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How to Transform Memories into the Sweet Playdate Club · Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors Podcast

• 4:05
  Luz.
• 4:06
  Dang.
• 4:07
  Sweet
• 4:08
  Playdate
• 4:08
  Club.
• 4:10
  Thanks,
• 4:10
  Luz,
• 4:11
  for
• 4:11
  appearing
• 4:11
  on
• 4:11
  the
• 4:12
  Adventures
• 4:12
  in
• 4:12
  the
• 4:12
  Heart
• 4:13
  of
• 4:13
  Children's
• 4:13
  Book
• 4:14
  Authors
• 4:14
  podcast.
• 4:15
  Luz
• 4:16
  has
• 4:16
  mentioned
• 4:17
  that
• 4:17
  she
• 4:17
  has
• 4:18
  written
• 4:18
  a
• 4:18
  children's
• 4:19
  book,
• 4:19
  Sweet
• 4:20
  Playdate
• 4:20
  Club,
• 4:21
  and
• 4:21
  I
• 4:21
  look
• 4:21
  forward
• 4:22
  to
• 4:22
  our
• 4:22
  conversation.
• 4:24
  Luz,
• 4:24
  before
• 4:25
  we
• 4:25
  start
• 4:26
  getting
• 4:26
  into
• 4:26
  the
• 4:27
  details
• 4:27
  of
• 4:27
  your
• 4:27
  book,
• 4:28
  can
• 4:28
  you
• 4:29
  tell
• 4:29
  us
• 4:30
  what
• 4:30
  being
• 4:31
  a
• 4:31
  children's
• 4:31
  book
• 4:32
  author
• 4:32
  means
• 4:32
  to
• 4:33
  you?
• 4:33
  I
• 4:33
  know
• 4:33
  you're
• 4:33
  newly
• 4:34
  minted
• 4:34
  here.
• 4:34
  Tell
• 4:35
  us
• 4:35
  about
• 4:36
  all.
• 4:36
  All
• 4:36
  this
• 4:36
  shine.
• 4:37
  First
• 4:37
  of
• 4:37
  all,
• 4:38
  let
• 4:38
  me
• 4:38
  say
• 4:38
  thank
• 4:39
  you
• 4:39
  for
• 4:39
  having
• 4:39
  me
• 4:39
  here.
• 4:40
  This
• 4:40
  is
• 4:40
  such
• 4:40
  a
• 4:40
  great
• 4:41
  opportunity
• 4:42
  for
• 4:42
  me.
• 4:43
  The
• 4:43
  feel
• 4:43
  good
• 4:44
  is
• 4:44
  the
• 4:44
  emails,
• 4:45
  the
• 4:45
  videos,
• 4:46
  the
• 4:47
  moments,
• 4:48
  cards,
• 4:49
  the
• 4:50
  family
• 4:50
  coming
• 4:51
  together,
• 4:51
  the
• 4:52
  support
• 4:52
  system.
• 4:53
  The
• 4:54
  one
• 4:54
  moment
• 4:54
  I
• 4:54
  could
• 4:55
  tell
• 4:55
  you
• 4:55
  is
• 4:55
  I
• 4:56
  have
• 4:56
  a
• 4:56
  very
• 4:57
  special
• 4:57
  friend
• 4:57
  who
• 4:58
  has
• 4:59
  a
• 4:59
  child.
• 4:59
  He
• 5:00
  is,
• 5:00
  I
• 5:00
  want
• 5:00
  to
• 5:00
  say,
• 5:01
  about
• 5:01
  8
• 5:01
  years
• 5:01
  old,
• 5:02
  and
• 5:02
  he's
• 5:03
  an
• 5:03
  athlete,
• 5:03
  not
• 5:04
  a
• 5:04
  big
• 5:04
  reader.
• 5:05
  And
• 5:06
  she
• 5:06
  sends
• 5:06
  me
• 5:06
  a
• 5:07
  video
• 5:07
  telling
• 5:08
  me,
• 5:08
  this
• 5:09
  child
• 5:09
  reads
• 5:10
  to
• 5:10
  me
• 5:10
  every
• 5:11
  single
• 5:11
  night.
• 5:12
  Never
• 5:13
  once,
• 5:13
  ever
• 5:13
  wanted
• 5:14
  to
• 5:14
  pick
• 5:14
  up
• 5:14
  a
• 5:14
  book.
• 5:14
  A
• 5:15
  book
• 5:15
  because
• 5:15
  he
• 5:15
  was
• 5:16
  an
• 5:16
  athlete.
• 5:16
  He
• 5:16
  was
• 5:17
  not
• 5:17
  a
• 5:17
  really
• 5:17
  big
• 5:17
  reader.
• 5:19
  You
• 5:19
  don't
• 5:20
  know
• 5:20
  what
• 5:20
  that
• 5:20
  did
• 5:20
  to
• 5:21
  my
• 5:21
  heart.
• 5:22
  My
• 5:22
  daughter
• 5:23
  being
• 5:23
  proud
• 5:23
  of
• 5:24
  me,
• 5:24
  sharing
• 5:24
  her
• 5:24
  stories
• 5:25
  and
• 5:26
  making
• 5:26
  sure
• 5:27
  that
• 5:28
  people
• 5:28
  see
• 5:29
  the
• 5:29
  world
• 5:29
  through
• 5:29
  her,
• 5:30
  how
• 5:30
  it
• 5:30
  meant
• 5:30
  to
• 5:31
  her,
• 5:31
  and
• 5:31
  all
• 5:31
  the
• 5:31
  memories
• 5:32
  that
• 5:32
  she
• 5:32
  made
• 5:33
  and
• 5:33
  everybody
• 5:33
  else
• 5:34
  can
• 5:34
  make
• 5:34
  those
• 5:34
  same
• 5:34
  memories.
• 5:35
  So
• 5:35
  that's
• 5:36
  pretty
• 5:36
  special.
• 5:36
  That's
• 5:37
  my
• 5:37
  feel
• 5:37
  good
• 5:37
  moments.
• 5:38
  Excellent.
• 5:39
  Is
• 5:39
  that
• 5:39
  kind
• 5:40
  of
• 5:40
  the
• 5:40
  moment
• 5:40
  when
• 5:41
  you
• 5:41
  realize
• 5:42
  that,
• 5:43
  hey,
• 5:43
  I'm
• 5:43
  a
• 5:43
  children's
• 5:44
  book
• 5:44
  author.
• 5:45
  Yeah,
• 5:46
  launch
• 5:46
  day
• 5:47
  when
• 5:47
  I
• 5:48
  became
• 5:48
  the
• 5:48
  first
• 5:49
  Amazon's
• 5:49
  bestseller.
• 5:50
  That
• 5:50
  day,
• 5:50
  that's
• 5:50
  when
• 5:50
  I
• 5:51
  said,
• 5:51
  oh,
• 5:51
  my
• 5:51
  God,
• 5:51
  I'm
• 5:52
  a
• 5:52
  children's
• 5:52
  book
• 5:52
  authority.
• 5:53
  This
• 5:53
  is
• 5:53
  really
• 5:53
  happening.
• 5:54
  I
• 5:55
  like
• 5:55
  to
• 5:55
  get
• 5:55
  into
• 5:56
  the
• 5:56
  origin
• 5:57
  story.
• 5:57
  Tell
• 5:58
  us
• 5:58
  the
• 5:59
  inspiration
• 6:00
  behind
• 6:00
  your
• 6:00
  book.
• 6:01
  How
• 6:01
  did
• 6:01
  it
• 6:01
  all
• 6:02
  start?
• 6:03
  Sweet
• 6:04
  Playdate
• 6:04
  Club
• 6:05
  was
• 6:06
  inspired
• 6:06
  by
• 6:06
  my
• 6:06
  daughter,
• 6:07
  Sky.
• 6:08
  Yes.
• 6:08
  I
• 6:09
  was
• 6:09
  that
• 6:09
  mom
• 6:09
  that
• 6:10
  was
• 6:10
  very
• 6:10
  limited
• 6:11
  with
• 6:11
  electronics.
• 6:12
  She
• 6:12
  didn't
• 6:12
  have
• 6:12
  an
• 6:13
  iPad.
• 6:14
  She
• 6:14
  didn't
• 6:14
  even
• 6:14
  get
• 6:14
  her
• 6:15
  first
• 6:15
  phone.
• 6:15
  So
• 6:15
  she
• 6:15
  was
• 6:16
  14.
• 6:16
  And
• 6:16
  that's
• 6:17
  because
• 6:17
  she
• 6:17
  went
• 6:17
  to
• 6:17
  high
• 6:17
  school.
• 6:19
  And
• 6:19
  so
• 6:19
  I
• 6:19
  tried
• 6:19
  to
• 6:19
  put
• 6:20
  it
• 6:20
  away
• 6:20
  as
• 6:20
  long
• 6:20
  as
• 6:20
  I
• 6:21
  could,
• 6:22
  but
• 6:22
  Skylar
• 6:23
  has
• 6:23
  a
• 6:23
  really
• 6:23
  big
• 6:23
  sweet
• 6:24
  tooth.
• 6:25
  Her
• 6:25
  way
• 6:26
  of
• 6:26
  getting
• 6:26
  more
• 6:26
  sweets
• 6:27
  through
• 6:27
  her
• 6:27
  day
• 6:28
  or
• 6:28
  her
• 6:28
  week
• 6:28
  would
• 6:28
  be
• 6:29
  making
• 6:29
  play
• 6:30
  dates,
• 6:31
  having
• 6:31
  play
• 6:31
  dates,
• 6:32
  and
• 6:33
  having
• 6:33
  the
• 6:33
  kids
• 6:34
  make
• 6:34
  treats.
• 6:35
  And
• 6:36
  that's
• 6:36
  how
• 6:36
  it
• 6:36
  all
• 6:37
  inspired
• 6:37
  when
• 6:37
  I
• 6:38
  saw
• 6:38
  Skylar
• 6:39
  in
• 6:39
  my
• 6:39
  kitchen
• 6:40
  with
• 6:41
  her
• 6:41
  friends,
• 6:42
  spilling
• 6:43
  milk,
• 6:44
  flowers
• 6:44
  everywhere,
• 6:45
  giggles,
• 6:46
  happening,
• 6:47
  teamwork.
• 6:48
  That's
• 6:48
  what
• 6:49
  we're
• 6:49
  all
• 6:49
  plant.
• 6:49
  That's
• 6:50
  the
• 6:50
  seed,
• 6:50
  where
• 6:50
  it
• 6:50
  came
• 6:50
  from.
• 6:52
  And
• 6:52
  I
• 6:52
  just
• 6:52
  started
• 6:53
  writing,
• 6:54
  and
• 6:54
  that's
• 6:55
  terrific.
• 6:55
  The
• 6:55
  thing
• 6:56
  I
• 6:56
  love
• 6:56
  about
• 6:56
  children's
• 6:57
  books
• 6:57
  is
• 6:58
  they're
• 6:58
  always
• 6:58
  Based
• 6:59
  in
• 6:59
  some
• 7:00
  level
• 7:00
  of
• 7:01
  truth.
• 7:01
  And
• 7:02
  it
• 7:02
  sounds
• 7:02
  like
• 7:03
  your
• 7:03
  book
• 7:03
  was
• 7:04
  inspired
• 7:04
  by
• 7:04
  your
• 7:05
  daughter
• 7:05
  and
• 7:06
  some
• 7:06
  nuggets
• 7:07
  of
• 7:07
  truth.
• 7:07
  And
• 7:08
  when
• 7:08
  I
• 7:08
  first
• 7:09
  read
• 7:09
  your
• 7:09
  book,
• 7:10
  the
• 7:10
  first
• 7:10
  thing
• 7:10
  I
• 7:10
  thought
• 7:11
  of
• 7:11
  is
• 7:11
  I
• 7:12
  thought
• 7:12
  of
• 7:12
  my
• 7:13
  mother,
• 7:14
  who
• 7:14
  loved
• 7:14
  to
• 7:15
  bait,
• 7:16
  and
• 7:16
  she's
• 7:17
  no
• 7:17
  longer
• 7:17
  with
• 7:17
  us,
• 7:18
  but
• 7:18
  my
• 7:18
  mother
• 7:18
  spent
• 7:19
  time
• 7:20
  with
• 7:20
  my
• 7:20
  granddaughter,
• 7:21
  so
• 7:21
  that
• 7:21
  would
• 7:22
  have
• 7:22
  been
• 7:22
  her
• 7:23
  great
• 7:23
  granddaughter.
• 7:25
  And
• 7:26
  the
• 7:26
  neatest
• 7:26
  picture
• 7:27
  that
• 7:27
  we
• 7:27
  have,
• 7:27
  and
• 7:28
  your
• 7:28
  book
• 7:29
  just
• 7:29
  brought
• 7:30
  memories
• 7:30
  back
• 7:31
  was
• 7:31
  my
• 7:31
  mom
• 7:32
  baking
• 7:33
  with
• 7:33
  my
• 7:35
  granddaughter.
• 7:36
  That's
• 7:36
  cool.
• 7:37
  And
• 7:37
  that's.
• 7:37
  I
• 7:38
  don't
• 7:38
  want
• 7:38
  to
• 7:38
  reveal
• 7:38
  too
• 7:39
  much
• 7:39
  of
• 7:39
  your
• 7:39
  story,
• 7:39
  but
• 7:40
  towards
• 7:40
  the
• 7:41
  end,
• 7:41
  we
• 7:41
  know
• 7:41
  there's
• 7:42
  a
• 7:42
  grandparent
• 7:43
  involved
• 7:43
  that
• 7:44
  brought
• 7:44
  back
• 7:44
  memories
• 7:45
  of
• 7:45
  that
• 7:45
  whole
• 7:46
  thing.
• 7:46
  And
• 7:46
  that's
• 7:46
  what
• 7:47
  I
• 7:47
  love
• 7:47
  about
• 7:47
  children's
• 7:48
  books,
• 7:48
  is
• 7:49
  they
• 7:49
  tend
• 7:49
  to
• 7:50
  draw
• 7:51
  us
• 7:51
  in
• 7:51
  some
• 7:52
  aspect.
• 7:53
  We're
• 7:53
  just
• 7:53
  never
• 7:54
  sure
• 7:54
  what
• 7:54
  aspect
• 7:54
  they
• 7:55
  draw
• 7:55
  us
• 7:55
  in.
• 7:55
  Knowing
• 7:56
  that
• 7:56
  you're
• 7:56
  a
• 7:56
  newly
• 7:57
  minted
• 7:57
  children's
• 7:58
  book
• 7:58
  author,
• 8:00
  do
• 8:00
  you
• 8:00
  have
• 8:00
  a
• 8:01
  children's
• 8:01
  book
• 8:02
  business
• 8:02
  plan?
• 8:03
  Tell
• 8:04
  us
• 8:04
  about
• 8:04
  that.
• 8:05
  Explain
• 8:05
  to
• 8:06
  aspiring
• 8:07
  children's
• 8:07
  book
• 8:08
  authors
• 8:08
  what
• 8:08
  you
• 8:09
  plan
• 8:09
  to
• 8:09
  do
• 8:09
  with
• 8:09
  your
• 8:09
  book.
• 8:11
  Okay,
• 8:11
  let
• 8:11
  me
• 8:11
  go
• 8:12
  back
• 8:12
  a
• 8:12
  little
• 8:12
  bit.
• 8:13
  I
• 8:13
  have
• 8:13
  always
• 8:13
  wanted
• 8:14
  to
• 8:14
  write
• 8:14
  children's
• 8:15
  book.
• 8:15
  It's
• 8:15
  always
• 8:16
  been
• 8:16
  a
• 8:16
  very.
• 8:16
  A
• 8:17
  passion
• 8:17
  of
• 8:17
  mine.
• 8:18
  But
• 8:18
  of
• 8:19
  course,
• 8:19
  I
• 8:19
  didn't
• 8:19
  know
• 8:19
  where
• 8:20
  to
• 8:20
  start,
• 8:20
  how
• 8:21
  to
• 8:21
  begin.
• 8:22
  During
• 8:22
  COVID
• 8:23
  we
• 8:23
  had
• 8:23
  a
• 8:23
  lot
• 8:23
  of
• 8:24
  time
• 8:24
  in
• 8:24
  our
• 8:24
  hands,
• 8:25
  and
• 8:25
  I
• 8:25
  wrote
• 8:26
  about
• 8:27
  10
• 8:27
  little
• 8:27
  stories,
• 8:29
  and
• 8:29
  I
• 8:29
  did
• 8:29
  some
• 8:30
  research,
• 8:30
  and
• 8:30
  I
• 8:31
  came
• 8:31
  across
• 8:31
  a
• 8:32
  publisher,
• 8:33
  and.
• 8:33
  But
• 8:33
  everything
• 8:34
  was
• 8:34
  so
• 8:34
  uncertain
• 8:35
  at
• 8:35
  the
• 8:35
  time,
• 8:36
  and
• 8:36
  you
• 8:37
  didn't
• 8:37
  know
• 8:37
  what
• 8:37
  was
• 8:37
  going
• 8:38
  to
• 8:38
  happen.
• 8:38
  There
• 8:39
  was
• 8:39
  so
• 8:39
  much
• 8:39
  unknowns.
• 8:40
  So
• 8:40
  I
• 8:41
  put
• 8:41
  it
• 8:41
  away.
• 8:42
  A
• 8:42
  couple
• 8:42
  years
• 8:43
  later,
• 8:43
  we
• 8:43
  moved
• 8:44
  into
• 8:44
  a
• 8:44
  new
• 8:44
  home.
• 8:45
  So
• 8:46
  during
• 8:46
  the
• 8:46
  unboxing,
• 8:47
  I
• 8:47
  came
• 8:47
  across
• 8:48
  the
• 8:48
  stories
• 8:48
  again.
• 8:50
  And
• 8:50
  I
• 8:50
  said,
• 8:51
  you
• 8:51
  know
• 8:51
  what?
• 8:51
  This
• 8:51
  is
• 8:52
  it.
• 8:52
  This
• 8:52
  is
• 8:52
  a
• 8:52
  sign.
• 8:53
  Let's
• 8:53
  just
• 8:53
  do
• 8:53
  this.
• 8:54
  I
• 8:56
  started
• 8:56
  to
• 8:56
  do
• 8:57
  some
• 8:57
  research
• 8:57
  again.
• 8:57
  Believe
• 8:58
  it
• 8:58
  or
• 8:58
  not,
• 8:58
  that's
• 8:59
  same
• 8:59
  publisher
• 9:00
  would
• 9:00
  come
• 9:00
  up
• 9:00
  again.
• 9:01
  So
• 9:01
  I'm
• 9:02
  not
• 9:02
  gonna
• 9:02
  talk
• 9:02
  about
• 9:02
  the
• 9:02
  publisher
• 9:03
  yet.
• 9:03
  But
• 9:04
  that's
• 9:05
  when
• 9:05
  I
• 9:05
  knew
• 9:06
  that
• 9:07
  this
• 9:07
  wasn't.
• 9:07
  This
• 9:08
  was
• 9:08
  it.
• 9:08
  If
• 9:08
  you
• 9:09
  didn't
• 9:09
  do
• 9:09
  it
• 9:09
  now,
• 9:09
  you'd
• 9:10
  never
• 9:10
  do
• 9:10
  it.
• 9:10
  And
• 9:10
  that's
• 9:10
  how
• 9:11
  it
• 9:11
  all
• 9:11
  started
• 9:11
  for
• 9:12
  me.
• 9:12
  It
• 9:12
  started
• 9:12
  from
• 9:13
  writing
• 9:13
  ten
• 9:14
  little
• 9:14
  stories,
• 9:15
  making.
• 9:16
  Like
• 9:16
  you
• 9:16
  said,
• 9:17
  all
• 9:17
  of
• 9:17
  us
• 9:17
  dealt
• 9:17
  with
• 9:18
  COVID
• 9:18
  and
• 9:19
  everybody
• 9:19
  has
• 9:19
  a
• 9:19
  different
• 9:20
  story.
