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How Children's Books Empower Kid with Differences (Fearless Story Explained) · Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors Podcast

4:58
Hello,
4:59
everyone.
4:59
My
4:59
name
4:59
is
5:00
Carmela
5:00
Alexander,
5:01
and
5:01
I
5:01
am
5:02
the
5:02
proud
5:02
author
5:02
of
5:03
the
5:03
Fearless
5:03
the
5:03
Amazing
5:04
Boy
5:04
with
5:04
Special
5:05
Abilities
5:06
series.
5:07
I've
5:07
written
5:07
where
5:08
Fearless
5:08
goes
5:09
to
5:09
Brazil,
5:10
and
5:10
I
5:10
have
5:10
two
5:11
other
5:11
series
5:11
that'll
5:12
be
5:12
out
5:12
soon
5:12
where
5:13
he
5:13
goes
5:13
to
5:14
Japan
5:15
and
5:15
Ghana.
5:16
Thanks,
5:17
Carmela,
5:17
for
5:17
appearing
5:18
on
5:18
the
5:18
Adventures
5:19
in
5:19
the
5:19
Heart
5:19
of
5:20
Children's
5:20
Book
5:20
Authors
5:21
podcast.
5:22
As
5:22
Carmela
5:23
has
5:23
mentioned,
5:24
she's
5:24
written
5:25
a
5:25
children's
5:26
book
5:26
series,
5:26
Fearless,
5:27
the
5:27
Amazing
5:28
Boy
5:28
with
5:28
Special
5:29
Abilities.
5:29
I
5:30
look
5:30
forward
5:31
to
5:31
our
5:31
conversation.
5:33
Carmela,
5:34
before
5:34
we
5:34
get
5:34
into
5:35
the
5:35
detail
5:35
of
5:35
your
5:36
book
5:36
series,
5:36
can
5:36
you
5:37
tell
5:37
us
5:39
what
5:39
being
5:40
a
5:40
children's
5:41
book
5:41
author
5:41
means
5:42
to
5:42
you?
5:43
Being
5:44
a
5:44
children's
5:44
book
5:44
author
5:45
really
5:45
means
5:46
a
5:46
lot
5:46
to
5:46
me
5:47
because
5:47
of
5:47
what
5:47
I
5:47
base
5:48
my
5:48
stories
5:48
off
5:49
of.
5:50
Based
5:50
my
5:50
stories
5:51
off
5:51
of
5:51
my
5:51
son
5:51
Amir,
5:53
who
5:53
gives
5:53
me
5:54
all
5:54
the
5:54
motivation
5:55
and
5:55
inspiration
5:55
that
5:56
I
5:56
need.
5:56
I
5:57
say
5:57
that
5:57
to
5:57
say
5:58
that
5:58
Amir
5:59
was
5:59
born
5:59
with
5:59
a
5:59
very
6:00
rare
6:00
epilepsy
6:01
disorder,
6:01
that
6:02
a
6:02
lot
6:02
of
6:02
children
6:03
don't
6:03
survive
6:03
past
6:04
the
6:04
age
6:04
of
6:04
12
6:04
years
6:05
old,
6:05
and
6:05
some
6:05
children
6:06
pass
6:06
away
6:07
sooner
6:07
than
6:07
that.
6:08
So
6:08
instead
6:09
of
6:09
being
6:09
grieving
6:11
him
6:12
and
6:12
worrying
6:13
about
6:13
the
6:13
unknown,
6:14
I
6:14
said,
6:14
let
6:14
me
6:14
take
6:15
that
6:16
to
6:16
motivate
6:16
me
6:17
to
6:17
do
6:17
something
6:18
special
6:19
to
6:19
make
6:19
sure
6:19
that
6:19
his
6:20
life
6:20
is
6:21
a
6:21
light
6:21
for
6:22
other
6:22
children
6:23
that
6:23
may
6:23
have
6:24
lived
6:24
with
6:24
something
6:25
similar
6:25
to
6:25
him.
6:25
So
6:26
I
6:26
say,
6:26
let
6:26
me
6:26
make
6:27
a
6:27
series
6:28
about
6:28
him
6:28
being
6:29
a
6:29
superhero,
6:29
because
6:31
I
6:31
am
6:31
such
6:31
a
6:32
nerd,
6:32
Rick.
6:33
I
6:33
love
6:34
superhero
6:35
things.
6:36
My
6:36
favorite
6:36
character
6:37
is
6:37
Batman.
6:37
So
6:38
I
6:38
said,
6:38
let
6:38
me
6:38
make
6:39
him
6:39
hear
6:39
the
6:39
Batman
6:40
of
6:40
my
6:40
story.
6:40
He
6:41
really
6:41
inspired
6:42
me
6:42
to
6:42
do
6:42
that
6:43
because,
6:43
Rick,
6:44
not
6:44
a
6:44
lot
6:44
of
6:44
money,
6:45
movies
6:45
and
6:45
books
6:46
and
6:46
stuff
6:46
that
6:46
we
6:46
read
6:47
or
6:47
see
6:48
have
6:48
characters
6:49
with
6:49
special
6:50
abilities.
6:51
So
6:51
I
6:51
wanted
6:51
to
6:52
make
6:52
that
6:52
known,
6:52
and
6:53
I
6:53
wanted
6:53
to
6:53
make
6:53
that
6:54
a
6:54
thing
6:54
so
6:55
children
6:55
can
6:55
have
6:55
something
6:56
to
6:56
look
6:56
up
6:57
to.
6:57
So
6:58
that
6:58
was
6:58
why
6:58
Fearless
6:59
was
6:59
born.
7:00
That's
7:00
terrific.
7:01
And
7:01
just
7:01
so
7:02
the
7:02
listening
7:02
audience
7:03
knows,
7:03
I've
7:04
read
7:04
Carmela's
7:05
first
7:05
book,
7:05
Fearless
7:06
the
7:07
Amazing
7:07
Boy.
7:08
It
7:08
was
7:08
a
7:08
fun
7:08
read.
7:09
I
7:09
loved
7:10
how
7:10
you
7:10
introduced
7:11
other
7:11
characters,
7:12
too.
7:12
I
7:13
know
7:13
we'll
7:13
get
7:13
into
7:13
that.
7:14
You
7:14
talked
7:15
about
7:16
being
7:16
a
7:17
children's
7:17
book
7:18
author
7:18
and
7:20
your
7:20
son
7:21
being
7:22
the
7:22
inspiration.
7:24
I
7:24
noticed
7:24
you
7:24
wrote
7:25
your
7:25
first
7:25
book
7:25
in
7:26
2022.
7:28
Correct.
7:28
So
7:29
tell
7:29
us
7:29
about
7:29
the
7:30
inspiration
7:30
behind
7:31
that
7:31
first
7:32
book.
7:32
You
7:32
did
7:32
a
7:33
very
7:33
positive
7:33
thing.
7:34
You
7:34
took
7:34
your
7:35
energy
7:35
and
7:36
you
7:36
released
7:36
it
7:37
into
7:37
the
7:37
world
7:37
in
7:37
a
7:38
very
7:39
neat
7:39
manner.
7:40
Why
7:40
a
7:41
children's
7:41
book?
7:42
Like
7:43
I
7:43
said,
7:43
I
7:43
was
7:44
noticing
7:44
that
7:44
we
7:44
didn't
7:45
have
7:45
a
7:45
lot
7:45
of
7:45
children's
7:46
book
7:46
that
7:46
represented
7:47
kids
7:47
with
7:47
disability
7:48
as
7:48
superheroes.
7:49
I
7:49
felt
7:50
like
7:50
that
7:50
was
7:50
a
7:50
need
7:50
to
7:51
market
7:51
something
7:52
like
7:52
that.
7:53
So
7:53
I
7:53
said,
7:54
I
7:54
went
7:54
to
7:54
bed,
7:54
Rick,
7:55
I
7:55
kid
7:55
you
7:55
not,
7:56
went
7:57
to
7:57
bed.
7:57
I
7:57
woke
7:58
up,
7:58
I
7:58
said,
7:58
I
7:59
want
7:59
to
7:59
write
7:59
a
7:59
children's
8:00
story.
8:00
My
8:01
husband
8:01
said,
8:02
what?
8:03
I
8:03
said,
8:03
give
8:03
me
8:03
a
8:03
title.
8:04
Give
8:04
me
8:04
a
8:04
title.
8:06
Looking
8:06
at
8:06
me
8:06
like,
8:07
I
8:07
lost
8:07
my
8:07
mind,
8:07
Rick,
8:08
and
8:08
said,
8:08
oh,
8:09
I'm
8:09
sorry.
8:10
I
8:10
said,
8:10
I'm
8:11
serious.
8:11
I'm
8:11
serious.
8:11
Because,
8:12
Rick,
8:12
when
8:12
I
8:12
was
8:12
eight
8:13
years
8:13
old,
8:13
I
8:13
used
8:13
to
8:13
write
8:14
poetry,
8:14
okay?
8:15
Until
8:15
I
8:15
got
8:16
10.
8:16
I
8:16
loved
8:17
poem
8:18
and
8:18
I
8:18
love
8:19
Edgar
8:19
Allen
8:19
Poe.
8:20
He
8:21
was
8:21
like
8:21
one
8:21
of
8:21
my
8:22
inspirations
8:22
too.
8:23
But
8:23
I've
8:24
always
8:24
wrote
8:25
short
8:25
little
8:25
stories
8:26
poem.
8:27
But
8:27
it
8:27
died
8:27
out
8:27
as
8:28
I
8:28
got
8:28
an
8:28
adult
8:28
and
8:28
I
8:29
got
8:29
into
8:29
the
8:29
medical
8:29
field.
8:30
I
8:30
used
8:30
to
8:30
be
8:30
a
8:30
pharm
8:31
tech,
8:31
so
8:32
I
8:32
pushed
8:32
that
8:32
writing
8:33
to
8:33
the
8:33
side.
8:33
But
8:34
after,
8:34
like
8:34
I
8:34
said,
8:35
after
8:35
I
8:35
had
8:35
a
8:35
mirror,
8:35
I
8:36
said,
8:36
there's
8:36
a
8:36
need.
8:37
There
8:37
is
8:37
definitely
8:38
a
8:38
need
8:38
for
8:38
stories
8:39
to
8:39
depict
8:40
children
8:40
like
8:40
him
8:40
as
8:41
superheroes
8:41
to
8:41
me.
8:42
So
8:42
I
8:42
said,
8:43
you
8:43
know
8:43
what?
8:43
I
8:44
went
8:44
to
8:44
bed,
8:44
went
8:44
and
8:45
got
8:45
up,
8:45
talked
8:45
to
8:45
my
8:46
husband.
8:46
I
8:46
asked
8:47
him,
8:47
I
8:47
said,
8:47
give
8:47
me
8:47
a
8:47
title.
8:48
And
8:48
he
8:48
said,
8:49
I
8:49
don't
8:49
have
8:49
one,
8:49
Mel.
8:50
I'm
8:50
like,
8:50
you
8:51
just
8:51
wanted
8:51
to
8:51
tell
8:52
me.
8:53
Okay,
8:53
Rick.
8:53
So
8:54
I
8:54
went
8:54
to
8:54
bed
8:54
that
8:55
night.
8:55
I
8:55
woke
8:55
up,
8:56
I
8:56
kid
8:56
you
8:56
not,
8:56
said
8:57
carol,
8:57
is
8:57
the
8:57
amazing
8:58
flow
8:58
with
8:58
special
8:58
building.
8:59
There
8:59
it
8:59
is.
8:59
And
9:00
I'm
9:00
telling
9:00
you,
9:01
once
9:01
that
9:01
pen
9:01
got
9:02
the
9:02
writing
9:02
on
9:02
that
9:02
paper,
9:03
I
9:03
was
9:03
gone
9:03
like
9:03
Speedy
9:04
Gonzalez.
9:05
It
9:05
is
9:05
amazing
9:06
when
9:06
you
9:06
get
9:07
the
9:07
title.
9:08
And
9:08
that's
9:08
what
9:09
happened
9:09
with
9:09
my
9:10
granddaughter.
9:11
We
9:11
co
9:11
authored
9:12
our
9:12
first
9:12
book,
9:12
which
9:13
is
9:13
called
9:13
the
9:13
Adventures
9:14
of
9:14
Caboose
9:14
the
9:14
Rocky
9:15
Mountain
9:15
Bear.
9:16
And
9:16
it
9:16
was
9:17
the
9:17
same
9:17
thing.
9:18
We
9:18
came
9:18
up
9:19
with
9:20
the
9:20
character
9:21
and
9:21
the
9:21
name
9:22
of
9:22
the
9:22
character.
9:23
It
9:23
ignited
9:24
the
9:24
writing
9:24
just
9:24
as
9:25
it
9:25
did
9:25
for
9:25
you.
9:26
And
9:26
I
9:26
love
9:26
your
9:27
name,
9:27
Fearless.
9:28
It's
9:28
fantastic.
9:29
Thank
9:30
you.
9:31
Thank
9:32
you.
9:32
One
9:33
thing
9:33
I
9:33
always
9:34
look
9:34
at,
9:34
and
9:34
I'm
9:35
curious
9:35
with
9:35
your
9:36
son
9:37
and
9:37
can
9:38
you
9:38
explain
9:38
to
9:38
us
9:39
a
9:39
bit
9:39
more
9:39
about
9:41
is,
9:43
do
9:43
you
9:43
read
9:44
the
9:44
stories
9:44
to
9:45
him
9:45
and
9:45
how
9:46
does
9:46
that
9:46
all
9:46
work?
9:48
Oh,
9:48
yes.
9:48
In
9:49
addition
9:49
to.
9:50
Not
9:50
only
9:50
that,
9:50
I
9:51
have
9:51
the
9:51
storybooks.
9:51
I
9:52
have
9:52
a
9:52
storybook
9:52
doll
9:53
that
9:54
I
9:54
created.
9:54
Amir,
9:55
like
9:56
Amir,
9:56
has
9:56
cortical
9:56
vision
9:57
impairment,
9:57
so
9:58
we
9:58
don't.
9:59
The
9:59
doctors
9:59
don't
9:59
know
9:59
how
10:00
much
10:00
he
10:00
can
10:00
see,
10:01
but
10:01
they
10:01
do
10:01
know
10:02
that
10:02
certain
10:02
colors
10:03
stick
10:03
out
10:03
to
10:03
him.
10:06
So
10:06
with
10:06
the
10:06
books,
10:07
I
10:07
also
10:07
thought
10:08
about
10:08
that,
10:08
had
10:08
that
10:08
in
10:09
mind
10:09
to
10:09
make
10:10
the
10:10
first
10:10
book
10:10
yellow,
10:11
because
10:11
those
10:11
are
10:11
one
10:12
of
10:12
the
10:12
colors
10:12
that
10:12
Amir
10:13
can
10:13
really
10:13
see
10:13
pretty
10:14
good.
10:14
When
10:15
I
10:15
go
10:15
through
10:15
and
10:16
read
10:16
it
10:16
to
10:16
him,
10:16
I
10:16
have
10:17
to
10:17
have
10:17
the
10:17
book
10:17
close
10:17
to
10:18
him.
10:18
So
10:18
I'm
10:18
like,
10:18
okay,
10:18
Amir,
10:19
you
10:19
ready?
10:19
For
10:20
us
10:20
to
10:20
read
10:20
the
10:20
story.
10:20
And
10:21
Amir,
10:21
even
10:21
though
10:21
he's
10:22
non
10:22
verbal,
10:23
he
10:23
communicate
10:24
a
10:24
lot
10:24
with
10:24
his
10:24
eyes.
10:25
If
10:25
he
10:25
blinks,
10:26
that
10:26
means
10:27
yes.
10:27
So
10:27
we'll
10:27
sit
10:28
there,
10:28
we'll
10:28
read
10:29
it
10:29
together.
10:30
But
10:30
when
10:30
I
10:30
came
10:31
out
10:31
with
10:31
his
10:31
story
10:31
doll.
10:32
So
10:33
my
10:33
story
10:33
dolls,
10:34
they're
10:34
able
10:34
to
10:35
be
10:35
adapted
10:35
for
10:36
children
10:36
with
10:36
limited
10:37
mobility,
10:37
like
10:37
a
10:38
mir.
10:38
So
10:38
Amir
10:39
uses
10:39
devices
10:40
like
10:40
it's
10:40
called
10:41
assistive
10:41
technology.
10:42
So
10:42
we
10:43
can
10:43
plug
10:43
it
10:43
up
10:43
or
10:44
switch
10:44
device.
10:44
We
10:44
can
10:45
plug
10:45
it
10:45
up
10:45
to
10:45
the
10:45
doll
10:46
and
10:46
I
10:47
give
10:47
him
10:47
a
10:47
command.
10:47
Okay,
10:48
Amir,
10:48
if
10:48
you
10:48
would
10:48
like
10:49
to
10:49
hear
10:49
your
10:49
story,
10:49
you
10:49
have
10:50
to
10:50
press
10:50
the
10:50
button.
10:51
So
10:52
he'll
10:52
wait
10:52
for
10:52
a
10:52
little
10:53
while
10:53
and
10:53
he'll
10:53
press
10:53
his
10:54
button
10:54
and
10:54
it
10:54
activates
10:55
the
10:55
dog.
10:56
We'll
10:56
sit
10:56
there
10:56
listening
10:57
to
10:57
it
10:57
together.
10:57
When
10:58
he
10:58
stops
10:58
touching
10:59
it,
10:59
it
10:59
cuts
10:59
off.
11:00
And
11:00
he
11:00
realized
11:00
I'm
11:01
like,
11:01
oh,
11:01
Amir,
11:01
the
11:01
story
11:02
is
11:02
cut
11:02
off.
11:02
If
11:03
you
11:03
would
11:03
like
11:03
to
11:03
play,
11:03
you
11:04
have
11:04
to
11:04
push
11:04
your
11:04
button.
11:05
So
11:05
he'll
11:05
push
11:05
it.
11:06
And
11:06
this
11:06
dog,
11:07
it
11:07
goes.
11:08
It
11:08
leaves
11:09
off.
11:09
So
11:09
it
11:09
continues
11:10
on
11:10
and
11:10
continues
11:11
on.
11:11
He
11:11
loves
11:12
it.
11:12
He
11:12
blinks
11:12
so
11:13
crazy
11:13
when
11:13
he
11:13
plays
11:14
his
11:14
foot.
11:15
And
11:15
I
11:15
said,
11:15
amir,
11:15
you
11:16
know
11:16
that
11:16
you're
11:16
fearless,
11:17
right?
11:17
And
11:17
he'll
11:18
just
11:18
blink.
11:18
Three
11:19
of
11:19
them
11:19
have
11:19
their
11:19
time
11:20
together
11:20
and
11:20
is
11:20
enjoying.
11:21
And
11:22
he
11:22
hold
11:22
on
11:22
to
11:22
his
11:22
dog.
11:23
I
11:23
saw
11:23
many
11:23
pictures
11:23
of
11:24
him
11:24
holding
11:24
his
11:24
doll,
11:24
but
11:24
he
11:25
really
11:25
enjoys
11:25
it.
11:26
That
11:26
is
11:27
terrific.
11:27
And
11:27
I
11:28
went
11:28
on
11:28
to
11:28
your
11:28
website.
11:29
I
11:29
saw
11:30
the
11:30
video
11:30
of
11:30
you
11:30
explaining
11:31
the
11:31
doll.
11:32
So
11:32
I
11:32
thought
11:32
that
11:33
was
11:33
pretty
11:33
neat.
11:34
The
11:34
video,
11:34
I
11:35
believe
11:35
the
11:35
doll
11:36
has
11:36
two
11:37
stories
11:37
recorded
11:38
in
11:38
it.
11:39
And
11:39
that's
11:40
such
11:40
a
11:40
neat
11:40
thing.
11:40
Carmel
11:41
always
11:42
talk
11:42
to
11:43
people
11:43
about
11:43
their
11:44
children's
11:45
book
11:45
business.
11:45
But
11:46
when
11:46
I
11:46
went
11:46
to
11:46
your
11:46
website,
11:47
I
11:48
thought,
11:48
wow,
11:48
this
11:49
is
11:49
incredible
11:49
what
11:50
you've
11:50
done
11:50
and
11:50
what
11:51
you've
11:51
built
11:51
out.
11:52
And
11:53
it's
11:53
interesting
11:54
because
11:54
one
11:54
of
11:54
the
11:54
first
11:55
things
11:55
we
11:55
did
11:56
was
11:56
when
11:56
we
11:57
started
11:57
selling
11:58
our
11:58
first
11:59
book,
11:59
which
11:59
is
11:59
called
12:00
Adventures
12:00
of
12:00
caboose,
12:01
the
12:01
Rocky
12:01
Mountain
12:02
bear.
12:03
One
12:04
of
12:04
the
12:04
stores
12:04
that
12:05
sells
12:05
our
12:05
book
12:05
said
12:06
to
12:06
us,
12:06
you
12:07
should
12:07
have
12:07
a
12:07
plushie
12:08
to
12:08
go
12:09
with
12:09
the
12:09
book.
