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How to Write a Rhyming Children's Book (Alphabet Story with Lacey Moore) · Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors Podcast

2:05
I
2:05
am
2:05
Lacy
2:06
Moore,
2:06
and
2:06
my
2:06
book
2:07
is
2:07
Scaly
2:08
Feet
2:08
in
2:08
a
2:08
Sound
2:09
so
2:09
Sweet.
2:09
A
2:10
Rhyming
2:10
Alphabet
2:11
Adventure.
2:11
Thanks,
2:12
Lacey,
2:12
for
2:13
joining
2:13
us
2:13
on
2:13
the
2:14
Adventures
2:14
in
2:15
the
2:15
Heart
2:15
of
2:15
Children's
2:16
Book
2:16
Authors.
2:16
Really
2:17
excited
2:17
about
2:17
having
2:18
you
2:18
as
2:18
a
2:19
guest.
2:19
I
2:19
am
2:20
excited
2:20
to
2:20
be
2:20
here.
2:21
Thank
2:21
you
2:21
so
2:21
much
2:21
for
2:22
having
2:22
me
2:22
on.
2:23
Lacy
2:23
has
2:24
written,
2:24
and
2:24
I
2:24
get
2:25
to
2:25
have
2:25
fun
2:25
because
2:26
you
2:26
know
2:26
what?
2:26
I'm
2:27
just
2:27
a
2:27
big
2:27
kid
2:27
at
2:28
heart,
2:28
I
2:28
gotta
2:28
tell
2:28
you
2:29
that.
2:29
So
2:30
to
2:30
actually,
2:30
it's
2:31
like
2:31
taking
2:31
my
2:32
grandkids
2:32
to
2:33
one
2:33
of
2:33
those
2:34
animated
2:34
movies.
2:35
That's
2:35
what
2:36
I
2:36
get
2:36
to
2:36
do.
2:36
I
2:36
get
2:36
to
2:37
be
2:37
a
2:37
big
2:37
kid.
2:38
They
2:38
don't
2:38
know
2:38
it,
2:39
but
2:39
I'm
2:39
having
2:39
as
2:40
much
2:40
fun
2:40
as
2:40
they
2:40
are.
2:41
And
2:42
so
2:42
it
2:42
was
2:43
really
2:44
neat
2:44
to
2:45
get
2:45
to
2:45
interview
2:46
you
2:46
because
2:47
Lacy
2:47
written
2:48
her
2:48
book
2:49
and
2:49
she's
2:50
put
2:50
a
2:50
new
2:50
twist
2:51
on
2:52
learning
2:52
the
2:53
Alphabet,
2:53
and
2:54
I
2:54
just
2:54
love
2:54
that.
2:55
The
2:55
other
2:55
thing
2:55
that
2:56
I
2:56
love,
2:56
Lacy,
2:57
before
2:57
we
2:57
get
2:57
into
2:58
your
2:58
story,
2:59
is
2:59
I
3:00
loved
3:00
how
3:00
you
3:01
took
3:02
each
3:02
letter
3:03
and
3:03
you
3:03
used
3:04
a
3:04
handful
3:05
of
3:05
words
3:06
beginning
3:06
with
3:07
the
3:07
same
3:07
letter.
3:08
I
3:08
thought,
3:09
this
3:09
is
3:09
such
3:10
an
3:10
excellent
3:10
learning
3:11
technique.
3:12
So
3:12
we'll
3:12
get
3:13
into
3:13
that,
3:13
but
3:14
thank
3:14
you.
3:15
Really
3:15
nice
3:16
book.
3:17
If
3:17
you
3:17
could
3:17
tell
3:18
us
3:19
about
3:19
the
3:20
inspiration
3:20
behind
3:21
your
3:21
children's
3:22
book
3:23
and
3:23
the
3:24
origin
3:24
story.
3:25
So
3:25
how
3:25
did
3:25
this
3:25
all
3:26
start?
3:27
Yeah,
3:27
sure.
3:27
So
3:28
I've
3:28
actually
3:28
been
3:29
a
3:29
teacher
3:29
for
3:30
over
3:30
15
3:30
years.
3:31
I
3:31
taught
3:31
high
3:31
school,
3:32
so
3:32
not
3:32
quite
3:32
teaching
3:33
the
3:33
Alphabet,
3:34
but
3:34
I
3:34
taught
3:34
high
3:34
school
3:34
English,
3:35
and
3:36
I
3:36
have
3:36
two
3:37
sons
3:37
of
3:38
my
3:38
own.
3:39
And
3:39
when
3:40
I
3:40
decided
3:40
that
3:41
it
3:41
was
3:41
time
3:41
to
3:41
kind
3:41
of
3:42
hang
3:42
up
3:42
my
3:43
teacher
3:43
hat
3:44
and
3:44
stay
3:44
home
3:45
with
3:45
my
3:45
youngest,
3:46
he
3:46
was
3:46
about
3:46
a
3:46
year
3:47
and
3:47
a
3:47
half
3:47
at
3:47
the
3:48
time,
3:48
I
3:48
thought,
3:48
well,
3:48
now
3:49
that
3:49
I've
3:49
taken
3:49
him
3:49
out
3:50
of
3:50
daycare,
3:50
he
3:50
still
3:51
needs
3:51
to
3:51
be
3:51
learning.
3:51
And
3:52
the
3:52
teacher
3:52
inside
3:53
me
3:53
couldn't
3:53
just,
3:53
you
3:54
know,
3:54
sit
3:54
around
3:54
with
3:55
him
3:55
all
3:55
day.
3:56
So
3:56
I
3:56
thought,
3:56
how
3:56
can
3:57
I
3:57
teach
3:58
him?
3:58
But
3:58
in
3:58
a
3:58
way
3:58
that
3:59
is
3:59
fun,
3:59
and
3:59
he
3:59
doesn't
4:00
feel
4:00
like
4:00
I'm
4:00
making
4:01
him
4:01
learn.
4:02
And
4:02
so
4:02
I
4:02
actually
4:03
started
4:03
writing
4:03
notes
4:04
in
4:04
my
4:04
phone
4:04
of
4:05
little
4:05
rhymes
4:05
that
4:06
went
4:06
with
4:06
the
4:06
letters.
4:07
And
4:07
the
4:07
more
4:07
he
4:08
started
4:08
to
4:08
talk
4:08
and
4:09
get
4:09
engaged,
4:09
the
4:09
more
4:10
he
4:10
would
4:10
ask
4:10
for
4:10
more.
4:11
And
4:12
he
4:12
was
4:13
a
4:13
little
4:13
over
4:13
two
4:14
by
4:14
the
4:14
time
4:14
we
4:15
finished
4:15
all
4:15
of
4:15
the
4:16
letters
4:16
and
4:16
got
4:17
all
4:17
of
4:17
the
4:17
kind
4:18
of
4:18
rhymes
4:18
together.
4:19
He
4:19
would
4:20
even
4:20
ask
4:20
for
4:20
them
4:20
one
4:21
day.
4:21
He'd
4:21
say,
4:21
mom,
4:21
can
4:22
we.
4:22
Can
4:22
we
4:22
read
4:22
the
4:22
W
4:23
rhymes?
4:23
And
4:24
this
4:24
was.
4:24
I
4:24
didn't.
4:24
I
4:25
was
4:25
just
4:25
doodling
4:26
on,
4:26
you
4:26
know,
4:27
pieces
4:27
of
4:28
notebook
4:28
paper,
4:29
pictures
4:29
to
4:29
go
4:29
along
4:29
with
4:30
the
4:30
words.
4:30
I
4:30
didn't
4:30
have
4:30
an
4:31
actual
4:31
book
4:31
yet,
4:32
but,
4:32
yeah,
4:32
that's
4:32
kind
4:33
of
4:33
how
4:33
it,
4:34
it
4:34
all
4:34
started
4:35
and
4:35
then
4:35
I
4:35
decided,
4:36
you
4:36
know
4:36
what,
4:37
maybe
4:37
I
4:37
could
4:37
actually
4:37
turn
4:38
this
4:38
into
4:38
something
4:38
because
4:39
he's
4:39
learning
4:40
and
4:40
you
4:41
know,
4:41
I
4:41
would
4:41
love
4:41
for
4:41
other
4:42
toddlers
4:42
and
4:43
up
4:43
get
4:43
to
4:44
learn
4:44
from
4:44
it
4:44
as
4:44
well.
4:45
The
4:45
teacher
4:45
and
4:45
me
4:46
just
4:46
thought
4:46
this
4:46
needs
4:47
to
4:47
be
4:47
written.
4:47
So
4:48
cool.
4:48
That
4:49
leads
4:49
me
4:49
to
4:50
now
4:50
you've
4:50
got
4:51
this
4:51
book
4:51
formulated,
4:53
you're
4:53
excited,
4:54
your
4:54
son's
4:55
embraced
4:55
it.
4:56
I
4:56
always
4:56
talk
4:57
to
4:57
people
4:57
about
4:58
their
4:58
publishing
4:59
approach.
4:59
So,
5:00
you
5:00
know,
5:00
on
5:01
the
5:01
show
5:01
we
5:01
talk
5:01
about
5:02
traditionally
5:03
published,
5:03
we
5:04
talk
5:04
about
5:04
self
5:05
published,
5:05
and
5:06
we
5:06
also
5:06
talk
5:06
about
5:07
hybrid
5:08
publish,
5:08
which
5:08
is
5:09
like
5:09
a
5:09
combination
5:10
of.
5:11
It's
5:11
almost
5:12
like
5:12
a
5:12
la
5:12
carte.
5:13
You
5:13
choose
5:13
what
5:14
services
5:15
that
5:15
you
5:15
think
5:15
you
5:15
need
5:16
to
5:16
purchase
5:16
and
5:16
then
5:17
some
5:17
of
5:17
the
5:17
services
5:18
you
5:19
just
5:19
take
5:19
on
5:19
and
5:20
do
5:20
it
5:20
on
5:20
your
5:21
own.
5:21
Tell
5:22
us
5:22
your
5:22
approach
5:23
to
5:24
the
5:24
publishing.
5:25
Share
5:26
us
5:26
your
5:26
story
5:26
about
5:27
how
5:27
you
5:27
brought
5:28
your
5:28
book
5:28
to
5:28
market
5:29
from
5:29
a
5:29
publishing
5:30
aspect.
5:31
I
5:31
guess
5:31
mine
5:31
kind
5:31
of
5:32
is
5:32
more
5:32
of
5:32
a
5:32
hybrid
5:33
I
5:33
went
5:33
through.
5:34
It's
5:34
called
5:34
self
5:34
publish.com,
5:35
but
5:36
they
5:36
are.
5:37
It's
5:37
like
5:37
a
5:37
group
5:38
or
5:38
a
5:38
team
5:39
that
5:39
kind
5:39
of
5:39
helps
5:39
you
5:40
of
5:40
authors
5:41
who
5:41
have
5:41
also
5:41
published
5:42
in
5:42
the
5:42
past.
5:42
And
5:43
since
5:43
my
5:43
book
5:44
was
5:44
already
5:44
written,
5:45
I,
5:45
I
5:45
got
5:45
to
5:46
kind
5:46
of
5:46
skip
5:46
the
5:47
first
5:47
steps
5:47
of
5:47
the
5:48
people
5:48
who
5:48
help
5:48
you
5:48
rock.
5:49
I
5:49
didn't
5:49
help
5:49
you
5:50
storyboard,
5:50
but
5:50
since
5:50
mine
5:51
was
5:51
already
5:51
written,
5:51
I
5:51
did
5:52
have.
5:52
She's
5:53
also
5:53
an
5:53
author
5:54
who
5:54
was
5:54
kind
5:54
of
5:54
helping
5:55
me
5:55
find
5:56
editors,
5:56
find
5:56
the
5:57
right
5:57
editor.
5:57
She
5:57
gave
5:58
me
5:58
a
5:58
list
5:58
of
5:58
like
5:58
contacts
5:59
that
5:59
she
5:59
had
6:00
and
6:00
how
6:00
to
6:00
find
6:01
the
6:01
right
6:01
illustrator.
6:02
So
6:03
I
6:03
didn't
6:03
do
6:03
it
6:03
all
6:03
on
6:04
my
6:04
own,
6:04
but
6:04
in
6:05
the
6:05
end
6:05
it
6:05
was
6:06
just
6:06
me,
6:07
just
6:07
my
6:08
me
6:08
publishing
6:08
it
6:08
on
6:09
Amazon.
6:09
So
6:10
a
6:10
little
6:10
bit
6:10
of
6:10
a
6:10
hybrid
6:11
of
6:11
me
6:11
getting
6:12
it
6:12
out
6:12
there,
6:12
but
6:12
with
6:12
some
6:13
help
6:13
from
6:13
it.
6:14
Because
6:14
of
6:14
that,
6:15
I
6:15
just
6:15
again,
6:16
I,
6:16
because
6:17
I'm
6:17
trying
6:17
to
6:17
share
6:18
this
6:18
with
6:18
other
6:19
aspiring
6:19
authors
6:20
is
6:21
would
6:21
you
6:21
think
6:22
that
6:22
you,
6:22
the
6:23
editor
6:23
that
6:24
you
6:24
got
6:25
and
6:25
the
6:25
illustrator
6:26
that
6:26
you
6:26
got,
6:27
would
6:27
you
6:27
work
6:28
with
6:28
them
6:28
again
6:29
on
6:29
your
6:29
second
6:30
book?
6:30
Oh,
6:31
absolutely.
6:31
I've
6:32
actually
6:32
already
6:32
used
6:33
my
6:33
editor
6:33
again
6:34
on
6:34
my
6:34
second
6:35
book
6:35
and
6:35
my
6:35
illustrator
6:36
is
6:36
going
6:36
to
6:36
start
6:37
working
6:37
on
6:37
my
6:37
second
6:37
book
6:38
here
6:38
in
6:38
the
6:38
next
6:38
month
6:38
or
6:39
two.
6:39
So
6:39
yes,
6:39
I
6:40
love
6:40
them
6:40
both.
6:41
They
6:41
were
6:41
great
6:42
recommendations,
6:43
fantastic.
6:44
And
6:44
that's,
6:45
that's
6:45
been
6:45
my
6:45
experience
6:46
also.
6:47
Again,
6:47
for
6:47
anyone
6:48
who's
6:48
thinking
6:49
about
6:49
being,
6:49
becoming
6:50
a
6:50
children's
6:50
book
6:50
author,
6:51
there's
6:52
a
6:52
lot
6:52
of
6:52
children's
6:53
book
6:53
editors
6:54
out
6:54
there
6:54
and
6:54
illustrators
6:55
and
6:56
generally
6:56
I'm
6:57
finding
6:57
that
6:58
once
6:58
you,
6:58
once
6:59
you
6:59
as
6:59
a
6:59
children's
7:00
book
7:00
author
7:00
find
7:01
someone
7:02
that
7:02
you
7:02
can
7:02
work
7:03
with
7:03
you,
7:04
you
7:04
tend
7:04
to
7:04
stick
7:04
with
7:05
them.
7:05
Absolutely,
7:06
yes.
7:06
Okay.
7:07
And
7:08
now
7:09
you
7:09
of
7:09
course
7:10
self
7:10
publish
7:11
through
7:11
Amazon.
7:12
Did
7:13
you
7:13
also
7:13
use
7:13
ingramsparks
7:14
to
7:14
reach
7:15
other
7:16
online
7:17
book
7:17
retailers?
7:18
I
7:19
did,
7:19
yes.
7:19
Because
7:20
especially
7:20
with
7:21
it
7:21
being
7:21
a
7:21
children's
7:22
book
7:22
and
7:22
an
7:22
early
7:23
learner
7:23
book,
7:23
I
7:23
wanted
7:24
a
7:24
hard
7:24
copy
7:25
and
7:25
so
7:25
I
7:26
went
7:26
through
7:26
ingramspark
7:27
to
7:27
get
7:27
the,
7:27
the
7:28
hard
7:28
cover
7:29
of
7:29
my
7:29
book.
7:30
And
7:30
so
7:30
yeah,
7:30
it's
7:31
on
7:31
Walmart.com
7:32
and
7:32
Target.com
7:33
you
7:33
know
7:33
anybody
7:33
that
7:33
can
7:34
use
7:34
IngramSpark?
7:35
So
7:35
I
7:35
am
7:36
always
7:36
curious.
7:37
I
7:37
know.
7:37
Have
7:38
you
7:38
thought
7:39
of
7:40
doing
7:41
or
7:41
maybe
7:41
you
7:42
have
7:42
a
7:43
large
7:43
run.
7:44
Have
7:44
you
7:44
printed
7:45
a
7:45
large
7:45
run
7:46
of
7:46
books
7:46
or
7:47
are
7:47
you
7:47
just
7:47
using
7:48
print
7:48
on
7:48
demand?
7:49
Right
7:50
now
7:50
I'm
7:50
just
7:50
doing
7:50
print
7:51
on
7:51
demand,
7:51
but
7:51
I
7:52
think
7:52
because
7:52
I
7:52
am
7:53
going
7:53
to
7:53
start
7:53
doing
7:54
like
7:54
author
7:54
visits
7:55
at
7:55
schools
7:55
and
7:55
things
7:56
like
7:56
that,
7:56
I
7:56
have
7:56
a
7:56
few
7:57
lined
7:57
up
7:57
for
7:57
the
7:58
Read
7:58
Across
7:58
America
7:59
Week.
7:59
I'm
8:00
probably
8:00
going
8:00
to
8:00
have
8:00
to
8:01
do
8:01
a
8:01
large
8:01
run
8:01
just
8:02
so
8:02
I
8:02
actually
8:02
have
8:03
books
8:03
available
8:03
at
8:04
these
8:04
events.
8:04
So
8:05
I
8:05
haven't
8:05
done
8:05
it
8:05
yet,
8:05
but
8:05
it
8:06
is.
