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How Working With Blind Children Inspired Richard Rieman's Children's Unique Book Series · Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors Podcast

• 3:40
  Richard
• 3:40
  Riemann,
• 3:41
  the
• 3:42
  Day
• 3:42
  the
• 3:42
  Clouds
• 3:42
  Went
• 3:43
  Away
• 3:43
  and
• 3:43
  the
• 3:44
  Day
• 3:44
  the
• 3:44
  Bees
• 3:44
  Went
• 3:45
  Away.
• 3:46
  Thanks,
• 3:46
  Richard,
• 3:47
  for
• 3:47
  appearing
• 3:47
  on
• 3:48
  children's
• 3:48
  book
• 3:48
  authors
• 3:49
  podcast,
• 3:50
  Adventures
• 3:50
  in
• 3:50
  the
• 3:51
  Heart.
• 3:51
  Richard
• 3:52
  has
• 3:52
  written
• 3:53
  two
• 3:53
  children's
• 3:53
  books,
• 3:54
  and
• 3:54
  today
• 3:54
  we're
• 3:55
  going
• 3:55
  to
• 3:55
  be
• 3:55
  discussing
• 3:56
  both
• 3:56
  books
• 3:57
  with
• 3:57
  a
• 3:57
  focus
• 3:58
  on
• 3:58
  the
• 3:58
  Day
• 3:59
  the
• 3:59
  Clouds
• 3:59
  Went
• 4:00
  Away.
• 4:00
  And
• 4:00
  I
• 4:01
  look
• 4:01
  forward
• 4:01
  to
• 4:01
  our
• 4:01
  conversation.
• 4:03
  Richard,
• 4:03
  before
• 4:04
  we
• 4:04
  get
• 4:04
  into
• 4:04
  the
• 4:05
  details
• 4:05
  of
• 4:05
  your
• 4:06
  books,
• 4:06
  can
• 4:06
  you
• 4:07
  tell
• 4:07
  us
• 4:07
  what
• 4:07
  being
• 4:08
  a
• 4:08
  children's
• 4:09
  book
• 4:09
  author
• 4:10
  means
• 4:10
  to
• 4:10
  you?
• 4:12
  I
• 4:12
  have
• 4:12
  been
• 4:14
  into
• 4:14
  books
• 4:15
  since
• 4:15
  I
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  was
• 4:16
  a
• 4:16
  little
• 4:17
  child,
• 4:17
  going
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  to
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  the
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  library
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  with
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  my
• 4:19
  big
• 4:19
  sister,
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  and
• 4:21
  we
• 4:21
  would
• 4:21
  go
• 4:21
  into
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  the
• 4:22
  library,
• 4:23
  which
• 4:23
  was
• 4:23
  huge,
• 4:24
  and
• 4:24
  open
• 4:25
  these
• 4:25
  huge
• 4:25
  doors.
• 4:26
  And
• 4:27
  then
• 4:27
  I
• 4:27
  walked
• 4:27
  in
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  and
• 4:28
  I
• 4:28
  saw
• 4:29
  thousands
• 4:30
  of
• 4:30
  books.
• 4:31
  And
• 4:31
  my
• 4:32
  sister
• 4:32
  turned
• 4:32
  to
• 4:32
  me
• 4:32
  and
• 4:33
  she
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  said,
• 4:34
  and
• 4:34
  you
• 4:34
  can
• 4:34
  have
• 4:34
  any
• 4:35
  of
• 4:35
  them
• 4:35
  to
• 4:35
  take
• 4:36
  home
• 4:36
  for
• 4:36
  free.
• 4:37
  And
• 4:38
  I
• 4:38
  was
• 4:38
  hooked.
• 4:39
  That's
• 4:40
  how
• 4:40
  my
• 4:40
  adventure
• 4:41
  with
• 4:41
  books
• 4:42
  began.
• 4:42
  How
• 4:43
  old
• 4:43
  would
• 4:43
  you
• 4:43
  have
• 4:44
  been,
• 4:44
  approximately?
• 4:45
  Oh,
• 4:45
  probably
• 4:46
  five.
• 4:46
  Okay.
• 4:48
  Yeah.
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  And
• 4:49
  I
• 4:49
  love
• 4:50
  to
• 4:50
  read
• 4:50
  and
• 4:51
  I
• 4:51
  love
• 4:51
  to
• 4:51
  write.
• 4:52
  I
• 4:52
  wanted
• 4:52
  to
• 4:52
  be
• 4:53
  Superman,
• 4:53
  but
• 4:53
  I
• 4:54
  couldn't
• 4:54
  fly.
• 4:54
  So
• 4:55
  I
• 4:55
  decided
• 4:55
  to
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  be
• 4:56
  Clark
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  Kent
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  and
• 4:58
  became
• 4:58
  a
• 4:58
  journalist,
• 4:59
  actually.
• 5:00
  And
• 5:00
  that
• 5:01
  set
• 5:01
  me
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  on
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  the
• 5:02
  path
• 5:02
  in
• 5:02
  radio
• 5:03
  news
• 5:03
  in
• 5:04
  Chicago
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  and
• 5:05
  Washington
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  D.C.
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  and
• 5:06
  New
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  York.
• 5:07
  And
• 5:08
  that
• 5:08
  set
• 5:08
  me
• 5:08
  on
• 5:08
  the
• 5:09
  path
• 5:09
  as
• 5:09
  a
• 5:09
  storyteller,
• 5:10
  basically,
• 5:11
  that
• 5:12
  I
• 5:12
  was
• 5:12
  sitting
• 5:12
  in
• 5:12
  front
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  of
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  a
• 5:13
  microphone
• 5:13
  telling
• 5:14
  stories.
• 5:14
  That
• 5:14
  was
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  my
• 5:15
  job.
• 5:16
  And
• 5:16
  I've
• 5:17
  continued
• 5:17
  to
• 5:17
  do
• 5:17
  that
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  as
• 5:18
  an
• 5:18
  audiobook
• 5:19
  narrator.
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  But
• 5:20
  I
• 5:21
  got
• 5:21
  into
• 5:21
  children's
• 5:22
  books,
• 5:23
  especially
• 5:24
  when
• 5:25
  I
• 5:25
  realized
• 5:26
  I
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  was
• 5:27
  a
• 5:27
  Guide
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  for
• 5:27
  Blind
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  Skiers
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  and
• 5:30
  Volunteer
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  for
• 5:31
  Learning
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  Ally,
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  which
• 5:33
  is
• 5:33
  Books
• 5:34
  for
• 5:34
  the
• 5:34
  Blind.
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  And
• 5:35
  they
• 5:36
  said
• 5:36
  there's
• 5:36
  this
• 5:36
  huge
• 5:36
  gap
• 5:37
  in
• 5:38
  the
• 5:38
  audiobook
• 5:38
  world
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  where
• 5:40
  the
• 5:41
  stories
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  are
• 5:42
  not
• 5:42
  available
• 5:43
  to
• 5:43
  blind
• 5:44
  children.
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  And
• 5:46
  that's
• 5:46
  how
• 5:46
  I
• 5:47
  got
• 5:47
  into
• 5:48
  creating
• 5:48
  my
• 5:49
  own
• 5:49
  nonprofit
• 5:50
  imagination
• 5:51
  storybooks,
• 5:53
  where
• 5:53
  we
• 5:53
  add
• 5:53
  audio
• 5:54
  description
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  to
• 5:55
  to
• 5:55
  the
• 5:56
  illustrated
• 5:57
  books
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  to
• 5:58
  make
• 5:58
  them
• 5:58
  available
• 5:58
  to
• 5:59
  blind
• 5:59
  children
• 5:59
  and
• 5:59
  all
• 6:00
  children.
• 6:01
  So
• 6:01
  I
• 6:01
  was
• 6:02
  reading
• 6:02
  hundreds
• 6:02
  of
• 6:03
  children's
• 6:04
  illustrated
• 6:04
  books
• 6:05
  and
• 6:05
  I
• 6:05
  said,
• 6:06
  I
• 6:06
  want
• 6:06
  to
• 6:06
  be
• 6:06
  a
• 6:07
  writer,
• 6:07
  too,
• 6:08
  so
• 6:08
  I'm
• 6:08
  going
• 6:08
  to
• 6:09
  write
• 6:10
  books.
• 6:11
  Terrific.
• 6:12
  What
• 6:12
  was
• 6:12
  inspiration
• 6:13
  behind.
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  Because
• 6:14
  your
• 6:14
  books
• 6:15
  have
• 6:15
  a
• 6:15
  certain
• 6:15
  theme
• 6:16
  to
• 6:16
  them
• 6:16
  and
• 6:16
  we'll
• 6:16
  get
• 6:17
  more
• 6:17
  into
• 6:18
  depth
• 6:18
  about
• 6:18
  your
• 6:19
  books
• 6:19
  and
• 6:19
  your
• 6:20
  characters.
• 6:21
  But
• 6:21
  what
• 6:21
  was
• 6:22
  the
• 6:22
  inspiration
• 6:23
  behind
• 6:23
  your
• 6:24
  books?
• 6:25
  I
• 6:25
  wanted
• 6:26
  to
• 6:26
  do
• 6:27
  books
• 6:28
  with
• 6:28
  a
• 6:29
  blind
• 6:30
  character
• 6:31
  without
• 6:32
  focusing
• 6:32
  on
• 6:32
  the
• 6:33
  fact
• 6:33
  that
• 6:33
  she
• 6:33
  was
• 6:33
  blind.
• 6:34
  She
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  just
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  happened
• 6:36
  to
• 6:36
  be
• 6:36
  blind.
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  And
• 6:38
  I'm
• 6:38
  known
• 6:38
  as
• 6:39
  the
• 6:39
  audiobook
• 6:40
  wizard.
• 6:41
  I
• 6:42
  make
• 6:42
  school
• 6:42
  appearances,
• 6:43
  reading
• 6:43
  my
• 6:44
  books
• 6:44
  in
• 6:44
  full
• 6:45
  wizard
• 6:46
  regalia.
• 6:47
  The
• 6:47
  hat,
• 6:47
  the
• 6:48
  long
• 6:48
  white
• 6:48
  beard
• 6:49
  and
• 6:49
  everything.
• 6:49
  And
• 6:50
  I
• 6:50
  use
• 6:50
  my
• 6:51
  wizard
• 6:51
  voice
• 6:51
  when
• 6:52
  I
• 6:52
  talk
• 6:52
  to
• 6:52
  the
• 6:52
  children.
• 6:54
  And
• 6:54
  I
• 6:54
  said,
• 6:55
  okay,
• 6:56
  I
• 6:56
  need
• 6:56
  to
• 6:57
  write
• 6:57
  a
• 6:58
  series
• 6:58
  of
• 6:58
  books,
• 6:59
  and
• 6:59
  I
• 6:59
  call
• 6:59
  Them
• 6:59
  the
• 7:00
  tales
• 7:00
  from
• 7:00
  the
• 7:01
  princes
• 7:01
  Dumb.
• 7:02
  Terrific.
• 7:03
  Just
• 7:04
  so
• 7:04
  our
• 7:05
  audience
• 7:05
  knows,
• 7:06
  usually
• 7:07
  at
• 7:07
  this
• 7:07
  point
• 7:07
  in
• 7:08
  the
• 7:08
  podcast
• 7:09
  interview,
• 7:10
  I
• 7:10
  talked
• 7:11
  to
• 7:12
  our
• 7:12
  children's
• 7:12
  book
• 7:13
  authors
• 7:13
  about
• 7:13
  their
• 7:14
  book
• 7:14
  business.
• 7:15
  However
• 7:16
  Richard's
• 7:17
  done,
• 7:17
  and
• 7:17
  he's
• 7:18
  already
• 7:18
  given
• 7:18
  us
• 7:19
  glimpses
• 7:19
  into
• 7:19
  what
• 7:20
  he's
• 7:20
  done,
• 7:21
  is
• 7:22
  he
• 7:23
  has
• 7:24
  actually
• 7:25
  built
• 7:25
  a
• 7:25
  business.
• 7:26
  And
• 7:26
  we're
• 7:26
  going
• 7:26
  to
• 7:26
  get
• 7:26
  more
• 7:27
  into
• 7:27
  that,
• 7:27
  but
• 7:27
  we're
• 7:28
  going
• 7:28
  to
• 7:28
  save
• 7:29
  that
• 7:30
  for
• 7:30
  another
• 7:31
  podcast
• 7:32
  episode
• 7:32
  because
• 7:33
  we
• 7:33
  want
• 7:33
  to
• 7:33
  focus
• 7:33
  on,
• 7:34
  like
• 7:34
  Richard
• 7:34
  said,
• 7:35
  he
• 7:35
  decided
• 7:36
  he
• 7:36
  should
• 7:36
  become
• 7:37
  a
• 7:37
  children's
• 7:37
  book
• 7:38
  author.
• 7:38
  So
• 7:39
  for
• 7:39
  this
• 7:39
  podcast
• 7:40
  show,
• 7:41
  we
• 7:41
  won't
• 7:42
  be
• 7:42
  talking
• 7:42
  much
• 7:42
  about
• 7:43
  Richard's
• 7:44
  audiobook
• 7:45
  business.
• 7:46
  We'll
• 7:46
  save
• 7:46
  that
• 7:46
  for
• 7:47
  another
• 7:47
  podcast.
• 7:48
  But
• 7:48
  we
• 7:48
  will.
• 7:49
  And
• 7:49
  by
• 7:50
  the
• 7:50
  way,
• 7:50
  It'll
• 7:50
  be
• 7:50
  episode
• 7:51
  101
• 7:52
  for
• 7:52
  those
• 7:52
  listening
• 7:53
  in.
• 7:53
  We'll
• 7:53
  talk
• 7:53
  about
• 7:53
  Richard's
• 7:54
  audiobook
• 7:55
  business,
• 7:55
  but
• 7:56
  in
• 7:56
  this
• 7:56
  case,
• 7:56
  we're
• 7:57
  going
• 7:57
  to
• 7:57
  talk
• 7:57
  about
• 7:58
  Richard's
• 7:59
  two
• 7:59
  books
• 7:59
  that
• 7:59
  he
• 8:00
  mentioned
• 8:00
  at
• 8:00
  the
• 8:00
  beginning
• 8:01
  of
• 8:01
  the
• 8:01
  show.
• 8:02
  So,
• 8:03
  Richard,
• 8:03
  I'm
• 8:03
  curious
• 8:04
  if
• 8:04
  you
• 8:04
  can
• 8:05
  tell
• 8:05
  us
• 8:05
  a
• 8:05
  little
• 8:05
  bit
• 8:06
  about.
• 8:07
  You
• 8:07
  talk
• 8:07
  about
• 8:08
  this
• 8:08
  character
• 8:09
  and
• 8:10
  you
• 8:10
  actually
• 8:10
  transform
• 8:11
  yourself
• 8:12
  into
• 8:12
  Fumbledore.
• 8:14
  Yes,
• 8:15
  Fumbledore,
• 8:16
  the
• 8:16
  wizard.
• 8:17
  No
• 8:17
  relation
• 8:18
  to
• 8:18
  Dumbledore
• 8:19
  at
• 8:19
  all,
• 8:20
  but
• 8:20
  just
• 8:21
  a
• 8:22
  fumbling
• 8:23
  wizard.
• 8:23
  That's
• 8:24
  the
• 8:24
  idea.
• 8:25
  That
• 8:25
  is
• 8:26
  fantastic.
• 8:27
  I
• 8:27
  don't
• 8:27
  want
• 8:27
  to
• 8:27
  get
• 8:28
  too
• 8:28
  much
• 8:28
  into
• 8:28
  the
• 8:28
  audio
• 8:29
  side
• 8:29
  of
• 8:29
  it,
• 8:30
  but
• 8:31
  because
• 8:32
  like
• 8:32
  you
• 8:32
  said,
• 8:32
  you
• 8:32
  were
• 8:32
  in
• 8:33
  broadcasting
• 8:33
  for
• 8:34
  years
• 8:35
  and
• 8:35
  you
• 8:36
  actually
• 8:36
  have
• 8:36
  a
• 8:37
  wizard's
• 8:37
  voice
• 8:38
  that
• 8:38
  you.
• 8:38
  When
• 8:39
  you
• 8:39
  go
• 8:39
  and
• 8:39
  do
• 8:39
  voice
• 8:40
  book
• 8:40
  readings,
• 8:41
  I'm
• 8:41
  curious,
• 8:42
  did
• 8:42
  the
• 8:42
  idea
• 8:44
  of
• 8:44
  Fumbledore
• 8:45
  come
• 8:46
  to
• 8:46
  you
• 8:46
  through
• 8:47
  your
• 8:47
  voice
• 8:48
  first
• 8:48
  and
• 8:49
  then
• 8:49
  you
• 8:49
  put
• 8:49
  it
• 8:49
  to
• 8:49
  words,
• 8:50
  or
• 8:50
  did
• 8:51
  you
• 8:51
  write
• 8:51
  the
• 8:51
  words
• 8:52
  and
• 8:52
  then
• 8:52
  come
• 8:53
  up
• 8:53
  with
• 8:53
  the
• 8:53
  voice?
• 8:55
  Oh,
• 8:55
  I
• 8:55
  had
• 8:55
  the
• 8:56
  voice
• 8:56
  for
• 8:56
  a
• 8:57
  while.
• 8:57
  In
• 8:57
  fact,
• 8:59
  I
• 8:59
  played
• 8:59
  a
• 9:00
  wizard
• 9:00
  in
• 9:01
  a
• 9:01
  couple
• 9:01
  of
• 9:02
  video
• 9:02
  games,
• 9:03
  actually.
• 9:04
  And
• 9:05
  so
• 9:05
  I
• 9:06
  declared
• 9:06
  I
• 9:06
  was
• 9:06
  the
• 9:07
  audiobook
• 9:07
  wizard
• 9:08
  and
• 9:09
  it
• 9:09
  stuck.
• 9:09
  That's
• 9:10
  my
• 9:10
  marketing
• 9:11
  identity.
• 9:12
  But
• 9:12
  I
• 9:12
  wanted
• 9:12
  to
• 9:13
  put
• 9:13
  that
• 9:13
  character,
• 9:14
  the
• 9:15
  wizard,
• 9:15
  in
• 9:15
  my
• 9:15
  books,
• 9:16
  too.
• 9:17
  So
• 9:17
  that
• 9:17
  was.
• 9:18
  That
• 9:18
  was
• 9:18
  a
• 9:18
  lot
• 9:18
  of
• 9:18
  fun
• 9:19
  for
• 9:19
  me.
• 9:19
  And
• 9:20
  I
• 9:20
  have
• 9:20
  to
• 9:20
  tell
• 9:20
  you,
• 9:21
  and
• 9:22
  I
• 9:22
  don't
• 9:22
  think
• 9:22
  I've
• 9:23
  talked
• 9:23
  about
• 9:23
  this
• 9:23
  before
• 9:24
  on
• 9:24
  the
• 9:24
  show,
• 9:24
  but
• 9:25
  my
• 9:26
  mother,
• 9:27
  later
• 9:27
  in
• 9:28
  life,
• 9:28
  she
• 9:28
  was
• 9:29
  diabetic
• 9:29
  and
• 9:30
  eventually,
• 9:31
  because
• 9:31
  of
• 9:31
  a
• 9:32
  side
• 9:32
  effect
• 9:32
  of
• 9:32
  diabetes,
• 9:34
  became
• 9:34
  blind.
• 9:35
  She
• 9:35
  relied
• 9:36
  heavily
• 9:37
  on
• 9:37
  audiobooks.
• 9:38
  And
• 9:38
  my
• 9:38
  mother
• 9:39
  was
• 9:39
  a
• 9:39
  ferocious
• 9:40
  reader.
• 9:41
  She
• 9:42
  read
• 9:43
  the
• 9:43
  thousands
• 9:44
  of
• 9:44
  books
• 9:44
  in
• 9:44
  her
• 9:44
  lifetime.
• 9:45
  She
• 9:45
  just
• 9:45
  loved
• 9:46
  reading.
• 9:47
  And
• 9:47
  when
• 9:47
  she
• 9:48
  lost
• 9:48
  the
• 9:48
  ability
• 9:48
  for
• 9:49
  sight,
• 9:50
  she
• 9:50
  turned
• 9:50
  to
• 9:50
  audiobooks.
• 9:51
  And
• 9:52
  what
• 9:52
  you're
• 9:52
  doing
• 9:53
  is
• 9:54
  absolutely
• 9:54
  outstanding.
