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How to Turn Life Stories into Published Children's Book (Aaron Measer's Journey) · Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors Podcast

• 2:12
  Aaron
• 2:12
  Meeser,
• 2:13
  My
• 2:14
  Day
• 2:14
  with
• 2:14
  Grandma
• 2:15
  oh.
• 2:15
  Thanks,
• 2:16
  Aaron,
• 2:16
  for
• 2:16
  joining
• 2:17
  us
• 2:17
  on
• 2:17
  the
• 2:17
  Adventures
• 2:18
  in
• 2:18
  the
• 2:18
  Heart
• 2:19
  of
• 2:19
  Children's
• 2:19
  Book
• 2:20
  Authors
• 2:20
  podcast.
• 2:21
  I
• 2:21
  really
• 2:21
  appreciate
• 2:21
  you
• 2:22
  coming
• 2:22
  on
• 2:22
  the
• 2:22
  show.
• 2:23
  Absolutely.
• 2:24
  Thanks
• 2:24
  for
• 2:24
  having
• 2:24
  me.
• 2:25
  My
• 2:25
  pleasure.
• 2:26
  Before
• 2:27
  we
• 2:27
  jump
• 2:27
  into
• 2:28
  discussing
• 2:29
  your,
• 2:29
  your
• 2:30
  feature
• 2:30
  book,
• 2:31
  My
• 2:31
  Day
• 2:31
  with
• 2:32
  Grandma,
• 2:33
  you've
• 2:33
  already
• 2:33
  published
• 2:34
  seven
• 2:35
  children's
• 2:36
  book,
• 2:36
  if
• 2:36
  I
• 2:36
  have
• 2:36
  the
• 2:37
  number
• 2:37
  correct.
• 2:38
  And
• 2:38
  I
• 2:38
  actually
• 2:38
  have
• 2:39
  your
• 2:39
  website
• 2:40
  up
• 2:40
  on
• 2:40
  my
• 2:41
  screen
• 2:41
  here
• 2:42
  and,
• 2:42
  and
• 2:43
  some
• 2:43
  really
• 2:44
  colorful
• 2:45
  books
• 2:46
  with
• 2:46
  cool
• 2:46
  titles.
• 2:47
  Tell
• 2:47
  us
• 2:47
  a
• 2:48
  little
• 2:48
  bit
• 2:48
  about.
• 2:49
  You're
• 2:49
  up
• 2:50
  to
• 2:50
  seven.
• 2:50
  And
• 2:51
  also
• 2:51
  tell
• 2:51
  us
• 2:52
  a
• 2:52
  little
• 2:52
  bit
• 2:52
  about
• 2:53
  why
• 2:53
  you
• 2:53
  chose
• 2:54
  today
• 2:54
  to
• 2:55
  talk
• 2:55
  about
• 2:56
  My
• 2:56
  Day
• 2:56
  with
• 2:56
  Grandma.
• 2:57
  Yeah,
• 2:58
  I
• 2:58
  started
• 2:59
  publishing
• 3:00
  books.
• 3:00
  I'd
• 3:00
  say
• 3:01
  it
• 3:01
  was
• 3:02
  2021
• 3:03
  was
• 3:04
  my
• 3:04
  first
• 3:04
  one.
• 3:05
  You
• 3:05
  know,
• 3:05
  it
• 3:05
  was
• 3:05
  kind
• 3:05
  of,
• 3:06
  it
• 3:06
  was
• 3:06
  a
• 3:06
  little
• 3:06
  bit
• 3:06
  of
• 3:06
  an
• 3:06
  interesting
• 3:07
  time
• 3:07
  for
• 3:07
  many
• 3:08
  of
• 3:08
  us.
• 3:08
  If
• 3:08
  you
• 3:08
  remember
• 3:09
  2021.
• 3:10
  Yes,
• 3:10
  absolutely.
• 3:11
  I
• 3:11
  was
• 3:11
  looking
• 3:11
  for
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  some
• 3:12
  things
• 3:12
  to
• 3:12
  do
• 3:13
  and
• 3:14
  I've
• 3:14
  always
• 3:14
  been
• 3:15
  fan
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  of
• 3:16
  stories
• 3:16
  in
• 3:16
  general,
• 3:17
  any
• 3:17
  kind
• 3:17
  of
• 3:17
  story,
• 3:18
  you
• 3:18
  know,
• 3:18
  whether
• 3:19
  it's
• 3:19
  a,
• 3:19
  you
• 3:19
  know,
• 3:19
  movies
• 3:20
  or
• 3:20
  TVs
• 3:20
  books,
• 3:21
  any
• 3:21
  kind
• 3:21
  of
• 3:21
  story.
• 3:22
  I
• 3:22
  started
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  to
• 3:23
  reminisce
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  about
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  my,
• 3:25
  you
• 3:25
  know,
• 3:25
  time
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  growing
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  up.
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  And
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  I
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  spent
• 3:27
  a
• 3:27
  lot
• 3:27
  of
• 3:27
  time
• 3:27
  with
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  my
• 3:28
  grandparents.
• 3:28
  My
• 3:28
  grandparents
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  are
• 3:30
  some
• 3:30
  of
• 3:30
  the
• 3:30
  most
• 3:30
  important
• 3:30
  people
• 3:31
  in
• 3:31
  my
• 3:31
  life.
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  And
• 3:32
  I
• 3:33
  just,
• 3:33
  you
• 3:33
  know,
• 3:34
  I
• 3:34
  wonder
• 3:34
  if
• 3:34
  I
• 3:34
  could
• 3:35
  kind
• 3:35
  of,
• 3:35
  you
• 3:36
  know,
• 3:36
  put
• 3:36
  some
• 3:36
  of
• 3:36
  this
• 3:36
  down.
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  What
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  would
• 3:37
  that
• 3:37
  look
• 3:38
  like?
• 3:38
  And
• 3:39
  it
• 3:39
  turned
• 3:39
  into
• 3:40
  my
• 3:40
  first
• 3:40
  book
• 3:41
  called
• 3:41
  My
• 3:41
  Day
• 3:42
  with
• 3:42
  Grandma.
• 3:43
  Wow.
• 3:44
  Fantastic.
• 3:45
  It's
• 3:45
  close
• 3:45
  to
• 3:46
  my
• 3:46
  heart
• 3:46
  because
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  as
• 3:48
  a
• 3:48
  grandparent,
• 3:49
  I
• 3:50
  actually
• 3:50
  co
• 3:50
  authored
• 3:51
  our
• 3:52
  first
• 3:52
  children's
• 3:52
  book,
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  the
• 3:53
  Adventures
• 3:53
  of
• 3:54
  Caboose
• 3:54
  the
• 3:54
  Rocky
• 3:55
  Mountain
• 3:55
  Bear,
• 3:55
  with
• 3:55
  my
• 3:56
  oldest
• 3:56
  granddaughter.
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  It's
• 3:58
  amazing
• 3:59
  the
• 3:59
  connection
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  that,
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  and
• 4:01
  I
• 4:01
  know
• 4:01
  the
• 4:01
  connection
• 4:02
  that
• 4:02
  my
• 4:03
  children
• 4:03
  have
• 4:04
  with
• 4:04
  my
• 4:04
  mom
• 4:04
  and
• 4:04
  dad
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  as
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  their
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  grandparents.
• 4:07
  And
• 4:07
  now
• 4:08
  talking
• 4:08
  to
• 4:08
  you
• 4:08
  and
• 4:08
  your
• 4:09
  connection
• 4:09
  with,
• 4:10
  with
• 4:10
  your
• 4:10
  grandma
• 4:11
  or
• 4:12
  Nana.
• 4:12
  Yeah,
• 4:13
  I
• 4:13
  have
• 4:14
  both.
• 4:14
  I'm
• 4:14
  very,
• 4:14
  I'm
• 4:15
  very
• 4:15
  fortunate.
• 4:16
  I
• 4:16
  have
• 4:16
  both
• 4:16
  my
• 4:16
  grandma
• 4:17
  and
• 4:17
  Anana.
• 4:18
  That's
• 4:18
  really
• 4:18
  cool.
• 4:19
  We'll
• 4:19
  get,
• 4:19
  we'll
• 4:19
  definitely
• 4:20
  get
• 4:20
  into
• 4:20
  that.
• 4:21
  That
• 4:21
  whole
• 4:21
  relationship
• 4:22
  kickstarted
• 4:23
  back
• 4:24
  in
• 4:24
  2021,
• 4:25
  your
• 4:26
  first
• 4:26
  book,
• 4:27
  and
• 4:28
  away
• 4:29
  you
• 4:29
  went.
• 4:29
  So
• 4:29
  we're
• 4:29
  going
• 4:30
  to
• 4:30
  get
• 4:30
  into
• 4:30
  that
• 4:31
  a
• 4:31
  little
• 4:31
  bit
• 4:31
  more.
• 4:32
  It's
• 4:32
  quite
• 4:33
  interesting
• 4:33
  and
• 4:34
  we
• 4:34
  definitely
• 4:34
  will
• 4:34
  talk
• 4:35
  about
• 4:35
  some
• 4:35
  of
• 4:35
  your
• 4:35
  other
• 4:36
  titles
• 4:37
  because
• 4:37
  I
• 4:37
  love
• 4:37
  to
• 4:37
  talk
• 4:38
  to
• 4:38
  you
• 4:38
  about
• 4:38
  the
• 4:38
  one
• 4:39
  that
• 4:39
  you
• 4:40
  wrote
• 4:40
  for
• 4:40
  young
• 4:40
  writers.
• 4:41
  I
• 4:41
  think
• 4:41
  that
• 4:41
  is
• 4:42
  such
• 4:42
  a
• 4:42
  cool
• 4:42
  idea
• 4:43
  and
• 4:43
  that's
• 4:44
  close
• 4:44
  to
• 4:44
  my
• 4:44
  heart.
• 4:44
  And
• 4:45
  I'll
• 4:45
  explain
• 4:46
  to
• 4:46
  you
• 4:46
  why.
• 4:47
  Because
• 4:47
  at
• 4:47
  the
• 4:47
  end
• 4:47
  of
• 4:48
  our
• 4:48
  children's
• 4:49
  book,
• 4:49
  we
• 4:49
  actually
• 4:50
  have
• 4:51
  what
• 4:51
  we
• 4:51
  call
• 4:51
  activity
• 4:52
  pages
• 4:53
  and
• 4:53
  we
• 4:54
  encourage
• 4:54
  children,
• 4:55
  first
• 4:55
  of
• 4:55
  all,
• 4:56
  write
• 4:56
  an
• 4:57
  adventure
• 4:57
  story
• 4:58
  and
• 4:58
  then
• 4:59
  we
• 4:59
  actually
• 4:59
  have
• 5:00
  what
• 5:00
  looks
• 5:00
  like
• 5:01
  picture
• 5:01
  frames,
• 5:01
  but
• 5:01
  they're
• 5:02
  actually
• 5:02
  railway
• 5:03
  tracks
• 5:04
  in
• 5:04
  a
• 5:04
  picture
• 5:05
  frame.
• 5:05
  And
• 5:06
  we
• 5:06
  encourage
• 5:07
  children
• 5:07
  to
• 5:07
  draw
• 5:08
  their
• 5:08
  story
• 5:09
  in
• 5:09
  those
• 5:09
  picture
• 5:10
  boxes.
• 5:10
  That's
• 5:11
  why
• 5:11
  I'm
• 5:11
  so
• 5:11
  curious
• 5:12
  to
• 5:12
  talk
• 5:13
  to
• 5:13
  you
• 5:13
  about
• 5:13
  that
• 5:13
  also.
• 5:14
  But
• 5:14
  we'll
• 5:14
  jump
• 5:15
  into
• 5:15
  that
• 5:15
  in
• 5:15
  a
• 5:15
  moment.
• 5:16
  Talk
• 5:17
  to
• 5:17
  us
• 5:17
  more
• 5:18
  about
• 5:18
  the
• 5:19
  inspiration
• 5:20
  behind
• 5:20
  your
• 5:21
  first
• 5:21
  children's
• 5:21
  book
• 5:22
  and
• 5:23
  kind
• 5:23
  of
• 5:23
  the
• 5:23
  origin
• 5:24
  story.
• 5:25
  Yeah,
• 5:25
  I
• 5:26
  really
• 5:26
  started
• 5:26
  to
• 5:27
  think
• 5:27
  about
• 5:27
  a
• 5:28
  lot
• 5:28
  of
• 5:28
  my
• 5:28
  memories
• 5:29
  about
• 5:29
  spending
• 5:29
  time
• 5:30
  with
• 5:30
  my,
• 5:30
  you
• 5:31
  know,
• 5:31
  both
• 5:31
  my
• 5:31
  grandparents,
• 5:32
  but
• 5:32
  really
• 5:32
  my
• 5:33
  grandmother.
• 5:34
  You
• 5:34
  know,
• 5:34
  things
• 5:34
  started
• 5:35
  to
• 5:35
  stick
• 5:35
  out
• 5:35
  and
• 5:35
  it
• 5:36
  was
• 5:36
  very
• 5:36
  interesting.
• 5:37
  I
• 5:37
  don't
• 5:38
  know
• 5:38
  if
• 5:38
  you've
• 5:38
  come
• 5:38
  across
• 5:39
  this
• 5:39
  with,
• 5:39
  with
• 5:40
  other
• 5:40
  authors
• 5:40
  or
• 5:40
  even
• 5:40
  your,
• 5:41
  your
• 5:41
  own
• 5:41
  books,
• 5:41
  but
• 5:41
  I.
• 5:42
  When
• 5:42
  I
• 5:42
  started
• 5:43
  writing
• 5:43
  my
• 5:44
  day
• 5:44
  with
• 5:44
  Grandma,
• 5:45
  I
• 5:45
  began
• 5:45
  to
• 5:45
  think
• 5:46
  about
• 5:46
  the
• 5:46
  very
• 5:46
  specific
• 5:47
  things
• 5:48
  that
• 5:48
  I
• 5:48
  did
• 5:48
  with
• 5:49
  her.
• 5:49
  Some
• 5:49
  of
• 5:49
  the
• 5:49
  things
• 5:49
  in
• 5:50
  the
• 5:50
  book
• 5:50
  are,
• 5:50
  you
• 5:51
  know,
• 5:51
  eating
• 5:51
  a
• 5:51
  snack
• 5:51
  of
• 5:51
  like
• 5:52
  string
• 5:52
  cheese
• 5:52
  and
• 5:53
  frozen
• 5:53
  grapes
• 5:53
  is
• 5:53
  a
• 5:54
  very
• 5:54
  specific
• 5:54
  one
• 5:54
  for
• 5:55
  me.
• 5:55
  Frozen
• 5:55
  grapes
• 5:56
  or
• 5:56
  having.
• 5:56
  Having
• 5:57
  a
• 5:57
  cup
• 5:57
  of
• 5:57
  tea
• 5:57
  before
• 5:58
  bed.
• 5:59
  I
• 5:59
  actually
• 5:59
  was
• 5:59
  very
• 6:00
  nervous
• 6:01
  writing
• 6:01
  the
• 6:02
  book
• 6:02
  and
• 6:02
  when
• 6:03
  I
• 6:03
  started
• 6:03
  to
• 6:03
  publish
• 6:03
  it
• 6:04
  because
• 6:04
  I
• 6:04
  thought,
• 6:05
  who
• 6:05
  else
• 6:05
  is
• 6:05
  going
• 6:06
  to
• 6:06
  have
• 6:06
  these
• 6:06
  kind
• 6:06
  of
• 6:07
  like,
• 6:07
  it's
• 6:07
  very.
• 6:08
  So
• 6:08
  it's
• 6:08
  almost
• 6:09
  was
• 6:09
  too
• 6:09
  specific
• 6:10
  to
• 6:10
  me.
• 6:10
  You
• 6:10
  know,
• 6:11
  I
• 6:11
  thought
• 6:12
  nobody
• 6:12
  else
• 6:12
  is
• 6:12
  going
• 6:13
  to
• 6:13
  quite
• 6:14
  understand
• 6:15
  my
• 6:15
  relationship
• 6:16
  with
• 6:16
  my
• 6:16
  grandmother.
• 6:17
  And
• 6:17
  you
• 6:17
  know,
• 6:18
  it
• 6:18
  was,
• 6:18
  it
• 6:18
  was
• 6:19
  a
• 6:19
  little
• 6:19
  bit
• 6:20
  nervous.
• 6:20
  I
• 6:20
  actually
• 6:21
  had
• 6:21
  a
• 6:21
  couple
• 6:21
  conversations
• 6:22
  with
• 6:22
  people
• 6:23
  that
• 6:23
  were
• 6:23
  close
• 6:24
  to
• 6:24
  me
• 6:24
  that
• 6:24
  I
• 6:24
  said,
• 6:24
  do
• 6:24
  I,
• 6:25
  should
• 6:25
  I.
• 6:25
  Should
• 6:25
  I
• 6:26
  make
• 6:26
  this
• 6:26
  more
• 6:26
  generic?
• 6:27
  Like,
• 6:27
  what
• 6:27
  should
• 6:27
  I
• 6:27
  do?
• 6:28
  And
• 6:29
  thankfully,
• 6:29
  I
• 6:30
  think
• 6:30
  they
• 6:30
  all
• 6:30
  said
• 6:30
  no,
• 6:31
  just,
• 6:31
  just
• 6:31
  do
• 6:31
  it
• 6:32
  for.
• 6:32
  Do
• 6:32
  it
• 6:33
  as
• 6:33
  if
• 6:33
  you
• 6:33
  were
• 6:33
  writing
• 6:34
  it,
• 6:34
  you
• 6:35
  know,
• 6:35
  telling
• 6:35
  your
• 6:36
  story
• 6:36
  with
• 6:36
  your
• 6:36
  grandmother.
• 6:38
  And
• 6:38
  that's
• 6:38
  what
• 6:38
  I
• 6:39
  did.
• 6:39
  What's
• 6:40
  so
• 6:40
  interesting
• 6:40
  is
• 6:41
  that
• 6:41
  I've
• 6:41
  had
• 6:41
  so
• 6:42
  many
• 6:42
  people
• 6:42
  come
• 6:43
  up
• 6:43
  to
• 6:43
  me
• 6:43
  and
• 6:43
  specifically
• 6:44
  tell
• 6:44
  me
• 6:45
  that
• 6:46
  it
• 6:46
  resonated
• 6:47
  with
• 6:47
  them
• 6:47
  on
• 6:47
  a,
• 6:48
  on
• 6:48
  a
• 6:48
  very
• 6:48
  deep
• 6:48
  and
• 6:49
  personal
• 6:49
  level.
• 6:50
  It.
• 6:50
  Because
• 6:50
  it
• 6:51
  was
• 6:51
  so
• 6:52
  specific
• 6:52
  to
• 6:53
  those
• 6:53
  different
• 6:53
  events,
• 6:53
  you
• 6:54
  know,
• 6:54
  it
• 6:54
  wasn't
• 6:54
  just,
• 6:54
  oh,
• 6:55
  my
• 6:55
  grandmother
• 6:55
  loves
• 6:55
  me.
• 6:56
  We
• 6:56
  had
• 6:56
  this
• 6:56
  rope
• 6:56
  swing,
• 6:57
  you
• 6:57
  know,
• 6:57
  from
• 6:58
  a
• 6:58
  tree
• 6:58
  that
• 6:59
  went
• 6:59
  over
• 6:59
  this
• 6:59
  creek,
• 7:00
  you
• 7:00
  know,
• 7:00
  and
• 7:00
  it
• 7:01
  was
• 7:01
  kind
• 7:02
  of
• 7:02
  the,
• 7:02
  you
• 7:02
  know,
• 7:02
  death
• 7:03
  defying,
• 7:03
  you
• 7:03
  know,
• 7:03
  moment
• 7:04
  as
• 7:04
  a
• 7:04
  kid,
• 7:04
  you
• 7:04
  know,
• 7:05
  when
• 7:05
  you're,
• 7:05
  you
• 7:05
  know,
• 7:05
  nine
• 7:06
  years
• 7:06
  old,
• 7:06
  you
• 7:06
  feel
• 7:06
  like
• 7:06
  it's
• 7:07
  the
• 7:07
  craziest
• 7:07
  thing
• 7:07
  you
• 7:07
  could
• 7:08
  ever
• 7:08
  do.
• 7:08
  You
• 7:09
  know,
• 7:09
  the
• 7:10
  pool
• 7:10
  growing
• 7:10
  up,
• 7:10
  you
• 7:11
  know,
• 7:11
  the
• 7:11
  pool
• 7:11
  is
• 7:11
  a
• 7:11
  major
• 7:12
  part
• 7:12
  of
• 7:13
  going
• 7:13
  over
• 7:13
  to
• 7:13
  their
• 7:13
  house.
• 7:14
  You
• 7:14
  know,
• 7:14
  riding
• 7:15
  down
• 7:15
  the,
• 7:15
  the
• 7:16
  driveway
• 7:16
  and
• 7:17
  that'll
• 7:17
  fire
• 7:17
  truck.
• 7:17
  I
• 7:18
  mean,
• 7:18
  that's
• 7:18
  exactly
• 7:19
  the.
• 7:19
  The
• 7:19
  lady
• 7:19
  that
• 7:20
  did
• 7:20
  my
• 7:20
  illustrations
• 7:21
  for
• 7:21
  that
• 7:21
  book,
• 7:21
  her
• 7:21
  name
• 7:21
  was
• 7:22
  DYSKE.
• 7:22
  Collins.
• 7:22
  She
• 7:23
  did
• 7:23
  an
• 7:24
  absolutely
• 7:24
  phenomenal
• 7:25
  job.
• 7:25
  I
• 7:25
  sent
• 7:25
  her
• 7:26
  photos
• 7:27
  of
• 7:27
  the
• 7:27
  different
• 7:28
  places
• 7:28
  and
• 7:28
  things
• 7:29
  that
• 7:29
  from
• 7:30
  that
• 7:30
  inspired
• 7:30
  the
• 7:31
  book,
• 7:31
  and
• 7:31
  she
• 7:32
  turned
• 7:32
  it
• 7:32
  into
• 7:32
  just
• 7:32
  some
• 7:32
  of
• 7:32
  the
• 7:33
  most
• 7:33
  beautiful
• 7:33
  illustrations.
• 7:34
  Personally,
• 7:34
  as
• 7:34
  far
• 7:34
  as
• 7:34
  I'm
• 7:35
  biased,
• 7:35
  no.
• 7:36
  The
• 7:36
  book
• 7:36
  is
• 7:36
  beautiful.
• 7:37
  And
• 7:37
  I
• 7:37
  want
• 7:37
  to
• 7:38
  pick
• 7:38
  up
• 7:38
  on
• 7:38
  that
• 7:38
  for
• 7:39
  a
• 7:39
  moment,
• 7:39
  Aaron,
• 7:40
  because,
• 7:40
  you
• 7:40
  know,
• 7:40
  what
• 7:41
  I've
• 7:42
  done
• 7:42
  with
• 7:43
  my
• 7:43
  granddaughter,
• 7:44
  a
• 7:44
  very
• 7:45
  similar
• 7:45
  situation.
• 7:46
  Even
• 7:47
  though
• 7:47
  your
• 7:48
  grandma
• 7:48
  and
• 7:49
  yourself
• 7:49
  are
• 7:50
  kind
• 7:50
  of
• 7:50
  reflected
• 7:50
  in
• 7:51
  the
• 7:51
  illustrations,
• 7:52
  with
• 7:53
  my
• 7:53
  granddaughter
• 7:54
  and
• 7:55
  myself,
• 7:56
  we
• 7:57
  are
• 7:57
  actually
• 7:58
  end
• 7:58
  up
• 7:58
  being
• 7:59
  characters.
• 8:00
  We
• 8:01
  both
• 8:01
  end
• 8:01
  up
• 8:02
  being
• 8:02
  bears
• 8:03
  in
• 8:03
  our
• 8:03
  story.
• 8:04
  At
• 8:04
  the
• 8:04
  end
• 8:05
  of
• 8:05
  the
• 8:05
  day,
• 8:05
  when
• 8:06
  I
• 8:06
  was
• 8:06
  putting
• 8:07
  the.
• 8:07
  The
• 8:07
  book
• 8:07
  together
• 8:08
  and
• 8:08
  my
• 8:08
  granddaughter
• 8:09
  and
• 8:09
  I
• 8:10
  wrote
• 8:11
  our
• 8:11
  first
• 8:11
  book,
• 8:11
  and
• 8:12
  we've
• 8:12
  gone
• 8:12
  on
• 8:12
  to
• 8:12
  write
• 8:13
  many
• 8:14
  others,
• 8:14
  and
• 8:15
  now
• 8:15
  we're
• 8:15
  trying
• 8:15
  to
• 8:15
  get
• 8:15
  them
• 8:16
  published.
• 8:16
  But
• 8:16
  the
• 8:17
  whole
• 8:17
  idea
• 8:17
  was
• 8:18
  that
• 8:18
  we
• 8:19
  looked
• 8:19
  back.
• 8:20
  It
• 8:20
  was
• 8:20
  actually
• 8:21
  my
• 8:21
  granddaughter
• 8:21
  who
• 8:21
  said
• 8:22
  to
• 8:22
  me,
• 8:22
  papa,
• 8:23
  that's
• 8:23
  what
• 8:23
  they
• 8:23
  call
• 8:24
  me.
• 8:24
  Papa,
• 8:24
  can
• 8:25
  we
• 8:25
  look
• 8:25
  at
• 8:25
  the
• 8:25
  pictures
• 8:26
  and
• 8:26
  write
• 8:27
  stories
• 8:27
  of
• 8:27
  all
• 8:28
  of
• 8:28
  our
• 8:28
  adventures?
• 8:29
  And
• 8:30
  that's
• 8:30
  how
• 8:30
  it
• 8:30
  all
• 8:31
  started.
• 8:31
  Most
• 8:32
  of
• 8:32
  the.
• 8:32
  Actually,
• 8:33
  all
• 8:34
  of
• 8:34
  the
• 8:34
  stories
• 8:35
  have
• 8:36
  a
• 8:36
  base
• 8:36
  of
• 8:37
  realism
• 8:38
  to
• 8:38
  them.
• 8:39
  And
• 8:39
  it
• 8:39
  sounds
• 8:40
  like
• 8:40
  for
• 8:40
  you,
• 8:40
  that's
• 8:41
  exactly
• 8:41
  the
• 8:42
  same
• 8:42
  way.
• 8:43
  Absolutely.
• 8:43
  It's
• 8:44
  interesting.
• 8:44
  There
• 8:45
  are
• 8:45
  some.
• 8:46
  I
• 8:46
  would
• 8:46
  say,
• 8:47
  I
• 8:47
  don't
• 8:47
  want
• 8:47
  to
• 8:48
  say
• 8:48
  magical
• 8:49
  touches,
• 8:49
  but
• 8:49
  there
• 8:49
  are
• 8:50
  some
• 8:50
  things
• 8:50
  where,
• 8:50
  you
• 8:51
  know,
• 8:51
  you
• 8:51
  get
• 8:51
  a
• 8:52
  sense
• 8:52
  of
• 8:52
  the
• 8:53
  kind
• 8:53
  of
• 8:53
  childlike
• 8:54
  wonder,
• 8:54
  I
• 8:54
  think,
• 8:55
  you
• 8:55
  know,
• 8:55
  there's
• 8:55
  like,
• 8:56
  you
• 8:56
  know,
• 8:57
  a
• 8:57
  part
• 8:57
  where
• 8:58
  they're
• 8:58
  talking
• 8:58
  to
• 8:59
  the
• 8:59
  bird,
• 9:00
  you
• 9:00
  know,
• 9:00
  and
• 9:00
  that
• 9:00
  kind
• 9:00
  of
• 9:01
  thing.
• 9:01
  And,
• 9:01
  you
• 9:02
  know,
• 9:02
  so
• 9:02
  there
• 9:02
  are
• 9:02
  some
• 9:03
  little
• 9:03
  parts
• 9:03
  of
• 9:03
  that,
• 9:04
  but
• 9:04
  it's
• 9:04
  a
• 9:05
  very
• 9:06
  real
• 9:06
  book
• 9:07
  in
• 9:07
  the
• 9:07
  sense
• 9:07
  of.
• 9:08
  It's
• 9:08
  not
• 9:08
  necessarily.
• 9:09
  It's
• 9:09
  not
• 9:09
  like
• 9:10
  a
• 9:10
  fantasy
• 9:11
  world,
• 9:11
  you
• 9:12
  know,
• 9:12
  specifically,
• 9:12
  or
• 9:12
  anything
• 9:13
  like
• 9:13
  that.
• 9:13
  It's
• 9:13
  a
• 9:13
  very,
• 9:14
  you
• 9:14
  know,
• 9:14
  this
• 9:14
  is.
• 9:14
  Even
• 9:15
  though
• 9:15
  it's
• 9:15
  a
• 9:15
  whimsical
• 9:16
  tale,
• 9:16
  right?
• 9:17
  Yeah.
• 9:17
  Yeah.
• 9:17
  Tell
• 9:17
  me
• 9:18
  a
• 9:18
  little
• 9:18
  bit
• 9:18
  more.