12:09
So
12:10
it
12:10
took
12:10
a
12:11
while,
12:11
but
12:12
we
12:12
made
12:12
a
12:12
plushie.
12:15
Oh,
12:15
thank
12:16
you.
12:16
What's
12:16
interesting
12:17
is
12:17
I
12:17
thought
12:18
that
12:18
was
12:18
pretty
12:18
ambitious
12:19
for
12:19
us
12:20
to
12:20
develop
12:20
a
12:20
plushie.
12:21
But
12:21
when
12:21
I
12:21
looked
12:22
at
12:22
what
12:22
you
12:22
did,
12:23
I
12:23
thought,
12:23
you've
12:24
just
12:24
taken
12:24
it
12:25
to
12:25
the
12:25
next
12:26
level.
12:26
Like,
12:27
it
12:27
is
12:27
unbelievable.
12:29
I
12:29
want
12:29
to
12:29
talk
12:30
to
12:30
you
12:30
about
12:30
a
12:30
couple
12:31
of
12:31
things
12:31
because
12:31
I
12:32
always
12:32
talk
12:32
to
12:32
children's
12:33
book
12:33
authors
12:34
about
12:34
their
12:35
book
12:35
business.
12:36
Like
12:36
how
12:36
are
12:37
they
12:37
building
12:38
out
12:38
their
12:38
book
12:39
business
12:39
business?
12:39
Because
12:40
now
12:40
when
12:40
you
12:40
have
12:41
a
12:41
children's
12:41
book,
12:41
you
12:42
have
12:42
a
12:42
Product
12:42
to
12:43
sell.
12:43
So
12:43
how
12:44
do
12:44
you
12:44
go
12:44
about
12:45
distributing
12:46
it,
12:46
selling
12:46
it,
12:47
marketing
12:47
it.
12:48
But
12:48
I
12:49
noticed
12:49
you've
12:49
taken
12:50
this
12:50
to
12:50
another
12:51
level.
12:51
You
12:51
have
12:52
a
12:52
beautiful
12:53
website,
12:54
and
12:55
you
12:55
had
12:56
mentioned
12:57
the
12:57
dolls.
12:58
Let's
12:59
start
12:59
there
12:59
first,
13:00
because
13:00
your
13:00
dolls
13:01
are
13:01
so
13:01
incredible
13:02
and
13:02
what
13:02
you've
13:02
done.
13:02
Take
13:03
us
13:03
on
13:03
that
13:03
journey
13:04
of
13:05
how
13:05
you
13:06
developed.
13:06
I
13:06
noticed
13:07
you
13:07
one
13:07
you
13:07
said
13:08
speaks
13:09
to
13:09
you
13:09
or
13:10
tells
13:10
the
13:10
story,
13:10
which
13:11
is
13:11
cool.
13:12
And
13:12
then
13:13
you
13:13
also
13:13
have
13:14
one
13:14
that
13:15
doesn't
13:15
have
13:15
a
13:15
voice.
13:16
It's
13:16
a
13:16
plushie.
13:18
So,
13:18
yeah,
13:19
that's.
13:19
If
13:20
you
13:20
can
13:20
just
13:21
explain
13:21
the
13:21
process
13:22
of
13:22
how
13:23
did
13:23
you
13:23
come
13:23
up
13:23
with
13:23
the
13:24
idea
13:24
and
13:24
how
13:24
did
13:24
you
13:25
go
13:25
about
13:26
bringing
13:26
them
13:26
both
13:27
to
13:27
market?
13:28
No
13:28
problem.
13:29
I
13:29
actually
13:30
got
13:30
a
13:30
friend
13:30
of
13:31
mine,
13:31
you,
13:32
a
13:32
young
13:32
lady
13:33
that
13:33
has
13:33
her
13:34
own
13:34
business.
13:34
That's
13:35
what
13:35
she
13:35
does.
13:35
She
13:36
does
13:36
prototype
13:37
for
13:37
you.
13:38
So
13:38
I
13:38
came
13:38
to
13:39
her
13:39
with
13:39
the
13:39
idea,
13:40
and
13:40
I
13:40
said,
13:40
I
13:40
would
13:40
like
13:41
to
13:41
get
13:41
this
13:41
plushie
13:42
made,
13:42
but
13:42
I
13:43
don't
13:43
want
13:43
just
13:43
an
13:43
ordinary
13:44
plushie.
13:44
And
13:44
she
13:45
said,
13:45
what
13:45
you
13:45
mean?
13:46
I
13:46
said,
13:47
I
13:47
would
13:47
like
13:47
my
13:47
plushies
13:48
not
13:48
only
13:48
to
13:48
have
13:49
the
13:49
function
13:49
to
13:49
tell
13:49
my
13:50
story,
13:51
but
13:51
also
13:51
have
13:52
the
13:52
function
13:52
to
13:52
be
13:52
adapted
13:53
for
13:53
children
13:53
like
13:54
my
13:54
son
13:54
that
13:54
can't
13:54
physically
13:55
hold
13:55
toys.
13:56
At
13:56
first,
13:57
I
13:57
thought
13:57
it
13:57
was
13:57
gonna
13:57
be
13:57
challenging
13:58
for
13:58
her.
13:58
Cause
13:59
she's.
13:59
I
13:59
just
13:59
do
13:59
plushies.
14:01
But
14:01
when
14:01
me
14:01
and
14:02
her
14:02
talked
14:02
and
14:02
stuff,
14:02
she
14:02
said,
14:03
okay,
14:03
this
14:03
is
14:03
something
14:03
I
14:04
want
14:04
to
14:04
help
14:04
you
14:04
to
14:04
do.
14:05
She
14:05
actually
14:06
worked
14:06
in
14:06
the
14:06
business
14:07
for
14:07
a
14:07
long
14:07
20
14:07
years.
14:08
I
14:08
think
14:08
she
14:08
worked
14:08
for,
14:09
like,
14:09
Disney
14:09
and
14:10
Nickelodeon,
14:11
helping
14:11
them
14:11
with
14:11
their
14:12
plush.
14:12
So
14:13
she
14:13
said,
14:13
let's
14:14
do
14:14
this.
14:15
We
14:15
did
14:15
the
14:15
prototype,
14:16
and
14:16
she
14:16
drew
14:16
me
14:17
up
14:17
something,
14:17
and
14:17
it
14:17
was
14:18
so
14:18
nice,
14:18
and
14:19
she
14:19
sewed
14:19
it
14:20
together.
14:20
And
14:20
she
14:20
said,
14:20
carmela,
14:21
how
14:21
do
14:21
you
14:21
like
14:22
this?
14:22
So
14:23
I
14:23
made
14:23
a
14:23
couple
14:23
of
14:23
little
14:24
adjustments,
14:24
and
14:24
she
14:25
outsourced
14:25
it
14:25
for
14:26
me.
14:26
She
14:26
found
14:27
a
14:27
manufacturing
14:28
company
14:28
that
14:28
could
14:29
produce
14:29
my
14:29
plush.
14:30
And
14:31
I
14:31
actually
14:32
looked
14:32
for
14:32
a
14:32
company
14:33
that
14:33
actually
14:33
could
14:33
do
14:34
the
14:34
sound
14:34
part,
14:35
because
14:35
I
14:35
had
14:35
to
14:35
get
14:36
sound
14:36
modules
14:36
to
14:37
be
14:37
put
14:37
in
14:37
the
14:37
doll.
14:38
So
14:38
it
14:38
roughly
14:39
took
14:39
a
14:39
couple
14:39
of
14:39
months
14:40
to
14:40
get
14:40
done.
14:40
But
14:41
when
14:41
everything
14:41
was
14:41
put
14:42
together,
14:42
I
14:42
was,
14:42
like,
14:43
in
14:43
tears.
14:44
And
14:44
then
14:44
when
14:44
I
14:44
told
14:45
her
14:45
I
14:45
would
14:45
like
14:45
for
14:45
it
14:46
to
14:46
be
14:46
adapted,
14:46
we
14:47
reached
14:47
out
14:47
to
14:47
someone
14:48
else
14:48
that
14:48
does
14:48
adapting
14:49
for
14:49
us.
14:49
And
14:50
I
14:50
told
14:50
them
14:50
what
14:50
I
14:50
wanted
14:51
to
14:51
do.
14:51
And
14:51
I
14:52
said,
14:52
I
14:52
don't
14:52
want
14:52
to
14:52
just
14:53
have
14:53
the
14:53
storybooks
14:54
for
14:54
story
14:55
dolls
14:55
for
14:55
children
14:55
that
14:56
can
14:56
hold
14:57
things.
14:57
I
14:57
want
14:57
the
14:58
doll
14:58
to
14:58
be
14:58
for
14:59
children
14:59
like
14:59
my
14:59
son.
15:00
So
15:00
he
15:00
said,
15:00
fine,
15:01
let
15:01
me
15:01
get
15:01
the
15:01
doll.
15:01
Let
15:02
me
15:02
see
15:02
if
15:02
I
15:02
can
15:02
adapt
15:02
it.
15:03
And
15:03
I
15:03
was
15:03
so
15:03
happy,
15:04
Rick,
15:04
to
15:04
know
15:04
that
15:04
he
15:05
can
15:05
adapt
15:05
them.
15:05
So
15:06
they
15:06
was
15:06
able
15:07
to
15:07
adapt
15:07
the
15:07
dolls
15:08
and
15:09
we
15:09
tested
15:10
them
15:10
out
15:10
and
15:10
make
15:10
sure
15:10
they
15:11
work.
15:11
And
15:12
when
15:12
the
15:12
kids
15:12
activate,
15:13
use
15:13
their
15:13
switch
15:14
device
15:14
and
15:14
plug
15:14
it
15:15
into
15:15
the
15:15
doll.
15:16
Made
15:16
sure
15:16
they
15:16
were
15:16
able
15:17
to
15:17
be.
15:17
When
15:17
a
15:17
child
15:18
presses,
15:18
it
15:18
turns
15:19
off.
15:19
That
15:19
works.
15:20
I
15:20
was
15:20
so
15:20
excited.
15:21
I
15:21
didn't
15:21
invoke
15:21
that.
15:22
It
15:22
was
15:22
a
15:23
long
15:23
process.
15:24
Like
15:24
I
15:24
said,
15:24
shipping
15:25
and
15:26
taxes
15:27
and
15:27
blah,
15:27
blah,
15:27
blah.
15:28
It
15:28
was
15:28
not
15:28
a
15:28
wrecking,
15:29
Rick.
15:29
At
15:29
first
15:29
I
15:29
was
15:30
like,
15:30
woo,
15:30
this
15:30
is
15:30
a
15:30
lot
15:30
of
15:31
work.
15:32
But
15:33
my
15:33
dream
15:33
was
15:33
executed.
15:35
So
15:35
I
15:35
was
15:36
able
15:36
to
15:36
finally
15:36
get
15:36
my
15:37
dolls.
15:37
And
15:37
we
15:37
tested
15:38
it
15:38
out
15:38
and
15:39
I
15:39
donated
15:39
some
15:39
dolls
15:40
to
15:40
Amir
15:40
school.
15:42
We
15:42
use
15:42
it
15:42
as
15:43
a
15:43
book.
15:43
When
15:43
a
15:43
child
15:44
goes
15:44
in,
15:44
they
15:44
want
15:44
to
15:45
check
15:45
a
15:46
book
15:46
out.
15:46
They
15:46
could
15:46
check
15:47
the
15:47
doll
15:47
out
15:47
like
15:47
they
15:48
was
15:48
checking
15:48
a
15:48
book
15:48
out.
15:49
So
15:49
a
15:49
lot
15:49
of
15:49
children
15:50
have
15:50
enjoyed
15:50
that
15:51
they
15:51
can
15:51
use
15:51
their
15:51
switch
15:52
devices
15:52
because
15:52
Amir
15:53
goes
15:53
to
15:53
a
15:53
school
15:53
like
15:54
children
15:54
like
15:55
him.
15:55
And
15:55
a
15:56
lot
15:56
of
15:56
them,
15:56
they
15:56
do
15:57
use
15:57
switch
15:57
device
15:57
or
15:58
assistive
15:58
technology
15:59
to
15:59
operate
16:00
in
16:00
toys
16:00
and
16:00
stuff.
16:01
So
16:01
when
16:01
I
16:02
did
16:02
that
16:02
for
16:02
the
16:02
school,
16:03
it
16:03
was
16:03
so
16:03
elated.
16:04
And
16:04
the
16:04
children
16:05
can't
16:05
stop
16:05
talking
16:06
about
16:06
Fearless.
16:06
They
16:06
always
16:07
want
16:07
to
16:07
go
16:07
and
16:07
check
16:07
out
16:08
Fearless
16:08
doll.
16:10
You
16:10
should
16:10
be
16:10
very
16:11
proud.
16:12
And
16:12
just
16:12
so
16:13
the
16:13
listening
16:14
audience
16:14
knows,
16:14
we're
16:15
going
16:15
to
16:15
put
16:15
the
16:15
links
16:16
to
16:16
Carmela's
16:17
website
16:18
and
16:18
you
16:18
have
16:18
to
16:18
go.
16:19
And
16:20
I
16:20
really,
16:21
really
16:22
suggest
16:22
that
16:23
you
16:23
watch
16:23
the
16:24
video
16:24
that
16:25
Carmela
16:26
does
16:26
about
16:26
explaining
16:27
the
16:28
doll
16:28
and
16:28
how
16:29
it
16:29
operates.
16:29
A
16:30
great
16:30
little
16:30
video.
16:31
It's
16:31
not
16:32
long,
16:32
but
16:32
it's
16:33
very
16:33
informative.
16:34
It's
16:34
just
16:35
terrific.
16:35
Thank
16:36
you
16:36
for
16:36
explaining
16:37
that.
16:37
I
16:37
can
16:37
think
16:38
back
16:38
this
16:39
is
16:39
probably
16:39
20
16:40
years
16:40
ago
16:41
when
16:41
my
16:41
parents
16:42
were
16:42
alive
16:42
and
16:43
they
16:43
actually
16:44
bought
16:45
book.
16:45
It
16:46
was
16:46
a
16:46
children's
16:46
book
16:47
and
16:47
they
16:47
recorded
16:48
the
16:48
story.
16:49
And
16:50
so
16:51
it
16:51
was
16:51
a
16:51
bedtime
16:52
storybook
16:52
and
16:53
they
16:53
actually
16:53
read
16:54
the
16:54
story.
16:55
And
16:55
as
16:55
the
16:55
child
16:56
flipped
16:57
the
16:57
pages
16:57
and
16:58
it
16:58
was
16:58
my
16:58
parents
16:59
voices
17:00
and
17:00
I
17:01
thought,
17:02
my
17:02
parents
17:03
are
17:03
no
17:03
longer
17:03
with
17:03
us,
17:04
but
17:04
my
17:05
oldest
17:05
granddaughter
17:06
still
17:06
has
17:06
that
17:06
book.
17:07
And
17:07
it's
17:07
just
17:08
incredible
17:08
to
17:08
know
17:09
that
17:10
their
17:10
voice
17:10
is
17:10
still
17:11
being
17:11
carried
17:11
through
17:11
a
17:12
children's
17:12
book.
17:12
And
17:13
did
17:13
you.
17:14
Are
17:14
you
17:14
the
17:15
voice
17:15
behind
17:15
the
17:16
two
17:16
stories
17:17
for
17:17
the
17:18
doll?
17:19
No.
17:19
I
17:20
found
17:20
this
17:20
lady
17:21
Fiverr
17:22
and
17:23
I
17:23
reached
17:23
out
17:23
to
17:24
her
17:24
because
17:24
she
17:24
voiced
17:25
some
17:25
Disney
17:26
characters.
17:27
And
17:27
I
17:28
told
17:28
her,
17:28
I
17:28
said,
17:29
it
17:29
would
17:29
be
17:29
such
17:30
an
17:30
honor
17:30
if
17:30
you
17:31
could
17:31
read
17:32
my
17:32
storybook.
17:33
And
17:33
she
17:33
said,
17:34
oh,
17:34
I'm
17:34
over
17:34
here
17:34
cheering
17:35
up.
17:35
This
17:35
is
17:36
so
17:36
awesome.
17:37
And
17:38
he
17:38
voiced
17:39
both
17:39
of
17:39
my
17:39
storybooks.
17:40
I
17:40
forgot
17:41
to
17:41
mention,
17:41
Rick,
17:41
that
17:42
the
17:42
doll
17:42
has
17:42
a
17:43
function
17:43
where
17:43
you
17:43
can
17:44
record
17:44
personal
17:44
messages
17:45
up
17:45
to
17:45
a
17:45
minute.
17:46
Every
17:46
time
17:47
Amir
17:47
Goes
17:47
to
17:47
the
17:47
hospital.
17:48
I'll
17:49
get
17:49
his
17:49
doll
17:49
and
17:50
I'll
17:50
record
17:50
mommy
17:51
loves
17:51
you
17:51
and
17:51
I'll
17:51
have
17:51
the
17:51
nurses
17:52
record
17:52
it
17:52
and
17:53
play
17:53
it
17:53
for
17:53
him.
17:54
That
17:54
is
17:54
terrific.
17:55
And
17:56
that
17:56
feature,
17:56
by
17:57
the
17:57
way,
17:57
folks,
17:58
Carmela
17:58
explains
17:59
in
17:59
her
17:59
video
17:59
also,
18:00
neat
18:01
little
18:01
feature.
18:02
Just
18:02
amazing.
18:03
Congratulations.
18:05
I'm
18:05
curious.
18:06
When
18:06
I
18:06
went
18:06
to
18:07
your
18:07
website
18:07
and
18:08
it's
18:08
about
18:09
building
18:09
your
18:09
children's
18:10
book
18:10
business,
18:11
and
18:11
I
18:11
also
18:12
noticed
18:13
you
18:13
had
18:13
quite
18:14
a
18:14
few
18:14
products.
18:14
Like
18:15
you're
18:15
wearing
18:15
a
18:15
very
18:16
colorful,
18:17
neat
18:17
T
18:17
shirt.
18:18
And
18:18
I
18:18
believe
18:19
that.
18:19
And
18:19
I.
18:19
When
18:20
I
18:20
looked
18:20
on
18:20
your
18:20
store,
18:21
I
18:21
believe
18:21
that
18:21
one
18:21
is
18:21
on
18:22
in
18:22
your
18:22
store.
18:23
Correct?
18:23
Yeah.
18:24
Do
18:24
you
18:24
use
18:25
a
18:25
service
18:25
like
18:26
Shopify
18:27
or
18:27
Printful
18:27
or
18:28
how
18:28
are
18:28
you
18:28
going?
18:29
Because
18:29
you're
18:29
shop.
18:30
You
18:30
have
18:30
quite
18:31
a
18:31
few
18:31
items
18:31
on
18:32
your
18:32
shop.
18:32
Tell
18:33
us
18:33
about
18:33
that.
18:33
Oh,
18:34
yeah.
18:34
So
18:34
some
18:34
of
18:35
my
18:35
T
18:35
shirts,
18:36
honestly,
18:36
like
18:36
I've
18:37
done
18:37
myself,
18:38
so
18:38
my
18:39
husband
18:39
invested
18:39
in
18:39
me.
18:40
I'm
18:40
forever
18:40
doing
18:40
something,
18:41
but
18:42
my
18:42
husband
18:43
bought
18:44
them
18:44
in
18:44
a
18:44
cricket
18:45
for
18:45
me
18:45
and
18:46
I
18:46
said,
18:46
oh,
18:46
I
18:47
want
18:47
to
18:47
make
18:47
some
18:47
shirts.
18:48
So
18:48
remember
18:49
my
18:49
mom,
18:49
they
18:49
always
18:50
shake
18:50
their
18:50
head
18:50
at
18:50
me
18:50
like,
18:51
oh,
18:51
man,
18:51
Mel
18:51
are
18:52
doing
18:52
something
18:52
else.
18:53
So
18:53
I
18:53
actually
18:53
just
18:54
make
18:54
the
18:54
prints.
18:55
I
18:55
make
18:55
them
18:55
up
18:55
online.
18:56
I
18:56
can't
18:56
remember
18:57
the
18:57
surgery
18:57
that
18:57
I
18:57
used,
18:58
but
18:58
they
18:59
send
18:59
out
18:59
the.
19:00
You
19:00
can
19:00
iron
19:00
them
19:00
onto
19:01
the
19:01
shirt.
19:02
Okay,
19:02
so
19:02
I'll
19:03
design
19:03
them.
19:03
I
19:03
put
19:03
my
19:03
fearless
19:04
characters
19:04
on
19:04
them
19:05
and
19:05
I
19:05
do
19:05
it
19:05
myself,
19:05
Rick.
19:06
And
19:07
as
19:07
far
19:07
as
19:07
like,
19:07
my
19:08
cups
19:08
or
19:08
mugs,
19:09
I
19:09
use
19:09
Amazon.