• 9:55
  I
• 9:55
  wanted
• 9:56
  to
• 9:56
  let
• 9:56
  you
• 9:56
  know
• 9:56
  there's
• 9:57
  a
• 9:57
  real
• 9:57
  connection
• 9:58
  for
• 9:59
  me
• 9:59
  and
• 9:59
  in
• 9:59
  what
• 10:00
  you've
• 10:00
  done.
• 10:00
  And
• 10:01
  I'm
• 10:01
  sure
• 10:02
  there's
• 10:02
  other
• 10:02
  people
• 10:02
  out
• 10:03
  there
• 10:03
  that,
• 10:03
  that
• 10:04
  have
• 10:04
  this
• 10:04
  connection.
• 10:05
  And
• 10:05
  of
• 10:06
  course,
• 10:06
  my
• 10:06
  mom
• 10:06
  was
• 10:07
  an
• 10:07
  adult
• 10:07
  when
• 10:08
  she
• 10:08
  went
• 10:08
  blind,
• 10:09
  so
• 10:09
  she
• 10:09
  never
• 10:10
  experienced
• 10:11
  childhood
• 10:12
  blindness.
• 10:12
  And
• 10:13
  that
• 10:13
  takes
• 10:13
  us
• 10:13
  on
• 10:14
  a
• 10:14
  different
• 10:14
  journey.
• 10:15
  You
• 10:15
  have
• 10:15
  your
• 10:16
  books
• 10:16
  in
• 10:16
  both
• 10:17
  hardcover,
• 10:19
  paperback,
• 10:19
  and
• 10:20
  of
• 10:20
  course,
• 10:20
  as
• 10:20
  you're
• 10:21
  aware,
• 10:21
  I
• 10:22
  purchased
• 10:22
  your
• 10:22
  ebook
• 10:24
  on
• 10:24
  Amazon.
• 10:26
  So
• 10:27
  talk
• 10:27
  to
• 10:27
  us
• 10:28
  about
• 10:28
  the
• 10:28
  different
• 10:29
  formats
• 10:30
  and
• 10:30
  how
• 10:30
  you're
• 10:31
  using
• 10:31
  them.
• 10:32
  I
• 10:32
  wanted
• 10:33
  to
• 10:33
  make
• 10:33
  sure
• 10:33
  that
• 10:34
  my
• 10:34
  books
• 10:34
  were
• 10:34
  available
• 10:35
  in
• 10:35
  all
• 10:35
  formats.
• 10:37
  So,
• 10:37
  yes,
• 10:38
  I
• 10:38
  do
• 10:39
  the
• 10:39
  KDP
• 10:40
  way
• 10:41
  for
• 10:41
  my
• 10:41
  paperback
• 10:42
  because
• 10:42
  that's
• 10:43
  the
• 10:43
  easiest
• 10:43
  thing
• 10:44
  to
• 10:44
  do.
• 10:45
  But
• 10:45
  for
• 10:45
  the
• 10:45
  hardcovers,
• 10:46
  I
• 10:47
  worked
• 10:47
  with
• 10:48
  Jay
• 10:48
  Maletsky
• 10:49
  at
• 10:49
  IAPC
• 10:51
  and
• 10:52
  he
• 10:52
  prints
• 10:53
  the
• 10:53
  hardcovers
• 10:54
  printed
• 10:54
  in
• 10:55
  China
• 10:55
  and
• 10:56
  handles
• 10:56
  all
• 10:57
  the
• 10:57
  shipments
• 10:57
  and
• 10:58
  fulfillment.
• 11:00
  And
• 11:00
  so
• 11:00
  that
• 11:01
  made
• 11:01
  it
• 11:01
  easy
• 11:01
  for
• 11:02
  me
• 11:02
  to
• 11:02
  do
• 11:03
  the
• 11:03
  hardcover
• 11:04
  also,
• 11:04
  because
• 11:05
  I've
• 11:05
  heard
• 11:06
  a
• 11:06
  lot
• 11:06
  about
• 11:06
  IngramSpark
• 11:07
  and
• 11:08
  basically
• 11:09
  mixed
• 11:09
  reviews,
• 11:10
  shall
• 11:10
  we
• 11:10
  say.
• 11:11
  Yes,
• 11:12
  but
• 11:12
  I
• 11:12
  love
• 11:12
  having
• 11:13
  the
• 11:13
  copies
• 11:14
  in
• 11:14
  the
• 11:14
  hardcover
• 11:15
  of
• 11:16
  my
• 11:16
  books
• 11:17
  also.
• 11:18
  They're
• 11:18
  so
• 11:19
  beautiful.
• 11:19
  You
• 11:19
  have
• 11:20
  the
• 11:20
  ebook
• 11:21
  on
• 11:21
  Amazon,
• 11:22
  which
• 11:22
  I
• 11:22
  purchased,
• 11:23
  and
• 11:23
  the
• 11:23
  color,
• 11:24
  the
• 11:24
  vibrant
• 11:25
  colors
• 11:25
  that
• 11:26
  show
• 11:26
  up
• 11:27
  on
• 11:27
  the
• 11:27
  ebook
• 11:28
  are
• 11:28
  just
• 11:28
  terrific.
• 11:29
  So
• 11:30
  thank
• 11:30
  you.
• 11:31
  I
• 11:31
  think
• 11:31
  it
• 11:31
  came
• 11:31
  out
• 11:31
  great.
• 11:32
  My
• 11:32
  illustrator,
• 11:33
  Barbara
• 11:33
  Ausurek,
• 11:35
  is
• 11:35
  from
• 11:35
  England.
• 11:36
  I
• 11:37
  found
• 11:37
  her
• 11:37
  just
• 11:38
  by.
• 11:38
  In
• 11:38
  a
• 11:39
  Facebook
• 11:39
  group,
• 11:40
  seeing
• 11:40
  the
• 11:40
  kind
• 11:40
  of
• 11:41
  work
• 11:41
  that
• 11:41
  she
• 11:41
  does,
• 11:42
  and
• 11:42
  she's
• 11:43
  a
• 11:43
  wonderful
• 11:44
  old
• 11:44
  style
• 11:45
  illustrator.
• 11:46
  I
• 11:47
  really
• 11:47
  think
• 11:47
  that's
• 11:47
  very
• 11:48
  important
• 11:48
  in
• 11:49
  these
• 11:49
  days
• 11:49
  of
• 11:49
  AI
• 11:51
  that
• 11:51
  we
• 11:51
  keep
• 11:52
  the
• 11:52
  best
• 11:52
  illustrators
• 11:53
  employed
• 11:54
  out
• 11:54
  there.
• 11:55
  And
• 11:55
  it
• 11:56
  makes
• 11:56
  a
• 11:56
  difference
• 11:57
  so
• 11:57
  much
• 11:58
  in
• 11:58
  the
• 11:58
  beauty
• 11:59
  of
• 11:59
  the
• 11:59
  book.
• 12:00
  No
• 12:00
  question.
• 12:00
  And
• 12:01
  the
• 12:01
  nice
• 12:01
  thing
• 12:01
  about
• 12:02
  the
• 12:02
  folks
• 12:02
  from
• 12:02
  the
• 12:02
  UK
• 12:03
  is
• 12:04
  they
• 12:04
  tend
• 12:05
  to
• 12:05
  have
• 12:06
  such
• 12:06
  deep
• 12:07
  roots
• 12:08
  that
• 12:08
  go
• 12:08
  back
• 12:09
  in
• 12:09
  history
• 12:10
  to
• 12:10
  when
• 12:10
  there
• 12:10
  was
• 12:11
  castles,
• 12:11
  because
• 12:12
  in
• 12:12
  North
• 12:13
  America
• 12:14
  there
• 12:14
  was
• 12:14
  no
• 12:15
  castles.
• 12:16
  And
• 12:16
  I
• 12:17
  know
• 12:17
  sometimes
• 12:18
  people
• 12:18
  try
• 12:18
  and
• 12:19
  pretend
• 12:19
  we
• 12:19
  did
• 12:20
  build
• 12:20
  castles,
• 12:20
  but
• 12:21
  for
• 12:21
  the
• 12:22
  most
• 12:22
  part,
• 12:23
  there
• 12:23
  is
• 12:24
  no
• 12:24
  castles
• 12:25
  in
• 12:25
  North
• 12:25
  America.
• 12:27
  The
• 12:27
  Day
• 12:27
  the
• 12:27
  Clouds
• 12:28
  Went
• 12:28
  Away
• 12:29
  is
• 12:29
  my
• 12:30
  first
• 12:30
  children's
• 12:31
  illustrated
• 12:31
  book.
• 12:32
  I
• 12:32
  wrote
• 12:33
  it.
• 12:33
  I'm
• 12:33
  turning
• 12:33
  75
• 12:35
  and
• 12:36
  I
• 12:36
  wrote
• 12:36
  these
• 12:36
  books
• 12:37
  when
• 12:37
  I
• 12:37
  was
• 12:37
  70.
• 12:38
  Okay,
• 12:39
  so
• 12:39
  it
• 12:40
  tells
• 12:40
  you
• 12:40
  that
• 12:41
  it's
• 12:41
  never
• 12:41
  too
• 12:42
  late
• 12:42
  in
• 12:42
  life.
• 12:43
  Absolutely.
• 12:44
  And
• 12:44
  you
• 12:45
  know
• 12:45
  what?
• 12:45
  I
• 12:45
  just
• 12:46
  interviewed
• 12:47
  a
• 12:47
  Dr.
• 12:47
  Peter
• 12:47
  Cotton.
• 12:48
  He
• 12:48
  has
• 12:49
  a
• 12:49
  book
• 12:49
  series.
• 12:50
  He
• 12:50
  actually
• 12:50
  has
• 12:51
  10
• 12:51
  books
• 12:51
  in
• 12:51
  the
• 12:51
  series
• 12:52
  called
• 12:52
  Fred
• 12:53
  the
• 12:53
  Snake.
• 12:53
  He
• 12:53
  lives
• 12:53
  in
• 12:54
  South
• 12:54
  Carolina.
• 12:55
  He's
• 12:55
  originally
• 12:56
  a
• 12:56
  Brit
• 12:57
  and
• 12:58
  of
• 12:58
  course
• 12:58
  came
• 12:58
  over
• 12:59
  in
• 12:59
  the
• 12:59
  80s
• 12:59
  and
• 13:00
  became
• 13:00
  an
• 13:01
  American
• 13:01
  citizen.
• 13:01
  But
• 13:02
  he
• 13:02
  retired
• 13:03
  at
• 13:03
  77
• 13:05
  and
• 13:05
  then
• 13:05
  he
• 13:06
  started
• 13:06
  his
• 13:06
  children's
• 13:07
  book
• 13:07
  authorship.
• 13:08
  And
• 13:08
  when
• 13:09
  I
• 13:09
  interviewed
• 13:10
  him
• 13:10
  a
• 13:10
  few
• 13:10
  weeks
• 13:10
  ago,
• 13:11
  episode
• 13:11
  86,
• 13:12
  he
• 13:12
  had
• 13:12
  just
• 13:12
  turned
• 13:13
  85
• 13:14
  and
• 13:14
  had
• 13:14
  just.
• 13:15
  Yes,
• 13:15
  and
• 13:16
  had
• 13:16
  just
• 13:16
  written
• 13:17
  his
• 13:17
  10th
• 13:17
  book
• 13:17
  in
• 13:18
  his
• 13:18
  series.
• 13:18
  So
• 13:19
  there
• 13:20
  you
• 13:20
  go.
• 13:20
  You're
• 13:20
  a
• 13:21
  young
• 13:21
  man
• 13:21
  by
• 13:21
  comparison.
• 14:13
  Your
• 14:14
  authorship
• 14:14
  Journey.
• 14:15
  Talk
• 14:15
  to
• 14:15
  us
• 14:16
  about
• 14:16
  the
• 14:17
  publishing
• 14:17
  aspect
• 14:18
  of
• 14:18
  it,
• 14:18
  because
• 14:19
  I
• 14:19
  always
• 14:19
  talk
• 14:20
  about.
• 14:20
  There's
• 14:21
  primarily
• 14:21
  three
• 14:22
  ways
• 14:22
  that
• 14:23
  you
• 14:23
  can
• 14:23
  publish
• 14:23
  as
• 14:24
  a
• 14:24
  children's
• 14:24
  book
• 14:24
  author.
• 14:25
  You
• 14:25
  can
• 14:25
  become
• 14:26
  an
• 14:26
  independent
• 14:27
  children's
• 14:27
  book
• 14:27
  author,
• 14:28
  which
• 14:28
  means
• 14:28
  that
• 14:28
  you
• 14:29
  do
• 14:29
  everything.
• 14:30
  You
• 14:30
  become
• 14:31
  the
• 14:31
  general
• 14:31
  manager
• 14:32
  or
• 14:32
  the
• 14:33
  project
• 14:33
  manager
• 14:34
  of
• 14:34
  your
• 14:34
  children's
• 14:35
  book,
• 14:35
  or
• 14:36
  you
• 14:36
  can
• 14:36
  be
• 14:37
  self
• 14:37
  published,
• 14:37
  or
• 14:38
  what
• 14:38
  some
• 14:38
  people
• 14:39
  refer
• 14:39
  to
• 14:39
  as
• 14:39
  hybrid
• 14:40
  published,
• 14:40
  where
• 14:41
  you
• 14:41
  hire
• 14:41
  someone
• 14:42
  to
• 14:43
  be
• 14:43
  the
• 14:43
  general
• 14:44
  manager
• 14:44
  for
• 14:45
  your
• 14:45
  book.
• 14:46
  You
• 14:46
  get
• 14:46
  to
• 14:46
  keep
• 14:46
  all
• 14:47
  the
• 14:47
  rights
• 14:47
  and
• 14:47
  you
• 14:47
  have
• 14:48
  a
• 14:48
  lot
• 14:48
  of
• 14:48
  say
• 14:48
  in
• 14:49
  the
• 14:49
  direction
• 14:49
  of
• 14:49
  your
• 14:49
  book.
• 14:50
  And
• 14:50
  then
• 14:50
  the
• 14:51
  last
• 14:51
  one
• 14:51
  is
• 14:51
  traditionally
• 14:52
  published.
• 14:53
  At
• 14:53
  some
• 14:53
  point
• 14:53
  you
• 14:54
  lose
• 14:54
  much
• 14:54
  of
• 14:55
  the
• 14:55
  control
• 14:56
  and
• 14:57
  you
• 14:57
  hand
• 14:57
  over
• 14:57
  your
• 14:58
  book
• 14:58
  and
• 14:58
  they
• 14:58
  bring
• 14:59
  it
• 14:59
  to
• 14:59
  market.
• 15:00
  So
• 15:00
  tell
• 15:00
  us
• 15:00
  about
• 15:01
  your
• 15:01
  publishing
• 15:01
  journey.
• 15:03
  I
• 15:03
  knew
• 15:03
  enough
• 15:04
  about
• 15:04
  books
• 15:05
  from
• 15:05
  having
• 15:06
  worked
• 15:06
  with
• 15:07
  illustrated
• 15:08
  book
• 15:08
  authors
• 15:08
  on
• 15:09
  over
• 15:09
  200
• 15:10
  books
• 15:11
  that
• 15:11
  we
• 15:11
  turned
• 15:11
  into
• 15:12
  audiobooks.
• 15:14
  And
• 15:14
  I
• 15:14
  had
• 15:15
  written
• 15:15
  the
• 15:16
  Author's
• 15:16
  Guide
• 15:17
  to
• 15:17
  audiobook
• 15:17
  creation
• 15:18
  10
• 15:18
  years
• 15:19
  ago
• 15:19
  and
• 15:20
  self
• 15:20
  published
• 15:21
  it.
• 15:21
  So
• 15:21
  I
• 15:21
  knew
• 15:22
  the
• 15:22
  journey
• 15:23
  and
• 15:23
  I
• 15:23
  was
• 15:23
  a
• 15:24
  little
• 15:24
  more
• 15:24
  experienced
• 15:25
  than
• 15:25
  most.
• 15:26
  And
• 15:26
  getting
• 15:26
  traditionally
• 15:27
  published,
• 15:28
  you
• 15:29
  have
• 15:29
  to
• 15:29
  get
• 15:29
  an
• 15:29
  agent,
• 15:30
  really.
• 15:31
  It's.
• 15:32
  We
• 15:32
  have
• 15:32
  to
• 15:33
  show,
• 15:33
  especially
• 15:34
  if
• 15:34
  you've
• 15:34
  already
• 15:34
  published
• 15:35
  a
• 15:35
  book,
• 15:36
  that
• 15:37
  selling
• 15:38
  thousands
• 15:38
  to
• 15:38
  books,
• 15:39
  that
• 15:39
  type
• 15:39
  of
• 15:39
  thing.
• 15:40
  But
• 15:40
  I
• 15:41
  wanted
• 15:41
  the
• 15:41
  ability
• 15:42
  to
• 15:43
  control
• 15:43
  the
• 15:44
  journey
• 15:44
  myself.
• 15:45
  You
• 15:45
  say
• 15:45
  sell
• 15:45
  myself,
• 15:46
  you
• 15:46
  set
• 15:46
  up
• 15:46
  your
• 15:47
  own
• 15:47
  independent
• 15:48
  publishing
• 15:48
  company.
• 15:49
  I
• 15:50
  did.
• 15:50
  It's
• 15:51
  the
• 15:51
  Imagination
• 15:52
  Storybook,
• 15:52
  says
• 15:53
  the
• 15:53
  publisher.
• 15:54
  I
• 15:55
  found
• 15:55
  the
• 15:55
  illustrator
• 15:56
  on
• 15:56
  my
• 15:56
  own.
• 15:57
  I
• 15:58
  wrote
• 15:58
  the
• 15:59
  books.
• 16:00
  I
• 16:00
  hired
• 16:01
  an
• 16:01
  editor,
• 16:02
  Laura
• 16:02
  Bingham,
• 16:03
  who's
• 16:03
  actually
• 16:04
  excellent
• 16:04
  editor,
• 16:05
  and
• 16:05
  she's
• 16:06
  the
• 16:06
  one
• 16:06
  who
• 16:07
  did
• 16:08
  the
• 16:08
  whole
• 16:08
  editing
• 16:08
  process
• 16:09
  for
• 16:09
  me,
• 16:10
  the
• 16:10
  content
• 16:10
  editing,
• 16:11
  as
• 16:11
  well
• 16:12
  as
• 16:12
  just
• 16:12
  finding
• 16:13
  the
• 16:13
  spelling
• 16:13
  mistakes.
• 16:15
  And
• 16:15
  she.
• 16:16
  And
• 16:16
  we
• 16:16
  worked
• 16:17
  as
• 16:17
  a
• 16:17
  team
• 16:17
  with
• 16:18
  the
• 16:18
  illustrator
• 16:19
  to
• 16:20
  bring
• 16:20
  the
• 16:20
  books
• 16:20
  together.
• 16:21
  And
• 16:21
  it
• 16:22
  was
• 16:22
  just.
• 16:22
  Just
• 16:22
  a
• 16:23
  very
• 16:23
  nice
• 16:24
  process.
• 16:25
  Fantastic.
• 16:26
  I'm
• 16:26
  gonna
• 16:26
  have
• 16:26
  to
• 16:26
  take
• 16:27
  you
• 16:27
  back
• 16:27
  10
• 16:27
  years
• 16:28
  and
• 16:29
  I
• 16:29
  want
• 16:29
  you
• 16:30
  to
• 16:30
  think
• 16:30
  back
• 16:30
  about
• 16:31
  when
• 16:31
  you
• 16:31
  first
• 16:32
  published.
• 16:33
  And
• 16:33
  I
• 16:33
  know
• 16:33
  it
• 16:34
  wasn't
• 16:34
  a
• 16:34
  children's
• 16:34
  book,
• 16:35
  but
• 16:35
  what
• 16:36
  would
• 16:36
  have
• 16:36
  been
• 16:37
  when
• 16:37
  you
• 16:37
  started
• 16:37
  to
• 16:38
  think
• 16:38
  about
• 16:38
  becoming
• 16:39
  an
• 16:39
  independent
• 16:40
  publisher?
• 16:41
  What
• 16:41
  would
• 16:41
  have
• 16:41
  been
• 16:41
  your
• 16:42
  biggest
• 16:43
  challenge
• 16:44
  or
• 16:45
  frustration
• 16:45
  when
• 16:46
  you
• 16:46
  first
• 16:46
  started
• 16:46
  on
• 16:47
  that
• 16:47
  journey?
