  because
• 42:33
  once
• 42:33
  I
• 42:33
  have
• 42:34
  that,
• 42:34
  I
• 42:35
  write
• 42:35
  a
• 42:35
  book
• 42:35
  really
• 42:36
  quickly.
• 42:36
  Okay.
• 42:37
  Because
• 42:37
  the
• 42:38
  story
• 42:38
  becomes
• 42:39
  uniform,
• 42:40
  it
• 42:40
  becomes
• 42:40
  united.
• 42:42
  It
• 42:42
  flows.
• 42:43
  Like
• 42:43
  when
• 42:44
  you
• 42:44
  know
• 42:44
  what
• 42:44
  your
• 42:44
  book
• 42:45
  is
• 42:45
  about.
• 42:47
  And
• 42:47
  I
• 42:47
  don't
• 42:47
  mean
• 42:48
  like
• 42:48
  an
• 42:48
  owl
• 42:49
  and
• 42:49
  a
• 42:49
  mouse.
• 42:49
  When
• 42:50
  you
• 42:50
  really
• 42:50
  know
• 42:50
  that
• 42:51
  your
• 42:51
  book.
• 42:51
  Oh,
• 42:51
  this
• 42:52
  book
• 42:52
  is
• 42:52
  about
• 42:53
  being
• 42:53
  friends
• 42:55
  with
• 42:55
  people.
• 42:55
  Sometimes
• 42:56
  when
• 42:56
  it's
• 42:56
  difficult
• 42:56
  to
• 42:56
  be
• 42:57
  friends,
• 42:57
  like,
• 42:57
  when
• 42:58
  you
• 42:58
  know
• 42:58
  what
• 42:58
  it's
• 42:58
  about,
• 42:59
  then
• 43:00
  you
• 43:00
  go,
• 43:00
  oh,
• 43:01
  like,
• 43:02
  now
• 43:02
  I
• 43:02
  can
• 43:02
  write
• 43:03
  it.
• 43:03
  And
• 43:03
  so
• 43:03
  that's
• 43:03
  the
• 43:04
  process
• 43:04
  for
• 43:04
  me.
• 43:04
  Just
• 43:05
  really
• 43:06
  for
• 43:06
  the
• 43:06
  next
• 43:06
  book,
• 43:06
  I
• 43:07
  have
• 43:07
  an
• 43:07
  idea
• 43:07
  of
• 43:08
  what
• 43:08
  it
• 43:08
  might
• 43:08
  be
• 43:08
  about.
• 43:09
  As
• 43:10
  far
• 43:10
  as
• 43:10
  the
• 43:10
  issue.
• 43:11
  This
• 43:11
  one
• 43:11
  was
• 43:11
  about
• 43:12
  Crohn's
• 43:12
  disease
• 43:12
  or
• 43:13
  just,
• 43:13
  okay,
• 43:13
  what's
• 43:13
  the
• 43:13
  next
• 43:14
  one
• 43:14
  gonna
• 43:14
  be
• 43:14
  about?
• 43:15
  Okay,
• 43:16
  but.
• 43:18
  But
• 43:18
  what
• 43:18
  I'm
• 43:18
  looking
• 43:18
  for
• 43:19
  is
• 43:19
  what's
• 43:19
  a
• 43:20
  heart
• 43:20
  that
• 43:20
  anybody
• 43:21
  can
• 43:21
  relate
• 43:22
  to?
• 43:22
  What's
• 43:22
  the
• 43:23
  heart
• 43:23
  in
• 43:23
  it
• 43:24
  that
• 43:25
  even
• 43:26
  people
• 43:26
  without
• 43:26
  Crohn's
• 43:27
  disease
• 43:27
  or
• 43:27
  whatever
• 43:27
  the
• 43:28
  next
• 43:28
  issue
• 43:28
  is
• 43:29
  will
• 43:29
  all
• 43:32
  connect.
• 43:32
  Universal
• 43:33
  message.
• 43:34
  So
• 43:34
  what's
• 43:34
  the
• 43:34
  universal.
• 43:37
  That's
• 43:37
  human
• 43:38
  that
• 43:38
  every
• 43:38
  human
• 43:38
  deals
• 43:39
  with?
• 43:39
  This,
• 43:39
  because
• 43:40
  that.
• 43:41
  Here's
• 43:41
  why
• 43:41
  that's
• 43:41
  important
• 43:42
  to
• 43:42
  me,
• 43:42
  is
• 43:43
  because
• 43:43
  whether
• 43:44
  it's
• 43:44
  Crohn's
• 43:44
  disease
• 43:45
  or
• 43:45
  whether
• 43:45
  it's
• 43:45
  whatever
• 43:46
  other
• 43:46
  issue
• 43:47
  that
• 43:47
  a
• 43:48
  child
• 43:48
  might
• 43:48
  have,
• 43:50
  we're
• 43:50
  all
• 43:50
  human.
• 43:52
  Yeah.
• 43:52
  It
• 43:52
  doesn't
• 43:52
  change
• 43:53
  you
• 43:53
  from.
• 43:53
  It
• 43:54
  doesn't.
• 43:55
  You're
• 43:55
  still
• 43:55
  part
• 43:56
  of
• 43:56
  the
• 43:56
  human
• 43:56
  race
• 43:57
  in
• 43:57
  that
• 43:58
  sense.
• 43:58
  And
• 43:59
  so
• 43:59
  to
• 43:59
  try
• 44:00
  to
• 44:00
  humanize
• 44:01
  all
• 44:01
  people
• 44:02
  in
• 44:02
  that
• 44:02
  sense,
• 44:03
  that's
• 44:04
  why
• 44:04
  you
• 44:04
  have
• 44:04
  to.
• 44:05
  That's
• 44:05
  why
• 44:05
  for
• 44:05
  me,
• 44:05
  I
• 44:05
  have
• 44:06
  to
• 44:06
  look
• 44:06
  for
• 44:06
  those
• 44:06
  universal
• 44:07
  themes,
• 44:08
  because
• 44:08
  I
• 44:08
  don't
• 44:08
  care
• 44:09
  if
• 44:10
  you
• 44:10
  have
• 44:10
  a
• 44:10
  disability
• 44:11
  or
• 44:11
  if
• 44:11
  you
• 44:11
  have
• 44:11
  Crohn's
• 44:12
  disease.
• 44:12
  Like,
• 44:13
  you
• 44:13
  still
• 44:13
  want
• 44:14
  the
• 44:14
  same
• 44:14
  things
• 44:15
  in
• 44:15
  life,
• 44:16
  for
• 44:16
  sure.
• 44:16
  You
• 44:16
  still
• 44:17
  want
• 44:17
  to
• 44:17
  be
• 44:17
  seen,
• 44:18
  you
• 44:18
  want
• 44:18
  to
• 44:18
  be
• 44:18
  heard,
• 44:19
  you
• 44:19
  want
• 44:19
  to
• 44:19
  have
• 44:19
  friends,
• 44:20
  you
• 44:20
  want
• 44:20
  to
• 44:20
  be
• 44:20
  connected.
• 44:21
  You
• 44:21
  want
• 44:22
  to
• 44:22
  be.
• 44:22
  All
• 44:22
  of
• 44:22
  that
• 44:23
  stuff
• 44:23
  is
• 44:23
  just.
• 44:24
  That's
• 44:24
  human.
• 44:25
  And
• 44:26
  so
• 44:26
  to
• 44:26
  me,
• 44:26
  it's
• 44:27
  harder.
• 44:27
  What
• 44:27
  can
• 44:28
  I
• 44:28
  show
• 44:29
  that's
• 44:29
  sort
• 44:29
  of
• 44:30
  universal
• 44:30
  thing
• 44:30
  in
• 44:30
  the
• 44:30
  next
• 44:31
  book?
• 44:31
  That's
• 44:31
  really.
• 44:31
  That's
• 44:32
  where
• 44:32
  I
• 44:32
  am
• 44:32
  now
• 44:32
  with
• 44:33
  it.
• 44:33
  Okay.
• 44:33
  When
• 44:33
  the
• 44:33
  publisher
• 44:34
  comes
• 44:34
  to
• 44:34
  me
• 44:34
  and
• 44:35
  says,
• 44:35
  we're
• 44:35
  ready
• 44:35
  for
• 44:35
  another
• 44:36
  book,
• 44:36
  that's
• 44:36
  a
• 44:37
  great
• 44:37
  problem
• 44:37
  to
• 44:37
  have.
• 44:38
  Talk
• 44:38
  to
• 44:38
  us
• 44:38
  a
• 44:38
  little
• 44:39
  bit
• 44:39
  more.