19:10
I'll
19:10
design
19:10
it
19:11
on
19:11
Amazon
19:11
and.
19:12
And
19:12
have
19:13
them
19:13
shipped
19:13
out
19:13
to
19:13
me.
19:14
And
19:15
what
19:15
else?
19:16
Let's
19:16
see,
19:16
my
19:16
mugs,
19:17
my
19:17
cups,
19:18
and.
19:19
In
19:19
my
19:19
notice,
19:19
you
19:19
have
19:20
shopping
19:20
bags
19:21
and
19:21
stuff
19:21
like
19:21
that.
19:22
Yep,
19:22
I
19:22
do
19:23
that
19:23
myself,
19:23
Rick.
19:24
Like
19:24
the
19:25
things
19:25
offline
19:25
and
19:26
I'll
19:26
iron
19:26
them
19:26
on
19:27
and
19:27
make
19:27
sure
19:27
it's
19:27
really
19:28
nice.
19:28
And
19:28
hey,
19:29
there
19:29
you
19:29
go.
19:30
Your
19:31
pricing,
19:32
does
19:32
it
19:32
include
19:33
shipping
19:33
or
19:34
shipping?
19:34
On
19:34
top
19:35
of
19:35
that,
19:36
some
19:37
of
19:37
my.
19:37
Things
19:37
I
19:37
did
19:37
offer
19:38
around
19:38
Black
19:38
Friday,
19:39
free
19:39
shipping,
19:40
but
19:40
usually,
19:41
yeah,
19:41
you
19:41
have
19:42
to
19:42
pay
19:42
for
19:42
shipping.
19:43
Okay.
19:43
Wow,
19:44
you're
19:44
very
19:44
ambitious,
19:45
I'll
19:45
tell
19:45
you
19:45
that's
19:46
for
19:46
sure.
19:46
Folks,
19:47
if
19:47
you
19:47
want
19:47
to
19:47
see
19:47
an
19:48
ambitious
19:49
person,
19:49
go
19:50
to
19:50
Carmela's
19:51
website.
19:52
Let's
19:52
jump
19:52
into
19:52
your
19:53
books.
19:54
Tell
19:54
us
19:54
a
19:54
little
19:55
bit
19:55
about
19:55
your
19:55
book
19:56
formats.
19:56
I
19:57
believe
19:57
most
19:57
of
19:57
your
19:57
books
19:58
are
19:58
offered
19:58
on
19:59
Amazon.
19:59
And
20:00
do
20:00
you
20:00
use
20:00
ingramsparks
20:01
to
20:02
reach
20:02
to
20:03
the
20:03
other
20:03
online
20:04
retailers?
20:05
I
20:06
do.
20:06
I
20:07
noticed
20:07
you
20:08
don't
20:08
offer
20:08
ebook
20:09
in
20:09
all
20:09
versions.
20:10
I
20:10
have
20:11
your
20:11
the
20:11
one
20:12
book,
20:12
fearless,
20:13
the
20:13
amazing
20:14
boy
20:14
with
20:15
special
20:15
abilities.
20:16
That
20:16
was
20:16
an
20:17
ebook.
20:17
But
20:17
I
20:17
noticed
20:18
your
20:18
second
20:18
book
20:18
didn't
20:19
have
20:19
an
20:19
ebook.
20:20
Is
20:20
there
20:20
a
20:20
reason
20:20
for
20:21
that.
20:22
My
20:22
Rick,
20:23
honestly,
20:23
I
20:24
just
20:24
haven't
20:24
gotten
20:24
around
20:25
to
20:25
it.
20:25
That's
20:25
something
20:25
I
20:26
probably
20:26
need
20:26
to
20:26
do,
20:27
especially
20:27
with
20:27
my
20:27
two
20:28
other
20:28
series
20:28
that
20:29
I'll
20:29
be
20:29
having
20:29
out
20:29
next
20:30
year.
20:31
I
20:31
intend
20:31
to
20:31
have
20:32
them
20:32
ebook
20:32
versions.
20:34
Now
20:34
that
20:34
you've
20:35
published
20:35
two
20:35
books.
20:36
And
20:36
I
20:37
want
20:37
to
20:37
jump
20:37
into
20:38
the
20:38
whole
20:39
publishing
20:39
end
20:39
of
20:39
it
20:40
because
20:40
I
20:40
noticed
20:41
I
20:41
always
20:41
talk
20:41
on
20:42
the
20:42
show
20:42
about
20:42
there's
20:43
primarily
20:43
three
20:44
ways
20:44
to
20:44
publish.
20:44
Traditional,
20:45
where
20:45
you
20:46
find
20:46
a
20:46
publisher
20:47
to
20:47
publish
20:47
a
20:48
book.
20:48
Hybrid
20:49
publishing,
20:49
which
20:50
is
20:50
self
20:50
publishing,
20:51
where
20:51
you
20:52
hire
20:52
a
20:52
third
20:52
party
20:53
and
20:53
they
20:53
do
20:53
your
20:53
book
20:54
and
20:54
then
20:54
there's
20:55
independent
20:56
publishing.
20:56
And
20:57
that's
20:57
what
20:57
we
20:57
did.
20:58
We're
20:58
an
20:58
independent
20:58
publisher.
20:59
We
20:59
did
21:00
all
21:00
the
21:00
work
21:00
and
21:00
we
21:00
published
21:01
our
21:01
own
21:01
books.
21:02
You
21:02
have
21:02
your
21:02
own
21:02
publishing
21:03
company,
21:05
you're
21:05
publishing
21:05
all
21:06
your
21:06
own
21:06
books.
21:08
Yes.
21:09
When
21:09
it
21:09
came
21:09
to
21:10
publishing
21:11
especially,
21:12
I
21:12
know
21:12
you
21:12
have
21:13
to
21:13
think
21:13
back
21:13
a
21:14
little
21:14
bit
21:14
now
21:14
because
21:14
we're
21:15
going
21:15
back
21:15
to
21:15
2022.
21:16
When
21:16
you
21:16
first
21:16
did
21:17
your
21:17
first
21:17
book,
21:18
when
21:18
it
21:18
came
21:18
to
21:19
publishing
21:19
your
21:20
children's
21:20
book.
21:21
What
21:21
was
21:21
your
21:21
biggest
21:22
challenge
21:23
or
21:23
frustration
21:24
when
21:24
you
21:24
first
21:25
started
21:25
out?
21:30
Being
21:30
a
21:30
self
21:30
publisher
21:31
is
21:31
hard
21:31
work.
21:32
Okay,
21:34
so
21:34
it's
21:34
like
21:34
you
21:35
are
21:35
one
21:35
man
21:36
in
21:36
band.
21:36
Okay,
21:37
Exactly.
21:39
You
21:39
have
21:39
to
21:39
take
21:39
care
21:40
of
21:40
everything.
21:42
And
21:42
honestly,
21:43
my
21:43
first
21:43
book
21:44
is
21:44
published
21:44
through
21:45
a
21:45
little
21:45
small,
21:45
little
21:46
publishing
21:46
company
21:47
I'm
21:47
working
21:47
on
21:48
to
21:49
get
21:49
all
21:49
of
21:49
my
21:50
books
21:50
published
21:50
underneath
21:52
me.
21:52
That
21:53
takes
21:53
money.
21:54
So
21:54
you
21:54
have
21:54
to
21:55
purchase
21:55
your
21:55
own.
21:56
Those
21:56
barcode
21:57
numbers,
21:57
the
21:57
ISDN
21:58
numbers,
21:58
you
21:58
have
21:58
to
21:58
purchase
21:59
those.
21:59
They
21:59
have
21:59
to
22:00
have
22:00
my
22:00
company
22:00
name
22:00
attached
22:01
to
22:01
it.
22:01
So
22:02
I'm
22:02
working
22:02
on
22:02
that.
22:03
And
22:04
then
22:04
I
22:04
just
22:05
didn't
22:05
know
22:06
like
22:06
the
22:07
ins
22:07
and
22:07
out.
22:07
Like
22:08
it's
22:08
more
22:08
than
22:08
just
22:09
writing
22:09
a
22:09
story.
22:10
Oh,
22:10
man.
22:10
You
22:10
have
22:10
to
22:11
find
22:11
somebody
22:11
to
22:11
do
22:11
illustrations.
22:12
You
22:12
have
22:13
to
22:13
find
22:13
someone
22:14
that
22:14
can
22:14
format
22:15
your
22:15
book.
22:15
You
22:15
got
22:16
to
22:16
find
22:16
somebody
22:16
to
22:17
make
22:17
sure
22:17
the
22:18
grammar,
22:18
the
22:18
punctuation,
22:19
all
22:19
these
22:19
people
22:20
you
22:20
have
22:20
to
22:20
pay
22:21
to
22:21
do
22:21
it.
22:22
Going
22:22
through
22:22
a
22:23
traditional
22:23
publisher
22:24
where
22:24
they
22:24
do
22:24
everything
22:24
for
22:25
you.
22:25
But
22:25
it
22:25
costs
22:26
a
22:26
fortune,
22:26
Rick.
22:27
So
22:27
if
22:27
you're
22:27
a
22:27
little
22:28
frugal
22:28
like
22:28
me
22:30
and
22:30
like
22:30
to
22:30
research
22:31
like
22:31
me,
22:32
I
22:32
said
22:32
I'm
22:33
determined.
22:33
I'm
22:34
a
22:34
research.
22:34
How
22:35
do
22:35
you
22:35
do
22:35
this?
22:36
And
22:36
I
22:36
did
22:37
just
22:37
that.
22:38
But
22:38
Rick,
22:38
it
22:38
was
22:39
pricey.
22:39
Like
22:40
you
22:40
have
22:40
to
22:40
pay
22:40
people
22:41
individually
22:41
to
22:41
do
22:42
things
22:42
for
22:42
it.
22:42
Like
22:43
I
22:43
don't
22:43
have
22:43
to
22:43
pay
22:43
for
22:43
one
22:44
to
22:44
publish
22:44
it.
22:45
Put
22:45
it
22:45
on
22:45
Amazon
22:45
for
22:46
me.
22:46
Put
22:46
it
22:46
on
22:46
Barnes
22:47
and
22:47
Noble.
22:47
That
22:47
stuff
22:47
costs
22:48
money,
22:48
Rick.
22:48
And
22:49
that
22:49
stuff
22:49
adds
22:49
up.
22:50
There's
22:50
some
22:50
pros
22:50
and
22:50
cons
22:51
to
22:51
that.
22:51
Yes,
22:52
it's
22:52
nice
22:52
that
22:52
you
22:52
can
22:53
be
22:53
able
22:53
to
22:53
self
22:53
publish
22:53
your
22:54
Own,
22:55
you
22:55
know,
22:55
X,
22:55
Y
22:55
and
22:56
Z.
22:56
But
22:57
with
22:57
a
22:57
traditional,
22:58
it's
22:58
really
22:58
everything
22:59
for
22:59
you.
23:00
So
23:00
those
23:00
things
23:00
I
23:01
had
23:01
to
23:01
learn
23:01
to
23:02
do
23:02
and
23:03
I
23:03
had
23:03
to
23:04
budget
23:04
for
23:04
it,
23:04
Rick,
23:05
because
23:05
it
23:05
costs
23:05
a
23:06
lot.
23:06
Beginning
23:07
doing
23:07
your
23:07
first
23:08
book,
23:08
for
23:08
sure.
23:09
You
23:09
just
23:10
don't
23:10
know
23:10
the
23:10
cost
23:11
and
23:11
you
23:11
don't
23:11
know
23:12
all
23:12
of
23:13
the
23:13
ins
23:13
and
23:14
outs.
23:15
So
23:15
bring
23:15
us
23:16
forward
23:16
now
23:16
because
23:17
you're
23:17
about
23:17
to
23:17
launch
23:18
two
23:19
more
23:19
books
23:20
and
23:20
obviously
23:21
you've
23:21
done
23:21
a
23:22
lot
23:22
of
23:22
learning
23:23
to
23:23
the
23:24
point
23:24
where
23:24
you're
23:24
now
23:25
created
23:25
your
23:26
own
23:26
publishing
23:26
company
23:27
and
23:28
you're
23:28
an
23:28
independent
23:29
publisher.
23:30
Talk
23:30
to
23:30
us
23:31
about
23:32
what's
23:32
changed
23:33
for
23:33
you
23:34
and
23:35
what's
23:35
your
23:35
process
23:36
to
23:36
be
23:36
able
23:37
to
23:37
do
23:37
that
23:37
versus
23:38
when
23:38
you
23:38
first
23:39
started
23:39
out.
23:40
Oh,
23:40
yeah.
23:40
So
23:41
like
23:41
I
23:41
said,
23:41
I've
23:41
done
23:41
a
23:42
lot
23:42
of
23:42
research
23:42
and
23:42
a
23:42
lot
23:43
of
23:43
learning,
23:43
a
23:43
lot
23:43
of
23:43
tears,
23:45
a
23:45
lot
23:45
of
23:45
money.
23:46
I
23:47
decided,
23:47
I
23:47
said,
23:47
you
23:48
know
23:48
what,
23:48
let's
23:48
just,
23:48
instead
23:49
of
23:49
paying
23:49
this
23:50
doing
23:50
is
23:50
that,
23:51
let
23:51
me
23:51
just
23:51
launch
23:52
my
23:52
home.
23:54
And
23:54
my
23:54
brother
23:55
is
23:55
an
23:55
attorney
23:56
and
23:56
I
23:56
was
23:57
talking
23:57
to
23:57
him
23:57
about
23:57
it
23:58
and
23:58
that's
23:58
what
23:58
he
23:58
said.
23:58
He
23:59
said,
23:59
why
23:59
don't
23:59
you
24:00
Mel,
24:00
just
24:00
do
24:00
your
24:01
own
24:01
publishing
24:01
company?
24:02
That
24:02
way
24:02
you
24:03
can
24:03
publish
24:03
your
24:03
own
24:03
books
24:04
under
24:04
you.
24:04
You
24:05
don't
24:05
have
24:05
to
24:05
worry
24:05
about
24:06
paying
24:06
this
24:06
person,
24:07
doing
24:07
that,
24:07
doing
24:07
this,
24:07
blah,
24:08
blah.
24:08
You
24:08
may
24:08
still.
24:09
Because
24:09
I
24:09
can't
24:10
draw.
24:10
I
24:10
can't
24:10
even
24:10
draw
24:11
stick
24:11
figure.
24:11
And
24:11
that's.
24:11
I.
24:12
I'm
24:12
just
24:12
like
24:12
you.
24:13
Those
24:13
services,
24:14
I
24:14
know
24:14
I
24:14
would
24:14
still
24:15
need,
24:15
I
24:15
still
24:15
need
24:15
an
24:16
illustrator
24:16
and
24:16
stuff.
24:17
But
24:17
as
24:17
far
24:18
as
24:18
coming
24:18
to
24:18
the
24:18
publishing
24:19
side
24:19
on
24:19
it,
24:20
I
24:20
can
24:20
do
24:20
that
24:20
myself.
24:21
If
24:21
I
24:22
can
24:22
cut
24:22
the
24:22
middleman,
24:23
I'll
24:23
do
24:23
that.
24:24
So
24:24
that's
24:24
when
24:24
I
24:24
decided,
24:25
yeah,
24:25
let
24:25
me
24:25
just
24:26
go
24:26
ahead
24:26
and
24:26
do
24:26
it
24:26
myself.
24:27
I
24:27
don't
24:28
have
24:28
to
24:28
worry
24:28
about
24:28
X,
24:29
Y
24:29
and
24:29
Z.
24:30
You
24:30
know,
24:30
I
24:30
know
24:31
where
24:31
all
24:32
of
24:32
my
24:32
money
24:33
that
24:33
I
24:33
make
24:33
from
24:33
my
24:34
books,
24:34
I
24:34
know
24:34
it
24:34
just
24:35
comes
24:35
straight
24:35
to
24:36
me.
24:36
I
24:36
can
24:36
worry
24:37
about
24:37
paying
24:37
no
24:38
traditional
24:38
publisher
24:39
or
24:39
anything.
24:39
It
24:40
all
24:40
comes
24:40
to
24:40
me.
24:41
I
24:41
want
24:41
to
24:41
jump
24:41
to
24:42
your
24:42
illustrator
24:42
for
24:43
a
24:43
moment
24:43
because
24:45
for
24:45
us,
24:45
being
24:46
an
24:46
independent
24:47
children's
24:47
book
24:47
author
24:48
like
24:48
yourself
24:49
is
24:50
that
24:50
our
24:50
biggest
24:51
single
24:51
expense
24:52
is
24:53
the
24:53
illustrations.
24:54
And
24:54
I
24:54
say
24:55
to
24:55
people,
24:55
you
24:55
know
24:55
what,
24:56
if
24:56
you
24:56
look
24:56
at
24:56
what
24:57
it
24:57
costs
24:57
to
24:57
get
24:57
your
24:58
book
24:58
edited
24:59
or
24:59
even
25:00
formatted,
25:01
it's
25:01
a
25:01
relatively
25:02
inexpensive
25:03
cost
25:04
compared
25:04
to
25:04
the
25:05
biggest
25:05
thing,
25:05
which
25:06
is
25:06
the
25:06
illustrations.
25:07
When
25:07
you
25:08
got
25:08
your
25:08
first
25:08
illustrator
25:10
and
25:10
it
25:10
was
25:11
through
25:11
a
25:11
publishing
25:12
company,
25:13
did
25:13
you
25:13
keep
25:14
that
25:14
illustrator
25:15
for
25:16
the
25:16
rest
25:16
of
25:16
your
25:16
books
25:17
or
25:17
tell
25:18
us
25:18
your
25:18
illustration
25:19
Story
25:20
with
25:21
my
25:21
books
25:22
was
25:22
published.
25:22
The
25:22
first
25:23
book
25:23
was
25:23
published
25:23
to
25:23
a
25:24
small
25:24
company,
25:25
but
25:25
they
25:25
didn't
25:26
offer
25:26
illustration.
25:28
So
25:28
I
25:28
had
25:28
to
25:28
outsource
25:29
and
25:29
find
25:29
my
25:30
own
25:31
illustrator.
25:32
And
25:32
I
25:32
found
25:32
the
25:33
illustrator
25:33
off
25:33
of
25:33
Fiverr.
25:34
I
25:35
looked
25:35
at
25:35
his
25:35
reviews
25:36
and
25:36
some
25:36
of
25:36
his.
25:37
So
25:37
I
25:38
said,
25:38
I
25:38
gave
25:38
him
25:38
my
25:39
idea
25:39
and
25:39
I
25:39
said,
25:39
I
25:40
want
25:40
the
25:40
character
25:40
to
25:41
resemble
25:41
my
25:42
son.
25:42
Yes.
25:42
And
25:43
I
25:43
said,
25:43
can
25:43
you
25:43
do
25:44
it?
25:44
And
25:44
he
25:44
said,
25:44
yes,
25:45
of
25:45
course.
25:45
So
25:46
he
25:46
made
25:46
me
25:46
some
25:46
sketches
25:47
and
25:47
I
25:47
fell
25:48
in
25:48
love.
25:51
I
25:51
said,
25:51
me,
25:52
once
25:52
I
25:52
find
25:52
somebody,
25:53
I
25:53
stick
25:53
to
25:54
him.
25:54
He
25:55
has
25:55
essentially
25:55
illustrated
25:56
all
25:56
of
25:57
my
25:57
books
25:57
because
25:58
I
25:58
refuse
25:58
to
25:58
go
25:59
well,
25:59
and
25:59
I
25:59
know
26:00
how
26:00
much
26:00
he
26:00
charged
26:01
and
26:01
I
26:01
know
26:02
the
26:02
type
26:02
of
26:02
quality
26:02
of
26:03
work
26:03
that
26:03
I'm
26:03
going
26:03
to
26:03
get,
26:04
and
26:04
I'm
26:04
just
26:05
sticking
26:05
just
26:06
right
26:06
there.
26:06
But
26:06
you
26:07
are
26:07
correct
26:08
with
26:08
children's
26:08
book
26:08
author,
26:09
especially
26:10
when
26:10
you
26:10
want
26:11
a
26:11
lot
26:11
of
26:11
pictures
26:11
and
26:11
you
26:12
want
26:12
a
26:12
lot
26:12
of
26:12
detail.
26:13
It's
26:14
going
26:14
to
26:14
cost
26:14
a
26:14
lot.
26:17
It's
26:17
nice
26:18
now
26:18
because
26:18
you're
26:19
working
26:19
with
26:19
the
26:19
same
26:19
illustrator,
26:20
you're
26:20
about
26:20
to
26:21
launch
26:21
two
26:21
new
26:22
books,
26:22
and
26:24
you
26:24
know
26:24
what
26:24
the
26:24
cost
26:25
is.