8:06
Okay.
8:06
And
8:07
I'm
8:07
going
8:07
to
8:07
share
8:07
a
8:07
little,
8:08
a
8:08
little
8:08
story
8:09
with
8:09
you,
8:09
Lacey,
8:10
is
8:11
that
8:11
two
8:12
days
8:12
ago.
8:13
So
8:13
we're
8:13
working
8:14
on
8:14
our
8:14
second
8:14
book
8:14
like
8:15
you're
8:15
working
8:15
on
8:15
your
8:16
second
8:16
book.
8:17
And
8:17
so
8:17
what
8:18
I
8:18
did
8:19
is
8:19
I
8:19
thought,
8:20
you
8:20
know
8:20
what,
8:20
I'm
8:21
just
8:21
going
8:21
to
8:21
get
8:22
someone
8:22
to
8:22
quote
8:23
me
8:23
on
8:24
doing
8:25
large
8:25
book
8:26
runs
8:27
if
8:27
there
8:27
is
8:28
any
8:28
cost
8:28
saving.
8:29
I
8:29
was
8:30
actually
8:31
surprised
8:32
that
8:33
after
8:33
I
8:34
calculated
8:35
in
8:35
the
8:35
cost
8:36
of
8:37
shipping
8:38
to
8:38
myself
8:39
that
8:40
I
8:41
needed
8:41
to
8:41
get
8:42
in
8:43
the
8:43
thousands
8:44
copies
8:44
printed
8:45
before
8:45
there
8:45
was
8:46
any
8:46
cost
8:46
savings.
8:47
I
8:47
would
8:47
really
8:48
suggest
8:48
when
8:49
you,
8:49
when
8:49
go
8:49
to
8:50
look,
8:50
make
8:50
sure
8:51
you
8:52
take
8:52
all
8:52
costs
8:53
into
8:53
consideration
8:54
because
8:54
you
8:54
may
8:55
find
8:55
that
8:55
print
8:56
on
8:56
demand
8:57
in
8:57
the
8:57
beginning,
8:58
even
8:58
if
8:58
you
8:59
printed
8:59
500
9:00
books
9:00
is
9:01
still
9:01
more
9:02
economical.
9:03
I
9:03
just
9:03
want
9:03
to
9:03
share
9:04
that
9:04
with
9:04
you
9:04
because
9:04
that
9:05
I
9:05
just
9:05
had
9:05
that
9:06
happen
9:06
to
9:06
me
9:06
and
9:06
I
9:07
thought,
9:07
oh
9:08
well,
9:08
maybe
9:09
this
9:09
print
9:09
on
9:09
demand
9:10
thing
9:10
isn't
9:11
such
9:11
a
9:11
bad
9:12
thing.
9:12
Okay.
9:12
Well
9:13
that's
9:13
great
9:13
to
9:13
know,
9:14
actually.
9:14
Thank
9:14
you.
9:15
You're
9:16
welcome.
9:16
The
9:16
other
9:17
thing
9:17
that
9:17
I
9:18
noticed
9:18
and
9:18
I
9:18
loved
9:19
it
9:19
and
9:20
now
9:20
just
9:21
for
9:21
our
9:21
listening
9:21
audience,
9:22
I
9:22
have
9:23
Stacy's
9:24
book
9:24
in
9:24
front
9:24
of
9:24
me.
9:25
It's
9:26
such
9:26
a
9:26
beautiful
9:26
book.
9:27
And
9:28
we're
9:28
going
9:28
to.
9:28
We're.
9:28
I
9:29
would
9:29
definitely
9:29
want
9:29
to
9:30
talk
9:30
to
9:30
you
9:30
about
9:30
a
9:30
couple
9:31
of
9:31
things
9:31
in
9:31
your
9:31
book.
9:31
But
9:32
one
9:32
thing
9:32
I
9:32
noticed
9:33
is
9:34
in
9:34
the
9:34
second
9:35
page
9:36
you
9:36
have
9:36
a
9:37
free
9:37
activities
9:38
coloring
9:38
pages
9:39
and
9:40
it
9:40
says
9:40
scan
9:41
the
9:41
QR
9:42
code.
9:43
So
9:43
just
9:44
Stacy,
9:45
just
9:45
so
9:45
you
9:45
know,
9:46
so
9:46
I
9:46
scanned
9:46
the
9:47
QR
9:47
code
9:48
and
9:48
what
9:49
happened
9:50
from
9:50
my
9:50
experience,
9:51
and
9:51
I'm
9:51
just
9:52
sharing
9:52
this
9:52
with
9:52
you
9:53
is
9:53
it
9:53
came
9:53
back
9:54
and
9:54
it
9:54
said
9:54
unsafe
9:56
site.
9:57
Oh,
9:57
no.
9:58
Okay,
9:58
so
9:58
maybe
9:59
my
9:59
QR
9:59
code
10:00
is
10:00
broken
10:01
or
10:01
sensitive.
10:02
So
10:02
I
10:02
just
10:02
want
10:02
to
10:03
share
10:03
that
10:03
with
10:03
you
10:04
because
10:04
I'm
10:04
not
10:04
sure
10:04
if
10:05
anybody
10:05
said
10:06
that
10:06
to
10:06
you
10:06
yet.
10:07
But.
10:08
Yeah,
10:08
so
10:09
I
10:09
just.
10:09
I
10:10
just
10:10
scanned
10:10
it
10:11
on
10:11
my.
10:11
I've
10:11
got
10:11
the
10:12
latest
10:12
and
10:12
greatest
10:13
Apple
10:14
16.
10:14
And
10:15
I
10:15
scanned
10:15
it
10:16
and
10:16
it
10:16
bounced
10:17
back
10:17
and
10:17
it
10:17
said
10:18
unsafe
10:19
site.
10:20
So
10:20
I
10:20
just
10:20
want
10:20
to
10:21
share
10:21
that
10:21
with
10:21
you
10:22
because
10:22
I
10:22
know
10:22
you're
10:23
early
10:23
in.
10:23
In
10:24
getting
10:24
your
10:24
book
10:24
out
10:25
into
10:25
the
10:25
marketplace.
10:26
I
10:26
don't
10:26
want
10:27
people
10:27
saying.
10:28
Because
10:28
unless
10:29
you
10:29
are
10:29
able
10:30
to.
10:30
Someone
10:31
says
10:31
that
10:31
to
10:31
you,
10:31
you
10:32
don't
10:32
even
10:32
know
10:32
that.
10:32
Right?
10:33
Yeah,
10:33
I
10:34
had
10:34
no
10:34
idea,
10:34
actually.
10:35
So
10:35
thank
10:35
you.
10:35
I
10:35
will
10:36
be
10:36
checking
10:36
on
10:36
that
10:36
today.
10:37
Coming
10:37
back
10:38
to
10:38
that,
10:39
because
10:39
activity
10:40
pages
10:40
are
10:41
really
10:41
close
10:41
to
10:42
my
10:42
heart,
10:42
my
10:43
co
10:43
author's
10:44
heart,
10:44
who
10:44
happens
10:44
to
10:45
be
10:45
my
10:45
granddaughter.
10:46
We
10:46
actually
10:47
added
10:47
activity
10:48
pages
10:48
to
10:48
our
10:48
book.
10:49
So
10:49
right
10:49
at
10:49
the
10:50
end
10:50
of
10:50
our
10:50
book,
10:51
there's
10:51
activity
10:51
pages.
10:52
Ours
10:53
are
10:53
a
10:53
little
10:53
different
10:54
than
10:54
yours
10:54
because
10:55
you
10:55
have
10:55
coloring
10:56
pages.
10:57
Ours
10:57
are
10:58
developed
10:59
around
10:59
storytelling
11:00
and
11:00
building
11:00
your
11:01
own
11:01
story.
11:02
Tell
11:02
us
11:02
about
11:03
these
11:04
coloring
11:05
activity
11:06
pages
11:06
that
11:06
people
11:07
can
11:07
get
11:07
as
11:08
a
11:08
value
11:08
add
11:08
when
11:09
they
11:09
purchase
11:09
your
11:09
book.
11:10
Sure.
11:11
So
11:11
it
11:11
will
11:12
go
11:12
through
11:12
a
11:13
few
11:13
of
11:13
the
11:13
different
11:13
letters.
11:14
Like
11:14
in
11:14
some
11:14
of
11:15
them,
11:15
I
11:15
actually
11:15
took
11:16
the
11:16
big
11:16
picture
11:17
of
11:17
the
11:17
letter
11:17
out
11:18
and
11:18
I
11:18
just
11:19
have.
11:19
Let's
11:19
say
11:19
it's
11:20
the
11:20
D
11:20
page.
11:21
I
11:21
just
11:21
have
11:21
the
11:21
ducks
11:22
and
11:22
the
11:22
digging
11:22
in
11:22
the
11:23
dirt
11:23
and
11:23
the
11:23
drip.
11:24
And
11:24
it's
11:25
a
11:25
black
11:25
and
11:25
white
11:26
page
11:26
so
11:26
that
11:26
children
11:27
can
11:27
color
11:27
it
11:27
if
11:27
they
11:28
want
11:28
to.
11:28
But
11:28
it
11:29
also
11:29
asks
11:29
a
11:30
question
11:30
like,
11:31
which
11:31
letter
11:31
is
11:32
missing
11:32
from
11:32
this
11:32
page?
11:33
And
11:33
they
11:33
can
11:33
tell
11:34
that
11:34
from
11:34
the
11:34
ducks
11:34
and
11:35
the
11:35
drips
11:35
and
11:35
that
11:36
it's
11:36
the
11:36
letter
11:36
D,
11:36
Things
11:37
like
11:37
that.
11:37
So
11:37
it.
11:38
And
11:38
on
11:38
the
11:38
first
11:38
page
11:39
it
11:39
says,
11:39
can
11:39
you
11:39
count
11:39
the
11:40
number
11:40
of
11:40
apples
11:40
from
11:41
the
11:41
tree
11:41
where
11:41
the
11:41
alligator
11:42
is
11:42
hanging
11:42
out?
11:43
So
11:43
just
11:43
little
11:43
activities
11:44
where
11:44
they
11:44
can
11:44
interact
11:45
with
11:45
it
11:45
but
11:45
also
11:46
color
11:46
it.
11:46
Fantastic.
11:47
I
11:47
love
11:48
that.
11:48
I
11:48
love
11:48
that.
11:49
The
11:49
other
11:50
thing
11:50
that
11:50
I
11:50
noticed,
11:51
and
11:52
again,
11:52
I'm
11:53
going
11:53
to
11:53
show
11:53
you
11:54
is,
11:54
yes,
11:55
yesterday
11:56
I
11:56
had
11:56
the
11:56
opportunity
11:57
to
11:58
interview
11:58
this
11:59
author.
12:00
But
12:00
if
12:00
you.
12:00
What
12:01
I
12:01
wanted
12:01
to
12:01
show
12:02
you
12:02
is.
12:03
And
12:03
again,
12:04
for
12:04
the
12:04
listening
12:04
audience,
12:05
Lacy's
12:06
book.
12:07
A
12:07
lot
12:08
of
12:08
times
12:08
what
12:09
happens
12:09
is
12:10
a
12:10
lot
12:10
of
12:10
children's
12:11
books
12:11
are
12:11
eight
12:12
and
12:12
a
12:12
half
12:13
inches
12:13
by
12:14
eight
12:14
and
12:14
a
12:14
half
12:14
inches.
12:15
Now
12:15
Lacy's
12:16
book
12:16
is
12:17
actually
12:17
eight
12:17
and
12:17
a
12:18
half
12:18
by
12:18
11
12:19
inches.
12:19
Again,
12:20
something
12:20
a
12:21
little
12:21
different.
12:21
I
12:21
always
12:22
like
12:22
to
12:22
make
12:23
sure
12:23
that
12:23
aspiring
12:24
authors
12:25
and
12:25
even
12:25
book
12:26
readers
12:27
have
12:27
a
12:27
sense
12:28
about
12:28
your
12:28
book.
12:29
Tell
12:29
us
12:29
the
12:29
story
12:30
behind
12:31
not
12:31
going
12:31
with
12:32
what
12:32
seems
12:33
to
12:33
be
12:33
a
12:33
traditionally
12:34
normal
12:35
Size
12:35
for
12:36
a
12:36
children's
12:36
book
12:36
of
12:36
eight
12:37
and
12:37
a
12:37
half
12:37
by
12:37
eight
12:37
and
12:37
a
12:38
half.
12:38
Why
12:38
did
12:38
you
12:38
go
12:38
to
12:38
a
12:39
larger
12:39
size?
12:40
Sure.
12:41
So
12:41
on
12:41
each
12:42
of
12:42
the
12:42
pages,
12:42
there
12:43
are
12:43
the
12:43
four
12:44
line
12:44
rhymes
12:45
that
12:45
go
12:46
with
12:46
the
12:46
letter.
12:47
And
12:47
I
12:47
just
12:48
felt
12:48
like
12:48
there
12:48
were
12:48
so
12:49
many
12:49
elements.
12:50
Like,
12:50
on
12:50
the
12:50
first
12:51
page
12:51
with
12:51
the
12:51
A,
12:51
you
12:52
have
12:52
the
12:52
alligator
12:53
and
12:53
adventure
12:54
and
12:54
all
12:54
of
12:54
the
12:54
different.
12:55
The
12:55
Alphabet.
12:55
And
12:56
I
12:56
wanted
12:56
all
12:57
of
12:57
that
12:57
to
12:57
be
12:57
illustrated.
12:58
And
12:59
on
12:59
the
12:59
bee,
12:59
the
12:59
boats,
13:00
and
13:00
the
13:00
bugs
13:00
and
13:01
the.
13:01
I
13:01
just
13:01
wanted
13:02
the
13:02
children
13:02
to
13:02
be
13:02
able
13:02
to
13:03
see
13:03
everything.
13:04
And
13:04
my
13:04
illustrator
13:05
felt
13:05
like
13:05
with
13:06
the
13:06
shorter
13:07
kind
13:07
of
13:07
parameters,
13:08
that
13:08
it
13:08
was
13:08
harder
13:09
to
13:09
fit
13:09
everything
13:09
in
13:09
without
13:10
it
13:10
looking
13:10
kind
13:11
of
13:11
muddled
13:11
and
13:11
messy.
13:12
So
13:12
we
13:12
decided
13:13
to
13:13
go
13:13
with
13:13
the
13:13
bigger
13:14
size
13:14
so
13:14
she
13:15
would
13:15
have
13:15
more
13:15
room
13:16
to
13:16
illustrate
13:17
it
13:17
all.
13:17
You
13:17
know
13:18
what?
13:18
She
13:19
gave
13:19
you
13:19
great
13:19
advice.
13:20
It's
13:20
a
13:20
beautiful
13:21
book.
13:22
And
13:22
I
13:23
was
13:23
thinking
13:23
exactly
13:24
the
13:24
same
13:24
thing
13:25
as
13:25
you.
13:25
Even
13:25
though
13:25
I'm
13:26
not
13:26
an
13:26
illustrator
13:27
or
13:28
understand
13:28
the
13:29
four
13:29
quarters
13:30
or
13:30
all
13:30
of
13:30
that,
13:31
I
13:31
looked
13:31
at
13:31
it
13:31
and
13:32
said,
13:32
wow.
13:32
Yeah,
13:33
absolutely.
13:33
I
13:33
can
13:34
understand
13:34
why
13:35
you
13:35
went
13:35
to
13:35
this
13:36
size
13:37
of
13:37
a
13:37
book.
13:38
So
13:38
everyone
13:39
understands
13:39
that.
13:40
I
13:40
mean,
13:41
just
13:41
because
13:42
you
13:43
see
13:43
a
13:43
lot
13:43
of
13:43
children's
13:44
books
13:44
eight
13:44
and
13:45
a
13:45
half
13:45
by
13:45
eight
13:46
and
13:46
a
13:46
half,
13:46
that
13:47
doesn't
13:47
mean
13:47
you
13:47
have
13:48
to
13:48
take
13:48
that
13:48
approach,
13:49
especially
13:50
if
13:50
it
13:50
doesn't
13:51
suit
13:52
what
13:52
you're
13:53
trying
13:53
to
13:53
accomplish
13:54
through
13:54
the
13:55
children's
13:55
book.
13:55
So
13:56
thank
13:56
you
13:56
for
13:56
sharing
13:57
that.
13:57
Yeah,
13:57
of
13:58
course.
13:58
My
13:58
second
13:58
book
13:59
actually
13:59
will
13:59
be
13:59
kind
14:00
of
14:00
the
14:00
traditional
14:00
eight
14:00
and
14:01
a
14:01
half
14:01
by
14:01
eight
14:01
and
14:01
a
14:01
half,
14:02
just
14:02
because
14:02
the.
14:03
The
14:03
wording
14:03
and
14:04
the
14:04
illustrations
14:04
lend
14:05
themselves
14:05
to
14:05
it.
14:06
But,
14:06
you
14:06
know,
14:06
with
14:06
this
14:06
one,
14:07
I
14:07
went
14:07
back
14:07
and
14:08
forth
14:08
so,
14:08
so
14:08
many
14:08
times.
14:09
But
14:09
I.
14:09
I
14:09
am.
14:10
I'm
14:10
happy
14:10
with
14:11
the
14:11
choice
14:11
we
14:11
made
14:11
because
14:12
I.
14:12
I
14:12
love
14:12
the
14:12
way
14:13
that
14:13
illustrations
14:13
came
14:14
out.
14:14
Fantastic.
14:15
I
14:15
want
14:15
to
14:15
give
14:16
you
14:16
a
14:16
big
14:17
compliment
14:18
because
14:19
when
14:19
I
14:20
interview
14:20
a
14:21
lot
14:21
of
14:21
children's
14:22
book
14:22
authors,
14:22
especially
14:23
if
14:23
they've
14:23
only
14:23
written
14:24
their
14:24
first
14:24
book,
14:25
and
14:26
I
14:26
have
14:27
to
14:27
put
14:27
that
14:27
myself
14:28
in
14:28
the
14:28
same
14:28
boat.