• 9:18
  I'm
• 9:19
  just
• 9:19
  curious
• 9:20
  because
• 9:20
  I
• 9:21
  actually.
• 9:22
  Until
• 9:22
  you
• 9:22
  actually
• 9:23
  mentioned
• 9:24
  sending
• 9:24
  photos
• 9:25
  to
• 9:25
  your
• 9:25
  illustrator,
• 9:26
  which
• 9:26
  I
• 9:26
  think
• 9:26
  is
• 9:26
  a
• 9:27
  fantastic
• 9:28
  idea
• 9:29
  for
• 9:29
  aspiring
• 9:30
  authors,
• 9:31
  I
• 9:31
  never
• 9:31
  thought
• 9:31
  to
• 9:32
  this
• 9:32
  till
• 9:32
  you
• 9:33
  said
• 9:33
  this
• 9:34
  is.
• 9:34
  Tell
• 9:35
  us
• 9:35
  a
• 9:35
  little
• 9:35
  bit
• 9:36
  about
• 9:37
  what
• 9:37
  did
• 9:37
  your
• 9:37
  illustrator
• 9:38
  say
• 9:38
  to
• 9:39
  you
• 9:39
  when
• 9:40
  you
• 9:40
  sent
• 9:40
  the
• 9:40
  photos
• 9:41
  to
• 9:41
  help
• 9:42
  come
• 9:42
  up
• 9:43
  with.
• 9:43
  To
• 9:43
  trigger
• 9:44
  some
• 9:45
  thoughts
• 9:45
  on
• 9:45
  how
• 9:45
  to
• 9:46
  do
• 9:46
  the
• 9:46
  illustration.
• 9:47
  Yeah,
• 9:48
  so
• 9:48
  I
• 9:48
  like.
• 9:48
  I
• 9:49
  loved
• 9:49
  working
• 9:50
  with
• 9:50
  my
• 9:50
  illustrator
• 9:51
  on
• 9:51
  my
• 9:51
  day
• 9:51
  of
• 9:51
  the
• 9:51
  crowd.
• 9:51
  I've
• 9:52
  loved
• 9:52
  all
• 9:52
  my
• 9:52
  illustrators.
• 9:53
  But,
• 9:53
  you
• 9:53
  know,
• 9:53
  she
• 9:54
  being
• 9:54
  my
• 9:54
  first
• 9:54
  book,
• 9:55
  she
• 9:55
  did
• 9:56
  a
• 9:56
  fantastic
• 9:56
  job.
• 9:57
  She
• 9:57
  had
• 9:57
  done
• 9:57
  several
• 9:57
  books
• 9:58
  already,
• 9:58
  so
• 9:58
  she
• 9:58
  was
• 9:59
  a
• 9:59
  little
• 9:59
  bit
• 9:59
  more
• 9:59
  seasoned
• 10:00
  and
• 10:00
  she
• 10:01
  kind
• 10:01
  of
• 10:01
  guided
• 10:01
  me
• 10:01
  through
• 10:02
  the
• 10:02
  process.
• 10:02
  I
• 10:02
  gotta
• 10:02
  say,
• 10:03
  I
• 10:03
  probably
• 10:03
  couldn't
• 10:03
  have
• 10:03
  done
• 10:03
  it
• 10:04
  without
• 10:04
  her.
• 10:05
  But
• 10:05
  she,
• 10:06
  you
• 10:06
  know,
• 10:07
  I
• 10:07
  had
• 10:07
  said,
• 10:07
  you
• 10:07
  know,
• 10:08
  I
• 10:08
  have
• 10:08
  some
• 10:08
  very
• 10:08
  specific.
• 10:09
  I
• 10:10
  have
• 10:10
  a
• 10:10
  look
• 10:10
  in
• 10:11
  my
• 10:11
  head
• 10:11
  for
• 10:11
  the
• 10:12
  book.
• 10:12
  I.
• 10:12
  Every
• 10:12
  book
• 10:13
  that
• 10:13
  I
• 10:13
  write
• 10:13
  is
• 10:14
  a
• 10:14
  very
• 10:14
  specific
• 10:15
  look
• 10:15
  in
• 10:15
  my
• 10:15
  head.
• 10:16
  Not
• 10:16
  necessarily
• 10:17
  specific
• 10:17
  illustrations,
• 10:18
  but
• 10:18
  it's
• 10:18
  a
• 10:18
  very
• 10:19
  specific
• 10:19
  style.
• 10:20
  And
• 10:21
  as
• 10:21
  soon
• 10:21
  as
• 10:21
  I
• 10:21
  saw
• 10:22
  her
• 10:22
  illustrations,
• 10:22
  I
• 10:22
  knew
• 10:23
  that
• 10:23
  she
• 10:23
  had
• 10:23
  to
• 10:23
  do
• 10:23
  it.
• 10:24
  Doesn't
• 10:25
  matter
• 10:25
  how
• 10:25
  it
• 10:25
  happened,
• 10:26
  but
• 10:26
  she
• 10:26
  had
• 10:26
  to
• 10:26
  do
• 10:26
  it.
• 10:27
  And
• 10:28
  I
• 10:28
  contacted
• 10:29
  her.
• 10:29
  She
• 10:29
  was
• 10:29
  very
• 10:30
  interested.
• 10:30
  She
• 10:30
  loved
• 10:31
  the
• 10:31
  story
• 10:31
  that
• 10:32
  I
• 10:32
  sent
• 10:32
  her.
• 10:33
  And
• 10:34
  I
• 10:34
  said,
• 10:34
  I'd
• 10:34
  like,
• 10:35
  if
• 10:35
  you
• 10:35
  don't
• 10:35
  mind,
• 10:36
  I'd
• 10:36
  like
• 10:36
  to
• 10:36
  send
• 10:36
  you
• 10:37
  some
• 10:38
  photos
• 10:39
  from
• 10:39
  my
• 10:39
  childhood,
• 10:40
  some
• 10:40
  of
• 10:40
  the
• 10:40
  things
• 10:40
  that
• 10:40
  we
• 10:40
  did
• 10:41
  to
• 10:41
  give
• 10:41
  you
• 10:41
  some
• 10:42
  reference.
• 10:42
  And
• 10:42
  she
• 10:43
  was
• 10:43
  all
• 10:43
  for
• 10:43
  that.
• 10:43
  I
• 10:44
  sent
• 10:44
  her
• 10:44
  the
• 10:44
  photos
• 10:45
  and
• 10:45
  again,
• 10:45
  she
• 10:46
  loved
• 10:46
  that
• 10:47
  idea.
• 10:47
  I
• 10:47
  don't
• 10:47
  know
• 10:47
  if
• 10:47
  she
• 10:47
  had
• 10:48
  done
• 10:48
  that
• 10:48
  before
• 10:48
  or
• 10:48
  not.
• 10:49
  She
• 10:49
  hadn't
• 10:49
  mentioned
• 10:49
  that.
• 10:50
  But,
• 10:50
  you
• 10:51
  know,
• 10:51
  I
• 10:51
  mean,
• 10:51
  the,
• 10:52
  If
• 10:52
  I
• 10:52
  showed
• 10:52
  you
• 10:52
  the
• 10:53
  photos
• 10:54
  versus
• 10:54
  the
• 10:54
  illustrations,
• 10:55
  I
• 10:55
  mean,
• 10:55
  it's
• 10:56
  just
• 10:56
  incredible.
• 10:56
  Obviously,
• 10:57
  you
• 10:57
  know,
• 10:58
  she
• 10:58
  put
• 10:58
  a
• 10:58
  lot
• 10:58
  of
• 10:58
  kind
• 10:59
  of
• 10:59
  whimsical
• 11:00
  energy
• 11:00
  into
• 11:01
  them.
• 11:02
  But
• 11:02
  I
• 11:02
  mean,
• 11:02
  for
• 11:03
  I
• 11:03
  look
• 11:03
  at,
• 11:03
  I
• 11:03
  should
• 11:04
  say,
• 11:04
  and
• 11:04
  I
• 11:04
  just
• 11:05
  see
• 11:05
  my
• 11:05
  childhood.
• 11:05
  I
• 11:05
  mean,
• 11:06
  it's
• 11:06
  just
• 11:06
  amazing.
• 11:07
  I
• 11:07
  love
• 11:07
  it.
• 11:07
  I
• 11:08
  love
• 11:08
  it.
• 11:08
  So,
• 11:08
  just
• 11:09
  so
• 11:09
  people,
• 11:09
  aspiring
• 11:11
  authors
• 11:11
  know,
• 11:12
  it's.
• 11:13
  It
• 11:13
  can
• 11:13
  be
• 11:13
  just
• 11:14
  as
• 11:14
  simple
• 11:14
  as
• 11:15
  that.
• 11:15
  And
• 11:15
  it's
• 11:16
  incredible
• 11:16
  what
• 11:17
  illustrators
• 11:18
  can
• 11:18
  then
• 11:18
  take
• 11:19
  from
• 11:20
  those
• 11:20
  photos
• 11:21
  and
• 11:22
  create
• 11:22
  something
• 11:22
  very
• 11:23
  magical.
• 11:24
  Yeah,
• 11:24
  I,
• 11:25
  and
• 11:25
  I've
• 11:25
  done
• 11:25
  this
• 11:25
  with,
• 11:26
  with
• 11:26
  every,
• 11:27
  every
• 11:27
  book
• 11:27
  that
• 11:27
  I've
• 11:27
  done.
• 11:28
  I'm
• 11:29
  very
• 11:29
  specific
• 11:29
  when
• 11:30
  I
• 11:30
  hire
• 11:30
  my
• 11:30
  illustrators
• 11:31
  that
• 11:31
  they're
• 11:32
  in
• 11:32
  charge
• 11:32
  of
• 11:32
  the
• 11:32
  illustrations
• 11:33
  now.
• 11:33
  And
• 11:33
  obviously
• 11:34
  this
• 11:34
  isn't
• 11:34
  the
• 11:34
  way
• 11:35
  everybody
• 11:35
  would
• 11:35
  want
• 11:35
  to
• 11:35
  do
• 11:35
  it,
• 11:36
  but
• 11:36
  I
• 11:36
  said,
• 11:37
  I,
• 11:37
  I'm
• 11:38
  not
• 11:38
  going
• 11:38
  to
• 11:38
  tell
• 11:38
  you
• 11:38
  what
• 11:39
  to
• 11:39
  do.
• 11:39
  You
• 11:40
  know,
• 11:40
  here's
• 11:40
  some
• 11:41
  ideas
• 11:41
  that
• 11:41
  I've
• 11:41
  had,
• 11:42
  obviously
• 11:42
  from
• 11:43
  the.
• 11:43
  What
• 11:43
  I've
• 11:43
  written,
• 11:44
  but
• 11:45
  I'm
• 11:45
  not
• 11:45
  an
• 11:45
  illustrator,
• 11:46
  you
• 11:46
  know,
• 11:46
  I
• 11:46
  don't
• 11:46
  know
• 11:47
  the
• 11:47
  world
• 11:47
  of
• 11:48
  illustration.
• 11:48
  So.
• 11:49
  Right.
• 11:49
  You
• 11:49
  know,
• 11:50
  they're
• 11:50
  the
• 11:50
  masters.
• 11:51
  And,
• 11:51
  and
• 11:52
  I'm
• 11:52
  basically,
• 11:53
  you
• 11:53
  know,
• 11:54
  asking
• 11:54
  them
• 11:55
  to,
• 11:55
  to
• 11:55
  give
• 11:56
  me
• 11:56
  beautiful
• 11:57
  artwork
• 11:57
  and
• 11:58
  I
• 11:58
  let
• 11:58
  them
• 11:58
  have
• 11:58
  as
• 11:59
  much
• 11:59
  free
• 11:59
  rein
• 11:59
  as
• 11:59
  possible.
• 12:00
  That
• 12:00
  leads
• 12:01
  me
• 12:01
  to
• 12:01
  my
• 12:01
  next
• 12:02
  question,
• 12:02
  which
• 12:02
  is
• 12:03
  you
• 12:04
  did
• 12:04
  your
• 12:04
  first
• 12:04
  book.
• 12:05
  It
• 12:05
  sounds
• 12:06
  like
• 12:06
  you've.
• 12:07
  You've
• 12:07
  worked
• 12:07
  with
• 12:08
  multiple
• 12:09
  illustrators.
• 12:10
  Tell
• 12:10
  us
• 12:11
  two
• 12:11
  things.
• 12:12
  Tell
• 12:12
  us,
• 12:13
  how
• 12:13
  did
• 12:13
  you
• 12:13
  end
• 12:14
  up
• 12:14
  writing
• 12:15
  as
• 12:16
  many
• 12:16
  children's
• 12:17
  books
• 12:17
  as
• 12:17
  you
• 12:17
  did?
• 12:18
  And
• 12:19
  why
• 12:19
  not
• 12:20
  work
• 12:20
  with
• 12:20
  the
• 12:20
  same
• 12:21
  illustrator?
• 12:21
  Why
• 12:22
  change
• 12:22
  it
• 12:22
  up?
• 12:22
  What.
• 12:23
  What
• 12:23
  were
• 12:23
  you
• 12:23
  searching
• 12:23
  for?
• 12:24
  Honestly,
• 12:25
  that
• 12:25
  ties
• 12:25
  back
• 12:25
  to
• 12:26
  what
• 12:26
  I
• 12:26
  said
• 12:27
  about
• 12:27
  the
• 12:27
  look
• 12:27
  of
• 12:28
  the
• 12:28
  book
• 12:28
  in
• 12:28
  my
• 12:28
  head.
• 12:29
  You
• 12:29
  know,
• 12:29
  most
• 12:30
  illustrators
• 12:31
  that
• 12:31
  I've
• 12:32
  I
• 12:32
  should
• 12:33
  say
• 12:33
  that
• 12:33
  I've
• 12:33
  known
• 12:34
  that
• 12:34
  I've
• 12:34
  worked
• 12:34
  with.
• 12:35
  They
• 12:35
  have
• 12:36
  a
• 12:36
  specific
• 12:37
  style
• 12:38
  and
• 12:38
  I
• 12:38
  wouldn't
• 12:39
  say
• 12:39
  that
• 12:39
  it's.
• 12:39
  It's
• 12:40
  hard
• 12:40
  or
• 12:40
  impossible
• 12:41
  for
• 12:41
  them
• 12:41
  to
• 12:41
  make
• 12:42
  changes
• 12:42
  to
• 12:42
  that
• 12:42
  style.
• 12:43
  But
• 12:43
  you.
• 12:43
  I
• 12:43
  think
• 12:44
  there's
• 12:44
  a
• 12:44
  style
• 12:44
  that
• 12:44
  each
• 12:45
  illustrator
• 12:45
  has
• 12:45
  that
• 12:45
  they're
• 12:46
  comfortable
• 12:46
  with.
• 12:47
  And
• 12:48
  pretty
• 12:48
  much
• 12:48
  every
• 12:49
  book
• 12:49
  that
• 12:49
  I've
• 12:49
  written
• 12:50
  in
• 12:50
  my
• 12:50
  head
• 12:51
  just
• 12:51
  looks
• 12:51
  very
• 12:51
  different
• 12:52
  from
• 12:52
  the
• 12:52
  next
• 12:53
  one.
• 12:53
  It's
• 12:53
  just
• 12:54
  a
• 12:54
  very,
• 12:55
  very
• 12:55
  different
• 12:56
  feel
• 12:57
  in
• 12:57
  my
• 12:57
  head.
• 12:57
  As
• 12:57
  far
• 12:57
  as
• 12:58
  you
• 12:58
  know,
• 12:58
  is
• 12:58
  something
• 12:59
  going
• 12:59
  to
• 12:59
  be
• 12:59
  more
• 12:59
  like
• 12:59
  a
• 13:00
  watercolor
• 13:00
  or
• 13:00
  more
• 13:01
  of
• 13:01
  a
• 13:01
  pencil
• 13:01
  illustration,
• 13:02
  you
• 13:02
  know.
• 13:02
  So
• 13:03
  you
• 13:03
  said
• 13:03
  you
• 13:03
  work
• 13:04
  with
• 13:04
  multiple
• 13:05
  illustrators.
• 13:05
  How
• 13:06
  did
• 13:06
  you
• 13:06
  find
• 13:06
  these
• 13:07
  illustrators?
• 13:08
  If
• 13:08
  I'm
• 13:08
  an
• 13:08
  aspiring
• 13:09
  author,
• 13:09
  like
• 13:10
  how
• 13:10
  have
• 13:10
  the
• 13:11
  where
• 13:11
  for
• 13:11
  all
• 13:11
  to
• 13:11
  go
• 13:12
  looking
• 13:12
  for
• 13:13
  someone
• 13:14
  who
• 13:14
  is
• 13:14
  going
• 13:14
  to
• 13:14
  give
• 13:15
  you
• 13:15
  that
• 13:16
  in
• 13:16
  your
• 13:17
  head
• 13:17
  feel
• 13:18
  like
• 13:18
  your.
• 13:18
  What
• 13:19
  was
• 13:19
  in
• 13:19
  your
• 13:19
  head
• 13:20
  down
• 13:20
  to
• 13:21
  an
• 13:21
  illustration.
• 13:23
  Yeah,
• 13:23
  I.
• 13:23
  There's
• 13:24
  a
• 13:24
  fantastic
• 13:25
  website,
• 13:25
  I
• 13:26
  believe
• 13:26
  that
• 13:26
  it's
• 13:27
  just
• 13:27
  called
• 13:28
  Children's
• 13:29
  Illustrators.
• 13:29
  Com.
• 13:30
  I
• 13:30
  think
• 13:30
  that's,
• 13:30
  it's
• 13:30
  just
• 13:31
  straightforward
• 13:31
  as
• 13:31
  that
• 13:32
  when
• 13:32
  that's
• 13:32
  a
• 13:32
  database
• 13:33
  where
• 13:33
  people
• 13:34
  have
• 13:34
  their
• 13:34
  artwork
• 13:35
  on
• 13:35
  the
• 13:35
  website
• 13:36
  with
• 13:36
  their
• 13:37
  contact
• 13:37
  information.
• 13:38
  And
• 13:38
  you
• 13:38
  could
• 13:39
  spend
• 13:39
  probably
• 13:40
  a
• 13:40
  day,
• 13:41
  you
• 13:41
  know,
• 13:41
  a
• 13:41
  full
• 13:42
  day
• 13:42
  just
• 13:43
  scrolling
• 13:44
  through
• 13:44
  pages
• 13:44
  of
• 13:44
  artwork.
• 13:45
  And
• 13:46
  for
• 13:46
  me
• 13:47
  it's
• 13:47
  a
• 13:47
  simple.
• 13:48
  I
• 13:48
  mean
• 13:48
  it
• 13:48
  probably
• 13:49
  sounds
• 13:49
  cliche,
• 13:49
  but
• 13:50
  it's,
• 13:50
  it's
• 13:50
  just.
• 13:51
  It
• 13:51
  clicks
• 13:51
  or
• 13:51
  it
• 13:51
  doesn't.
• 13:52
  You
• 13:52
  know,
• 13:52
  I
• 13:53
  could
• 13:53
  find
• 13:53
  something
• 13:54
  that
• 13:54
  I
• 13:54
  love
• 13:55
  if
• 13:55
  I
• 13:56
  find
• 13:56
  an
• 13:56
  artwork
• 13:57
  that
• 13:57
  I
• 13:57
  love,
• 13:58
  but
• 13:58
  I
• 13:58
  don't
• 13:58
  think
• 13:58
  it'll
• 13:59
  fit
• 13:59
  my
• 13:59
  current
• 13:59
  project.
• 14:00
  I'll
• 14:01
  usually
• 14:02
  find
• 14:02
  that
• 14:03
  illustrator
• 14:04
  on
• 14:04
  Instagram
• 14:05
  or
• 14:05
  Facebook
• 14:05
  or
• 14:05
  something
• 14:06
  so
• 14:06
  that
• 14:06
  it's
• 14:06
  in
• 14:06
  my
• 14:07
  feed,
• 14:07
  which
• 14:08
  is
• 14:08
  also
• 14:08
  great
• 14:08
  because
• 14:08
  that
• 14:09
  gives
• 14:09
  you
• 14:10
  inspiration,
• 14:11
  you
• 14:11
  know,
• 14:11
  all
• 14:11
  the
• 14:11
  time
• 14:12
  when
• 14:12
  you're
• 14:12
  looking
• 14:12
  at
• 14:12
  fantastic
• 14:13
  artwork.
• 14:13
  Absolutely.
• 14:14
  But.
• 14:15
  But
• 14:15
  then,
• 14:15
  you
• 14:15
  know,
• 14:15
  it,
• 14:16
  like
• 14:16
  I
• 14:16
  said,
• 14:17
  it
• 14:17
  takes
• 14:17
  time.
• 14:18
  I.
• 14:18
  I
• 14:18
  think
• 14:18
  I
• 14:19
  looked
• 14:19
  for.
• 14:20
  It
• 14:20
  was
• 14:21
  a
• 14:21
  couple
• 14:21
  weeks.
• 14:21
  I
• 14:21
  think
• 14:21
  I'd
• 14:22
  go
• 14:22
  on.
• 14:22
  Periodically
• 14:23
  I'd
• 14:23
  start.
• 14:23
  I'd
• 14:23
  look
• 14:23
  through
• 14:24
  a
• 14:24
  couple
• 14:24
  illustrators
• 14:25
  portfolios.
• 14:26
  I'd
• 14:27
  say,
• 14:27
  wow,
• 14:27
  that's
• 14:27
  really
• 14:27
  good.
• 14:28
  But
• 14:28
  it's
• 14:28
  not
• 14:28
  quite
• 14:29
  what
• 14:29
  I'm
• 14:29
  looking
• 14:29
  for.
• 14:30
  And
• 14:30
  then
• 14:30
  I
• 14:30
  found
• 14:30
  them
• 14:31
  and
• 14:31
  that
• 14:31
  happened
• 14:31
  with,
• 14:31
  with
• 14:32
  the
• 14:32
  first
• 14:32
  two
• 14:33
  illustrators
• 14:34
  that
• 14:34
  I
• 14:34
  hired.
• 14:34
  That
• 14:34
  was
• 14:34
  the
• 14:35
  exact
• 14:35
  same
• 14:35
  process.
• 14:36
  And
• 14:36
  then
• 14:37
  my,
• 14:37
  the
• 14:37
  third
• 14:38
  one,
• 14:38
  Shelby,
• 14:39
  she's
• 14:39
  a
• 14:40
  local
• 14:40
  to
• 14:40
  me.
• 14:41
  She.
• 14:41
  I
• 14:42
  had.
• 14:42
  After
• 14:43
  the
• 14:43
  first
• 14:43
  two
• 14:43
  books
• 14:43
  I
• 14:44
  published,
• 14:44
  I
• 14:44
  began
• 14:45
  to
• 14:45
  do
• 14:45
  some
• 14:45
  events,
• 14:46
  some
• 14:46
  local
• 14:46
  events.
• 14:47
  And
• 14:47
  you
• 14:47
  know,
• 14:48
  and
• 14:49
  she
• 14:49
  came
• 14:49
  up
• 14:49
  to
• 14:49
  me
• 14:49
  at
• 14:50
  one
• 14:50
  of
• 14:50
  these
• 14:50
  events.
• 14:51
  She
• 14:51
  was
• 14:51
  looking
• 14:51
  at
• 14:51
  the
• 14:51
  books.
• 14:52
  She
• 14:52
  said,
• 14:52
  you
• 14:52
  know,
• 14:52
  I'm
• 14:53
  an
• 14:53
  illustrator.
• 14:53
  Would
• 14:54
  you
• 14:54
  ever
• 14:54
  want
• 14:54
  to
• 14:54
  Collaborate.
• 14:55
  And
• 14:55
  I
• 14:55
  said,
• 14:55
  absolutely.
• 14:56
  Fantastic.
• 14:57
  Fantastic.
• 14:57
  You
• 14:57
  met
• 14:58
  her
• 14:58
  at
• 14:58
  a
• 14:58
  book
• 14:58
  fair
• 14:59
  or
• 14:59
  what?
• 14:59
  What
• 15:00
  kind?
• 15:00
  Yeah,
• 15:00
  it
• 15:00
  was,
• 15:00
  it
• 15:01
  was
• 15:01
  a
• 15:01
  little
• 15:01
  like
• 15:02
  an
• 15:02
  artisan
• 15:02
  market
• 15:03
  that
• 15:03
  my
• 15:03
  local
• 15:03
  community
• 15:04
  was
• 15:04
  doing
• 15:04
  in
• 15:05
  the
• 15:05
  summer.
• 15:05
  It
• 15:05
  was
• 15:05
  a
• 15:05
  fantastic
• 15:06
  little
• 15:06
  market.
• 15:07
  And
• 15:07
  I
• 15:08
  did,
• 15:08
  I
• 15:08
  did
• 15:08
  it
• 15:08
  every
• 15:09
  Saturday
• 15:09
  morning
• 15:10
  for,
• 15:10
  I
• 15:10
  think
• 15:11
  it
• 15:11
  was
• 15:11
  a
• 15:11
  four
• 15:11
  hour
• 15:12
  event
• 15:12
  every
• 15:12
  Saturday
• 15:13
  for
• 15:14
  three
• 15:14
  months.
• 15:14
  It
• 15:14
  was
• 15:15
  grueling,
• 15:15
  but
• 15:16
  it
• 15:16
  was
• 15:16
  so
• 15:16
  worth
• 15:16
  it.
• 15:17
  The
• 15:17
  people
• 15:18
  that
• 15:18
  I
• 15:18
  met
• 15:18
  through
• 15:19
  that,
• 15:19
  the
• 15:19
  connections,
• 15:19
  you
• 15:20
  know,
• 15:20
  people
• 15:20
  coming
• 15:20
  up
• 15:20
  and
• 15:20
  saying,
• 15:21
  I
• 15:21
  love
• 15:21
  your
• 15:21
  book,
• 15:22
  you
• 15:22
  know,
• 15:22
  what
• 15:22
  can
• 15:23
  we
• 15:23
  do
• 15:23
  to
• 15:23
  collaborate?
• 15:24
  So
• 15:24
  let's
• 15:24
  pick
• 15:25
  up
• 15:25
  on
• 15:25
  that
• 15:25
  for
• 15:25
  a
• 15:25
  moment
• 15:26
  because
• 15:26
  I've
• 15:27
  talked
• 15:27
  to
• 15:27
  different
• 15:28
  people,
• 15:28
  but
• 15:28
  they've
• 15:28
  never
• 15:29
  really
• 15:30
  talked
• 15:30
  about
• 15:30
  an
• 15:31
  artisan
• 15:31
  event.
• 15:32
  Almost
• 15:32
  like
• 15:32
  a
• 15:32
  farmer's
• 15:33
  market.
• 15:34
  Exactly.
• 15:35
  I'd
• 15:35
  like
• 15:35
  to
• 15:35
  just
• 15:35
  jump
• 15:36
  into
• 15:36
  that
• 15:36
  a
• 15:36
  little
• 15:37
  bit
• 15:37
  more
• 15:37
  because
• 15:38
  you
• 15:38
  said
• 15:38
  you
• 15:39
  had
• 15:39
  two
• 15:40
  titles
• 15:40
  when
• 15:40
  you
• 15:41
  were
• 15:41
  at
• 15:42
  the
• 15:42
  market.
• 15:43
  Yes,
• 15:43
  yes,
• 15:44
  sir.
• 15:44
  So,
• 15:45
  and
• 15:46
  I'm
• 15:46
  thinking,
• 15:47
  you
• 15:47
  know
• 15:47
  what
• 15:47
  two
• 15:48
  titles
• 15:49
  was.
• 15:49
  Did
• 15:50
  it
• 15:50
  pay
• 15:50
  for
• 15:50
  itself
• 15:51
  or
• 15:51
  tell,
• 15:52
  tell
• 15:52
  us
• 15:52
  about
• 15:52
  that
• 15:53
  experience.
• 15:53
  Did
• 15:54
  you
• 15:54
  break
• 15:54
  even?
• 15:55
  Did
• 15:55
  you
• 15:56
  make
• 15:56
  a
• 15:56
  little
• 15:56
  money?
• 15:56
  What
• 15:57
  was
• 15:57
  the
• 15:57
  experience?
• 15:58
  So
• 15:58
  that
• 15:58
  people
• 15:58
  understand
• 15:59
  that
• 15:59
  if
• 15:59
  they're
• 16:00
  going
• 16:00
  to
• 16:00
  approach
• 16:00
  their.
• 16:00
  Because
• 16:01
  most
• 16:01
  places
• 16:01
  have
• 16:02
  a
• 16:02
  local
• 16:02
  farmer's
• 16:03
  market,
• 16:04
  but
• 16:04
  can
• 16:04
  you
• 16:04
  actually,
• 16:05
  for
• 16:05
  three
• 16:06
  months,
• 16:07
  you
• 16:07
  know,
• 16:07
  go
• 16:07
  out
• 16:07
  there
• 16:08
  and
• 16:08
  sell
• 16:08
  two
• 16:08
  books
• 16:09
  and
• 16:09
  break
• 16:10
  even
• 16:10
  or
• 16:10
  make
• 16:10
  some
• 16:11
  money?