26:25
Now
26:25
it's
26:26
probably
26:26
a
26:26
lot
26:27
simpler
26:28
as
26:28
you
26:28
start
26:28
to
26:29
put
26:29
things
26:29
together
26:30
as
26:31
now
26:31
you
26:31
know
26:32
exactly
26:32
what
26:32
it
26:33
costs
26:33
to
26:33
print
26:34
your
26:34
third
26:35
and
26:35
fourth
26:35
book
26:35
versus
26:36
your
26:36
first
26:37
book.
26:38
Yeah,
26:38
this
26:38
is
26:38
like
26:39
going
26:39
in
26:39
there
26:39
blind.
26:39
Rick,
26:40
is.
26:40
I've
26:40
never
26:40
done
26:40
this
26:41
before.
26:41
I
26:41
never,
26:42
like.
26:42
Like
26:42
I
26:42
said
26:43
as
26:43
a
26:43
child,
26:43
I
26:43
just
26:44
write
26:44
little
26:44
here
26:44
and
26:44
there,
26:45
poetry
26:45
this
26:45
and
26:46
that,
26:46
but
26:46
never
26:47
got
26:47
really
26:48
curious
26:48
until
26:49
now.
26:50
And
26:50
I'm
26:50
like,
26:50
oh,
26:50
my
26:50
God,
26:51
how
26:51
much
26:51
is
26:51
this
26:51
going
26:51
to
26:51
cost?
26:52
And,
26:52
oh,
26:53
my
26:53
goodness,
26:53
it's
26:53
more
26:53
than
26:54
just
26:54
writing,
26:54
Carmela.
26:55
You
26:55
got
26:55
to
26:55
figure
26:56
out
26:56
this
26:56
and
26:56
that.
26:57
Yeah,
26:57
the
26:57
unknown
26:58
was
26:58
scary.
26:59
But
26:59
now
26:59
that
26:59
I
27:00
do
27:00
know
27:00
and
27:00
I'm
27:01
using
27:01
just
27:01
the
27:01
same
27:02
people,
27:02
Rick,
27:03
I'm
27:03
not
27:03
veering
27:03
off
27:04
from
27:04
nobody
27:05
because
27:05
I
27:05
know,
27:06
you
27:06
know,
27:06
what
27:06
they
27:06
call,
27:07
and
27:07
I
27:07
know
27:07
the
27:07
quality
27:08
of
27:08
work
27:08
that
27:08
I'm
27:08
going
27:08
to
27:08
get.
27:09
Are
27:09
you
27:09
using
27:10
primarily
27:11
Amazon
27:11
for
27:12
print
27:12
on
27:12
demand?
27:13
Tell
27:13
us
27:14
your
27:15
printing
27:15
story.
27:16
How
27:16
are
27:16
you
27:16
bringing
27:17
your
27:18
soft
27:18
cover
27:18
or
27:19
paper
27:19
back
27:19
and
27:20
your
27:20
hardcover?
27:21
What
27:21
type
27:21
of
27:21
printing
27:22
services
27:22
are
27:22
you
27:23
using?
27:24
So
27:25
as
27:25
of
27:25
right
27:25
now,
27:25
Amazon
27:26
for
27:26
me,
27:27
Princeton
27:27
Amanda
27:28
is
27:28
a
27:28
little
27:28
bit.
27:28
It's
27:28
cheaper.
27:29
Yeah,
27:30
because
27:30
at
27:31
first
27:31
I
27:31
was
27:31
going
27:31
to
27:31
use
27:32
Barnes
27:32
and
27:32
Nobles
27:33
and
27:34
they
27:34
had
27:34
started
27:34
going
27:35
up
27:35
in
27:35
price.
27:35
And
27:35
I
27:36
said,
27:37
especially
27:37
if
27:37
you
27:38
want
27:38
hard
27:38
copy.
27:39
Oh,
27:39
man,
27:39
it's
27:39
very
27:40
expensive.
27:40
It's
27:41
gotten
27:41
kind
27:41
of
27:41
pricey
27:42
on
27:42
Amazon
27:42
as
27:42
well.
27:43
So
27:43
I
27:43
scale
27:44
back
27:44
and
27:44
just
27:44
offer
27:44
in
27:45
paperback
27:45
because
27:45
it's
27:46
a
27:46
little
27:46
bit
27:46
more
27:47
cost
27:47
efficient
27:48
and
27:48
it's
27:49
cheaper
27:49
when
27:49
it
27:49
comes
27:49
to
27:50
print
27:50
on
27:50
demand.
27:51
And
27:51
you
27:51
know
27:51
me,
27:51
Rick,
27:52
I'm
27:52
frugal.
27:52
So
27:52
I'm
27:53
profitable.
27:56
I
27:56
talked
27:56
to
27:56
Charlotte
27:57
Glaze,
27:58
episode
27:58
23
27:59
from
27:59
Oklahoma,
28:01
and
28:01
she
28:02
actually
28:03
used
28:03
a
28:03
service
28:04
called
28:05
madeinchina.com
28:07
and
28:09
she
28:09
had
28:09
all
28:10
of
28:10
her
28:10
hard
28:10
copies
28:11
printed
28:12
using
28:12
that
28:13
company.
28:13
And
28:13
then
28:14
she
28:14
told
28:14
me
28:14
the
28:14
nice
28:15
thing
28:15
about
28:15
it
28:15
is
28:16
there
28:16
was
28:16
quite
28:17
a
28:17
few
28:17
printing
28:18
companies,
28:18
but
28:18
she
28:18
found
28:19
a
28:19
couple
28:19
that
28:20
had
28:20
really
28:20
good
28:20
reviews.
28:22
She
28:22
ordered
28:23
a
28:23
sample
28:23
of
28:24
a
28:24
hard
28:24
copy
28:24
book
28:25
from
28:25
both
28:25
those
28:25
services.
28:27
When
28:27
they
28:27
arrived,
28:28
she
28:28
looked
28:28
at
28:28
the
28:28
quality.
28:29
Now
28:30
she
28:30
had
28:30
to
28:30
pay
28:30
for
28:30
the
28:31
sample,
28:31
but
28:31
she
28:31
said
28:32
once
28:32
she
28:32
decided
28:33
on
28:33
the
28:33
printing
28:34
company,
28:34
she
28:35
decided
28:35
to
28:35
use
28:36
that
28:36
printing
28:36
company.
28:37
And
28:37
she
28:37
said
28:37
the
28:38
cost
28:38
to
28:39
print
28:39
a
28:39
hardcover
28:40
book,
28:41
even
28:41
with
28:41
the
28:41
shipping
28:42
from
28:42
China,
28:43
was
28:43
so
28:43
much
28:44
cheaper
28:44
than
28:45
she
28:45
could
28:45
have
28:46
done
28:46
in
28:47
North
28:47
America.
28:48
Wow.
28:49
So
28:49
it's
28:50
called
28:50
madeinchina.com
28:51
and
28:51
the
28:51
reason
28:52
I
28:52
mentioned
28:52
that,
28:52
Carmela,
28:53
is
28:54
that
28:54
because
28:55
of
28:55
Charlotte,
28:56
that's
28:56
how
28:57
we
28:57
did
28:57
our
28:57
plushie
28:58
caboose,
28:59
the
28:59
Rocky
28:59
Mountain
29:00
Bear.
29:00
I
29:00
used
29:01
that
29:01
service
29:02
and
29:02
they
29:03
were
29:03
phenomenal.
29:04
I
29:04
loved
29:04
it.
29:05
And
29:05
there's
29:06
no
29:06
way
29:06
we
29:06
could
29:06
have
29:07
done
29:07
that
29:07
bear
29:08
and
29:09
got
29:09
the
29:09
pricing
29:10
that
29:10
we
29:10
did
29:11
if
29:11
it
29:11
wasn't
29:12
for
29:12
using
29:12
that
29:13
service.
29:13
An
29:13
idea
29:14
for
29:14
you.
29:15
Another
29:15
idea
29:16
I'd
29:17
love
29:17
to
29:17
share
29:17
with
29:17
you
29:18
and
29:18
our
29:18
listeners
29:18
because
29:19
I
29:19
had
29:19
author
29:19
Brittany
29:20
Pettish,
29:20
Episode
29:21
66
29:21
on
29:23
she's
29:23
written
29:24
a
29:24
book
29:24
series
29:24
like
29:25
you.
29:26
Amazon
29:27
does
29:27
not
29:28
print
29:28
a
29:29
hardcover
29:29
book
29:30
unless
29:30
it's
29:31
72
29:31
pages
29:32
to
29:33
500
29:33
pages.
29:34
But
29:35
what
29:35
she
29:36
did
29:36
is
29:37
she
29:37
was
29:38
at
29:38
a
29:38
book
29:38
fair
29:39
and
29:39
she
29:39
was
29:39
sitting
29:39
beside
29:40
a
29:40
guy,
29:40
he
29:41
was
29:41
selling
29:41
his
29:41
books
29:42
and
29:42
she
29:43
was
29:43
telling
29:43
him
29:43
about
29:44
her
29:44
issues.
29:45
And
29:45
he
29:45
said,
29:45
you've
29:46
got
29:46
four
29:46
books.
29:46
Why
29:47
don't
29:47
you
29:47
put
29:47
it
29:47
into
29:48
a
29:48
compilation?
29:50
And
29:50
she
29:51
said,
29:51
what
29:51
do
29:51
you
29:51
mean?
29:51
He
29:52
says,
29:52
put
29:52
all
29:52
four
29:53
books
29:53
into
29:53
one
29:54
book
29:54
and
29:55
sell
29:55
it
29:55
as
29:55
a
29:56
special
29:56
hard
29:56
copy
29:57
book.
29:58
It's
29:58
over
29:58
72
29:59
pages
30:00
and
30:00
you
30:01
can
30:01
get
30:01
it
30:01
printed
30:02
through
30:02
Amazon
30:03
and
30:04
their
30:04
pricing
30:04
is
30:05
pretty
30:05
darn
30:05
good
30:05
that
30:05
doing
30:06
it
30:06
that
30:06
way.
30:08
Wow.
30:09
So
30:09
I
30:09
just
30:10
throw
30:10
that
30:10
idea
30:11
out
30:11
at
30:11
you
30:12
and
30:12
maybe
30:12
down
30:12
the
30:13
road
30:13
that's
30:13
something
30:14
you
30:14
do
30:14
your
30:14
research
30:15
on
30:15
and
30:15
say,
30:16
wow,
30:16
this
30:17
do
30:17
a
30:17
compilation.
30:18
And
30:18
yeah,
30:19
she
30:19
says
30:19
she's
30:19
doing
30:19
quite
30:20
well
30:20
with
30:20
that
30:20
compilation.
30:21
And
30:22
she
30:23
only
30:23
does
30:23
a
30:23
hardcover
30:25
of
30:25
the
30:25
compilation.
30:26
It
30:26
makes
30:27
it.
30:27
Wow.
30:27
Yeah.
30:28
That's
30:28
really.
30:28
Yeah,
30:28
I
30:28
like
30:29
that.
30:30
You
30:30
would
30:30
have
30:31
told
30:31
me
30:31
to
30:31
have
30:31
some
30:31
pen
30:32
and
30:32
paper
30:32
with
30:32
me.
30:34
You
30:34
can
30:34
listen
30:35
to
30:35
the
30:35
episode
30:36
and
30:36
you'll
30:36
be
30:37
fine.
30:37
I
30:38
also
30:38
want
30:38
to
30:38
talk
30:38
to
30:39
you
30:39
about
30:39
your
30:39
website
30:40
because
30:40
you've
30:40
got
30:41
a
30:42
great
30:42
website.
30:43
Your
30:43
E
30:43
commerce
30:44
part
30:45
of
30:45
the
30:45
of
30:45
your
30:46
website
30:46
is
30:46
cool.
30:47
I
30:47
like
30:47
how
30:47
you've
30:48
done
30:48
some
30:48
interactive
30:49
videos.
30:50
I
30:50
Like
30:50
how
30:51
you've
30:51
come
30:51
on
30:51
and
30:52
explained
30:52
the
30:52
doll.
30:53
It's
30:53
not
30:54
you
30:54
hiring
30:55
a
30:55
professional.
30:56
It's
30:56
actually
30:56
you
30:57
as
30:57
a.
30:57
As
30:57
the
30:58
mother
30:58
telling
30:59
the
30:59
story
30:59
behind
31:00
the
31:00
plushie,
31:01
which
31:01
I
31:01
love.
31:03
How
31:03
did
31:03
you
31:03
develop
31:04
your
31:04
website?
31:04
Was
31:05
it
31:05
primarily
31:06
for
31:06
the
31:06
books
31:06
first,
31:07
or
31:08
did
31:08
it
31:08
just
31:08
unfold
31:09
as
31:10
all
31:10
these
31:10
ideas
31:11
came
31:11
together?
31:13
All
31:13
the
31:13
ideas
31:13
come
31:14
together
31:15
because
31:15
I
31:15
knew
31:16
I
31:16
wanted
31:16
more.
31:17
Just
31:17
the
31:17
books.
31:18
Like
31:18
I
31:18
said,
31:19
I
31:19
wanted
31:19
merchandise.
31:20
I
31:20
wanted
31:21
this.
31:21
I
31:21
wanted
31:21
that.
31:22
The
31:22
young
31:22
lady
31:23
helped
31:23
me
31:23
with
31:23
my
31:24
website
31:24
because
31:25
at
31:25
first,
31:25
Rick,
31:25
I
31:25
thought
31:26
I
31:26
could
31:26
be
31:26
able
31:26
to
31:26
do
31:26
it.
31:27
And
31:27
I
31:27
said,
31:27
oh,
31:27
there's
31:27
too
31:28
many
31:28
ins
31:28
and
31:28
outs,
31:29
so.
31:30
Well,
31:30
I
31:30
did
31:31
pray
31:31
for
31:31
that
31:31
to
31:32
be
31:32
done.
31:32
And
31:32
she
31:33
said,
31:33
you
31:33
want.
31:33
Would
31:34
you
31:34
like
31:34
anything
31:34
else
31:35
to
31:35
be
31:35
part?
31:35
I
31:35
said,
31:35
oh,
31:35
yeah,
31:36
sure.
31:36
I'm
31:36
going.
31:36
Shirts,
31:37
Tumblr.
31:38
She
31:38
said,
31:38
oh,
31:38
my
31:39
goodness.
31:39
Why
31:39
do
31:39
you
31:40
want
31:40
a
31:40
lot?
31:41
So
31:41
she
31:41
said,
31:41
okay,
31:42
I'll
31:42
put
31:42
it
31:42
on
31:42
there.
31:42
And
31:43
she
31:43
did.
31:43
She
31:43
designed
31:44
it.
31:44
She
31:44
chose
31:44
Shopify.
31:45
So
31:46
she
31:46
designed
31:47
my
31:47
website,
31:47
and
31:48
she
31:48
asked
31:48
me
31:49
my
31:49
input,
31:49
and
31:50
she
31:50
did
31:50
the
31:50
colors
31:51
for
31:51
me.
31:51
And
31:52
you're
31:52
beautiful.
31:53
Cause
31:53
I
31:53
said
31:53
I
31:54
wanted
31:54
my
31:54
website
31:54
to
31:54
be
31:55
nice
31:55
and
31:55
vibrant.
31:56
I
31:56
always
31:56
think
31:56
about
31:56
Amir
31:57
when
31:57
I
31:57
do
31:57
things.
31:57
I
31:58
think
31:58
about
31:58
him.
31:58
What
31:59
could
31:59
Amir
31:59
possibly
32:00
see?
32:00
This.
32:00
You
32:00
can't
32:01
see
32:01
dull
32:01
and
32:02
dark
32:02
colors.
32:02
I
32:03
want
32:03
my
32:03
website
32:03
to
32:04
stick
32:04
out.
32:04
I
32:04
want
32:04
to
32:04
be
32:05
bright,
32:05
colorful.
32:06
So
32:06
she
32:06
went
32:07
along
32:07
with
32:07
my
32:07
vision
32:08
with
32:08
that,
32:08
and
32:09
she
32:09
helped
32:09
me
32:09
put
32:09
it
32:10
together.
32:11
And
32:11
here
32:11
we
32:12
are.
32:13
Oh,
32:13
good
32:13
for
32:13
you.
32:14
Like,
32:14
once
32:14
a
32:15
month,
32:15
or
32:16
do
32:16
you
32:16
go
32:16
back
32:16
to
32:17
her
32:17
with
32:17
a.
32:18
Like,
32:18
a
32:18
little
32:18
bit
32:18
of
32:19
a
32:19
list
32:19
and
32:19
say,
32:19
okay,
32:20
I'd
32:20
like
32:20
to
32:20
update
32:21
this,
32:21
or
32:22
how
32:22
does
32:22
that
32:22
work?
32:24
Got
32:24
into
32:24
some
32:25
research,
32:25
so
32:25
I
32:26
do
32:26
it
32:26
myself.
32:26
If
32:26
I
32:27
have
32:27
a
32:27
new
32:27
product,
32:28
I
32:28
can.
32:28
I
32:28
know
32:29
how
32:29
to
32:29
upload
32:29
it,
32:29
and
32:29
I
32:30
know
32:30
how
32:30
to
32:30
do
32:31
it
32:31
myself
32:31
and
32:31
keep
32:32
the
32:32
maintenance.
32:32
Now,
32:33
if
32:33
something
32:33
goes
32:33
wrong
32:34
and
32:34
I
32:34
don't
32:34
know
32:34
how
32:35
to
32:35
do
32:35
it,
32:35
I'll
32:35
bug
32:36
her
32:36
and
32:36
she'll
32:36
help
32:36
me.
32:37
But,
32:37
yeah,
32:37
essentially
32:38
I
32:38
manage
32:38
and
32:39
do
32:39
that
32:39
myself.
32:40
And
32:40
I
32:40
noticed
32:41
social
32:41
media.
32:42
You
32:42
have
32:43
Facebook,
32:44
Instagram,
32:44
and
32:45
TikTok.
32:45
And
32:45
do
32:46
you
32:46
use
32:46
all
32:46
three
32:47
of
32:47
those
32:47
social
32:47
media
32:48
platforms
32:49
to
32:49
promote
32:49
your
32:49
books?
32:50
Yes,
32:50
I
32:50
do.
32:50
Yes,
32:51
I
32:51
do.
32:52
Primarily
32:53
TikTok.
32:53
I
32:53
actually
32:53
won
32:54
a
32:54
TikTok.
32:55
I
32:55
don't
32:56
know.
32:56
I
32:56
don't
32:56
know
32:56
if
32:56
they
32:56
call
32:56
it
32:57
a
32:57
grant,
32:57
but
32:57
I
32:57
did
32:58
this
32:58
year
32:58
for
32:59
$2,500
33:00
in
33:00
ad
33:00
credit,
33:02
and
33:02
I
33:02
used
33:03
that.
33:04
Oh,
33:04
yeah.
33:04
And
33:04
I
33:04
used
33:05
that
33:05
and
33:05
promoted
33:06
some
33:06
of
33:06
my
33:06
items
33:07
and
33:07
my
33:08
dolls.
33:08
Shoot,
33:08
Rick.
33:09
One
33:09
of
33:09
the
33:09
videos
33:10
hit
33:10
about
33:10
4
33:10
million
33:11
views
33:11
worldwide.
33:12
Wow.
33:13
Good
33:13
for
33:13
you.
33:14
Thank
33:14
you.
33:15
And
33:15
TikTok
33:16
was
33:16
really
33:16
cool
33:17
and
33:17
I
33:17
noticed
33:18
TikTok
33:18
the
33:19
lighting
33:19
of
33:19
Yoga
33:19
cloud.
33:20
So
33:21
I
33:21
was
33:21
like
33:21
this
33:21
would
33:21
be
33:21
cool
33:22
to
33:22
get
33:22
that
33:22
out
33:22
there
33:23
as
33:23
well
33:23
too.
33:23
So
33:23
they
33:24
could
33:24
see,
33:24
oh,
33:24
it's
33:25
a
33:25
lady
33:25
out
33:25
here
33:25
that's
33:26
writing
33:26
books
33:26
about
33:27
disabled
33:28
children.
33:28
So
33:28
I
33:28
got
33:28
a
33:29
lot
33:29
of
33:29
positive
33:29
comments
33:30
about
33:30
that.
33:31
Some
33:31
people
33:31
around
33:32
the
33:32
world
33:32
was
33:32
like,
33:32
oh
33:33
my
33:33
God,
33:33
I've
33:33
never
33:33
seen
33:34
nothing
33:34
like
33:34
this.
33:35
So
33:35
it
33:36
was
33:36
really
33:36
cool
33:36
to
33:36
do.
33:37
And
33:37
I
33:37
really
33:37
used
33:37
my
33:37
grant
33:38
winning
33:38
very
33:39
wisely
33:39
because
33:39
it
33:40
got
33:40
me
33:40
out
33:40
there
33:40
to
33:41
broader
33:41
audience
33:42
than
33:42
what
33:43
I
33:43
was
33:43
doing
33:43
on
33:43
Facebook
33:44
and
33:44
Instagram
33:45
and
33:46
then
33:46
my
33:46
Instagram.