• 44:39
  I
• 44:39
  know
• 44:39
  I
• 44:39
  talked
• 44:40
  to
• 44:40
  you
• 44:40
  about
• 44:40
  the
• 44:40
  business
• 44:41
  book
• 44:41
  plan,
• 44:41
  but
• 44:42
  I'd
• 44:42
  like
• 44:42
  to
• 44:43
  really
• 44:43
  delve
• 44:43
  a
• 44:44
  little
• 44:44
  bit
• 44:44
  deeper
• 44:45
  into
• 44:46
  how
• 44:46
  you
• 44:47
  had
• 44:47
  originally
• 44:48
  thought
• 44:48
  of
• 44:48
  the
• 44:49
  success
• 44:49
  of
• 44:49
  this
• 44:50
  book.
• 44:51
  And
• 44:51
  how
• 44:52
  has
• 44:52
  that
• 44:53
  really
• 44:54
  unveiled
• 44:54
  itself?
• 44:55
  What's
• 44:55
  different
• 44:56
  from
• 44:56
  what
• 44:56
  you
• 44:56
  were
• 44:57
  expecting?
• 44:57
  That's
• 44:58
  a
• 44:58
  good
• 44:58
  question.
• 45:00
  Nothing
• 45:01
  really
• 45:01
  that
• 45:02
  different.
• 45:03
  I'm
• 45:03
  a
• 45:03
  little
• 45:04
  surprised
• 45:06
  that
• 45:07
  it
• 45:07
  hit
• 45:08
  number
• 45:08
  one
• 45:09
  on
• 45:09
  Amazon
• 45:11
  in
• 45:11
  that
• 45:11
  first
• 45:12
  week.
• 45:12
  I
• 45:12
  know
• 45:13
  we
• 45:13
  had
• 45:13
  some
• 45:13
  pre
• 45:14
  orders,
• 45:14
  not
• 45:14
  a
• 45:14
  lot,
• 45:15
  and
• 45:15
  that
• 45:15
  that
• 45:16
  can
• 45:16
  contribute
• 45:17
  to
• 45:17
  that.
• 45:18
  But
• 45:19
  again,
• 45:19
  it
• 45:19
  hasn't
• 45:21
  surprised
• 45:21
  me
• 45:21
  there.
• 45:22
  There
• 45:22
  have
• 45:22
  been
• 45:23
  a
• 45:23
  couple
• 45:23
  connections
• 45:24
  that
• 45:24
  I
• 45:24
  didn't
• 45:25
  realize
• 45:26
  I
• 45:27
  had,
• 45:27
  and
• 45:27
  I
• 45:28
  don't
• 45:28
  know
• 45:28
  if
• 45:28
  that
• 45:28
  makes
• 45:28
  sense,
• 45:29
  but
• 45:29
  sometimes
• 45:30
  a
• 45:30
  pastor
• 45:31
  friend
• 45:31
  of
• 45:31
  mine
• 45:32
  used
• 45:32
  to
• 45:33
  say,
• 45:33
  what's
• 45:34
  a
• 45:34
  good
• 45:34
  vision?
• 45:34
  When
• 45:35
  other
• 45:35
  people
• 45:35
  want
• 45:35
  to
• 45:36
  get
• 45:36
  involved,
• 45:37
  you
• 45:38
  don't
• 45:38
  have
• 45:38
  to
• 45:38
  sell
• 45:38
  it.
• 45:38
  You
• 45:39
  just
• 45:39
  have
• 45:39
  to
• 45:39
  say,
• 45:39
  this
• 45:39
  is
• 45:40
  what
• 45:40
  it
• 45:40
  is
• 45:41
  and
• 45:41
  this
• 45:41
  is
• 45:41
  what
• 45:41
  I'm
• 45:41
  doing.
• 45:42
  And
• 45:42
  people
• 45:42
  go,
• 45:42
  I
• 45:43
  want
• 45:43
  to
• 45:43
  be
• 45:43
  a
• 45:43
  part
• 45:43
  of
• 45:43
  that.
• 45:44
  How
• 45:44
  can
• 45:44
  I
• 45:44
  be
• 45:45
  a
• 45:45
  part
• 45:45
  of
• 45:45
  that?
• 45:45
  And
• 45:46
  so
• 45:47
  as
• 45:48
  people,
• 45:49
  your
• 45:49
  friends
• 45:49
  and
• 45:50
  just
• 45:50
  people
• 45:50
  on
• 45:50
  your
• 45:51
  social
• 45:51
  network,
• 45:51
  you
• 45:52
  start
• 45:52
  talking
• 45:52
  and
• 45:52
  my
• 45:53
  wife
• 45:53
  starts
• 45:53
  talking,
• 45:53
  and
• 45:54
  people
• 45:54
  start
• 45:54
  talking
• 45:54
  to
• 45:54
  people
• 45:56
  who
• 45:56
  we
• 45:57
  know
• 45:57
  and
• 45:57
  are
• 45:57
  close
• 45:58
  to,
• 45:58
  been
• 45:58
  friends
• 45:58
  with
• 45:59
  for
• 45:59
  years.
• 45:59
  And
• 45:59
  they're
• 45:59
  like,
• 46:00
  oh,
• 46:01
  I
• 46:01
  have
• 46:01
  connections
• 46:02
  in
• 46:02
  the
• 46:02
  pediatric
• 46:03
  world.
• 46:03
  Maybe
• 46:04
  I
• 46:04
  could.
• 46:04
  And
• 46:05
  they're
• 46:05
  thinking
• 46:05
  of
• 46:06
  ways
• 46:06
  to
• 46:06
  help
• 46:06
  share
• 46:07
  the
• 46:07
  book.
• 46:08
  And
• 46:08
  I
• 46:08
  didn't.
• 46:09
  Maybe
• 46:10
  if
• 46:10
  I
• 46:10
  was
• 46:10
  smarter,
• 46:11
  I
• 46:11
  would
• 46:11
  have
• 46:11
  done
• 46:12
  that.
• 46:12
  I
• 46:12
  would
• 46:12
  have
• 46:12
  been
• 46:12
  like,
• 46:13
  more
• 46:13
  strategic
• 46:13
  about
• 46:14
  that
• 46:14
  sort
• 46:14
  of
• 46:14
  stuff.
• 46:14
  But
• 46:15
  that's
• 46:15
  part
• 46:16
  of
• 46:16
  what
• 46:16
  surprised
• 46:17
  me
• 46:17
  is
• 46:17
  some
• 46:17
  of
• 46:17
  the
• 46:18
  open
• 46:18
  doors
• 46:18
  and
• 46:18
  opportunities
• 46:19
  that
• 46:19
  have
• 46:19
  come
• 46:20
  up
• 46:20
  that
• 46:21
  I
• 46:21
  wasn't
• 46:21
  expecting
• 46:22
  just
• 46:23
  from
• 46:24
  me
• 46:25
  being
• 46:25
  excited
• 46:26
  and
• 46:28
  because
• 46:28
  all
• 46:28
  I
• 46:29
  can
• 46:29
  really
• 46:29
  do
• 46:29
  is
• 46:30
  make
• 46:30
  it
• 46:30
  as
• 46:30
  good
• 46:31
  as
• 46:31
  I
• 46:31
  can
• 46:31
  make
• 46:31
  it.
• 46:32
  Okay.
• 46:32
  Okay.
• 46:33
  That's
• 46:33
  ultimately
• 46:35
  because
• 46:36
  then
• 46:36
  if
• 46:36
  there
• 46:36
  are
• 46:36
  opportunities,
• 46:38
  the
• 46:38
  book
• 46:38
  will
• 46:39
  go
• 46:39
  somewhere.
• 46:39
  Absolutely.
• 46:40
  Absolutely.
• 46:41
  And.
• 46:41
  But
• 46:41
  that's
• 46:41
  been
• 46:42
  a
• 46:42
  big
• 46:42
  surprise
• 46:42
  for
• 46:42
  me.
• 46:43
  And
• 46:43
  a
• 46:43
  pleasant
• 46:43
  surprise
• 46:44
  is
• 46:44
  that
• 46:44
  people
• 46:44
  are
• 46:44
  like,
• 46:45
  hey,
• 46:46
  I've
• 46:46
  got
• 46:46
  connections
• 46:47
  in
• 46:47
  this
• 46:47
  world.
• 46:47
  I
• 46:47
  didn't
• 46:47
  know
• 46:48
  they
• 46:48
  had
• 46:48
  connections
• 46:48
  in
• 46:48
  that
• 46:49
  world.
• 46:49
  Whatever
• 46:49
  medical
• 46:50
  industry.
• 46:50
  It
• 46:50
  is
• 46:51
  funny
• 46:51
  sometimes
• 46:52
  just
• 46:52
  the
• 46:53
  simple
• 46:53
  act
• 46:54
  of
• 46:54
  asking
• 46:56
  how
• 46:57
  it
• 46:57
  can
• 46:57
  translate
• 46:58
  into
• 46:59
  something
• 47:00
  special.
• 47:01
  Absolutely.
• 47:02
  And
• 47:03
  yeah.
• 47:03
  And
• 47:03
  that's.
• 47:04
  And
• 47:04
  we're
• 47:04
  getting
• 47:05
  into
• 47:05
  that
• 47:06
  mode
• 47:06
  now.