14:29
And
14:29
one
14:29
of
14:29
the
14:30
things
14:30
that
14:30
I
14:31
did
14:31
was
14:32
when
14:32
we
14:32
first
14:33
brought
14:34
our
14:34
book
14:34
to
14:34
market,
14:35
I
14:35
didn't
14:36
have
14:36
what's
14:36
called
14:36
a
14:37
book
14:37
plate,
14:38
but
14:38
now
14:38
I've
14:38
been
14:39
actually
14:40
almost
14:40
standing
14:41
on
14:41
a
14:41
soapbox.
14:42
And
14:42
I
14:43
don't.
14:43
It's
14:43
not
14:43
like
14:43
I
14:44
want
14:44
to
14:44
give
14:44
everybody
14:45
a
14:45
sermon
14:46
here,
14:46
but
14:46
I.
14:47
You
14:47
know,
14:47
I've
14:47
been
14:47
standing
14:48
on
14:48
the.
14:48
On
14:48
the
14:49
soapbox,
14:50
saying,
14:50
you
14:50
need
14:51
to
14:51
add
14:51
a
14:52
book
14:52
plate
14:52
to
14:53
the
14:53
front
14:53
of
14:54
your
14:54
book.
14:55
And
14:55
everybody
14:56
goes,
14:56
what's
14:56
a
14:56
book
14:57
plate?
14:57
I've
14:57
been
14:57
explaining
14:58
that
14:58
we
14:59
added
14:59
a
14:59
book
14:59
plate
15:00
to
15:00
our
15:00
book
15:01
and
15:02
what
15:02
it
15:02
is.
15:03
And
15:03
in
15:03
Our
15:04
book,
15:04
it's
15:04
actually
15:05
a
15:05
heart
15:06
that
15:06
looks
15:06
like,
15:06
just
15:07
like
15:07
back
15:07
here.
15:08
Looks
15:08
like
15:08
a.
15:08
Right.
15:09
So
15:09
in
15:09
our,
15:10
our
15:10
adventures
15:10
in
15:11
the
15:11
heart
15:11
of
15:11
children's
15:12
book
15:12
authors,
15:12
our
15:12
logo,
15:13
it's
15:13
like
15:14
a
15:14
trunk
15:14
of
15:15
a
15:15
tree
15:16
in
15:16
the
15:16
form
15:17
of
15:17
a
15:17
heart.
15:18
And
15:18
so
15:18
what
15:18
we
15:19
did
15:19
is
15:19
we
15:20
put
15:20
this
15:21
book
15:21
belongs
15:22
to
15:23
and
15:23
then
15:24
there's
15:24
an
15:25
area
15:25
for
15:25
messages.
15:26
And
15:26
I
15:27
noticed
15:27
you
15:27
did
15:27
that
15:28
in
15:28
your
15:28
book.
15:29
As
15:29
a
15:29
first
15:29
time
15:30
children's
15:31
book
15:31
author,
15:31
I
15:32
thought,
15:32
wow,
15:32
she's
15:33
onto
15:33
something
15:34
here.
15:34
Good
15:35
for
15:35
her.
15:36
Tell
15:36
us
15:36
a
15:36
little
15:36
bit
15:37
about
15:37
how
15:38
that
15:38
all
15:38
happened
15:39
for
15:39
you
15:40
to
15:40
cut.
15:40
Kind
15:41
of
15:41
took
15:41
a
15:41
jump
15:42
over
15:42
what
15:43
a
15:43
lot
15:43
of
15:44
first
15:44
time
15:44
book
15:45
authors
15:46
they
15:46
don't
15:46
do.
15:47
When
15:47
I
15:47
was
15:47
kind
15:47
of
15:48
in
15:48
the
15:48
talks
15:48
with
15:48
my
15:49
illustrator
15:49
and
15:49
what
15:49
we
15:50
wanted
15:50
on
15:50
each
15:50
page,
15:51
I
15:51
have,
15:51
we
15:51
have
15:52
a
15:52
ton
15:52
of
15:53
books
15:53
of
15:53
children's
15:54
books
15:54
at
15:54
my
15:54
house.
15:54
My
15:54
boys
15:55
are
15:55
both
15:55
readers.
15:56
My
15:57
almost
15:57
10
15:58
year
15:58
old
15:58
still
15:58
loves
15:59
like
15:59
our
16:00
nighttime
16:00
reading.
16:01
And
16:01
I've
16:01
just
16:01
seen
16:02
so
16:02
many
16:02
children's
16:03
books
16:03
that
16:03
have
16:03
that
16:03
in
16:04
there
16:04
and
16:04
I
16:04
think
16:04
it's
16:05
such
16:05
a
16:05
special
16:05
little
16:06
extra
16:06
touch.
16:07
So
16:07
I
16:07
made
16:07
sure
16:08
to
16:08
tell
16:08
my
16:08
illustrator
16:09
that
16:09
I
16:09
wanted
16:09
a
16:09
page,
16:10
you
16:10
know,
16:10
where
16:11
they
16:11
can
16:11
write
16:11
their
16:11
name
16:11
in
16:11
there
16:12
and
16:12
they
16:12
feel
16:12
like
16:12
they
16:13
have
16:13
ownership
16:13
over
16:14
the
16:14
books.
16:14
Absolutely.
16:15
I
16:15
keep
16:16
saying
16:16
to
16:16
the
16:17
audience
16:17
that,
16:18
remember
16:18
one
16:19
thing,
16:19
most
16:20
children
16:21
don't
16:21
have
16:22
20
16:22
bucks
16:22
sitting
16:23
in
16:23
their
16:23
pocket
16:24
and
16:24
they're
16:24
going
16:24
out
16:25
and
16:25
buying
16:25
their
16:25
own
16:26
children's
16:26
book.
16:27
So
16:27
most
16:28
children's
16:28
books
16:29
are
16:29
given
16:29
as
16:29
gifts
16:30
from
16:30
their
16:30
parents
16:31
or
16:31
grandparents
16:32
or
16:32
family
16:33
friend.
16:34
And
16:34
a
16:34
lot
16:35
of
16:35
times
16:36
you
16:37
want
16:37
to
16:37
write
16:37
a
16:37
message
16:38
but
16:38
you
16:38
think,
16:38
oh,
16:39
like
16:40
I
16:40
don't
16:40
want
16:40
to
16:41
make
16:41
the
16:41
book
16:42
messy,
16:42
but
16:42
where
16:43
do
16:43
I
16:43
put
16:43
my
16:43
message?
16:44
So
16:44
to
16:45
actually
16:45
give
16:46
parents
16:46
or
16:46
grandparents
16:47
or
16:47
a
16:47
friend
16:48
permission
16:50
in
16:50
a,
16:51
there's
16:51
a
16:51
little
16:51
spot
16:52
to
16:52
write
16:52
your
16:53
message.
16:54
It's
16:54
kind
16:54
of
16:54
neat.
16:54
The
16:55
other
16:55
thing
16:55
is
16:56
if
16:57
a
16:57
child
16:57
and
16:58
a
16:58
parent
16:58
or
16:59
a
16:59
grandparent
17:00
are
17:00
out
17:00
with,
17:01
at
17:01
a,
17:01
at
17:01
a
17:01
book
17:02
signing
17:02
with
17:02
the
17:02
children's
17:03
book
17:03
author,
17:04
again,
17:04
they
17:05
are
17:05
giving
17:05
the
17:06
children's
17:07
book
17:07
author
17:07
permission
17:08
to
17:08
maybe
17:08
write
17:08
a
17:09
message
17:09
on
17:10
the
17:10
book
17:10
plate.
17:11
So,
17:12
so
17:12
thank
17:12
you.
17:12
That's.
17:13
I
17:13
think
17:13
that's
17:13
just
17:13
a
17:14
really
17:15
neat
17:15
thing
17:16
to
17:16
do.
17:16
Thank
17:17
you.
17:17
You're
17:17
welcome.
17:18
I
17:19
noticed
17:19
you,
17:19
you
17:20
don't
17:20
have
17:20
a
17:20
website
17:21
currently.
17:22
I
17:22
do,
17:22
yes.
17:23
Oh,
17:23
do
17:23
you
17:23
have
17:23
a
17:24
website?
17:24
Yes,
17:25
I
17:25
do.
17:25
Okay.
17:26
So
17:27
my
17:27
apologies.
17:28
So
17:28
I
17:28
must
17:28
have
17:29
missed
17:29
your
17:29
website.
17:30
It
17:30
might
17:31
not
17:31
actually.
17:32
I
17:32
don't
17:32
know
17:32
if
17:32
I
17:32
was
17:33
fully
17:33
finished
17:33
with
17:34
it
17:34
until
17:34
after
17:35
the
17:35
book
17:35
was
17:36
out.
17:36
It
17:37
might
17:37
not
17:37
be
17:37
in
17:37
there.
17:38
Remember
17:38
now,
17:39
you
17:39
know
17:39
what?
17:40
Because
17:40
I
17:40
even
17:40
went
17:41
to
17:41
the
17:41
back,
17:41
very
17:42
backward.
17:42
It's
17:43
a
17:43
copyright
17:44
portion.
17:44
Yes.
17:45
I
17:45
need
17:45
to
17:46
get
17:46
that
17:46
included,
17:46
I
17:47
guess,
17:47
in
17:47
my
17:47
book.
17:48
I
17:48
do
17:48
have
17:48
one
17:48
now.
17:49
Okay.
17:51
So
17:51
no
17:52
problem,
17:52
no
17:52
problem.
17:53
I,
17:53
I
17:53
always
17:54
talk
17:54
to
17:54
children's
17:55
book
17:55
authors
17:55
and
17:55
I
17:56
always
17:56
tell
17:56
the
17:56
story
17:57
that
17:57
when
17:58
we
17:58
first
17:58
brought
17:59
our
17:59
book
18:00
to
18:00
market,
18:01
we
18:01
were
18:01
so
18:01
excited
18:02
to
18:02
just
18:02
get
18:02
it
18:03
published
18:04
and
18:04
into
18:05
the
18:05
world.
18:06
And
18:06
then
18:07
about
18:08
a
18:08
month
18:08
before
18:09
we
18:09
brought
18:09
it
18:09
out,
18:09
somebody
18:10
said,
18:10
oh,
18:11
so
18:11
what's
18:11
your,
18:11
what's
18:12
your
18:12
website
18:12
address?
18:14
I
18:14
said,
18:15
website
18:15
address?
18:16
Yeah,
18:17
like,
18:17
like
18:17
how
18:18
do
18:18
I
18:18
find
18:18
out
18:18
about
18:19
more
18:19
about
18:19
your
18:19
book
18:20
and
18:20
where
18:20
do
18:20
I
18:21
buy
18:21
your
18:21
book?
18:21
It
18:21
took
18:22
us
18:22
about
18:22
six
18:22
months
18:23
before
18:23
we
18:24
actually
18:24
came
18:25
and
18:25
developed
18:25
our
18:26
own
18:26
website
18:26
to
18:27
support
18:27
our
18:27
book.
18:28
Tell
18:28
everybody
18:29
the
18:29
name
18:29
of
18:30
your.
18:30
We'll
18:31
put
18:31
this
18:31
in
18:31
the
18:31
show
18:32
notes,
18:32
but
18:32
tell
18:32
us
18:32
the
18:33
name
18:33
of
18:33
your
18:33
website.
18:34
It's
18:34
authorlaceymore.com
18:37
and
18:38
then/en-us/.
18:42
I
18:43
talk
18:43
to
18:43
children
18:44
book
18:44
authors
18:44
about
18:45
their
18:46
website.
18:46
I
18:47
generally
18:47
find
18:48
there's
18:48
two
18:49
things
18:49
that
18:50
happen.
18:50
Either
18:51
like
18:52
in
18:52
our
18:52
case,
18:53
myself
18:53
and
18:53
my
18:54
granddaughter,
18:55
we
18:55
decided
18:56
to,
18:57
we're
18:57
writing
18:58
a
18:58
book
18:58
series,
18:59
what's
18:59
called
18:59
the
18:59
Adventures
19:00
of
19:00
Caboose
19:00
the
19:01
Rocky
19:01
Mountain
19:01
Bear.
19:02
And
19:02
we've
19:02
written
19:03
38
19:04
stories
19:05
in
19:05
the
19:05
series.
19:06
So,
19:07
so
19:07
our
19:07
intention
19:08
is
19:08
that
19:09
it'll
19:09
be
19:10
a
19:10
book
19:11
series.
19:11
And
19:11
so
19:12
we've
19:12
named
19:12
our,
19:13
our
19:14
website
19:14
after
19:15
the
19:15
Rocky
19:15
Mountain
19:16
Bear
19:16
in
19:17
your
19:17
case.
19:17
And
19:17
I
19:18
find
19:18
this
19:18
with
19:18
a,
19:19
with
19:19
a
19:19
lot
19:19
of
19:19
children's
19:20
book
19:20
authors
19:21
is
19:21
they
19:22
actually
19:23
use
19:23
their
19:24
name
19:24
for
19:25
their
19:25
website.
19:26
So
19:27
can
19:27
you
19:27
explain,
19:28
so
19:28
that
19:28
people
19:29
understand,
19:30
explain
19:30
to
19:31
us
19:31
why
19:31
you
19:32
chose
19:32
to
19:32
use
19:33
your
19:33
author's
19:34
name
19:34
for
19:34
your
19:35
website?
19:36
Sure,
19:36
I
19:36
think
19:37
just
19:37
because
19:38
while
19:38
I
19:39
plan
19:39
on
19:39
writing
19:40
many,
19:40
many
19:40
more
19:41
books,
19:41
hopefully
19:41
they're
19:42
not
19:42
all
19:42
like
19:43
yours,
19:43
going
19:43
to
19:44
be
19:44
in
19:44
one
19:44
series.
19:45
So
19:45
I
19:45
didn't
19:45
want
19:45
to
19:46
tie
19:46
it
19:46
down
19:46
with
19:47
just
19:47
kind
19:48
of
19:48
one
19:48
subject
19:49
matter
19:49
for
19:49
the
19:49
name
19:49
of
19:49
it.
19:50
So
19:50
I
19:50
thought
19:50
if
19:51
I
19:51
go
19:51
with
19:51
my
19:51
name,
19:52
that
19:52
is,
19:52
you
19:52
know,
19:53
when
19:53
people
19:53
see
19:53
my
19:53
book,
19:54
they
19:54
can
19:54
look
19:54
me
19:54
up
19:54
by
19:55
my
19:55
name
19:55
and
19:55
hopefully
19:55
find
19:56
my
19:56
way
19:56
website
19:57
that
19:57
way.
19:57
And
19:58
yeah,
19:58
so
19:59
I
19:59
guess
19:59
just
20:00
because
20:00
of
20:00
the
20:00
variety
20:01
of
20:01
different
20:01
books
20:02
I
20:02
plan
20:02
on
20:02
writing,
20:03
I
20:03
didn't
20:03
want
20:03
to
20:03
be
20:03
kind
20:03
of
20:04
locked
20:04
into
20:05
one
20:05
thing.
20:05
Okay,
20:06
fantastic.
20:06
No,
20:07
and,
20:07
and,
20:07
and
20:08
you
20:08
know
20:08
what?
20:08
That's
20:08
what
20:09
I'm
20:09
finding
20:10
is
20:10
that
20:10
some
20:11
people
20:11
have
20:12
a
20:12
book
20:13
series
20:14
and
20:14
they
20:14
have
20:15
multiple
20:16
books.
20:16
So
20:17
they
20:17
of
20:17
course
20:18
name
20:18
their
20:18
website
20:19
after
20:20
their
20:20
main
20:21
theme
20:23
or
20:23
main
20:24
character
20:25
or
20:26
in
20:26
your
20:26
case
20:27
is
20:28
that
20:28
you're
20:28
going
20:28
to
20:29
have
20:29
multiple
20:29
children's
20:30
books.
20:31
However,
20:31
you're
20:32
going
20:32
to
20:33
have
20:33
different
20:34
themes
20:34
and
20:35
different
20:35
characters.
20:36
As
20:36
you
20:37
take
20:37
this
20:37
children's
20:38
book
20:38
author
20:38
journey.
20:39
Absolutely.
20:40
Okay.
20:42
I
20:43
want
20:43
to
20:43
get
20:43
into
20:43
motivation
20:44
for
20:44
a
20:45
moment.
20:45
And
20:46
as
20:46
a
20:47
knit
20:47
English
20:48
teacher
20:48
and
20:49
a
20:49
mother
20:49
of
20:49
two
20:49
young
20:50
boys,
20:51
I'm
20:51
curious,
20:52
they
20:53
might
20:53
have
20:53
been
20:53
your
20:53
motivation,
20:54
but
20:54
I,
20:54
I
20:55
never
20:55
want
20:55
to
20:56
pigeonhole
20:57
anybody
20:57
that
20:58
that
20:58
was
20:58
their
20:58
main
20:59
motivation.
20:59
But
21:00
did
21:00
you
21:00
have
21:00
a
21:00
specific
21:01
person
21:02
or
21:03
event
21:03
happen
21:04
to
21:04
you
21:04
and
21:04
you
21:05
say,
21:05
ah,
21:06
I
21:06
want
21:06
to
21:07
write
21:07
a
21:07
children's
21:08
book.
21:08
So
21:09
tell
21:09
us
21:09
about
21:09
your
21:09
motivation.
21:11
I
21:11
do.
21:11
So,
21:12
of
21:12
course,
21:12
yes.
21:12
My
21:12
sons
21:13
are
21:13
part
21:14
of
21:14
the
21:14
motivation.