33:47
I
33:48
do
33:48
pretty
33:48
well
33:48
with
33:49
that
33:49
as
33:49
far
33:49
as
33:49
I
33:50
use
33:50
a
33:50
lot
33:50
of
33:50
paid
33:50
ad
33:51
services.
33:52
I'll
33:52
do
33:52
a
33:53
video
33:53
and
33:53
I'll
33:53
pay
33:54
for
33:54
it
33:54
to
33:54
be
33:54
shown
33:55
a
33:55
couple
33:55
of
33:55
times.
33:55
And
33:56
I've
33:56
been
33:56
doing
33:56
pretty
33:56
good
33:57
with
33:57
that
33:58
lately.
33:58
I've
33:58
been
33:58
getting
33:58
a
33:59
lot
33:59
of
33:59
inbox
33:59
from
33:59
parents.
34:02
Oh
34:02
my
34:02
God.
34:02
This
34:02
is
34:02
the
34:03
first
34:03
time
34:03
we've
34:03
run
34:03
across
34:04
something
34:04
like
34:04
this.
34:05
May
34:05
I
34:06
have
34:06
the
34:06
information
34:06
or
34:07
all
34:07
are
34:07
Rick
34:08
like
34:08
all
34:09
my
34:09
series
34:10
always
34:10
talk
34:10
about.
34:11
Not
34:11
only
34:11
that,
34:12
my
34:12
series
34:12
are
34:12
not.
34:12
They're
34:13
just
34:13
adventurous.
34:14
They
34:14
teach
34:15
children
34:16
different
34:16
childhood
34:17
diseases
34:17
that
34:17
afflict
34:17
children
34:18
around
34:18
the
34:18
world.
34:19
Every
34:19
time
34:20
Fearless
34:20
goes
34:20
to
34:21
a
34:21
different
34:21
country
34:21
in
34:21
his
34:22
dream,
34:23
I
34:23
teach
34:23
the
34:23
children
34:23
that
34:24
language.
34:25
It
34:25
was
34:25
very
34:26
heartwarming
34:27
to
34:27
have
34:27
some
34:28
parents.
34:28
Even
34:28
when
34:28
I
34:29
do
34:29
pop
34:29
up
34:29
shops
34:30
and
34:30
one
34:30
of
34:30
my
34:31
second
34:31
book
34:31
is
34:31
based
34:31
in
34:32
Brazil
34:33
to
34:33
see
34:33
a
34:33
family
34:34
that
34:34
spoke
34:35
Portuguese.
34:35
To
34:35
see
34:36
that
34:36
book,
34:37
my
34:37
Brazil
34:37
book
34:38
and
34:38
it
34:38
had
34:38
Portuguese
34:39
in
34:39
it.
34:39
Like
34:40
the
34:40
mom
34:40
smiled
34:41
so
34:41
hard.
34:42
Oh
34:42
my
34:42
God,
34:42
I've
34:43
never
34:43
seen
34:43
anything
34:44
like
34:44
this.
34:45
So
34:45
it's
34:46
very
34:46
heartwarming
34:47
to
34:47
know
34:47
that
34:48
I'm
34:48
getting
34:48
out
34:49
there.
34:49
Little
34:50
by
34:50
little
34:50
I'm
34:51
getting
34:51
out
34:52
there
34:52
and
34:52
my
34:53
face
34:53
is
34:53
being
34:53
shown.
34:54
Not
34:54
only
34:54
my
34:54
face,
34:54
but
34:55
my
34:55
son's
34:55
face
34:55
is
34:55
being
34:56
shown
34:56
out
34:56
there.
34:56
Oh
34:57
my
34:57
God.
34:57
I'm
34:57
getting
34:58
there's
34:58
children
34:59
like
34:59
him.
34:59
And
35:00
look
35:00
what
35:00
his
35:00
mom
35:00
is
35:01
doing
35:01
for
35:01
him.
35:01
She's
35:02
making
35:02
sure
35:02
he's
35:02
a
35:03
beacon
35:03
delight.
35:04
He's
35:04
something
35:04
positive
35:05
that
35:05
kids
35:06
all
35:06
around
35:06
the
35:06
world
35:07
can
35:07
mimic
35:08
and
35:08
see.
35:09
So
35:09
it's
35:09
been
35:09
really
35:09
a
35:10
blessing
35:10
to
35:10
have
35:10
that.
35:11
Social
35:11
media
35:11
is
35:12
really
35:12
good
35:12
for
35:12
that
35:13
to
35:13
get
35:13
us
35:14
out
35:14
there
35:14
and
35:15
make
35:15
people
35:15
aware
35:16
of
35:16
what
35:16
who
35:16
I
35:16
am
35:17
and
35:17
what
35:17
I'm
35:17
doing.
35:18
That's
35:18
terrific.
35:19
And
35:19
I'm
35:19
curious,
35:20
was
35:21
there
35:21
a
35:21
reason
35:21
that
35:22
you
35:22
picked
35:23
Brazil
35:24
and
35:24
Japan
35:25
and
35:25
Ghana,
35:26
that's
35:26
South
35:27
America,
35:28
Asia
35:29
and
35:29
Africa.
35:30
Were
35:31
you
35:31
thinking
35:31
about
35:32
continents
35:32
or
35:33
what
35:33
was
35:33
your
35:33
strategy?
35:35
It
35:35
was
35:35
really
35:36
cool
35:36
because
35:37
my
35:37
best
35:37
friend
35:37
speaks
35:38
Portuguese.
35:39
So
35:39
I
35:40
told
35:40
her,
35:40
I
35:40
said,
35:41
I
35:41
Want
35:41
to
35:41
write
35:42
where
35:42
Amir
35:42
goes
35:43
on
35:43
adventures
35:44
into
35:44
different
35:44
countries.
35:45
And
35:46
I
35:46
asked
35:46
her,
35:46
I
35:46
said,
35:47
what
35:47
country
35:47
you
35:48
think
35:48
I
35:48
should
35:48
go
35:48
next?
35:48
She
35:49
said,
35:49
Brazil.
35:49
Brazil.
35:49
She
35:50
convinced
35:50
me
35:50
to
35:50
do
35:51
Brazil
35:51
next.
35:52
But.
35:52
And
35:53
Rick,
35:53
I
35:53
always
35:53
do
35:54
my
35:54
research.
35:54
I
35:54
always
35:55
research
35:55
about,
35:56
okay,
35:56
what
35:56
rare
35:57
divisions
35:58
do
35:58
they
35:58
have
35:58
in
35:58
these
35:58
different
35:59
countries?
35:59
And
36:00
that's
36:00
how
36:00
I
36:01
decide
36:01
on,
36:02
okay,
36:02
let's
36:02
go
36:02
to
36:03
this
36:03
country
36:03
next.
36:04
And
36:04
I
36:04
get
36:04
my
36:04
kids
36:05
input
36:05
too.
36:05
My
36:05
niece
36:06
and
36:06
my
36:06
son,
36:07
my
36:07
baby
36:07
boy.
36:08
Okay,
36:08
what
36:08
country
36:08
you
36:08
want
36:09
me
36:09
to.
36:09
Mommy,
36:09
go
36:09
to
36:10
Japan
36:10
because
36:10
they
36:10
love
36:10
animals.
36:11
Mommy,
36:12
go
36:12
to
36:12
Japan.
36:13
Go
36:13
to
36:13
Japan.
36:14
I'm
36:15
like,
36:15
okay.
36:15
Then
36:16
Amir,
36:16
old
36:16
nurse
36:17
that
36:17
used
36:17
to
36:17
work
36:17
with
36:17
them,
36:18
he
36:18
was
36:18
2
36:19
years
36:19
old,
36:19
she's
36:20
from
36:20
Ghana.
36:21
And
36:21
I
36:21
said,
36:21
what
36:21
do
36:21
you
36:22
think
36:22
about
36:22
us
36:22
going
36:22
to
36:23
Ghana,
36:23
going
36:26
do
36:26
this,
36:27
do
36:27
that?
36:27
So
36:28
I'm
36:28
actually
36:28
working
36:28
on
36:28
my
36:28
fifth
36:29
book,
36:29
Rick,
36:29
where
36:30
Fearlessly
36:30
be
36:30
going
36:31
to
36:31
the
36:31
uk.
36:31
My
36:32
editor,
36:33
she's
36:33
from
36:33
United
36:34
Kingdom,
36:35
so
36:35
she
36:35
is
36:35
so
36:35
excited
36:36
that
36:36
I'm
36:36
going
36:36
up
36:37
to
36:37
the
36:37
uk.
36:38
I
36:38
can't
36:38
wait
36:39
to
36:39
edit
36:39
that.
36:39
Well,
36:40
that
36:40
is
36:40
terrific.
36:41
You're
36:41
truly
36:42
making
36:43
the
36:43
whole
36:44
book
36:44
series
36:45
global,
36:46
which
36:46
is
36:47
fantastic.
36:47
Good
36:48
for
36:48
you.
36:49
That
36:49
is
36:50
amazing.
36:51
Just
36:51
amazing.
36:53
I'm
36:53
curious
36:54
too.
36:54
Now,
36:55
I
36:55
know
36:55
we
36:55
talked
36:55
about
36:56
the
36:56
inspiration
36:57
behind
36:57
Fearless
36:58
and
36:58
your
36:59
book
36:59
series
36:59
being
37:00
your
37:00
son,
37:01
but
37:02
was
37:02
there
37:02
a
37:02
specific
37:03
person
37:04
or
37:05
event
37:05
that
37:06
finally
37:07
pushed
37:08
you
37:08
over
37:08
the
37:08
top
37:09
and
37:09
motivated
37:10
you
37:10
to
37:11
take
37:11
action?
37:11
Because
37:12
you
37:12
know
37:12
what,
37:12
a
37:12
lot
37:12
of
37:13
people
37:13
have
37:13
ideas
37:14
to
37:14
write
37:14
a
37:14
children's
37:15
book,
37:15
but
37:16
to
37:16
actually
37:16
take
37:17
action,
37:17
was
37:17
there
37:17
an
37:18
event
37:18
or
37:18
a
37:18
person
37:19
that
37:19
kind
37:19
of
37:20
pushed
37:20
you
37:20
over
37:21
the
37:21
top?
37:22
Besides
37:23
Amir,
37:23
I
37:24
would
37:24
say
37:24
my
37:24
husband,
37:25
because
37:25
we
37:25
are
37:26
comic
37:26
book
37:26
nerds
37:27
and
37:27
we
37:27
love
37:28
comics
37:28
and
37:29
we
37:29
love
37:29
discussing
37:30
them
37:30
and
37:30
stuff
37:31
like
37:31
that.
37:32
So
37:32
besides,
37:33
I
37:33
would
37:33
say
37:33
my
37:34
husband
37:34
too.
37:35
He
37:35
was
37:36
a
37:36
good
37:36
motivation,
37:36
a
37:37
good
37:37
push
37:37
behind
37:38
it
37:38
as
37:38
well.
37:39
He
37:39
always,
37:39
that's
37:40
my
37:40
hype
37:40
man.
37:41
He
37:41
always,
37:41
if
37:41
I
37:42
have
37:42
an
37:42
idea,
37:42
he's
37:43
always
37:43
there.
37:43
Him
37:43
and
37:44
my
37:44
mom,
37:44
I
37:44
would
37:44
say
37:45
they
37:45
always
37:46
inspire
37:46
me
37:47
to
37:47
do
37:47
more
37:48
and
37:48
push
37:48
me.
37:49
Like
37:49
Mel,
37:49
I
37:49
think
37:49
that'll
37:50
be
37:50
good.
37:50
And
37:50
I
37:50
get
37:51
all
37:51
excited
37:51
and
37:51
fuzzy
37:52
and
37:52
on
37:52
the
37:52
inside
37:53
rig
37:53
I'm
37:53
like.
37:56
It'S
37:56
fantastic
37:57
when
37:57
your
37:57
family
37:58
can
37:58
gives
37:59
you
37:59
the
37:59
motivation
38:00
to.
38:00
To
38:01
do
38:01
it
38:02
and
38:02
support
38:03
it.
38:03
That's
38:03
a
38:04
big
38:04
part
38:04
of
38:04
it.
38:05
I'm
38:05
fortunate.
38:05
I've
38:06
got
38:06
five
38:06
grandchildren
38:07
and
38:07
they've
38:08
all
38:08
helped
38:08
me.
38:09
Co
38:09
author.
38:10
We've
38:10
written
38:11
38
38:11
stories.
38:12
Now.
38:12
We
38:12
haven't
38:12
published
38:13
38
38:13
books
38:14
yet,
38:14
but
38:14
in
38:15
our
38:15
series
38:15
the
38:16
Adventures
38:16
of
38:16
Caboose
38:17
the
38:17
Rocky
38:17
Mountain
38:17
Bear,
38:18
we've
38:18
actually
38:19
written
38:20
38
38:20
stories
38:20
and
38:21
we
38:21
launched
38:21
our
38:21
second
38:22
book
38:22
which
38:22
is
38:22
called
38:23
Hijinks
38:24
from
38:24
the
38:24
Big
38:25
Head
38:25
Folk
38:25
Music
38:26
Festival.
38:27
And
38:27
my
38:27
middle
38:28
granddaughter
38:29
is.
38:29
Caboose
38:30
is
38:30
my
38:30
oldest
38:31
granddaughter,
38:32
and
38:32
her
38:32
name's
38:32
Kira,
38:33
but
38:33
Caboose
38:34
starts
38:34
with
38:34
a
38:34
K.
38:35
And
38:35
then
38:35
Bailey
38:36
is
38:36
my
38:36
middle
38:36
granddaughter,
38:37
and
38:37
they
38:37
both
38:38
co
38:38
authored
38:38
this
38:38
book.
38:39
And,
38:40
yeah,
38:40
it's
38:40
fun
38:40
when
38:41
you
38:41
have
38:41
your
38:41
family
38:42
supporting
38:43
you
38:43
in
38:43
your
38:44
endeavor.
38:44
So
38:44
that's
38:45
fantastic.
38:46
Yeah.
38:48
So
38:48
character
38:49
development,
38:49
because
38:50
you've
38:50
got
38:50
this
38:50
cool
38:51
character
38:51
called
38:52
Fearless,
38:53
and.
38:53
And
38:54
he's
38:54
also
38:54
got.
38:55
It's
38:55
like
38:56
the.
38:56
It's
38:56
like
38:57
the
38:57
Marvel
38:58
superheroes,
38:58
like
38:59
you
38:59
said.
38:59
So
39:00
he's
39:00
got
39:00
these
39:00
other
39:01
superheroes
39:01
with
39:02
him.
39:02
So
39:02
I
39:02
think
39:02
it's
39:03
Violet,
39:03
Vinnie,
39:04
and
39:04
Cruz,
39:05
talk
39:05
to
39:05
us
39:05
about.
39:06
Because
39:06
you
39:07
could
39:07
have
39:07
just
39:07
written
39:08
the
39:08
children's
39:09
story
39:09
with
39:09
just
39:10
Fearless,
39:11
but
39:11
you
39:11
chose
39:12
to
39:12
add
39:12
in
39:13
more
39:14
superheroes
39:15
to
39:15
be
39:15
friends
39:16
and
39:16
to
39:17
support
39:17
Fearless.
39:18
So
39:18
tell
39:18
us
39:19
about
39:19
that
39:20
idea,
39:20
how
39:21
you
39:21
incorporated
39:23
more
39:23
than
39:23
just
39:24
one
39:24
character
39:25
as
39:26
the
39:26
main
39:26
character.
39:28
Like
39:28
I
39:28
said,
39:28
my
39:29
husband
39:29
was.
39:29
He
39:30
gave
39:30
me
39:30
that
39:30
idea
39:31
because
39:31
at
39:32
first
39:32
it
39:32
was
39:32
just
39:33
gonna
39:33
be
39:33
Fearless
39:33
and
39:34
how
39:34
he
39:35
swooped
39:35
in
39:35
and
39:36
saved
39:36
the
39:37
day.
39:37
And
39:37
my
39:38
husband
39:38
was
39:38
like,
39:38
what
39:39
do
39:39
you
39:39
think
39:39
about
39:39
having
39:40
other
39:41
characters?
39:42
And
39:43
I
39:43
thought
39:43
about
39:43
it.
39:43
I
39:44
said,
39:44
oh,
39:44
you're
39:45
right.
39:45
He
39:45
said,
39:46
because
39:46
we're
39:47
trying
39:47
to
39:47
teach
39:47
children
39:48
about
39:48
teamwork,
39:49
too.
39:50
Teamwork
39:51
and
39:51
kindness
39:51
and
39:52
how
39:52
to
39:52
work
39:52
together
39:53
when
39:53
there's
39:54
problems.
39:55
I
39:55
said,
39:55
okay.
39:56
So
39:56
then
39:57
I
39:57
said,
39:57
all
39:57
right.
39:57
I
39:58
started
39:58
thinking
39:58
about
39:58
it,
39:59
and
39:59
I
40:00
came
40:00
up
40:00
with
40:00
some
40:00
of
40:00
the
40:01
names
40:01
of
40:01
the
40:01
other
40:01
characters
40:03
and
40:03
my
40:04
other
40:04
book
40:04
series,
40:05
believe
40:05
it
40:05
or
40:05
not,
40:05
they
40:06
are
40:07
actually
40:07
named
40:07
after
40:08
some
40:08
children
40:08
that
40:09
I
40:09
know.
40:09
Like,
40:10
I
40:10
know
40:10
a
40:11
child
40:11
in
40:11
my
40:11
first
40:12
series,
40:13
Sweetheart,
40:14
is
40:14
my
40:14
mom's
40:15
grandson.
40:15
He
40:16
has
40:16
autism.
40:17
His
40:17
name
40:17
was
40:17
Cruz.
40:18
Okay.
40:18
I
40:19
use
40:19
Cruin
40:20
and
40:21
Violet
40:21
I
40:21
actually
40:22
made
40:22
up.
40:23
But
40:23
my
40:24
other
40:24
book,
40:25
like,
40:25
in
40:25
Brazil
40:26
and
40:26
stuff,
40:26
I
40:27
use
40:28
children
40:28
that
40:28
I
40:29
knew,
40:29
and
40:30
I
40:30
used
40:30
their
40:30
name,
40:31
or
40:31
I
40:31
may
40:31
have
40:31
used
40:31
the
40:32
beginner
40:32
of
40:32
their
40:32
names.
40:33
I
40:33
just
40:33
used,
40:33
like,
40:33
the
40:34
letter
40:34
to
40:35
their
40:35
names
40:35
or
40:35
whatever.
40:35
Okay.
40:36
My
40:36
UK
40:37
story,
40:37
I
40:38
actually.
40:38
I'm
40:38
using
40:38
my
40:39
good
40:39
friend's
40:39
children's
40:40
names,
40:41
and
40:41
they
40:41
are
40:41
so
40:42
excited.
40:42
Auntie
40:42
Coretta.
40:43
That's
40:43
mine.
40:45
I
40:45
got
40:46
the
40:46
airplane.
40:47
Oh,
40:47
my
40:47
God.
40:52
It
40:52
is
40:52
amazing.
40:53
And
40:53
that's
40:53
why
40:53
I
40:53
say
40:54
to
40:54
children's
40:54
book
40:55
authors.
40:55
I've
40:56
talked
40:56
to
40:56
so
40:56
many
40:57
children's
40:57
book
40:57
authors.
40:58
I
40:58
talked
40:58
to
40:59
author
40:59
Noel
40:59
Foy,
41:00
episode
41:00
70
41:01
on
41:01
Tuesday,
41:02
and
41:02
she
41:03
used
41:03
her
41:04
son's
41:04
names,
41:05
and
41:05
she
41:05
also
41:06
used
41:06
her
41:06
granddaughter's
41:07
name.
41:08
And
41:08
believe
41:08
it
41:08
or
41:08
not,
41:09
there
41:09
was
41:09
a
41:09
dog
41:10
in
41:10
the
41:10
story
41:10
called
41:11
Snuffy
41:12
and
41:12
her
41:13
husband's
41:13
nickname.
41:14
Can
41:14
you
41:14
believe
41:14
it?
41:15
Is
41:15
Snuffy.
41:16
The
41:16
dog
41:16
is
41:16
Snuffy.
41:17
It's
41:17
just
41:18
crazy
41:19
if
41:20
you
41:20
just
41:20
let
41:20
your
41:20
imagination
41:21
go
41:22
wild.
41:22
And
41:23
it's
41:23
not
41:23
that
41:23
hard.
41:23
Look,
41:24
Rick,
41:24
I
41:24
said,
41:24
oh,
41:24
I
41:24
don't
41:25
have
41:25
to
41:25
pick
41:25
out
41:25
no
41:25
name.
41:25
Let
41:26
me
41:26
use
41:26
this
41:27
child
41:27
name,
41:27
that
41:28
child
41:28
name.
41:28
Oh,
41:29
man.