• 16:11
  Absolutely.
• 16:13
  It's
• 16:13
  a
• 16:13
  really
• 16:14
  interesting
• 16:15
  what
• 16:15
  I've
• 16:15
  learned
• 16:15
  from
• 16:16
  that
• 16:16
  experience.
• 16:16
  I
• 16:17
  actually,
• 16:17
  the
• 16:17
  first
• 16:18
  time
• 16:18
  I
• 16:18
  did
• 16:18
  one
• 16:19
  of
• 16:19
  those,
• 16:19
  which
• 16:19
  was
• 16:19
  like
• 16:20
  a
• 16:20
  farmer's
• 16:20
  market,
• 16:21
  which
• 16:21
  was
• 16:21
  like
• 16:21
  a
• 16:21
  every
• 16:21
  Saturday
• 16:22
  gig
• 16:23
  for
• 16:23
  the
• 16:23
  summer.
• 16:24
  I
• 16:24
  just
• 16:24
  had
• 16:25
  my
• 16:25
  first
• 16:25
  book
• 16:26
  and
• 16:26
  that
• 16:26
  was,
• 16:28
  I'm
• 16:28
  trying
• 16:28
  to
• 16:28
  think,
• 16:29
  I
• 16:29
  think
• 16:29
  that
• 16:29
  was
• 16:30
  the
• 16:30
  summer
• 16:30
  of
• 16:30
  2021
• 16:31
  or
• 16:31
  2022.
• 16:32
  And
• 16:33
  it,
• 16:34
  they.
• 16:35
  I'm
• 16:35
  trying
• 16:35
  to
• 16:36
  remember
• 16:36
  if
• 16:36
  I
• 16:36
  broke
• 16:36
  even
• 16:37
  on
• 16:37
  that
• 16:37
  or
• 16:37
  not,
• 16:38
  to
• 16:38
  be
• 16:38
  totally
• 16:39
  honest
• 16:39
  and
• 16:40
  frank.
• 16:40
  And
• 16:41
  I,
• 16:41
  I
• 16:41
  hate,
• 16:41
  I
• 16:41
  hate
• 16:42
  to
• 16:42
  sometimes
• 16:43
  bring
• 16:43
  this
• 16:43
  up
• 16:43
  because
• 16:43
  it,
• 16:44
  it.
• 16:44
  I
• 16:44
  don't
• 16:45
  want
• 16:45
  to
• 16:45
  ever
• 16:45
  discourage
• 16:45
  anybody,
• 16:46
  but
• 16:46
  it,
• 16:47
  it
• 16:47
  is,
• 16:47
  it
• 16:47
  is.
• 16:48
  Can
• 16:48
  be
• 16:48
  tricky
• 16:49
  to
• 16:50
  break
• 16:50
  even
• 16:51
  sometimes
• 16:51
  on
• 16:51
  books.
• 16:52
  There,
• 16:52
  there
• 16:52
  can
• 16:52
  be
• 16:53
  some
• 16:53
  cost
• 16:53
  involved.
• 16:54
  Listen,
• 16:54
  don't
• 16:54
  get
• 16:54
  me
• 16:55
  wrong,
• 16:55
  Aaron.
• 16:55
  I
• 16:55
  think
• 16:56
  it's
• 16:56
  important
• 16:56
  that
• 16:57
  you
• 16:57
  don't
• 16:57
  want
• 16:57
  to.
• 16:58
  I
• 16:58
  always
• 16:59
  talk
• 16:59
  about,
• 16:59
  I've,
• 17:00
  I've
• 17:00
  talked
• 17:00
  about
• 17:00
  it
• 17:00
  on
• 17:01
  other
• 17:01
  shows,
• 17:02
  other
• 17:02
  podcast
• 17:03
  episodes
• 17:03
  with
• 17:03
  other
• 17:04
  children's
• 17:05
  book
• 17:05
  authors.
• 17:06
  Most
• 17:06
  of
• 17:06
  us
• 17:06
  know
• 17:07
  it's
• 17:07
  not
• 17:07
  a,
• 17:08
  a
• 17:08
  race
• 17:08
  to
• 17:08
  richen
• 17:09
  anything.
• 17:10
  I
• 17:10
  know
• 17:10
  some
• 17:11
  people,
• 17:11
  you
• 17:11
  know,
• 17:11
  they,
• 17:12
  they
• 17:12
  get
• 17:12
  a
• 17:12
  little
• 17:12
  discouraged
• 17:13
  when
• 17:13
  you
• 17:13
  talk
• 17:13
  about
• 17:13
  how
• 17:14
  much
• 17:14
  it
• 17:14
  costs.
• 17:14
  I,
• 17:15
  I
• 17:15
  did
• 17:15
  not
• 17:15
  break
• 17:15
  even
• 17:16
  on
• 17:16
  the
• 17:16
  books.
• 17:16
  I
• 17:16
  did
• 17:17
  break
• 17:17
  even
• 17:17
  on
• 17:18
  the
• 17:18
  cost
• 17:18
  of
• 17:19
  the,
• 17:19
  the
• 17:19
  event,
• 17:20
  for
• 17:20
  sure.
• 17:20
  I
• 17:21
  made
• 17:21
  more
• 17:22
  than
• 17:22
  the,
• 17:22
  the
• 17:23
  event.
• 17:23
  Cost
• 17:23
  me
• 17:23
  to
• 17:23
  do
• 17:23
  for
• 17:24
  sure.
• 17:24
  And,
• 17:25
  and
• 17:25
  would
• 17:25
  you,
• 17:26
  would
• 17:26
  you
• 17:27
  do
• 17:27
  it
• 17:27
  again?
• 17:27
  Oh,
• 17:28
  absolutely,
• 17:28
  I
• 17:29
  did.
• 17:29
  I
• 17:29
  did
• 17:29
  do
• 17:29
  it
• 17:30
  again
• 17:30
  the
• 17:30
  next
• 17:30
  summer.
• 17:31
  I
• 17:31
  did
• 17:31
  it
• 17:31
  with
• 17:31
  my
• 17:31
  second
• 17:32
  book
• 17:32
  as
• 17:32
  well.
• 17:33
  I
• 17:33
  had
• 17:33
  two
• 17:33
  books
• 17:33
  out
• 17:34
  and
• 17:34
  that's
• 17:34
  when
• 17:34
  I
• 17:35
  met
• 17:35
  my
• 17:35
  illustrator
• 17:36
  friend
• 17:36
  there.
• 17:36
  But
• 17:37
  that
• 17:37
  was
• 17:37
  essentially
• 17:38
  the
• 17:38
  same
• 17:38
  thing.
• 17:39
  Having
• 17:39
  two
• 17:39
  books
• 17:40
  definitely
• 17:41
  helps
• 17:41
  because
• 17:42
  you
• 17:42
  have
• 17:42
  a
• 17:42
  little
• 17:42
  bit
• 17:42
  more
• 17:43
  of
• 17:43
  an
• 17:44
  option
• 17:44
  for
• 17:44
  people
• 17:44
  if
• 17:45
  they're
• 17:45
  shopping
• 17:45
  around.
• 17:46
  Another
• 17:46
  lesson
• 17:47
  though,
• 17:47
  that
• 17:47
  I
• 17:47
  learned
• 17:47
  from
• 17:47
  that,
• 17:48
  which
• 17:48
  was
• 17:48
  interesting,
• 17:49
  is
• 17:49
  that
• 17:50
  if
• 17:50
  you're
• 17:50
  going
• 17:50
  to
• 17:51
  do
• 17:51
  a
• 17:52
  market
• 17:52
  that's
• 17:52
  wish
• 17:53
  to
• 17:53
  like
• 17:53
  that,
• 17:54
  almost
• 17:54
  like
• 17:54
  a
• 17:54
  farmer's
• 17:55
  market,
• 17:55
  books
• 17:56
  can
• 17:56
  be
• 17:56
  tricky
• 17:57
  because
• 17:57
  most
• 17:57
  people
• 17:58
  coming
• 17:58
  to
• 17:58
  the
• 17:58
  farmer's
• 17:59
  market
• 17:59
  are
• 18:00
  coming
• 18:00
  there
• 18:00
  every
• 18:00
  week
• 18:01
  for
• 18:01
  their
• 18:02
  produce
• 18:02
  and
• 18:02
  such
• 18:03
  things.
• 18:03
  Once
• 18:03
  they
• 18:04
  buy
• 18:04
  your
• 18:04
  book
• 18:04
  once,
• 18:05
  whether
• 18:06
  or
• 18:06
  not
• 18:06
  they're
• 18:06
  going
• 18:06
  to
• 18:06
  buy
• 18:06
  it
• 18:07
  again,
• 18:07
  you
• 18:07
  know,
• 18:07
  they
• 18:07
  may
• 18:08
  need
• 18:08
  a
• 18:08
  gift
• 18:08
  for
• 18:08
  somebody,
• 18:09
  but
• 18:09
  it's
• 18:09
  not
• 18:09
  something
• 18:10
  that
• 18:10
  they're
• 18:10
  going
• 18:10
  to
• 18:10
  purchase
• 18:11
  like
• 18:11
  they
• 18:11
  would
• 18:11
  their
• 18:12
  tomatoes
• 18:12
  or
• 18:13
  such,
• 18:13
  you
• 18:13
  know.
• 18:14
  Every
• 18:14
  week
• 18:15
  I've
• 18:15
  had
• 18:15
  much
• 18:15
  more
• 18:16
  success
• 18:17
  from
• 18:18
  one
• 18:18
  weekend
• 18:19
  event,
• 18:19
  you
• 18:20
  know,
• 18:20
  a
• 18:20
  special
• 18:20
  event.
• 18:21
  Thank
• 18:21
  you
• 18:22
  for
• 18:22
  sharing
• 18:22
  that.
• 18:23
  That's
• 18:23
  really
• 18:23
  important.
• 18:24
  I'm
• 18:25
  looking
• 18:25
  at
• 18:26
  your
• 18:26
  publishing
• 18:27
  approach.
• 18:27
  I
• 18:28
  talked
• 18:28
  to
• 18:28
  the
• 18:28
  audience.
• 18:29
  There's
• 18:29
  generally
• 18:30
  three
• 18:31
  types
• 18:31
  of
• 18:31
  ways
• 18:32
  to
• 18:32
  publish.
• 18:33
  There's
• 18:33
  the
• 18:33
  traditional
• 18:34
  way
• 18:35
  where
• 18:35
  you
• 18:35
  find
• 18:35
  a
• 18:35
  publisher
• 18:36
  and
• 18:36
  they
• 18:36
  publish
• 18:37
  your
• 18:37
  book.
• 18:38
  There's
• 18:38
  self
• 18:38
  publishing
• 18:39
  where
• 18:39
  you
• 18:39
  take
• 18:40
  on
• 18:40
  all
• 18:40
  of
• 18:40
  the
• 18:41
  work,
• 18:41
  all
• 18:41
  of
• 18:41
  the
• 18:42
  tasks
• 18:43
  and
• 18:43
  you
• 18:43
  publish
• 18:44
  your
• 18:44
  own
• 18:44
  book.
• 18:45
  And
• 18:45
  then
• 18:46
  there's
• 18:46
  what
• 18:46
  I
• 18:47
  call
• 18:47
  hybrid
• 18:48
  publishing
• 18:49
  where
• 18:49
  generally
• 18:51
  sometimes
• 18:51
  you
• 18:51
  find
• 18:52
  what's
• 18:52
  called
• 18:52
  a
• 18:52
  hybrid
• 18:53
  company
• 18:53
  where
• 18:53
  they,
• 18:54
  they
• 18:54
  take
• 18:54
  on
• 18:55
  some
• 18:55
  of
• 18:55
  the
• 18:55
  rule,
• 18:56
  they
• 18:56
  have
• 18:56
  a
• 18:57
  kind
• 18:57
  of
• 18:57
  a
• 18:57
  schedule
• 18:58
  and,
• 18:58
  and
• 18:59
  you
• 18:59
  fit
• 18:59
  in
• 18:59
  there
• 19:00
  and
• 19:00
  you
• 19:00
  do
• 19:00
  some
• 19:01
  of
• 19:01
  the
• 19:01
  work
• 19:01
  to,
• 19:02
  to
• 19:02
  keep
• 19:02
  the
• 19:03
  cost
• 19:03
  down.
• 19:04
  And
• 19:04
  then
• 19:04
  there's
• 19:04
  really
• 19:05
  like,
• 19:06
  in
• 19:06
  my
• 19:06
  case
• 19:06
  I'm
• 19:07
  going
• 19:07
  to
• 19:07
  call
• 19:07
  it
• 19:07
  a
• 19:07
  la
• 19:08
  carte
• 19:08
  because
• 19:08
  that's
• 19:09
  how
• 19:09
  my
• 19:09
  granddaughter
• 19:10
  and
• 19:10
  I
• 19:10
  did
• 19:10
  it.
• 19:11
  We
• 19:11
  took
• 19:11
  on
• 19:12
  quite
• 19:12
  a
• 19:12
  few
• 19:13
  tasks.
• 19:14
  We
• 19:14
  went
• 19:14
  and
• 19:15
  found,
• 19:15
  you
• 19:16
  know,
• 19:16
  a
• 19:16
  graphic
• 19:17
  artist
• 19:17
  or
• 19:17
  a
• 19:18
  book
• 19:18
  formatter,
• 19:19
  stuff
• 19:19
  like
• 19:20
  that.
• 19:20
  So
• 19:21
  we
• 19:21
  took
• 19:22
  on
• 19:22
  most
• 19:22
  of
• 19:23
  the
• 19:24
  management
• 19:25
  to
• 19:25
  bring
• 19:25
  the
• 19:26
  book
• 19:26
  to
• 19:26
  market.
• 19:26
  Tell
• 19:27
  us
• 19:27
  what's
• 19:27
  your
• 19:27
  approach?
• 19:28
  And
• 19:28
  I
• 19:28
  know
• 19:29
  with
• 19:29
  you
• 19:29
  having
• 19:30
  seven
• 19:30
  children's
• 19:31
  books,
• 19:32
  tell
• 19:32
  us
• 19:32
  about
• 19:33
  your
• 19:33
  journey
• 19:34
  because
• 19:34
  you
• 19:34
  may,
• 19:35
  it
• 19:35
  may
• 19:35
  have
• 19:35
  changed
• 19:36
  since
• 19:36
  you
• 19:37
  brought
• 19:37
  out
• 19:38
  A
• 19:38
  Day
• 19:38
  with
• 19:38
  Grandma.
• 19:39
  I've
• 19:40
  actually,
• 19:40
  it
• 19:40
  hasn't
• 19:41
  changed
• 19:41
  too
• 19:41
  much.
• 19:42
  I've
• 19:42
  always
• 19:42
  done
• 19:43
  totally
• 19:43
  self
• 19:44
  published
• 19:44
  through
• 19:45
  Amazon's
• 19:46
  KDP
• 19:46
  program.
• 19:47
  It
• 19:47
  did
• 19:48
  take
• 19:48
  me
• 19:48
  a
• 19:48
  while
• 19:48
  to
• 19:49
  narrow
• 19:49
  down
• 19:49
  what
• 19:49
  I
• 19:49
  wanted
• 19:50
  to
• 19:50
  do
• 19:50
  at
• 19:50
  the
• 19:50
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• 19:50
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• 19:51
  it's
• 19:52
  very,
• 19:52
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• 19:52
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• 19:52
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• 19:52
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• 19:52
  daunting
• 19:53
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• 19:54
  about
• 19:54
  all
• 19:55
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• 19:55
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• 19:55
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• 19:55
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• 19:55
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• 19:56
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• 19:56
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• 19:56
  take
• 19:56
  on
• 19:57
  as
• 19:57
  a
• 19:57
  self
• 19:58
  published
• 19:58
  author,
• 19:58
  you
• 19:58
  know,
• 19:58
  your,
• 19:59
  your
• 19:59
  own
• 19:59
  publicist,
• 20:00
  you
• 20:00
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• 20:00
  you're,
• 20:01
  your
• 20:01
  own
• 20:02
  social
• 20:02
  media,
• 20:02
  you
• 20:03
  know,
• 20:03
  know,
• 20:03
  person
• 20:03
  like
• 20:04
  you,
• 20:04
  that's
• 20:05
  all
• 20:05
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• 20:05
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• 20:05
  It's,
• 20:05
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• 20:06
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• 20:06
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• 20:06
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• 20:06
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• 20:06
  it
• 20:07
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• 20:08
  the
• 20:08
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• 20:08
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• 20:08
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• 20:08
  the
• 20:09
  book,
• 20:09
  you
• 20:09
  know,
• 20:10
  is
• 20:10
  on
• 20:10
  your
• 20:10
  hands.
• 20:11
  So.
• 20:11
  But
• 20:12
  it
• 20:12
  was
• 20:12
  also
• 20:12
  for
• 20:13
  me
• 20:13
  it
• 20:13
  was
• 20:14
  a
• 20:15
  cost
• 20:15
  thing.
• 20:16
  I
• 20:16
  knew
• 20:16
  that
• 20:16
  I
• 20:17
  could
• 20:17
  make,
• 20:18
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• 20:18
  have,
• 20:18
  you
• 20:18
  know,
• 20:19
  slightly
• 20:20
  larger
• 20:20
  returns
• 20:20
  if
• 20:21
  I
• 20:21
  wasn't,
• 20:21
  you
• 20:21
  know,
• 20:22
  part
• 20:22
  of
• 20:22
  that
• 20:22
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• 20:22
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• 20:23
  to
• 20:23
  a
• 20:23
  specific
• 20:23
  publishing
• 20:24
  house
• 20:25
  or
• 20:25
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• 20:25
  you
• 20:26
  know,
• 20:26
  kind,
• 20:27
  you
• 20:27
  know,
• 20:28
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• 20:28
  kind
• 20:28
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• 20:28
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• 20:28
  bigger
• 20:29
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• 20:29
  houses.
• 20:30
  To
• 20:30
  me
• 20:30
  I
• 20:31
  probably
• 20:31
  could
• 20:32
  have
• 20:32
  spent
• 20:32
  more
• 20:32
  time
• 20:33
  trying
• 20:33
  to
• 20:34
  submit.
• 20:34
  I
• 20:35
  honestly
• 20:35
  I
• 20:35
  didn't
• 20:35
  really
• 20:35
  submit
• 20:36
  to
• 20:36
  any,
• 20:36
  you
• 20:37
  know,
• 20:37
  big
• 20:37
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• 20:37
  houses.
• 20:38
  My
• 20:38
  first
• 20:39
  book,
• 20:39
  really
• 20:39
  for
• 20:40
  me
• 20:40
  it
• 20:40
  was
• 20:40
  more
• 20:40
  of
• 20:41
  a
• 20:41
  personal
• 20:42
  project.
• 20:42
  You
• 20:42
  know,
• 20:42
  I
• 20:42
  just
• 20:42
  wanted
• 20:43
  to
• 20:43
  make
• 20:43
  it
• 20:43
  for
• 20:44
  really
• 20:45
  almost.
• 20:45
  I
• 20:45
  thought
• 20:46
  about
• 20:46
  it
• 20:46
  originally
• 20:46
  almost
• 20:46
  as
• 20:47
  just
• 20:47
  a
• 20:47
  book
• 20:47
  for,
• 20:48
  for
• 20:48
  my
• 20:48
  grandmother,
• 20:49
  you
• 20:49
  know,
• 20:50
  and
• 20:50
  then
• 20:50
  it
• 20:50
  kind
• 20:50
  of
• 20:51
  spiraled
• 20:51
  from
• 20:51
  there.
• 20:51
  But
• 20:52
  tell
• 20:52
  us,
• 20:53
  did
• 20:53
  you
• 20:53
  also
• 20:54
  use
• 20:54
  IngramSpark
• 20:55
  or
• 20:56
  are
• 20:56
  you
• 20:56
  using
• 20:56
  Ingram
• 20:57
  Sparks?
• 20:58
  No,
• 20:58
  I've
• 20:59
  not
• 20:59
  used
• 21:00
  their
• 21:00
  platform,
• 21:01
  just
• 21:01
  solely
• 21:02
  kdp.
• 21:02
  Interesting.
• 21:03
  And
• 21:03
  I
• 21:04
  talk
• 21:04
  to
• 21:04
  people
• 21:04
  about
• 21:05
  Ingram
• 21:05
  Sparks
• 21:06
  because
• 21:06
  I
• 21:06
  know
• 21:07
  a
• 21:07
  lot
• 21:07
  of
• 21:07
  authors
• 21:09
  look
• 21:09
  to
• 21:09
  how
• 21:10
  do
• 21:10
  they
• 21:10
  get
• 21:10
  into
• 21:11
  like
• 21:11
  Barnes
• 21:11
  and
• 21:11
  Noble
• 21:12
  and
• 21:13
  all
• 21:13
  the
• 21:14
  other
• 21:14
  major
• 21:14
  book
• 21:15
  retailers
• 21:15
  like
• 21:16
  Apple
• 21:16
  and
• 21:16
  stuff
• 21:17
  like
• 21:17
  that.
• 21:17
  And
• 21:18
  generally
• 21:18
  the
• 21:18
  only
• 21:19
  way
• 21:19
  that
• 21:19
  you
• 21:19
  can
• 21:19
  do
• 21:19
  that
• 21:20
  is
• 21:20
  go
• 21:20
  through
• 21:20
  ingramsparks.
• 21:21
  And
• 21:22
  a
• 21:22
  lot
• 21:22
  of
• 21:22
  times
• 21:22
  the
• 21:23
  files
• 21:23
  are
• 21:24
  the,
• 21:24
  the
• 21:25
  print
• 21:25
  files
• 21:25
  and
• 21:26
  book
• 21:27
  formatting
• 21:27
  are
• 21:28
  pretty
• 21:28
  much
• 21:28
  the
• 21:29
  same.
• 21:29
  So
• 21:30
  the
• 21:30
  transition
• 21:31
  is
• 21:32
  fairly
• 21:32
  simple.
• 21:33
  But
• 21:33
  again,
• 21:34
  I
• 21:34
  don't
• 21:34
  want
• 21:34
  to
• 21:35
  rain
• 21:36
  on
• 21:36
  your
• 21:36
  parade
• 21:37
  in
• 21:37
  terms
• 21:37
  of,
• 21:38
  I
• 21:38
  mean,
• 21:38
  if
• 21:38
  KDP
• 21:39
  and
• 21:39
  Amazon
• 21:40
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• 21:40
  working
• 21:40
  well
• 21:41
  for
• 21:41
  you,
• 21:42
  that's
• 21:42
  fantastic.
• 21:43
  So
• 21:43
  tell
• 21:43
  us
• 21:44
  a
• 21:44
  little
• 21:44
  bit
• 21:45
  about
• 21:45
  that.
• 21:45
  Why
• 21:46
  not
• 21:46
  make
• 21:47
  your
• 21:47
  book
• 21:47
  available
• 21:48
  to
• 21:49
  Barnes
• 21:49
  and
• 21:49
  Noble
• 21:50
  online
• 21:50
  and
• 21:51
  the
• 21:51
  other
• 21:51
  online,
• 21:51
  online
• 21:52
  book
• 21:53
  retailers.
• 21:54
  My
• 21:54
  first
• 21:54
  book,
• 21:55
  My
• 21:55
  Day
• 21:55
  with
• 21:55
  Grandma
• 21:56
  is
• 21:56
  actually
• 21:57
  available
• 21:57
  on
• 21:57
  Barnes
• 21:58
  and
• 21:58
  Noble.
• 21:58
  They,
• 21:59
  at
• 21:59
  least
• 21:59
  at
• 22:00
  the
• 22:00
  time
• 22:00
  they
• 22:00
  did
• 22:01
  have
• 22:01
  a
• 22:02
  way
• 22:02
  to
• 22:02
  self
• 22:02
  publish
• 22:03
  sim
• 22:03
  very
• 22:04
  similar
• 22:04
  to
• 22:05
  how
• 22:05
  Amazon
• 22:05
  has
• 22:06
  KDP
• 22:07
  And
• 22:07
  I
• 22:07
  did
• 22:07
  use
• 22:07
  their,
• 22:08
  their
• 22:08
  platform.
• 22:08
  I
• 22:09
  found
• 22:09
  it,
• 22:09
  to
• 22:09
  be
• 22:09
  very
• 22:10
  honest,
• 22:10
  much
• 22:10
  more
• 22:10
  difficult
• 22:11
  to
• 22:11
  use
• 22:11
  than
• 22:11
  Amazon's
• 22:12
  platform.
• 22:13
  This
• 22:13
  is
• 22:13
  Barnes
• 22:13
  and
• 22:14
  Noble's
• 22:14
  Barnes
• 22:14
  and
• 22:15
  Noble?
• 22:15
  Yes.
• 22:15
  Yep.
• 22:16
  But
• 22:16
  I
• 22:16
  did
• 22:17
  really
• 22:17
  like
• 22:18
  Barnes
• 22:18
  and
• 22:18
  Noble
• 22:19
  because
• 22:19
  they
• 22:20
  had
• 22:20
  one
• 22:20
  option
• 22:20
  that
• 22:20
  Amazon
• 22:21
  still
• 22:21
  does
• 22:21
  not
• 22:21
  have
• 22:22
  and
• 22:22
  that's
• 22:22
  for
• 22:23
  hardcover
• 22:23
  copies.
• 22:24
  I
• 22:24
  do
• 22:24
  have.
• 22:25
  I
• 22:25
  originally
• 22:26
  purchased
• 22:26
  several
• 22:27
  hardcover
• 22:27
  copies
• 22:28
  to,
• 22:28
  to
• 22:28
  sell
• 22:29
  as
• 22:29
  well
• 22:29
  as
• 22:29
  the
• 22:29
  softcover
• 22:30
  and
• 22:31
  I,
• 22:32
  I
• 22:32
  did,
• 22:32
  I
• 22:32
  did
• 22:32
  publish
• 22:33
  through
• 22:33
  them
• 22:34
  for
• 22:34
  my
• 22:34
  first
• 22:34
  one
• 22:35
  but
• 22:35
  then
• 22:35
  the
• 22:35
  other
• 22:35
  ones
• 22:35
  I,
• 22:36
  I
• 22:36
  didn't
• 22:36
  see
• 22:36
  enough
• 22:37
  return
• 22:38
  from
• 22:38
  their
• 22:39
  website
• 22:39
  and
• 22:40
  I
• 22:40
  didn't
• 22:40
  see
• 22:41
  enough
• 22:42
  interest
• 22:42
  in
• 22:42
  the
• 22:42
  hardcover
• 22:43
  from
• 22:44
  my
• 22:44
  sound
• 22:45
  to
• 22:46
  warrant
• 22:47
  the
• 22:47
  kind
• 22:47
  of,
• 22:47
  the
• 22:47
  effort
• 22:48
  that
• 22:48
  was
• 22:48
  going
• 22:48
  into
• 22:48
  that.
• 22:49
  So
• 22:49
  that
• 22:49
  would
• 22:49
  be
• 22:50
  the
• 22:50
  one,
• 22:50
  the
• 22:50
  one
• 22:51
  thing
• 22:51
  that
• 22:51
  I've,
• 22:51
  I've
• 22:52
  said,
• 22:52
  I
• 22:52
  guess.
• 22:52
  But
• 22:53
  you
• 22:53
  know
• 22:53
  what,
• 22:53
  that's
• 22:54
  a
• 22:54
  tough
• 22:54
  one
• 22:54
  because
• 22:54
  when
• 22:55
  we
• 22:55
  first
• 22:55
  launched
• 22:56
  our
• 22:56
  first
• 22:56
  children's
• 22:57
  book,
• 22:57
  a
• 22:57
  lot
• 22:57
  of
• 22:58
  people
• 22:58
  said,
• 22:58
  do
• 22:58
  you
• 22:58
  have
• 22:58
  a
• 22:59
  hardcover?
• 23:00
  And
• 23:01
  the
• 23:01
  only
• 23:01
  way
• 23:01
  that
• 23:02
  we
• 23:02
  could
• 23:02
  bring
• 23:02
  a
• 23:03
  hardcover
• 23:03
  to
• 23:03
  market
• 23:04
  was
• 23:04
  go
• 23:04
  through
• 23:04
  Ingram
• 23:05
  Sparks.
• 23:06
  And
• 23:06
  we
• 23:07
  chose
• 23:07
  not
• 23:07
  to
• 23:07
  do
• 23:08
  that
• 23:08
  at
• 23:08
  this
• 23:08
  point.
• 23:09
  It's
• 23:09
  interesting
• 23:10
  because
• 23:10
  right
• 23:11
  now
• 23:11
  in
• 23:12
  the
• 23:12
  children's
• 23:13
  book
• 23:13
  authors
• 23:13
  that
• 23:14
  I've
• 23:14
  interviewed,
• 23:15
  I'm
• 23:15
  actually
• 23:15
  tracking
• 23:16
  now
• 23:16
  how
• 23:17
  many
• 23:17
  have
• 23:17
  hardcovered
• 23:18
  books
• 23:19
  and
• 23:20
  how
• 23:20
  many
• 23:20
  don't
• 23:21
  like
• 23:21
  the
• 23:21
  percentage.