21:15
And
21:15
like
21:15
I
21:15
said,
21:16
my
21:16
youngest,
21:16
I
21:17
was
21:17
writing
21:17
the
21:17
rhymes
21:18
to
21:18
help
21:19
him.
21:19
But
21:20
once
21:20
I
21:20
put
21:20
it
21:20
all
21:21
together,
21:21
I
21:21
actually
21:21
sent,
21:22
I'm
21:22
in
21:22
a
21:22
group
21:23
text
21:23
with
21:23
my
21:23
mom
21:23
and
21:24
my
21:24
sisters
21:24
and
21:25
I
21:25
sent
21:25
it
21:25
to
21:25
them
21:26
and
21:26
I
21:26
said,
21:26
hey,
21:26
you
21:27
know,
21:27
this
21:27
is
21:27
what
21:27
I've
21:28
been
21:28
doing
21:28
with
21:28
Lincoln
21:29
and
21:29
he's
21:29
loving
21:30
it.
21:30
And
21:30
my
21:30
oldest
21:31
sister
21:31
is
21:31
a
21:31
kindergarten
21:32
teacher.
21:32
She
21:33
has
21:33
been
21:33
for
21:33
over
21:33
20
21:34
years.
21:34
And
21:34
she
21:34
said,
21:35
I
21:35
need
21:35
to
21:35
have
21:36
this
21:36
in
21:36
my
21:36
classroom.
21:37
And
21:37
I
21:37
said,
21:37
what
21:37
do
21:37
you
21:38
mean?
21:38
And
21:38
she
21:38
said,
21:38
this
21:39
needs
21:39
to
21:39
be
21:39
a
21:39
book
21:40
in
21:40
my
21:40
classroom
21:41
at
21:41
the
21:41
beginning
21:41
of
21:41
the
21:41
year
21:42
so
21:42
that
21:42
I
21:42
can
21:43
help
21:43
my
21:44
kindergarteners
21:44
with
21:44
their
21:45
letter.
21:45
She
21:45
said,
21:45
you
21:45
wouldn't
21:46
believe
21:46
how
21:46
many
21:46
come
21:46
in
21:47
that
21:47
have
21:47
no
21:48
idea,
21:48
you
21:48
know,
21:48
their
21:49
letter
21:49
sounds,
21:49
which
21:49
is
21:49
fine.
21:50
And
21:50
I
21:50
thought,
21:50
oh,
21:51
my
21:51
goodness,
21:51
I've
21:52
always
21:52
wanted
21:52
to
21:52
write
21:52
a
21:53
book.
21:53
I've
21:53
never,
21:53
you
21:53
know,
21:54
with
21:54
teaching.
21:54
That
21:55
was
21:55
my
21:55
full
21:55
time
21:55
job.
21:56
It
21:56
was
21:56
always
21:56
a,
21:57
yeah,
21:57
maybe
21:57
one
21:57
day
21:58
kind
21:58
of
21:58
thing
21:59
in
21:59
the
21:59
back
21:59
of
21:59
my
21:59
mind.
21:59
And
22:00
I
22:00
thought,
22:00
okay,
22:00
today's
22:01
the
22:01
day.
22:01
It's
22:02
one
22:02
day.
22:02
Now
22:02
my
22:03
oldest
22:03
sister
22:03
is
22:03
really
22:04
the
22:04
one
22:04
who
22:04
motivated
22:05
me
22:05
to
22:05
actually
22:05
turn
22:05
it
22:06
into
22:06
a
22:06
real
22:07
tangible
22:07
thing.
22:08
Fantastic.
22:09
That's
22:09
why
22:10
I
22:10
always
22:10
ask,
22:11
because
22:11
people
22:12
never
22:12
know
22:13
exactly
22:13
where
22:13
your
22:14
motivation
22:14
comes
22:15
from.
22:15
And
22:16
you
22:16
know,
22:16
a
22:16
lot
22:16
of
22:17
times
22:17
they
22:17
might
22:17
think
22:18
it's
22:18
a
22:18
child
22:19
or
22:19
a
22:19
grandchild,
22:20
but
22:20
you,
22:20
you're
22:21
never
22:21
quite
22:21
sure
22:22
how,
22:23
how
22:23
the
22:23
motivation
22:24
comes
22:24
about.
22:25
So
22:25
your,
22:26
your
22:26
sister
22:27
must
22:27
have
22:27
been
22:28
ecstatic
22:29
to
22:29
get
22:29
your
22:29
book.
22:30
She's
22:30
already
22:30
ordered
22:31
one.
22:31
Some
22:31
of
22:31
her
22:31
teacher
22:32
friends
22:32
have
22:32
already
22:32
ordered
22:33
one
22:33
so
22:33
that
22:33
they
22:33
have
22:33
it
22:34
for
22:34
next
22:34
year
22:34
when
22:34
the
22:35
school
22:35
year
22:35
starts.
22:36
So
22:36
I
22:37
guess
22:37
it's
22:37
something
22:37
that
22:37
teachers
22:38
really
22:38
feel
22:38
like
22:38
they
22:39
can
22:39
use,
22:39
which
22:39
was
22:39
really,
22:40
you
22:40
know,
22:40
the
22:40
whole
22:40
point
22:41
was
22:41
I
22:41
want
22:41
it
22:41
to
22:42
be
22:42
able
22:42
to
22:42
help
22:42
people
22:42
teach
22:43
children
22:44
the
22:44
Alphabet
22:44
in
22:44
a
22:45
memorable
22:46
way.
22:46
Well,
22:46
you've
22:47
done,
22:47
you've
22:47
done
22:47
an
22:48
excellent
22:48
job.
22:49
Thank
22:49
you
22:49
very
22:50
much.
22:50
You're
22:50
more
22:50
than
22:51
welcome.
22:51
And
22:51
I,
22:51
I
22:52
love
22:52
it
22:52
because
22:52
I,
22:53
I
22:53
want
22:53
to
22:54
talk
22:54
a
22:54
little
22:54
bit
22:54
about
22:55
character
22:55
development.
22:56
When
22:56
I
22:56
look
22:56
at
22:57
your
22:57
book,
22:58
there's
22:58
so
22:58
Many
22:58
characters.
22:59
I
22:59
love
22:59
the
23:00
alligator
23:01
right
23:01
at
23:01
the
23:01
beginning.
23:02
Thank
23:02
you.
23:02
He
23:03
or
23:03
she
23:03
is
23:03
so
23:04
cute.
23:04
It's
23:05
fantastic.
23:06
The
23:06
neat
23:06
thing
23:06
about
23:07
what
23:07
your
23:08
book
23:08
is
23:08
you've
23:08
really
23:09
got
23:10
all
23:10
kinds
23:10
of
23:11
different
23:11
characters,
23:12
like
23:13
monkeys
23:14
and,
23:14
and
23:15
humans
23:15
and
23:16
kangaroos
23:17
and
23:18
so
23:18
jellyfish.
23:19
So
23:20
many
23:20
different
23:20
characters.
23:21
So
23:22
I'm
23:23
not.
23:23
So
23:24
obviously
23:24
there's
23:25
not
23:25
one
23:25
main
23:26
character.
23:26
I
23:26
guess
23:26
we
23:26
could
23:27
call
23:27
your
23:27
alligator
23:28
maybe
23:29
the
23:29
star
23:30
or
23:30
maybe
23:30
not
23:30
the
23:31
star,
23:31
and
23:31
he's
23:32
certainly
23:32
not
23:32
the
23:32
main
23:33
character.
23:34
But
23:35
talk
23:35
to
23:35
us
23:35
about
23:36
the
23:36
character
23:36
development
23:37
for
23:37
each
23:38
letter.
23:38
You
23:39
don't
23:39
have
23:39
to
23:39
be
23:39
specific,
23:40
but
23:40
just
23:41
tell
23:41
us,
23:41
how
23:41
did
23:41
you
23:42
come
23:42
up
23:42
with
23:42
all
23:42
of
23:43
these
23:43
different
23:43
characters?
23:44
Because
23:44
there
23:44
is
23:45
Holy
23:46
jumping.
23:46
Lots
23:47
of
23:47
characters.
23:48
I
23:48
think
23:48
it's
23:48
very
23:49
important
23:49
that
23:49
when
23:50
children
23:50
first
23:50
start
23:51
learning
23:51
the
23:51
Alphabet,
23:52
that
23:52
they
23:52
learn
23:53
the
23:54
most
23:54
basic
23:55
sound
23:55
that
23:55
the
23:55
letter
23:56
makes.
23:56
That.
23:56
That
23:56
makes
23:56
sense.
23:57
I.
23:57
It's.
23:57
It's
23:58
hard
23:58
to
23:58
get
23:58
children
23:59
to
23:59
understand
23:59
that,
23:59
you
23:59
know,
24:00
a
24:00
says
24:01
A,
24:01
but
24:01
it
24:01
also
24:01
says
24:02
ah
24:02
and
24:02
A,
24:03
and,
24:03
you
24:03
know,
24:03
it
24:03
makes
24:04
all
24:04
these.
24:04
So
24:04
I
24:04
really
24:05
tried
24:05
to
24:05
stick
24:05
with
24:06
words
24:06
that
24:06
just
24:06
focus
24:07
on
24:07
the
24:07
main
24:08
sound,
24:08
and
24:08
that's
24:09
kind
24:09
of
24:09
how
24:09
it
24:10
developed
24:10
into
24:11
the
24:11
characters.
24:11
And
24:12
the
24:12
words
24:12
I
24:12
chose
24:13
was
24:13
sticking
24:13
to
24:14
those
24:14
main
24:14
basic
24:15
sounds.
24:15
That.
24:16
Awesome
24:16
job.
24:16
I
24:17
loved
24:17
it.
24:17
I,
24:17
I,
24:18
I.
24:18
Thank
24:18
you.
24:19
It's.
24:19
It's
24:19
such,
24:20
it's
24:20
just
24:20
a
24:20
great
24:21
technique.
24:21
And,
24:22
and
24:22
again,
24:23
sharing
24:24
with
24:24
everyone
24:24
is
24:25
that,
24:25
you
24:25
know,
24:26
it's
24:26
not
24:26
only
24:27
for
24:28
young
24:28
readers
24:29
that
24:29
will
24:30
get
24:30
the
24:30
most
24:31
a
24:31
lot
24:31
out
24:31
of
24:31
this
24:32
book.
24:32
It's
24:32
also
24:33
for
24:34
aspiring
24:35
authors
24:35
to
24:35
realize
24:36
there's
24:36
different
24:36
ways
24:37
of
24:37
doing
24:37
things,
24:38
and
24:39
some
24:39
of
24:39
the
24:39
skills
24:40
that
24:40
you
24:40
bring.
24:41
Don't,
24:41
don't
24:42
leave
24:42
them
24:43
off
24:43
the
24:43
table.
24:44
Incorporate
24:45
them
24:45
into
24:45
your
24:45
book
24:46
like
24:46
Lacy
24:47
did.
24:47
It's
24:47
just
24:48
incredible.
24:49
Thank
24:49
you.
24:50
I
24:50
know
24:50
you
24:50
dedicated
24:52
the
24:52
book
24:52
to
24:53
your
24:53
two
24:53
sons.
24:54
I
24:54
think
24:54
you
24:54
said
24:54
they're
24:54
9
24:55
and
24:55
3
24:55
or
24:56
9
24:56
and
24:56
4.
24:57
9
24:57
and
24:57
3.
24:58
9
24:58
and
24:58
3.
24:59
And
25:00
are
25:00
they
25:01
reflected
25:02
in
25:02
any
25:02
of
25:02
the
25:03
characters
25:03
in
25:03
the
25:04
book?
25:05
My
25:05
youngest
25:06
son
25:06
goes
25:06
through,
25:06
and
25:07
he
25:07
tells
25:07
me,
25:08
you
25:08
know,
25:08
which
25:09
ones
25:10
he
25:10
feels
25:10
like.
25:10
He'll
25:11
say,
25:11
mommy,
25:11
this
25:11
one's
25:11
me,
25:12
you
25:12
know,
25:12
and
25:13
he.
25:13
All
25:13
of
25:13
the
25:13
ones
25:14
that
25:14
have
25:15
girls
25:15
on
25:15
the
25:15
page
25:15
that
25:15
have
25:16
blonde
25:16
hair
25:16
like
25:16
me,
25:17
Mommy,
25:17
that's
25:17
you.
25:17
And
25:18
so
25:18
he
25:18
kind
25:18
of
25:18
goes
25:19
through.
25:19
I
25:19
don't
25:20
know
25:20
if
25:20
I
25:21
necessarily
25:22
had
25:23
her
25:23
design
25:23
any
25:23
of
25:24
them
25:24
after
25:24
them,
25:24
but
25:25
on
25:25
the
25:25
C
25:26
page,
25:26
where
25:27
it
25:27
says,
25:28
come
25:28
listen,
25:29
if
25:29
you're
25:29
sad,
25:29
it's
25:29
okay
25:30
to
25:30
cry.
25:30
That
25:30
is
25:30
something
25:31
that
25:31
I
25:31
say
25:31
to
25:32
both
25:32
of
25:32
my
25:32
children
25:32
all
25:33
the
25:33
time.
25:33
If
25:33
they
25:34
are
25:34
crying
25:34
and
25:34
melting
25:35
down
25:35
and
25:35
just
25:35
having
25:35
a
25:36
moment,
25:36
I
25:36
tell
25:36
them
25:36
it's
25:36
okay
25:37
to
25:37
cry,
25:38
but
25:38
after
25:38
you
25:38
take
25:38
a
25:38
deep
25:39
breath,
25:39
then
25:39
you
25:40
can
25:40
tell
25:40
me
25:40
about
25:40
what's
25:41
going
25:41
on.
25:41
You
25:41
know,
25:41
it's
25:41
okay
25:42
to
25:42
cry,
25:42
but.
25:43
So
25:43
there
25:43
were
25:43
certain
25:44
words
25:44
that
25:44
I
25:44
chose.
25:45
Fantastic.
25:46
So
25:47
I
25:47
know,
25:47
and
25:48
I
25:48
know
25:48
we're
25:48
talking
25:49
about
25:49
scaly
25:50
feet
25:50
and
25:50
the
25:50
sound.
25:51
So
25:51
sweet.
25:51
But
25:52
you
25:53
also
25:53
mentioned
25:54
your
25:54
next
25:54
book.
25:55
Is
25:55
your
25:55
next
25:55
book
25:56
going
25:56
to
25:56
have
25:56
a
25:57
main
25:57
character
25:58
or
25:58
is
25:59
it
25:59
again,
25:59
something
26:00
fairly
26:01
broad
26:01
like
26:02
this
26:02
book?
26:03
It's
26:03
another
26:03
early
26:04
learning,
26:04
except
26:05
this
26:05
time
26:05
I'm
26:05
going
26:05
to
26:05
focus
26:06
on
26:06
numbers
26:06
and
26:07
kind
26:07
of
26:07
the
26:07
sequence
26:07
of
26:08
numbers,
26:08
but
26:08
still
26:08
with
26:09
the
26:09
silly
26:09
characters
26:10
and
26:10
the
26:10
rhymes
26:11
and
26:11
the
26:11
kind
26:11
of
26:12
interesting
26:12
situations
26:13
that
26:13
these
26:13
numbers
26:13
are
26:14
going
26:14
to
26:14
get
26:14
themselves
26:14
into.
26:15
But
26:15
yes,
26:15
still
26:15
an
26:16
early
26:16
learning
26:17
without
26:17
just
26:18
one
26:18
character.
26:19
Good
26:19
for
26:19
you.
26:20
Sharing
26:20
with
26:21
everyone
26:21
is
26:21
that
26:22
you,
26:22
you
26:22
don't
26:23
have
26:23
to
26:23
have
26:24
a,
26:24
a
26:25
formula,
26:25
a
26:26
set
26:26
formula
26:27
as
26:27
a,
26:28
as
26:28
children's
26:29
book
26:29
authors,
26:30
children
26:30
are
26:30
so
26:30
creative
26:31
and,
26:31
and
26:32
they
26:32
have
26:32
a
26:32
huge
26:33
imagination.
26:34
As
26:34
a
26:34
children's
26:35
book
26:35
author,
26:36
you
26:36
should
26:37
have
26:37
a
26:38
huge
26:38
imagination
26:39
and
26:40
be
26:40
creative
26:40
just
26:41
like
26:41
Lacy's
26:42
being,
26:42
and
26:43
understand
26:43
that
26:44
you
26:44
can
26:45
have
26:45
lots
26:46
of
26:46
characters
26:46
and
26:47
lots
26:47
of
26:47
fun
26:48
like
26:48
Lacy's
26:49
done,
26:49
or
26:49
you
26:49
can
26:49
have
26:50
a
26:50
main
26:50
character
26:51
like
26:51
we've
26:52
done
26:52
with
26:52
Caboose,
26:53
the
26:53
Rocky
26:53
Mountain
26:54
Bear,
26:54
and
26:54
then
26:55
bring
26:55
in
26:55
new
26:55
characters
26:56
as
26:56
you
26:56
go
26:57
along.
26:57
There's
26:58
no
26:58
right
26:58
or
26:59
wrong
26:59
way
26:59
of
26:59
doing
27:00
this.
27:00
I
27:00
just
27:00
want
27:01
everybody
27:01
to
27:01
understand
27:02
that.
27:02
Talk
27:03
to
27:03
us
27:03
about
27:04
your
27:05
theme.
27:05
So
27:06
talk
27:06
to
27:06
us
27:06
about
27:06
the
27:07
theme
27:07
of
27:07
a
27:07
rhyming
27:08
Alphabet.
27:09
I
27:09
know
27:09
that
27:09
children
27:10
learn
27:10
better,
27:11
especially
27:11
younger
27:11
children
27:12
learn
27:12
better
27:13
or
27:13
they
27:13
can
27:14
remember
27:14
better
27:15
when
27:15
things
27:15
rhyme.