41:30
Make
41:30
sure
41:30
you
41:30
give
41:31
your
41:31
husband
41:31
a
41:31
pat
41:32
on
41:32
the
41:32
back,
41:32
because
41:33
I
41:33
love
41:33
that
41:34
you
41:34
do
41:34
have
41:34
this.
41:35
Like
41:35
you
41:36
said,
41:36
you've
41:36
got
41:37
this
41:37
group
41:37
of
41:38
superheroes
41:38
in
41:39
your
41:39
story
41:40
that
41:40
help
41:40
Fearless
41:41
in
41:42
his
41:42
pursuits
41:42
of
41:43
helping
41:43
others.
41:44
Were
41:44
you
41:44
thinking.
41:45
Because
41:45
I
41:45
like
41:45
to
41:45
talk
41:46
about
41:46
theme
41:46
and
41:47
central
41:48
teaching.
41:48
Were
41:48
you
41:48
thinking
41:49
about
41:49
this
41:50
whole
41:51
team
41:51
working
41:52
together
41:52
when
41:52
you
41:53
started
41:53
writing
41:53
the
41:54
book?
41:55
After
41:56
having
41:56
that
41:56
conversation
41:57
with
41:57
my
41:57
husband,
41:58
I
41:58
said,
41:58
yeah,
41:58
let
41:59
me.
41:59
He's
41:59
right.
42:00
I
42:00
do
42:00
need
42:00
to
42:00
make
42:01
something
42:02
where
42:02
we
42:03
can
42:03
show
42:03
children
42:03
about
42:04
teamwork.
42:05
And
42:05
when
42:06
we
42:06
started
42:06
doing
42:07
that,
42:07
I
42:07
said,
42:07
okay,
42:08
let
42:08
me
42:08
start
42:08
developing
42:09
the
42:09
characters.
42:10
Let's
42:10
see.
42:10
This
42:11
character
42:12
could
42:12
do
42:12
this
42:12
and
42:13
that.
42:13
And
42:13
essentially,
42:14
their
42:14
special
42:15
ability
42:15
is
42:16
their
42:16
superpower.
42:17
Like
42:17
my
42:18
character,
42:18
Cruise,
42:19
my
42:19
brother
42:20
is
42:20
autistic,
42:21
but
42:21
my
42:22
brother
42:22
is
42:22
so
42:22
smart.
42:23
I'm
42:24
telling
42:24
you,
42:24
Rick,
42:24
he
42:24
know
42:25
music.
42:26
Oh,
42:26
my
42:26
God.
42:26
All
42:26
the
42:27
way
42:27
down
42:27
to
42:27
Dean
42:27
Martin.
42:28
I'm
42:28
like,
42:28
martin,
42:30
Martin.
42:31
I
42:31
love
42:32
how
42:32
Cruise,
42:33
like
42:33
you
42:33
said,
42:33
is
42:34
artistic,
42:34
but
42:34
he
42:35
has
42:35
this
42:35
special
42:36
ability,
42:37
and
42:37
he
42:37
has
42:37
this
42:38
robot
42:38
named
42:39
Max.
42:39
How
42:40
you
42:40
incorporated
42:41
that
42:41
into
42:41
the
42:42
story,
42:42
too.
42:42
He
42:43
using
42:43
his
42:43
autism,
42:44
even
42:44
though
42:45
he's
42:45
autistic,
42:45
he's
42:46
brilliant.
42:47
And
42:47
I've
42:47
come
42:47
to
42:47
find
42:48
out
42:48
a
42:48
lot
42:48
of
42:48
artistic
42:49
children
42:49
are
42:49
brilliant
42:50
or
42:50
neurodivergent,
42:51
I
42:51
might
42:52
say,
42:52
but
42:52
they're
42:53
brilliant.
42:53
I
42:53
want
42:54
to
42:54
incorporate
42:54
that
42:55
into
42:55
the
42:55
story.
42:56
With
42:56
my
42:57
character
42:57
that's
42:58
blind,
42:58
Even
42:59
though
42:59
she's
42:59
blind
43:00
in
43:00
this
43:00
life,
43:00
in
43:00
the
43:01
dream
43:01
world,
43:02
she
43:02
can
43:02
shoot
43:02
lasers
43:03
from
43:03
her
43:03
eyes.
43:04
She
43:04
can
43:05
move
43:05
things
43:05
with
43:05
her
43:05
mind.
43:06
So
43:06
I
43:07
wanted
43:07
to
43:07
make
43:07
sure
43:07
that
43:07
their
43:08
illnesses
43:09
with
43:09
their
43:09
superpowers
43:10
in
43:10
the.
43:10
Dream
43:11
world,
43:11
with
43:11
your
43:12
new
43:12
books,
43:13
have
43:13
you
43:13
introduced
43:14
some
43:14
new
43:14
characters
43:15
as
43:16
superheroes?
43:16
Also,
43:18
every
43:18
country
43:18
that
43:19
Fearless
43:19
travels
43:19
to,
43:20
he
43:20
meets
43:20
children
43:21
there
43:21
that
43:21
have
43:21
superpowers
43:22
as
43:22
well.
43:23
And
43:23
also,
43:24
so
43:25
my
43:25
Japan
43:25
story,
43:26
we're
43:27
not
43:27
going
43:27
to
43:27
say
43:27
he's
43:28
a
43:28
villain,
43:28
but
43:29
I
43:29
did
43:29
introduce
43:30
another
43:30
character.
43:31
Okay.
43:35
Gonna
43:35
get
43:36
spicy.
43:38
I
43:38
did.
43:38
So
43:39
I
43:39
introduced
43:40
another
43:40
character.
43:41
Well,
43:42
he's
43:42
gonna
43:42
be
43:42
introduced
43:43
into
43:43
the
43:43
dream
43:43
world.
43:44
It's
43:44
not
43:44
going
43:44
to
43:44
be
43:45
in
43:45
my
43:45
Japan
43:45
series,
43:46
and
43:46
he'll
43:46
be
43:46
ongoing.
43:47
It's
43:48
gonna
43:48
be
43:48
really
43:48
sweet.
43:50
It's
43:50
incredible
43:51
how
43:51
your
43:51
imagination,
43:52
by
43:52
introducing
43:53
different
43:53
countries,
43:54
I
43:54
can
43:54
see
43:55
how
43:55
your
43:55
imagination
43:56
can
43:56
run
43:56
wild.
43:57
So
43:58
I'm
43:58
really
43:58
curious
43:59
because
43:59
now
43:59
you're
44:00
like
44:00
you
44:00
said,
44:01
you're
44:01
about
44:01
to.
44:02
You're
44:03
embarking
44:04
on
44:04
writing
44:04
your
44:05
next
44:05
book
44:05
about
44:06
the
44:06
uk
44:07
Share
44:08
your
44:08
writing
44:08
process.
44:09
So
44:09
can
44:10
you
44:10
share
44:11
insights
44:12
into
44:12
your
44:12
development
44:13
and
44:14
writing
44:14
process
44:15
of
44:15
your
44:16
children's
44:16
books?
44:17
And
44:17
the
44:17
other
44:17
thing
44:17
is
44:18
if
44:18
you
44:18
can
44:18
explain,
44:19
if
44:19
you
44:19
can
44:19
think
44:20
back
44:20
to
44:20
your
44:20
first
44:21
book
44:21
and
44:21
how
44:22
your
44:22
writing
44:22
process
44:23
and
44:24
your
44:24
development
44:24
has
44:24
maybe
44:25
changed
44:25
as
44:26
you've
44:26
gotten
44:27
more
44:28
and
44:28
more
44:28
into
44:29
writing
44:29
more
44:29
children's
44:30
books.
44:31
Well,
44:31
yeah,
44:32
sure.
44:32
As
44:32
far
44:32
as
44:33
like
44:33
the
44:33
story
44:33
development,
44:34
my
44:34
husband
44:34
helped
44:35
me
44:35
and
44:35
I
44:35
have
44:36
to
44:36
shout
44:36
him
44:36
out
44:36
again
44:37
because
44:37
he
44:37
know
44:37
me,
44:38
Rick.
44:38
Sometimes
44:39
I
44:39
can
44:39
have
44:39
ADHD
44:39
and
44:40
be
44:40
all
44:40
over
44:40
the
44:40
place.
44:41
Bring
44:41
it
44:42
all
44:42
together,
44:42
Mel.
44:43
So
44:43
let's
44:44
make
44:44
sure
44:44
we
44:44
don't
44:44
confuse
44:45
each
44:45
other.
44:46
I
44:46
said,
44:46
okay,
44:47
you
44:47
write
44:47
me
44:48
right
44:48
now.
44:48
Let's
44:49
stick
44:49
to
44:49
one.
44:50
And
44:51
like
44:51
I
44:51
said,
44:51
the
44:52
love
44:52
of
44:52
comic
44:52
books
44:53
and
44:53
the
44:53
love
44:54
of
44:54
superheroes
44:55
helped
44:55
me
44:55
too.
44:56
To
44:56
stick
44:56
to
44:57
a
44:57
story,
44:58
stick
44:58
to
44:58
the
44:58
same
44:59
thing.
44:59
It's
45:00
hard
45:00
to
45:00
introduce
45:00
different
45:01
characters
45:01
and
45:01
stuff,
45:01
but
45:02
make
45:02
sure
45:02
your
45:02
message
45:03
is
45:03
still
45:03
the
45:03
same.
45:04
Kindness,
45:05
teamwork,
45:05
make
45:06
sure
45:06
the
45:06
message
45:06
is
45:06
always
45:07
the
45:07
same.
45:08
My
45:08
husband
45:08
helped
45:08
me
45:09
a
45:09
lot
45:09
with
45:09
that,
45:09
to
45:10
make
45:10
sure
45:10
that
45:11
all
45:11
my
45:11
ideas
45:11
is
45:12
condensed
45:12
and
45:12
makes
45:13
sense.
45:14
I
45:14
was
45:14
able
45:15
to
45:15
work
45:15
with
45:15
that.
45:16
And
45:16
like
45:16
I
45:16
said,
45:17
I
45:17
want
45:17
to
45:17
make
45:18
sure
45:18
that
45:18
Fearless.
45:18
I
45:19
just
45:19
didn't
45:19
want
45:19
Fearless
45:19
to
45:20
be
45:20
just
45:20
one
45:20
story
45:20
here
45:21
and
45:21
there.
45:21
I
45:21
wanted
45:21
all
45:21
the
45:22
stories
45:22
to
45:22
connect
45:22
and
45:23
I
45:23
wanted
45:23
to
45:23
all
45:24
of
45:24
them
45:24
to
45:25
continue
45:25
with
45:25
the
45:26
same
45:26
story
45:27
behind
45:27
it.
45:27
Like
45:28
I
45:28
said,
45:28
my
45:28
husband
45:28
helped
45:29
me
45:29
with
45:29
that
45:29
and
45:29
make
45:30
sure
45:30
that
45:30
I'm
45:30
writing
45:31
on
45:31
topic
45:32
and
45:32
make
45:32
sure
45:32
that
45:33
we're
45:33
still
45:33
carrying
45:33
the
45:33
same
45:34
message.
45:34
Because
45:35
again,
45:35
I
45:35
know
45:35
it's
45:36
adventurous,
45:36
but
45:36
I
45:36
want
45:37
children
45:37
to
45:37
learn
45:37
something.
45:38
I
45:38
want
45:38
them
45:39
to
45:39
learn
45:39
that
45:39
in
45:40
Japan
45:40
they
45:40
have
45:41
children
45:41
that
45:41
have
45:42
this
45:42
disease
45:42
or
45:43
that
45:43
disease
45:43
or
45:43
I
45:44
want
45:44
children
45:44
to
45:44
learn.
45:45
Konichiwa
45:46
means
45:46
hello.
45:47
I
45:47
want
45:47
them
45:47
to
45:47
learn
45:48
this
45:48
and
45:48
that.
45:48
So
45:49
I
45:49
wanted
45:49
to
45:49
make
45:49
sure
45:50
the
45:50
message
45:50
still
45:50
was
45:51
the
45:51
same,
45:51
but
45:52
we
45:52
still
45:52
can
45:52
have
45:52
some
45:52
fun
45:53
with
45:53
it.
45:53
And
45:54
it's
45:54
just
45:54
like
45:54
any
45:54
other
45:55
comic
45:55
book
45:55
or
45:55
superhero,
45:56
their
45:56
story.
45:57
Everybody
45:58
loves
45:58
the
45:58
good
45:58
origin
45:59
story.
45:59
Everybody
46:00
likes
46:00
a
46:00
good
46:01
continuation
46:01
of
46:01
a
46:01
story.
46:02
So
46:02
I
46:02
have
46:02
to
46:03
keep
46:03
that
46:03
in
46:03
mind
46:03
and
46:03
make
46:04
sure
46:04
everything
46:04
still
46:04
makes
46:05
sense.
46:05
But
46:05
the
46:05
message
46:06
is
46:06
not
46:06
being
46:06
long.
46:07
I
46:07
noticed
46:08
you've
46:08
talked
46:08
about
46:09
several
46:09
times
46:10
about
46:10
researching.
46:11
I
46:11
can
46:11
see
46:12
in
46:12
your
46:12
face
46:12
there's
46:13
a
46:13
love
46:13
of
46:13
doing
46:14
research.
46:15
And
46:16
as
46:17
you
46:17
move
46:17
from
46:17
country
46:18
to
46:18
country,
46:18
it
46:19
must
46:19
be
46:19
fun
46:19
for
46:20
you
46:20
to
46:20
actually
46:21
do
46:21
the
46:22
research
46:22
on
46:22
those
46:23
countries
46:23
because
46:23
have
46:24
you
46:24
visited
46:24
any
46:24
of
46:25
those
46:25
countries
46:25
that
46:25
you've
46:26
that
46:26
you
46:26
write
46:27
about?
46:28
So
46:28
here
46:29
I'll
46:29
be
46:29
visiting
46:29
Ghana
46:30
for.
46:30
The
46:30
first
46:30
time
46:31
the
46:31
first
46:31
country
46:33
in
46:33
your
46:33
book
46:33
series
46:34
that
46:34
you'll
46:34
actually
46:34
visit.
46:36
Yes.
46:36
I'm
46:36
excited
46:37
about
46:37
doing
46:37
that.
46:38
Eventually,
46:38
I
46:39
would
46:39
like
46:39
to
46:39
visit
46:39
different
46:40
countries
46:40
and
46:41
show
46:41
my
46:41
children.
46:42
Oh,
46:42
my
46:42
God.
46:43
It's
46:43
like
46:43
my
46:43
baby
46:43
bowl.
46:44
You
46:44
got
46:44
the
46:45
bum
46:45
look
46:45
like
46:45
the
46:45
one
46:46
where
46:46
I'm
46:46
like,
46:46
okay,
46:47
buddy.
46:47
You
46:48
wrote
46:48
about
46:48
that?
46:49
Yeah,
46:49
I
46:49
did.
46:50
Exciting.
46:51
Carmela,
46:52
I
46:52
want
46:52
you
46:52
to
46:52
think
46:53
back
46:53
to
46:54
2022,
46:55
because
46:55
I
46:55
want
46:56
to
46:56
talk
46:56
to
46:56
you
46:56
about
46:56
success
46:58
and
46:58
how
46:58
you
46:58
measure
46:59
success.
46:59
The
47:00
big
47:00
thing
47:00
is
47:01
when
47:01
you
47:01
first.
47:02
So
47:02
if
47:02
you
47:02
can
47:03
think
47:03
back
47:03
to
47:03
2022,
47:05
what
47:06
did
47:06
you
47:06
envision
47:07
success
47:07
to
47:08
be
47:08
for
47:08
your
47:09
book?
47:09
And
47:10
what
47:10
does
47:10
success
47:10
look
47:11
like
47:11
now
47:11
that
47:12
you've
47:12
written
47:13
four,
47:13
going
47:13
on
47:14
five
47:14
books?
47:14
What's
47:15
success
47:15
look
47:15
like
47:15
in
47:16
the
47:16
beginning,
47:17
and
47:17
what's
47:17
success
47:18
look
47:18
like
47:18
for
47:18
you
47:19
now?
47:20
Success
47:21
in
47:21
the
47:21
beginning.
47:22
I
47:22
was
47:22
just
47:22
so
47:22
happy,
47:23
Rick,
47:23
that
47:23
I
47:23
actually
47:24
was
47:25
able
47:25
to
47:25
put
47:26
something
47:26
together.
47:27
And
47:28
I
47:29
think
47:29
that
47:29
was
47:29
my
47:29
biggest
47:30
success,
47:30
that
47:30
I,
47:31
as
47:31
a
47:31
mom
47:32
and
47:32
a
47:32
caregiver,
47:33
I
47:33
was
47:33
able
47:34
to
47:34
pull
47:34
something.
47:34
Like
47:34
you,
47:36
right?
47:36
I
47:37
was
47:37
able
47:37
to
47:38
do
47:38
the
47:38
research
47:38
that
47:39
was
47:39
needed,
47:40
try
47:40
to
47:40
find
47:40
this.
47:41
And
47:41
that
47:41
did
47:42
all
47:42
of
47:42
that
47:42
practically
47:43
on
47:43
my
47:43
own.
47:44
And
47:45
I
47:45
was
47:45
happy
47:45
about
47:45
that.
47:46
And
47:46
I
47:46
was
47:46
like,
47:46
I
47:47
actually.
47:47
I
47:47
did
47:48
this
47:48
and
47:49
what
47:50
made
47:50
me
47:50
really
47:51
happy.
47:51
And
47:52
actually,
47:52
I
47:52
was
47:52
like,
47:53
okay,
47:53
this
47:53
is
47:53
really
47:54
successful.
47:54
When
47:54
I
47:54
hosted
47:55
my
47:55
first
47:55
book
47:56
signing,
47:57
and
47:57
I
47:58
live
47:58
in
47:58
a
47:58
little,
47:58
small,
47:58
little
47:59
city
47:59
in
47:59
Marsville,
48:01
Georgia,
48:02
and
48:02
we
48:02
went
48:02
to
48:03
a
48:03
little
48:03
local
48:03
bookstore
48:04
in
48:04
the
48:04
city.
48:05
At
48:06
first
48:06
I
48:06
was
48:06
nervous.
48:07
I
48:07
was
48:07
like,
48:07
oh,
48:07
man,
48:07
I
48:08
don't
48:08
know
48:08
if
48:08
I'm
48:08
gonna
48:08
do
48:08
good.
48:09
I
48:09
had
48:09
25
48:10
books.
48:10
I
48:10
kid
48:11
you
48:11
not.
48:11
Because
48:11
I
48:11
said,
48:11
you
48:12
know
48:12
what?
48:12
Me.
48:12
You
48:13
know
48:13
me,
48:13
My
48:13
mind
48:14
all
48:14
over
48:14
the
48:14
place.
48:14
So
48:14
I
48:15
was
48:15
gonna
48:15
get
48:15
all
48:15
these
48:15
books,
48:16
and
48:16
I
48:16
said,
48:16
nope,
48:16
nope.
48:17
Scale
48:17
it
48:17
down.
48:17
I
48:18
think
48:18
I
48:18
got,
48:18
like,
48:18
25
48:19
to
48:19
30
48:19
books.
48:20
I
48:20
started
48:20
small.
48:20
I
48:20
had
48:21
my
48:21
little
48:21
sign,
48:22
Rick.
48:23
Within
48:23
an
48:23
hour,
48:24
I
48:24
was
48:24
sold
48:24
out.
48:25
It
48:25
was
48:26
so
48:26
bad,
48:26
Rick.
48:26
The
48:27
bookstore
48:27
said,
48:27
carmela,
48:28
do
48:28
you
48:28
have
48:28
any
48:29
more
48:29
books?
48:30
You'll
48:30
be
48:30
fine.
48:30
Tom.
48:32
Congratulations.
48:33
That
48:33
is
48:33
terrific.
48:35
You
48:35
don't
48:36
have
48:36
any.
48:36
No
48:36
Parabola.
48:37
And
48:37
I'm
48:37
like.
48:38
I
48:38
read
48:39
the.
48:39
Like,
48:39
I
48:40
said
48:40
I
48:40
would
48:40
get
48:40
all
48:41
excited
48:41
and
48:41
do
48:42
too
48:42
much,
48:42
Rick,
48:42
and
48:42
then
48:42
I'd
48:43
be
48:43
disappointed.
48:44
So
48:44
I
48:44
said,
48:44
no,
48:44
I'm
48:45
going
48:45
to
48:45
start
48:45
small.
48:46
And
48:46
within
48:47
an
48:47
hour,
48:47
they
48:47
were
48:48
gone.
48:48
People,
48:48
parents
48:49
coming
48:49
up
48:49
to
48:50
me.
48:50
They
48:50
were
48:50
crying.
48:51
One
48:51
doctor,
48:52
he
48:52
adopted.
48:53
His
48:53
parents
48:53
adopted
48:54
African
48:55
Americans.