• 16:48
  Yes,
• 16:49
  it
• 16:49
  was
• 16:50
  very
• 16:50
  challenging
• 16:51
  going
• 16:52
  from
• 16:53
  really
• 16:53
  not
• 16:53
  knowing
• 16:54
  anything
• 16:55
  about
• 16:55
  the
• 16:56
  author
• 16:56
  side
• 16:57
  to
• 16:58
  going
• 16:58
  through
• 16:58
  the
• 16:59
  whole
• 16:59
  experience
• 17:00
  of
• 17:00
  having
• 17:01
  to
• 17:01
  learn
• 17:01
  what
• 17:02
  KDP
• 17:02
  is
• 17:03
  at
• 17:03
  Amazon,
• 17:04
  having
• 17:04
  to
• 17:05
  learn
• 17:05
  about
• 17:05
  IngramSpark,
• 17:06
  having
• 17:07
  to
• 17:07
  learn
• 17:07
  about
• 17:09
  distribution
• 17:10
  and
• 17:10
  whether
• 17:11
  you
• 17:11
  should
• 17:12
  pay
• 17:12
  the
• 17:12
  money
• 17:13
  to
• 17:13
  have
• 17:13
  the
• 17:14
  physical
• 17:14
  books
• 17:15
  created
• 17:16
  rather
• 17:16
  than
• 17:17
  just
• 17:17
  reselling
• 17:18
  them,
• 17:18
  having
• 17:19
  them
• 17:19
  printed
• 17:19
  for
• 17:20
  you
• 17:20
  by
• 17:20
  an
• 17:21
  Amazon.
• 17:22
  All
• 17:22
  of
• 17:22
  those
• 17:23
  things
• 17:23
  I
• 17:24
  had
• 17:24
  to
• 17:25
  find
• 17:25
  out
• 17:25
  the
• 17:26
  answers
• 17:26
  to.
• 17:27
  And
• 17:27
  this
• 17:27
  was
• 17:28
  before
• 17:28
  ChatGPT
• 17:29
  was
• 17:29
  around
• 17:30
  to
• 17:30
  ask
• 17:30
  about
• 17:31
  these
• 17:31
  things,
• 17:31
  even
• 17:32
  KDP.
• 17:32
  Has
• 17:33
  changed
• 17:33
  so
• 17:34
  much
• 17:34
  over
• 17:34
  the
• 17:35
  years.
• 17:35
  10
• 17:35
  years
• 17:36
  ago
• 17:36
  ago
• 17:36
  was
• 17:37
  pretty
• 17:37
  much
• 17:37
  in
• 17:37
  its
• 17:38
  infancy.
• 17:38
  I
• 17:39
  guess.
• 17:39
  Any
• 17:39
  aspiring
• 17:40
  children's
• 17:40
  book
• 17:41
  author
• 17:41
  listening
• 17:41
  in
• 17:42
  on
• 17:42
  Richard
• 17:42
  but
• 17:42
  myself,
• 17:44
  the
• 17:44
  path
• 17:44
  forward
• 17:45
  to
• 17:46
  actually
• 17:46
  becoming
• 17:47
  an
• 17:47
  independently
• 17:48
  published
• 17:48
  children's
• 17:49
  book
• 17:49
  author
• 17:50
  has
• 17:50
  certainly
• 17:50
  gotten
• 17:51
  easier.
• 17:52
  Yes,
• 17:53
  it
• 17:53
  really
• 17:53
  has.
• 17:54
  Now
• 17:54
  there
• 17:55
  are
• 17:55
  just
• 17:55
  so
• 17:55
  many
• 17:55
  ways,
• 17:56
  so
• 17:56
  many
• 17:57
  good
• 17:58
  coaches
• 17:58
  out
• 17:59
  there
• 17:59
  that
• 18:00
  teach
• 18:00
  authors
• 18:02
  not
• 18:02
  only
• 18:02
  how
• 18:02
  to
• 18:03
  write
• 18:03
  their
• 18:03
  books,
• 18:04
  but
• 18:04
  also
• 18:05
  how
• 18:05
  to
• 18:05
  market
• 18:06
  them.
• 18:06
  Because
• 18:07
  as
• 18:08
  I
• 18:08
  learned
• 18:08
  very
• 18:08
  early
• 18:09
  on,
• 18:09
  it's
• 18:10
  a
• 18:10
  business.
• 18:11
  Nobody
• 18:11
  will
• 18:11
  know
• 18:12
  about
• 18:12
  your
• 18:12
  book
• 18:13
  unless
• 18:13
  you
• 18:13
  tell
• 18:14
  them
• 18:14
  about
• 18:14
  it.
• 18:15
  They
• 18:15
  have
• 18:15
  a
• 18:15
  way
• 18:16
  of
• 18:16
  finding
• 18:16
  out
• 18:16
  about
• 18:17
  it.
• 18:17
  And
• 18:18
  that's
• 18:18
  so
• 18:18
  true,
• 18:19
  because
• 18:19
  all
• 18:19
  of
• 18:20
  us,
• 18:21
  when
• 18:21
  you
• 18:21
  think
• 18:21
  about
• 18:22
  it,
• 18:22
  we
• 18:23
  choose
• 18:23
  names
• 18:24
  that
• 18:25
  most
• 18:26
  people
• 18:26
  would
• 18:26
  not
• 18:27
  search
• 18:27
  nowadays.
• 18:28
  The
• 18:28
  simplest
• 18:28
  thing
• 18:29
  is
• 18:29
  people
• 18:30
  search
• 18:31
  for
• 18:31
  certain
• 18:31
  things.
• 18:32
  And
• 18:32
  our
• 18:33
  book
• 18:33
  is
• 18:33
  called
• 18:33
  the
• 18:33
  Adventures
• 18:34
  of
• 18:34
  Caboose
• 18:34
  the
• 18:35
  Rocky
• 18:35
  Mountain
• 18:35
  Bear.
• 18:36
  Unless
• 18:37
  we
• 18:37
  publicize
• 18:38
  it,
• 18:38
  nobody
• 18:39
  is
• 18:39
  going
• 18:40
  to
• 18:40
  SEO
• 18:41
  and
• 18:41
  searching
• 18:41
  for
• 18:42
  caboose
• 18:43
  or
• 18:43
  fumbledore
• 18:45
  or
• 18:46
  so
• 18:46
  on
• 18:47
  and
• 18:47
  so
• 18:47
  forth.
• 18:47
  And
• 18:48
  that's
• 18:48
  why
• 18:48
  I
• 18:48
  asked
• 18:49
  the
• 18:49
  question,
• 18:50
  how
• 18:50
  are
• 18:50
  you
• 18:50
  building
• 18:51
  your
• 18:51
  children's
• 18:52
  book
• 18:52
  business?
• 18:52
  Because
• 18:53
  to
• 18:54
  Richard's
• 18:54
  point,
• 18:55
  it's
• 18:55
  not
• 18:55
  as
• 18:55
  easy
• 18:56
  as
• 18:56
  one
• 18:57
  might
• 18:57
  think.
• 18:58
  It
• 18:58
  is
• 18:58
  a
• 18:58
  whole
• 18:58
  different
• 18:58
  world
• 18:59
  out
• 18:59
  there.
• 19:00
  One
• 19:00
  of
• 19:00
  the
• 19:00
  things
• 19:00
  I
• 19:01
  started
• 19:01
  with
• 19:02
  was
• 19:02
  I
• 19:02
  joined
• 19:03
  bookandauthor.com
• 19:05
  and
• 19:06
  that
• 19:06
  is
• 19:06
  a
• 19:06
  relatively
• 19:07
  new
• 19:07
  website
• 19:08
  to
• 19:09
  help
• 19:09
  authors
• 19:10
  of
• 19:10
  children's
• 19:11
  books
• 19:12
  get
• 19:12
  into
• 19:12
  schools,
• 19:13
  make
• 19:13
  school
• 19:14
  appearances.
• 19:15
  And
• 19:16
  so
• 19:16
  I
• 19:17
  started
• 19:17
  that
• 19:18
  way,
• 19:18
  and
• 19:18
  that
• 19:19
  gives
• 19:19
  me
• 19:19
  the
• 19:19
  pictures
• 19:20
  of
• 19:20
  me
• 19:21
  as
• 19:21
  the
• 19:21
  wizard
• 19:22
  talking
• 19:22
  to
• 19:23
  the
• 19:23
  children
• 19:24
  about
• 19:24
  my
• 19:24
  book.
• 19:25
  And
• 19:26
  I
• 19:26
  love
• 19:26
  these
• 19:27
  appearances
• 19:28
  at
• 19:28
  schools
• 19:28
  because
• 19:29
  I
• 19:30
  have
• 19:30
  my
• 19:30
  phone.
• 19:31
  The
• 19:31
  ringtone
• 19:32
  is
• 19:32
  the
• 19:32
  theme
• 19:32
  from
• 19:33
  Harry
• 19:33
  Potter.
• 19:34
  Okay.
• 19:34
  And
• 19:34
  when
• 19:35
  I
• 19:35
  make
• 19:35
  these
• 19:35
  school
• 19:36
  appearances,
• 19:36
  I
• 19:37
  make
• 19:37
  sure
• 19:37
  that
• 19:37
  somebody
• 19:38
  calls
• 19:38
  me.
• 19:39
  So
• 19:39
  I'm
• 19:39
  able
• 19:39
  to
• 19:39
  answer
• 19:40
  the
• 19:40
  phone
• 19:40
  and
• 19:40
  say,
• 19:41
  hattie,
• 19:42
  so
• 19:42
  good
• 19:42
  to
• 19:43
  hear
• 19:43
  from
• 19:43
  you,
• 19:43
  Hattie.
• 19:44
  How
• 19:44
  funny.
• 19:46
  Watch
• 19:46
  the
• 19:46
  faces
• 19:47
  of
• 19:47
  the
• 19:47
  children
• 19:47
  and
• 19:48
  their
• 19:48
  eyes
• 19:48
  get
• 19:48
  big.
• 19:49
  That's
• 19:50
  terrific.
• 19:51
  That's
• 19:51
  one
• 19:51
  of
• 19:52
  the
• 19:52
  adventures
• 19:52
  that
• 19:53
  I
• 19:53
  have
• 19:53
  in
• 19:53
  marketing
• 19:54
  my
• 19:54
  books
• 19:55
  because
• 19:56
  that
• 19:56
  makes
• 19:56
  it
• 19:56
  available,
• 19:58
  but
• 19:58
  also
• 19:59
  getting
• 19:59
  out
• 20:00
  there,
• 20:00
  making
• 20:00
  sure
• 20:01
  my
• 20:01
  book
• 20:01
  is
• 20:01
  available
• 20:03
  widely,
• 20:04
  not
• 20:04
  just
• 20:05
  on
• 20:05
  Amazon.
• 20:06
  I
• 20:07
  made
• 20:07
  that
• 20:07
  decision
• 20:07
  early
• 20:08
  on
• 20:08
  to
• 20:08
  go
• 20:09
  wide
• 20:09
  distribution
• 20:11
  and
• 20:12
  to
• 20:12
  have
• 20:12
  the
• 20:13
  ability,
• 20:13
  through
• 20:14
  IngramSpark
• 20:15
  actually,
• 20:16
  to
• 20:17
  get
• 20:17
  my
• 20:17
  book
• 20:17
  into
• 20:18
  the
• 20:19
  catalogs.
• 20:20
  Right.
• 20:20
  Don't
• 20:21
  get
• 20:21
  it
• 20:21
  into
• 20:21
  the
• 20:21
  book
• 20:22
  stores
• 20:23
  necessarily.
• 20:24
  You
• 20:24
  get
• 20:24
  it
• 20:25
  into
• 20:25
  the
• 20:25
  catalog,
• 20:26
  and
• 20:27
  that's.
• 20:27
  That's
• 20:28
  where
• 20:28
  those
• 20:28
  really
• 20:29
  came
• 20:29
  from.
• 20:29
  It's
• 20:30
  interesting
• 20:30
  you
• 20:30
  should
• 20:31
  say
• 20:31
  this,
• 20:31
  Richard,
• 20:31
  because
• 20:33
  a
• 20:33
  lot
• 20:33
  of
• 20:33
  my
• 20:34
  guests
• 20:34
  are
• 20:36
  retired
• 20:36
  or
• 20:37
  currently
• 20:37
  active
• 20:38
  school
• 20:38
  teachers.
• 20:39
  And
• 20:40
  what
• 20:40
  I've
• 20:40
  been
• 20:41
  finding
• 20:41
  is
• 20:42
  a
• 20:42
  lot
• 20:42
  of
• 20:42
  them
• 20:43
  because
• 20:43
  they
• 20:43
  know
• 20:44
  how
• 20:44
  to
• 20:44
  build
• 20:45
  curriculum,
• 20:46
  and
• 20:46
  they're
• 20:46
  being
• 20:47
  finding
• 20:47
  because
• 20:47
  they
• 20:48
  want
• 20:48
  to
• 20:48
  get
• 20:48
  into
• 20:48
  schools.
• 20:49
  A
• 20:49
  lot
• 20:50
  of
• 20:50
  schools
• 20:50
  now
• 20:51
  have
• 20:51
  this
• 20:51
  expectation
• 20:53
  that
• 20:53
  there
• 20:53
  should
• 20:53
  be
• 20:54
  a
• 20:54
  curriculum
• 20:55
  or
• 20:55
  a
• 20:55
  lesson
• 20:55
  plan
• 20:56
  that
• 20:56
  goes
• 20:57
  with
• 20:57
  your
• 20:57
  children's
• 20:58
  book.
• 20:58
  And
• 20:59
  the
• 20:59
  beautiful
• 20:59
  thing
• 21:00
  about
• 21:00
  your
• 21:00
  book
• 21:01
  is
• 21:01
  that
• 21:01
  you
• 21:02
  have
• 21:03
  really
• 21:03
  great
• 21:04
  content
• 21:05
  to
• 21:05
  create
• 21:06
  a
• 21:06
  curriculum
• 21:07
  to
• 21:07
  support
• 21:08
  your
• 21:08
  book.
• 21:08
  So
• 21:09
  that
• 21:09
  I'm
• 21:10
  just
• 21:10
  throwing
• 21:10
  that
• 21:10
  out
• 21:10
  at
• 21:11
  you,
• 21:11
  but
• 21:11
  that
• 21:11
  might
• 21:11
  be
• 21:12
  something
• 21:12
  to
• 21:12
  consider.
• 21:13
  I
• 21:13
  have
• 21:13
  already
• 21:14
  done
• 21:14
  a
• 21:14
  lesson
• 21:15
  plan
• 21:15
  for
• 21:15
  the
• 21:16
  Day
• 21:16
  the
• 21:16
  clouds
• 21:16
  went
• 21:17
  away.
• 21:17
  Oh,
• 21:17
  terrific.
• 21:18
  There
• 21:19
  you
• 21:19
  go.
• 21:19
  Yeah,
• 21:20
  because.
• 21:21
  Exactly.
• 21:21
  The
• 21:21
  teachers
• 21:22
  want
• 21:22
  that.
• 21:23
  They
• 21:23
  want
• 21:24
  just
• 21:24
  an
• 21:24
  easy
• 21:25
  way
• 21:25
  for
• 21:25
  them
• 21:26
  not
• 21:26
  just
• 21:26
  to
• 21:27
  read
• 21:27
  the
• 21:27
  book
• 21:27
  out
• 21:28
  loud,
• 21:28
  but
• 21:29
  to
• 21:29
  really
• 21:30
  involve
• 21:31
  the
• 21:31
  students
• 21:32
  in
• 21:32
  the
• 21:32
  project.
• 21:33
  When
• 21:33
  you
• 21:33
  say
• 21:34
  the
• 21:34
  book
• 21:34
  is
• 21:35
  the
• 21:35
  Day
• 21:35
  the
• 21:35
  clouds
• 21:36
  went
• 21:36
  away,
• 21:37
  obviously
• 21:37
  it's
• 21:38
  all
• 21:38
  about
• 21:39
  clouds,
• 21:40
  and
• 21:41
  why
• 21:41
  are
• 21:42
  clouds
• 21:42
  important
• 21:43
  and
• 21:43
  what
• 21:44
  are
• 21:44
  clouds,
• 21:45
  and
• 21:45
  why
• 21:45
  are
• 21:46
  there
• 21:46
  so
• 21:46
  many
• 21:46
  different
• 21:46
  kinds
• 21:47
  of
• 21:47
  clouds?
• 21:48
  And
• 21:48
  so
• 21:48
  it
• 21:49
  just
• 21:49
  naturally
• 21:50
  leads
• 21:50
  you
• 21:50
  into
• 21:51
  a
• 21:51
  lesson.
• 21:52
  Fantastic.
• 21:54
  Before
• 21:55
  we
• 21:55
  jump
• 21:55
  into
• 21:56
  your
• 21:56
  books,
• 21:56
  I
• 21:57
  don't
• 21:57
  want
• 21:57
  to
• 21:58
  move
• 21:58
  away
• 21:59
  from
• 22:00
  your
• 22:01
  illustrator
• 22:02
  because
• 22:02
  like
• 22:03
  they
• 22:03
  say,
• 22:04
  a
• 22:04
  picture
• 22:04
  tells
• 22:05
  a
• 22:05
  thousand
• 22:05
  words,
• 22:06
  and
• 22:07
  especially
• 22:07
  when
• 22:08
  you
• 22:08
  write
• 22:08
  a
• 22:08
  children's
• 22:09
  book,
• 22:09
  it's
• 22:10
  generally
• 22:10
  between
• 22:11
  500
• 22:12
  and
• 22:12
  1,000
• 22:13
  words.
• 22:13
  So
• 22:13
  you
• 22:14
  need
• 22:15
  a
• 22:15
  good
• 22:15
  supporting
• 22:16
  cast,
• 22:17
  and
• 22:17
  that
• 22:17
  supporting
• 22:18
  cast
• 22:18
  is
• 22:18
  your
• 22:19
  illustrations.
• 22:20
  So
• 22:20
  you've
• 22:21
  used
• 22:21
  the
• 22:21
  same
• 22:22
  illustrator
• 22:23
  for
• 22:23
  your
• 22:23
  first
• 22:24
  two
• 22:24
  books.
• 22:25
  And
• 22:27
  I'm
• 22:27
  not
• 22:27
  sure
• 22:27
  if
• 22:27
  there's
• 22:28
  a
• 22:28
  third
• 22:28
  book
• 22:28
  in
• 22:29
  your
• 22:29
  future,
• 22:30
  but
• 22:31
  if
• 22:31
  there
• 22:31
  is,
• 22:32
  are
• 22:32
  you
• 22:32
  going
• 22:32
  to
• 22:32
  use
• 22:33
  the
• 22:33
  same
• 22:33
  illustrator?
• 22:34
  Oh,
• 22:34
  Abs.
• 22:35
  Absolutely.
• 22:36
  Okay.
• 22:36
  And
• 22:37
  that
• 22:37
  relationship
• 22:38
  developed.
• 22:39
  I
• 22:40
  found
• 22:40
  Barbara
• 22:41
  on
• 22:41
  one
• 22:42
  of
• 22:42
  the
• 22:42
  Facebook
• 22:43
  author
• 22:43
  groups
• 22:44
  and
• 22:44
  saw
• 22:45
  the
• 22:45
  examples
• 22:46
  of
• 22:46
  the
• 22:46
  books
• 22:47
  that
• 22:47
  she
• 22:47
  had
• 22:47
  created
• 22:48
  in
• 22:48
  a
• 22:49
  classic
• 22:49
  children's
• 22:50
  book
• 22:50
  style,
• 22:51
  and
• 22:51
  I
• 22:51
  just
• 22:52
  fell
• 22:52
  in
• 22:52
  love
• 22:52
  with
• 22:53
  her
• 22:53
  style.
• 22:54
  She's
• 22:54
  not
• 22:55
  the
• 22:55
  least
• 22:55
  expensive
• 22:56
  illustrator,
• 22:57
  but
• 22:57
  she's
• 22:58
  worth
• 22:58
  it.