27:16
So
27:16
I
27:16
knew
27:16
right
27:16
off
27:17
the
27:17
bat
27:17
that
27:17
I
27:17
wanted
27:17
them
27:18
to
27:18
rhyme
27:18
even
27:18
when
27:19
I
27:19
just
27:19
started
27:19
with
27:20
just
27:20
my
27:20
son.
27:21
Because
27:21
rhyming
27:22
helps
27:22
kind
27:22
of.
27:22
It
27:22
has
27:23
a
27:23
rhythm
27:23
to
27:23
it
27:24
and
27:24
kids
27:24
really
27:24
respond
27:25
to
27:25
that
27:25
rhythm
27:26
and
27:26
that
27:26
almost
27:26
song
27:27
like
27:27
quality.
27:28
So
27:28
I
27:28
knew
27:28
I
27:29
wanted
27:29
it
27:29
to
27:29
rhyme,
27:29
but
27:30
I
27:30
wanted
27:30
it
27:30
and
27:30
I
27:31
wanted
27:31
it
27:31
to
27:31
teach
27:31
without
27:32
feeling
27:32
like
27:33
teaching
27:33
because
27:34
I
27:34
have
27:34
so
27:34
many
27:34
books
27:35
in
27:35
my
27:35
house
27:35
that
27:35
it's,
27:36
you
27:36
know,
27:36
a
27:36
is
27:37
for
27:37
apple,
27:37
B
27:37
is
27:38
for
27:38
ball.
27:38
And
27:38
it
27:38
just
27:39
felt
27:39
very,
27:40
I
27:40
don't
27:40
know,
27:40
kind
27:40
of
27:40
militant
27:41
when
27:41
I
27:41
was
27:41
in
27:41
their
27:42
queue
27:42
and
27:42
they
27:43
have
27:43
their
27:43
place
27:43
for
27:44
sure.
27:44
But
27:44
I
27:44
just
27:44
wanted
27:45
something
27:45
that
27:45
was
27:45
a
27:45
little
27:45
more
27:46
whimsical,
27:46
I
27:46
guess,
27:47
right.
27:48
What
27:48
you've
27:48
accomplished.
27:49
And
27:49
again,
27:49
like
27:49
you
27:50
said,
27:50
by
27:51
introducing.
27:51
I
27:52
think
27:52
you
27:52
have.
27:52
What
27:53
did
27:53
you.
27:53
I
27:53
think
27:53
it's
27:54
four.
27:54
Is
27:54
it
27:55
four?
27:56
Yes.
27:56
Four
27:57
lines
27:57
for
27:57
each
27:57
letter.
27:58
Yeah,
27:58
four
27:58
lines.
27:59
And
27:59
so
27:59
it's.
27:59
And
27:59
it's
28:00
four
28:00
different
28:00
words.
28:01
And
28:02
of
28:02
course
28:02
for
28:03
a.
28:03
The
28:03
last
28:04
word
28:04
I
28:04
love
28:04
is
28:05
A
28:05
is
28:06
for
28:06
adventure.
28:07
Come
28:07
with
28:07
me.
28:08
That's,
28:08
that's
28:09
really
28:09
cool.
28:09
I
28:10
think
28:10
everybody
28:11
is
28:11
getting
28:11
a
28:11
sense
28:12
of
28:12
what
28:12
you're
28:12
trying
28:13
to
28:13
do
28:13
and,
28:13
and,
28:14
and
28:15
why
28:15
you
28:15
went
28:15
with
28:16
a
28:16
rhyming
28:17
Alphabet.
28:18
So
28:18
thank
28:18
you
28:18
for
28:18
sharing
28:19
that.
28:19
Yeah,
28:20
of
28:20
course.
28:20
Central
28:21
teaching
28:22
as
28:22
a,
28:22
as
28:22
a,
28:23
as
28:23
a
28:23
teacher,
28:24
what's
28:25
the
28:25
central
28:25
lesson
28:27
or
28:27
what
28:28
are
28:28
you
28:28
trying
28:28
to
28:29
teach
28:29
from
28:29
your
28:30
book?
28:30
I
28:30
think
28:31
a
28:31
lot
28:31
of
28:31
parents
28:32
and
28:32
educators
28:33
get
28:33
very
28:34
stressed
28:34
out
28:34
about,
28:35
you
28:35
know,
28:35
my,
28:36
my
28:36
child's
28:36
going
28:37
into
28:37
this
28:37
grade
28:37
and
28:37
doesn't
28:38
know
28:38
this
28:38
letter,
28:38
doesn't
28:39
know.
28:39
And
28:39
I,
28:39
I
28:40
think
28:40
that
28:40
there
28:40
needs
28:40
to
28:41
be
28:41
some
28:41
relief
28:42
when
28:42
it
28:42
comes
28:42
to
28:42
that.
28:43
Even
28:43
as
28:43
a
28:43
teacher.
28:43
I
28:44
would
28:44
feel
28:44
it
28:44
and
28:44
I
28:44
taught
28:45
sen,
28:45
they
28:46
would
28:46
come
28:46
in
28:47
thinking
28:47
they
28:47
already
28:48
needed
28:48
to
28:48
know
28:49
everything,
28:49
which
28:49
just
28:50
isn't
28:50
the
28:50
case.
28:50
And
28:50
I
28:51
think
28:51
it's
28:51
important
28:51
for
28:52
parents
28:52
to
28:52
know
28:52
that,
28:52
that
28:52
your
28:53
child
28:53
isn't,
28:53
doesn't
28:54
need
28:54
to
28:54
know
28:54
everything
28:55
before
28:55
their
28:55
first
28:55
day
28:56
of
28:56
school.
28:56
But
28:57
there
28:57
are
28:57
books
28:58
and
28:58
hopefully
28:58
my
28:59
book
28:59
can
28:59
be
28:59
one
28:59
of
28:59
them
29:00
that
29:00
can
29:00
at
29:00
least
29:01
introduce
29:01
them
29:02
and
29:02
it
29:02
gets
29:02
them,
29:03
you
29:03
know,
29:03
on
29:04
the
29:04
road
29:04
to
29:04
learning
29:05
about
29:05
these
29:05
things.
29:06
And
29:06
I,
29:07
I
29:07
don't
29:07
know,
29:07
I
29:07
just
29:07
wanted
29:07
it
29:08
to
29:08
be
29:08
a
29:08
stress
29:08
free
29:09
experience
29:09
that
29:10
didn't
29:10
feel
29:11
like
29:11
something
29:11
that
29:11
the
29:11
child
29:12
was
29:13
being
29:13
forced
29:13
to
29:13
do.
29:14
That's
29:14
the
29:14
neat
29:15
thing
29:15
about
29:15
children's
29:16
books
29:16
is
29:17
that
29:17
a
29:18
lot
29:18
of
29:18
people
29:18
always
29:19
think
29:19
it's
29:19
a
29:20
children's
29:20
book
29:20
for
29:20
it.
29:21
So
29:21
it's
29:21
for
29:21
children,
29:22
but
29:23
I
29:23
would
29:23
say
29:24
99.99%
29:26
of
29:26
the
29:26
time
29:27
it's
29:27
also
29:28
for
29:28
the
29:28
parent
29:29
and
29:29
the
29:29
grandparents.
29:31
Right.
29:31
Who's
29:32
ever,
29:32
who's
29:32
ever
29:33
reading
29:33
the
29:34
book
29:34
with
29:34
the
29:35
child,
29:36
it's
29:37
for
29:37
them
29:37
also.
29:38
100%
29:38
agree.
29:39
Yes.
29:39
Believe
29:39
it
29:40
or
29:40
not.
29:40
I
29:40
mean,
29:41
how
29:41
you,
29:41
how
29:41
you're
29:42
describing
29:42
the
29:42
rhyming
29:43
technique
29:44
and,
29:44
and
29:45
the
29:45
different
29:45
sounds
29:46
from
29:46
each
29:46
letter
29:48
really
29:48
is
29:49
educational.
29:50
It's
29:51
almost
29:51
subliminal
29:52
for
29:53
parents
29:53
or
29:54
grandparents.
29:54
So
29:55
Fantastic.
29:56
Thank
29:56
you.
29:57
Thank
29:57
you
29:57
for
29:57
sharing
29:58
that.
29:58
Now
29:59
that
29:59
we
29:59
know
29:59
that
29:59
you're
30:00
working
30:00
on
30:00
your
30:00
second
30:01
book
30:01
and.
30:02
Yes.
30:03
But
30:03
I
30:03
want
30:04
you
30:04
to
30:04
take
30:04
yourself
30:05
back
30:05
a
30:05
bit
30:05
though,
30:06
to
30:06
when
30:07
you
30:07
started
30:07
writing
30:08
your
30:08
first
30:08
book.
30:09
So
30:09
can
30:10
you
30:10
explain,
30:11
give
30:11
us
30:11
some
30:12
insights
30:12
into
30:13
the
30:13
development
30:15
and
30:15
your
30:15
writing
30:16
process
30:17
for
30:17
your
30:17
children's
30:18
book.
30:18
So,
30:19
and
30:19
kind
30:19
of
30:20
maybe
30:20
take
30:20
us
30:20
on
30:20
a
30:21
journey.
30:21
So
30:21
take
30:21
us
30:22
back
30:22
to
30:22
the
30:22
very
30:22
beginning
30:23
when
30:23
you
30:24
first
30:24
started
30:24
writing
30:25
your
30:25
first
30:25
book
30:26
and
30:26
how
30:26
maybe
30:27
that's
30:27
evolved
30:28
into
30:29
writing
30:29
your
30:29
second
30:29
book.
30:30
Sure.
30:31
So
30:31
my
30:31
first
30:32
book,
30:32
like
30:32
I
30:32
said,
30:32
it
30:33
started
30:33
as
30:33
just
30:33
notes
30:34
in
30:34
my
30:34
phone
30:34
and
30:35
I
30:35
didn't
30:35
actually
30:35
know
30:36
that
30:36
I
30:36
was
30:36
going
30:36
to
30:37
be
30:37
turning
30:37
them
30:37
into
30:37
a
30:38
Book.
30:39
So
30:39
the
30:39
process
30:40
is
30:40
definitely
30:40
different
30:41
from
30:41
the
30:41
first
30:41
time
30:42
to
30:42
now
30:42
my
30:42
second
30:43
book.
30:43
But,
30:43
yeah,
30:44
once
30:44
I
30:44
actually,
30:45
you
30:45
know,
30:45
talked
30:46
to
30:46
my
30:46
sister,
30:46
and
30:46
she
30:46
said,
30:47
turn
30:47
these
30:47
into
30:47
a
30:48
book.
30:48
I
30:48
copied
30:49
them
30:49
over
30:49
into
30:49
a
30:50
Word
30:50
document,
30:50
and
30:50
I
30:50
just
30:50
went
30:51
through
30:51
line
30:51
by
30:51
line,
30:52
and
30:52
I
30:52
figured
30:52
out,
30:52
okay,
30:53
how
30:53
can
30:53
I.
30:53
I
30:53
did
30:54
obviously
30:54
have
30:54
to
30:54
do
30:55
some
30:55
editing
30:55
because
30:56
these
30:56
were
30:56
just
30:56
kind
30:56
of
30:56
sloppily
30:57
written
30:57
down
30:58
for
30:58
my
30:58
son
30:58
and
30:59
I
30:59
to
30:59
have
30:59
fun
30:59
with.
31:00
But,
31:00
yeah,
31:00
and
31:00
I
31:00
just
31:00
went
31:01
through.
31:01
And
31:01
I
31:02
really
31:02
paid
31:02
attention
31:03
to
31:03
what
31:03
words
31:03
I
31:03
was
31:04
using
31:04
and
31:05
what
31:05
kind
31:05
of
31:05
educational
31:06
benefit
31:06
they
31:07
would
31:07
have.
31:07
And
31:08
I
31:08
wanted
31:08
it
31:08
to
31:08
be
31:08
more
31:09
than
31:09
just,
31:09
you
31:10
know,
31:10
objects
31:10
and
31:10
animals,
31:11
because
31:12
I
31:12
think
31:12
there's
31:12
a
31:12
lot
31:12
of
31:12
that
31:13
out
31:13
there.
31:13
Related.
31:14
I
31:14
wanted
31:14
them
31:14
to
31:14
also
31:15
see
31:15
the
31:15
words
31:16
like
31:16
courage
31:16
and
31:17
things
31:17
like
31:17
that
31:18
so
31:18
that
31:18
children
31:19
could,
31:19
you
31:19
know,
31:20
relate
31:20
to
31:20
things
31:20
on
31:21
more
31:21
than
31:21
just
31:21
a.
31:22
An
31:22
object
31:23
kind
31:23
of
31:23
surface.
31:24
But,
31:24
yeah,
31:25
so
31:25
I.
31:25
I
31:25
went
31:26
through
31:26
line
31:26
by
31:26
line,
31:26
and
31:27
I
31:27
kind
31:27
of
31:28
tweaked
31:28
here
31:28
and
31:29
there
31:29
where
31:29
I
31:29
needed
31:29
to,
31:30
and
31:30
I
31:30
probably
31:31
spent,
31:32
I
31:32
don't
31:32
know,
31:32
months
31:33
revising
31:33
before
31:34
I
31:34
ever
31:34
sent
31:34
it
31:34
to
31:34
an
31:35
editor,
31:35
just
31:35
because
31:36
I
31:36
wanted
31:36
it
31:37
to
31:37
be
31:37
just
31:37
right
31:38
and
31:38
I
31:38
wanted
31:38
the
31:38
rhythm
31:39
to
31:39
be
31:39
just
31:39
right.
31:40
Yeah,
31:41
you've
31:41
had
31:41
this
31:41
experience.
31:42
You've
31:43
actually
31:43
been
31:44
through
31:44
with
31:44
an
31:44
editor.
31:45
What's
31:46
changed?
31:47
Is
31:47
it.
31:47
Is
31:47
there
31:47
anything
31:48
evolving
31:49
or
31:49
changing
31:50
as
31:50
you.
31:50
In
31:51
your
31:51
writing
31:51
process,
31:52
as
31:52
you
31:53
move
31:53
forward
31:53
to
31:54
your
31:54
second
31:54
book?
31:55
I
31:55
think
31:55
my
31:55
second
31:56
book,
31:56
I'm
31:56
just
31:56
a
31:56
little
31:57
more
31:57
focused
31:58
because
31:58
now
31:58
I
31:58
know
31:58
what
31:59
the
31:59
goal
31:59
is.
31:59
I
32:00
know
32:00
that
32:00
I'm.
32:00
I
32:01
have
32:01
a
32:01
purpose
32:01
and
32:01
a
32:02
goal
32:02
at
32:02
the
32:02
end
32:02
of
32:02
this
32:03
to
32:03
actually
32:03
turn
32:03
it
32:04
into
32:04
a
32:04
children's
32:04
book.
32:05
So
32:05
when
32:05
I
32:05
sit
32:05
down
32:05
to
32:06
write,
32:06
it's
32:06
a
32:06
lot
32:06
more
32:06
purposeful
32:07
than
32:07
just,
32:07
you
32:08
know,
32:08
throwing
32:08
some
32:08
things
32:09
into
32:09
the
32:09
notes
32:09
in
32:09
my
32:09
phone.
32:10
I
32:10
actually
32:10
feel
32:10
like
32:11
I'm
32:11
having
32:11
a
32:11
lot
32:11
of
32:11
fun
32:11
with
32:12
it,
32:12
too,
32:12
because
32:13
I
32:13
know
32:13
the
32:13
end
32:13
goal
32:14
will
32:14
be
32:14
a
32:14
product
32:14
in
32:15
a
32:15
book
32:15
that,
32:15
you
32:15
know,
32:15
I
32:16
can
32:16
share
32:16
with
32:16
the
32:16
world.
32:17
So
32:17
I'm
32:18
just
32:18
really
32:18
enjoying
32:18
it.
32:19
Fantastic.
32:20
Besides
32:21
your
32:22
own
32:22
personal
32:23
experience,
32:24
I
32:24
am
32:25
interested
32:25
in
32:26
knowing,
32:26
did
32:26
you
32:26
conduct
32:27
any
32:27
additional
32:28
research?
32:29
And
32:30
if
32:30
you
32:30
did,
32:30
why
32:31
was
32:31
that
32:31
important?
32:32
I
32:32
don't
32:32
know
32:33
if
32:33
it's
32:33
research
32:33
so
32:33
much
32:34
as
32:34
I.
32:34
I
32:34
mean,
32:34
I.
32:35
Like
32:35
I
32:35
said,
32:35
we
32:35
have
32:35
a
32:35
lot
32:36
of
32:36
books.
32:36
I
32:36
have
32:37
been
32:37
a
32:37
very
32:38
avid
32:38
reader
32:38
myself,
32:39
but
32:39
also
32:39
my
32:39
kids
32:40
are.
32:40
And
32:40
so
32:40
I
32:40
did
32:41
go.
32:41
I
32:41
went
32:41
through
32:42
many
32:43
of
32:43
the
32:43
books
32:43
that
32:43
we
32:44
have
32:44
just
32:44
to
32:44
see
32:44
kind
32:45
of
32:45
the
32:45
way
32:46
things
32:46
are
32:46
said.
32:47
And
32:47
though
32:48
I
32:48
went
32:48
through
32:48
the
32:48
books
32:49
that
32:49
my
32:49
kids
32:49
really
32:49
love
32:50
and
32:50
the
32:50
books
32:50
that
32:50
my
32:50
kids
32:51
don't
32:51
love
32:51
so
32:51
much.
32:52
And
32:52
I
32:52
tried
32:52
to
32:52
figure
32:53
out
32:53
kind
32:53
of
32:53
the
32:53
why.