• 23:22
  And
• 23:22
  right
• 23:22
  now
• 23:23
  it's
• 23:23
  60%
• 23:24
  do,
• 23:25
  40%
• 23:26
  don't.
• 23:27
  That's
• 23:27
  very
• 23:27
  interesting.
• 23:28
  Yeah.
• 23:29
  So
• 23:29
  again,
• 23:30
  you'll,
• 23:30
  you'll
• 23:31
  drive
• 23:31
  the.
• 23:32
  Because
• 23:32
  you're
• 23:32
  not
• 23:32
  really
• 23:33
  selling
• 23:33
  any
• 23:33
  hardcover,
• 23:34
  correct?
• 23:35
  No.
• 23:35
  Yeah.
• 23:35
  So
• 23:36
  you'll
• 23:36
  drive
• 23:36
  that
• 23:36
  percentage
• 23:37
  up
• 23:37
  a
• 23:37
  little.
• 23:38
  Yep.
• 23:38
  That's
• 23:38
  okay.
• 23:39
  I
• 23:39
  just
• 23:39
  want
• 23:40
  people
• 23:40
  to
• 23:40
  understand
• 23:41
  that,
• 23:41
  you
• 23:41
  know,
• 23:41
  what
• 23:42
  you
• 23:42
  might
• 23:43
  do,
• 23:43
  as
• 23:43
  Aaron
• 23:44
  did.
• 23:44
  Well,
• 23:45
  I
• 23:45
  just
• 23:45
  like
• 23:45
  to
• 23:46
  have
• 23:46
  the
• 23:46
  hard
• 23:46
  copy,
• 23:47
  but
• 23:47
  at
• 23:47
  the
• 23:47
  end
• 23:47
  of
• 23:48
  the
• 23:48
  day,
• 23:48
  realize.
• 23:49
  And
• 23:49
  you
• 23:50
  know
• 23:50
  what,
• 23:50
  Aaron,
• 23:50
  it's
• 23:50
  interesting
• 23:51
  because
• 23:51
  if
• 23:51
  you
• 23:51
  look
• 23:52
  for
• 23:53
  pricing
• 23:54
  on
• 23:54
  hard
• 23:54
  copies,
• 23:55
  it
• 23:55
  really,
• 23:56
  really
• 23:57
  goes
• 23:58
  from.
• 23:58
  There's
• 23:58
  such
• 23:59
  a
• 23:59
  range.
• 24:00
  Yeah.
• 24:00
  But
• 24:00
  they're
• 24:01
  generally
• 24:02
  about
• 24:03
  two
• 24:03
  and
• 24:03
  a
• 24:03
  half
• 24:04
  to
• 24:04
  three
• 24:04
  times
• 24:05
  the
• 24:05
  price
• 24:06
  of
• 24:06
  a
• 24:06
  soft
• 24:07
  cover
• 24:07
  book.
• 24:08
  Yeah,
• 24:08
  absolutely.
• 24:09
  Which,
• 24:10
  I
• 24:10
  mean,
• 24:10
  not
• 24:10
  that
• 24:10
  I,
• 24:11
  I
• 24:11
  didn't,
• 24:12
  I
• 24:12
  didn't
• 24:12
  have
• 24:12
  let
• 24:12
  this
• 24:13
  factor
• 24:13
  too
• 24:13
  much
• 24:14
  into
• 24:14
  my,
• 24:15
  my
• 24:15
  thought
• 24:15
  behind
• 24:15
  it,
• 24:15
  but,
• 24:16
  you
• 24:16
  know,
• 24:16
  I
• 24:16
  do
• 24:17
  want
• 24:17
  to
• 24:17
  make
• 24:17
  sure
• 24:17
  that
• 24:17
  my
• 24:18
  books
• 24:18
  are
• 24:18
  accessible
• 24:19
  to,
• 24:20
  you
• 24:20
  know,
• 24:20
  a
• 24:20
  wide
• 24:20
  range
• 24:21
  of
• 24:21
  people.
• 24:21
  I
• 24:21
  don't
• 24:22
  want
• 24:22
  to
• 24:22
  price
• 24:22
  them.
• 24:23
  You
• 24:23
  know,
• 24:23
  I
• 24:24
  know,
• 24:24
  I
• 24:24
  know
• 24:24
  that
• 24:24
  I
• 24:25
  probably
• 24:25
  could
• 24:25
  price
• 24:25
  them
• 24:26
  a
• 24:26
  little
• 24:26
  bit
• 24:26
  higher.
• 24:27
  Some
• 24:27
  people
• 24:27
  have
• 24:27
  mentioned
• 24:28
  that
• 24:28
  to
• 24:28
  me,
• 24:28
  but
• 24:28
  I,
• 24:28
  you
• 24:29
  know,
• 24:29
  I
• 24:29
  want
• 24:29
  people
• 24:29
  to
• 24:30
  be
• 24:30
  able
• 24:30
  to
• 24:30
  enjoy
• 24:31
  them.
• 24:31
  You
• 24:31
  know,
• 24:31
  I'm,
• 24:32
  I
• 24:32
  don't
• 24:32
  really
• 24:32
  do
• 24:33
  this
• 24:33
  for
• 24:34
  profit.
• 24:34
  And
• 24:35
  the
• 24:35
  hardcover,
• 24:36
  I'm
• 24:36
  trying
• 24:36
  to
• 24:36
  think
• 24:36
  of
• 24:36
  the
• 24:37
  exact
• 24:37
  cost
• 24:37
  when
• 24:38
  I
• 24:38
  started,
• 24:38
  but
• 24:39
  I
• 24:39
  think
• 24:39
  I
• 24:39
  originally
• 24:39
  was
• 24:40
  selling
• 24:40
  my
• 24:40
  soft
• 24:41
  covers
• 24:41
  for
• 24:42
  about
• 24:42
  $8
• 24:43
  at
• 24:43
  the
• 24:44
  market.
• 24:44
  And
• 24:45
  my
• 24:45
  hardcovers,
• 24:46
  due
• 24:46
  to
• 24:47
  the
• 24:47
  extra
• 24:47
  costs
• 24:48
  where
• 24:48
  I
• 24:48
  had
• 24:48
  to
• 24:48
  sell
• 24:48
  them
• 24:48
  at
• 24:49
  15,
• 24:49
  so
• 24:49
  almost
• 24:50
  double.
• 24:50
  If
• 24:50
  you
• 24:50
  look
• 24:51
  online,
• 24:51
  if
• 24:52
  you're
• 24:52
  going
• 24:52
  through
• 24:52
  Amazon
• 24:53
  or,
• 24:53
  or,
• 24:55
  or
• 24:55
  Barnes
• 24:55
  and
• 24:56
  Noble
• 24:56
  or
• 24:56
  any
• 24:57
  online
• 24:57
  retailer,
• 24:58
  you're
• 24:58
  going
• 24:58
  to
• 24:58
  find
• 24:59
  there's
• 24:59
  definitely
• 25:00
  a
• 25:00
  large
• 25:00
  spread.
• 25:01
  Once
• 25:01
  in
• 25:01
  a
• 25:01
  while
• 25:02
  I
• 25:02
  see
• 25:02
  they,
• 25:02
  they
• 25:03
  come
• 25:03
  on
• 25:03
  sale.
• 25:03
  I'm
• 25:03
  not
• 25:04
  quite
• 25:04
  sure
• 25:05
  how
• 25:05
  that
• 25:05
  happens.
• 25:06
  Yep.
• 25:06
  Because
• 25:06
  a
• 25:07
  lot
• 25:07
  of
• 25:07
  times
• 25:07
  I
• 25:07
  see
• 25:07
  the
• 25:07
  hardcovers
• 25:08
  come
• 25:08
  on
• 25:09
  Sale
• 25:09
  for
• 25:10
  the
• 25:10
  price
• 25:10
  of
• 25:11
  probably
• 25:11
  what
• 25:11
  it
• 25:11
  costs
• 25:11
  to
• 25:12
  produce
• 25:12
  them.
• 25:12
  So,
• 25:13
  yeah,
• 25:13
  yeah,
• 25:14
  it's,
• 25:14
  it's
• 25:14
  interesting.
• 25:15
  I
• 25:16
  want
• 25:16
  to
• 25:16
  jump
• 25:16
  in
• 25:17
  on
• 25:17
  your
• 25:17
  website.
• 25:18
  You
• 25:18
  got
• 25:19
  a
• 25:19
  great
• 25:19
  website.
• 25:20
  And
• 25:20
  I
• 25:21
  find
• 25:21
  that
• 25:21
  children's
• 25:22
  book
• 25:22
  authors
• 25:23
  come
• 25:23
  at
• 25:23
  their
• 25:24
  website
• 25:24
  in
• 25:24
  two
• 25:25
  different
• 25:25
  ways.
• 25:26
  One
• 25:26
  is
• 25:27
  their
• 25:27
  website
• 25:28
  is
• 25:28
  their
• 25:28
  name.
• 25:29
  I
• 25:29
  was
• 25:29
  introduced
• 25:30
  to
• 25:30
  you
• 25:30
  through
• 25:30
  Terry
• 25:31
  Linda.
• 25:31
  Terry
• 25:31
  Linga.
• 25:32
  It's
• 25:32
  Terri
• 25:33
  Linga
• 25:34
  books.com
• 25:35
  so
• 25:35
  she
• 25:36
  added
• 25:36
  books
• 25:36
  into
• 25:36
  the,
• 25:37
  into
• 25:37
  that.
• 25:38
  And
• 25:38
  yours
• 25:38
  is
• 25:39
  your
• 25:39
  name.com,
• 25:40
  right?
• 25:40
  Yep.
• 25:41
  The
• 25:41
  other
• 25:41
  way.
• 25:42
  And
• 25:42
  I
• 25:42
  mentioned
• 25:42
  this
• 25:43
  to
• 25:43
  people
• 25:43
  because
• 25:43
  this
• 25:43
  is
• 25:44
  the
• 25:44
  way
• 25:44
  my
• 25:45
  granddaughter
• 25:46
  and
• 25:46
  I
• 25:46
  chose
• 25:46
  to
• 25:47
  do
• 25:47
  it.
• 25:47
  Ours
• 25:48
  is
• 25:48
  called
• 25:48
  the
• 25:48
  Adventures
• 25:49
  of
• 25:49
  Caboose
• 25:50
  the
• 25:50
  Rocky
• 25:50
  Mountain
• 25:50
  Bear.
• 25:51
  And
• 25:51
  there's
• 25:52
  lots
• 25:52
  of
• 25:52
  adventures,
• 25:53
  community
• 25:54
  and
• 25:54
  family
• 25:55
  members
• 25:55
  and
• 25:55
  there's
• 25:56
  lots
• 25:56
  of
• 25:56
  characters
• 25:57
  that'll
• 25:57
  be
• 25:57
  introduced
• 25:58
  over
• 25:58
  the
• 25:58
  years.
• 25:59
  We
• 25:59
  chose
• 25:59
  to,
• 26:00
  to
• 26:00
  call
• 26:00
  our
• 26:01
  website
• 26:01
  after
• 26:02
  our
• 26:02
  main
• 26:02
  character.
• 26:03
  And
• 26:04
  what
• 26:04
  I'm
• 26:04
  trying
• 26:04
  to
• 26:04
  explain
• 26:05
  to
• 26:05
  people
• 26:05
  is
• 26:05
  there's
• 26:06
  no
• 26:06
  right
• 26:06
  or
• 26:06
  wrong
• 26:07
  way.
• 26:07
  But
• 26:07
  tell
• 26:07
  us
• 26:08
  a
• 26:08
  little
• 26:08
  bit
• 26:08
  about.
• 26:09
  I've
• 26:09
  got
• 26:09
  two
• 26:09
  questions
• 26:10
  for
• 26:10
  you
• 26:10
  on
• 26:10
  your
• 26:10
  website.
• 26:11
  One
• 26:11
  is
• 26:11
  your
• 26:12
  website
• 26:12
  development
• 26:13
  and
• 26:13
  two,
• 26:14
  when
• 26:14
  you
• 26:15
  wrote
• 26:15
  your
• 26:15
  first
• 26:16
  book,
• 26:16
  did
• 26:16
  you
• 26:16
  have
• 26:17
  your
• 26:17
  website
• 26:18
  first
• 26:18
  or
• 26:19
  did
• 26:19
  your
• 26:19
  website
• 26:20
  come
• 26:20
  after
• 26:20
  your
• 26:21
  first
• 26:21
  book?
• 26:22
  My
• 26:22
  website
• 26:22
  development,
• 26:23
  I
• 26:23
  use
• 26:23
  a
• 26:24
  website
• 26:25
  developer
• 26:26
  called
• 26:26
  WIC
• 26:27
  W
• 26:27
  I
• 26:27
  X.
• 26:28
  I've
• 26:29
  enjoyed
• 26:30
  using
• 26:30
  them
• 26:30
  a
• 26:30
  lot.
• 26:30
  It's
• 26:31
  very
• 26:31
  intuitive
• 26:31
  for
• 26:32
  somebody
• 26:32
  like
• 26:32
  me
• 26:32
  who
• 26:32
  doesn't,
• 26:33
  you
• 26:33
  know,
• 26:33
  I
• 26:33
  don't
• 26:34
  have
• 26:34
  any
• 26:34
  interest
• 26:35
  in
• 26:35
  learning
• 26:35
  coding
• 26:36
  or
• 26:36
  anything
• 26:36
  like
• 26:36
  that
• 26:37
  that
• 26:37
  might
• 26:37
  be
• 26:37
  necessary
• 26:38
  for
• 26:38
  other
• 26:38
  website
• 26:39
  software.
• 26:40
  So
• 26:41
  it's
• 26:41
  very
• 26:41
  intuitive
• 26:42
  for
• 26:42
  me.
• 26:43
  I've
• 26:43
  been
• 26:43
  using
• 26:44
  them
• 26:44
  since
• 26:44
  the
• 26:44
  beginning
• 26:45
  and
• 26:46
  that's
• 26:46
  a
• 26:46
  good
• 26:46
  question.
• 26:47
  I
• 26:47
  believe
• 26:47
  that
• 26:48
  the
• 26:48
  website
• 26:49
  came,
• 26:50
  but
• 26:51
  it
• 26:51
  was
• 26:51
  pretty
• 26:51
  close
• 26:51
  because
• 26:52
  I
• 26:52
  wanted,
• 26:52
  when
• 26:52
  I
• 26:53
  was
• 26:53
  going
• 26:53
  to
• 26:53
  publish
• 26:53
  it
• 26:54
  and
• 26:54
  then
• 26:54
  go
• 26:54
  out
• 26:55
  to
• 26:55
  some
• 26:55
  of
• 26:55
  these
• 26:55
  events,
• 26:56
  I
• 26:56
  wanted
• 26:56
  to
• 26:57
  make
• 26:57
  sure
• 26:57
  that
• 26:57
  I
• 26:57
  had
• 26:57
  a
• 26:58
  place
• 26:58
  for
• 26:58
  people
• 26:58
  to
• 26:58
  go
• 26:59
  and,
• 27:00
  and
• 27:00
  find
• 27:00
  me.
• 27:01
  Did
• 27:01
  that
• 27:01
  come
• 27:01
  as
• 27:02
  a
• 27:02
  result
• 27:02
  of
• 27:03
  the
• 27:03
  first
• 27:04
  time
• 27:04
  you
• 27:04
  went
• 27:04
  out
• 27:04
  and
• 27:05
  you
• 27:05
  tried
• 27:05
  to
• 27:06
  sell
• 27:06
  your
• 27:06
  book
• 27:07
  and
• 27:07
  you
• 27:07
  went,
• 27:07
  and
• 27:08
  people
• 27:08
  said,
• 27:08
  oh,
• 27:08
  Aaron,
• 27:09
  can
• 27:09
  I
• 27:09
  go
• 27:09
  to
• 27:09
  your
• 27:10
  website?
• 27:10
  And
• 27:10
  you
• 27:11
  went,
• 27:11
  no,
• 27:12
  I
• 27:12
  don't
• 27:13
  have
• 27:13
  one.
• 27:14
  So
• 27:15
  okay,
• 27:16
  yeah,
• 27:16
  pretty
• 27:17
  much.
• 27:17
  If
• 27:17
  it,
• 27:17
  if
• 27:17
  it
• 27:18
  wasn't
• 27:18
  already
• 27:19
  like
• 27:19
  that,
• 27:19
  it
• 27:19
  would
• 27:19
  have
• 27:19
  been
• 27:20
  because
• 27:20
  I,
• 27:20
  I
• 27:21
  think
• 27:21
  that,
• 27:22
  I
• 27:22
  believe
• 27:22
  that
• 27:23
  the,
• 27:23
  I
• 27:23
  think
• 27:24
  I
• 27:24
  had
• 27:24
  the
• 27:24
  website.
• 27:24
  But
• 27:25
  you
• 27:25
  know
• 27:25
  what's
• 27:25
  funny
• 27:25
  is
• 27:26
  I
• 27:26
  didn't
• 27:26
  have
• 27:26
  was,
• 27:27
  was
• 27:27
  business
• 27:27
  cards.
• 27:28
  And
• 27:28
  I
• 27:29
  think
• 27:29
  it's
• 27:29
  something
• 27:29
  that's
• 27:29
  another
• 27:30
  one
• 27:30
  of
• 27:30
  those
• 27:30
  things
• 27:30
  kind
• 27:30
  of
• 27:31
  like
• 27:31
  website
• 27:31
  that
• 27:31
  you
• 27:31
  don't
• 27:32
  sometimes
• 27:32
  don't
• 27:32
  think
• 27:33
  about
• 27:33
  until
• 27:34
  you
• 27:34
  have
• 27:35
  somebody
• 27:35
  who
• 27:35
  says
• 27:36
  can
• 27:36
  I
• 27:36
  have
• 27:36
  your
• 27:36
  business
• 27:37
  card?
• 27:37
  And
• 27:37
  you
• 27:37
  say,
• 27:37
  no,
• 27:38
  I,
• 27:38
  I
• 27:38
  don't
• 27:38
  have
• 27:39
  one.
• 27:39
  I
• 27:39
  want
• 27:39
  to
• 27:39
  show
• 27:39
  you
• 27:40
  a
• 27:40
  little
• 27:40
  idea
• 27:40
  I
• 27:41
  want
• 27:41
  to
• 27:41
  share
• 27:41
  with
• 27:41
  you.
• 27:41
  This
• 27:42
  is
• 27:42
  kind
• 27:42
  of
• 27:42
  turned
• 27:42
  out
• 27:43
  to
• 27:43
  be
• 27:43
  our
• 27:43
  business
• 27:43
  card,
• 27:44
  because
• 27:44
  I
• 27:44
  don't
• 27:44
  have
• 27:44
  a
• 27:44
  business
• 27:45
  card.
• 27:45
  But
• 27:45
  what
• 27:46
  we
• 27:46
  did
• 27:46
  is
• 27:46
  we
• 27:46
  developed
• 27:47
  a
• 27:47
  bookmark.
• 27:48
  If
• 27:48
  you
• 27:48
  scan
• 27:49
  the
• 27:49
  QR
• 27:49
  code,
• 27:49
  you
• 27:50
  get
• 27:50
  two
• 27:50
  things.
• 27:50
  One,
• 27:51
  you
• 27:51
  get
• 27:52
  introduced
• 27:53
  to
• 27:53
  the
• 27:53
  audiobook
• 27:54
  of
• 27:54
  our
• 27:54
  first
• 27:55
  book.
• 27:55
  So
• 27:55
  you
• 27:55
  get
• 27:56
  a
• 27:56
  free
• 27:56
  audiobook,
• 27:57
  and
• 27:57
  it
• 27:57
  also
• 27:58
  takes
• 27:58
  you
• 27:58
  to
• 27:58
  our
• 27:58
  website.
• 27:59
  And
• 27:59
  there,
• 28:00
  there's
• 28:00
  our
• 28:00
  contact
• 28:01
  information.
• 28:02
  I
• 28:02
  love
• 28:02
  it.
• 28:03
  I
• 28:03
  did
• 28:03
  do
• 28:04
  with,
• 28:04
  for
• 28:04
  my
• 28:04
  first
• 28:05
  book
• 28:05
  as
• 28:05
  well.
• 28:06
  I
• 28:06
  won't
• 28:06
  say
• 28:06
  quite
• 28:06
  a
• 28:07
  bit,
• 28:07
  but
• 28:07
  a
• 28:07
  decent
• 28:08
  amount
• 28:08
  of,
• 28:09
  I
• 28:09
  don't
• 28:09
  know
• 28:10
  what
• 28:10
  you
• 28:10
  might
• 28:10
  say
• 28:10
  promotional.
• 28:11
  But
• 28:11
  it
• 28:11
  made
• 28:12
  bookmarks.
• 28:12
  I
• 28:12
  made
• 28:13
  stickers
• 28:13
  and
• 28:13
  things.
• 28:14
  And
• 28:15
  the
• 28:15
  bookmarks,
• 28:15
  honestly,
• 28:16
  are
• 28:16
  very
• 28:16
  popular.
• 28:17
  I
• 28:17
  don't
• 28:17
  know
• 28:17
  if
• 28:17
  you
• 28:17
  found
• 28:18
  that,
• 28:18
  but
• 28:18
  so
• 28:19
  that,
• 28:19
  that's
• 28:19
  a
• 28:19
  great
• 28:19
  idea.
• 28:20
  I
• 28:20
  love
• 28:20
  that.
• 28:20
  I'm
• 28:20
  gonna,
• 28:21
  I
• 28:21
  think
• 28:21
  I'm
• 28:21
  gonna
• 28:21
  steal
• 28:22
  that
• 28:22
  idea.
• 28:22
  Oh,
• 28:23
  good.
• 28:23
  Help
• 28:24
  fill
• 28:24
  your
• 28:24
  boots.
• 28:25
  The
• 28:25
  other
• 28:25
  thing
• 28:26
  I
• 28:26
  wanted
• 28:26
  to
• 28:26
  mention
• 28:27
  to
• 28:27
  people
• 28:28
  is
• 28:28
  that
• 28:29
  when
• 28:29
  we,
• 28:30
  when
• 28:30
  we
• 28:30
  went
• 28:30
  to
• 28:31
  market
• 28:31
  our
• 28:31
  book,
• 28:31
  of
• 28:32
  course,
• 28:32
  people
• 28:32
  said,
• 28:32
  well,
• 28:33
  what's
• 28:34
  your
• 28:34
  website?
• 28:34
  And
• 28:34
  we,
• 28:35
  and
• 28:35
  I
• 28:35
  went,
• 28:35
  we
• 28:36
  don't
• 28:36
  have
• 28:36
  one.
• 28:37
  The
• 28:37
  one
• 28:37
  positive
• 28:38
  thing
• 28:39
  is
• 28:40
  that
• 28:41
  because
• 28:41
  we
• 28:41
  are
• 28:42
  a
• 28:43
  children's
• 28:43
  adventure
• 28:44
  book,
• 28:44
  and
• 28:45
  we,
• 28:45
  we
• 28:45
  ended
• 28:45
  up
• 28:46
  being
• 28:46
  able
• 28:46
  to
• 28:46
  use
• 28:47
  our
• 28:47
  graphics
• 28:48
  that
• 28:48
  we
• 28:49
  use
• 28:49
  for
• 28:49
  our
• 28:49
  children's
• 28:50
  book
• 28:50
  to
• 28:50
  help
• 28:50
  develop
• 28:51
  our
• 28:51
  website.
• 28:52
  So
• 28:52
  it
• 28:52
  saved
• 28:53
  us.
• 28:54
  I
• 28:54
  don't,
• 28:54
  I
• 28:54
  have
• 28:55
  no
• 28:55
  idea,
• 28:55
  because
• 28:55
  I,
• 28:56
  I,
• 28:57
  I
• 28:57
  don't
• 28:57
  know
• 28:57
  what
• 28:57
  it
• 28:57
  would
• 28:57
  have
• 28:58
  cost
• 28:58
  if
• 28:58
  we
• 28:58
  wouldn't
• 28:59
  have
• 28:59
  had
• 28:59
  the
• 28:59
  artwork
• 29:00
  to
• 29:00
  develop
• 29:01
  a
• 29:01
  website.
• 29:02
  So
• 29:02
  the
• 29:02
  nice
• 29:02
  thing
• 29:02
  about
• 29:03
  it,
• 29:04
  you
• 29:04
  know,
• 29:05
  in
• 29:05
  a
• 29:05
  book,
• 29:05
  our
• 29:06
  book
• 29:06
  is
• 29:06
  eight
• 29:06
  and
• 29:06
  a
• 29:06
  half
• 29:07
  by
• 29:07
  eight
• 29:07
  and
• 29:07
  a
• 29:08
  half
• 29:08
  inches,
• 29:08
  children's
• 29:09
  book
• 29:09
  format
• 29:10
  on
• 29:10
  a
• 29:10
  website,
• 29:11
  it's
• 29:11
  more
• 29:12
  horizontal
• 29:13
  and
• 29:14
  wider.
• 29:14
  When
• 29:14
  you
• 29:15
  look
• 29:15
  at
• 29:15
  it,
• 29:15
  even
• 29:16
  that
• 29:16
  even
• 29:16
  though
• 29:16
  it's
• 29:16
  the
• 29:17
  same
• 29:17
  graphic,
• 29:17
  it
• 29:18
  doesn't
• 29:18
  look
• 29:18
  like
• 29:19
  the
• 29:19
  same
• 29:19
  graphic
• 29:20
  I've
• 29:20
  used.
• 29:21
  I
• 29:21
  don't
• 29:21
  know
• 29:21
  if
• 29:21
  I
• 29:21
  have
• 29:22
  any
• 29:22
  of
• 29:22
  my
• 29:23
  book
• 29:23
  artwork
• 29:24
  on
• 29:24
  the
• 29:24
  website.
• 29:24
  I
• 29:25
  don't
• 29:25
  think
• 29:25
  I
• 29:25
  do,
• 29:25
  other
• 29:26
  than
• 29:26
  the
• 29:26
  photo
• 29:27
  of
• 29:27
  the
• 29:27
  book.
• 29:28
  But
• 29:28
  I've
• 29:28
  used
• 29:29
  the
• 29:29
  artwork
• 29:29
  from
• 29:29
  the
• 29:30
  books
• 29:30
  for
• 29:30
  a
• 29:30
  lot
• 29:30
  of
• 29:30
  my
• 29:31
  social
• 29:31
  media
• 29:31
  promotions
• 29:32
  and
• 29:33
  the
• 29:33
  other
• 29:33
  things,
• 29:33
  like
• 29:34
  the
• 29:34
  stickers
• 29:34
  and
• 29:34
  the
• 29:34
  bookmarks
• 29:35
  and
• 29:35
  things.
• 29:35
  It
• 29:36
  is
• 29:36
  interesting.
• 29:36
  It
• 29:36
  can
• 29:36
  get
• 29:37
  a
• 29:37
  little
• 29:37
  tricky
• 29:37
  when
• 29:37
  you're
• 29:38
  trying
• 29:38
  to
• 29:38
  make,
• 29:39
  you
• 29:39
  know,
• 29:39
  like
• 29:39
  a
• 29:40
  Facebook
• 29:40
  banner,
• 29:41
  you
• 29:41
  know,
• 29:42
  that
• 29:42
  goes
• 29:42
  in,
• 29:42
  you
• 29:43
  know,
• 29:43
  across
• 29:43
  the
• 29:43
  entire
• 29:43
  screen
• 29:44
  with
• 29:44
  essentially
• 29:45
  a
• 29:45
  square
• 29:45
  image.
• 29:46
  The
• 29:46
  other
• 29:46
  thing
• 29:46
  I
• 29:47
  wanted
• 29:47
  to
• 29:47
  talk
• 29:47
  to
• 29:47
  you
• 29:47
  about
• 29:48
  is
• 29:48
  that,
• 29:49
  you
• 29:49
  know,
• 29:50
  someone
• 29:50
  who's
• 29:50
  had
• 29:51
  this
• 29:51
  experience,
• 29:52
  I
• 29:52
  think
• 29:52
  you
• 29:52
  said
• 29:53
  you
• 29:53
  did
• 29:53
  it
• 29:53
  for
• 29:53
  two
• 29:53
  summers
• 29:54
  working
• 29:55
  at
• 29:55
  a
• 29:55
  farmer's
• 29:56
  Market
• 29:57
  and
• 29:57
  the
• 29:57
  first
• 29:57
  year
• 29:58
  selling
• 29:58
  one
• 29:58
  book
• 29:59
  and
• 29:59
  the
• 29:59
  next
• 29:59
  year
• 29:59
  you
• 29:59
  had
• 30:00
  two
• 30:00
  books.
• 30:00
  And
• 30:00
  I
• 30:01
  noticed
• 30:01
  some
• 30:02
  folks
• 30:03
  have
• 30:04
  actually
• 30:05
  used
• 30:05
  someone
• 30:06
  like
• 30:06
  Printful
• 30:07
  or
• 30:07
  Shopify
• 30:09
  to
• 30:09
  enhance
• 30:10
  their
• 30:11
  offering
• 30:12
  to
• 30:12
  help
• 30:12
  generate
• 30:13
  a
• 30:13
  little
• 30:13
  more
• 30:13
  revenue.