• 47:07
  It's
• 47:07
  been
• 47:07
  out
• 47:07
  for
• 47:08
  a
• 47:08
  couple
• 47:08
  weeks
• 47:09
  and
• 47:09
  we've
• 47:10
  started
• 47:10
  to
• 47:10
  ask
• 47:10
  some
• 47:10
  people
• 47:11
  because
• 47:11
  people
• 47:11
  text
• 47:12
  me,
• 47:12
  I
• 47:12
  just
• 47:12
  got
• 47:13
  the
• 47:13
  book.
• 47:13
  This
• 47:14
  is
• 47:14
  amazing.
• 47:15
  I
• 47:15
  was
• 47:15
  like.
• 47:15
  And
• 47:15
  there's
• 47:16
  a
• 47:16
  quick
• 47:16
  ask,
• 47:16
  like,
• 47:16
  will
• 47:17
  you
• 47:17
  please
• 47:17
  put
• 47:17
  a
• 47:17
  review
• 47:18
  on
• 47:18
  Amazon?
• 47:18
  I
• 47:19
  just
• 47:19
  like,
• 47:20
  every
• 47:20
  little
• 47:20
  thing
• 47:21
  helps.
• 47:21
  It's
• 47:21
  going
• 47:22
  to
• 47:22
  take
• 47:22
  you
• 47:23
  a
• 47:23
  minute
• 47:23
  or
• 47:23
  two,
• 47:24
  but
• 47:25
  as
• 47:25
  this
• 47:26
  stuff
• 47:27
  accumulates.
• 47:28
  Right?
• 47:28
  Yeah.
• 47:29
  Then
• 47:29
  more
• 47:30
  people
• 47:30
  will
• 47:30
  see
• 47:31
  and
• 47:31
  hear
• 47:31
  about
• 47:31
  it.
• 47:32
  Absolutely.
• 47:33
  I'm
• 47:34
  trying
• 47:34
  to
• 47:34
  come
• 47:34
  at
• 47:34
  this
• 47:34
  a
• 47:35
  little
• 47:35
  differently
• 47:35
  only
• 47:35
  because
• 47:36
  I
• 47:36
  normally
• 47:36
  ask
• 47:37
  people
• 47:38
  their
• 47:38
  role
• 47:39
  in
• 47:39
  writing.
• 47:39
  And
• 47:40
  you've
• 47:40
  explained
• 47:42
  in
• 47:42
  terms
• 47:42
  of
• 47:43
  the
• 47:43
  children's
• 47:43
  book
• 47:44
  that
• 47:44
  you've
• 47:45
  come
• 47:45
  at
• 47:45
  this
• 47:45
  a
• 47:45
  little
• 47:45
  differently
• 47:47
  and
• 47:47
  you've
• 47:47
  parked
• 47:48
  an
• 47:48
  idea
• 47:49
  of
• 47:49
  where
• 47:50
  you'd
• 47:50
  like
• 47:50
  to
• 47:51
  take
• 47:51
  the
• 47:51
  second
• 47:51
  book,
• 47:52
  if
• 47:52
  there
• 47:52
  is
• 47:52
  a
• 47:52
  second
• 47:53
  book.
• 47:53
  Are
• 47:53
  you
• 47:54
  devoting
• 47:54
  any
• 47:55
  extra
• 47:55
  time
• 47:56
  to
• 47:56
  this
• 47:56
  or
• 47:57
  have
• 47:58
  you
• 47:58
  gone
• 47:58
  back
• 47:58
  to
• 47:59
  writing
• 47:59
  in
• 47:59
  the
• 48:00
  genre
• 48:00
  that
• 48:00
  you're
• 48:01
  writing
• 48:01
  in?
• 48:03
  The
• 48:03
  answer
• 48:03
  is
• 48:03
  yes
• 48:04
  to
• 48:04
  both.
• 48:05
  Yes.
• 48:05
  So
• 48:06
  I'm
• 48:06
  still
• 48:07
  working
• 48:07
  in
• 48:08
  fantasy.
• 48:09
  I
• 48:10
  wrote
• 48:10
  a
• 48:10
  little
• 48:10
  bit
• 48:10
  this
• 48:10
  morning
• 48:11
  on
• 48:12
  my
• 48:12
  latest
• 48:12
  rough
• 48:13
  draft,
• 48:13
  just
• 48:13
  going
• 48:14
  through
• 48:14
  that.
• 48:15
  But
• 48:15
  I
• 48:15
  am
• 48:16
  spending
• 48:16
  extra
• 48:17
  time
• 48:17
  on
• 48:18
  the
• 48:18
  mouse
• 48:18
  book
• 48:19
  because
• 48:19
  I'm
• 48:20
  doing
• 48:20
  a
• 48:20
  book
• 48:20
  signing
• 48:21
  next
• 48:21
  weekend.
• 48:23
  There's
• 48:23
  going
• 48:23
  to
• 48:23
  be
• 48:23
  some
• 48:24
  other
• 48:24
  events
• 48:24
  that
• 48:24
  have
• 48:25
  popped
• 48:25
  up
• 48:25
  that
• 48:26
  we're
• 48:26
  still
• 48:26
  finalizing
• 48:27
  some
• 48:27
  details
• 48:27
  on.
• 48:28
  Just
• 48:28
  some
• 48:29
  great
• 48:29
  opportunities
• 48:29
  for
• 48:30
  me
• 48:30
  to
• 48:30
  do
• 48:31
  some
• 48:31
  book
• 48:31
  signings,
• 48:31
  do
• 48:32
  an
• 48:32
  event,
• 48:33
  get
• 48:33
  up
• 48:33
  in
• 48:33
  front
• 48:33
  of
• 48:33
  people.
• 48:35
  And
• 48:35
  I'm
• 48:36
  inviting
• 48:37
  Alex's
• 48:38
  mom
• 48:38
  because
• 48:39
  she
• 48:39
  lives
• 48:39
  close,
• 48:40
  right
• 48:40
  down
• 48:40
  the
• 48:40
  street.
• 48:41
  So
• 48:41
  I'm
• 48:41
  inviting
• 48:42
  her
• 48:42
  to
• 48:42
  as
• 48:42
  many
• 48:42
  of
• 48:42
  those
• 48:42
  as
• 48:43
  she
• 48:43
  can
• 48:43
  go
• 48:43
  to.
• 48:43
  And,
• 48:44
  and.
• 48:44
  And
• 48:44
  all
• 48:45
  that
• 48:45
  sort
• 48:45
  of
• 48:45
  stuff.
• 48:45
  So.
• 48:46
  So
• 48:46
  yes,
• 48:46
  definitely
• 48:47
  spending
• 48:47
  some
• 48:48
  extra
• 48:48
  time,
• 48:50
  again,
• 48:50
  just
• 48:51
  seeing
• 48:51
  what
• 48:51
  kind
• 48:51
  of
• 48:52
  opportunities
• 48:52
  there
• 48:52
  are
• 48:53
  and
• 48:53
  then
• 48:53
  just
• 48:54
  trying
• 48:54
  to
• 48:55
  position
• 48:55
  the
• 48:55
  book
• 48:56
  as
• 48:56
  well
• 48:56
  as
• 48:56
  I
• 48:56
  can
• 48:56
  for
• 48:57
  success.
• 48:57
  Yeah,
• 48:58
  for
• 48:58
  sure.
• 48:58
  Okay.
• 48:59
  And
• 48:59
  it's.
• 49:00
  It's
• 49:00
  neat,
• 49:02
  you
• 49:02
  wearing
• 49:03
  two
• 49:03
  genre
• 49:04
  hats
• 49:04
  and
• 49:04
  how
• 49:05
  you
• 49:05
  came
• 49:05
  to
• 49:05
  the
• 49:06
  children's
• 49:06
  book
• 49:06
  authorship.
• 49:07
  I
• 49:07
  think
• 49:07
  this
• 49:08
  is
• 49:08
  a
• 49:08
  very
• 49:08
  fascinating
• 49:09
  story
• 49:10
  for
• 49:10
  people.
• 49:11
  So
• 49:12
  what
• 49:12
  kind
• 49:12
  of
• 49:13
  advice
• 49:13
  would
• 49:13
  you
• 49:14
  have
• 49:14
  for
• 49:15
  aspiring
• 49:16
  authors?
• 49:17
  What
• 49:17
  would
• 49:17
  you
• 49:17
  say
• 49:18
  to
• 49:18
  them?
• 49:19
  So
• 49:19
  of
• 49:19
  any
• 49:19
  kind,
• 49:20
  just
• 49:20
  any
• 49:20
  kind
• 49:20
  of
• 49:20
  author?
• 49:21
  I'm
• 49:21
  primarily
• 49:22
  thinking
• 49:22
  of
• 49:22
  children's
• 49:23
  book
• 49:23
  authors.