• 22:58
  And
• 22:59
  it's
• 22:59
  made
• 22:59
  such
• 23:00
  a
• 23:00
  difference,
• 23:01
  because
• 23:02
  if
• 23:02
  you
• 23:02
  have
• 23:02
  a
• 23:02
  beautiful
• 23:03
  cover,
• 23:04
  if
• 23:04
  you
• 23:04
  have
• 23:05
  beautiful
• 23:05
  illustrations
• 23:06
  inside,
• 23:07
  and
• 23:08
  a
• 23:08
  series
• 23:08
  of
• 23:08
  books,
• 23:09
  you're
• 23:10
  building
• 23:10
  a
• 23:10
  following
• 23:11
  for
• 23:11
  those
• 23:12
  books
• 23:12
  and
• 23:12
  an
• 23:12
  expectation
• 23:14
  that
• 23:14
  the
• 23:14
  clouds,
• 23:15
  the
• 23:15
  Tales
• 23:16
  from
• 23:16
  the
• 23:16
  Princesdom
• 23:17
  series,
• 23:18
  will
• 23:18
  look
• 23:19
  the
• 23:19
  same
• 23:19
  as
• 23:20
  we
• 23:20
  continue.
• 23:21
  And
• 23:21
  it's
• 23:22
  so
• 23:22
  nice
• 23:22
  to
• 23:22
  work
• 23:23
  as
• 23:23
  a
• 23:23
  team,
• 23:23
  having
• 23:24
  an
• 23:24
  illustrator,
• 23:25
  having
• 23:25
  an.
• 23:26
  Editor
• 23:26
  to
• 23:26
  work
• 23:27
  with,
• 23:28
  and
• 23:28
  having
• 23:28
  that
• 23:28
  continuity.
• 23:29
  Yes.
• 23:30
  The
• 23:30
  continuity
• 23:31
  is
• 23:31
  so
• 23:31
  important,
• 23:32
  and
• 23:33
  they
• 23:33
  know
• 23:33
  the
• 23:34
  characters,
• 23:35
  and
• 23:35
  so
• 23:36
  it.
• 23:37
  It
• 23:37
  makes
• 23:37
  it
• 23:37
  easier
• 23:38
  to
• 23:38
  bring
• 23:38
  my
• 23:39
  stories
• 23:39
  to
• 23:39
  life.
• 23:40
  Terrific.
• 23:41
  And
• 23:42
  that
• 23:42
  leads
• 23:42
  me
• 23:42
  to
• 23:44
  your
• 23:44
  website.
• 23:45
  The
• 23:46
  first
• 23:46
  thing
• 23:46
  is,
• 23:47
  it's
• 23:48
  like
• 23:48
  the
• 23:48
  chicken
• 23:49
  and
• 23:49
  the
• 23:49
  egg.
• 23:50
  Did
• 23:50
  your
• 23:51
  website
• 23:51
  come
• 23:52
  first
• 23:52
  and
• 23:52
  then
• 23:52
  your
• 23:53
  children's
• 23:53
  book,
• 23:53
  or
• 23:54
  did
• 23:54
  your
• 23:54
  children's
• 23:55
  books
• 23:55
  come
• 23:55
  first
• 23:56
  and
• 23:56
  then
• 23:56
  your
• 23:57
  website?
• 23:58
  In
• 23:58
  this
• 23:58
  case,
• 23:59
  my
• 23:59
  website
• 23:59
  came
• 24:00
  first
• 24:00
  because
• 24:01
  I've
• 24:01
  been
• 24:01
  in
• 24:02
  the
• 24:02
  audiobook
• 24:03
  business,
• 24:03
  and
• 24:03
  we'll
• 24:04
  talk
• 24:04
  about
• 24:04
  that
• 24:04
  side
• 24:04
  of
• 24:05
  it
• 24:05
  the
• 24:05
  next
• 24:05
  time
• 24:05
  that
• 24:06
  really
• 24:06
  was.
• 24:07
  I
• 24:07
  call
• 24:08
  it
• 24:08
  my
• 24:09
  audiobook
• 24:09
  Wizard
• 24:10
  Shop
• 24:10
  at
• 24:11
  audiobookwizard
• 24:12
  Shop.
• 24:13
  And
• 24:13
  so
• 24:14
  it
• 24:14
  really
• 24:14
  is
• 24:15
  a
• 24:15
  place
• 24:16
  where
• 24:16
  I'm
• 24:16
  doing
• 24:17
  promotions
• 24:18
  for
• 24:18
  children's
• 24:19
  books
• 24:19
  and
• 24:20
  music
• 24:20
  videos
• 24:21
  and
• 24:22
  trailers
• 24:22
  and
• 24:23
  all
• 24:23
  those
• 24:23
  kinds
• 24:23
  of
• 24:24
  things.
• 24:25
  I
• 24:25
  always
• 24:25
  had
• 24:25
  it
• 24:25
  in
• 24:26
  my
• 24:26
  mind
• 24:26
  to
• 24:27
  write
• 24:27
  books.
• 24:28
  That
• 24:28
  was
• 24:28
  one
• 24:28
  of
• 24:29
  my
• 24:29
  big
• 24:29
  things
• 24:29
  that
• 24:30
  I
• 24:30
  wanted
• 24:30
  to
• 24:30
  do
• 24:31
  as
• 24:31
  a
• 24:32
  legacy
• 24:33
  to
• 24:33
  write
• 24:34
  these
• 24:34
  books
• 24:34
  myself.
• 24:36
  And
• 24:36
  so
• 24:36
  I
• 24:37
  really
• 24:37
  have
• 24:38
  just
• 24:39
  focused
• 24:40
  more
• 24:40
  on
• 24:40
  the
• 24:41
  writing
• 24:41
  and
• 24:41
  publishing
• 24:42
  and
• 24:43
  marketing
• 24:44
  part
• 24:44
  of
• 24:45
  the
• 24:45
  books
• 24:45
  recently.
• 24:46
  I
• 24:47
  want
• 24:47
  to
• 24:47
  take
• 24:47
  you
• 24:47
  back
• 24:48
  a
• 24:48
  bit.
• 24:48
  What
• 24:49
  year
• 24:49
  would
• 24:49
  you
• 24:50
  have
• 24:51
  created
• 24:52
  your
• 24:53
  website?
• 24:54
  How
• 24:55
  long
• 24:55
  ago?
• 24:56
  Oh,
• 24:56
  it's
• 24:57
  been
• 24:57
  a
• 24:57
  series
• 24:57
  of
• 24:57
  websites.
• 24:59
  I
• 24:59
  got
• 24:59
  into
• 25:00
  a
• 25:00
  website
• 25:01
  when
• 25:01
  the
• 25:01
  web
• 25:02
  was
• 25:02
  a
• 25:02
  baby.
• 25:03
  Okay.
• 25:03
  I'm
• 25:04
  a
• 25:04
  techie.
• 25:05
  You
• 25:05
  can
• 25:05
  call
• 25:05
  me
• 25:05
  a
• 25:05
  nerd,
• 25:06
  I
• 25:06
  don't
• 25:06
  know.
• 25:07
  But
• 25:07
  I
• 25:07
  was
• 25:08
  one
• 25:08
  who
• 25:08
  believed
• 25:08
  in
• 25:09
  the
• 25:09
  Internet
• 25:09
  before
• 25:10
  people
• 25:10
  really
• 25:11
  talked
• 25:11
  about
• 25:12
  it.
• 25:12
  Back
• 25:12
  when
• 25:12
  we,
• 25:13
  we
• 25:13
  had
• 25:13
  the
• 25:15
  phone,
• 25:15
  the
• 25:15
  connection
• 25:16
  and
• 25:16
  all
• 25:16
  that.
• 25:17
  Yes,
• 25:18
  only.
• 25:19
  And
• 25:20
  so
• 25:20
  I've
• 25:20
  been
• 25:20
  doing
• 25:21
  this
• 25:21
  for
• 25:21
  a
• 25:22
  while
• 25:22
  now.
• 25:23
  You
• 25:23
  started
• 25:23
  with
• 25:23
  your
• 25:24
  first
• 25:24
  website.
• 25:25
  So
• 25:25
  when
• 25:25
  did
• 25:25
  you
• 25:26
  get
• 25:26
  to
• 25:27
  your
• 25:27
  website?
• 25:28
  Now
• 25:28
  is
• 25:28
  the
• 25:28
  audiobook
• 25:29
  wizard
• 25:30
  dot
• 25:30
  com.
• 25:31
  Oh,
• 25:31
  dot
• 25:32
  shop.
• 25:33
  Sorry.
• 25:33
  So
• 25:34
  when
• 25:34
  you
• 25:34
  actually
• 25:35
  created
• 25:37
  that,
• 25:38
  how
• 25:38
  long
• 25:39
  ago
• 25:39
  did
• 25:40
  you
• 25:40
  create
• 25:40
  that?
• 25:41
  Oh,
• 25:41
  we're
• 25:42
  talking
• 25:42
  just
• 25:43
  a
• 25:43
  couple
• 25:43
  of
• 25:43
  years
• 25:43
  now.
• 25:44
  So
• 25:44
  that
• 25:45
  was
• 25:45
  before
• 25:45
  your
• 25:45
  books
• 25:46
  or
• 25:46
  after
• 25:46
  your
• 25:47
  books?
• 26:22
  Right
• 26:22
  before
• 26:22
  my
• 26:23
  books
• 26:23
  came
• 26:23
  out.
• 26:23
  The
• 26:24
  reason
• 26:24
  I
• 26:24
  asked
• 26:24
  this
• 26:24
  question
• 26:25
  because
• 26:25
  people
• 26:25
  always
• 26:26
  think,
• 26:26
  okay,
• 26:26
  why
• 26:26
  is
• 26:27
  Rick
• 26:27
  so
• 26:28
  being
• 26:28
  so
• 26:28
  detailed
• 26:29
  about
• 26:29
  this?
• 26:30
  And
• 26:31
  the
• 26:31
  reason
• 26:31
  I
• 26:32
  ask
• 26:32
  is
• 26:32
  because
• 26:32
  when
• 26:33
  we
• 26:33
  first
• 26:34
  started
• 26:34
  our
• 26:35
  children's
• 26:35
  book
• 26:35
  authorship
• 26:36
  journey,
• 26:37
  what
• 26:38
  I
• 26:38
  did
• 26:38
  is
• 26:39
  I
• 26:39
  actually
• 26:40
  created
• 26:41
  a
• 26:41
  website
• 26:41
  called
• 26:42
  Caboose,
• 26:43
  the
• 26:43
  Rocky
• 26:43
  Mountain
• 26:44
  bear
• 26:44
  dot
• 26:44
  com.
• 26:45
  And
• 26:45
  we
• 26:46
  spell
• 26:46
  Caboose
• 26:47
  with
• 26:47
  a
• 26:47
  K
• 26:47
  because
• 26:47
  my
• 26:48
  granddaughter
• 26:48
  is
• 26:49
  co
• 26:49
  author
• 26:49
  and
• 26:50
  her
• 26:50
  first
• 26:50
  name
• 26:50
  is
• 26:51
  Kira.
• 26:52
  That's
• 26:52
  what
• 26:52
  we
• 26:52
  did.
• 26:52
  We
• 26:53
  substituted
• 26:53
  the
• 26:54
  C
• 26:54
  for
• 26:54
  the
• 26:54
  K
• 26:55
  to
• 26:55
  represent
• 26:56
  Kira.
• 26:57
  And
• 26:57
  so
• 26:57
  I
• 26:58
  set
• 26:58
  up
• 26:58
  this
• 26:58
  website
• 26:59
  and
• 26:59
  I
• 27:00
  went
• 27:00
  to
• 27:00
  godaddy
• 27:01
  and
• 27:01
  got
• 27:01
  it
• 27:01
  registered.
• 27:02
  And
• 27:03
  then
• 27:04
  I
• 27:04
  thought,
• 27:04
  okay,
• 27:05
  now
• 27:05
  what
• 27:05
  do
• 27:05
  I
• 27:05
  do
• 27:05
  with
• 27:06
  this
• 27:06
  thing?
• 27:06
  So
• 27:07
  I
• 27:07
  had
• 27:07
  been
• 27:07
  working
• 27:08
  with
• 27:08
  someone
• 27:08
  and
• 27:08
  they
• 27:09
  said,
• 27:09
  okay,
• 27:09
  what
• 27:09
  we
• 27:10
  can
• 27:10
  do
• 27:10
  is
• 27:11
  when
• 27:11
  you
• 27:11
  launch
• 27:11
  your
• 27:11
  book
• 27:12
  on
• 27:12
  Amazon,
• 27:14
  when
• 27:14
  they
• 27:14
  go
• 27:14
  to
• 27:14
  your
• 27:15
  website,
• 27:15
  it'll
• 27:15
  take
• 27:16
  them
• 27:16
  right
• 27:16
  to
• 27:16
  the
• 27:16
  Amazon
• 27:17
  link
• 27:17
  into
• 27:18
  your
• 27:18
  book.
• 27:19
  And
• 27:19
  I
• 27:19
  thought,
• 27:19
  oh
• 27:20
  genius,
• 27:20
  I'm
• 27:21
  going
• 27:21
  to
• 27:21
  sell
• 27:21
  thousands
• 27:22
  of
• 27:22
  books
• 27:23
  and
• 27:23
  that's
• 27:23
  all
• 27:24
  I
• 27:24
  need
• 27:24
  for
• 27:24
  as
• 27:24
  a
• 27:25
  website.
• 27:26
  And
• 27:26
  then
• 27:26
  so
• 27:27
  that's
• 27:27
  what
• 27:27
  we
• 27:27
  did.
• 27:28
  Now
• 27:29
  of
• 27:29
  course,
• 27:30
  I
• 27:30
  love
• 27:30
  how
• 27:31
  you.
• 27:31
  They
• 27:31
  will
• 27:31
  come.
• 27:32
  Yeah,
• 27:32
  I
• 27:32
  know.
• 27:33
  Yeah.
• 27:33
  Thank
• 27:33
  you,
• 27:33
  Richard.
• 27:34
  I
• 27:34
  love
• 27:34
  how
• 27:34
  you're
• 27:35
  laughing,
• 27:35
  being
• 27:36
  naive.
• 27:36
  I
• 27:36
  thought,
• 27:37
  okay,
• 27:37
  this
• 27:38
  is
• 27:38
  the
• 27:38
  path
• 27:39
  to
• 27:39
  fame
• 27:39
  and
• 27:39
  fortune.
• 27:41
  Which
• 27:41
  it
• 27:41
  wasn't
• 27:42
  then
• 27:42
  what
• 27:42
  happened
• 27:43
  was
• 27:43
  we
• 27:43
  realized
• 27:44
  we
• 27:44
  had
• 27:44
  to
• 27:45
  have
• 27:45
  a
• 27:45
  website,
• 27:46
  like
• 27:46
  a
• 27:46
  real
• 27:47
  website,
• 27:47
  not
• 27:47
  just
• 27:48
  a
• 27:48
  link
• 27:48
  to
• 27:48
  the
• 27:48
  Amazon
• 27:49
  book
• 27:49
  page.
• 27:50
  And
• 27:50
  the
• 27:51
  beautiful
• 27:51
  thing
• 27:51
  about
• 27:52
  it,
• 27:52
  and
• 27:52
  the
• 27:52
  reason
• 27:52
  I
• 27:52
  tell
• 27:53
  this
• 27:53
  to
• 27:53
  everyone,
• 27:54
  is
• 27:54
  if
• 27:55
  you
• 27:55
  look
• 27:55
  at
• 27:55
  Richard's
• 27:56
  website
• 27:56
  or
• 27:57
  our
• 27:57
  website,
• 27:58
  we've
• 27:59
  used
• 28:00
  some
• 28:00
  of
• 28:00
  the
• 28:01
  content,
• 28:02
  our
• 28:02
  illustration
• 28:03
  material
• 28:04
  from
• 28:04
  our
• 28:05
  books.
• 28:06
  At
• 28:06
  least
• 28:06
  if
• 28:07
  you
• 28:07
  start
• 28:08
  in
• 28:09
  mind
• 28:09
  that
• 28:10
  you
• 28:10
  can
• 28:11
  use
• 28:11
  part
• 28:11
  of
• 28:12
  your
• 28:12
  content
• 28:13
  from
• 28:13
  your
• 28:14
  children's
• 28:14
  books
• 28:14
  to
• 28:14
  build
• 28:15
  out
• 28:15
  your
• 28:15
  website
• 28:16
  and
• 28:16
  you're
• 28:16
  going
• 28:16
  to
• 28:17
  build
• 28:17
  a
• 28:17
  book
• 28:17
  series
• 28:18
  like
• 28:18
  Richard
• 28:18
  has,
• 28:19
  then
• 28:20
  you
• 28:20
  just
• 28:20
  get
• 28:20
  lucky.
• 28:21
  And
• 28:22
  so
• 28:22
  would
• 28:22
  you
• 28:22
  say
• 28:23
  that's
• 28:23
  in
• 28:23
  your
• 28:24
  case,
• 28:24
  you
• 28:24
  got
• 28:24
  lucky
• 28:25
  because
• 28:25
  you
• 28:25
  launched
• 28:26
  both
• 28:27
  around
• 28:28
  the
• 28:28
  same
• 28:28
  time?
• 28:29
  Yeah.
• 28:30
  I
• 28:30
  mean,
• 28:30
  it.
• 28:31
  Luck
• 28:31
  is
• 28:31
  something
• 28:32
  that
• 28:32
  you
• 28:32
  make
• 28:33
  sometimes
• 28:34
  a
• 28:35
  lot
• 28:35
  of
• 28:35
  hard
• 28:36
  work.
• 28:36
  Absolutely.
• 28:38
  Marketing
• 28:38
  things.
• 28:39
  One
• 28:39
  thing
• 28:40
  I
• 28:40
  wanted
• 28:40
  to
• 28:40
  mention,
• 28:41
  though,
• 28:41
  that
• 28:42
  we
• 28:42
  haven't
• 28:42
  gotten
• 28:42
  into,
• 28:43
  is
• 28:44
  how
• 28:44
  do
• 28:44
  you
• 28:44
  raise
• 28:45
  the
• 28:45
  money
• 28:45
  to
• 28:45
  pay
• 28:45
  for
• 28:46
  all
• 28:46
  this
• 28:46
  stuff?
• 28:47
  Yes,
• 28:47
  I
• 28:48
  did
• 28:48
  a
• 28:48
  Kickstarter
• 28:49
  crowdfunding
• 28:50
  campaign.
• 28:50
  Okay.
• 28:51
  For
• 28:52
  my
• 28:52
  book
• 28:53
  with
• 28:53
  selling
• 28:54
  the
• 28:54
  idea
• 28:54
  that
• 28:54
  I
• 28:55
  was
• 28:55
  also
• 28:55
  going
• 28:55
  to
• 28:55
  make
• 28:56
  a
• 28:57
  version
• 28:57
  that
• 28:58
  was
• 28:58
  accessible
• 28:59
  to
• 28:59
  blind
• 29:00
  and
• 29:00
  deaf
• 29:01
  children
• 29:01
  because
• 29:02
  we
• 29:02
  actually
• 29:02
  added
• 29:03
  a
• 29:03
  video
• 29:04
  with
• 29:04
  ASL
• 29:05
  of
• 29:05
  my
• 29:06
  book.
• 29:07
  And
• 29:07
  I
• 29:08
  was
• 29:08
  able
• 29:08
  to
• 29:09
  raise
• 29:09
  over
• 29:10
  $6,000.
• 29:11
  Terrific.
• 29:12
  To
• 29:12
  pay
• 29:12
  for
• 29:12
  my
• 29:13
  illustrations,
• 29:14
  to
• 29:14
  pay
• 29:14
  for
• 29:14
  the
• 29:15
  printing
• 29:15
  of
• 29:15
  the
• 29:15
  books,
• 29:17
  so
• 29:17
  that
• 29:17
  I
• 29:17
  didn't
• 29:18
  have
• 29:18
  to
• 29:18
  do
• 29:18
  everything
• 29:19
  myself.
• 29:19
  When
• 29:20
  you
• 29:20
  started
• 29:20
  your
• 29:21
  Kickstarter
• 29:21
  campaign,
• 29:22
  did
• 29:22
  you
• 29:22
  at
• 29:23
  least
• 29:23
  have
• 29:23
  a
• 29:23
  few
• 29:24
  illustrations
• 29:26
  to
• 29:26
  support
• 29:27
  the
• 29:27
  Kickstarter
• 29:28
  campaign?