• 9:20
  I
• 9:21
  know
• 9:21
  a
• 9:21
  lot
• 9:21
  of
• 9:21
  people
• 9:22
  through
• 9:22
  Covid
• 9:23
  wrote
• 9:23
  books,
• 9:23
  and
• 9:24
  I
• 9:24
  actually
• 9:24
  wrote
• 9:25
  two
• 9:25
  business
• 9:25
  books
• 9:26
  through
• 9:26
  Covid.
• 9:27
  And
• 9:28
  yeah,
• 9:28
  that's
• 9:28
  a
• 9:28
  different
• 9:29
  story
• 9:29
  into
• 9:29
  its
• 9:29
  own.
• 9:30
  But
• 9:30
  it's
• 9:31
  interesting
• 9:32
  about
• 9:32
  how
• 9:33
  making
• 9:33
  a
• 9:33
  move,
• 9:34
  starting
• 9:34
  fresh
• 9:35
  by
• 9:35
  moving
• 9:36
  into
• 9:36
  a
• 9:36
  new
• 9:36
  home,
• 9:37
  and
• 9:37
  you
• 9:37
  open
• 9:38
  up
• 9:38
  a
• 9:38
  box
• 9:39
  and
• 9:40
  voila.
• 9:41
  Yeah,
• 9:41
  and
• 9:42
  you
• 9:42
  know
• 9:42
  what?
• 9:43
  I
• 9:43
  know
• 9:43
  that
• 9:44
  was
• 9:44
  only
• 9:44
  a
• 9:44
  couple
• 9:44
  of
• 9:45
  years,
• 9:45
  but
• 9:45
  I,
• 9:45
  one
• 9:46
  of
• 9:46
  my
• 9:46
  first
• 9:46
  guests,
• 9:48
  it
• 9:48
  was
• 9:48
  30
• 9:48
  years.
• 9:49
  She
• 9:49
  wrote
• 9:50
  a
• 9:50
  story
• 9:51
  and
• 9:52
  put
• 9:52
  it
• 9:53
  away
• 9:53
  for
• 9:53
  30
• 9:53
  years.
• 9:54
  And
• 9:54
  she
• 9:54
  went
• 9:54
  on
• 9:54
  to
• 9:55
  have
• 9:55
  her
• 9:55
  career
• 9:55
  in
• 9:56
  teaching.
• 9:57
  And
• 9:57
  when
• 9:57
  she
• 9:57
  retired,
• 9:58
  she
• 9:59
  found
• 9:59
  her
• 9:59
  story
• 9:59
  on
• 10:00
  an
• 10:00
  old
• 10:00
  yellow
• 10:01
  writing
• 10:01
  pad.
• 10:02
  And
• 10:04
  now
• 10:04
  she's
• 10:04
  got
• 10:04
  two
• 10:05
  books.
• 10:06
  Yeah,
• 10:07
  it's
• 10:07
  incredible,
• 10:08
  right?
• 10:09
  I
• 10:09
  noticed
• 10:09
  that
• 10:10
  you
• 10:10
  have
• 10:10
  your
• 10:11
  book
• 10:11
  in
• 10:12
  three
• 10:13
  formats
• 10:13
  on
• 10:14
  Amazon.
• 10:14
  You've
• 10:14
  got
• 10:15
  a
• 10:15
  paperback,
• 10:16
  you've
• 10:16
  got
• 10:16
  a
• 10:16
  hardcover
• 10:17
  version,
• 10:17
  and
• 10:18
  you've
• 10:18
  got
• 10:18
  an
• 10:18
  E
• 10:19
  book.
• 10:19
  And
• 10:20
  do
• 10:21
  you
• 10:21
  also
• 10:21
  have
• 10:22
  your
• 10:22
  book
• 10:23
  through
• 10:23
  ingramsparks?
• 10:25
  I
• 10:25
  do.
• 10:26
  Okay.
• 10:26
  And
• 10:26
  so
• 10:27
  for
• 10:27
  the
• 10:27
  listeners,
• 10:27
  I
• 10:27
  think
• 10:28
  you've
• 10:28
  heard
• 10:28
  me
• 10:28
  say
• 10:28
  this
• 10:29
  before.
• 10:29
  Ingramsparks
• 10:31
  is
• 10:31
  a
• 10:32
  company
• 10:32
  that
• 10:32
  does
• 10:33
  two
• 10:33
  things
• 10:33
  for
• 10:34
  you.
• 10:34
  One,
• 10:34
  it
• 10:35
  gets
• 10:35
  you
• 10:35
  into
• 10:35
  all
• 10:36
  the
• 10:36
  other
• 10:36
  online
• 10:37
  retailers
• 10:38
  like
• 10:38
  Barnes
• 10:38
  and
• 10:39
  Noble,
• 10:39
  Walmart,
• 10:40
  so
• 10:40
  on.
• 10:41
  And
• 10:41
  the
• 10:41
  other
• 10:41
  thing
• 10:42
  is
• 10:42
  that
• 10:43
  Amazon
• 10:44
  does
• 10:44
  not
• 10:45
  print
• 10:45
  a
• 10:46
  children's
• 10:46
  hardcover
• 10:47
  book,
• 10:47
  but
• 10:48
  Ingram
• 10:48
  Sparks
• 10:49
  does
• 10:50
  print
• 10:50
  a
• 10:50
  children's
• 10:51
  hardcover
• 10:52
  book.
• 10:52
  Amazon,
• 10:53
  you
• 10:53
  have
• 10:53
  to
• 10:53
  have
• 10:54
  a
• 10:54
  minimum
• 10:54
  of
• 10:54
  72
• 10:55
  pages
• 10:56
  to
• 10:56
  have
• 10:57
  a
• 10:57
  hardcover
• 10:58
  book
• 10:58
  printed
• 10:58
  by
• 10:59
  them.
• 10:59
  Let's
• 10:59
  jump
• 10:59
  in
• 11:00
  a
• 11:00
  bit
• 11:00
  about,
• 11:01
  because
• 11:01
  it's
• 11:02
  fascinating.
• 11:03
  Like
• 11:04
  you
• 11:04
  said,
• 11:05
  you
• 11:05
  read
• 11:05
  the
• 11:05
  signs,
• 11:06
  you
• 11:06
  had
• 11:07
  this
• 11:08
  publisher
• 11:08
  keep
• 11:08
  popping
• 11:09
  up
• 11:09
  in
• 11:09
  your
• 11:10
  Facebook
• 11:10
  feed,
• 11:11
  and
• 11:12
  finally
• 11:12
  you
• 11:12
  decided
• 11:14
  this
• 11:14
  is
• 11:14
  a
• 11:14
  sign.
• 11:15
  And
• 11:15
  that's
• 11:15
  what
• 11:16
  I
• 11:16
  always
• 11:16
  talk
• 11:16
  about.
• 11:17
  There's
• 11:17
  really
• 11:18
  three
• 11:18
  ways
• 11:18
  to
• 11:19
  publish
• 11:19
  a
• 11:19
  children's
• 11:20
  book.
• 11:20
  There's
• 11:20
  go
• 11:21
  get
• 11:21
  it
• 11:21
  traditionally
• 11:21
  published,
• 11:22
  which
• 11:22
  is
• 11:22
  where
• 11:23
  you
• 11:23
  find
• 11:23
  a
• 11:23
  publisher.
• 11:24
  They
• 11:24
  take
• 11:25
  all
• 11:25
  the
• 11:25
  rights,
• 11:26
  they
• 11:26
  do
• 11:26
  all
• 11:26
  the
• 11:27
  work,
• 11:27
  and
• 11:28
  you
• 11:29
  get
• 11:29
  a
• 11:29
  small
• 11:30
  portion
• 11:30
  of
• 11:30
  the
• 11:31
  proceeds
• 11:31
  from
• 11:32
  the
• 11:32
  sale
• 11:32
  of
• 11:32
  each
• 11:33
  of
• 11:33
  the
• 11:33
  books.
• 11:33
  Then
• 11:33
  there's
• 11:34
  self
• 11:34
  published
• 11:35
  or
• 11:35
  hybrid
• 11:36
  publishing,
• 11:37
  which
• 11:37
  is,
• 11:37
  I
• 11:38
  believe,
• 11:38
  what
• 11:38
  you've
• 11:38
  done.
• 11:39
  And
• 11:39
  then
• 11:39
  there's,
• 11:39
  of
• 11:39
  course,
• 11:40
  independent
• 11:40
  publishing,
• 11:42
  which
• 11:42
  is
• 11:42
  what
• 11:42
  we
• 11:42
  did
• 11:43
  as
• 11:43
  a
• 11:43
  children's
• 11:43
  book
• 11:44
  author.
• 11:44
  We
• 11:44
  took
• 11:44
  on
• 11:45
  all
• 11:45
  the
• 11:45
  duties
• 11:46
  and
• 11:47
  as
• 11:47
  a
• 11:47
  general
• 11:48
  manager,
• 11:49
  and
• 11:49
  we
• 11:49
  published
• 11:50
  our
• 11:50
  own
• 11:50
  book.
• 11:51
  So
• 11:51
  I
• 11:51
  know
• 11:51
  you
• 11:52
  are
• 11:52
  using
• 11:53
  Miriam
• 11:53
  Laundrie,
• 11:54
  which
• 11:54
  is
• 11:55
  a
• 11:55
  hybrid
• 11:56
  children's
• 11:56
  book
• 11:56
  publisher.
• 11:57
  But
• 11:57
  before
• 11:57
  we
• 11:57
  get
• 11:58
  into
• 11:58
  that,
• 11:58
  I'm
• 11:59
  curious,
• 12:00
  when
• 12:00
  it
• 12:00
  came
• 12:01
  to
• 12:01
  publishing
• 12:02
  your
• 12:02
  children's
• 12:02
  book,
• 12:03
  what
• 12:03
  was
• 12:03
  your
• 12:04
  biggest
• 12:04
  challenge
• 12:05
  or
• 12:06
  frustration.
• 12:08
  Before
• 12:09
  publishing
• 12:10
  with
• 12:10
  Miriam
• 12:10
  or.
• 12:10
  Yeah,
• 12:11
  yeah.
• 12:11
  So
• 12:12
  when
• 12:12
  you
• 12:12
  were
• 12:12
  thinking,
• 12:13
  okay,
• 12:14
  you
• 12:14
  finally
• 12:15
  came
• 12:15
  back
• 12:15
  to
• 12:16
  it,
• 12:16
  you
• 12:16
  opened
• 12:16
  up
• 12:16
  the
• 12:17
  box,
• 12:17
  you're
• 12:17
  in
• 12:17
  your
• 12:17
  new
• 12:18
  home,
• 12:18
  you're
• 12:19
  going
• 12:19
  to
• 12:19
  start
• 12:19
  fresh,
• 12:20
  and
• 12:21
  you
• 12:21
  say,
• 12:22
  okay,
• 12:22
  now
• 12:22
  what,
• 12:23
  what
• 12:23
  was
• 12:23
  your
• 12:23
  biggest
• 12:24
  frustration
• 12:25
  or
• 12:26
  challenge
• 12:27
  to
• 12:27
  getting
• 12:28
  your,
• 12:28
  your
• 12:28
  children's
• 12:29
  book
• 12:29
  published?
• 12:30
  Honestly,
• 12:32
  it
• 12:32
  was
• 12:32
  quite
• 12:32
  a
• 12:32
  few
• 12:33
  challenges,
• 12:33
  but
• 12:34
  one
• 12:34
  of
• 12:34
  them
• 12:34
  was
• 12:35
  believing
• 12:36
  in
• 12:36
  myself.
• 12:38
  I
• 12:38
  didn't
• 12:38
  know
• 12:38
  where
• 12:39
  to
• 12:39
  start.
• 12:40
  I
• 12:40
  knew
• 12:40
  I
• 12:40
  always
• 12:41
  wanted
• 12:41
  to
• 12:41
  write
• 12:41
  books.
• 12:42
  I
• 12:42
  didn't
• 12:43
  know
• 12:43
  who
• 12:43
  to
• 12:43
  talk
• 12:43
  to,
• 12:44
  who
• 12:44
  was
• 12:44
  going
• 12:45
  to
• 12:45
  illustrate
• 12:45
  it.
• 12:45
  What
• 12:46
  was
• 12:46
  the
• 12:46
  process?
• 12:47
  I
• 12:47
  didn't
• 12:47
  even
• 12:47
  know
• 12:47
  where
• 12:47
  to
• 12:47
  begin.
• 12:49
  That
• 12:49
  was
• 12:49
  one
• 12:50
  of
• 12:50
  the
• 12:50
  biggest
• 12:50
  challenges.
• 12:51
  You've
• 12:52
  got
• 12:52
  all
• 12:52
  of
• 12:52
  these
• 12:53
  challenges
• 12:53
  floating
• 12:54
  around
• 12:54
  in
• 12:54
  your
• 12:54
  head.
• 12:56
  Tell
• 12:56
  us
• 12:57
  what
• 12:57
  happened
• 12:58
  that
• 12:59
  you
• 13:00
  finally
• 13:00
  were
• 13:00
  able
• 13:01
  to
• 13:01
  say,
• 13:01
  ah,
• 13:01
  I'm
• 13:02
  going
• 13:02
  to
• 13:02
  take
• 13:02
  action,
• 13:02
  or
• 13:03
  what
• 13:03
  was
• 13:03
  that
• 13:03
  pivotal
• 13:04
  moment
• 13:04
  that
• 13:04
  you
• 13:04
  took?
• 13:05
  You
• 13:05
  finally
• 13:05
  took
• 13:05
  action
• 13:06
  and
• 13:06
  you
• 13:06
  got
• 13:07
  hold
• 13:07
  of
• 13:07
  Miriam
• 13:08
  Laundrie.
• 13:08
  Or
• 13:09
  maybe
• 13:09
  you
• 13:09
  didn't
• 13:09
  even
• 13:09
  start
• 13:10
  there.
• 13:10
  Maybe
• 13:10
  you
• 13:10
  started
• 13:11
  sooner
• 13:11
  and
• 13:12
  then
• 13:12
  built
• 13:12
  to
• 13:12
  that.
• 13:13
  Tell
• 13:13
  us
• 13:13
  about
• 13:13
  that.
• 13:14
  I
• 13:15
  talked
• 13:15
  to
• 13:15
  a
• 13:15
  few
• 13:16
  publishers
• 13:17
  and
• 13:17
  I
• 13:17
  didn't
• 13:17
  get
• 13:18
  a
• 13:18
  chance
• 13:18
  to
• 13:18
  speak
• 13:19
  to
• 13:19
  Marian
• 13:19
  Laundrie
• 13:20
  at
• 13:20
  the
• 13:20
  time.
• 13:21
  But
• 13:21
  I
• 13:21
  went
• 13:22
  to
• 13:22
  a
• 13:22
  conference
• 13:23
  that
• 13:23
  she
• 13:23
  was
• 13:23
  hosting
• 13:24
  and
• 13:25
  I
• 13:25
  actually
• 13:25
  met
• 13:25
  her
• 13:26
  face
• 13:26
  to
• 13:26
  face.
• 13:27
  And
• 13:27
  that's
• 13:27
  when
• 13:27
  I
• 13:28
  knew
• 13:28
  the
• 13:29
  second
• 13:29
  day
• 13:29
  that
• 13:29
  I
• 13:29
  was
• 13:29
  in
• 13:29
  her
• 13:30
  conference.
• 13:30
  I
• 13:30
  already
• 13:30
  know
• 13:30
  this
• 13:31
  is
• 13:31
  who
• 13:31
  I
• 13:31
  was
• 13:31
  going
• 13:31
  with.
• 13:32
  Was
• 13:33
  just
• 13:33
  a
• 13:34
  ductary
• 13:35
  conference
• 13:35
  in
• 13:35
  your
• 13:36
  area,
• 13:36
  or
• 13:37
  there's
• 13:38
  no.
• 13:38
  I
• 13:38
  actually
• 13:38
  flew
• 13:38
  to
• 13:39
  Canada.
• 13:39
  Okay,
• 13:40
  so
• 13:40
  you
• 13:40
  flew
• 13:40
  to
• 13:40
  Canada.
• 13:40
  And
• 13:40
  I
• 13:42
  decided,
• 13:43
  okay,
• 13:43
  I'm
• 13:44
  going
• 13:44
  to
• 13:44
  go
• 13:45
  to
• 13:45
  this
• 13:45
  conference.
• 13:45
  I'm
• 13:46
  going
• 13:46
  to
• 13:46
  listen
• 13:46
  to
• 13:47
  what's
• 13:47
  being
• 13:47
  told.
• 13:48
  And
• 13:49
  so
• 13:49
  that
• 13:49
  conference
• 13:50
  inspired
• 13:50
  you
• 13:51
  to
• 13:51
  take
• 13:51
  action.
• 13:52
  I
• 13:52
  signed
• 13:52
  up
• 13:53
  in
• 13:53
  Mariam
• 13:53
  Laundrie.
• 13:54
  I
• 13:54
  have
• 13:55
  to
• 13:55
  say,
• 13:55
  this
• 13:56
  was
• 13:56
  a
• 13:56
  smooth
• 13:57
  process.
• 13:58
  She
• 13:59
  was
• 14:00
  so
• 14:00
  incredible
• 14:00
  to
• 14:01
  work
• 14:01
  with.
• 14:02
  Her
• 14:02
  team
• 14:02
  was
• 14:02
  incredible
• 14:03
  to
• 14:03
  work
• 14:03
  with.
• 14:03
  There
• 14:04
  was
• 14:04
  a
• 14:04
  lot
• 14:04
  of
• 14:04
  doubts,
• 14:05
  a
• 14:05
  lot
• 14:06
  of
• 14:06
  learning
• 14:06
  curves
• 14:07
  and
• 14:08
  a
• 14:08
  lot
• 14:08
  of
• 14:08
  delays,
• 14:09
  but
• 14:09
  they
• 14:09
  were.
• 14:10
  I'm
• 14:10
  freaking
• 14:10
  out,
• 14:11
  but
• 14:11
  they
• 14:11
  were
• 14:11
  fine.
• 14:12
  Don't
• 14:12
  worry,
• 14:13
  we'll
• 14:13
  take
• 14:13
  you
• 14:14
  step
• 14:14
  by
• 14:14
  step.
• 14:15
  Any
• 14:15
  emails
• 14:16
  I
• 14:16
  sent,
• 14:16
  they
• 14:16
  were
• 14:17
  returned
• 14:17
  within
• 14:18
  five
• 14:18
  minutes.
• 14:20
  Their
• 14:20
  work
• 14:20
  ethic
• 14:21
  was
• 14:21
  impressive.
• 14:22
  I
• 14:23
  had
• 14:23
  to
• 14:23
  find
• 14:23
  the
• 14:23
  illustrator
• 14:24
  myself.
• 14:25
  Right,
• 14:25
  right.
• 14:26
  Because
• 14:26
  they
• 14:26
  don't
• 14:27
  work
• 14:27
  on
• 14:27
  that
• 14:27
  part.
• 14:27
  They
• 14:28
  give
• 14:28
  you
• 14:28
  several
• 14:29
  leads
• 14:29
  too.
• 14:30
  They
• 14:30
  do,
• 14:31
  they
• 14:31
  do.
• 14:32
  And
• 14:32
  then
• 14:32
  you
• 14:32
  just
• 14:33
  pick
• 14:33
  whoever
• 14:34
  you
• 14:34
  are.
• 14:34
  So
• 14:34
  I
• 14:34
  went
• 14:35
  with
• 14:35
  Advocate
• 14:35
  Art.
• 14:36
  Okay.
• 14:37
  And
• 14:37
  just
• 14:37
  so
• 14:37
  you
• 14:37
  know,
• 14:38
  I've
• 14:38
  talked
• 14:39
  to
• 14:39
  about
• 14:39
  75
• 14:40
  children's
• 14:41
  book
• 14:41
  authors
• 14:42
  and
• 14:43
  about
• 14:43
  20
• 14:44
  to
• 14:44
  25%
• 14:45
  have
• 14:46
  actually
• 14:46
  published
• 14:47
  with
• 14:47
  Miriam.