• 49:24
  But
• 49:24
  because
• 49:24
  you're
• 49:25
  writing
• 49:25
  in
• 49:25
  two
• 49:25
  different
• 49:26
  genres,
• 49:27
  if
• 49:27
  you
• 49:27
  want
• 49:28
  to
• 49:28
  broaden
• 49:28
  that,
• 49:29
  that's
• 49:29
  great.
• 49:30
  So
• 49:30
  people
• 49:30
  understand
• 49:31
  you
• 49:31
  don't
• 49:31
  have
• 49:32
  to
• 49:32
  get.
• 49:32
  Like
• 49:32
  you
• 49:32
  said
• 49:33
  earlier,
• 49:33
  you
• 49:34
  don't
• 49:34
  have
• 49:34
  to
• 49:34
  get
• 49:34
  shoved
• 49:35
  into
• 49:35
  one
• 49:36
  particular
• 49:37
  genre
• 49:37
  box.
• 49:38
  You
• 49:38
  can
• 49:38
  get
• 49:39
  beyond
• 49:39
  that.
• 49:40
  A
• 49:40
  couple
• 49:40
  things
• 49:41
  if
• 49:42
  you're
• 49:42
  an
• 49:42
  aspiring
• 49:43
  author.
• 49:45
  First
• 49:45
  of
• 49:45
  all,
• 49:45
  just
• 49:46
  get
• 49:46
  in
• 49:46
  a
• 49:46
  routine
• 49:47
  where
• 49:47
  you're
• 49:47
  writing.
• 49:47
  Not
• 49:48
  every
• 49:48
  day
• 49:48
  has
• 49:48
  to
• 49:48
  be
• 49:49
  something
• 49:49
  you'll
• 49:49
  keep.
• 49:50
  But
• 49:50
  get
• 49:50
  in
• 49:50
  a
• 49:51
  routine
• 49:51
  where
• 49:52
  you
• 49:52
  are
• 49:52
  writing
• 49:52
  on
• 49:53
  a
• 49:53
  regular
• 49:53
  basis,
• 49:54
  preferably
• 49:54
  every
• 49:55
  day.
• 49:55
  And
• 49:55
  I
• 49:56
  know
• 49:56
  that
• 49:56
  sounds
• 49:56
  like
• 49:56
  a
• 49:57
  lot
• 49:57
  to
• 49:57
  people.
• 49:59
  So
• 50:00
  writers
• 50:00
  write.
• 50:01
  That's
• 50:01
  what
• 50:01
  we
• 50:01
  do.
• 50:02
  Yes.
• 50:02
  And
• 50:03
  if
• 50:03
  you
• 50:03
  say
• 50:04
  you're
• 50:04
  a
• 50:04
  writer,
• 50:04
  but
• 50:05
  the
• 50:05
  last
• 50:05
  thing
• 50:05
  you
• 50:05
  wrote
• 50:06
  was
• 50:06
  two
• 50:06
  years
• 50:06
  ago.
• 50:07
  Okay,
• 50:08
  that's.
• 50:09
  That's.
• 50:11
  It
• 50:11
  might
• 50:11
  have
• 50:11
  been
• 50:11
  great,
• 50:12
  but
• 50:12
  just
• 50:13
  write.
• 50:13
  Even
• 50:14
  if
• 50:14
  it's
• 50:15
  because
• 50:15
  that's
• 50:16
  where
• 50:16
  you
• 50:16
  start
• 50:16
  to
• 50:17
  learn
• 50:19
  your
• 50:19
  voice.
• 50:20
  That's
• 50:20
  how
• 50:20
  you
• 50:21
  develop
• 50:21
  your
• 50:21
  voice.
• 50:22
  Second
• 50:22
  thing
• 50:23
  is
• 50:24
  to
• 50:24
  read
• 50:26
  a
• 50:26
  lot.
• 50:28
  Because
• 50:28
  here's
• 50:28
  what
• 50:28
  happens
• 50:29
  with
• 50:29
  aspiring
• 50:30
  authors
• 50:30
  sometimes
• 50:32
  is
• 50:32
  they'll
• 50:32
  say,
• 50:34
  I
• 50:34
  want
• 50:35
  to
• 50:35
  be
• 50:35
  a
• 50:35
  children's
• 50:35
  book
• 50:35
  author.
• 50:36
  I
• 50:36
  think
• 50:36
  I'd
• 50:36
  be
• 50:37
  a
• 50:37
  great
• 50:37
  children's
• 50:37
  book
• 50:37
  author.
• 50:38
  Sometimes
• 50:38
  I'll
• 50:38
  ask,
• 50:40
  what's
• 50:41
  your
• 50:41
  favorite
• 50:41
  children's
• 50:42
  book
• 50:42
  that
• 50:42
  you've
• 50:42
  read
• 50:42
  in
• 50:43
  the
• 50:43
  last
• 50:44
  month?
• 50:45
  And
• 50:46
  they'll
• 50:46
  say,
• 50:46
  oh,
• 50:46
  I
• 50:46
  haven't
• 50:46
  read
• 50:47
  a
• 50:47
  children's
• 50:47
  book
• 50:47
  in
• 50:47
  years.
• 50:48
  Like
• 50:48
  it?
• 50:49
  Like,
• 50:50
  no,
• 50:51
  the
• 50:52
  library
• 50:52
  is
• 50:52
  your
• 50:53
  friend.
• 50:54
  Go
• 50:54
  to
• 50:54
  the
• 50:54
  library
• 50:55
  and
• 50:56
  they
• 50:56
  have.
• 50:56
  Sitting
• 50:57
  out
• 50:58
  the
• 50:58
  latest
• 50:58
  children's
• 50:59
  books.
• 51:00
  Yeah.
• 51:00
  Trying
• 51:00
  to
• 51:01
  get
• 51:01
  people
• 51:01
  to
• 51:01
  read.
• 51:02
  Take
• 51:02
  a
• 51:02
  couple,
• 51:03
  read
• 51:04
  them,
• 51:05
  study
• 51:05
  them.
• 51:05
  What.
• 51:06
  How
• 51:06
  did.
• 51:06
  What
• 51:06
  did
• 51:06
  I
• 51:07
  like
• 51:07
  about
• 51:07
  this?
• 51:07
  What
• 51:07
  did
• 51:07
  I
• 51:07
  not.
• 51:08
  What
• 51:08
  did
• 51:08
  I
• 51:08
  not
• 51:08
  like
• 51:08
  about
• 51:09
  this?
• 51:09
  Be
• 51:10
  a
• 51:10
  critical
• 51:10
  reader
• 51:11
  in
• 51:12
  that
• 51:12
  sense.
• 51:12
  Yes.
• 51:13
  What.
• 51:13
  And.
• 51:14
  Or
• 51:14
  if
• 51:14
  it's
• 51:15
  a
• 51:15
  werewolf
• 51:16
  book.
• 51:17
  Like,
• 51:17
  how
• 51:17
  many
• 51:17
  books
• 51:17
  about
• 51:18
  werewolves
• 51:18
  have
• 51:18
  you
• 51:19
  read?
• 51:19
  Read?
• 51:20
  Oh,
• 51:20
  I
• 51:20
  don't
• 51:21
  really
• 51:21
  read
• 51:21
  that.
• 51:21
  Get
• 51:22
  into
• 51:22
  the
• 51:22
  genre
• 51:23
  you
• 51:23
  want
• 51:23
  to
• 51:23
  read.
• 51:24
  What's
• 51:24
  happening.
• 51:25
  Who
• 51:25
  are
• 51:25
  the
• 51:26
  players
• 51:26
  and
• 51:26
  the.
• 51:26
  Who
• 51:27
  are
• 51:27
  the
• 51:27
  authors
• 51:27
  that
• 51:28
  are
• 51:28
  making
• 51:28
  noise
• 51:29
  or
• 51:29
  doing
• 51:29
  something
• 51:30
  unique
• 51:30
  and
• 51:30
  different?
• 51:31
  And
• 51:31
  then
• 51:32
  look
• 51:32
  at
• 51:32
  what
• 51:32
  you
• 51:32
  like.
• 51:33
  And
• 51:34
  then
• 51:34
  the
• 51:34
  third
• 51:35
  thing
• 51:35
  I'll
• 51:35
  say
• 51:35
  is
• 51:37
  learn
• 51:37
  to
• 51:37
  love
• 51:38
  the
• 51:38
  process.
• 51:40
  And
• 51:41
  that's
• 51:41
  sort
• 51:41
  of
• 51:42
  cliche.
• 51:43
  Ish
• 51:44
  ranks.
• 51:45
  But
• 51:46
  I
• 51:46
  don't
• 51:47
  care
• 51:47
  who
• 51:47
  you
• 51:48
  are.
• 51:50
  A
• 51:51
  great
• 51:51
  idea
• 51:52
  without
• 51:52
  executing
• 51:53
  it
• 51:55
  doesn't
• 51:55
  mean
• 51:56
  anything.