• 30:15
  Now
• 30:15
  I
• 30:16
  don't
• 30:16
  believe
• 30:16
  from
• 30:17
  looking
• 30:17
  at
• 30:17
  your
• 30:17
  website
• 30:18
  you
• 30:18
  have
• 30:19
  anything
• 30:20
  other
• 30:20
  than
• 30:20
  your
• 30:21
  books.
• 30:22
  Is
• 30:22
  that
• 30:22
  correct?
• 30:23
  Correct.
• 30:24
  Yeah.
• 30:24
  I
• 30:24
  have
• 30:24
  not.
• 30:24
  That's
• 30:25
  something
• 30:25
  I
• 30:25
  probably
• 30:26
  should
• 30:26
  consider
• 30:27
  and
• 30:27
  look
• 30:27
  into
• 30:27
  further.
• 30:28
  I
• 30:28
  just
• 30:29
  have
• 30:29
  each
• 30:30
  book
• 30:30
  on
• 30:30
  the
• 30:30
  website
• 30:31
  has
• 30:31
  a
• 30:31
  little,
• 30:32
  you
• 30:32
  know,
• 30:32
  buy
• 30:32
  now
• 30:33
  link
• 30:33
  that
• 30:33
  just
• 30:33
  takes
• 30:34
  them
• 30:34
  to
• 30:35
  the
• 30:35
  Amazon
• 30:36
  where
• 30:36
  they
• 30:36
  can
• 30:36
  purchase
• 30:37
  the
• 30:37
  book
• 30:37
  on
• 30:37
  Amazon.
• 30:38
  Have
• 30:38
  you
• 30:38
  ever
• 30:39
  thought
• 30:39
  like
• 30:40
  I,
• 30:40
  and
• 30:40
  the
• 30:40
  reason
• 30:41
  I
• 30:41
  say
• 30:41
  this
• 30:41
  is
• 30:41
  I
• 30:41
  was
• 30:42
  talking
• 30:42
  to
• 30:43
  Terri
• 30:43
  Lindga
• 30:44
  and
• 30:45
  when
• 30:45
  her
• 30:45
  and
• 30:45
  I
• 30:45
  first
• 30:46
  met
• 30:46
  she,
• 30:47
  she
• 30:47
  didn't
• 30:47
  have
• 30:48
  a
• 30:48
  store
• 30:49
  where
• 30:49
  she
• 30:49
  was
• 30:50
  offering
• 30:50
  other
• 30:51
  items.
• 30:51
  And
• 30:51
  yet,
• 30:51
  yet
• 30:52
  her
• 30:53
  first
• 30:53
  book,
• 30:53
  Santa
• 30:54
  Simon
• 30:54
  had
• 30:54
  a
• 30:55
  lot
• 30:55
  of
• 30:55
  co,
• 30:56
  really
• 30:57
  cute
• 30:57
  stuff
• 30:58
  that,
• 30:58
  that
• 30:59
  especially
• 30:59
  around
• 30:59
  Christmas
• 31:00
  could
• 31:01
  be
• 31:01
  put
• 31:01
  on
• 31:01
  a
• 31:01
  coffee
• 31:02
  cup
• 31:02
  or
• 31:02
  whatever
• 31:03
  and
• 31:03
  be
• 31:03
  given
• 31:04
  as
• 31:04
  a
• 31:04
  gift.
• 31:04
  And
• 31:04
  I
• 31:05
  thought,
• 31:05
  you
• 31:05
  know
• 31:05
  what,
• 31:06
  when
• 31:06
  I
• 31:07
  get
• 31:07
  to,
• 31:07
  to
• 31:08
  interview
• 31:08
  Terry
• 31:09
  I'll
• 31:09
  ask
• 31:09
  her
• 31:09
  about
• 31:10
  this.
• 31:10
  And
• 31:10
  then
• 31:10
  all
• 31:11
  of
• 31:11
  a
• 31:11
  sudden
• 31:11
  I
• 31:11
  noticed
• 31:12
  she
• 31:12
  had
• 31:13
  coming
• 31:13
  soon.
• 31:14
  And
• 31:15
  then
• 31:15
  by
• 31:15
  the
• 31:15
  time
• 31:15
  I
• 31:15
  got
• 31:15
  to
• 31:16
  interview
• 31:16
  her,
• 31:16
  she
• 31:17
  had
• 31:18
  established
• 31:19
  a
• 31:19
  store.
• 31:20
  Oh,
• 31:21
  gotcha.
• 31:21
  Yeah.
• 31:21
  On
• 31:22
  her
• 31:22
  website.
• 31:22
  On
• 31:23
  her
• 31:23
  website.
• 31:23
  And
• 31:23
  I
• 31:24
  thought
• 31:24
  wow.
• 31:25
  And
• 31:25
  she,
• 31:25
  you
• 31:25
  know,
• 31:26
  like
• 31:26
  she
• 31:26
  had
• 31:26
  a
• 31:26
  lot
• 31:27
  of
• 31:27
  nice
• 31:28
  looking
• 31:29
  offerings
• 31:30
  like
• 31:30
  coffee
• 31:31
  cups
• 31:31
  and
• 31:32
  book
• 31:32
  bags
• 31:32
  and
• 31:33
  stuff
• 31:33
  like
• 31:33
  that.
• 31:33
  Talk
• 31:34
  to
• 31:34
  us
• 31:34
  a
• 31:34
  little
• 31:34
  bit
• 31:35
  about
• 31:35
  that.
• 31:35
  Do
• 31:35
  you
• 31:35
  think
• 31:36
  if
• 31:36
  you
• 31:36
  would
• 31:36
  have
• 31:37
  at
• 31:37
  the
• 31:37
  farmer's
• 31:37
  market
• 31:38
  had
• 31:38
  a
• 31:38
  few
• 31:38
  more
• 31:39
  items
• 31:39
  that
• 31:39
  were,
• 31:40
  you
• 31:40
  know,
• 31:41
  the
• 31:41
  brand
• 31:42
  especially
• 31:42
  I'm
• 31:42
  looking
• 31:43
  at
• 31:43
  like
• 31:43
  your
• 31:44
  Bubba
• 31:44
  and
• 31:44
  Pip.
• 31:45
  Bubba
• 31:45
  and
• 31:45
  Pip,
• 31:46
  yes,
• 31:46
  yes.
• 31:47
  Like
• 31:47
  I
• 31:47
  look
• 31:47
  at
• 31:47
  that
• 31:48
  book
• 31:48
  and
• 31:48
  I
• 31:48
  look
• 31:48
  at
• 31:49
  the
• 31:49
  characters
• 31:49
  and
• 31:49
  I
• 31:50
  think
• 31:50
  oh,
• 31:50
  that,
• 31:51
  that'd
• 31:51
  be
• 31:51
  pretty
• 31:52
  cool.
• 31:52
  Now
• 31:52
  I,
• 31:53
  I,
• 31:53
  I
• 31:53
  don't
• 31:53
  own
• 31:53
  that
• 31:54
  one,
• 31:54
  that
• 31:54
  book
• 31:55
  but
• 31:55
  I'm
• 31:55
  sure
• 31:56
  inside
• 31:56
  it's
• 31:57
  probably
• 31:57
  quite
• 31:57
  colorful.
• 31:58
  Am
• 31:59
  I
• 31:59
  correct?
• 31:59
  Yeah,
• 32:00
  absolutely.
• 32:00
  There's
• 32:01
  probably
• 32:01
  lots
• 32:01
  of
• 32:01
  artwork
• 32:02
  that
• 32:02
  could
• 32:02
  be
• 32:03
  turned
• 32:03
  into
• 32:04
  some
• 32:04
  pretty
• 32:04
  neat
• 32:05
  things.
• 32:05
  I
• 32:06
  absolutely,
• 32:07
  if,
• 32:07
  if
• 32:07
  I
• 32:07
  did
• 32:07
  a
• 32:08
  market
• 32:08
  again
• 32:09
  when
• 32:09
  I
• 32:09
  would
• 32:09
  love
• 32:09
  to
• 32:10
  do
• 32:10
  a
• 32:10
  market
• 32:10
  again,
• 32:11
  I
• 32:11
  a
• 32:11
  hundred
• 32:11
  percent
• 32:12
  would
• 32:12
  want
• 32:12
  some
• 32:13
  of
• 32:13
  the
• 32:13
  things
• 32:13
  there.
• 32:13
  I,
• 32:14
  I,
• 32:14
  the
• 32:15
  third
• 32:15
  year
• 32:15
  I
• 32:16
  didn't
• 32:16
  do
• 32:16
  a
• 32:16
  market
• 32:17
  because
• 32:17
  unfortunately
• 32:18
  the
• 32:18
  market
• 32:18
  that
• 32:18
  I
• 32:18
  was
• 32:18
  doing
• 32:19
  actually
• 32:19
  closed
• 32:20
  down
• 32:20
  for
• 32:20
  the
• 32:21
  year.
• 32:21
  But
• 32:21
  I,
• 32:22
  I
• 32:22
  was
• 32:22
  planning
• 32:23
  on
• 32:23
  creating
• 32:24
  a
• 32:24
  couple
• 32:24
  things.
• 32:24
  I
• 32:25
  wanted
• 32:25
  to
• 32:25
  do
• 32:25
  a
• 32:25
  book
• 32:25
  bag
• 32:26
  which
• 32:26
  I
• 32:26
  know
• 32:26
  that
• 32:27
  Terry
• 32:27
  has
• 32:27
  you
• 32:27
  said.
• 32:28
  But
• 32:28
  the
• 32:29
  one
• 32:29
  character
• 32:29
  from
• 32:30
  my
• 32:30
  day
• 32:30
  with
• 32:31
  grandma
• 32:31
  that
• 32:31
  I
• 32:31
  thought
• 32:32
  and
• 32:32
  I
• 32:32
  don't
• 32:32
  know
• 32:32
  if
• 32:33
  you
• 32:33
  saw
• 32:33
  this
• 32:34
  in
• 32:34
  the
• 32:34
  book,
• 32:34
  if
• 32:34
  you
• 32:34
  picked
• 32:35
  up
• 32:35
  on
• 32:35
  it,
• 32:35
  but
• 32:36
  there
• 32:36
  is
• 32:36
  the
• 32:36
  main
• 32:37
  character
• 32:37
  that
• 32:37
  the
• 32:38
  child
• 32:38
  carries
• 32:38
  Around
• 32:39
  a
• 32:39
  very
• 32:39
  specific
• 32:40
  looking
• 32:41
  toy
• 32:41
  stuffed
• 32:42
  monkey.
• 32:43
  Oh,
• 32:43
  yes,
• 32:44
  yes.
• 32:44
  I
• 32:44
  think
• 32:44
  I
• 32:45
  saw
• 32:45
  him
• 32:45
  on
• 32:45
  the
• 32:45
  couch.
• 32:46
  Right?
• 32:46
  Yes,
• 32:47
  yes.
• 32:47
  Yep.
• 32:47
  He's
• 32:48
  in
• 32:48
  a
• 32:48
  few
• 32:48
  of
• 32:48
  the
• 32:49
  pages
• 32:49
  there
• 32:49
  and
• 32:50
  I
• 32:50
  thought,
• 32:50
  oh,
• 32:50
  yeah.
• 32:50
  And
• 32:51
  he's.
• 32:51
  His
• 32:52
  grandmother
• 32:52
  is
• 32:53
  holding
• 32:53
  the
• 32:53
  monkey
• 32:54
  while
• 32:54
  he's
• 32:54
  on
• 32:54
  this
• 32:55
  swing
• 32:55
  that
• 32:56
  you're
• 32:56
  talking
• 32:56
  about,
• 32:56
  the
• 32:56
  rope
• 32:57
  swing.
• 32:57
  I
• 32:58
  believe
• 32:58
  it's
• 32:58
  kind
• 32:58
  of
• 32:59
  the
• 32:59
  old
• 32:59
  like
• 32:59
  sock
• 33:00
  monkey
• 33:00
  style.
• 33:01
  Yes.
• 33:01
  Right
• 33:02
  there
• 33:02
  on
• 33:02
  the
• 33:02
  couch.
• 33:03
  Yeah.
• 33:03
  So,
• 33:03
  you
• 33:04
  know,
• 33:04
  I
• 33:04
  read
• 33:04
  your
• 33:04
  book
• 33:04
  when
• 33:05
  I
• 33:05
  could
• 33:05
  tell
• 33:05
  you
• 33:05
  that,
• 33:06
  and
• 33:06
  it
• 33:07
  did
• 33:07
  stick
• 33:07
  out.
• 33:08
  Yeah.
• 33:08
  So.
• 33:09
  So
• 33:09
  I
• 33:09
  thought
• 33:09
  that
• 33:10
  would
• 33:10
  be
• 33:10
  a
• 33:10
  great
• 33:10
  little,
• 33:11
  you
• 33:12
  know,
• 33:12
  kind
• 33:12
  of
• 33:12
  a
• 33:13
  stuffed
• 33:13
  animal
• 33:13
  I
• 33:14
  could
• 33:14
  have
• 33:14
  when
• 33:15
  I
• 33:15
  do
• 33:15
  another
• 33:16
  event
• 33:16
  like
• 33:16
  that.
• 33:17
  I'd
• 33:17
  love
• 33:17
  to
• 33:17
  have
• 33:17
  some
• 33:18
  of
• 33:18
  those
• 33:18
  things.
• 33:18
  I
• 33:18
  think
• 33:18
  that's
• 33:19
  absolutely
• 33:19
  a
• 33:19
  great
• 33:19
  idea.
• 33:20
  And
• 33:20
  it's
• 33:20
  interesting
• 33:21
  you
• 33:21
  should
• 33:21
  say
• 33:22
  that
• 33:22
  because
• 33:23
  you
• 33:23
  kind
• 33:23
  of
• 33:23
  jog
• 33:24
  a
• 33:24
  memory.
• 33:25
  My
• 33:25
  wife's
• 33:25
  mother,
• 33:26
  she
• 33:26
  lived
• 33:27
  till
• 33:27
  she
• 33:27
  was
• 33:27
  97
• 33:28
  and
• 33:29
  she
• 33:29
  had
• 33:29
  all
• 33:29
  of
• 33:30
  her
• 33:30
  faculties.
• 33:31
  All
• 33:31
  of.
• 33:31
  Yeah.
• 33:32
  And
• 33:32
  she
• 33:33
  had
• 33:33
  a
• 33:33
  favorite
• 33:34
  monkey,
• 33:35
  but
• 33:35
  it
• 33:35
  was
• 33:35
  George,
• 33:36
  you
• 33:36
  know,
• 33:36
  George
• 33:36
  the
• 33:37
  monkey.
• 33:37
  Oh,
• 33:37
  absolutely.
• 33:38
  Curious
• 33:38
  George.
• 33:39
  That's
• 33:40
  what
• 33:40
  she
• 33:40
  had.
• 33:40
  But
• 33:41
  you
• 33:41
  know
• 33:41
  what?
• 33:41
  So
• 33:41
  it
• 33:41
  doesn't
• 33:42
  matter
• 33:42
  what
• 33:42
  age
• 33:43
  you
• 33:43
  are,
• 33:43
  whether
• 33:44
  you're
• 33:44
  a
• 33:44
  child
• 33:45
  or
• 33:45
  a
• 33:45
  97
• 33:46
  year
• 33:46
  old
• 33:46
  woman.
• 33:47
  We
• 33:47
  kind
• 33:48
  of
• 33:48
  bond
• 33:48
  with
• 33:48
  our
• 33:49
  stuffies.
• 33:49
  Right?
• 33:50
  Absolutely.
• 33:51
  Yeah.
• 33:51
  So
• 33:52
  I'm
• 33:53
  curious,
• 33:54
  and
• 33:54
  I
• 33:54
  know
• 33:54
  we
• 33:54
  talked
• 33:54
  about
• 33:55
  both
• 33:55
  your
• 33:55
  grandma
• 33:56
  and
• 33:56
  your
• 33:57
  nana.
• 33:57
  Or
• 33:57
  you
• 33:57
  call
• 33:58
  her.
• 33:58
  I
• 33:58
  say
• 33:58
  Nana,
• 33:59
  you
• 33:59
  say
• 33:59
  Nana.
• 34:00
  Nana,
• 34:00
  Yes.
• 34:01
  A
• 34:01
  little
• 34:01
  bit,
• 34:01
  A
• 34:01
  little
• 34:01
  bit
• 34:02
  different
• 34:02
  on
• 34:02
  the
• 34:02
  a
• 34:02
  there.
• 34:03
  But
• 34:03
  yeah.
• 34:03
  Yeah.
• 34:04
  Okay.
• 34:04
  So
• 34:05
  I'm
• 34:05
  curious.
• 34:07
  Is
• 34:08
  about
• 34:08
  a
• 34:09
  specific
• 34:09
  person
• 34:10
  or
• 34:11
  an
• 34:11
  event
• 34:12
  that
• 34:13
  we
• 34:13
  know
• 34:14
  you
• 34:14
  talked
• 34:14
  about
• 34:14
  your.
• 34:15
  Both
• 34:15
  your
• 34:16
  grandma
• 34:16
  and
• 34:16
  your
• 34:16
  nana.
• 34:17
  The
• 34:17
  nana
• 34:18
  is
• 34:18
  your.
• 34:18
  Is
• 34:19
  a
• 34:19
  second
• 34:19
  book
• 34:19
  you've
• 34:19
  written
• 34:20
  called
• 34:21
  Nana's
• 34:21
  Magic
• 34:22
  Needle.
• 34:23
  And
• 34:24
  so
• 34:24
  that's
• 34:24
  your
• 34:24
  nana
• 34:26
  who
• 34:26
  is
• 34:26
  different
• 34:27
  from
• 34:27
  your
• 34:27
  grandma.
• 34:28
  Yes.
• 34:28
  Yeah.
• 34:29
  So
• 34:29
  one's
• 34:29
  on
• 34:30
  your
• 34:30
  mom's
• 34:30
  side,
• 34:30
  one's
• 34:31
  on
• 34:31
  your
• 34:31
  dad's
• 34:31
  side.
• 34:32
  Exactly.
• 34:32
  Yes.
• 34:33
  Yep.
• 34:33
  Okay.
• 34:34
  Yep.
• 34:34
  So
• 34:35
  they
• 34:35
  obviously
• 34:35
  they
• 34:36
  had
• 34:36
  some
• 34:37
  motivation
• 34:37
  on
• 34:38
  you
• 34:38
  as
• 34:38
  a
• 34:38
  child
• 34:39
  and.
• 34:40
  But
• 34:40
  you
• 34:40
  went
• 34:41
  on
• 34:41
  to
• 34:41
  write,
• 34:42
  right
• 34:43
  now
• 34:43
  you've
• 34:43
  got
• 34:43
  seven
• 34:43
  children's
• 34:44
  books.
• 34:44
  So
• 34:45
  there's
• 34:45
  five
• 34:45
  children's
• 34:46
  books
• 34:46
  where
• 34:47
  there's
• 34:48
  different
• 34:48
  motivation
• 34:49
  or
• 34:49
  events.
• 34:50
  Talk
• 34:50
  to
• 34:50
  us
• 34:50
  about
• 34:51
  that.
• 34:51
  Maybe
• 34:52
  specifically
• 34:52
  about
• 34:53
  the
• 34:54
  young
• 34:54
  writer's
• 34:55
  picture
• 34:55
  book.
• 34:55
  I
• 34:56
  thought,
• 34:56
  what
• 34:56
  a
• 34:57
  genius
• 34:57
  thing
• 34:57
  to
• 34:57
  do.
• 34:58
  So
• 34:58
  talk
• 34:58
  to
• 34:58
  us
• 34:59
  about
• 34:59
  that.
• 34:59
  What
• 34:59
  was
• 34:59
  the
• 34:59
  motivation
• 35:00
  or
• 35:01
  the
• 35:01
  event
• 35:01
  that
• 35:01
  you
• 35:02
  said,
• 35:02
  I
• 35:02
  have
• 35:02
  to
• 35:03
  bring
• 35:03
  this
• 35:03
  book
• 35:03
  to
• 35:04
  market.
• 35:04
  Absolutely.
• 35:05
  That's
• 35:06
  actually
• 35:06
  my.
• 35:07
  Was
• 35:07
  my
• 35:07
  third
• 35:07
  book.
• 35:08
  So
• 35:08
  I
• 35:08
  had
• 35:08
  written
• 35:09
  the
• 35:09
  other
• 35:09
  two.
• 35:10
  And
• 35:11
  that
• 35:12
  one
• 35:12
  was
• 35:12
  born
• 35:13
  out
• 35:13
  of
• 35:13
  a
• 35:13
  couple
• 35:14
  different
• 35:14
  ideas
• 35:15
  kind
• 35:15
  of
• 35:15
  combined.
• 35:16
  One
• 35:16
  was
• 35:17
  exactly
• 35:17
  what
• 35:17
  we
• 35:18
  had
• 35:18
  just
• 35:18
  Talked
• 35:18
  about
• 35:18
  with
• 35:18
  having
• 35:19
  some
• 35:19
  other
• 35:20
  things
• 35:20
  to
• 35:20
  be
• 35:21
  able
• 35:21
  to
• 35:21
  have
• 35:22
  at
• 35:22
  a
• 35:22
  table.
• 35:22
  You
• 35:23
  want
• 35:23
  to
• 35:23
  be
• 35:23
  able
• 35:23
  to
• 35:23
  kind
• 35:23
  of
• 35:23
  fill
• 35:24
  the
• 35:24
  table
• 35:24
  out.
• 35:24
  So
• 35:25
  I
• 35:25
  wanted
• 35:25
  something
• 35:26
  that
• 35:26
  I
• 35:26
  could
• 35:26
  do
• 35:27
  that
• 35:28
  to
• 35:28
  be.
• 35:29
  To
• 35:29
  be
• 35:29
  frank.
• 35:30
  Also
• 35:31
  slightly
• 35:31
  less
• 35:31
  to.
• 35:32
  To
• 35:32
  print.
• 35:33
  If
• 35:33
  somebody
• 35:34
  purchases
• 35:34
  that
• 35:34
  book,
• 35:34
  they'll
• 35:34
  notice
• 35:35
  the
• 35:35
  inside.
• 35:36
  It's
• 35:36
  more
• 35:37
  of
• 35:37
  a
• 35:37
  black
• 35:38
  and
• 35:38
  white.
• 35:38
  You
• 35:38
  know,
• 35:38
  there's
• 35:39
  no
• 35:39
  color
• 35:40
  illustrations,
• 35:40
  because
• 35:41
  the
• 35:41
  whole
• 35:41
  point
• 35:42
  of
• 35:42
  that
• 35:42
  book
• 35:42
  is
• 35:42
  for
• 35:42
  the
• 35:43
  child
• 35:44
  or
• 35:44
  student
• 35:44
  to
• 35:45
  write
• 35:45
  and
• 35:45
  illustrate
• 35:46
  their
• 35:46
  own
• 35:46
  book,
• 35:46
  but
• 35:47
  it's
• 35:47
  more
• 35:47
  of
• 35:47
  a,
• 35:47
  you
• 35:47
  know,
• 35:48
  plain
• 35:48
  paper
• 35:49
  inside.
• 35:49
  The
• 35:50
  costs
• 35:50
  for
• 35:50
  printing
• 35:51
  that
• 35:51
  are
• 35:52
  actually
• 35:52
  significantly
• 35:53
  lower.
• 35:54
  And
• 35:55
  I
• 35:55
  wanted
• 35:55
  to
• 35:56
  be
• 35:56
  able
• 35:56
  to
• 35:57
  have
• 35:57
  something
• 35:58
  that
• 35:58
  would
• 35:58
  inspire
• 35:59
  the
• 36:00
  next
• 36:00
  generation
• 36:01
  of
• 36:01
  writers
• 36:01
  and
• 36:02
  readers.
• 36:02
  I
• 36:02
  did
• 36:03
  with
• 36:03
  my
• 36:03
  first
• 36:03
  book.
• 36:03
  Were
• 36:03
  you
• 36:04
  finding
• 36:04
  that
• 36:04
  as
• 36:05
  you
• 36:05
  went
• 36:05
  out
• 36:05
  and
• 36:06
  you
• 36:06
  talked
• 36:06
  to
• 36:06
  children
• 36:07
  about
• 36:07
  your
• 36:08
  first
• 36:08
  two
• 36:08
  books,
• 36:09
  you
• 36:09
  were
• 36:09
  getting
• 36:10
  young
• 36:10
  children?
• 36:11
  Were
• 36:11
  they
• 36:12
  a
• 36:12
  lot
• 36:12
  of
• 36:12
  your
• 36:12
  motivation
• 36:13
  to
• 36:13
  do
• 36:13
  this?
• 36:14
  Absolutely.
• 36:15
  I
• 36:15
  can
• 36:15
  actually
• 36:16
  pinpoint
• 36:17
  to
• 36:17
  a
• 36:17
  specific
• 36:18
  moment.
• 36:18
  So
• 36:18
  I
• 36:18
  did.
• 36:19
  After
• 36:19
  I
• 36:20
  published
• 36:20
  my
• 36:20
  first
• 36:20
  book,
• 36:21
  I
• 36:21
  did
• 36:21
  several
• 36:22
  library
• 36:23
  visits
• 36:24
  that
• 36:24
  I
• 36:24
  had
• 36:25
  to
• 36:25
  local
• 36:25
  libraries,
• 36:26
  and
• 36:26
  all
• 36:26
  the
• 36:27
  kids,
• 36:27
  you
• 36:27
  know,
• 36:27
  really
• 36:28
  enjoyed
• 36:28
  write,
• 36:29
  you
• 36:29
  know,
• 36:29
  reading
• 36:29
  the
• 36:29
  book
• 36:29
  or
• 36:30
  listening
• 36:30
  to
• 36:30
  me
• 36:30
  read
• 36:30
  the
• 36:31
  book,
• 36:31
  I
• 36:31
  should
• 36:31
  say.
• 36:32
  And
• 36:32
  then
• 36:32
  I
• 36:33
  did
• 36:33
  one
• 36:33
  school
• 36:33
  visit
• 36:34
  with
• 36:34
  a
• 36:35
  kind
• 36:35
  of
• 36:35
  a
• 36:36
  small
• 36:36
  private
• 36:36
  school
• 36:37
  that's
• 36:37
  near
• 36:38
  me.
• 36:38
  And
• 36:39
  I
• 36:40
  did.
• 36:40
  It
• 36:41
  was,
• 36:41
  let's
• 36:42
  see,
• 36:42
  four,
• 36:42
  I
• 36:42
  believe,
• 36:42
  four
• 36:43
  different
• 36:43
  sessions.
• 36:43
  They
• 36:44
  had
• 36:44
  four
• 36:44
  different
• 36:44
  grades.
• 36:45
  And
• 36:45
  each
• 36:45
  grade
• 36:46
  would
• 36:46
  come
• 36:46
  and
• 36:46
  I'd
• 36:47
  into
• 36:47
  the
• 36:47
  gymnasium
• 36:48
  and
• 36:48
  I.
• 36:48
  I'd
• 36:49
  read
• 36:49
  the
• 36:49
  book
• 36:49
  to
• 36:49
  them,
• 36:50
  ask
• 36:50
  any.
• 36:50
  Or
• 36:51
  answer
• 36:51
  any
• 36:51
  questions
• 36:51
  they
• 36:52
  had,
• 36:52
  and
• 36:52
  then
• 36:53
  they
• 36:53
  go
• 36:53
  back
• 36:54
  to
• 36:54
  class,
• 36:54
  and
• 36:54
  then
• 36:54
  the
• 36:54
  next
• 36:54
  group
• 36:55
  would
• 36:55
  come
• 36:55
  in.
• 36:55
  And
• 36:56
  so
• 36:56
  it
• 36:56
  was
• 36:56
  a
• 36:56
  good
• 36:57
  couple
• 36:57
  hours
• 36:58
  of
• 36:58
  being
• 36:58
  there,
• 36:58
  and
• 36:59
  I
• 36:59
  was
• 36:59
  a
• 36:59
  little
• 36:59
  bit
• 36:59
  tired
• 37:00
  by
• 37:00
  the
• 37:00
  end.
• 37:01
  And
• 37:02
  the
• 37:02
  other
• 37:03
  thing
• 37:03
  that
• 37:03
  happened
• 37:03
  was
• 37:04
  they
• 37:04
  started
• 37:04
  with
• 37:04
  the
• 37:04
  youngest
• 37:05
  group
• 37:06
  and
• 37:06
  went
• 37:06
  to
• 37:06
  the
• 37:06
  oldest
• 37:06
  group.
• 37:07
  By
• 37:07
  the
• 37:07
  time
• 37:07
  you
• 37:07
  got
• 37:07
  to
• 37:08
  the
• 37:08
  ninth
• 37:09
  graders.