• 14:49
  Wow.
• 14:49
  Yeah.
• 14:50
  And
• 14:50
  a
• 14:50
  lot
• 14:50
  of
• 14:50
  times
• 14:51
  that's
• 14:51
  how
• 14:51
  I
• 14:51
  get
• 14:51
  my
• 14:52
  leads,
• 14:52
  is
• 14:53
  a
• 14:53
  lot
• 14:53
  of
• 14:54
  these
• 14:54
  authors
• 14:55
  that
• 14:55
  have
• 14:55
  worked
• 14:55
  with
• 14:55
  Miriam
• 14:56
  are
• 14:56
  in
• 14:57
  a
• 14:57
  Facebook
• 14:57
  group.
• 14:58
  And
• 14:58
  then
• 14:58
  they
• 14:58
  go
• 14:58
  back
• 14:59
  and
• 14:59
  forth
• 14:59
  and
• 14:59
  then
• 15:00
  they'll
• 15:00
  say,
• 15:00
  you
• 15:00
  know
• 15:00
  what,
• 15:01
  I
• 15:01
  was
• 15:01
  just
• 15:01
  on
• 15:01
  Adventures
• 15:02
  in
• 15:02
  the
• 15:02
  Heart
• 15:02
  of
• 15:03
  Children's
• 15:03
  Book
• 15:03
  Authors
• 15:04
  podcast.
• 15:04
  You
• 15:05
  should
• 15:05
  reach
• 15:05
  out
• 15:05
  to
• 15:05
  Rick
• 15:06
  and
• 15:07
  take
• 15:07
  it
• 15:07
  from
• 15:08
  there.
• 15:08
  That
• 15:08
  is
• 15:09
  a
• 15:10
  very
• 15:10
  positive
• 15:10
  thing
• 15:10
  that
• 15:11
  happens
• 15:11
  for
• 15:11
  me
• 15:12
  through
• 15:12
  Miriam
• 15:13
  Laundrie,
• 15:13
  even
• 15:14
  though
• 15:14
  I'm
• 15:14
  an
• 15:14
  independently
• 15:15
  published
• 15:15
  children's
• 15:16
  book
• 15:16
  author.
• 15:17
  I
• 15:17
  wanted
• 15:17
  to
• 15:17
  tell
• 15:17
  you.
• 15:18
  And
• 15:18
  this
• 15:18
  is.
• 15:18
  Cause
• 15:18
  I
• 15:19
  know
• 15:19
  other
• 15:19
  authors
• 15:20
  or
• 15:20
  inspiring
• 15:20
  authors
• 15:21
  will
• 15:21
  listen.
• 15:22
  One
• 15:22
  of
• 15:22
  my
• 15:23
  biggest
• 15:23
  challenges
• 15:23
  was
• 15:24
  also
• 15:24
  keeping
• 15:25
  it
• 15:25
  at
• 15:25
  32
• 15:26
  pages.
• 15:26
  That
• 15:26
  was
• 15:27
  tough
• 15:27
  because
• 15:28
  a
• 15:28
  lot
• 15:28
  of
• 15:28
  things
• 15:28
  happen
• 15:29
  in
• 15:29
  the
• 15:29
  kitchen
• 15:29
  with
• 15:29
  the
• 15:29
  kids
• 15:30
  and
• 15:31
  making
• 15:32
  sure
• 15:32
  that
• 15:32
  the
• 15:32
  message
• 15:33
  stayed
• 15:33
  pure
• 15:34
  and
• 15:34
  age
• 15:35
  appropriate
• 15:35
  because
• 15:36
  I
• 15:36
  wanted
• 15:36
  it
• 15:37
  for
• 15:37
  it
• 15:38
  to
• 15:38
  have
• 15:38
  meaning
• 15:38
  for
• 15:38
  both
• 15:39
  for
• 15:39
  kids
• 15:40
  and
• 15:40
  for
• 15:40
  parents,
• 15:41
  not
• 15:41
  just
• 15:41
  the
• 15:42
  kids.
• 15:42
  That
• 15:43
  was
• 15:43
  one
• 15:43
  of
• 15:44
  my
• 15:44
  biggest
• 15:44
  challenges.
• 15:45
  That's
• 15:45
  so
• 15:45
  true.
• 15:45
  I
• 15:46
  hear
• 15:46
  that
• 15:46
  all
• 15:46
  the
• 15:46
  time
• 15:47
  about
• 15:48
  when
• 15:48
  the
• 15:48
  writing
• 15:49
  the
• 15:49
  story
• 15:49
  and
• 15:50
  staying
• 15:50
  pure.
• 15:51
  And
• 15:51
  that's
• 15:51
  why
• 15:52
  I
• 15:52
  always
• 15:52
  say
• 15:52
  to
• 15:53
  aspiring
• 15:54
  children's
• 15:54
  book
• 15:55
  authors
• 15:55
  or
• 15:55
  even
• 15:56
  experienced
• 15:56
  children's
• 15:57
  book
• 15:57
  authors,
• 15:58
  make
• 15:58
  sure
• 15:58
  you
• 15:59
  have
• 15:59
  an
• 15:59
  editor.
• 16:00
  Because
• 16:01
  they
• 16:01
  tend
• 16:01
  to
• 16:01
  be
• 16:02
  the
• 16:02
  least
• 16:02
  expensive
• 16:03
  but
• 16:03
  probably
• 16:04
  the
• 16:04
  most
• 16:05
  important
• 16:06
  person
• 16:07
  because,
• 16:08
  yeah,
• 16:08
  they
• 16:08
  help
• 16:09
  you
• 16:09
  stay
• 16:09
  on
• 16:09
  task,
• 16:10
  they
• 16:10
  help
• 16:10
  you
• 16:11
  stay
• 16:11
  on
• 16:11
  message,
• 16:12
  and
• 16:12
  they
• 16:13
  make
• 16:13
  sure
• 16:13
  that
• 16:14
  at
• 16:14
  the
• 16:14
  end
• 16:14
  of
• 16:14
  the
• 16:14
  day,
• 16:15
  most
• 16:15
  children's
• 16:16
  books,
• 16:16
  if
• 16:16
  they're
• 16:17
  32
• 16:17
  pages,
• 16:18
  are
• 16:18
  between
• 16:19
  500
• 16:19
  and
• 16:19
  1,000
• 16:20
  words.
• 16:20
  And
• 16:21
  they
• 16:21
  help
• 16:21
  you
• 16:21
  stay
• 16:22
  on
• 16:22
  target
• 16:23
  to
• 16:23
  make
• 16:24
  sure
• 16:24
  that
• 16:24
  you're
• 16:25
  within
• 16:25
  that
• 16:25
  zone.
• 16:26
  Yeah,
• 16:26
  that
• 16:27
  was
• 16:27
  pretty
• 16:27
  hard.
• 16:28
  Yes,
• 16:28
  you
• 16:29
  want
• 16:29
  to.
• 16:29
  Of
• 16:29
  course,
• 16:30
  you
• 16:30
  have
• 16:30
  to
• 16:30
  stay
• 16:30
  on
• 16:30
  within
• 16:31
  the
• 16:31
  32
• 16:31
  pages,
• 16:32
  but
• 16:32
  you
• 16:32
  still
• 16:33
  want.
• 16:33
  You
• 16:33
  get
• 16:33
  your
• 16:33
  message
• 16:34
  across
• 16:35
  the
• 16:35
  way
• 16:35
  you
• 16:35
  think
• 16:35
  it
• 16:36
  should
• 16:36
  come
• 16:36
  across.
• 16:37
  I've
• 16:37
  noticed.
• 16:37
  And
• 16:38
  you
• 16:38
  know
• 16:38
  what?
• 16:38
  That's
• 16:38
  the
• 16:38
  beautiful
• 16:39
  thing
• 16:39
  about
• 16:40
  whether
• 16:40
  you're
• 16:41
  self
• 16:41
  published
• 16:41
  or
• 16:42
  you're
• 16:42
  independently
• 16:43
  published.
• 16:44
  At
• 16:44
  the
• 16:44
  end
• 16:44
  of
• 16:44
  the
• 16:44
  day,
• 16:45
  you
• 16:45
  have
• 16:45
  the
• 16:45
  literary
• 16:46
  license
• 16:46
  to
• 16:46
  do
• 16:46
  whatever
• 16:47
  you
• 16:47
  want.
• 16:48
  And
• 16:48
  that's
• 16:48
  what
• 16:48
  some
• 16:49
  authors
• 16:49
  do.
• 16:50
  I've
• 16:50
  seen
• 16:50
  authors
• 16:51
  have
• 16:52
  thousands
• 16:53
  of
• 16:53
  words
• 16:54
  and
• 16:54
  it's
• 16:55
  just
• 16:55
  the
• 16:55
  way
• 16:55
  they
• 16:55
  feel
• 16:56
  and
• 16:56
  what's
• 16:56
  important
• 16:57
  to
• 16:57
  them
• 16:59
  for
• 16:59
  sure.
• 17:01
  When
• 17:01
  you
• 17:02
  got
• 17:02
  around
• 17:02
  to
• 17:03
  working
• 17:03
  with
• 17:03
  Miriam
• 17:04
  and
• 17:04
  you
• 17:05
  went
• 17:05
  on
• 17:05
  your
• 17:06
  search
• 17:06
  for
• 17:07
  an
• 17:07
  illustrator,
• 17:09
  did
• 17:09
  you
• 17:10
  end
• 17:10
  up
• 17:10
  using
• 17:11
  someone
• 17:12
  that
• 17:12
  they
• 17:13
  recommended
• 17:13
  or
• 17:14
  did
• 17:14
  you
• 17:14
  do
• 17:14
  a
• 17:15
  broader
• 17:15
  search
• 17:16
  for
• 17:16
  an
• 17:16
  illustrator?
• 17:18
  I
• 17:18
  did
• 17:18
  a
• 17:19
  broader
• 17:19
  search.
• 17:20
  She
• 17:20
  sent
• 17:21
  me
• 17:21
  a
• 17:21
  few
• 17:21
  people
• 17:21
  to
• 17:21
  look
• 17:22
  at.
• 17:22
  And
• 17:23
  so
• 17:23
  I
• 17:23
  just
• 17:23
  went
• 17:23
  on
• 17:23
  abbotkr
• 17:24
  and
• 17:25
  there
• 17:25
  are
• 17:25
  thousands
• 17:26
  of
• 17:26
  illustrators
• 17:26
  out
• 17:26
  there.
• 17:28
  I
• 17:28
  know
• 17:28
  it's
• 17:28
  so
• 17:29
  small,
• 17:30
  but
• 17:30
  when
• 17:30
  I
• 17:30
  saw
• 17:31
  Hannah
• 17:31
  Wood's
• 17:32
  eyes,
• 17:34
  I
• 17:34
  just
• 17:34
  went
• 17:35
  with
• 17:35
  it.
• 17:35
  I
• 17:35
  liked
• 17:36
  how.
• 17:36
  Because
• 17:37
  I
• 17:37
  feel
• 17:37
  like
• 17:38
  I
• 17:38
  saw
• 17:38
  my
• 17:38
  daughter's
• 17:39
  eyes.
• 17:39
  My
• 17:39
  daughter
• 17:40
  is.
• 17:40
  We're
• 17:40
  mixed.
• 17:41
  We're
• 17:42
  interracial
• 17:42
  couple.
• 17:42
  My
• 17:43
  daughter's.
• 17:43
  We
• 17:43
  are
• 17:44
  Hispanic
• 17:44
  and
• 17:45
  Asian.
• 17:46
  So
• 17:46
  I
• 17:46
  needed
• 17:47
  to
• 17:47
  make
• 17:47
  sure
• 17:47
  that
• 17:48
  she
• 17:48
  had
• 17:48
  the
• 17:49
  correct
• 17:49
  eyes.
• 17:49
  Like,
• 17:50
  I
• 17:50
  wanted
• 17:50
  to
• 17:50
  make
• 17:50
  sure
• 17:51
  that
• 17:51
  there
• 17:51
  was
• 17:51
  a
• 17:51
  connection
• 17:53
  with
• 17:53
  Guy
• 17:54
  and
• 17:54
  the
• 17:54
  character.
• 17:56
  And
• 17:56
  that's
• 17:57
  when
• 17:57
  I
• 17:57
  saw
• 17:58
  her
• 17:58
  other
• 17:58
  books.
• 17:58
  I
• 17:59
  said,
• 17:59
  this
• 17:59
  is
• 17:59
  her.
• 18:00
  You
• 18:00
  know
• 18:00
  what?
• 18:01
  It's
• 18:01
  nice
• 18:01
  when
• 18:02
  you
• 18:02
  do
• 18:02
  your
• 18:02
  own
• 18:02
  research
• 18:03
  too,
• 18:04
  because
• 18:04
  that's
• 18:05
  what
• 18:05
  happened
• 18:05
  to
• 18:05
  us,
• 18:06
  is
• 18:06
  that
• 18:07
  as
• 18:07
  an
• 18:08
  independent
• 18:08
  publisher,
• 18:09
  we
• 18:09
  had
• 18:09
  to
• 18:09
  find
• 18:09
  an
• 18:09
  illustrator.
• 18:10
  I
• 18:11
  tried
• 18:11
  to
• 18:11
  find,
• 18:12
  and
• 18:12
  I'm
• 18:13
  in
• 18:13
  Canada,
• 18:14
  and
• 18:14
  so
• 18:14
  I
• 18:15
  tried
• 18:15
  to
• 18:15
  find
• 18:15
  an
• 18:16
  illustrator
• 18:17
  and
• 18:18
  I.
• 18:18
  I
• 18:18
  couldn't
• 18:19
  find
• 18:19
  one
• 18:19
  in
• 18:19
  our
• 18:20
  area.
• 18:21
  And
• 18:21
  like
• 18:21
  you,
• 18:22
  I
• 18:22
  went
• 18:22
  on
• 18:22
  the
• 18:22
  Internet.
• 18:23
  I
• 18:23
  was
• 18:23
  looking
• 18:24
  for
• 18:24
  a
• 18:25
  feel
• 18:25
  like
• 18:25
  you
• 18:25
  were,
• 18:26
  and
• 18:27
  I
• 18:27
  wasn't
• 18:27
  as
• 18:28
  specific
• 18:28
  as
• 18:29
  you
• 18:29
  were
• 18:29
  with
• 18:29
  people.
• 18:30
  I
• 18:30
  was.
• 18:30
  I
• 18:30
  don't
• 18:31
  know
• 18:31
  why.
• 18:31
  No,
• 18:32
  but
• 18:32
  that
• 18:32
  was
• 18:32
  important
• 18:33
  to
• 18:33
  you,
• 18:33
  and
• 18:33
  that's.
• 18:34
  I
• 18:34
  think
• 18:34
  that's
• 18:35
  a
• 18:35
  great
• 18:35
  message
• 18:36
  for
• 18:36
  aspiring
• 18:37
  children's
• 18:37
  book
• 18:37
  authors.
• 18:38
  If
• 18:38
  you
• 18:38
  have
• 18:39
  a
• 18:39
  certain
• 18:40
  look
• 18:40
  that
• 18:41
  you
• 18:41
  want
• 18:41
  to
• 18:41
  capture,
• 18:42
  it's
• 18:42
  your
• 18:43
  book.
• 18:44
  Do
• 18:44
  the
• 18:44
  extra
• 18:44
  work
• 18:45
  to
• 18:45
  do
• 18:45
  as
• 18:46
  you
• 18:46
  have
• 18:46
  done.
• 18:47
  That's
• 18:47
  what
• 18:47
  we
• 18:47
  did.
• 18:47
  We
• 18:48
  went
• 18:48
  on
• 18:48
  and
• 18:48
  I
• 18:49
  looked
• 18:49
  for
• 18:50
  a
• 18:51
  illustrator
• 18:51
  that
• 18:52
  could
• 18:52
  capture
• 18:53
  the
• 18:53
  great
• 18:53
  outdoors,
• 18:54
  the
• 18:55
  feel
• 18:55
  of
• 18:55
  Caboose,
• 18:56
  like
• 18:56
  you
• 18:56
  and
• 18:56
  I
• 18:57
  had
• 18:57
  talked
• 18:57
  about
• 18:57
  before
• 18:58
  we
• 18:58
  got
• 18:58
  on
• 18:58
  the
• 18:59
  recording,
• 19:00
  the
• 19:00
  moment
• 19:00
  I
• 19:00
  sent
• 19:01
  a
• 19:01
  picture
• 19:02
  of
• 19:02
  what
• 19:02
  we
• 19:03
  wanted
• 19:03
  Caboose
• 19:04
  to
• 19:04
  look
• 19:04
  like.
• 19:05
  And
• 19:05
  the
• 19:05
  illustrator
• 19:06
  came
• 19:06
  back
• 19:06
  and
• 19:06
  said,
• 19:08
  what
• 19:08
  do
• 19:08
  you
• 19:08
  think?
• 19:09
  And
• 19:09
  we
• 19:09
  said,
• 19:10
  that's
• 19:10
  her.
• 19:10
  That's
• 19:11
  Caboose.
• 19:12
  We're
• 19:12
  now
• 19:12
  up
• 19:12
  to
• 19:12
  two
• 19:13
  published
• 19:13
  children's
• 19:14
  book
• 19:15
  books
• 19:15
  in
• 19:15
  our
• 19:15
  series.
• 19:17
  The
• 19:17
  beautiful
• 19:18
  thing
• 19:18
  about
• 19:18
  it
• 19:18
  is
• 19:19
  that
• 19:19
  our
• 19:20
  illustrator
• 19:20
  was
• 19:20
  able
• 19:21
  to
• 19:21
  capture
• 19:21
  what
• 19:22
  we
• 19:23
  were
• 19:24
  visualizing.
• 19:25
  And
• 19:25
  that's
• 19:25
  exactly
• 19:26
  what
• 19:26
  you
• 19:26
  were
• 19:26
  looking
• 19:26
  for.
• 19:27
  You
• 19:27
  wanted
• 19:28
  the
• 19:28
  illustrator
• 19:29
  to
• 19:29
  capture
• 19:30
  what
• 19:30
  you
• 19:30
  were
• 19:31
  visualizing.
• 19:32
  You
• 19:32
  know,
• 19:32
  I
• 19:32
  have
• 19:32
  to
• 19:33
  give
• 19:33
  it
• 19:33
  to
• 19:33
  illustrators,
• 19:34
  though.
• 19:34
  You
• 19:34
  can
• 19:35
  say
• 19:35
  what
• 19:35
  you
• 19:35
  want
• 19:36
  to
• 19:36
  say
• 19:36
  and
• 19:36
  describe
• 19:37
  what
• 19:37
  you
• 19:37
  want
• 19:37
  to
• 19:37
  say
• 19:38
  and
• 19:39
  reiterate
• 19:40
  what
• 19:40
  you
• 19:40
  want
• 19:40
  to
• 19:40
  say
• 19:41
  it
• 19:41
  look
• 19:41
  like,
• 19:41
  but
• 19:42
  they
• 19:42
  don't
• 19:43
  have
• 19:43
  your
• 19:43
  visual
• 19:45
  and
• 19:45
  they
• 19:45
  do
• 19:46
  come
• 19:46
  up
• 19:46
  with
• 19:46
  exactly
• 19:47
  what
• 19:47
  you
• 19:47
  were
• 19:47
  thinking.
• 19:48
  It's
• 19:49
  pretty
• 19:49
  amazing.
• 19:50
  It
• 19:50
  is.
• 19:50
  You
• 19:50
  know
• 19:51
  what?
• 19:51
  We
• 19:51
  were
• 19:51
  lucky
• 19:52
  because
• 19:52
  all
• 19:53
  of
• 19:53
  our
• 19:53
  stories,
• 19:53
  we've
• 19:54
  written
• 19:54
  38
• 19:55
  stories
• 19:56
  in
• 19:56
  the
• 19:56
  Adventures
• 19:57
  of
• 19:57
  Caboose,
• 19:57
  the
• 19:58
  Rocky
• 19:58
  Mountain
• 19:58
  Bear.