• 51:58
  People
• 51:58
  pay
• 51:59
  for
• 51:59
  stuff
• 51:59
  that's
• 52:00
  done
• 52:00
  right.
• 52:01
  They
• 52:01
  pay
• 52:02
  for
• 52:02
  stuff
• 52:02
  that's
• 52:02
  finished.
• 52:03
  And
• 52:04
  so
• 52:04
  you
• 52:05
  have
• 52:05
  to
• 52:05
  learn
• 52:05
  to
• 52:06
  love
• 52:07
  the
• 52:07
  hard
• 52:07
  parts.
• 52:08
  In
• 52:08
  between
• 52:09
  having
• 52:09
  a
• 52:09
  great
• 52:10
  idea
• 52:11
  and
• 52:12
  writing
• 52:13
  the
• 52:13
  rough
• 52:13
  draft
• 52:14
  and
• 52:14
  editing
• 52:14
  the.
• 52:15
  Editing
• 52:15
  it
• 52:17
  once,
• 52:17
  twice,
• 52:17
  three,
• 52:18
  four
• 52:18
  times,
• 52:19
  getting
• 52:19
  people
• 52:19
  to
• 52:19
  read
• 52:20
  it,
• 52:20
  making
• 52:20
  more
• 52:20
  changes.
• 52:21
  Like,
• 52:22
  having
• 52:22
  this
• 52:24
  finished
• 52:25
  product
• 52:26
  took
• 52:27
  11
• 52:28
  years.
• 52:29
  Like,
• 52:30
  it
• 52:30
  takes
• 52:31
  time
• 52:31
  and
• 52:32
  a
• 52:32
  process.
• 52:33
  And
• 52:34
  a
• 52:35
  lot
• 52:35
  of
• 52:35
  writers
• 52:35
  and
• 52:36
  creatives,
• 52:37
  just,
• 52:37
  this
• 52:38
  is
• 52:38
  who
• 52:38
  we
• 52:38
  are.
• 52:39
  We
• 52:39
  love
• 52:39
  the
• 52:40
  idea.
• 52:41
  That's
• 52:41
  what
• 52:41
  we
• 52:41
  get
• 52:42
  excited
• 52:42
  about.
• 52:43
  And
• 52:44
  in
• 52:44
  our
• 52:44
  head,
• 52:45
  we
• 52:45
  want
• 52:45
  to
• 52:45
  see
• 52:46
  that
• 52:46
  finished
• 52:46
  product.
• 52:47
  But
• 52:47
  it
• 52:48
  takes
• 52:48
  a
• 52:48
  lot
• 52:48
  of
• 52:49
  work
• 52:49
  and
• 52:50
  sweat
• 52:50
  and
• 52:50
  tears
• 52:51
  and
• 52:51
  blood
• 52:51
  and
• 52:52
  whatever
• 52:53
  other
• 52:53
  cliche
• 52:53
  you
• 52:53
  want
• 52:54
  to
• 52:54
  put
• 52:54
  in
• 52:54
  there.
• 52:54
  It
• 52:54
  takes
• 52:55
  a
• 52:55
  lot
• 52:55
  of
• 52:55
  work
• 52:55
  and
• 52:56
  patience
• 52:57
  to
• 52:58
  get
• 52:58
  there.
• 52:59
  And
• 52:59
  it's
• 52:59
  not
• 52:59
  just
• 53:00
  whether
• 53:00
  it
• 53:00
  feels
• 53:00
  good.
• 53:01
  It's
• 53:01
  is
• 53:02
  you
• 53:02
  have
• 53:02
  to
• 53:02
  just
• 53:03
  apply
• 53:03
  yourself
• 53:04
  when
• 53:04
  it
• 53:04
  doesn't
• 53:05
  feel
• 53:05
  good.
• 53:05
  Michael
• 53:06
  Jordan
• 53:06
  didn't
• 53:06
  become
• 53:07
  a
• 53:07
  champion
• 53:07
  because
• 53:07
  he
• 53:08
  played
• 53:08
  basketball
• 53:08
  when
• 53:08
  he
• 53:08
  felt
• 53:09
  like
• 53:09
  it.
• 53:09
  He
• 53:10
  applied
• 53:10
  himself
• 53:12
  when
• 53:12
  it.
• 53:12
  When
• 53:12
  he
• 53:13
  wasn't
• 53:13
  feeling
• 53:13
  good
• 53:14
  because
• 53:14
  he
• 53:15
  had
• 53:15
  a
• 53:15
  goal
• 53:15
  in
• 53:15
  mind.
• 53:16
  And
• 53:16
  that's
• 53:17
  something
• 53:18
  that
• 53:18
  I
• 53:18
  think
• 53:18
  a
• 53:18
  lot
• 53:18
  of
• 53:18
  creatives
• 53:19
  need
• 53:19
  to
• 53:19
  learn.
• 53:20
  I
• 53:20
  find,
• 53:21
  even
• 53:21
  for
• 53:21
  ourselves,
• 53:22
  that
• 53:23
  they
• 53:23
  say
• 53:23
  the
• 53:23
  first
• 53:24
  one
• 53:24
  is
• 53:24
  the
• 53:24
  hardest.
• 53:26
  It's
• 53:26
  true.
• 53:27
  And
• 53:27
  that's
• 53:27
  what
• 53:27
  I
• 53:28
  found
• 53:28
  with
• 53:28
  bringing
• 53:29
  our
• 53:29
  first
• 53:29
  book
• 53:30
  to
• 53:30
  market
• 53:30
  and
• 53:31
  I.
• 53:31
  And
• 53:31
  talking
• 53:31
  to
• 53:32
  others.
• 53:32
  It's
• 53:32
  the
• 53:33
  same
• 53:33
  kind
• 53:33
  of
• 53:33
  thing.
• 53:34
  Our
• 53:34
  second
• 53:34
  book
• 53:35
  came
• 53:36
  quick.
• 53:37
  Much,
• 53:37
  much
• 53:37
  quicker.
• 53:38
  Oh,
• 53:38
  sure.
• 53:39
  Yeah.
• 53:40
  Because
• 53:41
  you
• 53:41
  know
• 53:41
  the
• 53:41
  process
• 53:42
  and
• 53:42
  you
• 53:43
  know
• 53:43
  that
• 53:43
  if
• 53:43
  you
• 53:43
  stick
• 53:43
  with
• 53:44
  it,
• 53:44
  you'll
• 53:45
  get
• 53:45
  there.
• 53:45
  Yeah.
• 53:46
  It'll.
• 53:46
  It's
• 53:47
  like
• 53:47
  you
• 53:47
  just.
• 53:47
  Brett,
• 53:48
  what
• 53:48
  you
• 53:48
  just
• 53:49
  did,
• 53:49
  you
• 53:49
  held
• 53:50
  up
• 53:50
  the
• 53:50
  finished
• 53:51
  product
• 53:51
  in
• 53:51
  your
• 53:51
  hand.
• 53:52
  We
• 53:52
  can
• 53:52
  see
• 53:53
  the
• 53:53
  tangible
• 53:54
  product.
• 53:55
  And
• 53:55
  you're
• 53:55
  like,
• 53:56
  oh,
• 53:56
  and
• 53:56
  you
• 53:56
  stumble
• 53:57
  a
• 53:57
  lot
• 53:58
  with
• 53:58
  your
• 53:59
  first
• 53:59
  one.
• 53:59
  Yes.
• 54:00
  You
• 54:00
  make
• 54:00
  a
• 54:00
  lot
• 54:00
  of
• 54:00
  mistakes.
• 54:01
  You
• 54:01
  stumble.
• 54:02
  Like
• 54:03
  I
• 54:03
  said,
• 54:03
  I
• 54:03
  had
• 54:03
  to
• 54:03
  learn.
• 54:04
  Oh.
• 54:04
  Because
• 54:05
  someone
• 54:05
  who
• 54:05
  was
• 54:06
  a
• 54:06
  children's
• 54:06
  book
• 54:06
  author
• 54:06
  read
• 54:07
  it
• 54:07
  and
• 54:07
  was
• 54:08
  like,
• 54:08
  you
• 54:08
  don't
• 54:08
  have
• 54:08
  to
• 54:08
  tell
• 54:09
  me
• 54:09
  what's
• 54:09
  in
• 54:09
  the
• 54:09
  picture.
• 54:10
  Yes.
• 54:10
  If
• 54:11
  that's
• 54:11
  going
• 54:11
  to
• 54:11
  be
• 54:11
  in
• 54:11
  the
• 54:11
  picture,
• 54:12
  you're
• 54:13
  just
• 54:13
  wasting
• 54:13
  words.
• 54:14
  I
• 54:15
  had
• 54:15
  to
• 54:15
  stumble
• 54:15
  my
• 54:16
  way
• 54:16
  through
• 54:16
  learn.