• 29:29
  Yes,
• 29:29
  I'd
• 29:30
  gotten
• 29:30
  the
• 29:30
  early
• 29:31
  illustrations
• 29:32
  and
• 29:33
  of
• 29:33
  course,
• 29:33
  the
• 29:33
  story
• 29:34
  was
• 29:34
  already
• 29:34
  done.
• 29:35
  So
• 29:36
  I
• 29:36
  was
• 29:36
  able
• 29:36
  to
• 29:36
  talk
• 29:36
  about
• 29:37
  the
• 29:37
  story
• 29:38
  and
• 29:38
  about
• 29:39
  the
• 29:39
  clouds
• 29:40
  and
• 29:41
  about
• 29:42
  the
• 29:43
  fact
• 29:43
  that
• 29:43
  I
• 29:43
  was
• 29:43
  going
• 29:44
  to
• 29:44
  do
• 29:45
  a
• 29:45
  School
• 29:46
  Assisted
• 29:47
  Project
• 29:48
  2
• 29:49
  and
• 29:49
  all
• 29:50
  of
• 29:50
  those
• 29:50
  things.
• 29:51
  And
• 29:52
  my
• 29:52
  advantage,
• 29:53
  of
• 29:53
  course,
• 29:54
  being
• 29:54
  an
• 29:54
  audiobook
• 29:55
  narrator,
• 29:56
  is
• 29:56
  I
• 29:56
  was
• 29:57
  able
• 29:57
  to
• 29:57
  read
• 29:57
  excerpts
• 29:58
  from
• 29:58
  the
• 29:58
  book
• 29:59
  and
• 29:59
  bring
• 30:00
  it
• 30:00
  to
• 30:00
  life
• 30:01
  and
• 30:01
  describe
• 30:02
  the
• 30:02
  picture.
• 30:03
  And
• 30:03
  that
• 30:03
  was
• 30:04
  part
• 30:04
  of
• 30:04
  your
• 30:05
  Kickstarter
• 30:06
  campaign?
• 30:08
  Yes,
• 30:08
  yes.
• 30:09
  And
• 30:10
  really,
• 30:11
  there
• 30:11
  are
• 30:12
  a
• 30:12
  lot
• 30:12
  of
• 30:12
  books
• 30:13
  that
• 30:13
  want
• 30:14
  to
• 30:14
  be
• 30:15
  crowdfunded
• 30:16
  out
• 30:16
  there,
• 30:17
  so
• 30:17
  you
• 30:17
  have
• 30:17
  to
• 30:18
  make
• 30:18
  yours
• 30:19
  a
• 30:19
  little
• 30:19
  special.
• 30:20
  What's
• 30:21
  different
• 30:22
  about
• 30:22
  your
• 30:23
  book?
• 30:23
  And
• 30:25
  you
• 30:25
  need
• 30:26
  some
• 30:26
  illustrations
• 30:27
  to
• 30:27
  show
• 30:28
  that
• 30:28
  you're
• 30:28
  bringing
• 30:29
  this
• 30:29
  to
• 30:29
  life.
• 30:30
  You
• 30:31
  need
• 30:31
  the
• 30:31
  backstory
• 30:32
  of
• 30:33
  why
• 30:33
  you
• 30:33
  wrote
• 30:34
  it
• 30:34
  and
• 30:34
  the
• 30:34
  things
• 30:34
  that
• 30:35
  we're
• 30:35
  talking
• 30:35
  about,
• 30:36
  all
• 30:36
  of
• 30:37
  those
• 30:37
  things.
• 30:38
  But
• 30:38
  with
• 30:39
  Kickstarter,
• 30:40
  you
• 30:40
  set
• 30:40
  a
• 30:40
  goal
• 30:41
  and
• 30:41
  you
• 30:41
  have
• 30:41
  to
• 30:41
  reach
• 30:42
  that
• 30:42
  goal
• 30:42
  or
• 30:42
  you
• 30:43
  get
• 30:43
  nothing.
• 30:44
  So
• 30:44
  you
• 30:44
  don't
• 30:44
  set
• 30:44
  your
• 30:45
  goal
• 30:45
  too
• 30:45
  high.
• 30:46
  Now,
• 30:46
  GoFundMe
• 30:47
  is
• 30:48
  the
• 30:48
  other
• 30:48
  crowdfunding
• 30:49
  effort,
• 30:50
  but
• 30:50
  that's
• 30:50
  more
• 30:51
  toward
• 30:52
  people
• 30:52
  who
• 30:52
  need
• 30:53
  money
• 30:53
  for
• 30:53
  medical
• 30:54
  bills
• 30:55
  and
• 30:55
  things
• 30:55
  like
• 30:55
  that
• 30:56
  much
• 30:56
  more
• 30:57
  than
• 30:57
  money
• 30:58
  for
• 30:58
  publishing
• 30:59
  a
• 30:59
  book.
• 31:00
  Kickstarter
• 31:01
  is
• 31:01
  what
• 31:02
  I
• 31:02
  have
• 31:02
  found
• 31:03
  the
• 31:03
  best
• 31:03
  way
• 31:03
  to
• 31:03
  go.
• 31:04
  And
• 31:04
  I've
• 31:05
  used
• 31:05
  it
• 31:05
  for
• 31:06
  my
• 31:06
  other
• 31:07
  projects
• 31:07
  too.
• 31:07
  The
• 31:08
  accessible
• 31:09
  Winnie
• 31:09
  the
• 31:09
  Pooh
• 31:10
  that,
• 31:10
  that
• 31:11
  we
• 31:11
  did.
• 31:11
  I'm
• 31:12
  able
• 31:12
  to
• 31:13
  use
• 31:13
  other
• 31:13
  people's
• 31:14
  money.
• 31:14
  Richard,
• 31:15
  it's
• 31:15
  interesting,
• 31:16
  as
• 31:16
  you
• 31:16
  say,
• 31:16
  that
• 31:16
  I've
• 31:17
  actually
• 31:17
  got
• 31:18
  two
• 31:18
  more
• 31:18
  books
• 31:19
  in
• 31:19
  development
• 31:21
  in
• 31:21
  our
• 31:21
  book
• 31:21
  series,
• 31:22
  the
• 31:22
  Adventures
• 31:22
  of
• 31:23
  the
• 31:23
  Rocky
• 31:23
  Mountain
• 31:23
  Bear.
• 31:24
  And
• 31:24
  what's
• 31:24
  interesting
• 31:25
  is
• 31:25
  I'm.
• 31:26
  Because
• 31:26
  I'm
• 31:26
  trying
• 31:27
  to
• 31:27
  help
• 31:28
  educate
• 31:28
  people
• 31:29
  through
• 31:29
  our
• 31:30
  podcasting
• 31:31
  show.
• 31:31
  What
• 31:32
  I'm
• 31:32
  looking
• 31:33
  at
• 31:33
  doing
• 31:33
  is
• 31:34
  I
• 31:34
  have
• 31:35
  one
• 31:35
  idea
• 31:36
  to
• 31:36
  support
• 31:37
  a
• 31:37
  Kickstarter
• 31:38
  campaign.
• 31:39
  And
• 31:40
  another
• 31:40
  idea
• 31:41
  I
• 31:41
  have
• 31:41
  on
• 31:42
  our
• 31:42
  next
• 31:42
  week's
• 31:43
  episode,
• 31:44
  I
• 31:44
  have
• 31:44
  children's
• 31:45
  book
• 31:45
  author
• 31:45
  Sheri
• 31:46
  Fink
• 31:46
  coming
• 31:46
  on
• 31:47
  and
• 31:47
  she's
• 31:47
  talking
• 31:48
  about
• 31:48
  her
• 31:48
  latest
• 31:49
  book
• 31:49
  called
• 31:49
  Beyond
• 31:50
  Words.
• 31:50
  And
• 31:51
  the
• 31:51
  reason
• 31:51
  I
• 31:51
  mention
• 31:52
  that
• 31:52
  is
• 31:52
  she
• 31:53
  did
• 31:53
  it
• 31:53
  a
• 31:53
  little
• 31:54
  differently.
• 31:54
  She
• 31:55
  actually
• 31:55
  got
• 31:56
  from
• 31:56
  a
• 31:57
  major
• 31:57
  insurance
• 31:58
  company
• 31:59
  named
• 31:59
  Aflac,
• 32:00
  and
• 32:01
  Aflac
• 32:01
  sponsored
• 32:02
  her
• 32:03
  to
• 32:03
  write
• 32:04
  and
• 32:04
  publish
• 32:05
  it.
• 32:06
  And
• 32:06
  the
• 32:06
  book
• 32:07
  supports
• 32:08
  childhood
• 32:09
  cancer.
• 32:10
  So,
• 32:11
  you
• 32:11
  know,
• 32:11
  if
• 32:12
  you
• 32:12
  can
• 32:12
  find
• 32:12
  a
• 32:13
  cause,
• 32:13
  and
• 32:13
  that's
• 32:14
  why
• 32:14
  I
• 32:14
  say
• 32:14
  to
• 32:14
  children's
• 32:15
  book
• 32:15
  authors,
• 32:16
  if
• 32:16
  you've
• 32:16
  got
• 32:16
  a
• 32:16
  cause
• 32:17
  that's
• 32:17
  close
• 32:18
  to
• 32:18
  your
• 32:18
  heart
• 32:19
  that
• 32:19
  affects
• 32:19
  people,
• 32:20
  then
• 32:21
  perhaps
• 32:21
  you
• 32:22
  work
• 32:22
  together
• 32:23
  with,
• 32:23
  as
• 32:24
  Sherry
• 32:24
  did
• 32:24
  with
• 32:25
  an
• 32:25
  insurance
• 32:25
  company
• 32:26
  or
• 32:27
  you
• 32:27
  find
• 32:27
  a
• 32:28
  pharmaceutical
• 32:29
  company.
• 32:29
  Sometimes
• 32:30
  people
• 32:30
  aren't
• 32:30
  real
• 32:30
  happy
• 32:31
  about
• 32:31
  pharmaceutical
• 32:32
  companies,
• 32:32
  but
• 32:33
  there
• 32:33
  are
• 32:33
  a
• 32:33
  lot
• 32:33
  of
• 32:33
  pharmaceutical
• 32:35
  companies
• 32:35
  doing
• 32:35
  good
• 32:36
  work
• 32:36
  that
• 32:36
  are
• 32:36
  saving
• 32:38
  children's
• 32:38
  lives.
• 32:39
  And
• 32:39
  if
• 32:40
  you've
• 32:40
  got
• 32:40
  something
• 32:41
  that
• 32:41
  there's
• 32:41
  a
• 32:42
  cause,
• 32:42
  I
• 32:42
  want
• 32:42
  to
• 32:43
  pick
• 32:43
  up
• 32:43
  on
• 32:43
  what
• 32:43
  Richard's
• 32:44
  talking
• 32:44
  about,
• 32:44
  whether
• 32:45
  it's
• 32:45
  Kickstarter
• 32:46
  or
• 32:47
  find
• 32:47
  a
• 32:47
  cause
• 32:48
  and
• 32:48
  then
• 32:48
  go
• 32:48
  out
• 32:48
  and
• 32:49
  find
• 32:49
  sponsorship.
• 32:50
  You
• 32:50
  can
• 32:51
  find
• 32:51
  ways
• 32:51
  to
• 32:51
  find
• 32:52
  your
• 32:52
  book
• 32:53
  without
• 32:53
  taking,
• 32:54
  you
• 32:54
  know,
• 32:55
  it
• 32:55
  out
• 32:55
  of
• 32:55
  all
• 32:56
  of
• 32:56
  your
• 32:56
  retirement
• 32:57
  funds.
• 32:57
  And
• 32:57
  then
• 32:57
  you've
• 32:58
  got
• 32:58
  nothing
• 32:58
  left
• 32:58
  to
• 33:00
  to
• 33:00
  eat.
• 33:00
  But
• 33:00
  your
• 33:01
  children's
• 33:01
  books,
• 33:02
  they
• 33:02
  don't
• 33:02
  taste
• 33:02
  very
• 33:03
  good
• 33:03
  either.
• 33:03
  Yeah,
• 33:04
  exactly.
• 33:05
  Yeah.
• 33:05
  That's
• 33:06
  fantastic.
• 33:07
  And
• 33:07
  so
• 33:07
  it
• 33:07
  sounds
• 33:08
  like
• 33:08
  you've
• 33:08
  become,
• 33:09
  I
• 33:09
  don't
• 33:10
  want
• 33:10
  to
• 33:10
  say
• 33:10
  an
• 33:10
  expert,
• 33:11
  but
• 33:11
  well
• 33:11
  versed
• 33:12
  in
• 33:12
  the
• 33:12
  Kickstarter
• 33:14
  campaign.
• 33:14
  Yes,
• 33:15
  yes,
• 33:16
  I
• 33:17
  have.
• 33:17
  And
• 33:18
  you
• 33:18
  can't
• 33:18
  keep
• 33:19
  going
• 33:19
  back
• 33:19
  to
• 33:19
  the
• 33:20
  same
• 33:20
  family
• 33:21
  and
• 33:21
  friends,
• 33:22
  so
• 33:22
  you
• 33:22
  have
• 33:22
  to
• 33:22
  get
• 33:23
  beyond
• 33:23
  that.
• 33:24
  And
• 33:25
  like
• 33:25
  you
• 33:25
  said,
• 33:26
  your
• 33:26
  book
• 33:26
  needs
• 33:27
  to
• 33:27
  have
• 33:28
  some
• 33:29
  sort
• 33:29
  of
• 33:30
  message
• 33:31
  or
• 33:31
  something
• 33:32
  different
• 33:33
  that
• 33:33
  where
• 33:33
  it
• 33:34
  stands
• 33:34
  out.
• 33:35
  Mine
• 33:35
  has
• 33:35
  a
• 33:35
  blind
• 33:36
  princess,
• 33:37
  so
• 33:38
  I
• 33:38
  was
• 33:38
  able
• 33:38
  to
• 33:38
  go
• 33:39
  to
• 33:39
  the
• 33:39
  American
• 33:39
  Council
• 33:40
  of
• 33:40
  the
• 33:40
  Blind,
• 33:41
  and
• 33:41
  I've
• 33:42
  been
• 33:42
  working
• 33:42
  with
• 33:42
  them
• 33:42
  on
• 33:43
  the
• 33:43
  other
• 33:43
  projects
• 33:44
  too.
• 33:44
  But
• 33:44
  to
• 33:45
  say
• 33:46
  here
• 33:46
  is
• 33:46
  a
• 33:46
  book,
• 33:47
  an
• 33:47
  audiobook,
• 33:48
  a
• 33:48
  video
• 33:49
  version
• 33:49
  for
• 33:49
  low
• 33:50
  vision
• 33:50
  kids,
• 33:51
  a
• 33:51
  video
• 33:52
  version
• 33:53
  that
• 33:53
  includes
• 33:54
  the
• 33:54
  audio
• 33:54
  description
• 33:55
  of
• 33:55
  the
• 33:55
  pictures.
• 33:56
  So
• 33:57
  I
• 33:57
  was
• 33:57
  Able
• 33:57
  to
• 33:57
  go
• 33:58
  to
• 33:58
  them
• 33:59
  and
• 33:59
  talk
• 34:00
  to
• 34:00
  them
• 34:00
  on
• 34:00
  their
• 34:01
  podcast
• 34:01
  about
• 34:02
  my
• 34:03
  book
• 34:04
  and
• 34:04
  build
• 34:04
  those
• 34:05
  connections
• 34:06
  to
• 34:06
  what
• 34:07
  you've
• 34:07
  written.
• 34:08
  And
• 34:08
  before
• 34:08
  we
• 34:09
  move
• 34:09
  on
• 34:09
  from
• 34:09
  your
• 34:10
  website,
• 34:10
  because
• 34:10
  you've
• 34:11
  got
• 34:11
  a
• 34:11
  great
• 34:11
  website,
• 34:12
  we'll
• 34:12
  talk
• 34:13
  more
• 34:13
  about
• 34:13
  that
• 34:14
  in
• 34:15
  podcast
• 34:15
  interview
• 34:17
  about
• 34:17
  your
• 34:17
  whole
• 34:18
  audiobook
• 34:19
  business.
• 34:19
  But
• 34:20
  one
• 34:20
  thing
• 34:20
  I
• 34:21
  noticed
• 34:21
  and
• 34:21
  when
• 34:22
  I
• 34:22
  went
• 34:22
  to
• 34:22
  your
• 34:22
  website,
• 34:23
  you
• 34:23
  have
• 34:23
  a
• 34:24
  Facebook
• 34:24
  page,
• 34:25
  you
• 34:25
  have
• 34:25
  LinkedIn,
• 34:26
  you
• 34:26
  have
• 34:27
  YouTube.
• 34:28
  But
• 34:28
  I
• 34:28
  noticed
• 34:29
  that
• 34:30
  there
• 34:31
  you
• 34:31
  didn't
• 34:31
  have
• 34:32
  any
• 34:32
  social
• 34:32
  media
• 34:33
  links
• 34:33
  on
• 34:34
  your
• 34:34
  website
• 34:35
  to
• 34:35
  those
• 34:35
  social
• 34:36
  media
• 34:36
  sites.
• 34:37
  Is
• 34:37
  there
• 34:37
  a
• 34:37
  reason
• 34:37
  for
• 34:38
  that?
• 34:39
  Just
• 34:39
  overlooking.
• 34:41
  I
• 34:42
  was
• 34:42
  just
• 34:42
  curious
• 34:42
  if
• 34:43
  there
• 34:43
  was
• 34:43
  a
• 34:43
  strategy
• 34:44
  or.
• 34:44
  No,
• 34:45
  I,
• 34:46
  I'm
• 34:47
  my
• 34:47
  Facebook
• 34:48
  sites.
• 34:48
  I
• 34:48
  don't
• 34:49
  have
• 34:49
  a
• 34:49
  Facebook
• 34:50
  site
• 34:50
  dedicated
• 34:51
  to
• 34:51
  my
• 34:51
  book,
• 34:52
  which
• 34:52
  I
• 34:53
  think
• 34:53
  is
• 34:53
  a
• 34:54
  good
• 34:54
  idea
• 34:54
  for
• 34:55
  authors
• 34:55
  or
• 34:55
  at
• 34:55
  least
• 34:56
  to
• 34:56
  have
• 34:56
  a
• 34:56
  separate
• 34:57
  author
• 34:58
  Facebook
• 34:59
  site
• 34:59
  from
• 34:59
  your
• 34:59
  personal
• 35:00
  site.
• 35:00
  Yes,
• 35:01
  I
• 35:01
  think
• 35:02
  that's
• 35:02
  always
• 35:02
  a
• 35:02
  great
• 35:03
  idea
• 35:03
  and
• 35:04
  it's
• 35:04
  a
• 35:04
  work
• 35:05
  in
• 35:05
  progress
• 35:05
  for
• 35:05
  me.
• 35:06
  Yeah.
• 35:06
  Just
• 35:06
  so
• 35:07
  you
• 35:07
  know,
• 35:07
  it's
• 35:07
  the
• 35:07
  same
• 35:07
  with
• 35:08
  us.
• 35:08
  I
• 35:08
  set
• 35:08
  one
• 35:09
  up
• 35:09
  not
• 35:09
  probably
• 35:10
  a
• 35:10
  year
• 35:10
  and
• 35:10
  a
• 35:10
  half
• 35:11
  ago
• 35:11
  or
• 35:11
  something
• 35:12
  and
• 35:13
  being
• 35:13
  slowly
• 35:14
  getting
• 35:15
  some
• 35:15
  traction
• 35:15
  from
• 35:16
  it.
• 35:16
  Trying
• 35:16
  to
• 35:17
  be
• 35:17
  all
• 35:17
  things
• 35:17
  to
• 35:17
  all
• 35:18
  people
• 35:18
  sometimes
• 35:19
  is
• 35:19
  a
• 35:19
  tough
• 35:19
  thing.
• 35:19
  But
• 35:20
  I
• 35:20
  just
• 35:21
  throw
• 35:21
  this
• 35:21
  out
• 35:21
  at
• 35:22
  you
• 35:22
  that
• 35:22
  the
• 35:22
  next
• 35:23
  time
• 35:23
  you
• 35:23
  talk
• 35:23
  to
• 35:23
  whoever
• 35:24
  helps
• 35:24
  you
• 35:24
  with
• 35:24
  your
• 35:25
  website
• 35:26
  support.