• 19:59
  And
• 19:59
  I've
• 19:59
  written
• 20:00
  all
• 20:00
  38
• 20:00
  with
• 20:01
  my
• 20:01
  five
• 20:01
  grandchildren.
• 20:03
  And
• 20:03
  what's
• 20:04
  amazing
• 20:05
  is
• 20:05
  that
• 20:06
  in
• 20:06
  today's
• 20:06
  world,
• 20:07
  and
• 20:07
  you
• 20:07
  were
• 20:07
  talking
• 20:07
  about
• 20:08
  the
• 20:08
  digital
• 20:09
  world
• 20:09
  with
• 20:09
  your
• 20:09
  daughter
• 20:10
  not
• 20:10
  getting
• 20:10
  a
• 20:11
  cell
• 20:11
  phone
• 20:11
  till
• 20:12
  she
• 20:12
  was
• 20:12
  14.
• 20:13
  Our
• 20:13
  oldest
• 20:14
  granddaughter,
• 20:14
  Kira.
• 20:15
  Kira
• 20:15
  starts
• 20:16
  a
• 20:16
  K.
• 20:16
  And
• 20:16
  that's
• 20:16
  how
• 20:17
  we
• 20:17
  why
• 20:17
  we
• 20:17
  start
• 20:17
  Caboose
• 20:18
  with
• 20:18
  a
• 20:18
  K.
• 20:19
  Because
• 20:19
  of
• 20:19
  Kira.
• 20:20
  But
• 20:20
  the
• 20:21
  iPhone
• 20:22
  is
• 20:23
  the
• 20:23
  reason
• 20:25
  I
• 20:25
  call
• 20:25
  her
• 20:25
  our
• 20:26
  digital
• 20:26
  baby.
• 20:27
  Because
• 20:28
  there
• 20:28
  is
• 20:28
  no
• 20:29
  film,
• 20:29
  there
• 20:29
  is
• 20:30
  no
• 20:30
  negatives.
• 20:30
  Every
• 20:31
  single
• 20:31
  picture
• 20:32
  from
• 20:32
  the
• 20:32
  moment
• 20:33
  she
• 20:33
  was
• 20:33
  born
• 20:34
  is
• 20:34
  all
• 20:35
  digital.
• 20:36
  And
• 20:36
  the
• 20:36
  beautiful
• 20:37
  thing
• 20:37
  about
• 20:37
  that
• 20:38
  is
• 20:38
  then
• 20:39
  I've
• 20:39
  been
• 20:39
  able
• 20:39
  to
• 20:40
  capture
• 20:40
  all
• 20:40
  these
• 20:41
  adventures
• 20:43
  in
• 20:43
  digital
• 20:44
  in
• 20:44
  pictures.
• 20:45
  It
• 20:45
  was
• 20:45
  really
• 20:46
  my
• 20:46
  granddaughter,
• 20:47
  my
• 20:47
  oldest
• 20:47
  granddaughter,
• 20:48
  who
• 20:48
  said,
• 20:48
  papa,
• 20:49
  we
• 20:49
  have
• 20:49
  all
• 20:50
  of
• 20:50
  these
• 20:50
  pictures
• 20:52
  in
• 20:52
  your
• 20:52
  iPhone.
• 20:54
  We
• 20:54
  should
• 20:55
  write
• 20:55
  stories
• 20:55
  about
• 20:56
  them.
• 20:56
  And
• 20:56
  that's
• 20:57
  how
• 20:57
  it
• 20:57
  all
• 20:57
  started.
• 20:58
  That's
• 20:58
  the
• 20:58
  neat
• 20:59
  thing
• 20:59
  about
• 20:59
  that.
• 20:59
  Because
• 21:00
  we
• 21:00
  had
• 21:01
  between
• 21:01
  three
• 21:01
  and
• 21:01
  10
• 21:02
  pictures
• 21:02
  of
• 21:03
  each
• 21:03
  of
• 21:03
  our
• 21:03
  adventures,
• 21:04
  I
• 21:04
  was
• 21:04
  actually
• 21:04
  able
• 21:05
  to
• 21:05
  send
• 21:05
  those
• 21:06
  to
• 21:06
  the
• 21:06
  illustrator
• 21:07
  to
• 21:08
  at
• 21:08
  least
• 21:08
  set
• 21:09
  a
• 21:09
  feeling
• 21:09
  for
• 21:10
  that
• 21:10
  person.
• 21:11
  Because
• 21:11
  our
• 21:11
  illustrator,
• 21:12
  I
• 21:12
  live
• 21:13
  just
• 21:13
  outside
• 21:13
  the
• 21:14
  Rocky
• 21:14
  Mountains,
• 21:15
  and
• 21:16
  our
• 21:16
  illustrator
• 21:17
  lives
• 21:17
  in
• 21:17
  England
• 21:18
  and
• 21:18
  he's
• 21:18
  never
• 21:19
  been
• 21:19
  to
• 21:19
  the
• 21:19
  Rocky
• 21:20
  Mountains.
• 21:20
  It
• 21:20
  was
• 21:21
  our
• 21:21
  pictures
• 21:22
  that
• 21:23
  allowed
• 21:23
  him
• 21:24
  to
• 21:24
  do,
• 21:24
  like
• 21:25
  you're
• 21:25
  talking
• 21:25
  about,
• 21:26
  create
• 21:27
  these
• 21:27
  illustrations.
• 21:28
  Once
• 21:28
  you
• 21:29
  had
• 21:29
  your
• 21:30
  illustrator
• 21:32
  tell
• 21:32
  us
• 21:32
  a
• 21:32
  little
• 21:32
  bit
• 21:33
  more,
• 21:33
  did
• 21:33
  you
• 21:33
  actually
• 21:34
  send
• 21:34
  your
• 21:34
  completed
• 21:35
  story
• 21:36
  to
• 21:36
  the
• 21:37
  illustrator
• 21:37
  and
• 21:38
  then
• 21:38
  they
• 21:38
  started
• 21:39
  from
• 21:39
  there?
• 21:40
  I
• 21:40
  sent
• 21:41
  the
• 21:41
  whole
• 21:41
  entire
• 21:41
  manuscript
• 21:42
  to
• 21:42
  the
• 21:42
  illustrator
• 21:43
  and
• 21:44
  she
• 21:45
  came
• 21:45
  back
• 21:46
  about
• 21:46
  a
• 21:47
  week
• 21:47
  later
• 21:47
  with
• 21:48
  the
• 21:49
  template.
• 21:50
  Okay,
• 21:50
  so
• 21:51
  was
• 21:51
  it
• 21:51
  black
• 21:51
  and
• 21:52
  white
• 21:52
  or
• 21:52
  a
• 21:53
  storyboard
• 21:54
  or
• 21:54
  what
• 21:54
  was
• 21:54
  it?
• 21:54
  It
• 21:55
  was
• 21:55
  a
• 21:55
  storyboard.
• 21:55
  It
• 21:56
  wasn't
• 21:56
  black
• 21:56
  and
• 21:56
  white.
• 21:57
  And
• 21:57
  it
• 21:57
  was
• 21:57
  just
• 21:58
  pictures,
• 21:58
  like,
• 21:59
  you
• 21:59
  know,
• 21:59
  like
• 21:59
  whatever
• 22:00
  little
• 22:00
  story,
• 22:00
  she
• 22:01
  would
• 22:01
  make
• 22:01
  a
• 22:01
  picture
• 22:02
  out
• 22:02
  of
• 22:02
  that
• 22:02
  story,
• 22:03
  which
• 22:03
  I
• 22:03
  found
• 22:04
  fascinating.
• 22:05
  I
• 22:05
  noticed
• 22:06
  you
• 22:06
  don't
• 22:06
  have
• 22:07
  a
• 22:07
  website,
• 22:08
  an
• 22:08
  author's
• 22:09
  website
• 22:10
  now.
• 22:10
  Do
• 22:10
  you
• 22:11
  plan
• 22:11
  to
• 22:11
  do
• 22:11
  a
• 22:11
  website
• 22:12
  in
• 22:12
  the
• 22:12
  future?
• 22:13
  Yes,
• 22:13
  it's
• 22:14
  actually
• 22:14
  in
• 22:14
  the
• 22:14
  making.
• 22:15
  It's
• 22:15
  still
• 22:16
  in
• 22:16
  process.
• 22:16
  Is
• 22:16
  it
• 22:17
  going
• 22:17
  to
• 22:17
  be
• 22:17
  an
• 22:17
  author's
• 22:18
  website
• 22:19
  like
• 22:19
  your
• 22:19
  name,
• 22:19
  or
• 22:20
  is
• 22:20
  it
• 22:20
  going
• 22:20
  to
• 22:21
  be
• 22:21
  the
• 22:22
  Sweet
• 22:23
  Playmate
• 22:23
  Club?
• 22:24
  Tell
• 22:24
  us
• 22:25
  a
• 22:25
  little
• 22:25
  bit
• 22:25
  about
• 22:25
  that.
• 22:26
  I
• 22:26
  think
• 22:26
  it's
• 22:27
  going
• 22:27
  to
• 22:27
  be
• 22:27
  the
• 22:27
  Sweet
• 22:27
  Play
• 22:28
  Date
• 22:28
  Club
• 22:28
  only
• 22:29
  because
• 22:29
  it's
• 22:29
  only
• 22:30
  the
• 22:30
  first
• 22:30
  book
• 22:31
  and
• 22:32
  I,
• 22:32
  of
• 22:32
  course
• 22:32
  I
• 22:32
  plan
• 22:33
  to
• 22:33
  have
• 22:33
  a
• 22:33
  series.
• 22:34
  There's.
• 22:35
  There's
• 22:35
  so
• 22:35
  many
• 22:35
  moments
• 22:35
  I
• 22:36
  have
• 22:36
  to
• 22:36
  share
• 22:36
  with
• 22:36
  the
• 22:37
  world.
• 22:37
  Not
• 22:37
  just
• 22:37
  the
• 22:37
  very
• 22:38
  first
• 22:38
  one.
• 22:38
  Sweet
• 22:38
  Play
• 22:39
  Day
• 22:39
  Club
• 22:39
  was
• 22:39
  the
• 22:39
  very
• 22:40
  first
• 22:40
  book
• 22:40
  that
• 22:41
  was
• 22:41
  published.
• 22:42
  But
• 22:42
  from
• 22:42
  there
• 22:42
  on,
• 22:43
  I.
• 22:43
  Because
• 22:43
  it
• 22:44
  was
• 22:44
  such
• 22:44
  a
• 22:44
  great
• 22:45
  way
• 22:45
  to
• 22:45
  share
• 22:46
  the
• 22:46
  story
• 22:46
  and
• 22:46
  I
• 22:47
  got
• 22:47
  such
• 22:47
  great
• 22:47
  feedback
• 22:48
  and
• 22:49
  I.
• 22:49
  It's
• 22:49
  only
• 22:49
  been,
• 22:50
  what,
• 22:50
  six
• 22:50
  months?
• 22:50
  And
• 22:51
  people
• 22:51
  are
• 22:51
  like,
• 22:51
  so
• 22:52
  when's
• 22:52
  the
• 22:52
  next
• 22:52
  one?
• 22:52
  When's
• 22:52
  the
• 22:53
  next
• 22:53
  story?
• 22:53
  When's
• 22:53
  the
• 22:54
  next
• 22:54
  treat?
• 22:54
  When
• 22:54
  is
• 22:54
  the
• 22:55
  next
• 22:55
  recipe?
• 22:56
  Okay,
• 22:56
  hold
• 22:56
  on.
• 22:57
  Let's
• 22:57
  just
• 22:57
  get
• 22:57
  through
• 22:57
  the
• 22:57
  first.
• 22:59
  I
• 22:59
  love
• 22:59
  the
• 22:59
  name
• 23:00
  and
• 23:00
  I
• 23:00
  love
• 23:00
  how
• 23:01
  you've
• 23:01
  done
• 23:01
  that,
• 23:02
  because
• 23:02
  it's.
• 23:03
  What
• 23:03
  we
• 23:03
  did
• 23:03
  is
• 23:03
  we
• 23:04
  named
• 23:04
  our
• 23:04
  first
• 23:04
  book
• 23:05
  the
• 23:05
  Adventures
• 23:05
  of
• 23:05
  Caboose
• 23:06
  the
• 23:06
  Rocky
• 23:06
  Mountain
• 23:07
  Bear.
• 23:07
  You
• 23:08
  knew
• 23:08
  once
• 23:08
  you
• 23:08
  read
• 23:09
  the
• 23:09
  title
• 23:09
  there
• 23:09
  was
• 23:09
  going
• 23:10
  to
• 23:10
  be
• 23:10
  more
• 23:10
  adventures.
• 23:11
  And
• 23:11
  our
• 23:11
  second
• 23:12
  book,
• 23:12
  what
• 23:13
  we
• 23:13
  did,
• 23:13
  and
• 23:13
  I'll
• 23:13
  just
• 23:14
  show
• 23:14
  it
• 23:14
  to
• 23:14
  you.
• 23:14
  I
• 23:14
  know
• 23:14
  the
• 23:15
  listening
• 23:15
  audience
• 23:15
  can't
• 23:16
  see
• 23:16
  it,
• 23:16
  but.
• 23:16
  But
• 23:17
  you'll
• 23:17
  see,
• 23:17
  we
• 23:17
  took
• 23:17
  our
• 23:18
  banner.
• 23:18
  We
• 23:19
  Adventures
• 23:19
  of
• 23:19
  Caboose
• 23:20
  the
• 23:20
  Rocky
• 23:20
  Mountain
• 23:21
  Bear.
• 23:21
  And
• 23:22
  then
• 23:22
  our
• 23:22
  second
• 23:22
  book
• 23:22
  is
• 23:23
  actually
• 23:23
  called
• 23:24
  Hijinks
• 23:24
  from
• 23:25
  the
• 23:25
  Big
• 23:25
  Head
• 23:25
  Folk
• 23:26
  Music
• 23:26
  Festival.
• 23:27
  That's
• 23:27
  the
• 23:28
  intention
• 23:28
  is
• 23:28
  to
• 23:29
  have
• 23:29
  a
• 23:29
  master
• 23:29
  brand
• 23:30
  like
• 23:30
  Caboose,
• 23:31
  and
• 23:31
  then
• 23:31
  to
• 23:32
  build
• 23:32
  out
• 23:32
  the
• 23:32
  adventures
• 23:33
  from
• 23:33
  there.
• 23:34
  And
• 23:34
  that's
• 23:34
  a
• 23:34
  beautiful
• 23:35
  thing
• 23:35
  about
• 23:35
  you
• 23:35
  setting
• 23:36
  up
• 23:36
  yours
• 23:37
  is
• 23:37
  the
• 23:37
  Playdate
• 23:38
  Club
• 23:38
  is
• 23:39
  there's
• 23:40
  so
• 23:40
  many
• 23:40
  things
• 23:40
  that
• 23:40
  children
• 23:41
  do
• 23:41
  in
• 23:41
  a
• 23:41
  club.
• 23:42
  So
• 23:42
  for
• 23:42
  you,
• 23:43
  the
• 23:44
  amount
• 23:44
  of
• 23:44
  stories
• 23:45
  is
• 23:46
  endless.
• 23:47
  Are
• 23:47
  you
• 23:48
  going
• 23:48
  to
• 23:48
  use
• 23:48
  some
• 23:48
  of
• 23:48
  the
• 23:49
  graphics
• 23:50
  from
• 23:50
  your
• 23:50
  first
• 23:51
  book
• 23:51
  to
• 23:51
  build
• 23:52
  out
• 23:52
  your
• 23:53
  website?
• 23:54
  Yes,
• 23:55
  I'm
• 23:55
  going
• 23:55
  to
• 23:55
  keep
• 23:55
  it
• 23:55
  consistent.
• 23:56
  Is
• 23:57
  the
• 23:57
  illustrator
• 23:58
  going
• 23:58
  to
• 23:58
  help
• 23:58
  you?
• 23:59
  Yes,
• 24:00
  she's
• 24:00
  all
• 24:01
  in.
• 24:01
  She's
• 24:02
  all
• 24:02
  in.
• 24:02
  Do
• 24:03
  you
• 24:03
  have
• 24:03
  the
• 24:03
  skills
• 24:04
  to
• 24:04
  do
• 24:04
  the
• 24:04
  website
• 24:05
  or
• 24:05
  are
• 24:06
  you
• 24:06
  hiring
• 24:06
  it
• 24:06
  out?
• 24:07
  How
• 24:07
  are
• 24:07
  you
• 24:07
  going
• 24:07
  about
• 24:08
  that?
• 24:08
  I
• 24:09
  have
• 24:09
  my
• 24:11
  nephew
• 24:11
  who
• 24:11
  is
• 24:12
  an
• 24:12
  IT
• 24:12
  guy.
• 24:12
  He's
• 24:13
  working
• 24:13
  on
• 24:13
  it.
• 24:14
  It
• 24:14
  was
• 24:14
  interesting
• 24:14
  because
• 24:15
  on
• 24:15
  Tuesday
• 24:16
  I
• 24:16
  interviewed
• 24:17
  children's
• 24:18
  book
• 24:18
  author
• 24:19
  Rusty
• 24:19
  Austin.
• 24:20
  And
• 24:21
  Rusty's
• 24:21
  from
• 24:21
  Palm
• 24:22
  Springs,
• 24:22
  California,
• 24:23
  and
• 24:23
  he
• 24:24
  just
• 24:24
  recently
• 24:25
  retired.
• 24:25
  He's
• 24:26
  got
• 24:26
  four
• 24:26
  children's
• 24:27
  books.
• 24:27
  He
• 24:28
  started
• 24:28
  writing
• 24:29
  in
• 24:29
  2016,
• 24:31
  but
• 24:31
  he
• 24:31
  said
• 24:32
  it
• 24:32
  wasn't
• 24:32
  till
• 24:33
  late
• 24:33
  last
• 24:34
  year
• 24:34
  that
• 24:34
  he
• 24:34
  actually
• 24:35
  developed
• 24:35
  a
• 24:36
  website.
• 24:37
  And
• 24:37
  that's
• 24:38
  when
• 24:38
  he
• 24:38
  noticed
• 24:38
  he
• 24:39
  started
• 24:39
  to
• 24:39
  get
• 24:40
  a
• 24:40
  lot
• 24:40
  more
• 24:40
  traction
• 24:41
  on
• 24:41
  his
• 24:42
  books
• 24:42
  because
• 24:42
  he
• 24:42
  had
• 24:42
  a
• 24:43
  place,
• 24:43
  a
• 24:43
  home
• 24:43
  for
• 24:44
  his
• 24:44
  four
• 24:44
  books.
• 24:45
  And
• 24:45
  so
• 24:46
  I'm
• 24:46
  glad
• 24:47
  because
• 24:47
  we
• 24:47
  went
• 24:47
  through
• 24:48
  the
• 24:48
  same
• 24:48
  thing
• 24:48
  as
• 24:49
  you
• 24:49
  is
• 24:50
  we
• 24:52
  wrote
• 24:52
  our
• 24:52
  first
• 24:52
  children's
• 24:53
  book.
• 24:53
  We
• 24:54
  created
• 24:54
  a
• 24:54
  link
• 24:55
  for
• 24:55
  Amazon,
• 24:56
  and
• 24:56
  we
• 24:57
  put
• 24:57
  that
• 24:57
  on
• 24:57
  our
• 24:57
  social
• 24:58
  media.
• 24:59
  At
• 24:59
  the
• 24:59
  end
• 24:59
  of
• 24:59
  the
• 25:00
  day,
• 25:00
  a
• 25:00
  lot
• 25:00
  of
• 25:00
  people
• 25:01
  said,
• 25:01
  where's
• 25:01
  your
• 25:01
  home?
• 25:02
  And
• 25:02
  I
• 25:02
  said,
• 25:02
  what
• 25:03
  do
• 25:03
  you
• 25:03
  mean,
• 25:03
  home?