• 54:17
  And
• 54:17
  I
• 54:17
  try
• 54:18
  to
• 54:18
  learn
• 54:18
  something
• 54:18
  big
• 54:19
  every
• 54:19
  time
• 54:19
  that
• 54:19
  I
• 54:20
  write
• 54:20
  something
• 54:21
  I
• 54:21
  love.
• 54:21
  You
• 54:21
  just.
• 54:22
  You
• 54:22
  just
• 54:22
  try
• 54:22
  to
• 54:23
  learn
• 54:23
  as
• 54:23
  you
• 54:23
  go.
• 54:24
  But
• 54:24
  then,
• 54:24
  like
• 54:25
  you're
• 54:25
  saying
• 54:25
  in
• 54:25
  the
• 54:25
  second
• 54:25
  one,
• 54:26
  now
• 54:26
  you've
• 54:26
  got
• 54:26
  stuff
• 54:27
  you
• 54:27
  learned
• 54:28
  because
• 54:28
  you
• 54:28
  made
• 54:28
  mistakes
• 54:29
  and
• 54:29
  you
• 54:29
  stumbled
• 54:30
  around
• 54:30
  a
• 54:30
  little
• 54:30
  bit.
• 54:31
  And
• 54:31
  now,
• 54:32
  now
• 54:32
  it
• 54:32
  can
• 54:32
  go
• 54:32
  a
• 54:32
  little
• 54:33
  faster.
• 54:34
  So
• 54:34
  we've
• 54:34
  talked
• 54:35
  about
• 54:35
  aspiring
• 54:36
  authors.
• 54:37
  Now
• 54:38
  I
• 54:38
  want
• 54:38
  to
• 54:38
  talk
• 54:38
  about
• 54:39
  you.
• 54:39
  Were
• 54:39
  you
• 54:40
  mentioned
• 54:40
  earlier,
• 54:41
  is
• 54:42
  that
• 54:43
  when
• 54:44
  it
• 54:44
  comes
• 54:44
  to
• 54:44
  children's
• 54:45
  books,
• 54:45
  you
• 54:46
  really
• 54:46
  have
• 54:46
  to
• 54:46
  talk
• 54:47
  to
• 54:49
  two
• 54:49
  segments.
• 54:50
  You've
• 54:51
  got
• 54:51
  to
• 54:51
  talk
• 54:51
  to
• 54:51
  the
• 54:51
  children
• 54:53
  as
• 54:53
  the
• 54:53
  reader,
• 54:54
  but
• 54:54
  you
• 54:54
  also
• 54:55
  have
• 54:55
  to
• 54:55
  talk
• 54:55
  to
• 54:55
  the
• 54:55
  parent
• 54:56
  or
• 54:56
  the
• 54:56
  grandparent
• 54:57
  as
• 54:58
  the
• 54:58
  purchaser
• 54:59
  and
• 54:59
  possibly
• 54:59
  the
• 55:00
  reader.
• 55:01
  So
• 55:01
  talk
• 55:02
  to
• 55:02
  us
• 55:02
  about
• 55:02
  what
• 55:03
  kind
• 55:03
  of
• 55:03
  encouragement
• 55:04
  do
• 55:04
  you
• 55:04
  have
• 55:04
  for
• 55:05
  those
• 55:06
  two
• 55:06
  segments
• 55:07
  of
• 55:07
  readers?
• 55:07
  Children's
• 55:08
  book
• 55:08
  readers.
• 55:09
  Why
• 55:10
  should
• 55:10
  they
• 55:10
  buy
• 55:10
  your
• 55:11
  book?
• 55:12
  Absolutely.
• 55:13
  Just
• 55:13
  buy
• 55:13
  my
• 55:13
  book.
• 55:13
  Yeah.
• 55:14
  Just
• 55:15
  use
• 55:15
  my
• 55:15
  book
• 55:16
  as
• 55:16
  a
• 55:16
  model.
• 55:16
  Here
• 55:17
  are
• 55:17
  the
• 55:17
  children's
• 55:18
  books
• 55:18
  that
• 55:18
  last.
• 55:20
  Okay.
• 55:21
  Yes.
• 55:21
  That
• 55:21
  sell
• 55:23
  millions
• 55:24
  of
• 55:24
  copies.
• 55:25
  And
• 55:25
  this
• 55:25
  is
• 55:25
  what
• 55:25
  I
• 55:26
  tried
• 55:26
  to
• 55:26
  do
• 55:26
  in
• 55:26
  mine
• 55:27
  and
• 55:28
  I
• 55:28
  think
• 55:28
  to
• 55:28
  some
• 55:28
  degree
• 55:29
  successfully.
• 55:30
  But
• 55:30
  you
• 55:30
  want
• 55:31
  to
• 55:31
  have
• 55:31
  a
• 55:31
  children's
• 55:32
  book
• 55:34
  that
• 55:35
  both
• 55:35
  the
• 55:36
  parent
• 55:36
  or
• 55:37
  grandparent
• 55:38
  and
• 55:39
  the
• 55:39
  kid
• 55:41
  get
• 55:41
  something
• 55:41
  out
• 55:42
  of
• 55:42
  it.
• 55:44
  Right.
• 55:44
  That
• 55:45
  because
• 55:46
  you're
• 55:46
  not
• 55:46
  Just
• 55:46
  writing
• 55:47
  for
• 55:47
  one
• 55:47
  or
• 55:47
  the
• 55:47
  other.
• 55:47
  You're
• 55:48
  writing
• 55:48
  for
• 55:48
  both.
• 55:49
  Because
• 55:50
  the
• 55:50
  books
• 55:50
  that
• 55:50
  make
• 55:52
  a
• 55:52
  million
• 55:53
  dollars
• 55:54
  or
• 55:54
  whatever
• 55:54
  sell
• 55:55
  a
• 55:55
  million
• 55:56
  copies
• 55:56
  are
• 55:57
  the
• 55:57
  books
• 55:58
  that
• 55:59
  the
• 55:59
  kid
• 56:00
  brings
• 56:00
  back
• 56:00
  to
• 56:01
  the
• 56:01
  parent.
• 56:02
  Read
• 56:03
  this
• 56:03
  one
• 56:03
  again.
• 56:04
  Because
• 56:05
  any
• 56:05
  of
• 56:05
  us
• 56:06
  who
• 56:06
  have
• 56:06
  had
• 56:06
  little
• 56:07
  kids,
• 56:08
  they
• 56:08
  will
• 56:08
  read
• 56:09
  the
• 56:09
  same
• 56:09
  book,
• 56:10
  they
• 56:10
  will
• 56:10
  watch
• 56:11
  the
• 56:11
  same
• 56:11
  show,
• 56:12
  the
• 56:12
  same
• 56:12
  movie
• 56:13
  over
• 56:14
  and
• 56:15
  over
• 56:15
  again.
• 56:15
  I
• 56:16
  don't
• 56:16
  know
• 56:16
  how
• 56:17
  many
• 56:17
  times
• 56:17
  when
• 56:18
  my
• 56:18
  son
• 56:19
  was
• 56:19
  about
• 56:20
  4
• 56:20
  or
• 56:20
  5
• 56:20
  years
• 56:20
  old,
• 56:21
  we
• 56:21
  watched
• 56:22
  Cars
• 56:22
  from
• 56:22
  Pixar.
• 56:23
  We
• 56:23
  watched
• 56:24
  that
• 56:24
  movie
• 56:25
  like
• 56:26
  we
• 56:26
  could
• 56:27
  have
• 56:27
  watched
• 56:27
  it
• 56:27
  every
• 56:27
  day.
• 56:28
  If
• 56:28
  it's
• 56:28
  something
• 56:28
  the
• 56:29
  kid
• 56:29
  loves,
• 56:29
  the
• 56:30
  kid
• 56:30
  will.
• 56:33
  Will
• 56:33
  bring
• 56:33
  it
• 56:33
  to
• 56:33
  you.
• 56:34
  I
• 56:34
  want
• 56:34
  to
• 56:34
  read
• 56:35
  this
• 56:35
  one
• 56:35
  again.
• 56:37
  And
• 56:38
  they'll
• 56:38
  memorize
• 56:39
  it.
• 56:40
  But
• 56:40
  it
• 56:40
  also
• 56:41
  has
• 56:41
  to
• 56:42
  be
• 56:43
  the
• 56:43
  kind
• 56:43
  of
• 56:43
  book
• 56:44
  parent
• 56:45
  gets
• 56:45
  something
• 56:45
  from
• 56:46
  as
• 56:46
  well
• 56:46
  because
• 56:47
  you
• 56:47
  don't
• 56:47
  want
• 56:47
  the
• 56:47
  parent
• 56:48
  to
• 56:48
  become
• 56:48
  annoyed
• 56:49
  and
• 56:49
  bored
• 56:49
  when
• 56:50
  they're
• 56:50
  reading.
• 56:52
  Should
• 56:52
  make
• 56:53
  them
• 56:53
  laugh.