48:56
And
48:56
he
48:57
was
48:57
saying,
48:57
it's
48:57
hard
48:58
for
48:58
us
48:58
to
48:58
find
48:58
books
48:59
that.
48:59
Where
48:59
he
49:00
could
49:00
see
49:00
himself
49:01
into
49:01
them.
49:02
And
49:02
he,
49:02
like,
49:02
choking
49:03
up
49:03
and
49:03
trying
49:03
not
49:03
to
49:04
cry.
49:04
He
49:04
was
49:04
like,
49:04
My
49:04
brother
49:05
saw
49:05
this
49:05
book.
49:06
He
49:06
said
49:06
he
49:07
was
49:07
just
49:07
so
49:07
elated.
49:08
He
49:08
said
49:08
he
49:08
was
49:09
crying.
49:09
Like,
49:10
oh
49:10
my
49:10
God,
49:10
this
49:10
is
49:11
so
49:11
special.
49:11
We
49:12
hugging
49:12
and
49:12
crying.
49:13
I
49:13
did
49:13
not.
49:14
I'm
49:15
hugging
49:15
and
49:15
crying
49:15
with
49:16
her
49:16
mom.
49:16
She
49:17
said,
49:17
my
49:17
son
49:17
is
49:18
autistic.
49:18
So
49:18
when
49:19
I
49:19
read
49:19
about
49:19
Cruz,
49:20
I'm
49:21
crying
49:21
and
49:21
my
49:22
son
49:22
looking
49:22
at
49:22
me
49:22
like,
49:23
mama,
49:23
what's
49:23
wrong
49:23
with
49:23
you?
49:26
I
49:26
was
49:26
so
49:26
nice
49:27
to
49:27
hear
49:27
all
49:27
the
49:27
stories
49:28
and.
49:29
Oh,
49:29
man.
49:29
So
49:29
that,
49:30
that
49:30
right
49:30
there
49:30
was
49:31
the
49:31
biggest.
49:31
Oh,
49:32
man.
49:32
I
49:32
thought
49:32
I
49:33
was
49:33
just.
49:33
I
49:33
was
49:33
on
49:33
cloud
49:33
nine,
49:34
Rick,
49:35
about
49:35
that.
49:36
And
49:36
then
49:36
how
49:36
I
49:36
feel
49:37
about
49:37
success
49:38
now
49:39
it's
49:39
the
49:39
same.
49:39
I'm
49:40
happy
49:40
to
49:40
know
49:41
that
49:41
my
49:41
story
49:41
is
49:41
getting
49:42
out
49:42
there.
49:42
Me
49:43
and
49:43
Amir
49:43
was
49:43
featured
49:44
on
49:44
Alana
49:44
and
49:45
Company,
49:45
It's
49:45
a
49:45
news
49:46
segment
49:47
here
49:47
last
49:48
year.
49:49
And
49:49
I
49:49
just
49:50
didn't
49:50
think.
49:51
I
49:51
don't
49:51
know,
49:51
Rick.
49:51
I
49:51
just
49:51
didn't
49:52
think
49:52
I
49:52
would
49:52
go
49:52
that
49:52
far.
49:53
And
49:54
I
49:54
was
49:54
like,
49:54
oh
49:55
my
49:55
God.
49:55
When
49:55
they
49:55
reached
49:56
out
49:56
to
49:56
me
49:56
and
49:56
was
49:56
like,
49:57
we
49:57
would
49:57
like
49:57
to
49:57
feature
49:57
you.
49:58
So
49:58
usually
49:58
I'm
49:59
used
49:59
to
49:59
being
49:59
like
50:00
featured
50:00
like
50:01
in
50:01
little
50:01
magazines
50:02
and
50:02
I've
50:02
been
50:02
featured
50:03
in
50:03
the
50:03
urban
50:04
blog
50:04
or
50:04
whatever.
50:04
I
50:05
was
50:05
like,
50:05
okay,
50:05
I'm
50:06
thinking
50:06
they
50:06
gonna
50:06
write
50:06
a
50:06
little
50:07
something
50:07
about
50:07
me.
50:07
And
50:07
that
50:08
was
50:08
it.
50:09
And
50:09
Rich,
50:10
he
50:10
said,
50:10
we
50:10
would
50:10
like
50:10
you
50:11
to
50:11
come
50:11
on
50:11
the
50:11
show.
50:11
And
50:12
I
50:12
said,
50:12
oh
50:12
my
50:12
God,
50:13
I'm
50:13
sweating
50:14
just
50:14
thinking
50:14
about
50:14
it.
50:15
Getting
50:15
on
50:15
that
50:15
TV
50:16
and
50:17
talking
50:17
to
50:18
them,
50:18
it
50:18
just
50:18
felt
50:18
so
50:19
natural.
50:20
And
50:21
I
50:21
was
50:21
like,
50:21
wow,
50:21
I'm
50:22
doing
50:22
this.
50:22
Like,
50:22
I'm
50:23
really
50:23
an
50:23
author.
50:24
It
50:24
just
50:24
really
50:25
hit
50:25
me
50:25
in
50:25
my
50:26
face.
50:26
I
50:26
was
50:26
like,
50:26
I'm
50:26
really
50:27
an
50:27
author.
50:27
I'm
50:27
really
50:28
doing
50:29
this.
50:29
So
50:29
it
50:30
was
50:30
like,
50:30
the
50:31
success
50:31
then
50:31
is
50:32
magnified
50:32
to
50:33
now
50:33
because
50:33
I've
50:34
been
50:34
on
50:34
the
50:34
billboard,
50:34
I've
50:35
had
50:35
a
50:35
billboard
50:35
done.
50:36
I've
50:37
had
50:37
a
50:37
Brazilian
50:37
radio
50:38
show
50:38
talk
50:39
about
50:39
me
50:40
in
50:40
Brazil.
50:41
Like
50:42
I
50:42
said,
50:42
I've
50:42
had
50:42
interviews.
50:43
And
50:44
it's
50:44
just.
50:44
I
50:44
don't
50:44
know,
50:44
Rick.
50:45
It's
50:45
just
50:45
sometimes
50:45
don't
50:46
feel
50:46
real
50:47
well.
50:47
No,
50:47
but
50:47
it's
50:48
terrific.
50:48
And
50:49
you
50:49
know
50:49
what,
50:49
I
50:49
know
50:49
what
50:50
you
50:50
mean.
50:50
Because
50:51
when
50:51
we
50:51
launched
50:52
our
50:52
first
50:52
book,
50:53
the
50:54
local
50:54
newspaper
50:55
got
50:55
a
50:55
hold
50:55
of
50:56
us
50:56
and
50:57
they
50:57
did.
50:58
I
50:58
was
50:58
shocked.
50:59
They
50:59
did
51:00
a
51:00
three
51:00
quarter
51:01
page
51:02
write
51:02
up
51:02
and
51:03
a
51:03
picture
51:03
with
51:03
our
51:04
book
51:04
and
51:04
our
51:05
plushie
51:05
and
51:06
the
51:06
whole
51:06
nine
51:06
yards.
51:07
And
51:08
I
51:08
thought,
51:09
wow,
51:09
like,
51:10
this
51:10
is
51:10
beyond
51:10
my
51:11
wildest
51:11
expectations.
51:13
But
51:13
from
51:13
that
51:13
newspaper
51:14
article,
51:15
two
51:16
radio
51:17
stations
51:17
tracked
51:18
us
51:18
down
51:19
and
51:19
they
51:19
wanted
51:19
to
51:20
interview
51:20
me
51:21
and
51:21
my
51:21
oldest
51:22
granddaughter.
51:23
And
51:23
we
51:23
went
51:23
to
51:23
the
51:24
radio
51:24
stations
51:24
and
51:25
got
51:25
interviewed.
51:26
Like
51:26
you
51:27
said,
51:27
Carmela,
51:28
you
51:28
just
51:28
don't
51:28
know
51:29
where
51:29
it's
51:29
going
51:29
to
51:29
take
51:30
you
51:30
once
51:30
you
51:30
get
51:30
going.
51:32
That's
51:32
right,
51:32
Rick.
51:32
I
51:33
was
51:33
nervous
51:33
and
51:33
I'm
51:34
like,
51:34
oh,
51:34
man,
51:34
this
51:35
is
51:36
little
51:36
old
51:37
me,
51:37
little
51:37
old
51:38
mom.
51:39
And
51:39
I
51:39
was
51:39
like,
51:40
these
51:40
people
51:40
really
51:40
want
51:40
to
51:41
talk
51:41
to
51:41
me.
51:41
It's
51:41
really
51:42
cool
51:42
and
51:42
a
51:43
very
51:43
good
51:43
experience.
51:44
Rick.
51:44
Amir
51:45
go
51:45
to
51:45
school
51:45
and
51:46
play.
51:46
We
51:46
call
51:46
it
51:47
play
51:47
positive.
51:47
He
51:47
has
51:47
his
51:48
eyes
51:48
closed.
51:48
And
51:49
I
51:49
tell
51:49
you,
51:49
that
51:49
boy
51:49
must
51:50
like
51:50
the
51:50
spotlight
51:50
because
51:51
his
51:51
eyes
51:51
was
51:51
open
51:52
the
51:52
whole
51:52
interview.
51:52
I
51:53
thought,
51:54
oh,
51:55
man,
51:55
what
51:56
a
51:56
positive
51:56
experience.
51:57
And
51:58
you
51:58
started
51:58
in
51:58
2022
52:00
and
52:00
now
52:01
it's
52:01
almost
52:01
2026.
52:02
You're
52:02
producing
52:03
more
52:03
than
52:03
one
52:04
book
52:04
a
52:04
year
52:04
now.
52:05
That's
52:06
incredible.
52:06
Did
52:06
you
52:06
ever
52:07
think
52:07
that
52:07
you
52:07
would
52:08
turn
52:08
it
52:09
into
52:09
that
52:09
many
52:09
books
52:10
in
52:10
your
52:10
series?
52:11
No
52:12
way.
52:12
No
52:13
way.
52:13
I
52:13
thought
52:13
writing
52:14
that
52:14
one
52:14
book,
52:14
I
52:15
said,
52:15
I
52:15
got
52:15
me
52:15
one
52:16
book
52:16
out
52:16
there.
52:17
And
52:17
then
52:17
something
52:17
just
52:18
kept
52:18
gnawing
52:18
at
52:18
me.
52:19
Then
52:19
my
52:19
husband,
52:20
why
52:20
don't
52:20
you.
52:20
Why
52:21
don't
52:21
you
52:21
licking
52:21
a
52:22
sherry.
52:23
Oh,
52:23
man,
52:23
here
52:24
I
52:24
am.
52:25
It's
52:25
nice
52:25
that
52:25
you've
52:25
got
52:26
the
52:26
support
52:26
of
52:27
your
52:27
husband.
52:28
So
52:28
tell
52:28
us
52:28
now,
52:29
tell
52:30
us
52:30
the
52:30
role
52:32
of
52:32
being
52:32
a
52:33
children's
52:33
book
52:33
author.
52:34
What
52:34
does
52:34
it
52:35
mean
52:35
to
52:35
you
52:35
in
52:35
the
52:35
grand
52:36
scheme
52:36
of
52:37
things
52:37
in
52:37
your
52:37
life
52:38
now,
52:38
being
52:38
a
52:39
children's
52:39
book?
52:39
Arthur?
52:40
It
52:40
means
52:40
a
52:40
lot
52:40
to
52:41
me.
52:41
This
52:41
is
52:41
my
52:42
passion.
52:43
I
52:43
thought
52:43
passion
52:44
at
52:44
first,
52:44
Rick
52:45
was
52:45
baking
52:45
cakes
52:46
because
52:46
that's
52:46
what
52:46
I
52:46
started
52:47
out
52:47
doing
52:48
to
52:48
help
52:49
me
52:49
manage
52:50
how
52:50
I
52:50
was
52:50
feeling
52:51
about
52:51
Amir
52:52
and
52:52
his
52:52
condition
52:53
and
52:53
the
52:53
things
52:54
that
52:54
he
52:54
was
52:54
going
52:54
through.
52:55
I
52:55
used
52:55
bacon
52:56
as
52:56
the
52:56
outlet.
52:57
And
52:58
then
52:58
after
52:59
a
52:59
while,
53:00
that
53:00
kind
53:00
of
53:00
died
53:01
down.
53:01
And
53:02
then
53:02
my
53:03
desire
53:03
for
53:03
writing
53:04
came
53:04
upon
53:05
me
53:05
and
53:06
I
53:06
started
53:06
writing
53:06
and
53:07
stuff.
53:07
And
53:08
I
53:08
don't
53:08
know,
53:08
it's
53:09
just
53:09
like
53:09
a
53:09
feeling
53:10
I
53:10
can't
53:10
explain.
53:10
Like
53:11
it's
53:11
just
53:11
something.
53:11
I
53:12
guess
53:12
I
53:12
felt
53:12
like
53:12
I
53:13
was.
53:13
People
53:14
say
53:14
I
53:14
was
53:14
better
53:14
to
53:15
do
53:15
this.
53:15
I
53:15
feel
53:16
like
53:16
that.
53:16
That
53:16
I
53:17
was
53:17
born
53:18
to
53:18
write
53:18
and
53:19
born
53:19
to
53:19
inspire
53:20
others.
53:21
And
53:21
my
53:21
son
53:21
was
53:22
born
53:22
to
53:22
inspire
53:23
others
53:23
because
53:23
he
53:23
sure
53:24
did
53:24
inspire
53:25
me.
53:26
And
53:26
I
53:26
want
53:26
that
53:27
feeling
53:28
to
53:28
never
53:28
to
53:29
die
53:29
down,
53:29
because
53:30
that's
53:30
my
53:30
purpose.
53:31
That's
53:31
what
53:31
drives
53:31
me.
53:32
It
53:32
drives
53:32
me
53:32
not
53:33
only
53:33
my
53:33
love
53:33
for
53:34
my
53:34
son,
53:34
but
53:34
my
53:35
love
53:35
for
53:35
other
53:35
children,
53:36
too,
53:36
like
53:36
my
53:37
son.
53:37
All
53:37
children,
53:37
of
53:38
course.
53:38
It's
53:38
a
53:39
special
53:39
place
53:39
in
53:39
your
53:39
heart
53:40
for
53:40
children
53:41
that
53:41
want
53:41
to
53:42
be
53:42
seen
53:42
and
53:42
heard
53:43
and
53:43
can't
53:43
be
53:44
the
53:44
voice
53:44
like
53:45
I
53:45
put
53:45
on
53:45
my
53:45
TikTok.
53:46
I'm
53:46
the
53:47
voice
53:47
for
53:47
the
53:47
voiceless.
53:48
And
53:49
what
53:49
that
53:49
means
53:49
to
53:50
me
53:50
is
53:50
I'm
53:51
a
53:51
voice
53:51
through
53:51
those
53:51
fear,
53:52
those
53:52
fearless
53:53
theories.
53:54
I'm
53:54
that
53:54
voice
53:54
for
53:54
them.
53:55
I'm
53:55
that
53:55
voice
53:56
for
53:56
Amir
53:57
when
53:57
I
53:57
go
53:57
and
53:57
advocate
53:58
for
53:58
him.
53:59
Whatever
53:59
I
53:59
do,
54:00
I'm
54:00
always
54:00
going
54:00
to
54:00
be
54:00
an
54:01
advocate
54:01
for
54:01
him.
54:02
And
54:02
I
54:02
want
54:02
to
54:02
be
54:03
an
54:03
advocate
54:03
for
54:04
other
54:04
children.
54:04
We
54:05
want
54:05
to
54:05
see
54:05
more
54:06
of
54:06
children
54:06
like
54:07
Amir,
54:07
other
54:08
children
54:08
in
54:08
the
54:08
media.
54:08
We
54:09
want
54:09
to
54:09
see
54:09
him
54:09
on
54:10
books
54:10
and
54:11
this
54:11
and
54:11
that,
54:12
toys.
54:13
Why
54:13
not?
54:13
Why
54:14
can't
54:14
we
54:14
see
54:14
that
54:15
just
54:15
because
54:15
a
54:16
person
54:16
is
54:16
in
54:16
a
54:16
wheelchair
54:17
doesn't
54:17
mean
54:17
anything?
54:18
Hey,
54:18
that's
54:19
cool.
54:19
Extra
54:20
legs,
54:20
right?
54:21
I'm
54:21
using
54:21
a
54:21
cane.
54:22
Doesn't
54:22
make
54:22
me
54:23
fit
54:23
less
54:23
than
54:24
a
54:24
person
54:24
that
54:24
doesn't
54:25
have
54:25
one.
54:25
So
54:26
that's
54:26
my
54:26
purpose.
54:27
And
54:27
it
54:27
drives
54:28
me.
54:28
It
54:29
just
54:29
drives
54:29
me.
54:30
And
54:30
I'm
54:30
gonna
54:30
just
54:31
continue
54:31
to
54:31
do
54:31
it.
54:32
Hey,
54:32
to
54:32
my
54:32
last
54:33
breath.
54:34
That's
54:34
terrific,
54:35
because
54:35
it's
54:35
interesting.
54:36
I
54:36
had
54:36
a
54:36
guest
54:36
on
54:37
Krishana
54:37
Greer
54:38
episode
54:38
44,
54:39
and
54:39
she
54:39
wrote
54:39
a
54:39
book
54:40
called
54:40
the
54:40
Boy
54:40
in
54:40
the
54:40
Wheelchair.
54:41
And
54:42
it
54:42
was
54:42
such
54:43
a
54:43
touching
54:43
story.
54:44
And
54:44
I
54:44
had
54:45
another
54:45
guest,
54:45
feral
54:46
English
54:46
episode
54:47
33
54:47
on
54:48
who
54:48
just
54:49
launched
54:49
a
54:50
book.
54:50
The
54:50
boy
54:50
who
54:50
wanted
54:51
to
54:51
fly
54:51
a
54:51
Boat.
54:52
A
54:52
boy
54:52
in
54:53
a
54:53
wheelchair.
54:54
And
54:54
I
54:54
haven't
54:54
had
54:54
a
54:55
chance
54:55
to
54:55
talk
54:55
to
54:55
her.
54:55
It's
54:56
her
54:56
second
54:56
book.
54:57
It's
54:57
interesting
54:58
how
54:58
there's
54:59
some
54:59
common
54:59
threads
55:00
that
55:00
happen
55:00
all
55:01
the
55:01
time.
55:02
And
55:02
the
55:03
interesting
55:03
thing
55:03
I
55:04
also
55:04
find
55:04
for
55:05
you
55:06
is
55:06
how
55:07
your
55:07
husband's
55:08
embraced
55:08
it
55:09
and
55:09
how
55:09
it's
55:10
fit
55:10
into
55:10
your
55:10
life
55:11
at
55:11
home
55:13
in
55:13
terms
55:14
of
55:15
the
55:15
typical
55:15
time
55:15
you
55:16
take
55:16
to
55:16
write.
55:17
Have
55:17
you
55:17
set
55:18
time
55:18
aside
55:19
or
55:19
what's
55:20
your
55:20
writing
55:21
time
55:21
look
55:22
like?
55:22
Is
55:22
it
55:23
scheduled?
55:23
Are
55:24
you
55:24
inspired?
55:24
And
55:25
then
55:25
you
55:25
just
55:25
write.
55:26
Like,
55:26
how
55:27
do
55:27
you
55:27
do
55:27
your
55:27
writing?
55:28
Essentially,
55:29
I
55:29
like
55:29
to
55:29
do
55:30
my
55:30
writing,
55:30
of
55:30
course,
55:31
when
55:31
the
55:31
kids
55:31
are
55:31
gone
55:31
from
55:32
school
55:33
and
55:33
I'm
55:34
alone
55:34
and
55:34
I
55:34
can
55:34
actually
55:35
sit
55:35
down,
55:36
gather
55:36
my
55:36
thoughts,
55:37
get
55:38
my
55:38
tablet,
55:39
and
55:39
then
55:39
I
55:39
could
55:39
just
55:40
write
55:40
the
55:40
ideas,
55:41
everything
55:41
to
55:41
just
55:42
flow.
55:43
And
55:43
by
55:43
the
55:43
time
55:44
my
55:44
kids
55:44
come
55:44
home
55:45
from
55:45
school,
55:45
my
55:45
husband
55:45
comes
55:46
on,
55:46
like,
55:46
to
55:46
pester
55:47
him.
55:47
Okay,
55:47
what
55:47
you
55:48
think?
55:48
I
55:48
started
55:48
on
55:48
my
55:49
UK
55:49
story.
55:49
What
55:50
you
55:50
think?
55:50
So
55:51
we'll
55:51
sit
55:51
down,
55:51
we'll
55:52
talk
55:52
and
55:52
have
55:53
our
55:53
ideas
55:53
and
55:54
stuff.
55:54
And
55:55
that
55:55
really,
55:55
that.
55:56
That
55:56
my
55:57
kids
55:57
are
55:57
gone
55:57
and,
55:58
like,
55:58
all
55:58
the
55:58
outside
55:59
world
55:59
is
56:00
shut
56:00
out.