• 25:03
  And
• 25:04
  they
• 25:04
  said,
• 25:04
  where's
• 25:04
  your
• 25:04
  home
• 25:04
  for
• 25:05
  your
• 25:05
  book?
• 25:05
  And
• 25:05
  they
• 25:05
  meant
• 25:06
  website
• 25:07
  and.
• 25:07
  And
• 25:07
  that's
• 25:07
  how
• 25:08
  we
• 25:08
  all
• 25:08
  come
• 25:08
  about
• 25:09
  it.
• 25:09
  But
• 25:09
  it's
• 25:09
  fun
• 25:10
  because
• 25:10
  I'm
• 25:11
  excited
• 25:12
  for
• 25:12
  you
• 25:12
  because
• 25:13
  we
• 25:13
  did
• 25:13
  the
• 25:13
  same
• 25:14
  thing
• 25:14
  as
• 25:14
  you're
• 25:14
  doing.
• 25:15
  We
• 25:15
  used
• 25:15
  the
• 25:16
  illustrations
• 25:17
  from
• 25:17
  our
• 25:17
  first
• 25:17
  and
• 25:17
  second
• 25:18
  book
• 25:18
  to
• 25:19
  build
• 25:19
  our
• 25:19
  website.
• 25:20
  Good
• 25:20
  luck
• 25:20
  and
• 25:20
  much
• 25:21
  success
• 25:21
  you'll
• 25:21
  have.
• 25:22
  You'll
• 25:22
  have
• 25:22
  to
• 25:22
  let
• 25:23
  me
• 25:23
  know
• 25:23
  when
• 25:23
  you
• 25:23
  do
• 25:24
  have
• 25:24
  it
• 25:24
  go
• 25:24
  live
• 25:25
  because
• 25:25
  I
• 25:25
  can
• 25:26
  go
• 25:26
  in
• 25:26
  and
• 25:26
  change
• 25:27
  the
• 25:27
  show
• 25:27
  notes
• 25:28
  to
• 25:28
  add
• 25:29
  it
• 25:29
  in
• 25:29
  the
• 25:29
  future.
• 25:29
  Absolutely.
• 25:30
  Okay.
• 25:30
  Absolutely.
• 25:32
  Motivation.
• 25:33
  Was
• 25:33
  there
• 25:34
  a
• 25:34
  specific
• 25:35
  person
• 25:36
  or
• 25:36
  event
• 25:37
  that
• 25:37
  motivated
• 25:38
  you
• 25:38
  to
• 25:38
  finally
• 25:39
  take
• 25:39
  action?
• 25:40
  I
• 25:40
  know
• 25:40
  you
• 25:41
  said
• 25:41
  you
• 25:41
  moved
• 25:42
  into
• 25:42
  a
• 25:42
  new
• 25:42
  home,
• 25:43
  you
• 25:43
  pulled
• 25:44
  your
• 25:44
  story
• 25:44
  out,
• 25:44
  but
• 25:45
  what
• 25:45
  motivated
• 25:46
  you
• 25:46
  to
• 25:46
  take
• 25:46
  action?
• 25:47
  Was
• 25:47
  there
• 25:47
  a
• 25:47
  person
• 25:48
  or
• 25:48
  an
• 25:48
  event.
• 25:49
  I
• 25:49
  want
• 25:49
  to
• 25:49
  say,
• 25:51
  coming
• 25:52
  out
• 25:52
  of
• 25:52
  COVID
• 25:53
  We
• 25:54
  have
• 25:54
  a
• 25:54
  business,
• 25:55
  so
• 25:55
  obviously
• 25:55
  that
• 25:56
  was
• 25:56
  a
• 25:56
  little
• 25:56
  tough
• 25:56
  for
• 25:57
  us.
• 25:57
  We
• 25:57
  didn't
• 25:57
  know
• 25:58
  what
• 25:58
  was
• 25:58
  going
• 25:58
  to
• 25:58
  happen.
• 25:59
  But
• 26:00
  I
• 26:01
  feel
• 26:01
  like
• 26:01
  I
• 26:01
  needed
• 26:02
  some
• 26:02
  kind
• 26:02
  of
• 26:03
  motivation,
• 26:04
  something
• 26:04
  for
• 26:05
  me.
• 26:05
  I
• 26:06
  have
• 26:06
  been
• 26:07
  working
• 26:07
  alongside
• 26:08
  my
• 26:08
  husband
• 26:08
  for
• 26:09
  many
• 26:09
  years,
• 26:10
  and
• 26:10
  I
• 26:10
  just
• 26:10
  needed
• 26:11
  something
• 26:11
  for
• 26:12
  me,
• 26:12
  like
• 26:13
  it
• 26:13
  was
• 26:13
  just
• 26:13
  mine.
• 26:14
  And
• 26:15
  I
• 26:15
  think
• 26:15
  that
• 26:15
  Was
• 26:15
  the
• 26:15
  very
• 26:16
  first
• 26:17
  inspiration.
• 26:19
  Nice.
• 26:21
  And
• 26:21
  has
• 26:21
  it
• 26:22
  filled
• 26:22
  that
• 26:23
  void
• 26:23
  in
• 26:23
  a
• 26:23
  way
• 26:24
  or
• 26:24
  that
• 26:25
  drive?
• 26:26
  Absolutely.
• 26:26
  Absolutely.
• 26:28
  I
• 26:29
  was
• 26:29
  just
• 26:30
  focused
• 26:30
  on
• 26:30
  the
• 26:30
  one
• 26:31
  book,
• 26:31
  although
• 26:31
  I
• 26:32
  had
• 26:32
  written
• 26:32
  a
• 26:32
  little
• 26:32
  stories,
• 26:33
  but
• 26:34
  once
• 26:35
  this
• 26:35
  happened,
• 26:36
  and
• 26:36
  voila.
• 26:37
  I
• 26:37
  was
• 26:37
  a
• 26:37
  published
• 26:38
  author.
• 26:39
  I
• 26:39
  just
• 26:39
  want
• 26:40
  to
• 26:40
  keep
• 26:40
  writing
• 26:41
  and
• 26:41
  not
• 26:41
  just
• 26:41
  children's
• 26:42
  books.
• 26:42
  Obviously,
• 26:43
  my
• 26:43
  focus
• 26:43
  will
• 26:44
  be
• 26:44
  children's
• 26:44
  books,
• 26:45
  because
• 26:45
  that's
• 26:45
  always
• 26:45
  been
• 26:45
  my
• 26:46
  passion,
• 26:46
  but
• 26:47
  now
• 26:47
  I
• 26:47
  want
• 26:47
  to
• 26:47
  do
• 26:47
  other
• 26:47
  things,
• 26:48
  so
• 26:49
  we'll
• 26:49
  see.
• 26:49
  So
• 26:49
  I'm
• 26:49
  back
• 26:50
  and
• 26:50
  forth.
• 26:50
  So
• 26:50
  I'm
• 26:50
  pretty
• 26:51
  busy
• 26:51
  now.
• 26:51
  Yeah.
• 26:51
  No,
• 26:52
  that's
• 26:52
  fantastic
• 26:53
  character
• 26:54
  development
• 26:55
  in
• 26:55
  your
• 26:55
  books.
• 26:56
  And
• 26:56
  I
• 26:57
  know
• 26:57
  that
• 26:57
  you
• 26:57
  have
• 26:57
  two
• 26:57
  main
• 26:58
  characters,
• 26:59
  Danny
• 26:59
  and
• 26:59
  Sky.
• 27:00
  Talk
• 27:00
  to
• 27:00
  us
• 27:00
  about
• 27:01
  that
• 27:01
  whole
• 27:02
  relationship
• 27:03
  and
• 27:04
  why
• 27:04
  two
• 27:04
  main
• 27:05
  characters,
• 27:06
  and
• 27:07
  they
• 27:07
  go
• 27:08
  through
• 27:08
  this
• 27:09
  adventure
• 27:09
  together,
• 27:10
  and
• 27:11
  it's
• 27:11
  very
• 27:11
  cool.
• 27:12
  I
• 27:12
  don't
• 27:12
  want
• 27:12
  to
• 27:12
  give
• 27:12
  the
• 27:12
  whole
• 27:13
  story
• 27:13
  away,
• 27:13
  but
• 27:14
  tell
• 27:14
  us
• 27:14
  about
• 27:15
  this
• 27:15
  whole
• 27:15
  character
• 27:16
  development
• 27:16
  of
• 27:17
  Dani
• 27:17
  and
• 27:17
  Sky.
• 27:18
  It's
• 27:18
  actually
• 27:19
  true.
• 27:19
  Everything
• 27:20
  about
• 27:20
  the
• 27:20
  book
• 27:20
  is
• 27:21
  true.
• 27:22
  So
• 27:22
  Dani
• 27:23
  is
• 27:23
  one
• 27:23
  of
• 27:24
  my
• 27:24
  oldest
• 27:24
  nieces
• 27:25
  who
• 27:25
  is
• 27:25
  actually
• 27:26
  adopted,
• 27:27
  and
• 27:28
  she
• 27:28
  spends
• 27:28
  a
• 27:28
  lot
• 27:28
  of
• 27:28
  time
• 27:29
  in
• 27:29
  my
• 27:29
  house
• 27:30
  with
• 27:30
  sky.
• 27:31
  And
• 27:32
  that's
• 27:32
  how
• 27:32
  it
• 27:32
  all
• 27:33
  started
• 27:33
  with
• 27:33
  them
• 27:33
  two
• 27:33
  cooking.
• 27:34
  She's
• 27:34
  actually
• 27:35
  a
• 27:35
  baker.
• 27:36
  She's
• 27:36
  a
• 27:36
  culinary
• 27:37
  baker.
• 27:38
  And
• 27:38
  she
• 27:38
  went
• 27:38
  to
• 27:39
  school,
• 27:39
  and
• 27:39
  she's
• 27:40
  doing
• 27:40
  fantastic.
• 27:41
  Now
• 27:41
  she's
• 27:41
  a
• 27:41
  grown
• 27:42
  woman.
• 27:42
  Skylar
• 27:43
  is
• 27:43
  gonna
• 27:43
  be
• 27:43
  17.
• 27:45
  But
• 27:46
  that
• 27:46
  was
• 27:46
  the
• 27:47
  character
• 27:47
  development.
• 27:48
  I
• 27:48
  can't
• 27:49
  even
• 27:49
  tell
• 27:49
  you
• 27:49
  that
• 27:49
  I
• 27:50
  developed
• 27:50
  the
• 27:50
  character,
• 27:51
  because
• 27:51
  it
• 27:51
  was
• 27:51
  in
• 27:52
  my
• 27:52
  face.
• 27:52
  It
• 27:52
  was
• 27:52
  in
• 27:53
  my
• 27:53
  kitchen.
• 27:53
  It
• 27:54
  just.
• 27:54
  It
• 27:54
  happened
• 27:55
  so
• 27:55
  naturally,
• 27:56
  and
• 27:56
  I
• 27:57
  just
• 27:57
  wrote
• 27:57
  it
• 27:57
  all
• 27:57
  down.
• 27:58
  I
• 27:59
  always
• 27:59
  say
• 28:00
  to
• 28:01
  aspiring
• 28:01
  children's
• 28:02
  book
• 28:02
  authors,
• 28:03
  if
• 28:03
  I
• 28:03
  talk
• 28:04
  to
• 28:04
  you
• 28:04
  about
• 28:04
  our
• 28:04
  book
• 28:05
  series
• 28:05
  and
• 28:05
  our
• 28:06
  adventures,
• 28:07
  every
• 28:07
  single
• 28:07
  story
• 28:08
  is
• 28:09
  based
• 28:09
  on
• 28:09
  it.
• 28:10
  An
• 28:10
  actual
• 28:10
  event
• 28:11
  that
• 28:11
  happened.
• 28:12
  And
• 28:12
  in
• 28:12
  our
• 28:13
  case,
• 28:13
  we
• 28:13
  turned
• 28:13
  our
• 28:14
  characters
• 28:15
  into
• 28:15
  animals.
• 28:16
  And
• 28:16
  each
• 28:16
  one
• 28:16
  of
• 28:16
  my
• 28:17
  grandchildren
• 28:18
  has
• 28:19
  chosen
• 28:20
  a
• 28:22
  animal
• 28:22
  that
• 28:23
  naturally
• 28:23
  lives
• 28:24
  in
• 28:24
  the
• 28:24
  Rocky
• 28:25
  Mountains.
• 28:25
  That's
• 28:25
  just
• 28:25
  what
• 28:26
  we
• 28:26
  decide
• 28:26
  to
• 28:26
  do
• 28:27
  now.
• 28:27
  In
• 28:27
  our
• 28:28
  books,
• 28:28
  we
• 28:28
  also
• 28:29
  add
• 28:29
  humans
• 28:30
  because
• 28:31
  we
• 28:31
  want
• 28:31
  to
• 28:32
  make
• 28:32
  sure
• 28:32
  that
• 28:33
  people
• 28:34
  understand
• 28:34
  we're
• 28:35
  on
• 28:35
  this
• 28:35
  world
• 28:35
  together
• 28:36
  with
• 28:36
  animals
• 28:36
  and
• 28:37
  all
• 28:37
  kinds
• 28:38
  of
• 28:38
  wildlife.
• 28:39
  We
• 28:39
  need
• 28:39
  to
• 28:39
  understand
• 28:40
  that
• 28:40
  we're
• 28:40
  sharing
• 28:40
  this,
• 28:41
  and
• 28:42
  so
• 28:42
  that's
• 28:42
  what
• 28:43
  we
• 28:43
  try
• 28:43
  and
• 28:43
  do.
• 28:44
  That's
• 28:44
  right.
• 28:44
  I
• 28:44
  love
• 28:45
  what
• 28:45
  you
• 28:45
  created.
• 28:46
  Thank
• 28:46
  you.
• 28:46
  I
• 28:47
  appreciate
• 28:47
  that.
• 28:48
  The
• 28:49
  theme
• 28:49
  of
• 28:50
  your
• 28:50
  book.
• 28:51
  Let's
• 28:51
  talk
• 28:51
  about
• 28:52
  the
• 28:53
  theme.
• 28:53
  I
• 28:53
  know
• 28:54
  when
• 28:54
  you
• 28:54
  went
• 28:54
  through
• 28:55
  Miriam
• 28:55
  Laundrie
• 28:56
  and
• 28:56
  then
• 28:56
  you
• 28:56
  used
• 28:57
  their
• 28:57
  editing
• 28:57
  process
• 28:58
  and
• 28:58
  all
• 28:58
  that,
• 28:59
  did
• 28:59
  you
• 28:59
  have
• 28:59
  multiple
• 29:00
  themes,
• 29:00
  or
• 29:01
  did
• 29:01
  you
• 29:01
  have
• 29:01
  a
• 29:01
  clear
• 29:02
  theme
• 29:02
  right
• 29:02
  from
• 29:03
  the
• 29:03
  beginning,
• 29:04
  or
• 29:04
  did
• 29:04
  they
• 29:04
  help
• 29:05
  you
• 29:06
  drill
• 29:06
  it
• 29:06
  down?
• 29:06
  Tell
• 29:07
  us
• 29:07
  about
• 29:07
  that
• 29:07
  journey.
• 29:09
  I
• 29:09
  had
• 29:09
  it
• 29:09
  clear
• 29:10
  from
• 29:10
  the
• 29:10
  beginning.
• 29:11
  I
• 29:11
  had
• 29:12
  it
• 29:12
  clear
• 29:12
  from
• 29:12
  the
• 29:12
  beginning.
• 29:13
  I
• 29:13
  knew
• 29:13
  that
• 29:15
  that
• 29:15
  book
• 29:16
  was
• 29:16
  going
• 29:16
  to
• 29:16
  be
• 29:16
  about
• 29:17
  sharing,
• 29:18
  baking,
• 29:19
  laughing
• 29:20
  together,
• 29:21
  making
• 29:22
  stories,
• 29:24
  accepting
• 29:25
  different
• 29:25
  cultures.
• 29:27
  I
• 29:27
  already
• 29:27
  knew
• 29:27
  what
• 29:28
  the
• 29:28
  story
• 29:28
  was
• 29:28
  about.
• 29:29
  Marion
• 29:29
  didn't.
• 29:29
  She
• 29:30
  didn't
• 29:30
  even
• 29:30
  try
• 29:30
  to
• 29:31
  change
• 29:31
  it.
• 29:31
  She
• 29:31
  was
• 29:32
  happy
• 29:32
  with
• 29:32
  what
• 29:32
  I
• 29:32
  had.
• 29:33
  Of
• 29:33
  course,
• 29:34
  there
• 29:34
  was
• 29:34
  like
• 29:34
  punctuations
• 29:35
  and
• 29:35
  marks
• 29:36
  and
• 29:36
  stuff
• 29:36
  like
• 29:36
  that,
• 29:36
  but
• 29:37
  other
• 29:37
  than
• 29:37
  that,
• 29:37
  the
• 29:37
  story
• 29:38
  stayed
• 29:38
  true.
• 29:39
  How
• 29:40
  did
• 29:40
  you
• 29:40
  tie
• 29:41
  your
• 29:42
  theme
• 29:42
  into
• 29:43
  your
• 29:43
  central
• 29:43
  teaching?
• 29:45
  I
• 29:45
  would
• 29:45
  say
• 29:47
  basically
• 29:48
  the
• 29:48
  experience
• 29:48
  and
• 29:49
  the
• 29:49
  moments,
• 29:50
  that's
• 29:51
  how
• 29:51
  it
• 29:51
  all
• 29:51
  just
• 29:51
  came
• 29:51
  together.
• 29:53
  There
• 29:53
  is
• 29:54
  two
• 29:54
  little
• 29:55
  girls,
• 29:55
  like
• 29:56
  you
• 29:56
  said,
• 29:56
  from
• 29:57
  different
• 29:57
  cultural
• 29:58
  backgrounds
• 29:59
  who
• 30:00
  have
• 30:01
  are
• 30:01
  introducing
• 30:02
  each
• 30:02
  other
• 30:03
  to
• 30:04
  their
• 30:04
  own
• 30:04
  special
• 30:05
  treats
• 30:05
  from
• 30:06
  their
• 30:06
  culture.
• 30:07
  And
• 30:09
  they
• 30:09
  share
• 30:10
  the
• 30:10
  journey
• 30:11
  together.
• 30:11
  They
• 30:12
  go
• 30:12
  on
• 30:12
  this
• 30:12
  journey
• 30:13
  where
• 30:13
  one
• 30:14
  comes
• 30:15
  over
• 30:15
  and
• 30:15
  bakes
• 30:16
  the
• 30:16
  recipe
• 30:17
  with
• 30:17
  the
• 30:17
  other
• 30:18
  person
• 30:18
  and
• 30:18
  then
• 30:19
  they
• 30:19
  go
• 30:19
  to
• 30:19
  the
• 30:19
  other
• 30:20
  house
• 30:20
  and
• 30:20
  they
• 30:20
  do
• 30:20
  the
• 30:21
  same
• 30:21
  thing.
• 30:22
  I
• 30:22
  love
• 30:22
  that
• 30:22
  and
• 30:23
  I
• 30:23
  loved
• 30:23
  how
• 30:23
  you
• 30:24
  share
• 30:25
  the
• 30:25
  recipe.
• 30:26
  So
• 30:26
  just
• 30:27
  for
• 30:27
  the
• 30:28
  listeners,
• 30:29
  if
• 30:29
  it's
• 30:29
  just
• 30:29
  for
• 30:30
  the
• 30:30
  recipes,
• 30:31
  buy
• 30:32
  the
• 30:33
  sweet
• 30:33
  Play
• 30:34
  Date
• 30:34
  Club
• 30:34
  book.
• 30:35
  Just
• 30:35
  for
• 30:35
  the
• 30:35
  recipe.
• 30:36
  Just
• 30:36
  for
• 30:36
  the
• 30:36
  recipe.