32:54
Like
32:54
I
32:54
went
32:54
through
32:54
the
32:54
ones
32:55
that
32:55
they
32:55
don't
32:56
ever
32:56
kind
32:56
of
32:56
go
32:56
back
32:57
to
32:57
and
32:57
want
32:57
to
32:57
keep
32:58
reading.
32:58
And
32:58
I
32:58
wanted
32:58
to
32:59
really
32:59
figure
32:59
out
33:00
why.
33:00
What
33:00
was
33:00
keeping
33:01
them
33:01
from
33:01
wanting
33:01
to
33:01
go
33:01
back
33:02
to
33:02
those
33:02
books
33:02
and
33:03
what
33:03
made
33:03
them
33:04
want
33:04
to
33:04
read
33:04
some
33:04
books
33:05
over
33:05
and
33:05
over
33:05
and
33:05
over
33:06
again.
33:06
And
33:06
I
33:07
kind
33:07
of
33:07
use
33:07
that
33:07
as
33:08
a
33:08
guide
33:08
when
33:08
I
33:08
was
33:08
writing
33:09
this
33:09
one.
33:09
Good
33:09
for
33:10
you.
33:10
Because
33:10
I,
33:11
you
33:11
know,
33:11
it's
33:11
interesting.
33:12
I
33:12
mean,
33:12
you
33:12
use
33:12
your
33:13
own
33:13
children,
33:13
is
33:13
that
33:14
correct?
33:15
Yes.
33:16
Yes.
33:16
No.
33:16
And,
33:17
and
33:17
it's
33:17
important
33:18
because
33:18
with
33:19
my
33:19
grandchildren,
33:20
the,
33:21
the
33:21
biggest
33:21
thing
33:22
is,
33:22
is
33:22
that
33:22
we've
33:23
written
33:23
38
33:24
books.
33:24
But
33:25
you
33:25
know,
33:26
I
33:26
mean,
33:26
we're
33:26
self
33:27
published.
33:27
It's
33:27
a
33:27
fairly
33:28
big
33:28
investment
33:28
every
33:29
time
33:29
you
33:29
bring
33:29
a,
33:30
a
33:30
new
33:30
book
33:30
to
33:31
market.
33:31
So
33:32
I
33:32
didn't
33:32
want
33:33
my
33:33
grandchildren
33:34
to
33:34
end
33:34
up
33:34
being
33:35
grandparents.
33:35
By
33:36
the
33:36
time
33:36
I
33:36
got
33:36
around
33:37
to
33:37
finishing
33:37
the
33:38
last
33:38
book,
33:39
what
33:39
we
33:39
decided
33:40
to
33:40
do
33:41
was
33:42
we've
33:42
got
33:42
these
33:43
stories,
33:43
so
33:44
we've
33:44
turned
33:45
most
33:45
of
33:45
them
33:46
into
33:46
audiobooks.
33:47
So
33:48
the
33:48
audiobook
33:49
is
33:49
coming
33:50
before
33:51
the
33:51
actual
33:52
print
33:52
book
33:52
because
33:53
with
33:54
audio,
33:54
it
33:55
doesn't
33:55
cost
33:55
us
33:55
anything
33:56
to
33:57
do
33:57
it
33:58
in
33:58
audio
33:58
and
33:58
to
33:59
save
33:59
it
33:59
in
33:59
audio.
34:00
And
34:00
we
34:01
also
34:01
capture
34:01
their
34:02
younger
34:02
voices.
34:03
The
34:04
neat
34:04
thing
34:04
about
34:05
it,
34:05
and
34:06
you
34:06
might
34:06
find
34:06
this
34:07
even
34:07
with
34:07
your
34:07
children,
34:08
and
34:08
I'm
34:08
just
34:09
throwing
34:09
this
34:09
out
34:09
for
34:09
other
34:10
aspiring
34:11
book
34:11
children
34:12
book
34:12
authors,
34:13
is
34:13
that
34:13
I
34:13
used,
34:14
actually
34:14
used
34:14
my
34:15
grandchildren
34:16
as
34:16
also
34:17
editors
34:18
because.
34:18
Oh,
34:19
wow.
34:19
Yeah.
34:20
Because
34:20
if
34:20
they
34:21
were
34:21
the
34:21
narrator,
34:22
well,
34:22
if
34:22
they
34:22
had
34:23
a
34:23
tough
34:23
time
34:24
understanding
34:25
the
34:25
word
34:25
or
34:25
saying
34:26
the
34:26
word,
34:26
well,
34:27
then
34:28
that
34:28
was
34:28
a
34:29
pretty
34:29
big
34:29
clue
34:30
that
34:31
chosen
34:32
the
34:32
wrong
34:32
word
34:33
and
34:33
we
34:33
needed
34:33
to
34:33
do
34:34
some
34:34
editing.
34:35
I
34:35
just
34:35
throw
34:35
that
34:36
out
34:36
to
34:36
people
34:36
is,
34:37
don't
34:37
forget,
34:38
like
34:38
Lacy's
34:39
done
34:39
and
34:39
like
34:39
I've
34:40
done,
34:40
is
34:40
that
34:41
you
34:41
have
34:41
a,
34:41
a
34:42
built
34:42
in
34:42
resource.
34:43
It's
34:43
your
34:44
children
34:44
or
34:44
grandchildren
34:45
that
34:46
can
34:46
help
34:46
you
34:46
out.
34:47
Because
34:47
at
34:47
the
34:47
end
34:47
of
34:47
the
34:48
day,
34:48
guess
34:48
what?
34:49
They're
34:49
your
34:49
audience.
34:50
They're
34:50
your
34:50
readers.
34:51
Absolutely.
34:52
I
34:52
actually
34:52
think
34:53
on.
34:53
I
34:53
don't,
34:54
I
34:54
think
34:54
it
34:54
was
34:54
the
34:55
W
34:55
page.
34:55
I
34:56
had
34:56
a
34:56
rhyme
34:57
about
34:57
wheels,
34:57
I
34:58
believe,
34:58
and
34:58
my
34:59
son
34:59
actually
34:59
what
35:00
said
35:00
mom,
35:00
you
35:01
had
35:01
to
35:01
have
35:01
watermelon.
35:02
That's
35:02
my
35:02
favorite
35:02
fruit.
35:03
And
35:03
I
35:03
was
35:04
like,
35:04
you
35:04
want
35:04
me
35:04
to.
35:04
And
35:05
watermelon
35:05
was
35:06
not
35:06
one
35:06
of
35:06
my
35:06
W
35:07
words.
35:07
And
35:07
I
35:07
said,
35:07
okay,
35:08
well,
35:08
I
35:08
guess
35:08
we'll
35:08
have
35:09
a
35:09
watermelon
35:09
now.
35:09
So
35:10
I,
35:10
I
35:10
let
35:10
them
35:10
help
35:11
me
35:11
write
35:11
it
35:11
when
35:11
they
35:11
could.
35:12
Good
35:12
for
35:13
you.
35:13
Fantastic.
35:14
Fantastic.
35:15
Well,
35:15
you
35:16
know
35:16
what,
35:16
Lacy?
35:17
One
35:17
of
35:17
the
35:17
things
35:18
that
35:18
I
35:18
did
35:18
is
35:19
in
35:19
our,
35:20
our
35:20
first
35:21
book,
35:21
we
35:21
Actually
35:22
created
35:22
an
35:23
audiobook
35:24
and
35:24
we
35:24
use
35:24
a
35:25
QR
35:25
code.
35:26
And
35:27
I
35:27
tell
35:27
people
35:27
about
35:28
this
35:28
because
35:28
we.
35:29
We
35:29
developed
35:29
the
35:29
whole
35:30
thing
35:30
through
35:30
Canva
35:31
and
35:31
the
35:32
free
35:32
version
35:32
of
35:33
Canva
35:33
and
35:34
just
35:34
attach
35:35
the
35:35
audio
35:36
file,
35:36
which
35:36
is
35:37
my
35:37
middle
35:37
granddaughter,
35:38
who's
35:38
the
35:38
voice
35:39
of
35:39
Caboose
35:40
reading
35:41
our
35:41
first
35:41
book.
35:42
When
35:42
they
35:42
purchase
35:43
our
35:43
book,
35:43
we
35:44
give
35:44
them
35:44
the
35:44
free
35:45
audiobook
35:46
in
35:47
the
35:47
form
35:48
of
35:48
a
35:48
bookmark.
35:49
That
35:49
is
35:49
amazing.
35:50
I
35:50
love
35:50
that.
35:51
Yes.
35:51
Yeah.
35:52
So
35:52
it's
35:52
just
35:52
a
35:53
fun
35:53
thing.
35:53
And
35:53
again,
35:54
I'm
35:54
doing
35:54
it
35:54
with
35:55
my
35:55
grandchildren,
35:56
just
35:56
as
35:56
you
35:56
can
35:56
do
35:56
it
35:56
with
35:57
your
35:57
children.
35:57
So
35:58
it's
35:58
neat.
35:59
This
35:59
might
36:00
be
36:00
really
36:01
fresh
36:01
for
36:01
you.
36:02
I
36:03
want
36:03
to
36:03
talk
36:03
to
36:03
you
36:03
about
36:04
success
36:04
and
36:05
your
36:05
success
36:06
measurement.
36:07
Tell
36:07
us
36:07
about
36:08
your
36:08
original
36:08
goal
36:09
or
36:09
goals
36:09
regarding
36:10
your
36:10
book
36:11
launch.
36:11
What
36:12
did
36:12
you
36:12
have
36:12
in
36:13
mind?
36:13
What's
36:14
success
36:14
going
36:14
to
36:15
look
36:15
like
36:15
to
36:15
you?
36:16
Honestly,
36:16
I
36:16
think
36:17
success
36:18
is
36:18
going
36:18
to
36:19
be
36:19
measured
36:20
by
36:20
how
36:20
many
36:21
in
36:22
my.
36:22
I
36:23
guess
36:23
my
36:23
book,
36:24
because
36:24
it's
36:24
an
36:24
early
36:24
learner,
36:25
how
36:25
many
36:25
schools
36:26
I
36:26
can
36:26
get
36:26
my
36:26
book
36:27
into.
36:27
Of
36:27
course
36:27
I
36:27
want
36:28
my
36:28
book
36:28
in
36:28
every
36:29
child's
36:29
household
36:29
that
36:30
it
36:30
can
36:30
possibly
36:30
be
36:30
in.
36:31
But
36:31
when
36:31
schools
36:32
are
36:32
using
36:32
it
36:33
as
36:33
kind
36:33
of
36:33
a
36:33
tool
36:34
to
36:34
teach
36:35
and
36:35
also
36:35
to
36:36
engage
36:36
and
36:36
entertain,
36:37
that
36:37
is
36:38
when
36:38
I
36:38
know,
36:38
like,
36:39
my
36:39
book
36:39
has
36:39
done
36:40
what
36:40
I
36:40
wanted
36:40
it
36:41
to
36:41
do.
36:41
So
36:41
do
36:41
you
36:42
have
36:42
a
36:42
specific
36:43
strategy
36:44
on
36:45
how
36:45
to
36:45
get
36:46
it
36:46
into
36:47
schools?
36:48
I
36:48
mean,
36:49
word
36:49
of
36:49
mouth,
36:49
obviously,
36:50
is
36:50
going
36:50
to
36:50
be
36:50
something.
36:51
And
36:51
since
36:51
I
36:52
worked
36:52
when
36:52
I
36:52
used
36:53
to
36:53
be
36:53
a
36:53
teacher,
36:53
I
36:53
worked
36:53
in
36:54
that
36:54
district
36:54
for,
36:55
you
36:55
know,
36:55
over
36:55
a
36:55
decade.
36:56
So
36:56
I
36:56
will
36:56
definitely
36:57
use
36:57
them
36:57
as
36:57
a
36:58
resource.
36:58
But
36:58
I
36:58
actually,
36:59
I
36:59
have
37:00
three
37:00
author
37:01
visits
37:01
lined
37:01
up
37:02
that
37:02
are
37:02
coming
37:02
up
37:02
where
37:03
I'm
37:03
going
37:03
to
37:03
go
37:03
and
37:03
read
37:03
to
37:04
the
37:04
kids.
37:04
So
37:04
I'm
37:04
just
37:05
going
37:05
to
37:05
keep
37:06
doing
37:06
it
37:06
that
37:06
way
37:07
until
37:07
I
37:07
find
37:07
a
37:07
better
37:08
strategy.
37:08
But,
37:08
yeah,
37:09
I'm
37:09
going
37:09
to
37:09
try
37:10
and
37:10
get
37:10
myself
37:10
and
37:11
my
37:11
book
37:11
in
37:11
the
37:11
door
37:11
as
37:12
much
37:12
as
37:12
possible.
37:12
The
37:12
reason
37:13
I
37:13
ask
37:13
is
37:13
something
37:14
special
37:14
happened
37:15
today.
37:15
I'll
37:15
tell
37:15
you
37:15
about
37:15
that
37:16
in
37:16
a
37:16
second.
37:17
But
37:17
I
37:17
also
37:18
interviewed
37:19
a
37:19
children's
37:20
book
37:20
author.
37:20
Her
37:20
name
37:21
is
37:21
Aaron
37:21
Murphy.
37:22
Aaron
37:23
flies
37:24
767s
37:25
for
37:25
United
37:26
Airlines.
37:27
Oh,
37:27
wow.
37:28
And
37:28
she's
37:28
written
37:29
two
37:30
children's
37:30
books
37:31
on
37:31
rescue
37:32
dogs.
37:33
And.
37:34
And
37:34
it's
37:34
because
37:35
of
37:35
her.
37:36
Her
37:36
skill
37:36
to
37:37
be
37:37
able
37:37
to
37:37
fly.
37:38
She
37:38
volunteers
37:39
for
37:39
the
37:39
SPCA
37:40
and
37:41
flies
37:41
dogs
37:42
and
37:42
cats
37:43
through
37:43
the
37:43
United
37:43
states
37:44
to
37:44
different
37:45
SPCAs
37:46
to
37:47
find
37:47
them
37:47
forever
37:48
homes.
37:49
And.
37:49
Wow.
37:50
Yeah.
37:50
And
37:50
one
37:51
of
37:51
her
37:51
goals,
37:52
because
37:52
she
37:52
travels
37:53
a
37:53
lot,
37:53
is
37:54
to
37:54
actually
37:54
have
37:55
one
37:56
book
37:57
in
37:58
at
37:58
least
37:58
one
37:59
school
37:59
library
38:00
in
38:00
every
38:01
state.
38:01
And
38:02
I
38:02
thought,
38:02
oh,
38:02
that's
38:03
a
38:03
pretty
38:03
cool
38:03
idea
38:04
that
38:05
is
38:05
a
38:05
great
38:05
idea.
38:06
Something
38:06
concrete
38:07
that
38:07
you
38:07
can
38:07
work
38:07
towards.
38:08
So
38:08
good
38:09
for
38:09
you.
38:09
Good
38:09
for
38:09
you.
38:10
Obviously,
38:11
I
38:11
try
38:12
and
38:12
ensure
38:13
that
38:13
people
38:14
know
38:14
that.
38:15
I
38:15
mean,
38:15
it's
38:15
great
38:16
to
38:17
launch
38:17
a
38:17
children's
38:18
book,
38:18
and
38:18
we'd
38:19
all
38:19
like
38:20
thousands
38:20
and
38:21
thousands
38:21
of
38:22
sales
38:22
of
38:22
our
38:23
book,
38:24
but
38:24
it
38:25
generally
38:25
doesn't
38:26
come
38:26
down
38:26
to
38:26
that.
38:27
Right.
38:28
And
38:28
so
38:28
I
38:29
always
38:29
describe
38:29
that
38:30
to
38:30
people.
38:30
But
38:31
what
38:31
you
38:31
just
38:31
described,
38:32
is
38:32
there
38:32
anything
38:32
else
38:33
that
38:33
you
38:33
think
38:34
of
38:34
in,
38:34
in
38:35
terms
38:35
of
38:36
what
38:36
you've
38:36
seen
38:37
so
38:37
far
38:38
that
38:38
you
38:38
say,
38:38
oh,
38:39
I
38:39
didn't
38:39
realize
38:39
that.
38:40
That
38:40
I
38:40
feel
38:41
so
38:41
successful
38:41
because
38:42
of,
38:42
like,
38:43
someone
38:43
said
38:43
to
38:44
me,
38:44
like,
38:44
your
38:45
sister,
38:45
for
38:45
example,
38:46
she
38:46
must
38:46
be
38:47
so
38:47
proud
38:47
of
38:47
you.
38:48
Yes.
38:48
To.
38:49
To
38:49
actually
38:49
turn
38:50
something
38:50
that
38:50
she
38:50
said,
38:51
I
38:51
need
38:51
this
38:52
in
38:52
my,
38:52
my
38:53
classroom.
38:54
Yeah.
38:54
I
38:54
mean,
38:54
that
38:54
was
38:55
definitely
38:55
my.
38:56
I
38:56
feel
38:57
like
38:57
I
38:57
didn't
38:57
even
38:58
have
38:58
the
38:58
book
38:58
out
38:58
yet.
38:58
And
38:59
that
38:59
was
38:59
like,
38:59
the
38:59
greatest
39:00
goal
39:00
I
39:00
could
39:00
have
39:00
accomplished
39:01
was
39:01
having
39:02
a
39:02
veteran
39:02
teacher
39:03
tell
39:04
me
39:04
I
39:04
need
39:04
to
39:04
have
39:05
this
39:05
in
39:05
my
39:05
classroom.
39:06
So.
39:06
But
39:06
my
39:07
son,
39:07
actually,
39:07
my
39:08
oldest
39:08
son,
39:08
he's
39:08
in
39:08
third
39:09
grade,
39:09
took
39:09
my
39:09
book
39:10
to
39:10
school
39:10
with
39:10
him
39:10
one
39:11
day,
39:12
and
39:12
he
39:12
showed
39:13
it
39:13
to
39:13
his
39:13
librarian,
39:14
and
39:14
she
39:14
said,
39:14
I,
39:15
I.