• 35:26
  Because
• 35:27
  every
• 35:28
  children's
• 35:28
  book
• 35:28
  author,
• 35:29
  except
• 35:30
  for
• 35:30
  a
• 35:30
  couple
• 35:31
  have
• 35:31
  actually
• 35:31
  had
• 35:32
  their
• 35:32
  links
• 35:33
  to
• 35:33
  their
• 35:33
  social
• 35:34
  media
• 35:34
  sites
• 35:34
  right
• 35:35
  on
• 35:35
  their
• 35:35
  website.
• 35:36
  So
• 35:36
  I
• 35:36
  just
• 35:36
  offer
• 35:37
  that
• 35:37
  as
• 35:37
  some
• 35:37
  advice.
• 35:38
  I
• 35:39
  appreciate
• 35:39
  it.
• 35:39
  Thank
• 35:39
  you.
• 35:40
  No
• 35:40
  problem.
• 35:41
  And
• 35:41
  has
• 35:42
  your
• 35:42
  social
• 35:42
  media
• 35:43
  helped
• 35:44
  you
• 35:44
  build
• 35:44
  book
• 35:45
  sales?
• 35:46
  It
• 35:46
  has.
• 35:49
  I'm
• 35:49
  not
• 35:49
  shy
• 35:50
  about
• 35:51
  talking
• 35:51
  about
• 35:52
  my
• 35:52
  books,
• 35:53
  especially
• 35:54
  when
• 35:55
  anything
• 35:55
  is
• 35:55
  in
• 35:56
  the
• 35:56
  news
• 35:56
  about
• 35:57
  clouds
• 35:57
  or
• 35:58
  for
• 35:58
  my
• 35:58
  second
• 35:59
  book,
• 35:59
  bees.
• 36:00
  The
• 36:01
  environment
• 36:02
  is
• 36:02
  both
• 36:02
  books.
• 36:03
  Environmental
• 36:04
  messages,
• 36:05
  but
• 36:05
  not
• 36:05
  messages
• 36:06
  that
• 36:06
  are
• 36:06
  there
• 36:07
  to
• 36:07
  hit
• 36:07
  you
• 36:07
  over
• 36:08
  the
• 36:08
  head.
• 36:08
  They're
• 36:09
  just
• 36:09
  kind
• 36:09
  of
• 36:09
  part
• 36:10
  of
• 36:10
  the
• 36:10
  story
• 36:10
  in
• 36:11
  the
• 36:11
  background
• 36:11
  about
• 36:12
  how
• 36:12
  important
• 36:13
  clouds
• 36:13
  are,
• 36:14
  how
• 36:14
  important
• 36:14
  bees
• 36:15
  are.
• 36:16
  But
• 36:16
  I
• 36:16
  take
• 36:16
  the
• 36:17
  opportunities
• 36:17
  to
• 36:18
  promote
• 36:18
  on
• 36:19
  all
• 36:19
  my
• 36:19
  social
• 36:19
  media
• 36:20
  and
• 36:21
  that
• 36:21
  has
• 36:21
  definitely
• 36:22
  helped
• 36:22
  my
• 36:22
  book
• 36:23
  sales.
• 36:23
  Terrific.
• 36:24
  Terrific.
• 36:25
  So
• 36:25
  now
• 36:25
  I
• 36:26
  want
• 36:26
  to
• 36:26
  touch
• 36:26
  on
• 36:26
  your
• 36:27
  book
• 36:27
  because
• 36:27
  I
• 36:27
  want
• 36:27
  to
• 36:27
  get
• 36:27
  into
• 36:28
  character
• 36:28
  development.
• 36:30
  And
• 36:31
  you
• 36:31
  have
• 36:32
  three
• 36:33
  main
• 36:33
  characters.
• 36:34
  Princess
• 36:34
  Claudia,
• 36:35
  her
• 36:36
  wizard
• 36:36
  Fumbledore
• 36:37
  and
• 36:38
  her,
• 36:39
  I
• 36:39
  don't
• 36:39
  want
• 36:40
  to
• 36:40
  say
• 36:40
  pet
• 36:41
  owl,
• 36:41
  but
• 36:41
  Iris
• 36:42
  the
• 36:42
  owl,
• 36:43
  her
• 36:43
  guide
• 36:44
  owl.
• 36:44
  Guide
• 36:45
  owl.
• 36:45
  Guide
• 36:46
  owl.
• 36:46
  Just
• 36:47
  like
• 36:47
  a
• 36:47
  guide
• 36:47
  dog,
• 36:48
  she
• 36:48
  has
• 36:48
  a
• 36:48
  guide
• 36:49
  owl.
• 36:49
  I
• 36:49
  love
• 36:50
  that.
• 36:50
  So
• 36:51
  take
• 36:51
  us
• 36:51
  through
• 36:52
  this
• 36:53
  whole
• 36:54
  character
• 36:54
  development
• 36:55
  because
• 36:55
  I
• 36:55
  know
• 36:56
  in
• 36:56
  your
• 36:57
  first
• 36:57
  book
• 36:58
  Princess
• 36:58
  Claudia
• 36:59
  is
• 36:59
  coming
• 36:59
  up
• 36:59
  on
• 36:59
  her
• 37:00
  eighth
• 37:00
  birthday
• 37:01
  and
• 37:02
  take
• 37:02
  us
• 37:02
  through
• 37:02
  that
• 37:03
  whole
• 37:04
  character
• 37:04
  development
• 37:05
  and
• 37:05
  these
• 37:06
  core
• 37:06
  characters
• 37:07
  in
• 37:07
  your
• 37:08
  first
• 37:08
  story.
• 37:09
  Yes,
• 37:10
  I
• 37:10
  decided
• 37:11
  to
• 37:12
  do
• 37:12
  an
• 37:12
  8
• 37:13
  year
• 37:13
  old
• 37:13
  princess
• 37:14
  because
• 37:14
  my
• 37:15
  target
• 37:16
  age
• 37:16
  is
• 37:16
  6
• 37:17
  to
• 37:17
  10,
• 37:18
  so
• 37:18
  it's
• 37:18
  right
• 37:19
  in
• 37:19
  the
• 37:19
  middle.
• 37:20
  And
• 37:20
  I
• 37:21
  wanted
• 37:21
  her
• 37:22
  to
• 37:22
  have
• 37:22
  a
• 37:22
  challenge.
• 37:23
  And
• 37:24
  in
• 37:24
  her
• 37:24
  case,
• 37:25
  it's
• 37:25
  the
• 37:25
  fact
• 37:26
  that
• 37:26
  she's
• 37:27
  nearly
• 37:28
  blind.
• 37:28
  She's
• 37:29
  not
• 37:29
  totally
• 37:30
  blind.
• 37:31
  Because
• 37:32
  90%
• 37:33
  of
• 37:34
  blind
• 37:34
  children
• 37:35
  are
• 37:35
  not
• 37:35
  totally
• 37:36
  blind.
• 37:37
  They
• 37:37
  have
• 37:37
  some
• 37:38
  sight.
• 37:38
  And
• 37:38
  that's
• 37:39
  why
• 37:39
  I
• 37:39
  wanted
• 37:39
  to
• 37:40
  see
• 37:40
  them
• 37:40
  reflected.
• 37:41
  When
• 37:41
  I
• 37:41
  talked
• 37:42
  about
• 37:42
  my
• 37:42
  mother,
• 37:44
  she
• 37:44
  was
• 37:44
  90%
• 37:45
  blind.
• 37:45
  She
• 37:46
  had
• 37:46
  some
• 37:47
  sight.
• 37:48
  You
• 37:48
  can
• 37:48
  tell
• 37:48
  shapes
• 37:49
  for
• 37:49
  sure.
• 37:49
  And
• 37:49
  that's
• 37:50
  typical.
• 37:50
  So
• 37:50
  I
• 37:51
  wanted
• 37:51
  to
• 37:51
  have
• 37:51
  a
• 37:51
  character.
• 37:53
  Because
• 37:54
  usually
• 37:54
  they're
• 37:54
  totally
• 37:55
  blind.
• 37:55
  They're
• 37:56
  blind,
• 37:56
  they
• 37:56
  can't
• 37:56
  see
• 37:57
  anything.
• 37:57
  But
• 37:57
  in
• 37:58
  Princess
• 37:59
  Claudia's
• 38:00
  case,
• 38:00
  she
• 38:00
  can
• 38:01
  see
• 38:01
  some
• 38:01
  shapes
• 38:02
  and
• 38:02
  things
• 38:03
  like
• 38:03
  that.
• 38:03
  But
• 38:04
  I
• 38:04
  wanted.
• 38:05
  She
• 38:05
  has
• 38:05
  very
• 38:05
  little
• 38:06
  eyesight,
• 38:07
  but
• 38:07
  she's
• 38:08
  strongly
• 38:08
  independent.
• 38:09
  Is
• 38:09
  Princess
• 38:10
  Claudia
• 38:11
  based
• 38:11
  on
• 38:12
  someone
• 38:13
  in
• 38:13
  your
• 38:13
  life?
• 38:14
  The
• 38:14
  name
• 38:15
  Claudia
• 38:15
  is
• 38:16
  the
• 38:16
  name
• 38:16
  of
• 38:16
  my
• 38:17
  fiance.
• 38:18
  So
• 38:18
  I
• 38:18
  guess
• 38:19
  I
• 38:19
  could
• 38:19
  say
• 38:19
  yes.
• 38:21
  But
• 38:21
  later
• 38:21
  in
• 38:21
  the
• 38:22
  book,
• 38:22
  they
• 38:22
  call
• 38:22
  her
• 38:23
  Princess
• 38:23
  Claudia
• 38:25
  because
• 38:25
  of
• 38:25
  the
• 38:25
  clouds.
• 38:26
  So
• 38:26
  that
• 38:26
  kind
• 38:26
  of
• 38:27
  fit,
• 38:27
  too.
• 38:28
  Okay,
• 38:29
  fantastic.
• 38:30
  So
• 38:30
  that's
• 38:30
  a
• 38:30
  way
• 38:30
  to
• 38:31
  sneak
• 38:31
  in
• 38:32
  family
• 38:32
  members
• 38:32
  and
• 38:33
  people.
• 38:33
  Their
• 38:33
  names
• 38:34
  into
• 38:34
  books.
• 38:35
  That's
• 38:35
  what
• 38:35
  I
• 38:35
  did
• 38:35
  with
• 38:35
  Princess
• 38:36
  Claudia.
• 38:37
  I
• 38:37
  love
• 38:37
  what
• 38:37
  you
• 38:38
  said
• 38:38
  here.
• 38:38
  It's
• 38:39
  a
• 38:39
  guide
• 38:39
  owl.
• 38:40
  So
• 38:40
  talk
• 38:40
  to
• 38:40
  us
• 38:41
  about
• 38:41
  Iris
• 38:42
  and
• 38:42
  that
• 38:42
  relationship.
• 38:43
  My
• 38:44
  eye
• 38:44
  doctor
• 38:44
  thought
• 38:45
  it
• 38:45
  was
• 38:45
  hysterical
• 38:46
  that
• 38:46
  I
• 38:46
  named
• 38:46
  the
• 38:47
  owl
• 38:47
  Iris.
• 38:48
  The
• 38:48
  guide
• 38:48
  owl
• 38:50
  portion
• 38:51
  of
• 38:51
  your
• 38:51
  eye.
• 38:51
  And
• 38:51
  see
• 38:52
  Iris.
• 38:53
  He
• 38:53
  caught
• 38:53
  that
• 38:53
  right
• 38:53
  away.
• 38:54
  But
• 38:54
  the
• 38:55
  having
• 38:56
  a
• 38:56
  guide
• 38:56
  owl
• 38:57
  just
• 38:57
  came
• 38:58
  to
• 38:58
  me.
• 38:58
  Because,
• 38:59
  of
• 38:59
  course,
• 38:59
  Harry
• 39:00
  Potter
• 39:00
  had
• 39:00
  owls
• 39:01
  and
• 39:01
  stuff.
• 39:02
  And
• 39:02
  I
• 39:03
  was
• 39:03
  like.
• 39:03
  Princess
• 39:03
  Claudia
• 39:04
  wouldn't
• 39:04
  really
• 39:04
  have
• 39:04
  a
• 39:05
  guide
• 39:05
  dog.
• 39:06
  So
• 39:07
  why
• 39:07
  not
• 39:08
  create
• 39:08
  an
• 39:08
  owl
• 39:09
  that
• 39:09
  guides
• 39:09
  her?
• 39:10
  Because
• 39:10
  she
• 39:10
  could
• 39:11
  hear
• 39:11
  the
• 39:11
  flapping
• 39:11
  of
• 39:12
  the
• 39:12
  wings
• 39:13
  to
• 39:13
  guide
• 39:13
  her.
• 39:14
  And
• 39:15
  it
• 39:15
  made
• 39:16
  sense
• 39:16
  that
• 39:16
  this
• 39:16
  could
• 39:17
  be
• 39:17
  the
• 39:18
  kind
• 39:18
  of
• 39:18
  guide
• 39:19
  animal.
• 39:20
  So
• 39:20
  that's
• 39:20
  how
• 39:20
  Iris,
• 39:21
  the
• 39:21
  guide
• 39:21
  owl,
• 39:22
  was
• 39:22
  born.
• 39:23
  Terrific.
• 39:24
  The
• 39:24
  unique
• 39:25
  relationship
• 39:25
  with
• 39:26
  her
• 39:26
  wizard
• 39:27
  friend,
• 39:27
  Fumbledore.
• 39:29
  Yes.
• 39:29
  Princess
• 39:30
  Claudia
• 39:31
  is.
• 39:31
  As
• 39:32
  I
• 39:32
  said,
• 39:32
  she's
• 39:32
  independent.
• 39:33
  Her
• 39:34
  parents
• 39:34
  are
• 39:34
  gone.
• 39:35
  As
• 39:35
  you
• 39:36
  learn
• 39:36
  later
• 39:36
  in
• 39:36
  the
• 39:36
  book.
• 39:37
  They're
• 39:37
  not
• 39:37
  dead.
• 39:38
  Princess
• 39:39
  Fumbledore,
• 39:39
  the
• 39:40
  wizard,
• 39:40
  accidentally
• 39:41
  cast
• 39:41
  a
• 39:41
  spell.
• 39:42
  That
• 39:42
  put
• 39:43
  them
• 39:43
  somewhere
• 39:44
  else
• 39:44
  in
• 39:44
  time.
• 39:45
  Because
• 39:45
  he's
• 39:46
  not
• 39:46
  a
• 39:46
  very
• 39:46
  good
• 39:46
  wizard.
• 39:47
  Just
• 39:48
  so
• 39:48
  everyone
• 39:48
  understands,
• 39:49
  he's
• 39:49
  not
• 39:49
  a
• 39:49
  bad
• 39:50
  wizard.
• 39:50
  He's
• 39:50
  just
• 39:51
  not
• 39:51
  a
• 39:51
  good
• 39:52
  wizard.
• 39:54
  Yeah,
• 39:54
  he
• 39:55
  fumbles
• 39:55
  a
• 39:56
  lot
• 39:56
  when
• 39:56
  he
• 39:57
  does
• 39:57
  spells.
• 39:58
  And
• 39:58
  they
• 39:58
  don't
• 39:58
  always
• 39:58
  come
• 39:59
  out.
• 39:59
  The
• 39:59
  first
• 40:00
  spell
• 40:00
  he
• 40:00
  ever
• 40:00
  cast
• 40:01
  was.
• 40:01
  He
• 40:02
  turned
• 40:02
  his
• 40:02
  father's
• 40:02
  hat
• 40:03
  into
• 40:03
  a
• 40:03
  chicken.
• 40:04
  So
• 40:05
  the.
• 40:05
  I
• 40:05
  think
• 40:05
  that
• 40:06
  he's
• 40:06
  just
• 40:06
  not
• 40:07
  the
• 40:07
  typical
• 40:07
  experienced
• 40:08
  wizard.
• 40:09
  But
• 40:09
  what's
• 40:10
  important
• 40:10
  is
• 40:11
  that
• 40:11
  this
• 40:12
  is
• 40:12
  Tales
• 40:12
  from
• 40:12
  the
• 40:13
  Princessdom.
• 40:14
  And
• 40:14
  not
• 40:14
  the
• 40:15
  Kingdom.
• 40:16
  It's
• 40:16
  the
• 40:16
  Princessdom.
• 40:17
  Because
• 40:17
  Claudia
• 40:18
  runs
• 40:19
  the
• 40:19
  princessdom.
• 40:20
  She's
• 40:21
  eight
• 40:21
  years
• 40:21
  old.
• 40:21
  But
• 40:22
  she
• 40:22
  has
• 40:22
  Dumbledore
• 40:24
  as
• 40:24
  a
• 40:24
  guide
• 40:24
  for
• 40:24
  her
• 40:25
  to.
• 40:26
  And
• 40:26
  she
• 40:26
  is
• 40:27
  in
• 40:27
  charge
• 40:27
  of
• 40:28
  things.
• 40:28
  The
• 40:28
  castle
• 40:29
  and
• 40:29
  the
• 40:29
  grounds
• 40:30
  and
• 40:30
  things
• 40:30
  like
• 40:31
  that.
• 40:31
  So
• 40:31
  she
• 40:32
  has
• 40:32
  a
• 40:32
  lot
• 40:32
  of
• 40:33
  responsibility
• 40:33
  too
• 40:34
  for
• 40:34
  an
• 40:35
  8
• 40:35
  year
• 40:35
  old.
• 40:36
  Take
• 40:37
  us
• 40:37
  through
• 40:37
  the
• 40:38
  central
• 40:38
  teaching
• 40:39
  or
• 40:39
  lesson
• 40:40
  in
• 40:41
  the
• 40:41
  book.
• 40:42
  Okay.
• 40:42
  The
• 40:43
  story
• 40:43
  is
• 40:44
  that
• 40:45
  the
• 40:45
  princess
• 40:45
  is
• 40:46
  afraid
• 40:46
  it's
• 40:47
  going
• 40:47
  to
• 40:47
  rain
• 40:48
  on
• 40:48
  her
• 40:48
  eighth
• 40:49
  birthday
• 40:49
  party.
• 40:50
  And
• 40:51
  so
• 40:51
  she
• 40:51
  orders
• 40:52
  Fumbledore
• 40:52
  to
• 40:53
  make
• 40:53
  all
• 40:53
  the
• 40:53
  clouds
• 40:53
  go
• 40:53
  away.
• 40:55
  He's
• 40:55
  not
• 40:55
  sure
• 40:56
  that's
• 40:56
  a
• 40:56
  great
• 40:56
  idea.
• 40:57
  He
• 40:57
  tries.
• 40:58
  And
• 40:58
  of
• 40:59
  course
• 40:59
  being
• 41:00
  Fumbledore,
• 41:01
  he
• 41:01
  drops
• 41:02
  his
• 41:02
  wand
• 41:03
  mid
• 41:03
  spell.
• 41:04
  So
• 41:04
  not
• 41:04
  all
• 41:04
  the
• 41:04
  clouds
• 41:05
  go
• 41:05
  away.
• 41:06
  Some
• 41:06
  of
• 41:06
  them
• 41:06
  start
• 41:07
  coming
• 41:07
  back
• 41:08
  to
• 41:08
  tell
• 41:09
  Princess
• 41:09
  Claudia
• 41:11
  and
• 41:11
  Fumbledore
• 41:12
  why
• 41:12
  they're
• 41:13
  so
• 41:13
  important.
• 41:14
  What
• 41:14
  happens
• 41:15
  if
• 41:15
  you
• 41:15
  don't
• 41:15
  have
• 41:16
  clouds
• 41:17
  but
• 41:17
  you
• 41:17
  don't
• 41:17
  have
• 41:17
  rain?
• 41:18
  So
• 41:19
  things
• 41:19
  start
• 41:19
  to
• 41:19
  dry
• 41:20
  up.
• 41:21
  Things
• 41:21
  are
• 41:21
  dying.
• 41:22
  Fires
• 41:23
  can
• 41:23
  start.
• 41:24
  The
• 41:25
  clouds
• 41:25
  are
• 41:25
  very
• 41:26
  important.
• 41:26
  And
• 41:27
  she
• 41:27
  learns
• 41:28
  from
• 41:29
  the
• 41:29
  different
• 41:29
  clouds
• 41:30
  that
• 41:30
  come
• 41:30
  to
• 41:31
  visit
• 41:31
  what
• 41:32
  kind
• 41:32
  of
• 41:32
  clouds
• 41:33
  they
• 41:33
  are.