• 30:37
  My
• 30:37
  wife
• 30:37
  is
• 30:39
  makes
• 30:39
  a
• 30:40
  one
• 30:41
  of
• 30:41
  the
• 30:41
  desserts
• 30:41
  that
• 30:42
  you
• 30:42
  talk
• 30:42
  about,
• 30:42
  but
• 30:43
  it
• 30:43
  has
• 30:43
  the
• 30:43
  cherry
• 30:44
  on
• 30:44
  top.
• 30:44
  It
• 30:45
  doesn't
• 30:45
  have
• 30:45
  the
• 30:46
  thumbprint
• 30:46
  in
• 30:47
  the
• 30:47
  middle.
• 30:47
  The
• 30:47
  shortbread
• 30:48
  cookie,
• 30:48
  the
• 30:49
  sharp
• 30:49
  bread
• 30:49
  cookie.
• 30:50
  Yeah,
• 30:50
  but
• 30:50
  a
• 30:51
  lot
• 30:51
  of
• 30:51
  fun.
• 30:51
  Again,
• 30:52
  your
• 30:52
  book
• 30:52
  brought
• 30:53
  back
• 30:54
  memories
• 30:54
  of
• 30:54
  my
• 30:55
  mom
• 30:56
  made
• 30:56
  those
• 30:56
  cookies
• 30:57
  and
• 30:57
  passed
• 30:58
  it
• 30:58
  on
• 30:58
  to
• 30:58
  my
• 30:58
  wife
• 30:59
  and
• 30:59
  we
• 30:59
  passed
• 31:00
  it
• 31:00
  on
• 31:00
  to
• 31:01
  our
• 31:01
  children.
• 31:01
  Those
• 31:02
  are
• 31:02
  our
• 31:02
  festive
• 31:02
  cookies.
• 31:03
  We
• 31:03
  make
• 31:03
  those
• 31:04
  every
• 31:04
  holiday.
• 31:06
  That's
• 31:06
  our
• 31:07
  cookie.
• 31:07
  For
• 31:08
  us,
• 31:08
  it's
• 31:08
  guava.
• 31:09
  That's
• 31:09
  our
• 31:09
  traditional
• 31:11
  thumbprint.
• 31:11
  That's
• 31:12
  what
• 31:12
  you're
• 31:12
  filling
• 31:12
  in
• 31:12
  with.
• 31:13
  But
• 31:13
  because
• 31:13
  sky
• 31:14
  was
• 31:14
  little,
• 31:15
  she
• 31:15
  just
• 31:15
  explores.
• 31:16
  She
• 31:16
  explored
• 31:17
  with
• 31:17
  Nutella,
• 31:18
  she
• 31:18
  explored
• 31:18
  with
• 31:18
  sprinkles.
• 31:19
  You
• 31:19
  can
• 31:19
  put
• 31:19
  whatever
• 31:20
  your
• 31:20
  little
• 31:21
  heart
• 31:21
  desires
• 31:21
  in.
• 31:22
  And
• 31:22
  I
• 31:22
  think
• 31:23
  that's
• 31:23
  fun.
• 31:24
  That's
• 31:24
  a
• 31:24
  lot
• 31:24
  of
• 31:24
  fun
• 31:24
  for
• 31:24
  them.
• 31:25
  And
• 31:25
  it's
• 31:26
  a
• 31:26
  good
• 31:26
  way
• 31:26
  to
• 31:26
  introduce
• 31:28
  baking
• 31:28
  to
• 31:29
  children
• 31:29
  in
• 31:29
  a
• 31:30
  fun
• 31:30
  manner
• 31:30
  where
• 31:31
  they
• 31:31
  get
• 31:31
  to
• 31:32
  control
• 31:32
  part
• 31:32
  of
• 31:33
  the
• 31:33
  recipe.
• 31:33
  I
• 31:34
  love
• 31:34
  it.
• 31:34
  Thank
• 31:34
  you.
• 31:34
  I
• 31:35
  know
• 31:35
  you
• 31:35
  said
• 31:35
  you're
• 31:36
  working
• 31:36
  on
• 31:36
  your
• 31:37
  second
• 31:37
  book,
• 31:37
  so
• 31:38
  you're
• 31:38
  busy
• 31:38
  because
• 31:38
  you're
• 31:39
  also
• 31:39
  working
• 31:39
  on
• 31:39
  your
• 31:40
  website,
• 31:40
  but
• 31:41
  I'm
• 31:41
  curious
• 31:41
  about
• 31:42
  your
• 31:42
  writing
• 31:43
  process
• 31:43
  from
• 31:44
  two
• 31:44
  standpoints.
• 31:45
  Take
• 31:46
  us
• 31:46
  back
• 31:46
  to
• 31:46
  when
• 31:47
  you
• 31:47
  first
• 31:48
  started
• 31:49
  writing.
• 31:49
  And
• 31:49
  like
• 31:50
  you
• 31:50
  said,
• 31:50
  you
• 31:50
  wrote
• 31:50
  about
• 31:51
  10
• 31:51
  stories,
• 31:52
  threw
• 31:52
  them
• 31:52
  in
• 31:52
  a
• 31:52
  box,
• 31:53
  and
• 31:53
  let
• 31:53
  them
• 31:53
  percolate
• 31:54
  or
• 31:54
  stew
• 31:55
  for
• 31:55
  a
• 31:56
  couple
• 31:56
  of
• 31:56
  years.
• 31:57
  And
• 31:57
  what's
• 31:58
  different
• 31:58
  now?
• 31:59
  Take
• 31:59
  us
• 31:59
  back
• 31:59
  and
• 32:00
  then
• 32:00
  bring
• 32:00
  us
• 32:00
  forward
• 32:01
  to
• 32:01
  your
• 32:01
  writing
• 32:02
  process
• 32:02
  now.
• 32:03
  Okay,
• 32:04
  so
• 32:05
  in
• 32:05
  the
• 32:05
  beginning,
• 32:06
  it's
• 32:06
  more
• 32:07
  like
• 32:08
  you
• 32:08
  just
• 32:08
  write
• 32:08
  what
• 32:09
  you
• 32:09
  saw,
• 32:09
  not
• 32:09
  in
• 32:10
  journaling.
• 32:11
  You
• 32:11
  just
• 32:11
  write
• 32:11
  down
• 32:12
  what
• 32:12
  you
• 32:12
  saw.
• 32:13
  And
• 32:15
  now
• 32:15
  it's
• 32:15
  because
• 32:16
  I've
• 32:16
  learned,
• 32:17
  obviously
• 32:17
  we've
• 32:18
  learned
• 32:18
  how
• 32:18
  to
• 32:18
  do
• 32:18
  it
• 32:19
  now
• 32:19
  and
• 32:19
  I've
• 32:20
  had
• 32:20
  some
• 32:20
  help.
• 32:21
  Now
• 32:21
  it's
• 32:22
  more
• 32:22
  imagination.
• 32:24
  Now
• 32:24
  you
• 32:24
  can
• 32:25
  add.
• 32:25
  There's
• 32:25
  so
• 32:26
  much
• 32:26
  more
• 32:26
  you
• 32:26
  can
• 32:26
  do
• 32:27
  to
• 32:27
  it.
• 32:27
  Before
• 32:27
  it
• 32:28
  was
• 32:28
  you
• 32:28
  just
• 32:28
  write,
• 32:29
  Right?
• 32:29
  We
• 32:29
  write
• 32:30
  what
• 32:30
  you
• 32:30
  feel,
• 32:30
  write
• 32:31
  what
• 32:31
  you
• 32:31
  experience.
• 32:32
  But
• 32:32
  now
• 32:32
  it's
• 32:33
  like
• 32:33
  there's
• 32:33
  so
• 32:33
  much
• 32:34
  more.
• 32:34
  Now
• 32:35
  you
• 32:35
  think
• 32:35
  about
• 32:35
  color,
• 32:36
  you
• 32:36
  think
• 32:37
  about
• 32:37
  the
• 32:37
  outfits,
• 32:38
  you
• 32:38
  think
• 32:38
  about
• 32:38
  the
• 32:39
  background.
• 32:39
  There's
• 32:40
  so
• 32:41
  much
• 32:41
  to
• 32:41
  think
• 32:42
  about.
• 32:43
  And
• 32:43
  that's.
• 32:43
  That's
• 32:44
  what's
• 32:44
  fun
• 32:44
  about
• 32:44
  it.
• 32:45
  Well,
• 32:45
  with
• 32:45
  you,
• 32:46
  setting
• 32:46
  it
• 32:47
  up
• 32:47
  as
• 32:47
  a
• 32:48
  club
• 32:48
  in
• 32:49
  the
• 32:49
  series
• 32:50
  is
• 32:51
  what
• 32:51
  it
• 32:52
  does.
• 32:52
  And
• 32:52
  that's
• 32:52
  what
• 32:53
  I.
• 32:53
  We
• 32:53
  were
• 32:53
  talking
• 32:53
  about
• 32:54
  earlier
• 32:54
  about
• 32:54
  the
• 32:54
  adventures.
• 32:56
  Once
• 32:56
  you
• 32:56
  used
• 32:57
  a
• 32:57
  club
• 32:57
  or
• 32:58
  adventures,
• 33:00
  use
• 33:00
  that
• 33:00
  word,
• 33:01
  then
• 33:01
  all
• 33:01
  of
• 33:01
  a
• 33:02
  sudden
• 33:02
  it
• 33:02
  gives
• 33:03
  you
• 33:03
  this
• 33:03
  literary
• 33:04
  license
• 33:04
  to
• 33:05
  go
• 33:05
  all
• 33:05
  out.
• 33:06
  Do
• 33:06
  you
• 33:06
  think
• 33:06
  you've
• 33:07
  got
• 33:07
  more
• 33:08
  purpose
• 33:08
  or
• 33:09
  more
• 33:09
  focus
• 33:09
  now?
• 33:11
  Definitely
• 33:11
  more
• 33:12
  purpose.
• 33:12
  Okay.
• 33:13
  Because
• 33:14
  I
• 33:14
  saw
• 33:14
  what
• 33:14
  it
• 33:14
  did.
• 33:15
  Besides
• 33:16
  your
• 33:16
  own
• 33:16
  personal
• 33:17
  experience
• 33:17
  with
• 33:18
  Danny
• 33:18
  and
• 33:19
  Skyler,
• 33:20
  tell
• 33:21
  us,
• 33:22
  did
• 33:22
  you
• 33:22
  conduct
• 33:23
  or
• 33:23
  are
• 33:23
  you
• 33:24
  going
• 33:24
  to
• 33:24
  conduct
• 33:25
  any
• 33:25
  additional
• 33:26
  research
• 33:26
  in
• 33:26
  the
• 33:27
  future
• 33:28
  as
• 33:28
  you
• 33:28
  write
• 33:28
  your
• 33:29
  books?
• 33:30
  Right
• 33:30
  now
• 33:30
  I'm
• 33:30
  going
• 33:30
  to
• 33:31
  stick
• 33:31
  to
• 33:31
  my
• 33:31
  stories
• 33:32
  only
• 33:32
  because
• 33:34
  I
• 33:34
  still
• 33:34
  have
• 33:34
  nine
• 33:35
  to
• 33:35
  go.
• 33:35
  Okay.
• 33:36
  So
• 33:36
  I
• 33:37
  want
• 33:37
  to
• 33:37
  stick
• 33:37
  to
• 33:37
  that.
• 33:37
  Obviously
• 33:38
  I'll
• 33:38
  do
• 33:38
  research
• 33:38
  on
• 33:39
  that
• 33:39
  because
• 33:40
  I
• 33:40
  have
• 33:40
  to
• 33:40
  make
• 33:41
  sure
• 33:41
  that
• 33:42
  the
• 33:42
  recipes
• 33:42
  are
• 33:43
  perfected.
• 33:44
  I
• 33:44
  didn't
• 33:44
  make
• 33:45
  these
• 33:45
  recipes.
• 33:45
  The
• 33:46
  children
• 33:46
  did.
• 33:46
  So
• 33:46
  obviously
• 33:47
  have
• 33:47
  to
• 33:47
  go
• 33:47
  back
• 33:47
  and
• 33:47
  research
• 33:48
  on
• 33:48
  how
• 33:48
  they
• 33:48
  did
• 33:48
  it.
• 33:49
  How
• 33:49
  what
• 33:49
  did
• 33:49
  they
• 33:49
  used.
• 33:50
  These
• 33:51
  girls
• 33:51
  are
• 33:52
  so
• 33:52
  much
• 33:52
  older
• 33:53
  now.
• 33:53
  I'm
• 33:53
  hoping
• 33:53
  that
• 33:54
  they
• 33:54
  remember
• 33:54
  these
• 33:55
  days
• 33:55
  and
• 33:55
  we
• 33:55
  can
• 33:55
  go
• 33:56
  back
• 33:56
  and
• 33:56
  talk
• 33:56
  about
• 33:56
  it.
• 33:57
  To
• 33:58
  have
• 33:58
  your
• 33:58
  niece
• 33:59
  actually
• 33:59
  go
• 34:00
  into
• 34:00
  the
• 34:00
  culinary
• 34:02
  industry,
• 34:03
  right.
• 34:03
  You
• 34:03
  must
• 34:04
  have
• 34:04
  a
• 34:04
  lot
• 34:04
  of
• 34:05
  fond
• 34:05
  memories
• 34:06
  to
• 34:06
  help
• 34:07
  drive
• 34:07
  that
• 34:08
  now
• 34:08
  her
• 34:08
  professional
• 34:09
  career.
• 34:10
  That's
• 34:10
  right.
• 34:11
  And
• 34:11
  when
• 34:11
  you
• 34:12
  say
• 34:12
  nine,
• 34:13
  it's
• 34:13
  interesting
• 34:13
  because
• 34:14
  we're
• 34:14
  up
• 34:14
  to
• 34:14
  38
• 34:15
  and.
• 34:18
  But
• 34:18
  the
• 34:18
  only
• 34:18
  reason
• 34:19
  I
• 34:19
  mention
• 34:19
  that
• 34:20
  is
• 34:20
  that
• 34:20
  you
• 34:21
  may
• 34:21
  find
• 34:21
  that
• 34:22
  your
• 34:22
  nine
• 34:22
  manifests
• 34:23
  itself
• 34:24
  into
• 34:24
  18
• 34:25
  or
• 34:25
  20,
• 34:26
  whatever.
• 34:26
  You
• 34:27
  know
• 34:27
  what?
• 34:27
  I
• 34:27
  hope
• 34:28
  so.
• 34:28
  I
• 34:28
  hope
• 34:29
  so.
• 34:29
  Success.
• 34:30
  Knowing
• 34:31
  that
• 34:31
  you're
• 34:31
  newly
• 34:32
  minted
• 34:32
  children's
• 34:33
  book
• 34:33
  author,
• 34:34
  you've
• 34:34
  released
• 34:34
  your
• 34:34
  first
• 34:35
  book.
• 34:36
  I
• 34:36
  want
• 34:36
  you
• 34:36
  to
• 34:36
  think
• 34:37
  about
• 34:37
  this
• 34:37
  in
• 34:37
  two
• 34:38
  ways.
• 34:38
  I
• 34:38
  want
• 34:39
  you
• 34:39
  to
• 34:39
  think
• 34:39
  about
• 34:40
  before
• 34:40
  you
• 34:41
  even
• 34:41
  had
• 34:41
  your
• 34:41
  published
• 34:42
  book,
• 34:42
  how
• 34:43
  were
• 34:43
  you
• 34:43
  envisioning
• 34:44
  success
• 34:44
  for
• 34:45
  your
• 34:45
  book?
• 34:45
  And
• 34:46
  now
• 34:46
  that
• 34:46
  you
• 34:46
  have
• 34:46
  your
• 34:47
  book
• 34:47
  published,
• 34:48
  what's
• 34:49
  that
• 34:49
  success
• 34:49
  look
• 34:50
  like?
• 34:50
  And
• 34:50
  does
• 34:51
  it
• 34:51
  match
• 34:51
  up
• 34:51
  or
• 34:52
  what's
• 34:52
  changed?
• 34:53
  I
• 34:53
  want
• 34:53
  to
• 34:54
  say
• 34:55
  both.
• 34:55
  It
• 34:56
  does
• 34:56
  match
• 34:56
  up.
• 34:56
  But
• 34:57
  I
• 34:57
  think
• 34:57
  that
• 34:57
  what
• 34:57
  changed
• 34:58
  was
• 34:59
  my
• 34:59
  feelings.
• 35:01
  How
• 35:03
  I'm
• 35:03
  sure
• 35:03
  you've
• 35:04
  understand
• 35:04
  this
• 35:04
  you
• 35:05
  know
• 35:05
  what
• 35:05
  it
• 35:05
  does
• 35:05
  to
• 35:06
  people
• 35:06
  when
• 35:06
  you
• 35:07
  get
• 35:07
  phone
• 35:08
  calls
• 35:08
  and
• 35:08
  the
• 35:09
  kids
• 35:09
  talk
• 35:09
  to
• 35:10
  you
• 35:10
  about
• 35:10
  it
• 35:10
  and
• 35:10
  they're
• 35:10
  excited?
• 35:12
  You
• 35:12
  know
• 35:12
  what
• 35:12
  that
• 35:12
  does
• 35:13
  to
• 35:13
  your
• 35:13
  heart?
• 35:14
  Even
• 35:14
  the
• 35:14
  success
• 35:15
  that
• 35:15
  Sweet
• 35:15
  Play
• 35:16
  Day
• 35:16
  Club
• 35:16
  has
• 35:16
  had
• 35:17
  since
• 35:17
  July
• 35:17
  and
• 35:18
  it's
• 35:18
  only
• 35:18
  been
• 35:19
  a
• 35:19
  couple
• 35:19
  months,
• 35:20
  my
• 35:21
  heart
• 35:21
  is
• 35:21
  full.
• 35:23
  So
• 35:23
  that's
• 35:23
  what
• 35:24
  that
• 35:24
  changed.
• 35:24
  It
• 35:24
  matched
• 35:25
  up
• 35:25
  with
• 35:25
  the
• 35:25
  success.
• 35:25
  I
• 35:26
  was
• 35:26
  a
• 35:26
  little
• 35:26
  scared,
• 35:27
  obviously,
• 35:27
  because
• 35:28
  it
• 35:28
  was
• 35:28
  my
• 35:28
  first
• 35:28
  time.
• 35:29
  I
• 35:29
  didn't
• 35:30
  know
• 35:30
  how
• 35:30
  well
• 35:30
  it
• 35:30
  was
• 35:30
  going
• 35:30
  to
• 35:31
  do.
• 35:33
  But
• 35:33
  now
• 35:33
  I'm
• 35:33
  so
• 35:34
  excited
• 35:34
  to
• 35:34
  see
• 35:35
  what's
• 35:35
  next
• 35:35
  because
• 35:36
  now
• 35:36
  I
• 35:36
  understand
• 35:37
  the
• 35:37
  process
• 35:37
  and
• 35:38
  I
• 35:38
  know
• 35:38
  how
• 35:38
  successful
• 35:39
  it
• 35:39
  can
• 35:39
  be,
• 35:40
  what
• 35:40
  warmth
• 35:40
  it
• 35:41
  brings
• 35:41
  to
• 35:41
  homes.
• 35:42
  So
• 35:42
  that's
• 35:43
  my
• 35:43
  excitement
• 35:43
  and
• 35:44
  that's
• 35:44
  what's
• 35:44
  changed
• 35:44
  for
• 35:45
  me.
• 35:46
  And
• 35:46
  now
• 35:46
  that
• 35:46
  you've
• 35:47
  had
• 35:47
  this
• 35:47
  experience,
• 35:49
  will
• 35:49
  you
• 35:50
  use
• 35:50
  Miriam
• 35:51
  Laundrie's
• 35:52
  services
• 35:53
  again,
• 35:53
  or
• 35:54
  do
• 35:54
  you
• 35:54
  see
• 35:54
  yourself
• 35:55
  taking
• 35:56
  on
• 35:56
  more
• 35:57
  roles
• 35:57
  than
• 35:58
  you
• 35:58
  would
• 35:58
  have
• 35:59
  had
• 35:59
  you
• 35:59
  not
• 36:00
  gone
• 36:00
  through
• 36:00
  the
• 36:00
  Miriam
• 36:01
  Laundrie
• 36:02
  publishing
• 36:03
  program?