• 37:09
  I
• 37:09
  don't
• 37:10
  know
• 37:10
  if
• 37:10
  you've
• 37:10
  ever
• 37:11
  read
• 37:11
  a
• 37:11
  children's
• 37:11
  book
• 37:12
  to
• 37:12
  ninth
• 37:12
  graders,
• 37:12
  but,
• 37:13
  you
• 37:13
  know,
• 37:13
  it
• 37:13
  can
• 37:13
  be
• 37:13
  a
• 37:14
  little
• 37:14
  bit
• 37:14
  daunting.
• 37:15
  I
• 37:15
  love
• 37:15
  that
• 37:16
  age
• 37:16
  group.
• 37:16
  But
• 37:16
  reading
• 37:17
  a
• 37:17
  children's
• 37:17
  book
• 37:17
  to
• 37:17
  them
• 37:17
  could
• 37:18
  be
• 37:18
  a
• 37:18
  little
• 37:18
  bit.
• 37:18
  A
• 37:18
  little
• 37:19
  bit
• 37:19
  tricky,
• 37:19
  you
• 37:20
  know,
• 37:20
  and,
• 37:20
  you
• 37:20
  know,
• 37:21
  you're
• 37:21
  asking
• 37:21
  if
• 37:21
  they
• 37:21
  have
• 37:22
  any
• 37:22
  questions
• 37:22
  about
• 37:22
  the
• 37:22
  book
• 37:23
  and
• 37:23
  they.
• 37:23
  You
• 37:24
  don't
• 37:24
  get
• 37:24
  too
• 37:24
  many
• 37:24
  answers.
• 37:25
  So
• 37:25
  it
• 37:25
  was
• 37:26
  a.
• 37:26
  It
• 37:26
  was
• 37:26
  a
• 37:26
  bit
• 37:26
  of
• 37:26
  a
• 37:27
  way
• 37:27
  to
• 37:27
  end
• 37:27
  it
• 37:27
  where
• 37:27
  I
• 37:28
  thought,
• 37:28
  you
• 37:28
  know,
• 37:29
  you
• 37:29
  know,
• 37:29
  am
• 37:30
  I
• 37:30
  really.
• 37:30
  Am
• 37:31
  I
• 37:31
  inspiring
• 37:31
  anybody?
• 37:32
  I
• 37:32
  don't
• 37:32
  know.
• 37:33
  You
• 37:33
  know,
• 37:33
  if
• 37:34
  you
• 37:34
  know
• 37:34
  it.
• 37:34
  Not
• 37:35
  that
• 37:35
  really,
• 37:36
  you
• 37:36
  know,
• 37:36
  makes
• 37:36
  a
• 37:36
  big
• 37:37
  difference,
• 37:37
  but.
• 37:37
  And
• 37:38
  as
• 37:38
  I
• 37:38
  was
• 37:38
  about
• 37:39
  to
• 37:39
  leave,
• 37:39
  I
• 37:39
  was
• 37:39
  kind
• 37:39
  of
• 37:40
  packing
• 37:40
  up,
• 37:41
  and
• 37:41
  all
• 37:41
  of
• 37:42
  a
• 37:42
  sudden
• 37:42
  There
• 37:42
  was
• 37:42
  this
• 37:42
  big
• 37:43
  group
• 37:43
  of
• 37:43
  kids.
• 37:44
  All
• 37:44
  of
• 37:44
  a
• 37:45
  sudden,
• 37:45
  they're
• 37:45
  all
• 37:45
  around
• 37:45
  me.
• 37:45
  It
• 37:46
  was
• 37:46
  like
• 37:46
  they
• 37:46
  just
• 37:46
  kind
• 37:46
  of
• 37:46
  came
• 37:47
  out
• 37:47
  of
• 37:47
  nowhere.
• 37:48
  And
• 37:48
  their
• 37:48
  teacher
• 37:49
  walks
• 37:49
  up
• 37:49
  to
• 37:49
  me
• 37:50
  and
• 37:50
  she
• 37:50
  said,
• 37:51
  you
• 37:51
  know,
• 37:51
  we
• 37:51
  read
• 37:51
  them
• 37:52
  the
• 37:52
  first
• 37:52
  group
• 37:52
  that
• 37:52
  you
• 37:52
  read
• 37:53
  to.
• 37:53
  And
• 37:53
  we
• 37:53
  went
• 37:54
  back
• 37:54
  to
• 37:54
  the
• 37:54
  class
• 37:54
  and
• 37:54
  the
• 37:54
  kids
• 37:55
  all
• 37:55
  asked
• 37:55
  if
• 37:55
  they
• 37:55
  could
• 37:56
  do
• 37:56
  their
• 37:56
  own
• 37:57
  book
• 37:57
  for
• 37:58
  the
• 37:58
  rest
• 37:58
  of
• 37:58
  the
• 37:58
  day.
• 37:59
  And
• 37:59
  so
• 37:59
  every
• 38:00
  single
• 38:00
  one
• 38:00
  of
• 38:00
  these
• 38:00
  kids
• 38:01
  had
• 38:01
  a
• 38:01
  little
• 38:01
  booklet
• 38:02
  that
• 38:02
  they
• 38:02
  had
• 38:03
  written
• 38:03
  in
• 38:03
  the
• 38:03
  last
• 38:04
  hour
• 38:04
  and
• 38:04
  a
• 38:04
  half
• 38:05
  that
• 38:05
  I
• 38:05
  was
• 38:05
  there
• 38:05
  of
• 38:06
  their
• 38:06
  own
• 38:06
  book.
• 38:06
  And
• 38:06
  they
• 38:06
  were
• 38:07
  just
• 38:07
  so
• 38:07
  excited
• 38:07
  to
• 38:08
  show
• 38:08
  me.
• 38:08
  Wow.
• 38:09
  That
• 38:09
  was
• 38:09
  the
• 38:10
  moment
• 38:10
  that
• 38:10
  I
• 38:10
  knew,
• 38:11
  I
• 38:11
  will
• 38:11
  forever
• 38:12
  write
• 38:12
  children's
• 38:13
  books,
• 38:13
  and
• 38:14
  it
• 38:14
  doesn't
• 38:14
  matter
• 38:15
  if
• 38:16
  I
• 38:16
  ever
• 38:16
  make
• 38:16
  a
• 38:16
  penny
• 38:16
  off
• 38:17
  of
• 38:17
  them,
• 38:17
  because
• 38:17
  that's
• 38:17
  worth
• 38:18
  it.
• 38:19
  Did
• 38:19
  you
• 38:19
  decide
• 38:19
  to
• 38:19
  go
• 38:20
  into
• 38:20
  children's
• 38:20
  book
• 38:21
  publishing?
• 38:21
  Pretty
• 38:22
  much,
• 38:22
  yeah.
• 38:23
  That
• 38:23
  is
• 38:23
  a
• 38:23
  fantastic
• 38:25
  story.
• 38:25
  I
• 38:26
  love
• 38:26
  that.
• 38:27
  You
• 38:27
  know,
• 38:27
  and
• 38:27
  that's
• 38:28
  what
• 38:28
  I
• 38:28
  was
• 38:28
  saying
• 38:28
  to
• 38:29
  you.
• 38:29
  That's
• 38:29
  what,
• 38:29
  what
• 38:30
  motivated
• 38:30
  us
• 38:31
  to
• 38:31
  do
• 38:31
  up
• 38:31
  our
• 38:31
  activity
• 38:32
  pages
• 38:33
  is
• 38:33
  to
• 38:33
  encourage
• 38:34
  children
• 38:35
  to
• 38:36
  embrace
• 38:37
  the
• 38:38
  idea
• 38:38
  of
• 38:38
  storytelling.
• 38:39
  You
• 38:40
  know,
• 38:40
  Aaron,
• 38:40
  I
• 38:41
  think
• 38:41
  about
• 38:41
  this
• 38:42
  a
• 38:42
  lot
• 38:42
  because
• 38:43
  I
• 38:43
  don't
• 38:43
  know
• 38:43
  about
• 38:44
  you.
• 38:44
  And
• 38:45
  people
• 38:45
  think,
• 38:46
  well,
• 38:46
  the
• 38:46
  art
• 38:46
  of
• 38:47
  storytelling
• 38:47
  is
• 38:48
  dead.
• 38:48
  And
• 38:48
  I
• 38:49
  say,
• 38:49
  no,
• 38:49
  it's
• 38:50
  not.
• 38:50
  I
• 38:51
  said,
• 38:51
  how
• 38:51
  many
• 38:52
  of
• 38:52
  you
• 38:52
  have
• 38:53
  Netflix?
• 38:54
  Everybody
• 38:54
  puts
• 38:55
  up
• 38:55
  their
• 38:55
  hand.
• 38:55
  So
• 38:56
  how
• 38:56
  many
• 38:56
  Paramount
• 38:57
  hand
• 38:58
  goes
• 38:58
  on
• 38:58
  Disney?
• 38:59
  Right?
• 39:00
  It
• 39:00
  just
• 39:00
  goes
• 39:01
  on
• 39:01
  and
• 39:01
  on.
• 39:01
  And
• 39:01
  I
• 39:02
  say,
• 39:02
  where
• 39:03
  did
• 39:03
  those
• 39:04
  companies
• 39:05
  are?
• 39:05
  I
• 39:06
  guess
• 39:06
  I'm
• 39:06
  not
• 39:06
  sure
• 39:07
  if
• 39:07
  thirsting
• 39:07
  is
• 39:07
  the
• 39:07
  right
• 39:08
  word.
• 39:08
  They're
• 39:09
  looking
• 39:09
  for
• 39:10
  stories
• 39:11
  and
• 39:11
  they'd
• 39:12
  like
• 39:12
  original
• 39:13
  content.
• 39:14
  And
• 39:14
  so
• 39:15
  the
• 39:15
  storyteller
• 39:16
  will
• 39:16
  be
• 39:16
  around
• 39:17
  forever.
• 39:18
  Okay.
• 39:19
  And
• 39:19
  so
• 39:20
  I
• 39:20
  just
• 39:20
  want
• 39:20
  everybody
• 39:21
  who's
• 39:22
  listening
• 39:22
  to
• 39:22
  understand.
• 39:23
  And
• 39:23
  it's.
• 39:23
  When
• 39:24
  you're
• 39:24
  a
• 39:24
  storyteller
• 39:25
  and
• 39:25
  you're.
• 39:25
  And
• 39:26
  you're
• 39:26
  writing
• 39:26
  your
• 39:27
  children's
• 39:27
  book,
• 39:28
  I
• 39:28
  see
• 39:28
  that
• 39:28
  you've
• 39:29
  made
• 39:29
  a
• 39:29
  couple
• 39:29
  of.
• 39:30
  Of
• 39:30
  short
• 39:30
  films
• 39:31
  also.
• 39:32
  Well,
• 39:32
  guess
• 39:33
  what?
• 39:33
  Filmmaking
• 39:34
  is
• 39:35
  storytelling,
• 39:36
  and
• 39:37
  you
• 39:37
  need
• 39:37
  a
• 39:37
  script,
• 39:38
  and
• 39:38
  that
• 39:39
  comes
• 39:39
  from
• 39:39
  somebody
• 39:40
  telling
• 39:40
  a
• 39:41
  story.
• 39:41
  I
• 39:42
  just
• 39:42
  remind
• 39:42
  everybody
• 39:43
  that,
• 39:44
  you
• 39:44
  know,
• 39:44
  what
• 39:44
  if
• 39:44
  we
• 39:44
  can
• 39:45
  encourage
• 39:45
  people
• 39:46
  to
• 39:46
  be
• 39:47
  the
• 39:47
  world
• 39:48
  to
• 39:48
  have
• 39:48
  more
• 39:48
  storytellers,
• 39:49
  because
• 39:50
  you're
• 39:50
  know
• 39:50
  what?
• 39:51
  There
• 39:51
  is
• 39:51
  going
• 39:52
  to
• 39:52
  be
• 39:52
  more
• 39:52
  Netflix
• 39:53
  companies
• 39:54
  and
• 39:54
  there's
• 39:54
  going
• 39:54
  to
• 39:54
  be
• 39:55
  more
• 39:55
  Disney's
• 39:56
  and
• 39:56
  there's
• 39:56
  going
• 39:56
  to
• 39:57
  be
• 39:57
  more
• 39:57
  Paramounts,
• 39:58
  it's
• 39:59
  just
• 39:59
  going
• 39:59
  to
• 39:59
  keep
• 39:59
  going
• 40:00
  and
• 40:00
  they're
• 40:00
  going
• 40:00
  to
• 40:00
  be
• 40:01
  looking
• 40:01
  for
• 40:02
  great
• 40:02
  storytellers.
• 40:03
  Absolutely.
• 40:05
  So
• 40:05
  it's
• 40:05
  something
• 40:05
  I've.
• 40:06
  I've
• 40:06
  kind
• 40:06
  of
• 40:06
  thought
• 40:07
  about
• 40:07
  for
• 40:07
  myself.
• 40:07
  And
• 40:08
  this
• 40:08
  might
• 40:08
  feel
• 40:08
  seem
• 40:09
  a
• 40:09
  little
• 40:09
  bit,
• 40:09
  I
• 40:10
  don't
• 40:10
  know,
• 40:10
  out
• 40:10
  there
• 40:10
  or
• 40:10
  not,
• 40:11
  but,
• 40:11
  you
• 40:11
  know,
• 40:12
  I've.
• 40:12
  I'VE
• 40:12
  fully
• 40:13
  convinced
• 40:13
  that
• 40:14
  writing
• 40:15
  is
• 40:16
  the
• 40:16
  closest
• 40:17
  thing
• 40:17
  to
• 40:17
  that
• 40:18
  we
• 40:18
  have
• 40:18
  to
• 40:19
  actual
• 40:20
  magic
• 40:20
  in
• 40:20
  the
• 40:21
  world.
• 40:21
  You
• 40:21
  know
• 40:22
  what
• 40:22
  other.
• 40:22
  I
• 40:22
  mean,
• 40:23
  you're.
• 40:23
  You're
• 40:23
  putting,
• 40:24
  you
• 40:24
  know,
• 40:25
  some
• 40:25
  ink
• 40:25
  on
• 40:26
  a.
• 40:26
  On
• 40:26
  a.
• 40:26
  Something
• 40:27
  called
• 40:27
  paper,
• 40:27
  which
• 40:27
  is
• 40:28
  really,
• 40:28
  you
• 40:28
  know,
• 40:28
  like.
• 40:29
  Like
• 40:29
  a
• 40:29
  tree
• 40:30
  in
• 40:30
  a
• 40:30
  special
• 40:30
  way
• 40:31
  that
• 40:31
  certain
• 40:31
  markings,
• 40:32
  and
• 40:32
  you
• 40:33
  give
• 40:33
  it
• 40:33
  to
• 40:33
  somebody
• 40:33
  else,
• 40:34
  and
• 40:34
  all
• 40:34
  of
• 40:34
  a
• 40:35
  sudden
• 40:35
  vivid
• 40:36
  images
• 40:36
  come
• 40:37
  onto
• 40:37
  their
• 40:37
  head.
• 40:37
  I
• 40:38
  mean,
• 40:38
  what
• 40:39
  else
• 40:39
  could
• 40:39
  we.
• 40:40
  Could
• 40:40
  we
• 40:40
  call
• 40:40
  that
• 40:40
  besides
• 40:41
  magic?
• 40:41
  And
• 40:41
  that's
• 40:42
  really
• 40:42
  what.
• 40:42
  What
• 40:42
  we
• 40:43
  do
• 40:43
  as
• 40:43
  storytellers
• 40:44
  and
• 40:44
  writers,
• 40:44
  as
• 40:45
  we
• 40:45
  create
• 40:45
  magic.
• 40:46
  Absolutely.
• 40:47
  And
• 40:47
  that
• 40:47
  really
• 40:48
  leads
• 40:48
  me
• 40:48
  to.
• 40:49
  My
• 40:49
  next
• 40:49
  question
• 40:50
  is
• 40:51
  now
• 40:51
  that
• 40:51
  you
• 40:52
  have
• 40:52
  seven
• 40:52
  children's
• 40:53
  books
• 40:53
  and.
• 40:54
  And
• 40:54
  they
• 40:54
  don't
• 40:55
  have
• 40:55
  a
• 40:55
  central
• 40:56
  character,
• 40:57
  talk
• 40:57
  to
• 40:57
  us
• 40:58
  about
• 40:59
  your
• 40:59
  character
• 41:00
  development
• 41:01
  and
• 41:01
  do
• 41:02
  you.
• 41:03
  Each
• 41:03
  character
• 41:03
  is
• 41:04
  a
• 41:04
  little
• 41:04
  different.
• 41:04
  I
• 41:04
  think
• 41:04
  one
• 41:05
  of
• 41:05
  them,
• 41:05
  I
• 41:05
  thought
• 41:05
  saw
• 41:06
  here,
• 41:06
  I
• 41:06
  thought
• 41:07
  was
• 41:07
  kind
• 41:07
  of
• 41:07
  a
• 41:07
  cool
• 41:07
  thing.
• 41:08
  King
• 41:08
  Mike
• 41:09
  and
• 41:10
  Gummy
• 41:11
  Bears.
• 41:12
  Explain
• 41:12
  to
• 41:13
  us
• 41:13
  how
• 41:13
  you
• 41:13
  develop
• 41:14
  your
• 41:14
  main
• 41:14
  characters.
• 41:15
  That
• 41:16
  one
• 41:16
  is
• 41:16
  a
• 41:16
  very.
• 41:16
  It's
• 41:16
  a
• 41:17
  very
• 41:17
  specific
• 41:18
  story.
• 41:18
  That
• 41:18
  one,
• 41:19
  this
• 41:19
  gentleman
• 41:20
  that
• 41:20
  I
• 41:20
  know,
• 41:20
  I.
• 41:20
  I
• 41:21
  worked
• 41:21
  with
• 41:21
  him,
• 41:22
  and
• 41:23
  he's
• 41:23
  a
• 41:23
  kind
• 41:23
  of
• 41:23
  a
• 41:24
  little
• 41:24
  bit
• 41:24
  of
• 41:24
  an
• 41:24
  eccentric
• 41:25
  man
• 41:26
  and
• 41:27
  very,
• 41:27
  very
• 41:28
  kind,
• 41:28
  very
• 41:29
  kind
• 41:29
  man.
• 41:29
  One
• 41:30
  of
• 41:30
  the
• 41:30
  kind
• 41:30
  of
• 41:30
  odd
• 41:31
  things
• 41:31
  that
• 41:31
  he
• 41:32
  did
• 41:32
  is
• 41:33
  that
• 41:33
  he
• 41:33
  would
• 41:33
  walk
• 41:34
  around
• 41:34
  all
• 41:34
  day
• 41:34
  with
• 41:35
  gummy
• 41:35
  bears
• 41:35
  in
• 41:35
  his
• 41:35
  pockets
• 41:36
  and.
• 41:37
  And
• 41:37
  he
• 41:38
  would
• 41:38
  offer
• 41:38
  them
• 41:38
  to
• 41:38
  you
• 41:39
  throughout
• 41:39
  the
• 41:39
  day.
• 41:40
  And,
• 41:40
  you
• 41:40
  know,
• 41:40
  the
• 41:40
  first
• 41:41
  time
• 41:41
  it
• 41:41
  happened,
• 41:41
  I
• 41:41
  thought,
• 41:42
  what
• 41:42
  in
• 41:42
  the
• 41:42
  world?
• 41:43
  Yeah,
• 41:44
  okay,
• 41:44
  I
• 41:44
  know.
• 41:45
  I
• 41:45
  know
• 41:45
  what
• 41:45
  you're
• 41:45
  saying.
• 41:46
  They
• 41:46
  pull
• 41:46
  gummy
• 41:47
  bears
• 41:47
  out
• 41:47
  of
• 41:47
  his
• 41:47
  pockets,
• 41:48
  and
• 41:48
  he's
• 41:48
  like,
• 41:48
  I
• 41:48
  don't
• 41:48
  know
• 41:49
  how
• 41:49
  to
• 41:49
  take
• 41:49
  this
• 41:49
  right
• 41:49
  now.
• 41:50
  And
• 41:50
  then
• 41:50
  you
• 41:50
  get
• 41:51
  to
• 41:51
  know
• 41:51
  him
• 41:51
  and
• 41:51
  you
• 41:51
  realize
• 41:51
  that,
• 41:52
  for
• 41:52
  one
• 41:52
  thing,
• 41:52
  he
• 41:53
  just
• 41:53
  loves
• 41:53
  gummy
• 41:53
  bears
• 41:54
  and
• 41:54
  he
• 41:54
  just
• 41:54
  wants
• 41:54
  to
• 41:55
  share
• 41:55
  with
• 41:55
  people,
• 41:56
  and
• 41:56
  that
• 41:56
  just
• 41:57
  became
• 41:57
  that
• 41:58
  story
• 41:58
  of
• 41:58
  this
• 41:58
  man.
• 41:59
  And
• 41:59
  the
• 41:59
  other
• 41:59
  thing
• 42:00
  about
• 42:00
  him
• 42:00
  that
• 42:00
  I
• 42:01
  guess
• 42:01
  is
• 42:01
  important
• 42:01
  to
• 42:01
  know
• 42:02
  is
• 42:02
  that
• 42:02
  he
• 42:02
  was
• 42:03
  kind
• 42:03
  of
• 42:04
  quoting
• 42:05
  known
• 42:05
  as
• 42:05
  King
• 42:06
  Mike
• 42:06
  around
• 42:07
  the.
• 42:07
  The
• 42:07
  office
• 42:07
  that
• 42:08
  we
• 42:08
  worked
• 42:08
  at.
• 42:08
  So
• 42:09
  that
• 42:09
  it
• 42:10
  just.
• 42:10
  It
• 42:10
  was
• 42:10
  like
• 42:11
  a
• 42:11
  spark
• 42:11
  in
• 42:12
  my
• 42:12
  brain
• 42:12
  of
• 42:12
  King
• 42:13
  Mike
• 42:13
  and
• 42:13
  the
• 42:13
  gummy
• 42:13
  bears,
• 42:13
  of
• 42:13
  course.
• 42:14
  And
• 42:14
  that's
• 42:14
  fantastic.
• 42:15
  And
• 42:15
  again,
• 42:16
  just
• 42:16
  sharing
• 42:16
  with
• 42:17
  everyone
• 42:17
  that,
• 42:18
  you
• 42:18
  know
• 42:18
  what.
• 42:18
  You
• 42:18
  just
• 42:19
  never
• 42:19
  know
• 42:19
  where
• 42:20
  your
• 42:20
  main
• 42:21
  character
• 42:21
  is
• 42:21
  going
• 42:22
  to
• 42:22
  come
• 42:22
  from
• 42:23
  themes,
• 42:24
  because
• 42:24
  you
• 42:24
  have
• 42:25
  a
• 42:25
  wide
• 42:25
  variety
• 42:26
  of
• 42:26
  books.
• 42:27
  Talk
• 42:28
  to
• 42:28
  us
• 42:28
  about
• 42:28
  the
• 42:28
  themes.
• 42:29
  I
• 42:29
  don't
• 42:29
  want
• 42:29
  to
• 42:29
  put
• 42:29
  any
• 42:29
  words
• 42:30
  into
• 42:30
  your.
• 42:31
  Your
• 42:31
  mouth.
• 42:32
  I
• 42:33
  don't
• 42:33
  know
• 42:33
  if
• 42:33
  I
• 42:33
  have.
• 42:33
  I'd
• 42:33
  say
• 42:34
  one
• 42:34
  theme.
• 42:35
  If
• 42:36
  there
• 42:36
  is
• 42:36
  one
• 42:36
  central
• 42:37
  theme,
• 42:37
  I
• 42:37
  could
• 42:37
  say
• 42:38
  it's
• 42:39
  tough
• 42:39
  to
• 42:39
  say.
• 42:39
  So,
• 42:39
  yeah,
• 42:40
  each
• 42:40
  book
• 42:40
  is
• 42:40
  a
• 42:40
  little
• 42:40
  bit
• 42:41
  different.
• 42:41
  I
• 42:41
  mean,
• 42:41
  you
• 42:42
  know,
• 42:42
  I
• 42:42
  think
• 42:42
  my
• 42:43
  My
• 42:43
  first
• 42:43
  book,
• 42:44
  My
• 42:44
  dad's
• 42:44
  Grandma.
• 42:45
  It's
• 42:45
  about
• 42:45
  family.
• 42:46
  You
• 42:46
  know,
• 42:47
  same
• 42:47
  thing
• 42:47
  with
• 42:47
  my,
• 42:48
  My
• 42:48
  second
• 42:48
  book,
• 42:49
  not
• 42:49
  as
• 42:49
  Magic
• 42:50
  Needle.
• 42:50
  You
• 42:50
  know,
• 42:50
  that
• 42:50
  was
• 42:50
  a
• 42:51
  little
• 42:51
  bit
• 42:51
  more,
• 42:52
  you
• 42:52
  know,
• 42:52
  whimsical.
• 42:53
  And,
• 42:53
  you
• 42:53
  know,
• 42:54
  it's
• 42:54
  a
• 42:54
  little
• 42:54
  bit
• 42:54
  more,
• 42:55
  you
• 42:55
  know,
• 42:56
  it's
• 42:56
  about
• 42:56
  a.
• 42:56
  Magical
• 42:57
  magic
• 42:57
  needles
• 42:57
  and
• 42:57
  then
• 42:58
  magic
• 42:58
  needle.
• 42:58
  Make
• 42:59
  a
• 42:59
  quilt.
• 43:00
  Oh,
• 43:00
  yes.
• 43:00
  Oh,
• 43:01
  yeah.
• 43:01
  So
• 43:01
  my,
• 43:01
  My
• 43:02
  Nana
• 43:02
  is
• 43:03
  one
• 43:03
  of
• 43:03
  the
• 43:03
  best
• 43:04
  sewers.
• 43:05
  If,
• 43:05
  I
• 43:05
  mean,
• 43:05
  again,
• 43:06
  I'm
• 43:06
  biased,
• 43:06
  but
• 43:07
  the
• 43:07
  best
• 43:07
  sewers
• 43:08
  I've
• 43:08
  ever
• 43:08
  known.
• 43:09
  And,
• 43:09
  you
• 43:09
  know,
• 43:10
  I'll
• 43:10
  tell
• 43:10
  people
• 43:11
  that
• 43:11
  forever,
• 43:11
  of
• 43:11
  course,
• 43:12
  but,
• 43:12
  you
• 43:12
  know,
• 43:12
  she
• 43:13
  could
• 43:13
  make
• 43:13
  anything
• 43:13
  out
• 43:14
  of,
• 43:14
  you
• 43:14
  know,
• 43:14
  needle
• 43:15
  and
• 43:15
  thread.
• 43:15
  I
• 43:15
  mean,
• 43:15
  it
• 43:15
  was.
• 43:16
  It's
• 43:16
  just
• 43:16
  amazing.
• 43:17
  And
• 43:17
  one
• 43:17
  of
• 43:17
  the
• 43:17
  things
• 43:17
  that
• 43:17
  she
• 43:18
  liked
• 43:18
  to
• 43:18
  make
• 43:18
  a
• 43:18
  lot
• 43:18
  was
• 43:18
  quilts.
• 43:19
  So
• 43:20
  I,
• 43:20
  I,
• 43:21
  absolutely.
• 43:21
  There's
• 43:21
  quilts
• 43:22
  in
• 43:22
  that
• 43:22
  book
• 43:22
  for
• 43:22
  sure.
• 43:23
  Everywhere
• 43:23
  in
• 43:23
  there.
• 43:24
  My
• 43:24
  third
• 43:25
  book
• 43:25
  is
• 43:25
  called
• 43:25
  Sam
• 43:26
  in
• 43:26
  the
• 43:26
  Pool,
• 43:26
  and
• 43:26
  that
• 43:27
  was
• 43:27
  from
• 43:28
  my
• 43:28
  growing
• 43:29
  up
• 43:29
  going
• 43:29
  to
• 43:30
  the
• 43:30
  pool
• 43:30
  and
• 43:30
  my
• 43:31
  brother
• 43:32
  and
• 43:33
  what
• 43:33
  it's
• 43:33
  like
• 43:33
  as
• 43:33
  a.
• 43:34
  As
• 43:34
  a
• 43:34
  kid
• 43:34
  trying
• 43:34
  to
• 43:35
  remember
• 43:35
  what
• 43:35
  it's
• 43:35
  like
• 43:36
  when
• 43:36
  you're
• 43:36
  standing
• 43:36
  at
• 43:36
  the
• 43:36
  edge
• 43:36
  of
• 43:37
  that
• 43:37
  big
• 43:37
  pool
• 43:38
  and
• 43:38
  you
• 43:38
  just
• 43:38
  know,
• 43:39
  you
• 43:39
  know,
• 43:39
  you
• 43:39
  see
• 43:39
  everybody
• 43:39
  else
• 43:40
  in
• 43:40
  there
• 43:40
  having
• 43:40
  fun,
• 43:41
  but
• 43:41
  there's
• 43:42
  just
• 43:42
  something
• 43:42
  that
• 43:43
  makes
• 43:43
  you
• 43:43
  nervous
• 43:44
  to
• 43:44
  jump
• 43:44
  in.