• 56:53
  If
• 56:54
  you
• 56:54
  give
• 56:54
  a
• 56:54
  mouse
• 56:54
  a
• 56:54
  cookie
• 56:55
  or
• 56:55
  something
• 56:55
  like
• 56:56
  one
• 56:56
  of
• 56:56
  those
• 56:56
  books
• 56:56
  that
• 56:57
  like.
• 56:58
  I
• 56:58
  enjoy
• 56:58
  reading
• 56:58
  it.
• 56:59
  Even
• 56:59
  though
• 56:59
  it's
• 57:00
  the
• 57:00
  50th
• 57:01
  time,
• 57:01
  it's
• 57:01
  still
• 57:01
  clever,
• 57:02
  it's
• 57:02
  still
• 57:02
  cute.
• 57:03
  It's
• 57:03
  got
• 57:03
  good
• 57:03
  art
• 57:04
  and
• 57:05
  it
• 57:06
  makes
• 57:06
  sense.
• 57:06
  And
• 57:06
  you
• 57:06
  know
• 57:07
  that.
• 57:08
  Yeah,
• 57:08
  for
• 57:09
  sure.
• 57:09
  Because
• 57:09
  what
• 57:10
  we
• 57:10
  found
• 57:10
  with
• 57:10
  our
• 57:11
  book
• 57:11
  is
• 57:11
  that
• 57:12
  first
• 57:12
  of
• 57:12
  all,
• 57:13
  I've
• 57:13
  had
• 57:14
  several
• 57:14
  parents
• 57:14
  tell
• 57:15
  me
• 57:15
  that
• 57:15
  their
• 57:15
  kids
• 57:15
  run
• 57:16
  around
• 57:16
  the
• 57:16
  house
• 57:16
  going
• 57:17
  caboose,
• 57:18
  caboose.
• 57:18
  Because
• 57:19
  they
• 57:19
  like
• 57:19
  the
• 57:19
  word
• 57:19
  caboose.
• 57:21
  And
• 57:21
  if
• 57:21
  you
• 57:21
  think
• 57:22
  the
• 57:22
  caboose
• 57:23
  disappeared
• 57:23
  from
• 57:23
  the
• 57:24
  end
• 57:24
  of
• 57:24
  the
• 57:24
  train
• 57:24
  about
• 57:25
  20
• 57:25
  years
• 57:26
  ago,
• 57:26
  and
• 57:27
  yet
• 57:27
  it's
• 57:28
  like
• 57:28
  reintroducing
• 57:30
  the
• 57:30
  word
• 57:30
  to
• 57:31
  the
• 57:31
  English
• 57:31
  language
• 57:32
  through.
• 57:33
  And
• 57:33
  the
• 57:33
  other
• 57:33
  thing
• 57:33
  that
• 57:34
  we
• 57:34
  did
• 57:34
  is
• 57:34
  because
• 57:35
  my
• 57:35
  co
• 57:35
  author,
• 57:36
  her
• 57:36
  first
• 57:36
  name
• 57:36
  is
• 57:37
  Kira
• 57:37
  Era,
• 57:37
  which
• 57:37
  starts
• 57:38
  with
• 57:38
  a
• 57:38
  K,
• 57:39
  we.
• 57:39
  We
• 57:40
  started
• 57:40
  caboose
• 57:40
  with
• 57:41
  a
• 57:41
  K
• 57:41
  rather
• 57:41
  than
• 57:42
  a
• 57:42
  C.
• 57:43
  Got
• 57:43
  it.
• 57:43
  And
• 57:43
  that's
• 57:44
  the
• 57:44
  reason
• 57:44
  that
• 57:44
  all
• 57:45
  happened.
• 57:45
  But
• 57:45
  like
• 57:46
  you
• 57:46
  said,
• 57:46
  it's
• 57:46
  something
• 57:46
  that
• 57:47
  people
• 57:47
  can
• 57:47
  hook
• 57:47
  onto.
• 57:48
  And
• 57:48
  then
• 57:49
  adults,
• 57:49
  they
• 57:50
  love
• 57:50
  the
• 57:50
  idea
• 57:51
  of
• 57:52
  the
• 57:52
  engineering
• 57:53
  outfit
• 57:54
  because
• 57:54
  a
• 57:54
  lot
• 57:54
  of
• 57:54
  people
• 57:55
  still
• 57:55
  have
• 57:55
  a
• 57:55
  passion
• 57:56
  about
• 57:57
  the
• 57:57
  days
• 57:57
  of
• 57:58
  trains.
• 57:59
  So.
• 58:00
  Sure.
• 58:00
  Anyways.
• 58:01
  Absolutely.
• 58:01
  So
• 58:02
  I
• 58:02
  couldn't
• 58:02
  agree.
• 58:02
  Absolutely.
• 58:03
  Yeah.
• 58:04
  Final
• 58:05
  thoughts
• 58:05
  I'm
• 58:06
  really
• 58:06
  interested
• 58:07
  in.
• 58:08
  Is
• 58:08
  there
• 58:08
  something
• 58:09
  that
• 58:09
  you
• 58:10
  said?
• 58:10
  I
• 58:10
  wish
• 58:10
  Rick
• 58:11
  would
• 58:11
  have
• 58:11
  asked
• 58:11
  me
• 58:11
  that
• 58:12
  question.
• 58:12
  Is
• 58:12
  there
• 58:13
  something
• 58:13
  that
• 58:14
  you'd
• 58:15
  like
• 58:15
  to
• 58:15
  share
• 58:15
  that
• 58:16
  I
• 58:16
  may
• 58:16
  have
• 58:16
  missed?
• 58:18
  Man,
• 58:19
  No.
• 58:19
  I
• 58:20
  can't
• 58:20
  think
• 58:20
  of
• 58:20
  anything
• 58:20
  off
• 58:21
  the
• 58:21
  top
• 58:21
  of
• 58:21
  my
• 58:21
  head.
• 58:23
  Yeah.
• 58:23
  Just
• 58:23
  encouraging
• 58:24
  people
• 58:24
  to.
• 58:25
  Just
• 58:26
  to
• 58:26
  read
• 58:26
  with
• 58:26
  their
• 58:26
  kids.
• 58:27
  Even
• 58:27
  if
• 58:27
  it's
• 58:28
  not
• 58:28
  my
• 58:28
  book.
• 58:28
  Read
• 58:29
  with
• 58:29
  your
• 58:29
  kids.
• 58:30
  I
• 58:30
  couldn't
• 58:30
  agree
• 58:31
  with
• 58:31
  you
• 58:31
  more.
• 58:31
  You
• 58:31
  can't.
• 58:33
  I
• 58:33
  don't
• 58:34
  know
• 58:34
  that
• 58:34
  anybody
• 58:36
  will
• 58:36
  ever.
• 58:36
  I
• 58:37
  don't
• 58:37
  Know
• 58:37
  anyone
• 58:37
  who's
• 58:38
  ever
• 58:38
  regretted
• 58:40
  reading
• 58:40
  too
• 58:41
  much
• 58:41
  of
• 58:41
  their
• 58:41
  kids?
• 58:42
  No.
• 58:42
  No
• 58:42
  one's
• 58:42
  ever
• 58:43
  thought,
• 58:43
  man,
• 58:43
  I
• 58:43
  just
• 58:43
  read
• 58:44
  to
• 58:44
  my
• 58:44
  kids
• 58:44
  too
• 58:44
  much.
• 58:45
  I
• 58:45
  think
• 58:45
  so
• 58:46
  much
• 58:46
  now.
• 58:47
  I'm
• 58:47
  talking
• 58:47
  like
• 58:48
  a
• 58:48
  teacher.
• 58:48
  But
• 58:48
  there's
• 58:48
  so
• 58:49
  much
• 58:49
  data
• 58:49
  out
• 58:49
  there
• 58:50
  on
• 58:52
  the
• 58:52
  correlation
• 58:53
  between
• 58:54
  loving
• 58:55
  reading
• 58:55
  and
• 58:56
  being
• 58:56
  successful
• 58:57
  in
• 58:57
  school
• 58:57
  and
• 58:57
  life.
• 58:59
  And
• 58:59
  because
• 59:00
  if
• 59:00
  you
• 59:00
  love
• 59:01
  to
• 59:01
  read,
• 59:01
  even
• 59:01
  when
• 59:02
  you're
• 59:02
  out
• 59:02
  of
• 59:02
  school,
• 59:03
  you'll
• 59:03
  still
• 59:04
  be
• 59:04
  learning
• 59:04
  things.
• 59:05
  You'll
• 59:06
  still.
• 59:06
  If
• 59:06
  you
• 59:06
  love
• 59:07
  to
• 59:07
  read,
• 59:08
  it's
• 59:09
  not
• 59:09
  a
• 59:09
  chore
• 59:10
  whether
• 59:10
  you're
• 59:11
  in
• 59:11
  school
• 59:11
  or
• 59:11
  whether
• 59:12
  you're
• 59:12
  50
• 59:12
  years
• 59:12
  old
• 59:13
  and
• 59:13
  you
• 59:13
  decide,
• 59:13
  I
• 59:14
  want
• 59:14
  to
• 59:14
  learn
• 59:14
  something
• 59:14
  new,
• 59:15
  you
• 59:15
  know,
• 59:15
  so
• 59:15
  you'll
• 59:16
  discover
• 59:16
  things.