• 36:04
  I
• 36:05
  think
• 36:05
  I'm
• 36:05
  going
• 36:05
  to
• 36:05
  stick
• 36:05
  to
• 36:06
  Miriam
• 36:06
  Laundrie.
• 36:07
  I
• 36:07
  really
• 36:08
  enjoyed
• 36:08
  her
• 36:08
  process.
• 36:09
  It
• 36:09
  was
• 36:10
  flawless.
• 36:10
  It
• 36:10
  was
• 36:11
  easy.
• 36:13
  I
• 36:13
  liked
• 36:13
  it.
• 36:13
  I
• 36:14
  feel
• 36:14
  comfortable
• 36:15
  with
• 36:15
  her.
• 36:16
  And
• 36:16
  what
• 36:16
  about
• 36:16
  your
• 36:17
  illustrator?
• 36:19
  Same
• 36:19
  thing.
• 36:20
  So
• 36:20
  you're
• 36:21
  going
• 36:21
  to
• 36:21
  stick
• 36:21
  with
• 36:22
  her
• 36:22
  as
• 36:23
  long
• 36:23
  as
• 36:23
  you're
• 36:23
  doing?
• 36:24
  As
• 36:24
  long
• 36:24
  as
• 36:24
  she
• 36:25
  lets
• 36:25
  me.
• 36:25
  Okay,
• 36:27
  Good
• 36:27
  for
• 36:27
  you.
• 36:28
  I
• 36:29
  love
• 36:29
  the
• 36:29
  excitement.
• 36:30
  People
• 36:30
  can't
• 36:31
  see
• 36:31
  the.
• 36:31
  Because
• 36:31
  we
• 36:31
  do
• 36:32
  this
• 36:32
  in
• 36:32
  audio,
• 36:32
  even
• 36:32
  though
• 36:33
  we've
• 36:34
  audited
• 36:34
  video,
• 36:34
  but
• 36:34
  people
• 36:35
  can't
• 36:35
  see
• 36:35
  the
• 36:36
  expression
• 36:36
  and
• 36:37
  the
• 36:37
  love
• 36:37
  on
• 36:37
  your
• 36:37
  face
• 36:38
  of
• 36:38
  being
• 36:39
  a
• 36:39
  children's
• 36:39
  book
• 36:40
  authority,
• 36:40
  which
• 36:40
  is
• 36:41
  awesome.
• 36:41
  And
• 36:41
  I
• 36:41
  noticed
• 36:42
  you're
• 36:42
  hugging
• 36:42
  your
• 36:42
  book,
• 36:43
  which
• 36:43
  is
• 36:43
  fantastic,
• 36:44
  the
• 36:44
  whole
• 36:44
  time.
• 36:44
  You
• 36:44
  notice?
• 36:45
  Yes,
• 36:45
  absolutely
• 36:47
  and
• 36:47
  rightfully.
• 36:48
  I
• 36:48
  always
• 36:48
  keep
• 36:49
  both
• 36:49
  our
• 36:49
  copies
• 36:50
  of
• 36:50
  our
• 36:50
  books
• 36:51
  right
• 36:51
  in
• 36:51
  front
• 36:51
  of
• 36:51
  me.
• 36:52
  Very
• 36:52
  proud
• 36:52
  of
• 36:53
  them.
• 36:53
  And
• 36:53
  you
• 36:53
  know
• 36:54
  where
• 36:54
  and
• 36:54
  whenever
• 36:55
  we
• 36:55
  get
• 36:55
  to
• 36:55
  share.
• 36:56
  That's.
• 36:56
  I
• 36:56
  think
• 36:56
  that's
• 36:57
  fantastic.
• 36:58
  Now
• 36:58
  that
• 36:58
  you're
• 36:59
  a
• 36:59
  published
• 36:59
  children's
• 37:00
  book
• 37:00
  author,
• 37:01
  and
• 37:01
  I
• 37:01
  know
• 37:02
  you
• 37:02
  talked
• 37:02
  about
• 37:03
  how
• 37:04
  you
• 37:04
  were
• 37:04
  doing
• 37:04
  something
• 37:05
  for
• 37:05
  yourself,
• 37:06
  and
• 37:07
  I
• 37:07
  love
• 37:07
  that
• 37:07
  because
• 37:08
  most
• 37:08
  of
• 37:08
  us
• 37:09
  don't
• 37:09
  reveal
• 37:10
  that,
• 37:10
  but
• 37:11
  it
• 37:11
  is,
• 37:11
  you
• 37:11
  know
• 37:11
  what,
• 37:12
  we're
• 37:12
  all
• 37:12
  doing
• 37:12
  something
• 37:13
  for
• 37:13
  ourselves.
• 37:14
  I'm
• 37:14
  curious
• 37:15
  now,
• 37:16
  what's
• 37:17
  the
• 37:17
  role
• 37:17
  of
• 37:18
  writing
• 37:20
  mean
• 37:20
  to
• 37:20
  you
• 37:20
  in
• 37:20
  the
• 37:21
  grand
• 37:21
  scheme
• 37:21
  of
• 37:21
  your
• 37:22
  life?
• 37:22
  Now,
• 37:23
  the
• 37:24
  role
• 37:24
  of
• 37:24
  writing,
• 37:25
  I
• 37:25
  want
• 37:25
  to
• 37:26
  say
• 37:27
  it
• 37:28
  makes
• 37:28
  me
• 37:28
  fulfilled
• 37:30
  that
• 37:30
  I
• 37:31
  have
• 37:31
  accomplished
• 37:32
  something
• 37:32
  special.
• 37:34
  It
• 37:34
  makes
• 37:34
  me
• 37:34
  want
• 37:35
  to
• 37:35
  keep
• 37:35
  going.
• 37:36
  I
• 37:36
  feel
• 37:36
  like
• 37:36
  I
• 37:37
  have.
• 37:37
  Not
• 37:37
  that
• 37:37
  I
• 37:38
  didn't
• 37:38
  have
• 37:38
  purpose
• 37:38
  before,
• 37:39
  but
• 37:39
  like
• 37:39
  I
• 37:39
  have
• 37:40
  a
• 37:40
  major
• 37:40
  purpose
• 37:41
  now.
• 37:43
  I
• 37:43
  know
• 37:43
  you
• 37:43
  recently
• 37:44
  published
• 37:44
  this,
• 37:45
  so
• 37:45
  tell
• 37:45
  us
• 37:46
  a
• 37:46
  little
• 37:46
  bit
• 37:46
  about
• 37:47
  now
• 37:47
  that
• 37:47
  you
• 37:47
  have
• 37:48
  this
• 37:48
  great
• 37:48
  feeling.
• 37:49
  You
• 37:49
  have
• 37:49
  this
• 37:49
  book
• 37:49
  in
• 37:50
  your
• 37:50
  Hand.
• 37:51
  Have
• 37:52
  you
• 37:52
  gone
• 37:52
  out
• 37:52
  and
• 37:52
  done
• 37:53
  any
• 37:53
  public
• 37:54
  readings
• 37:54
  yet
• 37:54
  or
• 37:55
  worked
• 37:55
  any
• 37:56
  markets
• 37:56
  or
• 37:56
  events
• 37:57
  or,
• 37:57
  like,
• 37:58
  how
• 37:58
  have
• 37:58
  you
• 37:59
  taking
• 38:00
  the
• 38:01
  love
• 38:01
  of
• 38:01
  your
• 38:01
  life
• 38:01
  that
• 38:02
  you've
• 38:02
  got
• 38:02
  in
• 38:02
  your
• 38:02
  arms?
• 38:04
  My
• 38:04
  other
• 38:04
  child.
• 38:05
  Your
• 38:05
  other
• 38:05
  child.
• 38:06
  How
• 38:06
  have
• 38:06
  you
• 38:06
  shared
• 38:07
  your
• 38:07
  other
• 38:07
  child
• 38:08
  with
• 38:08
  the
• 38:08
  world?
• 38:09
  Okay,
• 38:10
  I'm
• 38:10
  waiting
• 38:10
  for
• 38:10
  Barnes
• 38:10
  and
• 38:11
  Noble
• 38:11
  to
• 38:11
  get
• 38:12
  back
• 38:12
  to
• 38:12
  me
• 38:12
  on
• 38:13
  a
• 38:13
  book
• 38:13
  signing.
• 38:15
  I
• 38:15
  have
• 38:16
  four
• 38:17
  scheduled
• 38:17
  book
• 38:18
  readings
• 38:18
  next
• 38:18
  year.
• 38:20
  I
• 38:20
  didn't
• 38:20
  realize
• 38:20
  that
• 38:21
  you
• 38:21
  needed
• 38:21
  a
• 38:21
  little
• 38:22
  time
• 38:22
  to
• 38:22
  get
• 38:22
  approved
• 38:23
  by
• 38:24
  the
• 38:24
  board.
• 38:24
  I
• 38:24
  thought
• 38:24
  you
• 38:25
  can
• 38:25
  just
• 38:25
  call.
• 38:26
  Doesn't
• 38:26
  work.
• 38:26
  I
• 38:26
  think
• 38:26
  learning
• 38:27
  curves,
• 38:28
  local
• 38:28
  libraries.
• 38:29
  Definitely
• 38:29
  two
• 38:30
  readings
• 38:30
  here
• 38:30
  in
• 38:31
  my
• 38:31
  area,
• 38:31
  in
• 38:31
  the
• 38:32
  schools.
• 38:34
  What
• 38:34
  else
• 38:34
  am
• 38:34
  I
• 38:34
  doing?
• 38:35
  Festival.
• 38:36
  Festival.
• 38:37
  So
• 38:37
  besides
• 38:38
  Barnes
• 38:38
  and
• 38:38
  Noble,
• 38:39
  is
• 38:39
  there
• 38:39
  any
• 38:39
  other
• 38:39
  bookstores
• 38:40
  independently?
• 38:41
  Just
• 38:41
  for
• 38:41
  now.
• 38:42
  It's
• 38:42
  just
• 38:42
  Barnes
• 38:42
  and
• 38:42
  Noble
• 38:43
  for
• 38:43
  now.
• 38:43
  And
• 38:44
  you
• 38:44
  said
• 38:44
  events.
• 38:45
  Talk
• 38:46
  to
• 38:46
  us
• 38:46
  about
• 38:46
  that.
• 38:47
  Festivals
• 38:48
  next
• 38:48
  year.
• 38:48
  There's
• 38:49
  three
• 38:49
  of
• 38:49
  them.
• 38:50
  What
• 38:50
  type
• 38:50
  of
• 38:50
  festival?
• 38:52
  There
• 38:52
  is
• 38:52
  one
• 38:52
  in
• 38:53
  Ocean
• 38:53
  City.
• 38:53
  Okay,
• 38:54
  this
• 38:54
  is
• 38:54
  funny
• 38:54
  because
• 38:55
  I
• 38:55
  was
• 38:55
  researching
• 38:56
  festivals
• 38:56
  and
• 38:57
  of
• 38:57
  course,
• 38:57
  a
• 38:57
  lot
• 38:57
  of
• 38:57
  book
• 38:58
  fairs.
• 38:58
  And
• 38:58
  we're
• 38:58
  in
• 38:58
  that.
• 38:59
  We're
• 38:59
  doing
• 38:59
  that.
• 39:00
  But
• 39:00
  then
• 39:00
  there
• 39:00
  was
• 39:01
  one
• 39:01
  that
• 39:01
  came
• 39:01
  up
• 39:01
  that
• 39:01
  was
• 39:01
  a
• 39:02
  food
• 39:02
  festival,
• 39:02
  and
• 39:03
  I
• 39:03
  was
• 39:03
  like,
• 39:03
  what
• 39:03
  am
• 39:03
  I
• 39:03
  gonna
• 39:04
  do
• 39:04
  in
• 39:04
  a
• 39:04
  food
• 39:04
  festival?
• 39:04
  But
• 39:05
  then
• 39:05
  I
• 39:05
  realized
• 39:06
  my
• 39:06
  book
• 39:06
  is
• 39:06
  about
• 39:06
  food.
• 39:08
  Yes,
• 39:08
  everything's
• 39:09
  about
• 39:09
  food.
• 39:09
  When
• 39:09
  they
• 39:10
  see
• 39:10
  a
• 39:10
  book
• 39:10
  stand,
• 39:11
  they're
• 39:11
  gonna
• 39:11
  say,
• 39:11
  what's
• 39:12
  this
• 39:12
  about?
• 39:12
  It's
• 39:12
  food.
• 39:13
  So
• 39:13
  I'm
• 39:14
  hoping
• 39:14
  that
• 39:14
  that
• 39:14
  works
• 39:15
  out.
• 39:15
  Well
• 39:16
  in
• 39:16
  terms
• 39:16
  of
• 39:18
  advice
• 39:19
  for
• 39:19
  aspiring
• 39:20
  authors.
• 39:21
  The
• 39:21
  nice
• 39:22
  thing
• 39:22
  about
• 39:22
  it,
• 39:22
  that
• 39:23
  should
• 39:23
  be
• 39:23
  fairly
• 39:23
  fresh
• 39:24
  for
• 39:24
  you.
• 39:25
  What
• 39:25
  advice
• 39:26
  would
• 39:26
  you
• 39:26
  give
• 39:26
  aspiring
• 39:28
  children's
• 39:28
  book
• 39:29
  authors?
• 39:30
  For
• 39:30
  me,
• 39:31
  I
• 39:31
  would
• 39:31
  say,
• 39:32
  don't
• 39:32
  wait.
• 39:33
  Just
• 39:34
  do
• 39:34
  it.
• 39:35
  Work
• 39:35
  with
• 39:35
  what
• 39:36
  you
• 39:36
  have.
• 39:37
  Write
• 39:38
  when
• 39:38
  you're
• 39:38
  in
• 39:38
  doubt,
• 39:39
  write
• 39:39
  when
• 39:39
  you're
• 39:39
  uncomfortable,
• 39:40
  and
• 39:41
  just
• 39:41
  go
• 39:41
  for
• 39:41
  it.
• 39:42
  Because
• 39:45
  I
• 39:45
  wanted
• 39:45
  to
• 39:45
  do
• 39:45
  this
• 39:45
  for
• 39:46
  a
• 39:46
  long
• 39:46
  time,
• 39:47
  and
• 39:48
  I
• 39:48
  proved
• 39:49
  that
• 39:49
  dreams
• 39:49
  do
• 39:50
  not
• 39:50
  expire.
• 39:51
  So
• 39:52
  just
• 39:52
  write
• 39:53
  and
• 39:53
  go
• 39:53
  for
• 39:53
  it.
• 39:54
  Do
• 39:54
  your
• 39:54
  research.
• 39:54
  Pick
• 39:55
  your
• 39:55
  publishing
• 39:55
  company,
• 39:56
  pick
• 39:56
  your
• 39:56
  illustrator,
• 39:57
  and
• 39:57
  go
• 39:58
  for
• 39:58
  it.
• 39:59
  What's
• 40:00
  meant
• 40:00
  to
• 40:00
  be
• 40:00
  is
• 40:00
  going
• 40:00
  to
• 40:00
  be.
• 40:01
  In
• 40:02
  other
• 40:02
  words,
• 40:02
  don't
• 40:02
  throw
• 40:02
  your
• 40:03
  stories
• 40:03
  in
• 40:03
  a
• 40:03
  box.
• 40:05
  Nope.
• 40:06
  Don't
• 40:06
  put
• 40:06
  them
• 40:06
  on
• 40:06
  a
• 40:07
  show.
• 40:08
  Keep
• 40:08
  writing
• 40:10
  a
• 40:10
  thousand
• 40:10
  times
• 40:10
  if
• 40:11
  you
• 40:11
  have
• 40:11
  to.
• 40:12
  You
• 40:12
  know
• 40:12
  what?
• 40:12
  And
• 40:12
  you've
• 40:13
  hit
• 40:13
  it
• 40:13
  right
• 40:13
  on
• 40:13
  the
• 40:14
  button.
• 40:15
  My
• 40:15
  granddaughter
• 40:15
  and
• 40:16
  I,
• 40:17
  we
• 40:17
  wrote
• 40:18
  our
• 40:18
  first
• 40:18
  story,
• 40:19
  and
• 40:19
  she
• 40:20
  was
• 40:20
  so
• 40:20
  excited
• 40:21
  about
• 40:21
  it,
• 40:21
  she
• 40:22
  said,
• 40:22
  papa,
• 40:23
  can
• 40:23
  we
• 40:23
  write
• 40:23
  the
• 40:23
  titles
• 40:24
  to
• 40:24
  the
• 40:24
  next
• 40:25
  stories?
• 40:26
  And
• 40:26
  we
• 40:26
  ended
• 40:27
  up
• 40:27
  writing
• 40:28
  probably
• 40:29
  15
• 40:30
  or
• 40:30
  20
• 40:30
  titles
• 40:31
  of
• 40:32
  the
• 40:32
  next
• 40:33
  stories
• 40:33
  in
• 40:34
  our
• 40:34
  adventures
• 40:35
  because
• 40:35
  that's
• 40:36
  something
• 40:36
  that
• 40:36
  she
• 40:36
  wanted
• 40:37
  to
• 40:37
  do.
• 40:37
  And
• 40:37
  I
• 40:37
  still
• 40:38
  have
• 40:38
  the
• 40:38
  journal
• 40:38
  where
• 40:39
  we
• 40:39
  wrote
• 40:39
  them
• 40:39
  all
• 40:39
  down.
• 40:40
  It
• 40:40
  was
• 40:40
  pretty
• 40:41
  special.
• 40:41
  And,
• 40:42
  like,
• 40:42
  you
• 40:42
  said,
• 40:43
  even
• 40:43
  if
• 40:43
  all
• 40:43
  the
• 40:44
  stories
• 40:44
  aren't
• 40:45
  coming
• 40:45
  to
• 40:45
  you
• 40:46
  in
• 40:46
  full,
• 40:47
  write
• 40:48
  down
• 40:49
  even
• 40:49
  the
• 40:50
  bare
• 40:51
  minimum
• 40:52
  to
• 40:52
  get
• 40:52
  you
• 40:52
  started.
• 40:53
  And.
• 40:53
  And
• 40:54
  you
• 40:54
  can
• 40:54
  come
• 40:54
  back
• 40:55
  to
• 40:55
  it.
• 40:56
  You
• 40:56
  can.
• 40:58
  The
• 40:58
  sweet
• 40:59
  play
• 40:59
  date
• 40:59
  Club.
• 40:59
  I
• 41:00
  didn't
• 41:00
  find
• 41:00
  the
• 41:01
  idol
• 41:02
  to
• 41:02
  the
• 41:02
  very,
• 41:03
  very
• 41:03
  end.
• 41:05
  Oh,
• 41:06
  and
• 41:06
  that
• 41:07
  was
• 41:07
  stressful.
• 41:08
  Let's
• 41:09
  pick
• 41:09
  up
• 41:09
  on
• 41:09
  that
• 41:09
  for
• 41:10
  a
• 41:10
  second.
• 41:10
  And
• 41:10
  I'm
• 41:10
  glad
• 41:11
  you
• 41:11
  mentioned
• 41:11
  this,
• 41:11
  because
• 41:12
  most
• 41:12
  people,
• 41:13
  the
• 41:13
  children's
• 41:14
  book
• 41:14
  authors
• 41:14
  I've
• 41:14
  talked
• 41:15
  to,
• 41:15
  generally
• 41:16
  have
• 41:16
  their
• 41:16
  title
• 41:18
  before
• 41:19
  anything
• 41:19
  else.
• 41:19
  And
• 41:20
  I
• 41:20
  know
• 41:20
  that
• 41:20
  we
• 41:20
  did.
• 41:21
  We
• 41:21
  had
• 41:21
  the
• 41:21
  Adventures
• 41:22
  of
• 41:22
  Caboose,
• 41:23
  the
• 41:23
  Rocky
• 41:23
  Mountain
• 41:23
  Bear.