• 43:45
  Kind
• 43:45
  of
• 43:45
  the
• 43:45
  story
• 43:45
  about,
• 43:46
  you
• 43:46
  know,
• 43:46
  one
• 43:46
  brother
• 43:47
  helping,
• 43:47
  then
• 43:47
  another
• 43:48
  brother
• 43:48
  to
• 43:48
  overcome
• 43:49
  that
• 43:49
  nervousness.
• 43:49
  Is
• 43:50
  there
• 43:50
  an
• 43:50
  underlying
• 43:51
  theme
• 43:52
  throughout
• 43:53
  your
• 43:53
  books?
• 43:54
  I
• 43:54
  would
• 43:54
  say
• 43:55
  it's
• 43:56
  tough
• 43:56
  to
• 43:56
  pinpoint
• 43:57
  one
• 43:57
  for.
• 43:57
  At
• 43:57
  least
• 43:58
  for
• 43:58
  my.
• 43:59
  I'd
• 44:00
  say
• 44:00
  family
• 44:00
  is
• 44:00
  a
• 44:00
  big
• 44:01
  one.
• 44:01
  Family.
• 44:02
  I
• 44:02
  would
• 44:03
  say
• 44:03
  growing
• 44:04
  up
• 44:04
  is
• 44:04
  probably
• 44:04
  another
• 44:05
  one,
• 44:05
  and
• 44:06
  acceptance
• 44:07
  is
• 44:07
  another
• 44:08
  big
• 44:08
  one.
• 44:08
  Acceptance
• 44:09
  in
• 44:09
  what
• 44:09
  way?
• 44:10
  Acceptance
• 44:11
  of
• 44:12
  differences
• 44:13
  in
• 44:13
  people.
• 44:14
  That's.
• 44:14
  That's
• 44:14
  really
• 44:15
  the
• 44:15
  core
• 44:15
  focus
• 44:16
  of
• 44:16
  Bubba
• 44:16
  and
• 44:16
  Tips
• 44:17
  that
• 44:17
  that
• 44:18
  book
• 44:18
  is
• 44:18
  all
• 44:19
  about
• 44:19
  acceptance.
• 44:20
  But
• 44:20
  I
• 44:20
  think
• 44:21
  that
• 44:21
  there's,
• 44:21
  there's
• 44:22
  acceptance
• 44:22
  in,
• 44:23
  in
• 44:23
  the
• 44:23
  other
• 44:23
  ones
• 44:24
  as
• 44:24
  well.
• 44:25
  And
• 44:25
  what
• 44:26
  about
• 44:26
  a
• 44:26
  central
• 44:27
  lesson
• 44:28
  or
• 44:28
  teaching
• 44:29
  that
• 44:29
  you're
• 44:29
  trying
• 44:30
  to
• 44:30
  convey?
• 44:31
  All
• 44:31
  of
• 44:31
  us,
• 44:31
  you
• 44:31
  know,
• 44:32
  with
• 44:32
  children's
• 44:32
  books,
• 44:33
  have
• 44:33
  this
• 44:33
  opportunity.
• 44:35
  We
• 44:35
  have
• 44:35
  this
• 44:35
  platform.
• 44:36
  So
• 44:36
  what's
• 44:37
  the
• 44:37
  central
• 44:37
  or
• 44:38
  lesson?
• 44:38
  Is
• 44:38
  there
• 44:39
  a
• 44:39
  central
• 44:39
  lesson
• 44:40
  or
• 44:40
  teaching
• 44:41
  that's
• 44:41
  underlying
• 44:42
  in
• 44:42
  each
• 44:42
  of
• 44:42
  your
• 44:42
  books?
• 44:43
  Yeah,
• 44:44
  a
• 44:44
  common
• 44:44
  one,
• 44:45
  I
• 44:45
  would
• 44:45
  say,
• 44:46
  is
• 44:47
  that
• 44:47
  we're
• 44:47
  all.
• 44:48
  I
• 44:48
  guess
• 44:48
  it
• 44:48
  ties
• 44:48
  to
• 44:49
  acceptance,
• 44:49
  but
• 44:49
  is
• 44:49
  that
• 44:50
  we're
• 44:50
  all
• 44:50
  different
• 44:50
  and
• 44:50
  we
• 44:50
  all
• 44:51
  have
• 44:51
  different
• 44:51
  journeys
• 44:52
  that
• 44:52
  we're
• 44:52
  going
• 44:52
  to
• 44:52
  go
• 44:52
  on.
• 44:53
  A
• 44:53
  book
• 44:53
  that
• 44:53
  I'm
• 44:53
  working
• 44:54
  on
• 44:54
  right
• 44:54
  now,
• 44:54
  I'm
• 44:54
  very
• 44:55
  excited
• 44:55
  for
• 44:56
  is
• 44:56
  called
• 44:56
  Taller
• 44:57
  by
• 44:57
  Tomorrow.
• 44:58
  And
• 44:58
  it's
• 44:58
  about
• 44:59
  a
• 44:59
  young
• 44:59
  boy
• 45:00
  who
• 45:01
  wants
• 45:01
  to
• 45:01
  be
• 45:02
  taller
• 45:02
  tomorrow,
• 45:03
  and
• 45:03
  he
• 45:03
  does
• 45:03
  everything
• 45:04
  he
• 45:04
  can
• 45:05
  in
• 45:05
  one
• 45:05
  day,
• 45:06
  you
• 45:06
  know,
• 45:06
  to
• 45:07
  get
• 45:07
  as
• 45:07
  tall
• 45:07
  as
• 45:07
  he
• 45:07
  can.
• 45:08
  He
• 45:08
  eats
• 45:08
  all
• 45:08
  his
• 45:09
  vegetables,
• 45:09
  he
• 45:09
  drinks
• 45:10
  his
• 45:10
  milk,
• 45:10
  he
• 45:10
  hangs
• 45:11
  from
• 45:11
  the
• 45:11
  monkey
• 45:11
  bars.
• 45:11
  You
• 45:12
  know,
• 45:12
  all
• 45:12
  the
• 45:12
  things
• 45:12
  you
• 45:12
  could
• 45:12
  think
• 45:13
  of.
• 45:13
  You
• 45:13
  know,
• 45:13
  how
• 45:14
  do
• 45:14
  I
• 45:14
  get
• 45:14
  taller?
• 45:15
  And,
• 45:15
  you
• 45:15
  know,
• 45:15
  kind
• 45:16
  of
• 45:16
  that
• 45:16
  idea
• 45:16
  of,
• 45:17
  well,
• 45:18
  we're
• 45:18
  all
• 45:18
  going
• 45:18
  to
• 45:18
  be
• 45:18
  different.
• 45:18
  We're
• 45:19
  all
• 45:19
  going
• 45:19
  to
• 45:19
  have
• 45:19
  different
• 45:20
  strengths,
• 45:20
  and
• 45:21
  some
• 45:21
  of
• 45:21
  us
• 45:22
  are
• 45:22
  going
• 45:22
  to
• 45:22
  have
• 45:22
  some
• 45:22
  weaknesses,
• 45:23
  but
• 45:23
  it's
• 45:24
  okay
• 45:24
  because
• 45:25
  we
• 45:25
  are
• 45:25
  who
• 45:25
  we
• 45:25
  are
• 45:26
  and
• 45:26
  we
• 45:26
  have
• 45:26
  to
• 45:26
  love
• 45:26
  who
• 45:27
  we
• 45:27
  are.
• 45:27
  That
• 45:28
  leads
• 45:28
  me
• 45:29
  to
• 45:29
  your
• 45:30
  writing
• 45:30
  process.
• 45:31
  Share
• 45:31
  some
• 45:32
  insights
• 45:32
  into
• 45:33
  your
• 45:34
  book
• 45:34
  development
• 45:35
  and
• 45:35
  your
• 45:35
  writing
• 45:36
  process
• 45:37
  for
• 45:37
  each
• 45:38
  of
• 45:38
  your
• 45:38
  children's
• 45:38
  books.
• 45:39
  Like,
• 45:39
  is.
• 45:39
  Is
• 45:40
  it
• 45:40
  the
• 45:40
  same
• 45:40
  or
• 45:41
  has
• 45:41
  it
• 45:41
  evolved
• 45:42
  over
• 45:42
  the
• 45:43
  last
• 45:43
  while?
• 45:44
  Tell
• 45:45
  us
• 45:45
  about
• 45:45
  that.
• 45:45
  My
• 45:46
  writing
• 45:46
  process,
• 45:47
  it
• 45:47
  tends
• 45:47
  to
• 45:48
  be.
• 45:48
  Tends
• 45:49
  to
• 45:49
  be
• 45:49
  similar
• 45:49
  for
• 45:50
  each
• 45:50
  one,
• 45:51
  though
• 45:51
  it
• 45:51
  does
• 45:51
  vary.
• 45:52
  Honestly,
• 45:53
  it
• 45:53
  starts
• 45:53
  with
• 45:53
  just
• 45:54
  an
• 45:54
  idea.
• 45:55
  It
• 45:55
  could
• 45:55
  be,
• 45:56
  you
• 45:56
  know,
• 45:57
  a
• 45:57
  visual
• 45:58
  something
• 45:58
  I
• 45:58
  see,
• 45:59
  you
• 45:59
  know,
• 45:59
  a
• 45:59
  story
• 46:00
  that
• 46:00
  I.
• 46:00
  A
• 46:00
  memory
• 46:01
  that
• 46:01
  I,
• 46:01
  you
• 46:01
  know,
• 46:02
  suddenly
• 46:02
  have.
• 46:03
  And
• 46:03
  I
• 46:03
  think,
• 46:03
  oh,
• 46:03
  I
• 46:04
  bet
• 46:04
  that
• 46:04
  that
• 46:04
  could
• 46:04
  be
• 46:05
  something.
• 46:05
  And
• 46:05
  I
• 46:06
  write
• 46:06
  it
• 46:06
  down.
• 46:06
  I
• 46:07
  put
• 46:07
  it
• 46:07
  in
• 46:07
  a
• 46:07
  little
• 46:08
  notepad,
• 46:09
  and
• 46:10
  it
• 46:10
  could
• 46:10
  sit
• 46:10
  there
• 46:11
  for
• 46:11
  a
• 46:12
  while.
• 46:12
  There
• 46:12
  are.
• 46:12
  There's
• 46:12
  a
• 46:13
  couple
• 46:13
  ideas
• 46:13
  that
• 46:13
  I
• 46:13
  have
• 46:14
  that
• 46:14
  I
• 46:14
  love,
• 46:15
  that
• 46:16
  I've
• 46:16
  been
• 46:16
  in
• 46:16
  my
• 46:17
  notepad
• 46:17
  for
• 46:18
  five
• 46:18
  years,
• 46:19
  and
• 46:19
  someday
• 46:20
  there'll
• 46:20
  be
• 46:20
  something.
• 46:21
  Are
• 46:21
  you
• 46:21
  conducting
• 46:22
  any
• 46:22
  additional
• 46:23
  research
• 46:23
  when
• 46:24
  you
• 46:24
  put
• 46:24
  your
• 46:24
  books
• 46:25
  together?
• 46:25
  I
• 46:26
  do,
• 46:26
  yes.
• 46:27
  I'll
• 46:27
  start
• 46:27
  to
• 46:27
  think
• 46:28
  about,
• 46:28
  you
• 46:28
  know,
• 46:29
  what,
• 46:30
  I
• 46:30
  have
• 46:30
  an
• 46:30
  initial
• 46:30
  idea,
• 46:31
  and
• 46:31
  then
• 46:31
  how
• 46:31
  does
• 46:32
  that
• 46:32
  build,
• 46:32
  you
• 46:32
  know,
• 46:33
  what
• 46:33
  is.
• 46:33
  What
• 46:33
  are
• 46:33
  the
• 46:34
  other,
• 46:34
  you
• 46:34
  know,
• 46:35
  ideas
• 46:35
  that
• 46:35
  I
• 46:35
  can
• 46:35
  play
• 46:36
  with?
• 46:36
  I
• 46:36
  get
• 46:36
  a
• 46:36
  lot
• 46:36
  of
• 46:37
  inspiration
• 46:38
  from
• 46:39
  art
• 46:39
  and
• 46:39
  illustrations.
• 46:40
  That's
• 46:41
  a
• 46:41
  big
• 46:41
  part
• 46:41
  of
• 46:42
  my
• 46:42
  process.
• 46:42
  So
• 46:42
  I'll
• 46:43
  start
• 46:43
  to
• 46:44
  look
• 46:44
  up
• 46:44
  some
• 46:45
  art
• 46:45
  and
• 46:46
  see,
• 46:46
  you
• 46:46
  know,
• 46:47
  that'll
• 46:47
  spark
• 46:47
  a
• 46:47
  lot
• 46:47
  of
• 46:48
  ideas.
• 46:48
  And
• 46:48
  so
• 46:48
  I
• 46:48
  guess.
• 46:49
  I
• 46:49
  guess
• 46:49
  I
• 46:49
  would
• 46:49
  say
• 46:50
  that
• 46:50
  would
• 46:50
  be.
• 46:50
  That
• 46:50
  would
• 46:51
  fall
• 46:51
  under
• 46:51
  research
• 46:51
  for
• 46:52
  me.
• 46:52
  I
• 46:52
  haven't
• 46:53
  heard
• 46:53
  that
• 46:53
  one
• 46:53
  before.
• 46:54
  That's
• 46:54
  the
• 46:54
  whole
• 46:54
  thing
• 46:55
  about
• 46:55
  research
• 46:56
  is
• 46:56
  it
• 46:56
  just
• 46:56
  doesn't
• 46:57
  have
• 46:57
  to
• 46:57
  be
• 46:58
  going
• 46:58
  to
• 46:58
  the
• 46:58
  library
• 46:59
  or
• 47:00
  going
• 47:00
  on
• 47:00
  the
• 47:00
  computer.
• 47:01
  It
• 47:01
  can
• 47:02
  be
• 47:02
  very
• 47:03
  broad.
• 47:04
  Yeah,
• 47:04
  fantastic.
• 47:05
  Talked
• 47:06
  a
• 47:06
  little
• 47:06
  bit
• 47:07
  about
• 47:08
  this,
• 47:08
  but
• 47:08
  now
• 47:08
  I'm
• 47:09
  going
• 47:09
  to
• 47:09
  get
• 47:09
  more
• 47:10
  specific
• 47:10
  with
• 47:10
  you.
• 47:11
  Tell
• 47:11
  us
• 47:11
  about
• 47:12
  your
• 47:12
  original
• 47:13
  goal
• 47:13
  or
• 47:13
  goals
• 47:14
  regarding
• 47:15
  your
• 47:16
  first
• 47:16
  book
• 47:16
  launch
• 47:17
  and
• 47:17
  how
• 47:18
  has
• 47:18
  that
• 47:18
  changed
• 47:20
  now
• 47:20
  that
• 47:20
  you're
• 47:20
  launching,
• 47:21
  you
• 47:21
  know,
• 47:21
  you've
• 47:22
  launched
• 47:22
  your
• 47:22
  seventh
• 47:23
  book.
• 47:23
  You're
• 47:23
  talking
• 47:23
  about
• 47:24
  writing
• 47:24
  your
• 47:24
  eighth
• 47:25
  book.
• 47:25
  Tell
• 47:25
  us
• 47:25
  about
• 47:26
  that.
• 47:26
  That's
• 47:26
  a
• 47:27
  really
• 47:27
  good
• 47:27
  question.
• 47:27
  My.
• 47:28
  I
• 47:28
  think
• 47:28
  my
• 47:28
  goals
• 47:29
  for
• 47:29
  my
• 47:29
  first
• 47:30
  book
• 47:30
  were,
• 47:31
  again,
• 47:31
  it
• 47:31
  was.
• 47:32
  It
• 47:32
  was.
• 47:32
  Honestly,
• 47:32
  it
• 47:33
  was
• 47:33
  a
• 47:33
  very
• 47:33
  personal
• 47:34
  book.
• 47:34
  My
• 47:35
  goal
• 47:35
  was
• 47:35
  really
• 47:35
  to
• 47:35
  just
• 47:36
  write
• 47:36
  it
• 47:36
  for
• 47:37
  my
• 47:37
  grandmother
• 47:37
  and
• 47:37
  for
• 47:37
  my
• 47:38
  family,
• 47:38
  and
• 47:39
  then
• 47:39
  I
• 47:39
  decided
• 47:40
  to.
• 47:40
  To
• 47:41
  publish
• 47:41
  it.
• 47:41
  When
• 47:42
  I
• 47:42
  launched
• 47:42
  it,
• 47:43
  I
• 47:43
  really
• 47:43
  didn't
• 47:43
  know
• 47:43
  what
• 47:44
  to
• 47:44
  expect.
• 47:44
  You
• 47:44
  know,
• 47:44
  I.
• 47:45
  I
• 47:45
  thought,
• 47:45
  you
• 47:45
  know,
• 47:46
  of
• 47:46
  course,
• 47:46
  I'm
• 47:46
  sure
• 47:47
  we've
• 47:47
  all
• 47:47
  had
• 47:47
  those
• 47:47
  moments
• 47:48
  and
• 47:48
  we
• 47:48
  think
• 47:49
  maybe
• 47:49
  somebody
• 47:50
  on
• 47:50
  the
• 47:50
  Today
• 47:50
  show
• 47:51
  will
• 47:51
  see
• 47:51
  this
• 47:51
  and
• 47:51
  they'll,
• 47:52
  you
• 47:52
  know,
• 47:52
  suddenly
• 47:53
  I'll
• 47:53
  be
• 47:53
  doing
• 47:53
  book
• 47:54
  tours,
• 47:54
  Manhattan
• 47:55
  or
• 47:55
  something
• 47:56
  like
• 47:56
  that.
• 47:56
  You
• 47:56
  know,
• 47:56
  there's
• 47:56
  always
• 47:57
  those
• 47:57
  moments.
• 47:58
  But
• 47:58
  I
• 47:58
  also
• 47:58
  thought,
• 47:58
  you
• 47:59
  know,
• 47:59
  if
• 47:59
  nobody
• 47:59
  sees
• 48:00
  this,
• 48:00
  you
• 48:00
  know,
• 48:00
  it
• 48:01
  doesn't
• 48:01
  matter
• 48:01
  because
• 48:01
  I.
• 48:02
  I
• 48:02
  love
• 48:02
  doing
• 48:02
  the
• 48:02
  book
• 48:03
  and
• 48:03
  I
• 48:03
  love
• 48:04
  the
• 48:04
  book.
• 48:04
  But
• 48:04
  you
• 48:04
  weren't
• 48:05
  into
• 48:05
  this
• 48:05
  for.
• 48:06
  I
• 48:06
  mean,
• 48:07
  even
• 48:07
  though
• 48:07
  we'd
• 48:07
  all
• 48:08
  love
• 48:08
  to
• 48:08
  sell
• 48:09
  thousands
• 48:09
  and
• 48:09
  thousands
• 48:10
  of
• 48:10
  books,
• 48:11
  that
• 48:11
  wasn't
• 48:11
  your
• 48:12
  main
• 48:13
  measurement
• 48:13
  for
• 48:14
  success.
• 48:15
  No,
• 48:15
  no,
• 48:15
  I.
• 48:16
  For
• 48:16
  me.
• 48:17
  And
• 48:17
  again,
• 48:18
  this
• 48:18
  might
• 48:18
  sound
• 48:18
  a
• 48:18
  little
• 48:18
  cliche,
• 48:19
  but
• 48:19
  it's.
• 48:19
  It's
• 48:20
  about
• 48:20
  the
• 48:20
  story.
• 48:21
  And
• 48:22
  when
• 48:22
  I
• 48:23
  have
• 48:23
  a
• 48:23
  story
• 48:23
  in
• 48:23
  my
• 48:24
  head,
• 48:24
  I
• 48:24
  have
• 48:25
  to
• 48:25
  get
• 48:25
  it
• 48:25
  out
• 48:25
  somehow.
• 48:26
  It
• 48:26
  has
• 48:26
  to
• 48:27
  be
• 48:27
  on
• 48:28
  paper,
• 48:28
  you
• 48:29
  know,
• 48:29
  and
• 48:30
  I
• 48:30
  have
• 48:30
  to.
• 48:30
  Have
• 48:31
  to
• 48:31
  materialize
• 48:32
  it,
• 48:32
  essentially.
• 48:33
  Okay.
• 48:33
  So
• 48:34
  that's
• 48:34
  more.
• 48:35
  For
• 48:35
  me,
• 48:35
  it's
• 48:35
  more
• 48:35
  about
• 48:36
  the.
• 48:37
  The
• 48:37
  act
• 48:38
  of.
• 48:38
  Of
• 48:39
  just
• 48:39
  creation
• 48:40
  in
• 48:41
  a
• 48:41
  book
• 48:41
  and
• 48:41
  then
• 48:41
  sharing
• 48:42
  that
• 48:42
  with
• 48:42
  people.
• 48:42
  I'm
• 48:43
  thinking
• 48:43
  back
• 48:43
  a
• 48:43
  little
• 48:44
  to
• 48:44
  the
• 48:44
  farmer's
• 48:45
  market
• 48:45
  and.
• 48:46
  And
• 48:46
  you
• 48:46
  worked
• 48:46
  a
• 48:46
  couple
• 48:47
  of
• 48:47
  them.
• 48:47
  Yeah.
• 48:48
  Talk
• 48:48
  to
• 48:48
  us
• 48:49
  about
• 48:49
  that
• 48:50
  sales
• 48:50
  success
• 48:51
  and
• 48:51
  then
• 48:52
  how
• 48:52
  it's
• 48:52
  evolved
• 48:53
  now.
• 48:54
  Now
• 48:54
  you're
• 48:54
  going
• 48:54
  to
• 48:54
  market
• 48:55
  differently.
• 48:56
  Talk
• 48:57
  to
• 48:57
  us
• 48:57
  about
• 48:57
  that.
• 48:58
  Yeah.
• 48:58
  So
• 48:59
  like
• 48:59
  I
• 48:59
  said,
• 48:59
  doing
• 48:59
  the
• 49:00
  farmer's
• 49:00
  market
• 49:00
  was
• 49:01
  very
• 49:01
  interesting
• 49:01
  because
• 49:02
  you
• 49:03
  had
• 49:03
  a
• 49:03
  lot
• 49:03
  of.
• 49:03
  I
• 49:04
  had
• 49:04
  a
• 49:04
  lot
• 49:04
  of
• 49:04
  sales
• 49:05
  quickly
• 49:06
  from
• 49:06
  the
• 49:06
  first
• 49:07
  couple
• 49:07
  of
• 49:07
  weeks,
• 49:07
  but
• 49:08
  then
• 49:08
  by
• 49:08
  the
• 49:08
  end
• 49:08
  of
• 49:08
  the
• 49:08
  summer,
• 49:09
  you
• 49:09
  know,
• 49:09
  you're
• 49:09
  seeing
• 49:10
  the
• 49:10
  same
• 49:10
  people.
• 49:10
  They've
• 49:11
  been
• 49:11
  there
• 49:11
  every
• 49:12
  week
• 49:12
  for
• 49:12
  Blue
• 49:13
  whole
• 49:13
  summer.
• 49:13
  They're
• 49:13
  not
• 49:13
  as
• 49:14
  much
• 49:14
  as
• 49:14
  interested
• 49:15
  anymore.
• 49:16
  So
• 49:16
  that
• 49:16
  was
• 49:17
  it.
• 49:17
  Wouldn't.
• 49:17
  I
• 49:17
  wouldn't.
• 49:17
  I
• 49:17
  don't
• 49:18
  want
• 49:18
  to
• 49:18
  say
• 49:18
  it
• 49:18
  was
• 49:18
  discouraging
• 49:19
  because
• 49:19
  I.
• 49:20
  I
• 49:20
  kind
• 49:20
  of
• 49:21
  quickly
• 49:21
  realized
• 49:21
  what
• 49:22
  was
• 49:22
  happening
• 49:22
  when
• 49:22
  you
• 49:23
  start
• 49:23
  to
• 49:23
  see
• 49:23
  the
• 49:23
  same
• 49:23
  people
• 49:24
  walk
• 49:24
  by
• 49:25
  and
• 49:25
  they
• 49:25
  stop
• 49:25
  and
• 49:25
  they
• 49:25
  say,
• 49:26
  hey,
• 49:26
  I
• 49:26
  loved
• 49:27
  your
• 49:27
  book.
• 49:27
  And
• 49:28
  then
• 49:28
  they
• 49:28
  walk
• 49:28
  on
• 49:28
  because
• 49:29
  they've
• 49:29
  already
• 49:29
  bought
• 49:29
  it,
• 49:30
  you
• 49:30
  know,
• 49:30
  so
• 49:31
  you
• 49:31
  start
• 49:31
  to
• 49:31
  realize,
• 49:32
  oh,
• 49:32
  all
• 49:32
  right.
• 49:32
  Well,
• 49:33
  it's
• 49:33
  the
• 49:33
  same
• 49:34
  clients
• 49:34
  over
• 49:34
  and
• 49:34
  over
• 49:34
  again.
• 49:35
  I.
• 49:35
  They
• 49:35
  need
• 49:36
  to
• 49:36
  have
• 49:36
  a
• 49:36
  new.
• 49:36
  New
• 49:37
  product
• 49:37
  for
• 49:37
  them
• 49:37
  to
• 49:38
  purchase
• 49:39
  or,
• 49:40
  you
• 49:40
  know,
• 49:40
  I
• 49:40
  need
• 49:40
  to.
• 49:41
  And
• 49:41
  did
• 49:42
  you
• 49:42
  get
• 49:42
  some
• 49:42
  reaction
• 49:42
  where
• 49:43
  they
• 49:43
  said,
• 49:43
  aaron,
• 49:44
  when
• 49:44
  are
• 49:44
  you
• 49:44
  coming
• 49:45
  up
• 49:45
  with
• 49:45
  your
• 49:45
  next
• 49:45
  book?
• 49:46
  Yes,
• 49:47
  actually.
• 49:47
  It
• 49:47
  was.
• 49:47
  It
• 49:47
  was
• 49:48
  funny.
• 49:48
  The
• 49:48
  thing
• 49:49
  that
• 49:49
  I
• 49:49
  heard
• 49:49
  probably
• 49:50
  the
• 49:50
  most
• 49:50
  was,
• 49:51
  when.
• 49:51
  When
• 49:52
  is
• 49:52
  my
• 49:52
  Day
• 49:52
  with
• 49:52
  Grandpa
• 49:53
  coming
• 49:53
  out?
• 49:54
  I
• 49:54
  love
• 49:54
  that.
• 49:55
  That's
• 49:55
  bad.
• 49:55
  They
• 49:56
  were
• 49:56
  all
• 49:56
  the
• 49:56
  grandpas
• 49:57
  Were
• 49:57
  a
• 49:57
  little
• 49:57
  jealous.
• 49:58
  But
• 49:59
  yeah,
• 49:59
  I
• 49:59
  know
• 49:59
  because
• 50:00
  everybody
• 50:00
  always
• 50:00
  says
• 50:01
  hi
• 50:01
  mom
• 50:01
  on
• 50:02
  tv
• 50:02
  when
• 50:02
  the
• 50:02
  sports
• 50:03
  guys
• 50:03
  are
• 50:03
  right,
• 50:03
  when
• 50:04
  they
• 50:04
  catch
• 50:04
  a
• 50:04
  touchdown,
• 50:05
  they
• 50:05
  say
• 50:05
  hi
• 50:06
  Mom.
• 50:06
  They
• 50:06
  never
• 50:07
  say
• 50:07
  hi
• 50:07
  dad
• 50:08
  or
• 50:08
  they
• 50:08
  never
• 50:09
  say
• 50:09
  hi
• 50:09
  Grandpa.
• 50:10
  Right.
• 50:10
  Okay.
• 50:11
  I've
• 50:11
  never
• 50:11
  thought
• 50:11
  about
• 50:11
  that.
• 50:12
  You're
• 50:12
  right.
• 50:12
  Yeah.
• 50:13
  But
• 50:13
  yeah,
• 50:13
  so
• 50:13
  that
• 50:14
  was
• 50:14
  a
• 50:14
  big.
• 50:14
  When
• 50:14
  I
• 50:15
  was
• 50:15
  going
• 50:15
  to
• 50:15
  go
• 50:15
  for
• 50:15
  the
• 50:16
  second
• 50:16
  year,
• 50:16
  I
• 50:17
  knew
• 50:17
  I
• 50:17
  had
• 50:17
  to
• 50:17
  have
• 50:18
  some
• 50:18
  variety,
• 50:19
  but
• 50:19
  at
• 50:19
  that
• 50:19
  point
• 50:19
  I
• 50:20
  had
• 50:20
  published
• 50:20
  the
• 50:20
  second
• 50:20
  book,
• 50:21
  so
• 50:21
  that
• 50:21
  worked
• 50:21
  out.
• 50:22
  And
• 50:22
  then
• 50:23
  that's
• 50:23
  when
• 50:23
  I
• 50:23
  published
• 50:24
  the
• 50:24
  Young
• 50:25
  writers
• 50:25
  book
• 50:25
  as
• 50:25
  well.