56:00
I
56:00
can
56:00
sit
56:01
down,
56:01
I
56:01
can
56:01
focus
56:02
on
56:02
what
56:02
I
56:02
want
56:02
to
56:02
write
56:03
about,
56:03
what
56:03
I
56:03
want
56:04
to
56:04
say.
56:04
I
56:04
can
56:04
do
56:04
my
56:05
research.
56:05
Then,
56:05
Rick,
56:06
about,
56:06
okay,
56:06
if
56:06
I'm
56:07
going
56:07
to
56:07
this
56:07
country,
56:07
what's
56:08
the
56:08
real
56:09
childhood
56:09
diseases
56:09
over
56:10
there?
56:10
I
56:10
can
56:10
do
56:10
my
56:10
research.
56:11
It's
56:11
quiet.
56:12
I
56:12
have
56:12
that
56:12
time
56:13
all
56:13
to
56:13
myself.
56:14
So
56:14
that's
56:14
the
56:14
best
56:15
term
56:15
that
56:15
I
56:15
have
56:16
to
56:16
work
56:16
because
56:17
I'm
56:17
busy.
56:18
Rick,
56:18
if
56:18
it's
56:18
not
56:19
being
56:19
a
56:19
mom,
56:20
I'm
56:20
a
56:20
caregiver.
56:20
I
56:21
have
56:21
to
56:21
take
56:21
Amir.
56:21
He
56:22
has
56:22
appointments,
56:22
he
56:22
has
56:22
therapies,
56:23
he
56:23
has
56:23
this
56:23
and
56:24
that.
56:24
I
56:24
will
56:24
never
56:25
have
56:25
the
56:25
time.
56:25
Don't
56:26
you,
56:26
Rick?
56:26
Oh,
56:27
man.
56:27
I
56:27
can
56:28
just
56:28
relax.
56:28
Get
56:29
me
56:29
some
56:29
tea
56:29
and
56:30
I'm
56:30
good.
56:31
Good
56:31
for
56:31
you.
56:32
Advice
56:32
for
56:33
aspiring
56:35
children's
56:35
book
56:35
authors.
56:36
What
56:36
advice
56:36
would
56:37
you
56:37
give
56:37
to
56:37
someone
56:38
who
56:39
wants
56:40
to
56:40
get
56:40
started
56:40
or
56:41
who
56:41
has
56:41
started
56:42
and
56:43
then
56:43
they've
56:43
stopped.
56:44
They
56:44
just
56:44
don't
56:44
know
56:45
what
56:45
to
56:45
do
56:46
next.
56:46
The
56:46
advice
56:46
I
56:47
would
56:47
give
56:47
is
56:47
to
56:48
do
56:48
it.
56:49
Don't
56:49
procrastinate.
56:50
Do
56:50
it.
56:51
Because
56:51
you
56:52
could
56:52
sit
56:52
on
56:52
a
56:52
gold
56:53
mine.
56:53
Can
56:53
you
56:53
imagine
56:54
if
56:55
the
56:55
writers
56:55
were
56:56
Harry
56:56
Potter
56:57
or
56:57
Dr.
56:58
Seuss?
56:58
If
56:58
they
56:58
just
56:58
would
56:59
have
56:59
sat
56:59
there,
56:59
they
56:59
had
56:59
a
57:00
great
57:00
story
57:00
and
57:00
just
57:00
sat
57:01
there
57:01
and
57:01
we
57:02
wouldn't
57:02
have
57:02
never
57:02
known
57:02
nothing
57:03
about
57:03
any
57:03
of
57:04
these
57:04
feelings.
57:05
Just
57:05
do
57:05
it.
57:05
That
57:05
you
57:06
suicide.
57:06
Time
57:07
to
57:07
start
57:08
and
57:08
do
57:08
it.
57:08
Let
57:08
your
57:09
imagination
57:09
flow
57:10
a
57:10
while
57:10
because
57:10
I
57:10
know
57:10
mine
57:11
go
57:11
all
57:11
over
57:11
the
57:11
place,
57:12
but
57:12
let
57:12
your
57:12
imagination
57:13
flow.
57:14
Cut
57:14
out
57:14
the
57:14
outside
57:15
world
57:15
and
57:15
just
57:16
do
57:16
it.
57:16
Because
57:17
I've
57:17
talked
57:17
to
57:18
so
57:18
many
57:18
people
57:18
that
57:19
says
57:19
I
57:19
always
57:20
wanted
57:20
to
57:20
write
57:20
a
57:20
two
57:20
of
57:21
this
57:21
book.
57:21
I
57:22
started,
57:22
but
57:22
then
57:22
I
57:23
stopped
57:24
and
57:24
I
57:24
asked
57:24
them
57:24
what,
57:25
what
57:25
happened?
57:25
Oh,
57:26
sometimes
57:26
you
57:26
lack
57:26
a
57:27
motivation
57:28
and
57:28
like
57:28
for
57:29
me
57:29
and
57:29
I
57:29
can
57:29
brag,
57:30
but
57:30
my
57:30
family
57:31
is
57:31
the
57:31
best
57:31
motivation
57:32
because
57:32
even
57:33
my
57:33
late
57:33
sister,
57:34
she
57:34
passed
57:34
away
57:34
from
57:34
AML
57:35
leukemia
57:36
and
57:37
that
57:37
was
57:37
my
57:37
cheerleader.
57:38
When
57:39
she
57:39
passed
57:39
away,
57:40
I
57:40
was
57:40
like,
57:40
oh,
57:41
I
57:41
don't
57:41
know
57:41
if
57:41
I
57:41
could.
57:42
I
57:42
just,
57:42
I
57:43
didn't,
57:43
I
57:43
didn't
57:44
have
57:44
it
57:44
in
57:44
me.
57:44
And
57:45
my
57:45
husband
57:45
was
57:45
the
57:46
one
57:46
that
57:46
inspired.
57:46
He
57:46
said,
57:47
come
57:47
on,
57:47
Mello,
57:47
turn
57:48
greed
57:49
for
57:49
something
57:49
to
57:49
something
57:49
positive.
57:50
Come
57:50
on,
57:50
let's
57:50
continue
57:51
working
57:51
with
57:51
the
57:51
future.
57:51
He
57:52
was
57:52
my
57:52
cheerleader.
57:52
Come
57:52
on,
57:53
let's
57:53
you
57:53
got
57:53
something
57:53
good.
57:54
Come
57:54
on,
57:54
let's
57:54
continue.
57:55
Let's
57:55
continue.
57:55
Continue.
57:56
So
57:57
I
57:57
did.
57:57
Some
57:58
people
57:58
do
57:58
motivation
57:59
or
57:59
they
57:59
don't
58:00
have
58:00
the
58:00
motivation
58:00
from
58:01
family
58:01
members
58:02
or
58:02
friends,
58:02
but
58:02
find
58:03
your
58:03
own.
58:03
You
58:04
don't
58:04
need
58:04
that.
58:04
Absolutely.
58:05
You
58:05
sitting
58:06
on
58:06
the
58:06
gold
58:06
mine.
58:07
Find
58:07
your
58:07
own
58:08
motivation.
58:08
If
58:08
that's
58:09
something
58:09
that
58:09
you
58:09
are
58:09
willing
58:10
to
58:10
do
58:11
and
58:11
do
58:11
anything
58:12
for
58:12
it,
58:12
do
58:12
it.
58:13
Don't
58:13
sit
58:13
there
58:13
and
58:14
relax.
58:16
It's
58:16
so
58:16
true.
58:16
Because
58:17
the
58:17
biggest
58:17
compliment
58:18
I've
58:18
got
58:19
so
58:19
far
58:20
for
58:20
me
58:21
for
58:21
this
58:21
show
58:22
was
58:22
I
58:22
had,
58:23
I
58:23
had
58:23
someone
58:23
reach
58:24
out
58:24
who
58:24
was
58:25
trying
58:25
to
58:25
get
58:26
her
58:26
book
58:26
finished.
58:27
And
58:28
she
58:28
reached
58:29
out
58:29
and
58:29
she
58:29
said,
58:30
you
58:30
know
58:30
what?
58:31
Your
58:32
guests
58:32
have
58:33
motivated
58:33
me
58:33
to
58:34
finally
58:34
take
58:34
action
58:35
and
58:35
finish
58:35
my
58:36
book.
58:36
She
58:36
said,
58:36
if
58:37
I
58:37
finish
58:37
my
58:37
book
58:38
and
58:38
I'm
58:38
going
58:38
to
58:38
finish
58:39
my
58:39
book,
58:39
can
58:40
I
58:40
become
58:40
a
58:41
guest
58:41
on
58:41
your
58:41
show.
58:42
And
58:42
I
58:43
said,
58:43
absolutely.
58:44
And
58:44
about
58:44
six
58:45
months
58:45
later,
58:46
she
58:46
was
58:46
a
58:46
guest
58:47
on
58:47
our
58:47
show.
58:48
Like
58:48
you
58:48
said,
58:49
you
58:50
find
58:50
your
58:50
motivation.
58:51
And
58:51
if
58:51
it's
58:52
shows
58:52
like
58:52
ours
58:53
and
58:53
children's
58:54
book
58:54
authors
58:54
like
58:55
yourself,
58:55
Carmela,
58:56
then
58:56
use
58:57
that
58:57
as
58:57
your
58:58
motivation.
58:58
Because
58:59
I
59:00
always
59:00
say
59:00
you're
59:01
a
59:01
doer.
59:02
You've
59:02
taken
59:02
doing
59:03
to
59:03
the
59:03
nth
59:04
degree,
59:05
so
59:06
you're
59:06
ready.
59:07
You're
59:07
welcome,
59:07
Carmela.
59:08
And
59:09
encouragement
59:10
for
59:10
readers.
59:11
Why
59:11
should
59:12
children's
59:13
book
59:13
readers
59:13
purchase
59:14
your
59:14
books?
59:16
They
59:16
should
59:17
purchase
59:17
my
59:17
books
59:18
because
59:19
I
59:19
think
59:20
what
59:20
they
59:20
will
59:20
find
59:22
is
59:22
the
59:22
story
59:23
behind
59:23
this
59:23
little
59:23
boy.
59:24
That
59:25
these
59:26
children,
59:26
even
59:26
though
59:26
they
59:27
may
59:27
not
59:27
be
59:27
able
59:27
to
59:28
speak,
59:28
they
59:28
have
59:29
the
59:29
same
59:29
hopes
59:29
and
59:29
aspirations,
59:30
desires
59:31
that
59:31
you
59:31
have.
59:32
And
59:33
my
59:34
books
59:34
teach
59:35
kindness
59:35
and
59:36
teamwork.
59:37
So
59:38
when
59:38
they
59:39
see
59:39
that,
59:39
and
59:40
sometimes
59:40
children
59:40
like
59:41
to
59:41
see
59:41
what
59:41
represents
59:42
them,
59:43
it
59:43
will
59:44
be
59:44
so
59:44
happy
59:44
to
59:45
see
59:45
a
59:45
child
59:45
on
59:46
TV
59:46
that's
59:46
in
59:46
a
59:47
wheelchair
59:48
when
59:48
they
59:48
go
59:48
to
59:48
sleep
59:49
dreaming
59:49
and
59:49
they're
59:50
a
59:50
superhero.
59:51
That
59:51
will
59:51
motivate
59:52
me.
59:52
Oh,
59:52
I
59:52
got
59:52
to
59:53
see
59:53
that.
59:53
I
59:53
got
59:53
to
59:53
read
59:54
about
59:54
that.
59:55
Like
59:55
my
59:55
friend
59:56
daughter,
59:56
she's
59:56
so
59:57
inquisitive.
59:58
She
59:58
always.
59:59
When
59:59
she
59:59
comes
59:59
to
59:59
the
1:00:00
house,
1:00:00
she
1:00:00
always,
1:00:01
I
1:00:01
would
1:00:01
like
1:00:01
to
1:00:01
see
1:00:01
a
1:00:01
mirror.
1:00:02
Okay,
1:00:02
we
1:00:03
go
1:00:03
in
1:00:03
his
1:00:03
letters,
1:00:04
Amir,
1:00:04
she
1:00:04
holds
1:00:04
his
1:00:05
hand.
1:00:05
She
1:00:05
talks
1:00:05
to
1:00:06
him.
1:00:06
She
1:00:06
has
1:00:07
that
1:00:07
empathy.
1:00:08
And
1:00:08
she
1:00:08
always
1:00:09
asks
1:00:09
me,
1:00:09
okay,
1:00:10
auntie,
1:00:10
so
1:00:11
can
1:00:11
you
1:00:11
tell
1:00:11
me
1:00:11
about
1:00:11
Amir's
1:00:12
illness
1:00:12
again?
1:00:13
And
1:00:13
I
1:00:13
sit
1:00:14
there
1:00:14
with
1:00:14
and
1:00:14
ran
1:00:15
into
1:00:15
her.
1:00:17
She
1:00:17
said,
1:00:18
okay,
1:00:18
because
1:00:18
I
1:00:18
read
1:00:18
an
1:00:19
established.
1:00:19
I'm
1:00:20
the
1:00:20
one.
1:00:20
Okay,
1:00:21
So
1:00:21
I
1:00:21
read
1:00:21
an
1:00:21
asparagus
1:00:22
that
1:00:22
Amir
1:00:22
has
1:00:23
explained
1:00:24
that
1:00:24
to
1:00:24
me.
1:00:24
I
1:00:25
can't
1:00:25
believe
1:00:25
President,
1:00:26
they
1:00:26
want
1:00:26
to
1:00:27
know
1:00:27
what's
1:00:27
this?
1:00:28
What
1:00:28
makes
1:00:28
Amir
1:00:28
different.
1:00:29
I
1:00:29
think
1:00:29
what
1:00:30
motivates
1:00:30
them
1:00:30
is
1:00:31
not
1:00:31
only,
1:00:31
like
1:00:31
I
1:00:32
said,
1:00:32
it's
1:00:32
adventurous
1:00:32
and
1:00:33
they
1:00:33
actually
1:00:33
can
1:00:33
learn
1:00:34
something.
1:00:34
It's
1:00:34
nothing
1:00:35
to
1:00:35
a
1:00:35
kid
1:00:35
to
1:00:35
learn
1:00:36
my.
1:00:36
I
1:00:36
read
1:00:36
this
1:00:36
book,
1:00:38
learn
1:00:39
some
1:00:39
documentary.
1:00:40
That's
1:00:40
exactly
1:00:40
how
1:00:41
my
1:00:41
son
1:00:41
is.
1:00:42
Well,
1:00:42
okay,
1:00:43
buddy.
1:00:43
Having
1:00:43
a
1:00:43
good
1:00:44
time.
1:00:44
And
1:00:45
they
1:00:45
want
1:00:45
to
1:00:46
know
1:00:46
how
1:00:46
to
1:00:46
show
1:00:46
a
1:00:47
little
1:00:47
bit
1:00:47
of
1:00:47
kindness.
1:00:47
How
1:00:48
can
1:00:48
I
1:00:48
do
1:00:48
this
1:00:48
for
1:00:48
this
1:00:48
person?
1:00:49
How
1:00:49
can
1:00:49
I
1:00:50
do
1:00:50
that
1:00:50
for
1:00:50
this
1:00:50
person?
1:00:51
So
1:00:52
that
1:00:52
motivates
1:00:53
a
1:00:53
lot
1:00:53
of
1:00:53
people.
1:00:54
Yes,
1:00:54
that's
1:00:54
right.
1:00:55
And
1:00:55
I
1:00:55
know
1:00:55
if
1:00:55
I
1:00:55
can
1:00:56
motivate
1:00:56
my
1:00:56
niece
1:00:56
and
1:00:57
inspire
1:00:57
my
1:00:57
niece,
1:00:57
I
1:00:58
know
1:00:58
I
1:00:58
can
1:00:59
Many
1:00:59
others.
1:01:00
That's
1:01:00
terrific.
1:01:01
Your
1:01:02
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are
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1:01:03
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that's
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1:01:21
website.
1:01:23
That's
1:01:23
correct.
1:01:23
Carmela
1:01:25
final
1:01:25
thoughts.
1:01:25
Is
1:01:26
there
1:01:26
anything
1:01:27
that
1:01:28
you're
1:01:29
you
1:01:29
thinking?
1:01:30
Oh,
1:01:30
I
1:01:30
wish
1:01:30
Rick
1:01:31
would
1:01:31
ask
1:01:31
me
1:01:31
that
1:01:31
question.
1:01:32
Is
1:01:32
there
1:01:32
anything
1:01:33
that
1:01:33
I've
1:01:33
missed
1:01:34
here
1:01:34
that
1:01:34
you'd
1:01:35
like
1:01:35
to
1:01:35
share?
1:01:37
Shoot
1:01:37
Rick,
1:01:38
you.
1:01:38
You
1:01:39
covered
1:01:39
everything.
1:01:41
Let
1:01:41
me
1:01:43
but
1:01:44
like
1:01:44
just
1:01:44
a
1:01:44
message
1:01:45
out
1:01:45
there
1:01:45
to
1:01:45
parents
1:01:46
or
1:01:46
caregivers,
1:01:47
moms,
1:01:47
dad,
1:01:48
I
1:01:48
know
1:01:48
how
1:01:49
it
1:01:49
feels
1:01:49
to
1:01:51
essentially
1:01:51
grieve
1:01:52
somebody
1:01:52
that's
1:01:52
here.
1:01:53
When
1:01:54
you
1:01:54
look
1:01:54
at
1:01:54
a
1:01:54
child
1:01:55
or
1:01:55
a
1:01:56
loved
1:01:56
one
1:01:56
and
1:01:56
they're
1:01:56
sick
1:01:57
and
1:01:57
this
1:01:58
and
1:01:58
that,
1:01:58
it's
1:01:58
easy
1:01:59
to
1:01:59
be
1:01:59
have
1:01:59
that
1:02:00
pain
1:02:00
and
1:02:00
despair.
1:02:01
But
1:02:02
turn
1:02:02
that
1:02:02
into
1:02:02
something
1:02:03
positive.
1:02:04
And
1:02:04
if
1:02:05
you
1:02:05
are
1:02:05
an
1:02:05
inspired
1:02:05
Arthur
1:02:06
that
1:02:06
deals
1:02:07
with
1:02:07
things
1:02:07
like
1:02:07
I
1:02:07
do,
1:02:08
turn
1:02:08
that
1:02:09
grief
1:02:09
and
1:02:09
that
1:02:09
despair
1:02:10
into
1:02:10
something
1:02:10
positive.
1:02:11
Make
1:02:11
it
1:02:11
a
1:02:11
light,
1:02:12
make
1:02:12
it
1:02:12
a
1:02:12
beacon,
1:02:13
make
1:02:13
it
1:02:13
motivational
1:02:14
because
1:02:15
you
1:02:15
may
1:02:15
touch
1:02:15
and
1:02:15
inspire
1:02:16
others,
1:02:17
new
1:02:18
upcoming
1:02:19
authors
1:02:19
and
1:02:19
stuff.
1:02:19
Don't
1:02:20
give
1:02:20
up.
1:02:20
Have
1:02:20
that.
1:02:21
Even
1:02:21
if
1:02:21
you
1:02:21
don't
1:02:21
have
1:02:21
that
1:02:22
back
1:02:22
end
1:02:22
of
1:02:22
motivation.
1:02:23
Motivate
1:02:24
yourself.
1:02:24
Be
1:02:24
your
1:02:24
own
1:02:25
motivator.
1:02:25
Just
1:02:26
do
1:02:26
it.
1:02:27
What
1:02:27
a
1:02:27
great
1:02:27
message.
1:02:28
Carmelo,
1:02:28
thank
1:02:29
you
1:02:29
so
1:02:29
much
1:02:29
for
1:02:29
being
1:02:30
a
1:02:30
guest
1:02:30
on
1:02:30
the
1:02:31
Adventures
1:02:31
in
1:02:31
the
1:02:31
Heart
1:02:32
of
1:02:32
Children's
1:02:32
Book
1:02:33
Authors
1:02:33
Podcast.
1:02:34
Your
1:02:34
generosity
1:02:35
of
1:02:35
time,
1:02:36
your
1:02:36
insights.
1:02:37
Wow.
1:02:37
A
1:02:38
lot
1:02:38
of
1:02:38
great
1:02:39
content
1:02:39
for
1:02:40
people
1:02:40
to
1:02:40
digest,
1:02:41
including
1:02:41
yourself.
1:02:42
Remember,
1:02:42
you
1:02:42
can
1:02:43
go
1:02:43
back
1:02:43
and
1:02:43
listen.
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Your
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content
1:02:44
will
1:02:45
greatly
1:02:45
benefit
1:02:45
aspiring
1:02:46
children's
1:02:47
book
1:02:47
authors
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and
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readers,
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and
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we
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promise
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to
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provide
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the
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Thanks
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Carmela.
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Thank
1:03:18
you,
1:03:18
Rick.