• 41:34
  That
• 41:34
  fog
• 41:35
  is
• 41:35
  a
• 41:35
  cloud
• 41:36
  that
• 41:36
  happens
• 41:36
  to
• 41:37
  be
• 41:37
  on
• 41:37
  the
• 41:37
  ground.
• 41:38
  That
• 41:39
  the
• 41:39
  big
• 41:40
  cumulonimbus
• 41:41
  clouds
• 41:42
  are
• 41:42
  the
• 41:42
  ones
• 41:43
  that
• 41:43
  cause
• 41:44
  all
• 41:44
  the
• 41:45
  thunderstorms
• 41:46
  and
• 41:46
  things
• 41:46
  like
• 41:47
  that
• 41:48
  gale.
• 41:48
  The
• 41:48
  whale
• 41:49
  is
• 41:49
  a
• 41:50
  big
• 41:50
  cloud
• 41:50
  that
• 41:51
  causes
• 41:52
  rain.
• 41:53
  And
• 41:53
  so
• 41:53
  through
• 41:54
  the
• 41:54
  story
• 41:54
  she
• 41:55
  has
• 41:55
  these
• 41:55
  cloud
• 41:56
  characters
• 41:56
  come
• 41:56
  and
• 41:57
  say
• 41:57
  why
• 41:57
  clouds
• 41:58
  are
• 41:58
  so
• 41:58
  important.
• 41:59
  As
• 41:59
  things
• 42:00
  start
• 42:00
  to
• 42:00
  turn
• 42:01
  bad
• 42:01
  in
• 42:01
  a
• 42:01
  prince's
• 42:02
  den.
• 42:02
  And
• 42:03
  she
• 42:03
  decides
• 42:04
  that
• 42:04
  the
• 42:04
  clouds
• 42:05
  are
• 42:05
  good.
• 42:05
  And
• 42:06
  as
• 42:06
  Dumbledore
• 42:07
  bring
• 42:07
  them
• 42:07
  back
• 42:08
  in
• 42:08
  time
• 42:08
  for
• 42:08
  her
• 42:08
  party.
• 42:10
  And
• 42:10
  the
• 42:11
  children
• 42:11
  are
• 42:11
  dancing
• 42:12
  through
• 42:13
  the
• 42:14
  rain
• 42:14
  at
• 42:15
  her
• 42:15
  party
• 42:16
  and
• 42:16
  she
• 42:17
  discovers
• 42:17
  that
• 42:18
  dancing
• 42:18
  in
• 42:18
  the
• 42:18
  rain
• 42:19
  is
• 42:19
  nice
• 42:19
  too.
• 42:20
  Maybe
• 42:20
  clouds
• 42:21
  aren't
• 42:21
  so
• 42:21
  bad
• 42:22
  after
• 42:22
  all.
• 42:23
  I
• 42:23
  want
• 42:23
  to
• 42:23
  delve
• 42:24
  a
• 42:24
  bit
• 42:24
  into
• 42:24
  your
• 42:25
  writing
• 42:25
  process.
• 42:26
  Because
• 42:26
  the
• 42:27
  nice
• 42:27
  thing
• 42:27
  about
• 42:27
  it,
• 42:27
  you've
• 42:28
  shared
• 42:28
  your
• 42:28
  journey.
• 42:29
  And
• 42:30
  you
• 42:30
  came
• 42:30
  to
• 42:31
  writing
• 42:31
  children's
• 42:32
  books
• 42:32
  a
• 42:33
  little
• 42:33
  later
• 42:33
  in
• 42:33
  life
• 42:34
  and
• 42:35
  you
• 42:35
  told
• 42:35
  us
• 42:36
  about
• 42:36
  that.
• 42:36
  I'm
• 42:37
  curious.
• 42:37
  Can
• 42:37
  you
• 42:38
  share
• 42:38
  some
• 42:39
  insights
• 42:40
  into
• 42:41
  how
• 42:41
  that
• 42:41
  all
• 42:41
  developed
• 42:42
  and
• 42:43
  what
• 42:43
  your
• 42:43
  writing
• 42:43
  process
• 42:44
  looks
• 42:45
  like
• 42:45
  now?
• 42:45
  Because
• 42:46
  you've
• 42:46
  given
• 42:46
  us
• 42:47
  a
• 42:47
  peek
• 42:47
  that
• 42:48
  you
• 42:48
  are
• 42:48
  writing
• 42:49
  another
• 42:49
  children's
• 42:50
  book.
• 42:51
  So
• 42:51
  talk
• 42:52
  to
• 42:52
  us
• 42:52
  about
• 42:52
  this
• 42:52
  whole
• 42:53
  writing
• 42:53
  process.
• 42:54
  The
• 42:54
  process
• 42:55
  like
• 42:55
  for
• 42:56
  the
• 42:56
  next
• 42:56
  book
• 42:56
  is
• 42:57
  going
• 42:57
  to
• 42:57
  be
• 42:57
  the
• 42:57
  day
• 42:58
  the
• 42:58
  dragons
• 42:58
  went
• 42:59
  away.
• 43:00
  So
• 43:00
  we're.
• 43:01
  And
• 43:01
  I
• 43:01
  have
• 43:01
  the
• 43:02
  idea
• 43:02
  in
• 43:02
  my
• 43:03
  mind
• 43:03
  I
• 43:03
  haven't
• 43:04
  really
• 43:04
  written
• 43:04
  anything
• 43:05
  but
• 43:05
  the
• 43:05
  outline
• 43:06
  yet
• 43:07
  that
• 43:07
  there's
• 43:08
  a
• 43:08
  reason
• 43:08
  for
• 43:08
  the
• 43:08
  dragons
• 43:09
  to
• 43:09
  be
• 43:09
  in
• 43:09
  the
• 43:10
  Prince
• 43:10
  system.
• 43:10
  They
• 43:11
  keep
• 43:11
  the
• 43:11
  fire
• 43:11
  burning
• 43:12
  in
• 43:12
  the
• 43:12
  hearths
• 43:13
  with
• 43:13
  their.
• 43:14
  With
• 43:14
  the
• 43:14
  dragon
• 43:15
  fire
• 43:16
  and
• 43:17
  they
• 43:17
  go
• 43:17
  away
• 43:18
  because
• 43:19
  what's
• 43:19
  the
• 43:19
  reason
• 43:19
  why
• 43:20
  dragons
• 43:20
  would
• 43:21
  go
• 43:21
  away
• 43:22
  where
• 43:22
  their
• 43:22
  caves
• 43:23
  are.
• 43:23
  The
• 43:24
  water
• 43:24
  has
• 43:24
  gotten
• 43:25
  polluted,
• 43:26
  the
• 43:26
  trees
• 43:27
  have
• 43:27
  started
• 43:27
  to
• 43:27
  die.
• 43:29
  And
• 43:29
  it's
• 43:30
  just
• 43:30
  not
• 43:30
  a
• 43:30
  friendly
• 43:31
  enough
• 43:31
  environment
• 43:32
  for
• 43:32
  them
• 43:32
  anymore
• 43:34
  to
• 43:34
  have
• 43:34
  their
• 43:35
  dinosaur
• 43:35
  eggs.
• 43:36
  And
• 43:36
  so
• 43:37
  they're
• 43:37
  moving
• 43:37
  away
• 43:38
  from
• 43:38
  the
• 43:38
  princess
• 43:38
  themselves.
• 43:39
  So
• 43:39
  have
• 43:39
  you
• 43:40
  created
• 43:40
  a
• 43:40
  draft?
• 43:42
  Yes.
• 43:42
  Okay.
• 43:43
  I
• 43:43
  call
• 43:43
  it
• 43:44
  an
• 43:44
  outline,
• 43:44
  you
• 43:45
  call
• 43:45
  it
• 43:45
  a
• 43:45
  draft,
• 43:46
  but
• 43:46
  yes.
• 43:47
  What
• 43:47
  the
• 43:47
  characters
• 43:48
  names
• 43:48
  might
• 43:48
  be
• 43:49
  and
• 43:49
  the
• 43:50
  always
• 43:51
  puns
• 43:52
  on
• 43:52
  names.
• 43:52
  How
• 43:53
  is
• 43:53
  the
• 43:53
  story
• 43:53
  going
• 43:54
  to
• 43:54
  run?
• 43:54
  How
• 43:54
  is
• 43:55
  it
• 43:55
  going
• 43:55
  to
• 43:55
  end?
• 43:57
  I'm
• 43:57
  going
• 43:57
  to
• 43:57
  have
• 43:57
  it
• 43:57
  end
• 43:58
  with
• 43:58
  the
• 43:58
  children
• 43:59
  of
• 43:59
  the
• 43:59
  Princess
• 43:59
  Dun.
• 44:00
  The
• 44:00
  princess
• 44:00
  leading
• 44:01
  them
• 44:01
  to
• 44:02
  clean
• 44:02
  up
• 44:02
  the
• 44:02
  water,
• 44:03
  plant
• 44:04
  new
• 44:04
  trees
• 44:05
  and
• 44:05
  bring
• 44:06
  the
• 44:06
  dragons
• 44:06
  back.
• 44:07
  This
• 44:08
  is
• 44:08
  the
• 44:08
  art
• 44:09
  of
• 44:10
  the
• 44:10
  story.
• 44:11
  And
• 44:11
  you
• 44:11
  have
• 44:11
  a
• 44:12
  theme
• 44:12
  going
• 44:12
  on
• 44:12
  with
• 44:12
  your
• 44:13
  three
• 44:13
  books
• 44:14
  and
• 44:15
  carrying
• 44:15
  of
• 44:16
  the
• 44:16
  earth.
• 44:17
  I'm
• 44:18
  paraphrasing.
• 44:19
  That's
• 44:19
  big
• 44:19
  picture.
• 44:20
  Now,
• 44:21
  as
• 44:21
  you
• 44:22
  wrote
• 44:22
  your
• 44:22
  first
• 44:23
  two
• 44:23
  books
• 44:23
  and
• 44:23
  now
• 44:24
  you're
• 44:24
  developing
• 44:24
  your
• 44:25
  third
• 44:25
  book,
• 44:25
  are
• 44:26
  you
• 44:26
  drawing
• 44:26
  from
• 44:27
  personal
• 44:27
  experience
• 44:28
  or
• 44:28
  are
• 44:29
  you
• 44:29
  doing
• 44:29
  some
• 44:30
  research
• 44:30
  also?
• 44:31
  Oh,
• 44:32
  I'm
• 44:32
  doing
• 44:32
  the
• 44:32
  research.
• 44:33
  Yeah.
• 44:33
  Okay.
• 44:34
  The
• 44:34
  reason,
• 44:34
  especially
• 44:35
  the
• 44:35
  bees
• 44:36
  book.
• 44:36
  I
• 44:37
  did
• 44:37
  a
• 44:37
  lot
• 44:37
  of
• 44:38
  research
• 44:38
  about
• 44:40
  what
• 44:40
  happens
• 44:40
  really
• 44:41
  if
• 44:41
  you
• 44:42
  don't
• 44:42
  have
• 44:42
  bees.
• 44:43
  Okay.
• 44:44
  The
• 44:44
  flowers
• 44:44
  don't
• 44:45
  get
• 44:45
  pollinated.
• 44:45
  What
• 44:46
  happens
• 44:46
  if
• 44:47
  that
• 44:47
  doesn't
• 44:48
  happen?
• 44:49
  And
• 44:49
  what
• 44:50
  about
• 44:50
  other
• 44:50
  crops?
• 44:51
  What
• 44:51
  about
• 44:51
  apples?
• 44:52
  What
• 44:52
  about
• 44:52
  the
• 44:53
  other
• 44:53
  kinds
• 44:53
  of
• 44:54
  fruit
• 44:54
  and
• 44:55
  stuff
• 44:55
  that
• 44:56
  require
• 44:57
  some
• 44:57
  pollination
• 44:58
  too?
• 44:58
  And
• 44:59
  I
• 44:59
  did
• 44:59
  the
• 44:59
  research
• 45:00
  on
• 45:00
  it
• 45:00
  and
• 45:01
  so
• 45:01
  I
• 45:01
  could
• 45:02
  be
• 45:02
  accurate
• 45:03
  in
• 45:03
  the
• 45:04
  kind
• 45:04
  of
• 45:05
  bees
• 45:05
  that
• 45:06
  we're
• 45:06
  talking
• 45:06
  about
• 45:07
  and
• 45:07
  what
• 45:07
  they
• 45:07
  would
• 45:07
  look
• 45:08
  like
• 45:09
  and
• 45:09
  all
• 45:09
  of
• 45:09
  that.
• 45:09
  So,
• 45:10
  yes,
• 45:10
  research
• 45:11
  is
• 45:11
  very
• 45:11
  important.
• 45:12
  Terrific.
• 45:14
  I
• 45:14
  want
• 45:14
  to
• 45:14
  take
• 45:15
  you
• 45:15
  back
• 45:16
  just
• 45:16
  a
• 45:16
  few
• 45:17
  years
• 45:17
  to
• 45:17
  when
• 45:17
  you
• 45:18
  first
• 45:18
  started
• 45:19
  publishing
• 45:19
  your
• 45:19
  children's
• 45:20
  books.
• 45:21
  And
• 45:21
  I'm
• 45:21
  curious
• 45:22
  about
• 45:23
  when
• 45:23
  you
• 45:23
  wrote
• 45:24
  your
• 45:24
  first
• 45:24
  book
• 45:25
  and
• 45:26
  you
• 45:26
  were
• 45:26
  thinking
• 45:26
  about
• 45:27
  success.
• 45:29
  What
• 45:29
  did
• 45:29
  that
• 45:29
  look
• 45:30
  like
• 45:30
  to
• 45:30
  you
• 45:31
  back
• 45:31
  then?
• 45:32
  And
• 45:32
  now
• 45:32
  that
• 45:32
  you're
• 45:33
  moving
• 45:33
  into
• 45:33
  your
• 45:33
  third
• 45:34
  book,
• 45:34
  what
• 45:34
  does
• 45:36
  success
• 45:36
  look
• 45:37
  like
• 45:37
  to
• 45:37
  you
• 45:37
  now
• 45:38
  in
• 45:38
  terms
• 45:38
  of
• 45:38
  your
• 45:39
  children's
• 45:39
  book
• 45:40
  business?
• 45:41
  Yeah.
• 45:42
  With
• 45:42
  my
• 45:42
  business,
• 45:43
  it
• 45:43
  really
• 45:44
  is
• 45:45
  making
• 45:46
  the
• 45:46
  schools
• 45:47
  aware
• 45:48
  of
• 45:48
  the
• 45:49
  book.
• 45:50
  And
• 45:50
  as
• 45:50
  we
• 45:50
  talked
• 45:51
  about,
• 45:51
  I
• 45:52
  do
• 45:52
  more
• 45:52
  than
• 45:53
  just
• 45:53
  the
• 45:54
  printed
• 45:54
  books
• 45:55
  and
• 45:55
  the
• 45:55
  E
• 45:55
  books.
• 45:56
  I
• 45:56
  do
• 45:56
  the
• 45:57
  audiobooks
• 45:58
  and
• 45:58
  add
• 45:58
  audio
• 45:59
  description
• 45:59
  and
• 46:00
  all
• 46:00
  of
• 46:00
  those
• 46:00
  things.
• 46:02
  So
• 46:02
  I'm
• 46:02
  trying
• 46:03
  to
• 46:03
  reach
• 46:04
  a
• 46:04
  wider
• 46:04
  audience
• 46:06
  and
• 46:06
  let
• 46:07
  authors
• 46:08
  know
• 46:09
  that
• 46:09
  they
• 46:09
  can
• 46:10
  create
• 46:11
  these
• 46:11
  books
• 46:11
  with.
• 46:12
  With
• 46:12
  the
• 46:12
  illustrations
• 46:13
  described.
• 46:14
  I.
• 46:15
  I'm
• 46:15
  using
• 46:15
  my
• 46:16
  books
• 46:16
  as
• 46:16
  a
• 46:16
  launching
• 46:17
  pad
• 46:18
  for
• 46:18
  the
• 46:19
  other
• 46:19
  stuff
• 46:19
  that
• 46:19
  I
• 46:20
  do.
• 46:20
  Okay.
• 46:21
  Related
• 46:21
  to
• 46:21
  my
• 46:21
  business.
• 46:23
  I'm
• 46:24
  the
• 46:24
  book
• 46:24
  sales.
• 46:25
  I
• 46:25
  love
• 46:25
  it
• 46:26
  when
• 46:26
  I
• 46:27
  get
• 46:27
  my
• 46:27
  royalty
• 46:28
  checks.
• 46:28
  But
• 46:29
  it's
• 46:29
  not
• 46:30
  the
• 46:30
  only
• 46:30
  thing
• 46:31
  that
• 46:31
  I'm
• 46:31
  doing.
• 46:32
  I've
• 46:32
  made
• 46:32
  the
• 46:33
  book
• 46:33
  into
• 46:34
  a
• 46:34
  business
• 46:34
  of
• 46:35
  its
• 46:35
  own.
• 46:36
  Getting
• 46:36
  beyond
• 46:37
  what's
• 46:38
  on
• 46:38
  the
• 46:38
  written
• 46:38
  page.
• 46:39
  Like
• 46:39
  a
• 46:39
  supporting
• 46:40
  cast.
• 46:41
  Yes.
• 46:41
  And
• 46:42
  the
• 46:42
  Fact
• 46:42
  that
• 46:42
  I'm
• 46:42
  a
• 46:43
  narrator
• 46:43
  doesn't
• 46:43
  hurt
• 46:44
  because
• 46:44
  of
• 46:45
  course,
• 46:45
  I.
• 46:45
  I'm
• 46:46
  able
• 46:46
  to
• 46:46
  narrate
• 46:46
  the
• 46:46
  books.
• 46:47
  And
• 46:47
  my
• 46:48
  daughter
• 46:48
  Erin
• 46:49
  is
• 46:50
  also
• 46:50
  a
• 46:50
  narrator,
• 46:51
  and
• 46:51
  she.
• 46:52
  She's
• 46:52
  the
• 46:52
  voice
• 46:53
  of
• 46:53
  the
• 46:53
  princess.
• 46:54
  It's
• 46:54
  a
• 46:54
  family
• 46:55
  business.
• 46:56
  That
• 46:56
  is
• 46:56
  fantastic.
• 46:58
  When
• 46:58
  it
• 46:58
  comes
• 46:59
  to
• 47:00
  the
• 47:01
  role
• 47:01
  of
• 47:01
  writing
• 47:02
  in
• 47:02
  the
• 47:02
  grand
• 47:02
  scheme
• 47:03
  of
• 47:03
  things,
• 47:04
  how
• 47:05
  much
• 47:05
  time
• 47:05
  are
• 47:05
  you
• 47:06
  devoting
• 47:06
  to
• 47:06
  that?
• 47:07
  And
• 47:07
  then
• 47:08
  how
• 47:09
  do
• 47:09
  you
• 47:09
  separate
• 47:10
  that
• 47:10
  out
• 47:10
  to
• 47:11
  focus
• 47:11
  in
• 47:11
  on
• 47:12
  it
• 47:12
  versus
• 47:13
  all
• 47:13
  the
• 47:13
  other
• 47:13
  things
• 47:13
  that
• 47:14
  you've
• 47:14
  got
• 47:14
  going
• 47:14
  on?
• 47:15
  Which
• 47:15
  is
• 47:15
  tremendous.
• 47:17
  Yeah.
• 47:18
  There's
• 47:18
  not
• 47:19
  enough
• 47:19
  time
• 47:19
  to
• 47:20
  do
• 47:20
  it
• 47:20
  all,
• 47:20
  as
• 47:20
  we
• 47:21
  all
• 47:21
  know,
• 47:21
  to
• 47:21
  do
• 47:22
  everything
• 47:22
  we
• 47:22
  want
• 47:22
  to
• 47:23
  be
• 47:23
  doing.
• 47:24
  But
• 47:24
  the
• 47:24
  writing
• 47:25
  has
• 47:25
  to
• 47:25
  become
• 47:26
  a
• 47:26
  very
• 47:26
  important
• 47:27
  thing.
• 47:28
  And
• 47:28
  I
• 47:29
  try
• 47:29
  to
• 47:30
  schedule
• 47:31
  some
• 47:31
  downtime,
• 47:33
  not
• 47:33
  just.