39:15
We
39:15
need
39:15
a
39:15
copy
39:16
of
39:16
that
39:16
for
39:16
our
39:16
younger
39:16
kids.
39:17
So
39:18
that
39:18
too,
39:18
I
39:18
mean,
39:19
that's.
39:19
If
39:19
that's
39:19
the
39:20
only
39:20
library
39:20
it's
39:20
ever.
39:21
And
39:21
I
39:21
still
39:21
feel
39:21
like
39:22
our
39:22
mixed
39:22
success,
39:22
so.
39:23
Wow.
39:24
This
39:24
morning,
39:24
just
39:25
before
39:25
we
39:25
got
39:26
on,
39:27
my
39:27
cousin
39:27
from
39:28
Phoenix,
39:29
she
39:30
sent
39:30
me
39:30
a
39:30
message
39:31
and
39:31
she
39:31
caught
39:31
me
39:32
totally
39:32
off
39:32
guard,
39:33
and
39:33
she
39:33
said,
39:33
we
39:34
just
39:34
purchased
39:35
your
39:35
book,
39:36
and
39:36
I'm
39:36
sharing
39:37
it
39:37
with
39:37
my
39:37
grandchildren,
39:38
and
39:39
they
39:39
love
39:39
it
39:39
so
39:40
much
39:40
that
39:40
they
39:40
want
39:41
to
39:41
donate
39:41
it
39:41
to
39:42
their
39:42
school
39:42
library.
39:43
Oh,
39:44
that's
39:44
amazing.
39:45
I'm
39:45
still
39:46
so
39:46
excited
39:47
about
39:47
that.
39:47
It's.
39:48
It's
39:48
incredible.
39:49
Yeah,
39:49
it's.
39:50
It's
39:50
nice
39:50
when
39:50
that
39:50
all
39:51
happens.
39:52
I
39:52
want
39:52
to
39:53
talk
39:53
to
39:53
you
39:53
about
39:53
your
39:54
role
39:54
of
39:54
writing.
39:55
Can
39:56
you
39:56
tell
39:56
us
39:57
what
39:57
your
39:58
role
39:58
as
39:58
a
39:59
children's
39:59
book
39:59
author
40:00
means
40:01
in
40:01
the
40:01
grand
40:01
scheme
40:02
of
40:02
things?
40:03
You
40:03
said
40:03
you're.
40:04
You're
40:04
not
40:04
teaching
40:04
right
40:05
now,
40:05
or,
40:06
Or.
40:06
I'm
40:06
actually
40:07
teaching
40:07
virtually.
40:08
So
40:08
I
40:08
teach
40:09
from
40:09
home
40:09
for
40:10
students
40:10
who
40:11
cannot
40:11
go
40:11
to
40:11
a
40:12
brick
40:12
and
40:12
mortar
40:12
school
40:12
for
40:13
whatever
40:13
reason.
40:13
So
40:14
I
40:14
am
40:14
teaching
40:14
virtually.
40:15
It's.
40:15
The
40:16
time
40:16
is
40:16
very
40:16
flexible,
40:17
though,
40:17
because
40:17
I'm
40:17
at
40:17
home.
40:18
Okay,
40:18
so
40:18
tell
40:19
us.
40:19
You're
40:20
working
40:21
part
40:21
time
40:21
as
40:22
a
40:22
teacher
40:23
and
40:23
you're
40:24
also
40:24
now
40:25
working
40:25
on
40:25
your
40:26
second
40:26
book
40:26
when
40:26
you
40:27
publish
40:27
your
40:27
first
40:27
book.
40:28
You're
40:28
a
40:28
children's
40:28
book
40:29
author.
40:29
Sometimes
40:30
people
40:30
are
40:31
surprised.
40:31
I
40:32
was
40:32
talking
40:32
to
40:32
someone,
40:33
a
40:33
children's
40:34
book
40:34
author,
40:34
the
40:35
other
40:35
day,
40:35
and
40:36
I
40:36
was
40:36
looking
40:37
at
40:37
her
40:38
Instagram
40:39
and
40:39
nowhere
40:40
on
40:40
there
40:40
did
40:40
she
40:40
have
40:41
children's
40:42
book
40:42
author.
40:42
And
40:42
I
40:43
said,
40:43
you
40:43
realize
40:44
that
40:44
you're
40:44
a
40:44
children's
40:45
book
40:45
author
40:46
and
40:46
why
40:46
isn't
40:47
it
40:47
on
40:47
your
40:47
Instagram?
40:48
So
40:48
she
40:48
went,
40:49
oh,
40:49
and.
40:50
And
40:50
actually
40:50
within
40:51
15
40:51
minutes
40:51
after
40:52
we
40:52
hung
40:52
up,
40:53
it
40:53
was
40:53
on
40:53
her
40:54
Instagram.
40:54
Tell
40:55
us
40:55
the
40:55
about
40:56
the
40:56
role
40:56
of
40:56
writing
40:57
in
40:57
your
40:57
life
40:57
now.
40:58
I
40:58
mean,
40:58
it's
40:59
become
40:59
a
40:59
part
40:59
of
41:00
my
41:00
everyday
41:00
life
41:00
now.
41:01
I
41:01
am
41:01
trying
41:02
to
41:02
do
41:02
something.
41:03
Even
41:03
if
41:03
I'm
41:03
not
41:03
actually
41:04
writing
41:04
like
41:05
my
41:05
next
41:05
book
41:05
or
41:05
working,
41:06
I
41:06
am
41:06
trying
41:06
to
41:07
do
41:07
something
41:07
every
41:07
day
41:08
that
41:09
either
41:09
promotes
41:10
the
41:10
book
41:10
I
41:10
have
41:10
now
41:11
or
41:11
somehow
41:12
helps
41:12
the
41:12
second
41:13
book
41:13
get
41:13
out
41:13
there.
41:13
I'm
41:14
trying
41:14
to
41:14
at
41:14
least
41:15
do
41:15
one
41:15
thing
41:15
every
41:16
single
41:16
day.
41:16
I
41:16
would
41:17
love
41:17
for
41:17
this
41:17
to
41:17
be,
41:18
you
41:18
know,
41:19
I
41:19
have
41:19
a
41:19
little
41:19
bit
41:19
of
41:19
imposter
41:20
syndrome.
41:20
Like
41:21
when
41:21
you
41:21
say
41:21
you're
41:21
a
41:22
children's
41:22
book
41:22
author,
41:22
it
41:23
is
41:23
hard
41:23
to
41:23
wrap
41:24
my
41:24
mind
41:24
around
41:24
that.
41:24
But
41:25
I,
41:25
I
41:25
would
41:25
like
41:25
to
41:26
eventually.
41:27
So
41:27
yeah,
41:28
I'm
41:28
trying
41:28
to.
41:28
You
41:29
are.
41:29
Throw
41:29
myself.
41:31
I'm
41:31
trying
41:32
to
41:32
throw
41:32
myself
41:32
into
41:33
the
41:33
role
41:33
as
41:33
soon
41:34
as
41:34
possible.
41:35
Good
41:35
for
41:35
you.
41:36
I
41:36
love
41:36
what
41:37
you've
41:37
said
41:37
here.
41:37
So
41:38
you're
41:38
not
41:38
defining
41:39
the.
41:40
When
41:40
it
41:40
comes
41:40
to
41:41
your
41:42
role
41:42
of
41:43
writing,
41:43
you're
41:43
not
41:43
defining
41:44
it
41:44
as
41:44
a
41:45
specific
41:45
amount
41:46
of
41:46
time.
41:47
You're
41:47
defining
41:48
it
41:49
as
41:50
at
41:50
least
41:50
doing
41:51
one
41:51
thing
41:52
that
41:52
is
41:52
moving
41:53
you
41:53
forward
41:54
as
41:54
a
41:55
writer.
41:55
Is
41:55
that
41:56
correct?
41:56
Yes.
41:56
I
41:57
want
41:57
to
41:57
share
41:57
that
41:57
with
41:57
the
41:58
audience
41:58
so
41:58
that
41:59
they
41:59
understand
41:59
that
42:00
Lacy,
42:01
I
42:02
think
42:02
is
42:02
onto
42:03
something
42:03
big
42:03
here,
42:04
folks,
42:04
is
42:04
that
42:05
don't
42:06
think
42:06
of
42:06
it
42:06
as
42:07
the
42:07
amount
42:07
of
42:08
time.
42:08
Sure.
42:08
It'd
42:09
be
42:09
nice
42:09
to
42:09
set
42:09
Aside,
42:10
you
42:10
know,
42:10
15
42:11
minutes
42:11
or
42:12
a
42:12
half
42:12
an
42:12
hour
42:13
to
42:13
your
42:13
rule
42:14
of
42:14
writing.
42:15
But
42:15
also
42:15
think
42:16
of
42:16
like
42:16
Lacy
42:17
said,
42:18
do
42:18
one
42:19
thing
42:19
that's
42:19
either
42:20
promoting
42:21
your
42:21
current
42:21
book
42:22
and
42:22
moving
42:22
it
42:22
forward
42:23
and
42:23
getting
42:23
it
42:24
into
42:24
more
42:25
readers
42:25
hands
42:26
or
42:27
a
42:27
little
42:27
something
42:28
towards
42:28
your
42:29
next
42:29
book.
42:30
So
42:30
that
42:30
summarize
42:31
how
42:31
you
42:32
the
42:32
role
42:32
of
42:33
writing
42:33
for
42:33
you.
42:34
Absolutely,
42:35
yes.
42:35
Terrific.
42:36
Terrific
42:37
advice
42:38
for
42:38
its
42:38
aspiring
42:40
authors,
42:41
people
42:41
who
42:41
have
42:42
got
42:42
this
42:43
children's
42:44
book
42:44
in
42:45
them.
42:45
And
42:46
I've
42:46
talked
42:46
to
42:47
different
42:47
children's
42:48
book
42:48
authors,
42:49
some
42:49
who
42:49
have
42:49
had
42:50
a
42:50
book
42:50
in
42:50
them
42:50
for
42:50
over
42:51
30
42:51
years
42:52
and
42:53
it
42:53
took
42:53
them
42:53
that
42:53
amount
42:54
of
42:54
time
42:54
to
42:54
bring
42:54
it
42:55
to
42:56
life.
42:56
And
42:56
then
42:57
someone
42:57
like
42:57
yourself
42:58
who
42:59
sounds
42:59
like
43:00
in
43:00
a
43:00
fairly
43:01
short
43:01
period
43:01
of
43:02
time
43:02
brought
43:03
your
43:03
book
43:03
to
43:03
life.
43:04
So
43:04
what
43:05
advice
43:05
would
43:05
you
43:06
give
43:06
aspiring
43:07
book
43:07
authors?
43:08
I
43:08
guess
43:08
I
43:09
would
43:09
say
43:09
I
43:09
don't
43:09
think
43:09
you
43:10
will
43:10
ever
43:10
regret
43:11
trying
43:12
and
43:12
doing
43:12
it,
43:12
but
43:13
I
43:13
think
43:13
you
43:13
will
43:13
regret
43:14
if
43:14
you
43:14
don't.
43:15
So
43:15
if
43:15
it's
43:16
been
43:16
sitting
43:16
in
43:16
your
43:16
heart
43:17
you
43:17
know,
43:17
for
43:18
a
43:18
day,
43:18
a
43:19
year,
43:19
30
43:19
years,
43:20
however
43:20
long,
43:20
I
43:21
don't
43:21
think
43:21
there
43:21
will
43:21
ever
43:22
be
43:22
any
43:22
regret
43:23
of
43:23
you
43:23
trying
43:24
and
43:24
putting
43:24
it
43:24
out
43:24
there.
43:25
Even
43:25
if
43:25
it's
43:25
not
43:26
successful
43:26
in
43:26
the
43:27
traditional
43:27
sense
43:28
of,
43:28
you
43:28
know,
43:28
the
43:29
number
43:29
of
43:29
sales,
43:30
but
43:30
getting
43:31
it
43:31
out.
43:31
You're
43:31
never
43:31
going
43:32
to
43:32
regret
43:33
actually
43:33
doing
43:33
it
43:33
and
43:34
putting
43:34
it
43:34
out
43:34
there
43:34
into
43:34
the
43:35
world.
43:35
And
43:35
I
43:35
think
43:36
that
43:36
that's
43:36
the
43:36
most
43:36
important
43:37
part.
43:37
And,
43:37
you
43:38
know,
43:38
if
43:38
I
43:38
never
43:38
sell
43:38
another
43:39
copy,
43:39
I
43:39
still
43:40
won't
43:40
regret
43:40
this.
43:40
So.
43:41
Right.
43:41
And
43:42
I
43:42
talked
43:42
to
43:43
a
43:44
children's
43:44
book
43:44
author
43:45
yesterday,
43:46
and
43:46
he
43:46
thought
43:47
one
43:48
and
43:48
done.
43:49
He
43:49
said,
43:49
look
43:49
at
43:49
Rick.
43:50
I
43:50
really
43:50
thought
43:50
when
43:51
I
43:51
started
43:51
on
43:51
this,
43:52
it
43:52
was
43:52
going
43:52
to
43:52
be
43:52
one
43:53
and
43:53
done.
43:54
And
43:54
now
43:54
he's
43:55
going
43:55
to
43:55
launch
43:56
in
43:56
the
43:56
next
43:56
four
43:57
weeks,
43:57
he's
43:57
going
43:58
to
43:58
launch
43:58
his
43:58
fourth
43:59
book.
44:00
Oh,
44:00
wow.
44:00
Okay.
44:01
So
44:01
there
44:01
was
44:01
no
44:02
one
44:02
and
44:02
done.
44:03
And
44:03
it's
44:03
obvious
44:04
to
44:04
me,
44:04
okay,
44:05
with
44:06
Lacy,
44:06
there's
44:07
no
44:07
one
44:07
and
44:07
done.
44:08
No
44:08
one
44:08
and
44:09
done.
44:09
No.
44:10
Right.
44:10
Good
44:10
for
44:11
you.
44:12
Like
44:12
you
44:12
said,
44:12
it
44:13
really
44:13
gets
44:13
your
44:13
blood
44:14
flowing
44:14
and
44:14
gets
44:14
you
44:15
up
44:15
in
44:15
the
44:15
morning,
44:15
right?
44:16
It
44:16
does.
44:17
Yes.
44:17
I
44:17
will
44:17
do
44:17
this
44:18
the
44:18
rest
44:18
of
44:18
my
44:18
life
44:18
if
44:19
I
44:19
can.
44:19
Terrific.
44:20
Terrific
44:21
encouragement
44:22
for
44:23
readers.
44:23
Why
44:24
should
44:24
children's
44:25
book
44:25
readers
44:26
purchase
44:27
your
44:27
book?
44:28
I
44:28
think,
44:28
and
44:28
I
44:29
know
44:29
I've
44:29
kind
44:29
of
44:29
said
44:29
this,
44:30
but
44:30
I
44:30
think
44:30
it's
44:30
a
44:31
way
44:31
to
44:31
learn,
44:32
but
44:32
in
44:32
a
44:32
way
44:32
that
44:32
you
44:33
don't
44:33
know
44:33
that
44:33
you're
44:33
learning.
44:34
You
44:34
know,
44:34
it
44:35
doesn't
44:35
feel
44:35
like
44:35
a
44:36
lesson
44:36
plan,
44:36
and
44:36
it
44:37
doesn't
44:37
feel
44:37
like
44:37
something
44:38
kind
44:38
of
44:38
stern
44:38
and
44:39
strict,
44:39
but
44:39
it's
44:40
a
44:40
way
44:40
to
44:41
learn
44:41
and,
44:42
you
44:42
know,
44:43
be
44:43
introduced
44:43
into
44:44
the
44:44
most
44:44
basic
44:45
part
44:45
of
44:45
learning
44:46
your
44:46
letters
44:47
in
44:47
a
44:47
fun
44:47
way,
44:48
in
44:48
a
44:48
way
44:48
that
44:49
feels
44:50
like
44:50
it's
44:50
exciting
44:51
and
44:51
not
44:51
like
44:51
you're
44:52
being
44:53
made
44:53
to
44:53
learn
44:53
something.
44:54
Very,
44:54
very,
44:55
very
44:55
good
44:56
point.
44:56
And.
44:56
And
44:57
like
44:57
I
44:57
said,
44:57
rhyming
44:58
the
44:58
Alphabet
44:59
and
44:59
the.
45:00
And
45:00
introducing
45:01
at
45:01
least
45:02
four
45:03
words
45:03
per
45:03
letter,
45:04
I
45:04
just
45:05
found
45:05
that
45:05
fascinating.
45:06
And.
45:07
And
45:08
your
45:08
technique.
45:09
I
45:09
didn't
45:09
even
45:10
know
45:10
that.
45:10
That
45:10
you
45:10
were
45:11
using
45:11
a
45:11
technique
45:12
on
45:12
me,
45:13
but
45:13
it
45:13
was.
45:13
It
45:13
was.
45:14
I
45:14
was
45:14
being
45:14
sneaky.
45:15
Yeah,
45:15
you
45:15
were
45:15
being
45:16
sneaky.
45:16
I
45:16
love
45:16
it.
45:17
It's
45:18
sneaky
45:18
in
45:18
S,
45:19
but
45:20
maybe
45:20
in
45:20
the
45:20
next
45:20
book.
45:21
Okay,
45:22
and
45:22
tell
45:23
us.
45:23
Tell
45:24
us
45:24
where
45:24
your
45:24
book
45:24
is
45:25
available.