• 50:26
  And
• 50:26
  so
• 50:26
  that
• 50:26
  was,
• 50:27
  it
• 50:27
  was
• 50:27
  nice
• 50:27
  to
• 50:27
  have
• 50:28
  three,
• 50:29
  essentially
• 50:29
  three
• 50:30
  things
• 50:30
  to
• 50:30
  offer
• 50:31
  at
• 50:31
  that,
• 50:32
  at
• 50:32
  that
• 50:32
  time.
• 50:32
  Again,
• 50:33
  I
• 50:33
  don't
• 50:33
  know
• 50:34
  going
• 50:34
  forward
• 50:35
  if
• 50:35
  I
• 50:35
  would
• 50:35
  do
• 50:36
  another
• 50:37
  farmer's
• 50:38
  market
• 50:38
  in
• 50:38
  the
• 50:38
  same
• 50:39
  way
• 50:39
  where
• 50:39
  it's
• 50:39
  an
• 50:39
  every
• 50:39
  week
• 50:40
  kind
• 50:40
  of
• 50:40
  a
• 50:40
  thing.
• 50:40
  I've
• 50:41
  really,
• 50:41
  I
• 50:41
  found
• 50:41
  a
• 50:41
  lot
• 50:42
  more
• 50:42
  success
• 50:42
  from
• 50:43
  these
• 50:43
  kind
• 50:44
  of
• 50:44
  one
• 50:44
  day
• 50:45
  events.
• 50:45
  Those,
• 50:45
  those
• 50:46
  are
• 50:46
  really.
• 50:46
  Thank
• 50:47
  you
• 50:47
  for
• 50:47
  sharing
• 50:47
  that.
• 50:48
  I
• 50:48
  think
• 50:48
  that's
• 50:48
  really
• 50:48
  important
• 50:49
  for
• 50:49
  people
• 50:50
  to
• 50:50
  know
• 50:50
  that.
• 50:51
  Talk
• 50:51
  to
• 50:51
  us
• 50:51
  about
• 50:52
  the
• 50:53
  role
• 50:53
  of
• 50:53
  writing.
• 50:54
  I'm
• 50:54
  really
• 50:55
  interested,
• 50:55
  especially
• 50:56
  with
• 50:56
  you
• 50:56
  having
• 50:56
  now
• 50:57
  seven
• 50:57
  books
• 50:57
  and
• 50:57
  I'm
• 50:58
  thinking,
• 50:58
  oh,
• 50:59
  in
• 50:59
  the
• 50:59
  grand
• 50:59
  scheme
• 51:00
  of
• 51:00
  things
• 51:00
  in
• 51:00
  your
• 51:01
  life
• 51:01
  now,
• 51:01
  what's,
• 51:02
  what's
• 51:02
  the
• 51:02
  role
• 51:02
  of
• 51:03
  writing?
• 51:03
  Unfortunately,
• 51:04
  it's
• 51:05
  never
• 51:05
  as
• 51:06
  big
• 51:06
  of
• 51:06
  a
• 51:06
  role
• 51:06
  in
• 51:06
  my
• 51:07
  life
• 51:07
  as
• 51:07
  I'd
• 51:07
  like
• 51:07
  it
• 51:07
  to
• 51:07
  be.
• 51:08
  How
• 51:08
  does
• 51:08
  it
• 51:08
  fit
• 51:08
  in
• 51:09
  your
• 51:09
  life
• 51:09
  then?
• 51:10
  It's
• 51:10
  really
• 51:11
  something
• 51:11
  that
• 51:12
  I
• 51:12
  do,
• 51:13
  you
• 51:13
  know,
• 51:13
  when
• 51:13
  I
• 51:14
  kind
• 51:14
  of
• 51:14
  get.
• 51:14
  Feel
• 51:15
  this,
• 51:15
  this
• 51:15
  need,
• 51:15
  this
• 51:16
  urge
• 51:16
  to
• 51:17
  write.
• 51:17
  I
• 51:18
  work
• 51:18
  full
• 51:18
  time.
• 51:18
  I
• 51:18
  work,
• 51:19
  I
• 51:19
  do
• 51:19
  lots
• 51:20
  of
• 51:20
  other
• 51:20
  things
• 51:20
  kind
• 51:20
  of
• 51:21
  outside
• 51:21
  of,
• 51:22
  of
• 51:22
  work.
• 51:22
  So
• 51:23
  there's
• 51:23
  time.
• 51:24
  As
• 51:24
  always,
• 51:25
  the
• 51:26
  big
• 51:26
  enemy.
• 51:27
  How
• 51:27
  much
• 51:27
  time
• 51:28
  do
• 51:28
  you
• 51:28
  think
• 51:29
  you
• 51:29
  devote
• 51:29
  to
• 51:29
  writing?
• 51:30
  I
• 51:30
  would
• 51:31
  say
• 51:31
  I
• 51:31
  probably
• 51:32
  devote
• 51:32
  at
• 51:32
  least
• 51:33
  two
• 51:34
  good
• 51:35
  solid
• 51:35
  hours
• 51:36
  every
• 51:36
  week
• 51:36
  when
• 51:37
  I'm
• 51:37
  developing
• 51:37
  an
• 51:38
  idea.
• 51:38
  Okay.
• 51:39
  But
• 51:40
  once
• 51:40
  I'm
• 51:41
  in
• 51:41
  the
• 51:41
  driver's
• 51:42
  seat
• 51:42
  and
• 51:42
  I'm
• 51:42
  ready
• 51:43
  to
• 51:43
  go
• 51:43
  with
• 51:43
  a
• 51:43
  book
• 51:43
  and
• 51:43
  I've
• 51:44
  got
• 51:44
  the
• 51:44
  idea
• 51:45
  and
• 51:46
  I'm
• 51:46
  ready
• 51:46
  to
• 51:46
  roll.
• 51:47
  I
• 51:47
  mean,
• 51:47
  I'll
• 51:47
  spend
• 51:48
  four
• 51:48
  or
• 51:49
  five
• 51:49
  hours
• 51:49
  every
• 51:49
  day
• 51:50
  in
• 51:50
  the
• 51:50
  evenings.
• 51:51
  Wow.
• 51:51
  Working
• 51:52
  on
• 51:52
  it.
• 51:52
  I'm
• 51:53
  curious
• 51:53
  about
• 51:54
  advice
• 51:55
  for
• 51:55
  aspiring
• 51:56
  authors.
• 51:57
  What
• 51:57
  kind
• 51:57
  of
• 51:57
  advice
• 51:58
  would
• 51:58
  you
• 51:58
  give
• 51:58
  to
• 51:58
  an
• 51:59
  aspiring
• 51:59
  author
• 52:00
  who
• 52:00
  wanted
• 52:00
  to
• 52:00
  get
• 52:01
  started?
• 52:01
  Yeah,
• 52:02
  I
• 52:02
  mean,
• 52:02
  my
• 52:02
  first
• 52:03
  piece
• 52:03
  of
• 52:03
  advice,
• 52:04
  be
• 52:04
  a
• 52:04
  very
• 52:04
  basic
• 52:05
  piece
• 52:05
  of
• 52:05
  advice,
• 52:05
  is
• 52:06
  do
• 52:06
  it.
• 52:06
  There's
• 52:07
  very
• 52:07
  few
• 52:07
  other
• 52:07
  things
• 52:07
  that
• 52:08
  I've
• 52:08
  done
• 52:08
  that
• 52:08
  have
• 52:08
  been
• 52:08
  as
• 52:08
  rewarding
• 52:09
  as
• 52:09
  this.
• 52:10
  It's
• 52:10
  really
• 52:10
  an
• 52:11
  amazing,
• 52:11
  amazing
• 52:12
  thing
• 52:12
  to
• 52:12
  be
• 52:12
  able
• 52:12
  to
• 52:13
  do.
• 52:13
  I'd
• 52:14
  say
• 52:14
  my
• 52:14
  other
• 52:15
  piece
• 52:15
  of
• 52:15
  advice
• 52:16
  is,
• 52:16
  you
• 52:17
  know,
• 52:17
  don't
• 52:17
  worry
• 52:18
  about
• 52:19
  getting
• 52:19
  it
• 52:19
  right
• 52:20
  the
• 52:20
  first
• 52:20
  time
• 52:20
  Or
• 52:20
  I
• 52:21
  should
• 52:21
  say
• 52:21
  getting
• 52:21
  it
• 52:21
  perfect.
• 52:22
  You
• 52:22
  know,
• 52:22
  you're.
• 52:24
  Don't
• 52:24
  worry
• 52:24
  about
• 52:24
  getting
• 52:24
  it
• 52:25
  perfect
• 52:25
  ever.
• 52:25
  But
• 52:26
  especially
• 52:26
  the
• 52:26
  first
• 52:26
  time.
• 52:27
  I
• 52:27
  don't
• 52:27
  think
• 52:28
  children.
• 52:28
  Now,
• 52:29
  this
• 52:29
  is
• 52:29
  just
• 52:29
  my
• 52:30
  personal
• 52:31
  experience.
• 52:31
  I
• 52:32
  don't
• 52:32
  think
• 52:32
  children
• 52:33
  get
• 52:34
  caught
• 52:34
  up
• 52:35
  in
• 52:36
  looking
• 52:36
  for
• 52:37
  the
• 52:37
  perfect
• 52:37
  word.
• 52:38
  I've
• 52:38
  told
• 52:38
  this
• 52:39
  story
• 52:39
  a
• 52:39
  couple
• 52:39
  of
• 52:39
  times.
• 52:40
  Is
• 52:40
  that
• 52:41
  the
• 52:41
  neat
• 52:42
  thing
• 52:42
  about.
• 52:43
  We've
• 52:43
  written
• 52:43
  38
• 52:44
  stories
• 52:45
  in
• 52:45
  our
• 52:45
  book
• 52:45
  series.
• 52:46
  Now,
• 52:46
  we
• 52:46
  haven't
• 52:47
  brought
• 52:47
  them
• 52:47
  all
• 52:47
  to
• 52:48
  market
• 52:48
  and.
• 52:49
  But
• 52:49
  what
• 52:50
  we
• 52:50
  have
• 52:50
  done
• 52:51
  is
• 52:51
  I've
• 52:51
  got
• 52:52
  five
• 52:52
  grandchildren,
• 52:53
  so
• 52:53
  I've
• 52:53
  used
• 52:54
  four
• 52:54
  out
• 52:54
  of
• 52:55
  five
• 52:55
  of
• 52:55
  them,
• 52:56
  like
• 52:56
  reading,
• 52:57
  had
• 52:57
  them
• 52:57
  narrate
• 52:58
  the
• 52:58
  books.
• 52:59
  The
• 52:59
  neat
• 53:00
  thing
• 53:00
  about
• 53:00
  them
• 53:00
  narrating
• 53:01
  the
• 53:01
  stories
• 53:02
  is
• 53:03
  that
• 53:03
  they'll
• 53:03
  say
• 53:03
  to
• 53:03
  me
• 53:04
  sometimes,
• 53:05
  oh,
• 53:05
  I
• 53:06
  don't
• 53:06
  understand
• 53:06
  that
• 53:07
  word.
• 53:07
  I
• 53:07
  don't
• 53:08
  think
• 53:08
  anybody
• 53:08
  my
• 53:09
  age
• 53:09
  can
• 53:09
  understand
• 53:10
  that
• 53:10
  word.
• 53:11
  So
• 53:11
  they
• 53:12
  end
• 53:12
  up
• 53:12
  being
• 53:13
  really
• 53:13
  good
• 53:14
  editors.
• 53:14
  Because
• 53:15
  when
• 53:15
  you
• 53:15
  get
• 53:16
  an
• 53:16
  editor,
• 53:16
  they're
• 53:16
  usually
• 53:17
  your
• 53:17
  age
• 53:18
  or
• 53:18
  older.
• 53:19
  And
• 53:20
  they're
• 53:20
  not
• 53:21
  your
• 53:21
  age.
• 53:21
  They're
• 53:22
  not
• 53:22
  younger.
• 53:23
  Yes.
• 53:23
  And
• 53:23
  they're
• 53:24
  not
• 53:24
  considerably
• 53:25
  younger.
• 53:25
  So
• 53:25
  to
• 53:26
  actually
• 53:26
  have
• 53:27
  an
• 53:27
  editor,
• 53:27
  that's
• 53:28
  actually
• 53:28
  the
• 53:28
  target
• 53:29
  market.
• 53:29
  Pretty
• 53:30
  cool.
• 53:30
  That
• 53:31
  is.
• 53:31
  That's
• 53:31
  a
• 53:31
  great.
• 53:32
  I
• 53:32
  should.
• 53:32
  Because
• 53:32
  I
• 53:33
  have
• 53:33
  several
• 53:33
  younger
• 53:34
  siblings,
• 53:34
  I
• 53:35
  should
• 53:35
  start
• 53:35
  using
• 53:35
  them
• 53:35
  in
• 53:36
  that
• 53:36
  way.
• 53:36
  Absolutely.
• 53:37
  I
• 53:37
  don't
• 53:37
  know
• 53:37
  if
• 53:37
  I
• 53:37
  can
• 53:38
  pay
• 53:38
  them
• 53:38
  an
• 53:38
  ice
• 53:39
  cream
• 53:39
  or
• 53:39
  not,
• 53:39
  but,
• 53:39
  you
• 53:40
  know,
• 53:40
  there
• 53:40
  you
• 53:41
  go.
• 53:41
  The
• 53:41
  most
• 53:42
  important
• 53:43
  person
• 53:43
  towards
• 53:44
  the
• 53:44
  end
• 53:44
  of
• 53:45
  the.
• 53:45
  Of
• 53:45
  the
• 53:46
  podcast
• 53:46
  interview
• 53:47
  is
• 53:48
  encouragement
• 53:49
  for
• 53:49
  readers.
• 53:50
  Why
• 53:50
  should
• 53:51
  children's
• 53:52
  book
• 53:52
  readers
• 53:53
  purchase
• 53:53
  your
• 53:53
  book?
• 53:54
  Oh,
• 53:54
  absolutely.
• 53:55
  I.
• 53:56
  Well,
• 53:56
  why
• 53:56
  should
• 53:56
  they
• 53:57
  purchase
• 53:57
  my
• 53:57
  book?
• 53:57
  That.
• 53:58
  That's
• 53:58
  a.
• 53:59
  Or
• 53:59
  book.
• 53:59
  Sorry,
• 54:00
  books.
• 54:00
  Yeah,
• 54:00
  books.
• 54:01
  You
• 54:01
  know,
• 54:01
  I
• 54:01
  would
• 54:02
  say
• 54:02
  for.
• 54:02
  If
• 54:03
  you
• 54:03
  purchase
• 54:03
  my
• 54:03
  books,
• 54:04
  if
• 54:04
  you
• 54:04
  want
• 54:05
  to
• 54:06
  kind
• 54:06
  of
• 54:07
  get
• 54:07
  a
• 54:07
  sense
• 54:07
  of
• 54:08
  the
• 54:08
  wonder
• 54:08
  of
• 54:08
  childhood,
• 54:09
  you
• 54:10
  know,
• 54:10
  the
• 54:10
  memories
• 54:11
  that
• 54:11
  you
• 54:11
  have.
• 54:12
  Some
• 54:12
  of
• 54:12
  my.
• 54:12
  The
• 54:13
  people
• 54:13
  that
• 54:13
  have,
• 54:14
  I
• 54:14
  would
• 54:14
  say,
• 54:15
  at
• 54:15
  least
• 54:15
  to
• 54:16
  me,
• 54:16
  have
• 54:17
  shown
• 54:17
  them
• 54:17
  to
• 54:17
  me
• 54:18
  that
• 54:18
  they
• 54:18
  have
• 54:18
  enjoyed
• 54:18
  my
• 54:18
  books
• 54:19
  the
• 54:19
  most,
• 54:19
  were
• 54:20
  grandparents,
• 54:21
  which
• 54:21
  is
• 54:21
  interesting.
• 54:22
  Older
• 54:23
  folks
• 54:23
  who
• 54:24
  they,
• 54:24
  you
• 54:25
  know,
• 54:25
  maybe
• 54:25
  they
• 54:25
  don't
• 54:26
  think
• 54:26
  as
• 54:26
  much
• 54:26
  about
• 54:27
  their
• 54:27
  childhood
• 54:27
  as
• 54:28
  much
• 54:28
  anymore.
• 54:28
  It's.
• 54:29
  It
• 54:29
  might
• 54:29
  be
• 54:30
  something
• 54:30
  they
• 54:30
  haven't
• 54:31
  thought
• 54:31
  about
• 54:31
  in
• 54:31
  a
• 54:31
  little
• 54:31
  bit
• 54:32
  was
• 54:32
  spending
• 54:32
  time
• 54:32
  with
• 54:32
  their
• 54:33
  grandparents.
• 54:33
  And
• 54:34
  all
• 54:34
  of
• 54:34
  a
• 54:34
  sudden
• 54:34
  they're
• 54:35
  reading
• 54:35
  this
• 54:36
  book
• 54:36
  that's.
• 54:37
  That's
• 54:37
  speaking
• 54:38
  to
• 54:38
  their
• 54:38
  grandchildren,
• 54:39
  but
• 54:39
  also
• 54:39
  to
• 54:40
  them,
• 54:40
  you
• 54:41
  know,
• 54:41
  so
• 54:41
  that.
• 54:42
  Well,
• 54:42
  I
• 54:42
  always
• 54:42
  say
• 54:42
  that
• 54:43
  I'm
• 54:43
  a
• 54:43
  big
• 54:43
  kid
• 54:43
  at
• 54:44
  heart.
• 54:44
  I
• 54:45
  get
• 54:45
  to
• 54:45
  live
• 54:46
  through
• 54:46
  being
• 54:46
  a
• 54:47
  kid
• 54:47
  again
• 54:47
  through
• 54:47
  my
• 54:47
  grandkids.
• 54:48
  I
• 54:49
  try
• 54:49
  not
• 54:49
  to.
• 54:49
  You
• 54:50
  know,
• 54:50
  I
• 54:50
  don't
• 54:50
  want
• 54:50
  to
• 54:50
  hurry
• 54:51
  up
• 54:51
  getting,
• 54:51
  you
• 54:51
  know,
• 54:52
  older.
• 54:52
  But
• 54:52
  I
• 54:53
  do
• 54:53
  look
• 54:53
  forward
• 54:54
  to
• 54:54
  that.
• 54:54
  You
• 54:54
  know,
• 54:54
  there's
• 54:55
  a
• 54:55
  different
• 54:55
  season
• 54:55
  of.
• 54:55
  Life
• 54:56
  you
• 54:56
  get,
• 54:56
  you
• 54:56
  can
• 54:57
  stay
• 54:57
  younger.
• 54:58
  Make
• 54:58
  sure
• 54:58
  that
• 54:58
  some
• 54:59
  of
• 54:59
  your
• 54:59
  friends
• 54:59
  are
• 55:00
  a
• 55:00
  lot
• 55:00
  younger.
• 55:00
  Like
• 55:01
  your
• 55:01
  grandkids.
• 55:01
  Exactly.
• 55:02
  There
• 55:02
  you
• 55:02
  go.
• 55:03
  Yep.
• 55:04
  We
• 55:04
  talked
• 55:04
  about,
• 55:04
  I
• 55:04
  want
• 55:05
  to
• 55:05
  make
• 55:05
  sure
• 55:05
  everybody
• 55:06
  knows
• 55:06
  the,
• 55:07
  the
• 55:07
  books
• 55:07
  are,
• 55:07
  all
• 55:08
  your
• 55:08
  books
• 55:08
  are
• 55:08
  available
• 55:09
  on
• 55:09
  Amazon.
• 55:10
  Yes.
• 55:10
  Yep.
• 55:11
  And
• 55:12
  if
• 55:12
  you
• 55:12
  have
• 55:12
  Amazon
• 55:13
  prime,
• 55:13
  just
• 55:14
  like
• 55:14
  I
• 55:14
  did,
• 55:15
  you'll
• 55:15
  get
• 55:15
  the
• 55:15
  book
• 55:16
  the
• 55:16
  next
• 55:16
  day.
• 55:17
  Yes.
• 55:17
  That's
• 55:17
  amazing,
• 55:18
  isn't
• 55:18
  it?
• 55:18
  Isn't
• 55:18
  that
• 55:18
  incredible?
• 55:20
  So
• 55:20
  I
• 55:20
  love
• 55:20
  it.
• 55:21
  Final
• 55:21
  thoughts,
• 55:22
  Aaron?
• 55:23
  Sure,
• 55:23
  sure.
• 55:24
  Some
• 55:24
  final
• 55:24
  thoughts.
• 55:25
  If
• 55:25
  you,
• 55:25
  if
• 55:26
  maybe
• 55:26
  you
• 55:26
  thought,
• 55:27
  you
• 55:27
  know
• 55:27
  what,
• 55:27
  Rick,
• 55:27
  I
• 55:27
  wish
• 55:27
  you
• 55:28
  would
• 55:28
  ask
• 55:28
  me
• 55:28
  this
• 55:29
  question
• 55:29
  or
• 55:30
  I,
• 55:31
  I
• 55:31
  got
• 55:31
  something
• 55:31
  I
• 55:32
  gotta
• 55:32
  get
• 55:32
  out.
• 55:33
  What
• 55:33
  is
• 55:33
  that?
• 55:34
  Ooh,
• 55:34
  that's
• 55:34
  a
• 55:34
  good.
• 55:35
  So
• 55:35
  honestly,
• 55:36
  I,
• 55:36
  I
• 55:36
  would
• 55:36
  just
• 55:36
  say,
• 55:37
  you
• 55:37
  know,
• 55:37
  I,
• 55:38
  I
• 55:38
  got,
• 55:39
  because
• 55:39
  you
• 55:39
  asked
• 55:39
  me
• 55:40
  about
• 55:40
  advice
• 55:40
  for,
• 55:41
  you
• 55:41
  know,
• 55:41
  somebody
• 55:41
  who's
• 55:42
  interested
• 55:42
  in,
• 55:42
  in
• 55:43
  publishing.
• 55:43
  I've
• 55:43
  actually
• 55:44
  talked
• 55:44
  to
• 55:44
  a
• 55:44
  couple
• 55:45
  people
• 55:46
  who
• 55:47
  have
• 55:47
  thought
• 55:47
  about
• 55:48
  it
• 55:48
  and
• 55:49
  there
• 55:49
  is
• 55:49
  always
• 55:50
  some
• 55:50
  hesitation
• 55:50
  that
• 55:51
  you
• 55:51
  can
• 55:51
  see
• 55:52
  in
• 55:52
  their
• 55:52
  face
• 55:52
  when
• 55:53
  they're
• 55:53
  talking
• 55:53
  about
• 55:53
  it
• 55:53
  and
• 55:53
  they're
• 55:54
  saying,
• 55:54
  I
• 55:54
  have
• 55:54
  this
• 55:54
  idea.
• 55:55
  I
• 55:55
  think
• 55:55
  it
• 55:55
  would
• 55:55
  be
• 55:55
  a
• 55:56
  great
• 55:56
  book.
• 55:56
  And
• 55:57
  I
• 55:57
  just
• 55:57
  don't
• 55:57
  know.
• 55:58
  And
• 55:58
  it's
• 55:58
  that
• 55:59
  really,
• 55:59
  it's
• 55:59
  the
• 56:00
  unknown
• 56:01
  that
• 56:01
  is
• 56:01
  the
• 56:01
  key
• 56:01
  there
• 56:02
  because
• 56:03
  that's
• 56:03
  pretty
• 56:04
  much,
• 56:04
  I
• 56:04
  think
• 56:04
  all
• 56:05
  of
• 56:05
  life
• 56:06
  is
• 56:06
  that
• 56:06
  unknown.
• 56:07
  Right.
• 56:07
  Stepping
• 56:07
  into
• 56:08
  the
• 56:08
  unknown.
• 56:09
  And
• 56:09
  all
• 56:10
  I
• 56:10
  can
• 56:10
  say
• 56:11
  is
• 56:12
  do
• 56:12
  it.
• 56:13
  Absolutely
• 56:13
  do
• 56:13
  it.
• 56:13
  It's
• 56:14
  the
• 56:14
  most
• 56:14
  rewarding
• 56:15
  thing
• 56:15
  I've
• 56:15
  ever
• 56:15
  done,
• 56:16
  you
• 56:16
  know,
• 56:17
  and
• 56:17
  it'll
• 56:17
  be
• 56:17
  a.
• 56:18
  Big
• 56:18
  part
• 56:18
  of
• 56:18
  your
• 56:18
  life
• 56:19
  forever,
• 56:19
  right?
• 56:19
  Forever.
• 56:20
  Forever.
• 56:20
  I,
• 56:21
  I,
• 56:21
  I
• 56:21
  mean,
• 56:21
  I
• 56:21
  don't,
• 56:22
  I
• 56:22
  don't
• 56:22
  see
• 56:22
  any
• 56:22
  reason
• 56:23
  why
• 56:23
  I'll
• 56:23
  ever
• 56:23
  stop
• 56:24
  writing.
• 56:24
  You're
• 56:25
  such
• 56:25
  a
• 56:25
  young
• 56:25
  guy.
• 56:25
  Like,
• 56:26
  you're
• 56:26
  gonna
• 56:26
  have
• 56:27
  hundreds
• 56:27
  of
• 56:27
  books.
• 56:28
  I
• 56:28
  hope
• 56:28
  so.
• 56:29
  I'll
• 56:29
  be
• 56:29
  able
• 56:29
  to
• 56:29
  take
• 56:30
  Aaron,
• 56:30
  I.
• 56:30
  Want
• 56:30
  to
• 56:30
  thank
• 56:31
  you
• 56:31
  so
• 56:31
  much
• 56:31
  for
• 56:31
  being
• 56:32
  a
• 56:32
  guest
• 56:32
  on
• 56:32
  the
• 56:32
  Adventures
• 56:33
  in
• 56:33
  the
• 56:33
  Heart
• 56:33
  of
• 56:34
  Children's
• 56:34
  Book
• 56:34
  Authors
• 56:35
  podcast.
• 56:35
  Your
• 56:36
  generosity
• 56:36
  of
• 56:37
  time
• 56:38
  as
• 56:38
  being
• 56:39
  just
• 56:39
  incredible
• 56:39
  and
• 56:40
  your
• 56:40
  insights,
• 56:41
  it's
• 56:41
  just
• 56:42
  so
• 56:42
  nice
• 56:42
  to
• 56:42
  talk
• 56:43
  and
• 56:43
  get
• 56:44
  the
• 56:44
  insights
• 56:44
  that
• 56:45
  we
• 56:45
  can
• 56:45
  share
• 56:45
  with
• 56:45
  other
• 56:46
  aspiring
• 56:47
  book
• 56:47
  authors.
• 56:48
  Children's
• 56:48
  book
• 56:49
  authors.
• 56:49
  So,
• 56:49
  so
• 56:50
  important.
• 56:50
  And
• 56:51
  you've
• 56:51
  given
• 56:52
  us
• 56:52
  so
• 56:52
  much
• 56:52
  to
• 56:52
  think
• 56:53
  about.
• 56:53
  We
• 56:54
  promise
• 56:54
  folks
• 56:55
  to
• 56:55
  provide
• 56:55
  you
• 56:56
  with
• 56:56
  links
• 56:57
  to
• 56:57
  Aaron's
• 56:58
  website,
• 56:58
  his
• 56:58
  social
• 56:59
  media
• 56:59
  links.
• 56:59
  That'll
• 57:00
  all
• 57:00
  be
• 57:00
  in
• 57:00
  the
• 57:00
  show
• 57:01
  notes.
• 57:01
  But
• 57:01
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• 57:02
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• 57:02
  enjoyed
• 57:02
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• 57:02
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• 57:03
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• 57:09
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• 57:10
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• 57:10
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• 57:10
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• 57:11
  feel
• 57:12
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• 57:13
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• 57:13
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• 57:15
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• 57:15
  If
• 57:16
  you've
• 57:16
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• 57:16
  inspired
• 57:17
  by
• 57:17
  Aaron,
• 57:18
  please
• 57:19
  share
• 57:20
  it
• 57:20
  with
• 57:21
  whoever
• 57:22
  you
• 57:22
  know
• 57:22
  that
• 57:22
  would
• 57:23
  have
• 57:23
  interest
• 57:23
  in
• 57:24
  children's
• 57:24
  books
• 57:24
  because
• 57:25
  Aaron's
• 57:26
  got
• 57:26
  a.
• 57:27
  A
• 57:27
  stable
• 57:28
  of
• 57:28
  children's
• 57:29
  books
• 57:29
  that
• 57:30
  is
• 57:30
  just,
• 57:31
  bar
• 57:31
  none.
• 57:32
  There's
• 57:33
  lots
• 57:33
  of.
• 57:33
  It's
• 57:34
  very
• 57:34
  diverse,
• 57:35
  and
• 57:35
  you'll
• 57:35
  find
• 57:35
  something
• 57:36
  in
• 57:36
  there
• 57:37
  that.
• 57:37
  That
• 57:37
  your
• 57:38
  children
• 57:38
  will
• 57:38
  love.
• 57:39
  Thank
• 57:39
  you
• 57:39
  very
• 57:39
  much.
• 57:39
  Thank
• 57:39
  you.