• 47:34
  I'm
• 47:34
  not
• 47:34
  a
• 47:34
  couple
• 47:35
  hours
• 47:35
  a
• 47:35
  day
• 47:36
  devoted
• 47:36
  to
• 47:36
  a
• 47:37
  type
• 47:37
  of
• 47:37
  person
• 47:38
  I
• 47:38
  need
• 47:39
  to
• 47:39
  go.
• 47:40
  And
• 47:40
  what
• 47:40
  I
• 47:40
  do
• 47:41
  is
• 47:42
  I
• 47:42
  take
• 47:42
  train
• 47:43
  rides.
• 47:44
  I
• 47:45
  took
• 47:45
  a
• 47:45
  train
• 47:45
  ride
• 47:46
  through
• 47:46
  Canada
• 47:47
  from
• 47:48
  all
• 47:48
  the
• 47:48
  way
• 47:48
  across
• 47:49
  from
• 47:50
  Vancouver,
• 47:51
  all
• 47:51
  the
• 47:51
  way
• 47:51
  across
• 47:52
  Canada,
• 47:53
  and
• 47:53
  I
• 47:53
  wrote
• 47:53
  my
• 47:54
  book.
• 47:55
  I
• 47:55
  find
• 47:55
  that
• 47:56
  getting
• 47:56
  away
• 47:57
  from
• 47:57
  things
• 47:57
  for
• 47:58
  me
• 47:59
  gives
• 47:59
  me
• 47:59
  the
• 47:59
  ability
• 48:00
  to
• 48:00
  really
• 48:00
  focus
• 48:01
  on
• 48:01
  the
• 48:01
  writing
• 48:02
  part.
• 48:03
  Great
• 48:03
  strategy.
• 48:04
  That's
• 48:04
  how
• 48:05
  I.
• 48:05
  And
• 48:05
  I
• 48:06
  took
• 48:06
  train
• 48:06
  rides
• 48:06
  through
• 48:07
  Colorado,
• 48:07
  where
• 48:08
  I
• 48:08
  lived
• 48:08
  for
• 48:09
  the
• 48:09
  Day
• 48:09
  of
• 48:09
  the
• 48:09
  Beast.
• 48:10
  Went
• 48:10
  away
• 48:11
  and
• 48:11
  just
• 48:12
  sat
• 48:12
  in
• 48:12
  the
• 48:13
  train.
• 48:13
  I'd
• 48:14
  look
• 48:14
  out
• 48:14
  now
• 48:14
  and
• 48:14
  then
• 48:14
  to
• 48:15
  the
• 48:15
  nice
• 48:15
  view,
• 48:16
  but
• 48:16
  I
• 48:17
  was
• 48:17
  really
• 48:17
  focused
• 48:18
  on
• 48:19
  writing.
• 48:19
  Wow.
• 48:20
  That
• 48:21
  leads
• 48:21
  me
• 48:21
  to
• 48:22
  advice
• 48:22
  for
• 48:22
  aspiring
• 48:24
  children's
• 48:24
  book
• 48:25
  authors.
• 48:25
  What
• 48:26
  kind
• 48:26
  of
• 48:26
  advice
• 48:27
  would
• 48:27
  you
• 48:27
  give
• 48:27
  one
• 48:28
  who's
• 48:28
  just
• 48:29
  starting
• 48:29
  out?
• 48:30
  Learn
• 48:32
  the
• 48:32
  business.
• 48:33
  It
• 48:33
  doesn't
• 48:34
  hurt
• 48:34
  at
• 48:34
  all
• 48:36
  to
• 48:36
  have
• 48:36
  a
• 48:36
  writing
• 48:36
  coach
• 48:38
  whose
• 48:38
  experience
• 48:39
  in
• 48:39
  your
• 48:40
  genre,
• 48:41
  it
• 48:42
  may
• 48:42
  not
• 48:42
  be
• 48:42
  children's
• 48:43
  books.
• 48:43
  It
• 48:43
  may
• 48:43
  be
• 48:44
  mysteries
• 48:44
  or
• 48:45
  horror.
• 48:46
  And
• 48:46
  I've
• 48:46
  done
• 48:47
  a
• 48:47
  lot
• 48:47
  of
• 48:47
  audiobooks
• 48:48
  in
• 48:48
  all
• 48:48
  genres.
• 48:50
  And
• 48:50
  I
• 48:50
  did
• 48:50
  have
• 48:51
  a
• 48:51
  coach
• 48:51
  here
• 48:52
  in
• 48:52
  Denver,
• 48:52
  Judith
• 48:53
  Briles,
• 48:54
  who
• 48:54
  is
• 48:54
  the
• 48:54
  book
• 48:54
  shepherd.
• 48:55
  And
• 48:56
  she
• 48:56
  helped
• 48:56
  me
• 48:57
  shepherd
• 48:58
  my
• 48:58
  first
• 48:58
  book
• 48:59
  to
• 48:59
  into
• 49:00
  the
• 49:00
  marketplace.
• 49:01
  And
• 49:01
  that
• 49:02
  really
• 49:02
  helped
• 49:02
  me
• 49:02
  a
• 49:02
  lot.
• 49:03
  It's
• 49:04
  hard
• 49:04
  to
• 49:04
  do
• 49:04
  it
• 49:05
  all
• 49:05
  alone
• 49:06
  if
• 49:07
  you
• 49:07
  can
• 49:07
  build
• 49:07
  a
• 49:07
  team
• 49:08
  of
• 49:08
  supporters
• 49:09
  for
• 49:09
  your
• 49:09
  book
• 49:10
  and
• 49:11
  then
• 49:11
  invite
• 49:11
  them
• 49:12
  to
• 49:13
  the
• 49:13
  debut
• 49:14
  of
• 49:14
  your
• 49:14
  book.
• 49:15
  The
• 49:15
  launch.
• 49:16
  That's
• 49:16
  helpful
• 49:16
  too.
• 49:17
  There's
• 49:18
  a
• 49:18
  lot
• 49:18
  to
• 49:19
  learn
• 49:19
  about
• 49:19
  the
• 49:20
  business
• 49:20
  side
• 49:21
  after
• 49:22
  you've
• 49:22
  written
• 49:23
  the
• 49:23
  book,
• 49:25
  but
• 49:25
  it's
• 49:25
  best
• 49:26
  to
• 49:26
  learn
• 49:26
  about
• 49:27
  the
• 49:27
  business
• 49:27
  side
• 49:28
  while
• 49:29
  you're
• 49:29
  writing
• 49:29
  your
• 49:30
  book.
• 49:30
  Great
• 49:31
  advice.
• 49:31
  Don't
• 49:31
  necessarily
• 49:32
  put
• 49:32
  it
• 49:32
  off
• 49:33
  until
• 49:33
  your
• 49:34
  book
• 49:34
  is
• 49:34
  you
• 49:34
  think
• 49:35
  ready
• 49:35
  to
• 49:35
  go
• 49:35
  to
• 49:36
  market
• 49:36
  and
• 49:37
  then
• 49:37
  you're
• 49:37
  scrambling
• 49:38
  to
• 49:38
  figure
• 49:38
  out
• 49:39
  what
• 49:39
  you're
• 49:39
  supposed
• 49:40
  to
• 49:40
  do.
• 49:40
  You
• 49:41
  try
• 49:41
  to
• 49:41
  do
• 49:41
  it
• 49:42
  while
• 49:42
  you're
• 49:42
  actually
• 49:43
  in
• 49:43
  the
• 49:43
  process
• 49:43
  of
• 49:44
  creating
• 49:44
  your
• 49:44
  book.
• 49:45
  Thank
• 49:45
  you.
• 49:46
  What
• 49:46
  keeps
• 49:46
  you
• 49:47
  Going
• 49:47
  as
• 49:47
  a
• 49:47
  children's.
• 49:48
  Book
• 49:48
  author,
• 49:50
  appearances
• 49:51
  at
• 49:51
  schools,
• 49:53
  seeing
• 49:53
  the
• 49:53
  kids
• 49:55
  react
• 49:55
  to
• 49:56
  me
• 49:56
  reading
• 49:57
  the
• 49:57
  book
• 49:57
  out
• 49:58
  loud.
• 49:58
  And
• 49:59
  the
• 49:59
  whole
• 50:00
  me
• 50:00
  dressed
• 50:00
  as
• 50:00
  a
• 50:01
  wizard
• 50:01
  while
• 50:01
  I'm
• 50:01
  doing
• 50:02
  it
• 50:02
  dressed
• 50:02
  as
• 50:02
  Fumbledore.
• 50:03
  And
• 50:05
  there
• 50:05
  are
• 50:05
  so
• 50:05
  few
• 50:06
  moments
• 50:06
  in
• 50:07
  life
• 50:08
  that
• 50:08
  can
• 50:08
  give
• 50:09
  you
• 50:09
  pure
• 50:09
  joy.
• 50:10
  And
• 50:11
  that's
• 50:11
  one
• 50:11
  of
• 50:11
  them.
• 50:12
  Just
• 50:12
  having
• 50:13
  my
• 50:13
  book
• 50:13
  out
• 50:14
  there,
• 50:14
  having
• 50:15
  the
• 50:15
  kids
• 50:15
  react
• 50:16
  to
• 50:17
  it
• 50:17
  while
• 50:17
  I
• 50:17
  read
• 50:18
  to
• 50:18
  them.
• 50:18
  And
• 50:19
  if
• 50:19
  not
• 50:19
  schools,
• 50:20
  you
• 50:20
  can
• 50:20
  do
• 50:20
  bookstores.
• 50:21
  They
• 50:21
  always
• 50:22
  have
• 50:23
  events
• 50:23
  where
• 50:24
  children's
• 50:24
  book
• 50:25
  authors
• 50:25
  can
• 50:25
  read,
• 50:26
  even
• 50:26
  at
• 50:26
  the
• 50:26
  Barnes
• 50:27
  and
• 50:27
  Nobles
• 50:27
  of
• 50:28
  the
• 50:28
  world.
• 50:29
  And
• 50:30
  don't
• 50:30
  just
• 50:31
  print
• 50:31
  your
• 50:31
  book
• 50:31
  and
• 50:32
  say,
• 50:32
  okay,
• 50:33
  people
• 50:33
  are
• 50:33
  going
• 50:33
  to
• 50:33
  buy
• 50:33
  it.
• 50:34
  Get
• 50:34
  out
• 50:34
  there
• 50:35
  and
• 50:35
  hustle
• 50:36
  it
• 50:36
  to
• 50:36
  life
• 50:37
  and
• 50:37
  hustle
• 50:37
  it.
• 50:37
  Yeah,
• 50:38
  bring
• 50:38
  your
• 50:38
  book
• 50:38
  to
• 50:38
  life.
• 50:39
  Encouragement
• 50:40
  for
• 50:41
  readers.
• 50:42
  Why
• 50:43
  should
• 50:44
  children's
• 50:44
  book
• 50:45
  readers
• 50:45
  purchase
• 50:46
  your
• 50:46
  books?
• 50:47
  Because
• 50:49
  mine
• 50:49
  are
• 50:50
  the
• 50:50
  kind
• 50:51
  of
• 50:51
  books,
• 50:51
  as
• 50:52
  I
• 50:52
  mentioned
• 50:52
  before,
• 50:53
  that
• 50:54
  don't
• 50:54
  hammer
• 50:55
  you
• 50:55
  over
• 50:55
  the
• 50:55
  head
• 50:55
  with
• 50:56
  a
• 50:56
  message.
• 50:57
  I'm
• 50:57
  not
• 50:57
  saying
• 50:59
  don't
• 50:59
  let
• 50:59
  the
• 50:59
  bees
• 50:59
  die.
• 51:00
  Don't
• 51:00
  let
• 51:00
  the
• 51:00
  bees
• 51:01
  die.
• 51:01
  It's
• 51:01
  a
• 51:02
  story
• 51:02
  about
• 51:03
  how
• 51:03
  important
• 51:04
  they
• 51:04
  are
• 51:05
  to
• 51:06
  us.
• 51:06
  You
• 51:07
  keep
• 51:07
  it
• 51:07
  a
• 51:07
  little
• 51:08
  bit
• 51:08
  more
• 51:09
  subtle.
• 51:10
  And
• 51:10
  the
• 51:11
  fact
• 51:11
  that
• 51:12
  I
• 51:13
  wanted
• 51:13
  to
• 51:13
  create
• 51:13
  books
• 51:14
  that
• 51:14
  could
• 51:14
  be
• 51:14
  read
• 51:15
  out
• 51:15
  loud
• 51:15
  to
• 51:16
  children
• 51:17
  because
• 51:18
  that
• 51:18
  is
• 51:18
  such
• 51:19
  a
• 51:19
  critical
• 51:20
  thing.
• 51:21
  Read
• 51:22
  to
• 51:22
  your
• 51:22
  kids.
• 51:23
  My
• 51:23
  mother
• 51:23
  read
• 51:24
  books
• 51:24
  to
• 51:24
  me.
• 51:25
  That's
• 51:25
  what
• 51:25
  got
• 51:25
  me
• 51:25
  into
• 51:26
  the
• 51:26
  books.
• 51:26
  Got
• 51:27
  me
• 51:27
  to
• 51:27
  go
• 51:27
  to
• 51:27
  the
• 51:27
  library,
• 51:28
  got
• 51:29
  me
• 51:29
  to
• 51:29
  enjoy
• 51:30
  books
• 51:30
  for
• 51:31
  all
• 51:31
  of
• 51:31
  my
• 51:31
  life
• 51:32
  and
• 51:32
  later
• 51:32
  audiobook
• 51:34
  that
• 51:34
  I
• 51:35
  wanted
• 51:35
  to
• 51:35
  write.
• 51:35
  Books
• 51:36
  that
• 51:37
  felt
• 51:38
  really
• 51:38
  good
• 51:38
  when
• 51:38
  you
• 51:39
  read
• 51:39
  them
• 51:39
  aloud.
• 51:40
  Nice.
• 51:41
  So,
• 51:42
  final
• 51:43
  thoughts.
• 51:43
  Richard,
• 51:44
  is
• 51:44
  there
• 51:44
  anything
• 51:45
  you'd
• 51:46
  like
• 51:46
  to
• 51:46
  share
• 51:47
  before
• 51:47
  we
• 51:47
  conclude
• 51:48
  this
• 51:48
  podcast
• 51:49
  interview?
• 51:50
  Yes,
• 51:51
  I
• 51:51
  would
• 51:51
  like
• 51:51
  to
• 51:51
  read
• 51:52
  just
• 51:52
  a
• 51:53
  minute
• 51:53
  or
• 51:53
  so
• 51:53
  of
• 51:54
  my
• 51:54
  book.
• 51:55
  Terrific.
• 51:55
  You're
• 51:56
  going
• 51:56
  to
• 51:56
  read
• 51:56
  from
• 51:56
  your
• 51:57
  first.
• 51:57
  Book,
• 51:57
  the
• 51:57
  Day
• 51:58
  the
• 51:58
  Clowns
• 51:58
  Went
• 51:59
  Away.
• 51:59
  Once
• 52:00
  upon
• 52:00
  a
• 52:00
  time,
• 52:01
  a
• 52:01
  long
• 52:01
  time
• 52:02
  ago,
• 52:02
  in
• 52:02
  a
• 52:02
  princess
• 52:03
  dome
• 52:03
  far
• 52:03
  away,
• 52:04
  lived
• 52:05
  a
• 52:05
  bold,
• 52:05
  independent
• 52:06
  and
• 52:06
  self
• 52:07
  assured
• 52:07
  princess
• 52:08
  named
• 52:08
  Claudia.
• 52:09
  She
• 52:09
  had
• 52:09
  very
• 52:10
  little
• 52:10
  eyesight,
• 52:11
  so
• 52:11
  she
• 52:11
  had
• 52:11
  a
• 52:11
  guide
• 52:12
  owl
• 52:12
  named
• 52:12
  Iris.
• 52:14
  Princess
• 52:14
  Claudia
• 52:15
  had
• 52:15
  a
• 52:15
  glorious
• 52:16
  party
• 52:16
  planned
• 52:16
  soon
• 52:17
  for
• 52:17
  her
• 52:17
  eighth
• 52:17
  birthday.
• 52:18
  She
• 52:19
  loved
• 52:19
  the
• 52:19
  brightness
• 52:20
  of
• 52:20
  blue
• 52:20
  skies.
• 52:21
  But
• 52:21
  when
• 52:21
  a
• 52:22
  huge
• 52:22
  black
• 52:22
  cloud
• 52:23
  blocked
• 52:23
  out
• 52:23
  the
• 52:23
  sun,
• 52:24
  she
• 52:24
  worried
• 52:25
  that
• 52:25
  rain
• 52:25
  might
• 52:25
  come
• 52:26
  and
• 52:26
  ruin
• 52:26
  her
• 52:27
  carefully
• 52:27
  planned
• 52:28
  party.
• 52:28
  Princess
• 52:29
  Claudia
• 52:29
  turned
• 52:30
  to
• 52:30
  a
• 52:30
  wizard.
• 52:30
  Bumbledoo
• 52:32
  Dumbledore.
• 52:32
  She
• 52:33
  commanded,
• 52:33
  I've
• 52:34
  never
• 52:34
  seen
• 52:34
  clouds,
• 52:35
  but
• 52:35
  they
• 52:35
  make
• 52:35
  loud
• 52:36
  thunder
• 52:36
  and
• 52:36
  that
• 52:37
  hurts
• 52:37
  my
• 52:37
  ears
• 52:38
  and
• 52:38
  they
• 52:38
  bring
• 52:39
  rain.
• 52:39
  So
• 52:40
  I
• 52:40
  order
• 52:40
  you
• 52:40
  to
• 52:41
  make
• 52:41
  them
• 52:41
  go
• 52:41
  away.
• 52:42
  Fumbledore
• 52:43
  didn't
• 52:43
  think
• 52:44
  it
• 52:44
  was
• 52:44
  a
• 52:44
  good
• 52:44
  idea,
• 52:45
  but
• 52:45
  he
• 52:45
  loudly
• 52:46
  cast
• 52:46
  the
• 52:46
  spell.
• 52:47
  Clodius
• 52:48
  disappears,
• 52:50
  not
• 52:50
  being
• 52:50
  the
• 52:50
  most
• 52:51
  graceful
• 52:51
  of
• 52:51
  wizards.
• 52:52
  He
• 52:52
  stumbled
• 52:52
  and
• 52:53
  dropped
• 52:53
  his
• 52:53
  wand
• 52:53
  mid
• 52:54
  spell.
• 52:55
  Oh
• 52:55
  dear.
• 52:56
  I
• 52:56
  don't
• 52:57
  think
• 52:57
  I
• 52:57
  did
• 52:57
  that.
• 52:58
  He
• 52:58
  was
• 52:58
  correct.
• 53:00
  Down
• 53:00
  goes
• 53:01
  the
• 53:01
  story.
• 53:02
  Oh,
• 53:03
  Richard,
• 53:03
  thank
• 53:04
  you
• 53:04
  so
• 53:04
  much
• 53:04
  for
• 53:04
  being
• 53:05
  a
• 53:05
  guest
• 53:05
  on
• 53:05
  children's
• 53:06
  MacArthur's
• 53:06
  PODC
• 53:07
  podcast,
• 53:07
  Adventures
• 53:08
  of
• 53:08
  the
• 53:08
  Heart.
• 53:09
  Your
• 53:09
  generosity
• 53:10
  of
• 53:10
  time,
• 53:11
  your
• 53:11
  insights.
• 53:12
  Oh,
• 53:12
  we
• 53:12
  got
• 53:12
  some
• 53:13
  great
• 53:13
  insights.
• 53:13
  Will
• 53:14
  significantly
• 53:14
  benefit
• 53:15
  aspiring
• 53:16
  authors
• 53:17
  and
• 53:17
  readers.
• 53:18
  We
• 53:18
  promise
• 53:19
  to
• 53:19
  provide
• 53:20
  our
• 53:20
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• 53:21
  with
• 53:21
  links
• 53:21
  to
• 53:22
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• 53:22
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• 53:22
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• 53:23
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• 53:23
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• 53:24
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• 53:24
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• 53:25
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• 53:39
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• 53:40
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• 53:40
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• 53:41
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• 53:41
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• 53:41
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• 53:42
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• 53:42
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• 53:43
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• 53:43
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• 53:43
  Dom.
• 53:44
  Thank
• 53:45
  you,
• 53:45
  Richard.
• 53:46
  Thank
• 53:46
  you,
• 53:46
  Rick,
• 53:47
  so
• 53:47
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• 53:47
  Appreciate
• 53:48
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