45:25
It's
45:26
available
45:26
on
45:27
Amazon,
45:27
but
45:28
also
45:28
if
45:28
you
45:29
want
45:29
the
45:29
hardcover
45:30
copy,
45:31
it
45:31
is
45:31
available
45:32
on
45:32
anywhere
45:33
where
45:33
you
45:33
can
45:33
get
45:33
any
45:34
from
45:34
Spark
45:34
Book,
45:34
but
45:34
so
45:35
like
45:35
Walmart.com,
45:36
target.com,
45:37
and
45:38
right
45:38
now,
45:38
I
45:38
think
45:38
that's
45:38
it.
45:39
I
45:39
need
45:39
to
45:40
go
45:40
check
45:40
out
45:41
Barnes
45:41
and
45:41
Noble
45:41
and
45:42
see
45:42
if
45:42
I
45:42
can
45:42
get
45:43
it
45:43
in
45:43
there.
45:43
But
45:44
okay.
45:45
And
45:45
I
45:45
would
45:45
think
45:45
that
45:46
if
45:46
it's
45:46
through
45:46
ingramsparks,
45:47
it
45:47
would
45:48
be
45:48
available
45:48
on
45:49
Barnes
45:49
and
45:49
Noble.
45:50
Yes,
45:50
the
45:51
online
45:51
version.
45:51
Correct,
45:52
correct.
45:52
Right
45:52
on.
45:52
Good
45:53
for
45:53
you.
45:54
I'm
45:55
just
45:55
curious,
45:55
what
45:55
about
45:56
independent
45:57
bookstores?
45:58
Have
45:58
you,
45:59
have
45:59
you
45:59
reached
45:59
out
45:59
to
46:00
any
46:00
independent
46:00
bookstores?
46:01
I
46:02
haven't
46:02
yet.
46:03
There
46:03
aren't
46:03
any
46:04
super
46:04
close
46:04
to
46:05
me.
46:05
But
46:05
that
46:05
is
46:06
definitely
46:06
on
46:06
my
46:06
list
46:07
of
46:07
things
46:07
to
46:08
do.
46:08
And
46:08
I
46:08
have.
46:09
I
46:09
follow
46:10
several
46:10
other
46:11
children's
46:11
book
46:12
authors
46:12
who
46:12
are
46:12
self
46:13
published
46:13
who
46:13
say,
46:14
you
46:14
know,
46:14
that
46:14
was,
46:15
you
46:15
know,
46:15
one
46:15
of
46:15
the
46:15
greatest
46:16
things
46:16
they
46:16
did
46:16
was
46:17
get
46:17
them
46:17
into
46:17
so
46:17
that
46:18
it's
46:18
definitely
46:19
in
46:19
the
46:19
works.
46:20
Okay,
46:20
great.
46:21
And
46:22
the
46:22
reason
46:23
I
46:23
bring
46:23
that
46:23
up,
46:23
and
46:24
again,
46:24
I.
46:24
Part
46:25
of
46:25
the
46:26
episode
46:26
and
46:27
part
46:27
of
46:27
what
46:27
I'm
46:27
trying
46:28
to
46:28
do
46:28
is
46:29
help
46:29
aspiring
46:29
authors.
46:31
I
46:31
was
46:31
thinking,
46:31
what
46:32
other
46:32
avenues
46:33
would
46:33
there
46:33
be?
46:34
And
46:34
so
46:34
I
46:35
actually
46:35
went
46:35
on
46:36
the
46:36
Internet
46:37
the
46:37
other
46:37
day
46:37
and
46:38
put
46:38
in
46:38
independent
46:39
bookstores
46:40
and
46:41
an
46:41
organization
46:42
popped
46:43
up.
46:43
And
46:43
then
46:44
I
46:44
was
46:44
able
46:44
to.
46:45
So
46:45
you
46:45
can
46:46
probably
46:46
find
46:46
this
46:47
in
46:47
the
46:48
US
46:48
is
46:49
it'll
46:50
pop
46:50
up
46:50
and
46:50
it'll
46:50
actually
46:51
show
46:51
you
46:51
a
46:51
list
46:52
of
46:52
independent
46:52
bookstores
46:53
in
46:53
each
46:54
state.
46:55
Oh,
46:55
okay.
46:56
I
46:56
actually
46:56
live
46:56
in
46:57
Canada,
46:58
and
46:58
so
46:59
I
46:59
actually
47:00
pulled
47:00
up
47:00
all
47:01
the
47:01
independent
47:01
bookstores
47:02
in
47:03
Alberta,
47:04
which
47:04
is
47:04
the
47:04
province
47:05
I
47:05
live
47:05
in,
47:06
and
47:07
it's
47:07
quite
47:07
an
47:07
extensive
47:08
list.
47:08
One
47:09
of
47:09
the
47:09
main
47:10
motivations
47:10
for
47:11
me
47:11
doing
47:11
that
47:11
is
47:12
we
47:12
have
47:12
our
47:12
book
47:12
in.
47:13
In
47:13
an
47:13
independent
47:14
bookstore
47:15
and
47:15
they've
47:15
already
47:16
or
47:16
they
47:16
just
47:17
ordered
47:17
their
47:17
fourth
47:18
order
47:18
of
47:19
our
47:19
book.
47:20
Oh,
47:20
that's
47:20
fantastic.
47:21
And
47:21
I
47:21
thought,
47:22
oh,
47:22
my
47:22
goodness,
47:23
like,
47:23
we're
47:23
missing
47:24
out
47:24
on
47:24
an
47:24
opportunity.
47:25
So
47:25
again,
47:25
I've
47:26
just,
47:26
I'm
47:27
trying
47:27
to
47:27
help
47:28
other
47:28
children's
47:29
book
47:29
authors
47:30
make
47:30
sure.
47:31
Don't
47:31
be
47:31
afraid.
47:32
It
47:32
takes
47:32
you
47:33
about
47:33
30
47:33
seconds
47:34
to
47:34
actually
47:35
go
47:36
to
47:36
the
47:36
search
47:36
bar
47:37
and
47:37
put
47:37
in
47:37
independent
47:38
book
47:39
stores
47:40
in
47:41
whatever
47:41
state
47:41
you're
47:42
in.
47:42
Like,
47:42
I
47:42
think
47:43
you're
47:43
in
47:43
Texas,
47:43
right?
47:44
Yes.
47:44
Yeah,
47:45
just
47:45
put
47:45
in
47:45
Texas.
47:46
And
47:46
I
47:46
bet
47:47
you'd
47:47
be
47:47
pleasantly
47:48
surprised.
47:49
And
47:50
do
47:50
mind
47:50
if
47:50
I
47:51
ask,
47:51
so
47:51
do
47:51
they
47:52
just
47:52
order
47:52
your
47:52
book
47:53
off
47:53
of
47:53
Amazon
47:54
or
47:54
IngramSpark
47:55
or
47:55
did
47:55
you
47:55
take
47:55
income
47:56
copies
47:56
yourself
47:57
or
47:57
how
47:57
did
47:57
that
47:57
work
47:58
now?
47:59
Good,
47:59
Good
47:59
question.
48:00
Right
48:00
now,
48:00
with
48:00
this
48:01
independent
48:01
bookstore
48:02
that
48:02
we're
48:02
using,
48:03
we
48:03
actually
48:04
purchase
48:05
print
48:05
on
48:05
demand
48:06
through
48:07
Amazon
48:08
and
48:08
then
48:08
take
48:09
our
48:09
markup
48:10
with
48:10
Amazon,
48:11
of
48:11
course,
48:11
is
48:11
you
48:12
get
48:12
your
48:12
author's
48:13
price
48:14
versus
48:15
write
48:16
what
48:16
people
48:16
pay.
48:17
And
48:17
so
48:17
that's
48:17
the
48:17
nice
48:18
thing
48:18
about
48:18
it.
48:19
Then
48:19
we
48:19
ship
48:19
it
48:19
out
48:20
to
48:20
them.
48:20
Is
48:21
there
48:21
as
48:21
much
48:21
margin
48:22
in
48:22
it?
48:22
No,
48:23
but
48:23
it
48:24
certainly
48:24
is.
48:25
You
48:25
know,
48:25
when
48:25
we're
48:26
up
48:26
to
48:26
our
48:26
fourth
48:26
order,
48:27
we're
48:28
pretty
48:28
happy
48:28
about
48:29
that.
48:29
Yeah,
48:30
absolutely.
48:30
So
48:31
thank
48:31
you
48:31
for
48:31
sharing
48:31
that.
48:32
Yeah.
48:32
And,
48:33
and
48:33
again,
48:33
so
48:33
I
48:33
wouldn't,
48:34
I
48:34
wouldn't
48:35
run
48:35
out
48:35
lazy
48:36
and,
48:36
and
48:37
buy
48:37
a
48:37
thousand
48:38
copies.
48:38
I
48:39
would
48:39
look
48:39
at
48:39
your
48:40
pricing
48:40
on
48:41
print,
48:41
on
48:41
demand.
48:42
You'll
48:43
be
48:43
pleasantly
48:43
surprised
48:44
that
48:44
if
48:44
you
48:44
work
48:45
out
48:45
the
48:45
economics,
48:46
you're
48:46
probably
48:47
better
48:47
off
48:47
just
48:48
to.
48:48
Even
48:48
if
48:48
you
48:49
get
48:49
into
48:50
local
48:50
bookstores,
48:51
that,
48:52
that
48:52
might
48:52
work
48:53
in
48:53
the
48:53
beginning,
48:54
you
48:54
might
48:54
take
48:55
a
48:55
little
48:55
less
48:55
margin,
48:56
but
48:57
at
48:57
least
48:57
you're
48:57
getting
48:58
some
48:58
exposure
48:58
until,
48:59
until
48:59
you
48:59
can
49:00
build
49:00
big
49:00
enough
49:00
numbers
49:01
that
49:01
you
49:01
could
49:01
say,
49:02
well,
49:02
now
49:02
it's
49:03
worth
49:03
me
49:04
running
49:04
an
49:05
independent,
49:05
large
49:06
book
49:06
run.
49:07
Yes.
49:08
That's
49:08
great
49:08
advice.
49:09
Thank
49:09
you
49:09
so
49:09
much.
49:10
Oh,
49:10
you're
49:10
more
49:10
than
49:11
welcome.
49:12
Final
49:12
thoughts
49:13
Share
49:13
with
49:14
us,
49:14
Eddie
49:14
Final
49:15
thoughts
49:15
about
49:16
you're
49:17
learning
49:17
because,
49:18
you
49:18
know,
49:18
I
49:18
probably
49:19
haven't
49:19
addressed
49:20
everything
49:20
that.
49:21
On
49:21
your
49:21
children's
49:22
book
49:22
author
49:23
journey,
49:23
but
49:23
give
49:23
us
49:24
some
49:24
final
49:24
thoughts.
49:25
I
49:25
guess
49:26
my,
49:26
my
49:27
biggest
49:27
takeaway
49:28
is
49:29
that
49:29
this
49:30
was.
49:30
Yes,
49:31
it
49:31
was
49:31
something,
49:31
like
49:32
I
49:32
said,
49:32
that
49:32
I've
49:33
dreamed
49:33
about
49:33
kind
49:34
of
49:34
in
49:34
the
49:34
back
49:34
of
49:34
my
49:34
head
49:35
as
49:35
a.
49:35
Yeah.
49:35
Maybe
49:36
one
49:36
day.
49:37
But
49:37
I
49:37
think
49:37
realizing
49:38
that
49:39
I
49:39
am
49:40
making
49:40
it
49:40
come
49:40
true
49:41
has
49:41
been
49:41
the
49:41
hardest
49:42
part
49:42
for
49:42
me
49:42
is
49:43
that
49:43
I'm
49:43
actually
49:44
doing
49:44
this.
49:44
It
49:44
is
49:45
really
49:45
hard
49:45
to
49:45
feel
49:46
like
49:46
this
49:46
is
49:46
reality
49:47
and
49:47
like
49:47
it's,
49:48
you
49:48
know,
49:48
because
49:48
obviously
49:49
I'm
49:49
not
49:49
doing
49:49
huge
49:50
numbers.
49:50
It's
49:50
done
49:50
great,
49:51
but
49:51
I'm
49:51
not.
49:52
So
49:52
it
49:52
doesn't,
49:52
it
49:52
doesn't
49:53
feel
49:53
as
49:53
real
49:54
as
49:55
I
49:55
guess
49:56
others
49:56
would
49:56
expect
49:57
it
49:57
to
49:57
feel.
49:57
But
49:57
for
49:58
me,
49:58
it
49:58
does
49:59
feel
49:59
real.
49:59
And
49:59
I
49:59
guess
49:59
just
50:00
making
50:01
sure
50:01
that
50:01
every
50:01
day
50:02
I
50:02
am
50:02
telling
50:02
myself
50:03
like,
50:03
this
50:03
is
50:03
what
50:04
we're
50:04
doing.
50:04
You,
50:04
you
50:05
are
50:05
a
50:05
children's
50:05
book
50:06
author,
50:06
like
50:06
you
50:06
said,
50:07
and
50:07
this
50:07
is,
50:08
this
50:08
is
50:09
your
50:10
kind
50:10
of
50:10
reason
50:11
in
50:11
life.
50:11
This
50:12
is
50:12
why
50:12
you
50:13
were
50:13
put
50:13
here.
50:13
It's,
50:14
it's
50:14
to
50:14
do
50:14
this.
50:15
And
50:15
I
50:16
took
50:16
me
50:16
37
50:17
years,
50:17
but
50:17
I
50:17
found
50:18
it,
50:18
you
50:18
know,
50:18
so
50:19
good
50:19
for
50:20
you.
50:20
And,
50:20
you
50:21
know,
50:21
picking
50:21
up
50:22
on
50:22
that,
50:22
I
50:23
think
50:23
you
50:23
have
50:23
to
50:23
look
50:24
at
50:24
it
50:24
as,
50:25
it's
50:26
not
50:26
a
50:26
sprint,
50:27
it's
50:27
a
50:27
marathon.
50:28
And
50:29
from
50:29
what
50:30
I've
50:30
gathered
50:30
in
50:31
talking
50:31
to
50:32
different
50:32
children's
50:33
book
50:33
authors
50:33
who
50:34
have,
50:34
you
50:34
know,
50:34
now
50:35
they're
50:35
into
50:35
their
50:36
third
50:36
and
50:36
fourth
50:37
book.
50:38
It's
50:38
certainly,
50:39
you
50:39
know,
50:39
some
50:40
people
50:40
have
50:40
been
50:40
into
50:41
this
50:41
for
50:41
five
50:41
years.
50:42
Once
50:42
they
50:43
get
50:43
hooked,
50:44
it's,
50:44
it's
50:44
not
50:45
about
50:45
fame
50:46
and
50:46
fortune.
50:46
It's
50:47
about
50:47
the
50:47
satisfaction
50:48
you're
50:49
getting
50:50
and
50:50
how
50:51
you're
50:51
affecting
50:52
one
50:52
person's
50:52
life.
50:53
And
50:53
your
50:53
book
50:54
will
50:54
definitely
50:54
affect
50:55
more
50:55
than
50:55
one
50:55
person
50:56
life.
50:56
I,
50:56
I
50:56
know
50:57
that.
50:57
And
50:57
so
50:58
helping
50:59
you
50:59
get
50:59
the
50:59
message
51:00
out
51:00
about
51:00
a
51:01
rhyming
51:01
Alphabet.
51:02
That's
51:02
so
51:02
cool.
51:03
Thank
51:03
you
51:04
so
51:04
much.
51:04
You're
51:05
welcome.
51:05
I
51:05
want
51:06
to
51:06
thank
51:06
you
51:06
for,
51:07
for
51:07
being
51:07
a
51:07
guest
51:08
on
51:08
the
51:08
Adventures
51:09
in
51:09
the
51:09
Heart
51:09
of
51:09
Children's
51:10
Book
51:10
Authors
51:10
podcast.
51:12
Your
51:12
generosity
51:13
of
51:13
time
51:14
and
51:14
insights
51:15
again.
51:16
I
51:16
know
51:16
it's
51:16
going
51:17
to
51:17
help
51:17
other
51:18
people
51:19
in
51:19
becoming
51:20
a
51:20
children's
51:20
book
51:21
author
51:22
and
51:22
there's
51:23
definitely
51:24
readers
51:24
will
51:24
get
51:25
an
51:25
understanding
51:26
of
51:26
why
51:26
they
51:26
should
51:27
purchase
51:27
your
51:27
book.
51:28
Like
51:28
I
51:28
said
51:28
before,
51:29
it's.
51:29
It's
51:30
not
51:30
just
51:30
for
51:30
children.
51:31
It's
51:31
for
51:32
parents
51:33
and
51:33
grandparents
51:34
to
51:34
really
51:35
have
51:35
some
51:36
fun
51:36
with
51:37
the
51:37
Alphabet,
51:37
with
51:38
their,
51:38
with
51:38
their
51:39
children.
51:39
We
51:40
also
51:40
promise
51:41
and
51:41
Lacy,
51:41
I'll
51:41
talk
51:41
to
51:42
you
51:42
about
51:42
this
51:42
is
51:43
the
51:44
social
51:44
links.
51:45
If
51:45
you
51:45
can
51:45
send
51:45
me
51:45
all
51:46
your
51:46
social
51:46
links,
51:46
we'll
51:47
make
51:47
sure
51:47
that
51:47
they're
51:48
in
51:48
the
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show
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notes
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and
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we'll
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make
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sure
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your.
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Your
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website
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is
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in
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the
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show
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notes.
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The
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other
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thing
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I'd
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like
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to
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say
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to
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the
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audience,
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if
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future
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I
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really
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appreciate
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Lacy
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being
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a
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guest
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on
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this
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show
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and
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for
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the
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listening
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audience.
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Feel
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free
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to
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share
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this
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episode
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with
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anyone
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that'll
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be
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inspired
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by
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hearing
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about
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Lacey
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and
52:14
her
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book.
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Scaly
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Feet
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and
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a
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sound.
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So
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sweet.
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Thank
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you.
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Thank
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you
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so,
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so
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much.