• 41:24
  We
• 41:24
  had
• 41:24
  the
• 41:24
  title.
• 41:25
  We
• 41:25
  just
• 41:25
  didn't
• 41:26
  have
• 41:26
  anything
• 41:26
  else.
• 41:27
  In
• 41:27
  your
• 41:27
  case,
• 41:28
  you
• 41:29
  didn't
• 41:29
  have
• 41:29
  the
• 41:29
  title
• 41:30
  to
• 41:30
  the
• 41:30
  very
• 41:30
  end,
• 41:30
  so.
• 41:31
  The
• 41:31
  very,
• 41:31
  very
• 41:32
  end.
• 41:33
  So
• 41:33
  take
• 41:33
  us
• 41:33
  through
• 41:33
  that.
• 41:34
  Actually,
• 41:34
  I
• 41:34
  was
• 41:35
  being
• 41:35
  pushed
• 41:35
  to
• 41:35
  hurry.
• 41:35
  Up
• 41:36
  with
• 41:36
  the
• 41:36
  fight,
• 41:37
  but.
• 41:37
  So
• 41:37
  what
• 41:38
  did
• 41:38
  you
• 41:38
  have
• 41:38
  in
• 41:38
  mind?
• 41:39
  What
• 41:39
  was
• 41:39
  your
• 41:39
  what
• 41:40
  originally?
• 41:40
  What
• 41:41
  did
• 41:41
  you
• 41:41
  think?
• 41:42
  What
• 41:43
  was
• 41:43
  the
• 41:43
  process?
• 41:44
  I
• 41:45
  feel
• 41:45
  first,
• 41:45
  I
• 41:45
  knew
• 41:45
  it
• 41:46
  was
• 41:46
  going
• 41:46
  to
• 41:46
  be
• 41:46
  something
• 41:46
  play
• 41:46
  date,
• 41:47
  because
• 41:47
  it
• 41:48
  was
• 41:48
  all
• 41:48
  about
• 41:48
  play
• 41:48
  dates,
• 41:49
  right?
• 41:49
  Or
• 41:49
  something
• 41:50
  teamwork
• 41:51
  or
• 41:51
  friendship
• 41:52
  or.
• 41:52
  But
• 41:53
  it
• 41:53
  was
• 41:53
  so
• 41:53
  broad.
• 41:54
  So
• 41:54
  I
• 41:54
  said
• 41:54
  I
• 41:55
  didn't
• 41:55
  know
• 41:55
  what
• 41:55
  to
• 41:55
  do.
• 41:56
  My
• 41:57
  family
• 41:57
  and
• 41:57
  my
• 41:57
  nieces
• 41:58
  and
• 41:58
  nephews
• 41:58
  were
• 41:58
  all
• 41:59
  with
• 41:59
  me
• 41:59
  throughout
• 41:59
  this
• 42:00
  journey.
• 42:01
  And
• 42:01
  my
• 42:01
  little
• 42:01
  one,
• 42:01
  Quinn,
• 42:02
  says
• 42:02
  to
• 42:02
  me,
• 42:02
  you
• 42:02
  know,
• 42:03
  let's.
• 42:03
  I
• 42:04
  want
• 42:04
  to
• 42:04
  do
• 42:04
  one
• 42:04
  of
• 42:04
  the
• 42:04
  recipes
• 42:05
  I
• 42:05
  want
• 42:05
  to
• 42:05
  try.
• 42:05
  So
• 42:05
  it's.
• 42:06
  It's
• 42:06
  like
• 42:06
  getting
• 42:06
  warm.
• 42:06
  It's.
• 42:07
  It's
• 42:07
  in
• 42:07
  June.
• 42:08
  And
• 42:08
  I
• 42:08
  said,
• 42:09
  oh,
• 42:09
  let's
• 42:09
  do
• 42:09
  the
• 42:09
  ice
• 42:10
  pop.
• 42:10
  Okay.
• 42:12
  And
• 42:12
  while
• 42:12
  we're
• 42:13
  making
• 42:13
  it,
• 42:13
  she's
• 42:13
  trying
• 42:14
  it
• 42:14
  out
• 42:14
  before
• 42:14
  she
• 42:14
  puts
• 42:14
  it
• 42:15
  in
• 42:15
  the.
• 42:15
  You
• 42:15
  want
• 42:15
  to
• 42:15
  scoop
• 42:16
  the
• 42:16
  dough
• 42:16
  and
• 42:16
  eat
• 42:16
  it?
• 42:16
  Yeah.
• 42:17
  So
• 42:17
  she
• 42:17
  wants
• 42:17
  to
• 42:18
  try
• 42:18
  the
• 42:18
  ice
• 42:18
  cream.
• 42:18
  And
• 42:19
  I
• 42:19
  said,
• 42:19
  oh,
• 42:19
  it's
• 42:19
  pretty
• 42:19
  hot
• 42:19
  right
• 42:20
  now.
• 42:20
  She
• 42:20
  says,
• 42:20
  no,
• 42:20
  let's
• 42:21
  try
• 42:21
  it.
• 42:21
  Let's
• 42:21
  try.
• 42:21
  Okay,
• 42:22
  fine.
• 42:22
  She
• 42:22
  goes,
• 42:23
  wow,
• 42:23
  this
• 42:23
  is
• 42:24
  really
• 42:24
  sweet.
• 42:25
  This
• 42:26
  is
• 42:26
  a
• 42:26
  street
• 42:26
  play
• 42:27
  date.
• 42:28
  That's
• 42:28
  why
• 42:28
  it
• 42:28
  came
• 42:29
  about.
• 42:30
  Wow.
• 42:31
  At
• 42:31
  the
• 42:32
  very
• 42:32
  end.
• 42:32
  And
• 42:33
  I
• 42:33
  emailed.
• 42:35
  So
• 42:35
  emailed
• 42:35
  Mary
• 42:36
  and
• 42:36
  laundry
• 42:36
  right
• 42:36
  away.
• 42:37
  Title.
• 42:38
  That
• 42:38
  is
• 42:38
  fantastic.
• 42:39
  You're
• 42:39
  the
• 42:40
  first
• 42:40
  one
• 42:40
  to
• 42:41
  take
• 42:41
  us
• 42:41
  through
• 42:41
  that
• 42:42
  again.
• 42:43
  To
• 42:43
  aspiring
• 42:44
  children's
• 42:44
  book
• 42:44
  authors.
• 42:45
  You
• 42:46
  know,
• 42:46
  don't
• 42:46
  get
• 42:46
  caught
• 42:47
  up
• 42:47
  in
• 42:47
  trying
• 42:48
  to
• 42:48
  come
• 42:48
  up
• 42:48
  with
• 42:48
  the
• 42:49
  perfect
• 42:49
  title.
• 42:51
  Live
• 42:51
  your
• 42:51
  story,
• 42:52
  share
• 42:53
  it
• 42:53
  with
• 42:53
  others,
• 42:54
  and
• 42:55
  like
• 42:55
  Luz
• 42:55
  has
• 42:56
  done,
• 42:56
  and
• 42:57
  make
• 42:57
  sure
• 42:58
  you
• 42:58
  have
• 42:58
  the
• 42:58
  time.
• 42:59
  I
• 42:59
  don't
• 42:59
  knock
• 43:00
  to
• 43:00
  the
• 43:00
  last
• 43:00
  second,
• 43:01
  but
• 43:01
  you
• 43:01
  have
• 43:01
  the
• 43:02
  time.
• 43:02
  No,
• 43:02
  don't
• 43:02
  do
• 43:03
  what
• 43:03
  I
• 43:03
  did.
• 43:03
  It
• 43:03
  worked
• 43:03
  out.
• 43:04
  Yes.
• 43:05
  No,
• 43:05
  that.
• 43:05
  That's
• 43:05
  fantastic.
• 43:06
  One
• 43:07
  thing
• 43:07
  I
• 43:07
  also
• 43:07
  wanted
• 43:08
  to
• 43:08
  mention
• 43:08
  to
• 43:08
  you
• 43:08
  is
• 43:09
  I'm
• 43:09
  going
• 43:09
  to
• 43:09
  put
• 43:10
  you
• 43:10
  in
• 43:10
  contact
• 43:11
  with
• 43:11
  a
• 43:12
  children's
• 43:12
  book
• 43:12
  author
• 43:13
  I
• 43:14
  interviewed
• 43:14
  recently.
• 43:15
  Her
• 43:15
  name
• 43:15
  is
• 43:15
  Jessica
• 43:16
  McAnelli,
• 43:17
  episode
• 43:17
  56.
• 43:18
  And
• 43:18
  she
• 43:18
  actually
• 43:19
  wrote
• 43:20
  a
• 43:20
  children's
• 43:20
  book
• 43:21
  on
• 43:21
  food
• 43:21
  safety.
• 43:23
  Food
• 43:23
  Safety
• 43:23
  in
• 43:24
  the
• 43:24
  Kitchen.
• 43:25
  But
• 43:25
  it's
• 43:25
  a
• 43:25
  children's
• 43:26
  book.
• 43:26
  I'll
• 43:26
  send
• 43:27
  her
• 43:27
  a
• 43:27
  little
• 43:27
  email
• 43:27
  for
• 43:28
  you
• 43:28
  and
• 43:28
  then
• 43:28
  you
• 43:29
  guys
• 43:29
  can
• 43:29
  hook
• 43:29
  up.
• 43:29
  Maybe
• 43:30
  there's
• 43:30
  something
• 43:30
  there
• 43:30
  that
• 43:30
  you
• 43:31
  guys
• 43:31
  can
• 43:31
  do
• 43:31
  together.
• 43:32
  I'm
• 43:32
  sure
• 43:32
  I
• 43:32
  can
• 43:32
  learn
• 43:33
  a
• 43:33
  lot
• 43:33
  from
• 43:33
  her.
• 43:34
  Fantastic
• 43:35
  encouragement
• 43:36
  for
• 43:36
  readers.
• 43:38
  Why
• 43:38
  should
• 43:38
  people
• 43:39
  purchase
• 43:40
  your
• 43:40
  book?
• 43:41
  Okay,
• 43:42
  I
• 43:43
  think
• 43:43
  one,
• 43:44
  it
• 43:45
  will
• 43:45
  keep
• 43:45
  them
• 43:45
  away
• 43:46
  from
• 43:46
  the
• 43:46
  screens
• 43:46
  for
• 43:47
  a
• 43:47
  little
• 43:47
  while.
• 43:48
  It
• 43:49
  would
• 43:49
  help
• 43:49
  to
• 43:50
  work
• 43:50
  together,
• 43:51
  include
• 43:51
  each
• 43:52
  other.
• 43:53
  And
• 43:54
  for
• 43:54
  the
• 43:54
  parents,
• 43:54
  I
• 43:55
  want
• 43:55
  to
• 43:55
  say
• 43:56
  it
• 43:56
  opens
• 43:57
  up
• 43:57
  conversations
• 43:58
  about
• 43:59
  teamwork,
• 44:00
  friendship,
• 44:01
  cultural
• 44:02
  appreciation.
• 44:03
  And
• 44:03
  most
• 44:03
  of
• 44:04
  all,
• 44:04
  I
• 44:04
  think
• 44:04
  it
• 44:04
  reminds
• 44:05
  families
• 44:06
  how
• 44:06
  powerful
• 44:06
  these
• 44:06
  simple
• 44:07
  little
• 44:07
  moments
• 44:08
  together
• 44:08
  make
• 44:09
  everlasting
• 44:09
  memories.
• 44:10
  Because
• 44:11
  these
• 44:11
  are
• 44:11
  memories
• 44:11
  that
• 44:12
  I'm
• 44:12
  sharing
• 44:12
  with
• 44:12
  you
• 44:12
  that
• 44:13
  I
• 44:13
  actually
• 44:13
  recommend
• 44:14
  through
• 44:14
  with
• 44:14
  my
• 44:14
  child.
• 44:16
  That's
• 44:16
  terrific.
• 44:16
  And
• 44:17
  the
• 44:17
  thing,
• 44:17
  like
• 44:18
  I
• 44:18
  said
• 44:18
  to
• 44:18
  you
• 44:19
  at
• 44:19
  the
• 44:19
  beginning
• 44:20
  and
• 44:20
  I
• 44:20
  love
• 44:21
  is
• 44:21
  that
• 44:22
  rather
• 44:22
  than
• 44:23
  involve
• 44:23
  a
• 44:24
  mother,
• 44:25
  you
• 44:25
  involved
• 44:26
  a
• 44:26
  grandmother.
• 44:27
  That
• 44:27
  triggered
• 44:27
  such
• 44:28
  fond
• 44:28
  memories
• 44:28
  for
• 44:29
  me
• 44:29
  of
• 44:29
  my
• 44:30
  granddaughter
• 44:31
  actually
• 44:31
  baking
• 44:32
  with
• 44:33
  my
• 44:33
  mother.
• 44:34
  So
• 44:34
  that's
• 44:34
  multi
• 44:35
  generational.
• 44:36
  And
• 44:37
  we
• 44:37
  have
• 44:37
  a
• 44:38
  picture
• 44:38
  of
• 44:38
  them
• 44:39
  in
• 44:39
  the
• 44:39
  kitchen
• 44:39
  doing
• 44:40
  that
• 44:40
  together.
• 44:41
  This
• 44:41
  is
• 44:41
  a
• 44:41
  takeaway.
• 44:42
  Your
• 44:42
  memory,
• 44:43
  your
• 44:43
  memory.
• 44:44
  Thank
• 44:45
  you
• 44:45
  for
• 44:45
  sharing
• 44:45
  that.
• 44:47
  Final
• 44:47
  thoughts.
• 44:48
  Is
• 44:49
  there
• 44:49
  anything
• 44:50
  that
• 44:50
  you
• 44:50
  would
• 44:51
  like
• 44:51
  to
• 44:51
  share
• 44:51
  that
• 44:52
  you
• 44:52
  said,
• 44:52
  oh,
• 44:52
  I
• 44:52
  wish
• 44:53
  Rick
• 44:53
  would
• 44:53
  have
• 44:53
  asked
• 44:53
  me
• 44:54
  that
• 44:54
  question.
• 44:54
  Is
• 44:54
  there
• 44:55
  something
• 44:55
  that
• 44:55
  you'd
• 44:55
  like
• 44:56
  to
• 44:56
  share
• 44:56
  with
• 44:56
  the
• 44:56
  audience?
• 44:58
  You
• 44:58
  did
• 44:58
  a
• 44:58
  really
• 44:59
  good
• 44:59
  job
• 44:59
  and
• 44:59
  you
• 44:59
  know
• 44:59
  what?
• 45:00
  I
• 45:00
  was
• 45:00
  very
• 45:00
  nervous.
• 45:01
  I
• 45:02
  don't
• 45:02
  even
• 45:02
  know
• 45:02
  how
• 45:02
  it
• 45:02
  all
• 45:03
  sounds,
• 45:03
  but
• 45:03
  I
• 45:04
  feel
• 45:04
  very
• 45:04
  comfortable
• 45:04
  with
• 45:05
  you
• 45:05
  and
• 45:05
  I
• 45:05
  really
• 45:05
  appreciate
• 45:06
  you.
• 45:06
  Rick,
• 45:07
  thank
• 45:07
  you
• 45:07
  for
• 45:07
  having
• 45:08
  me
• 45:08
  here.
• 45:09
  Obviously,
• 45:09
  I
• 45:09
  want
• 45:09
  to
• 45:10
  thank
• 45:10
  my
• 45:10
  family,
• 45:10
  my
• 45:11
  husband,
• 45:11
  my
• 45:12
  daughter
• 45:12
  who
• 45:12
  made
• 45:13
  it
• 45:13
  all
• 45:13
  happen.
• 45:14
  Thank
• 45:14
  you
• 45:15
  so
• 45:15
  much.
• 45:15
  It
• 45:16
  was
• 45:16
  so
• 45:16
  much
• 45:17
  fun
• 45:17
  with
• 45:17
  you
• 45:17
  today.
• 45:18
  I
• 45:19
  truly
• 45:19
  admire
• 45:19
  what
• 45:20
  you
• 45:20
  created
• 45:20
  with
• 45:20
  Caboose.
• 45:21
  I
• 45:22
  love
• 45:22
  the
• 45:22
  heart
• 45:23
  behind
• 45:23
  it.
• 45:23
  I
• 45:23
  love
• 45:24
  that
• 45:24
  it's
• 45:24
  a
• 45:24
  family
• 45:25
  thing
• 45:25
  done
• 45:25
  together.
• 45:26
  You
• 45:26
  know,
• 45:26
  my
• 45:26
  book
• 45:26
  is
• 45:26
  about
• 45:27
  family
• 45:27
  together
• 45:28
  too.
• 45:28
  And
• 45:29
  I
• 45:29
  enjoyed
• 45:30
  every
• 45:30
  little
• 45:30
  bit
• 45:31
  of
• 45:31
  Maureen
• 45:31
  sharing
• 45:31
  a
• 45:31
  little
• 45:32
  sweetness
• 45:32
  with
• 45:32
  you.
• 45:33
  Thank
• 45:33
  you.
• 45:34
  So,
• 45:34
  Luz,
• 45:35
  thank
• 45:35
  you
• 45:35
  for
• 45:35
  being
• 45:35
  a
• 45:36
  guest
• 45:37
  on
• 45:37
  the
• 45:37
  Adventures
• 45:38
  in
• 45:38
  the
• 45:38
  Heart
• 45:38
  of
• 45:39
  Children's
• 45:39
  Book
• 45:39
  Authors
• 45:40
  podcast.
• 45:41
  Your
• 45:41
  generosity
• 45:42
  of
• 45:42
  time,
• 45:43
  your
• 45:44
  insights
• 45:45
  will
• 45:45
  significantly
• 45:46
  help
• 45:46
  aspiring
• 45:48
  children's
• 45:48
  book
• 45:49
  authors
• 45:49
  who,
• 45:49
  like
• 45:50
  you
• 45:50
  said,
• 45:50
  just
• 45:50
  take
• 45:51
  action.
• 45:52
  And
• 45:52
  also,
• 45:52
  I
• 45:53
  hope
• 45:53
  this
• 45:53
  inspires
• 45:54
  readers
• 45:55
  because
• 45:55
  you
• 45:55
  have
• 45:56
  a
• 45:56
  very
• 45:56
  special
• 45:56
  book.
• 45:57
  Yeah.
• 45:58
  We
• 45:58
  promise
• 45:59
  to
• 45:59
  provide
• 45:59
  our
• 46:00
  audience
• 46:00
  with
• 46:00
  links
• 46:01
  to
• 46:01
  Luz's
• 46:02
  social
• 46:03
  media.
• 46:04
  And
• 46:04
  when
• 46:04
  her
• 46:04
  website
• 46:05
  goes
• 46:05
  live,
• 46:05
  we'll
• 46:06
  definitely
• 46:06
  ask
• 46:06
  her
• 46:07
  to
• 46:07
  send
• 46:07
  us
• 46:07
  that
• 46:08
  and
• 46:08
  we'll
• 46:08
  make
• 46:08
  sure
• 46:09
  that
• 46:09
  the
• 46:09
  link
• 46:09
  to
• 46:09
  our
• 46:10
  website
• 46:10
  goes
• 46:10
  into
• 46:10
  our
• 46:11
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• 46:11
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• 46:12
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• 46:12
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• 46:12
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• 46:20
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• 46:21
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• 46:22
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• 46:22
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• 46:23
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• 46:23
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• 46:24
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• 46:24
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• 46:25
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• 46:26
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• 46:26
  and
• 46:27
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• 46:27
  children's
• 46:27
  book,
• 46:28
  Sweet
• 46:28
  Play
• 46:29
  Date
• 46:29
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• 46:30
  Thank
• 46:31
  you.
• 46:31
  Thank
• 46:31
  you.
• 46:32
  Thank
• 46:32
  you
• 46:32
  so
• 46:32
  much.
• 46:32
  Rick.