• 59:17
  So,
• 59:18
  yeah,
• 59:18
  read
• 59:19
  with
• 59:19
  your
• 59:19
  kids.
• 59:20
  Connect
• 59:20
  with
• 59:21
  your
• 59:21
  kids
• 59:21
  through
• 59:21
  reading
• 59:22
  and
• 59:22
  learning
• 59:23
  and
• 59:23
  help
• 59:24
  them
• 59:24
  to
• 59:24
  see
• 59:24
  this
• 59:24
  is
• 59:25
  a
• 59:25
  lifelong
• 59:25
  thing.
• 59:26
  Yeah.
• 59:26
  And
• 59:27
  read
• 59:27
  in
• 59:27
  front
• 59:27
  of
• 59:27
  your
• 59:28
  kids.
• 59:29
  Let
• 59:29
  kids
• 59:29
  see
• 59:30
  you
• 59:30
  reading
• 59:30
  things,
• 59:31
  just
• 59:31
  not
• 59:31
  to
• 59:31
  them.
• 59:32
  Right.
• 59:32
  This
• 59:33
  is
• 59:33
  important
• 59:33
  to
• 59:33
  you.
• 59:34
  And
• 59:34
  one
• 59:34
  of
• 59:34
  the
• 59:34
  techniques
• 59:35
  that
• 59:35
  we've
• 59:35
  used
• 59:36
  is
• 59:36
  we've
• 59:36
  written
• 59:37
  38
• 59:37
  stories
• 59:38
  in
• 59:39
  our
• 59:39
  book
• 59:40
  series.
• 59:40
  And
• 59:41
  so,
• 59:41
  of
• 59:42
  course,
• 59:42
  we're
• 59:43
  not
• 59:44
  multimillionaires,
• 59:45
  so
• 59:45
  we
• 59:45
  can't
• 59:46
  turn
• 59:46
  them
• 59:46
  all
• 59:46
  into
• 59:47
  print
• 59:47
  books
• 59:47
  overnight.
• 59:49
  One
• 59:49
  thing
• 59:49
  that
• 59:49
  we
• 59:49
  can
• 59:50
  do,
• 59:51
  and
• 59:51
  the
• 59:52
  narrators
• 59:52
  of
• 59:52
  Be
• 59:53
  My
• 59:53
  Grandchildren,
• 59:54
  we've
• 59:54
  turned
• 59:55
  about
• 59:55
  half
• 59:55
  of
• 59:55
  them
• 59:56
  into
• 59:57
  audiobooks.
• 59:58
  Oh,
• 59:58
  nice.
• 59:59
  And
• 59:59
  that's.
• 59:59
  And
• 1:00:00
  that's
• 1:00:00
  allowed
• 1:00:00
  what
• 1:00:01
  I
• 1:00:01
  call
• 1:00:01
  a
• 1:00:01
  unique
• 1:00:02
  editing
• 1:00:03
  tip,
• 1:00:03
  because
• 1:00:04
  when
• 1:00:04
  they're
• 1:00:05
  reading
• 1:00:05
  the
• 1:00:05
  story,
• 1:00:07
  if
• 1:00:07
  the
• 1:00:07
  word's
• 1:00:07
  too
• 1:00:08
  difficult,
• 1:00:09
  we
• 1:00:09
  end
• 1:00:09
  up
• 1:00:10
  changing
• 1:00:10
  it
• 1:00:11
  to
• 1:00:11
  match
• 1:00:11
  the
• 1:00:12
  age.
• 1:00:12
  Ah,
• 1:00:13
  yeah,
• 1:00:13
  that's
• 1:00:13
  good.
• 1:00:14
  Yeah.
• 1:00:14
  So
• 1:00:15
  there
• 1:00:15
  you
• 1:00:15
  go,
• 1:00:15
  a
• 1:00:15
  little
• 1:00:15
  sharing.
• 1:00:16
  You
• 1:00:16
  know
• 1:00:16
  what?
• 1:00:17
  It's
• 1:00:18
  an
• 1:00:18
  old.
• 1:00:18
  It's
• 1:00:18
  an
• 1:00:18
  old
• 1:00:19
  trick.
• 1:00:19
  It's
• 1:00:19
  an
• 1:00:19
  old
• 1:00:19
  trick
• 1:00:20
  that
• 1:00:20
  they
• 1:00:21
  teach
• 1:00:21
  you
• 1:00:21
  in
• 1:00:21
  school.
• 1:00:22
  Read
• 1:00:22
  it
• 1:00:22
  out
• 1:00:22
  loud.
• 1:00:24
  And
• 1:00:24
  if
• 1:00:24
  it.
• 1:00:24
  And
• 1:00:25
  if
• 1:00:25
  you
• 1:00:25
  stumble
• 1:00:25
  over
• 1:00:25
  the
• 1:00:25
  words,
• 1:00:26
  reading
• 1:00:26
  it
• 1:00:26
  out
• 1:00:26
  loud,
• 1:00:27
  then
• 1:00:27
  change
• 1:00:27
  it.
• 1:00:28
  Isn't
• 1:00:28
  that
• 1:00:28
  the
• 1:00:29
  truth?
• 1:00:29
  Britt,
• 1:00:30
  I
• 1:00:30
  want
• 1:00:30
  to
• 1:00:30
  thank
• 1:00:31
  you
• 1:00:31
  so
• 1:00:31
  much
• 1:00:31
  for
• 1:00:31
  being
• 1:00:31
  a
• 1:00:32
  guest
• 1:00:32
  on
• 1:00:32
  the
• 1:00:32
  Adventures
• 1:00:33
  in
• 1:00:33
  the
• 1:00:33
  heart
• 1:00:34
  of
• 1:00:34
  Children's
• 1:00:34
  book
• 1:00:34
  Authors.
• 1:00:35
  Your
• 1:00:35
  generosity
• 1:00:36
  of
• 1:00:36
  time
• 1:00:37
  and
• 1:00:37
  your
• 1:00:38
  insights
• 1:00:38
  and
• 1:00:38
  what
• 1:00:39
  you
• 1:00:39
  shared.
• 1:00:40
  I
• 1:00:40
  just
• 1:00:40
  love
• 1:00:40
  having
• 1:00:40
  the
• 1:00:41
  guests
• 1:00:41
  on
• 1:00:41
  because
• 1:00:41
  there's
• 1:00:42
  always
• 1:00:42
  something
• 1:00:43
  special
• 1:00:43
  that
• 1:00:44
  every
• 1:00:44
  children's
• 1:00:45
  book
• 1:00:45
  author
• 1:00:45
  brings.
• 1:00:46
  A
• 1:00:46
  different
• 1:00:46
  perspective,
• 1:00:47
  a
• 1:00:48
  different
• 1:00:48
  reason,
• 1:00:48
  a
• 1:00:49
  different
• 1:00:49
  motivation.
• 1:00:50
  So
• 1:00:50
  I
• 1:00:50
  really
• 1:00:51
  appreciate
• 1:00:51
  that.
• 1:00:52
  We
• 1:00:52
  promise
• 1:00:53
  to
• 1:00:53
  provide
• 1:00:53
  the
• 1:00:54
  audience
• 1:00:54
  with
• 1:00:54
  Britt's
• 1:00:55
  Instagram
• 1:00:56
  page
• 1:00:56
  and
• 1:00:56
  other
• 1:00:57
  social
• 1:00:57
  media
• 1:00:57
  links,
• 1:00:58
  including
• 1:00:58
  his
• 1:00:59
  website.
• 1:00:59
  Even
• 1:01:00
  though
• 1:01:01
  it'll
• 1:01:02
  be
• 1:01:02
  nice
• 1:01:02
  because
• 1:01:03
  you'll
• 1:01:03
  get
• 1:01:03
  to
• 1:01:03
  see
• 1:01:03
  a
• 1:01:04
  different
• 1:01:04
  side
• 1:01:04
  of
• 1:01:04
  Brit,
• 1:01:04
  and
• 1:01:05
  I
• 1:01:05
  think
• 1:01:05
  that's
• 1:01:05
  so
• 1:01:05
  important,
• 1:01:06
  and
• 1:01:06
  you
• 1:01:07
  should
• 1:01:07
  support
• 1:01:07
  Britt
• 1:01:08
  with
• 1:01:08
  his
• 1:01:08
  other
• 1:01:09
  books.
• 1:01:09
  If
• 1:01:10
  you've
• 1:01:10
  enjoyed
• 1:01:10
  this
• 1:01:11
  episode,
• 1:01:11
  please
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  hit
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