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Creating Stories For and About Military Children: Sarah Doran's Unique Perspective · Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors Podcast

• 2:56
  Foreign
• 3:07
  Sarah
• 3:08
  Doran,
• 3:08
  author
• 3:09
  of
• 3:09
  the
• 3:09
  Peppered
• 3:10
  sky
• 3:10
  and
• 3:11
  Sleeping
• 3:11
  Giants.
• 3:12
  Hi
• 3:13
  Sarah.
• 3:13
  Thanks
• 3:14
  for
• 3:14
  joining
• 3:14
  us
• 3:14
  on
• 3:15
  the
• 3:15
  Adventures
• 3:16
  in
• 3:16
  the
• 3:16
  Heart
• 3:16
  of
• 3:16
  Children's
• 3:17
  Book
• 3:17
  Authors
• 3:18
  podcast.
• 3:18
  Great
• 3:19
  to
• 3:19
  have
• 3:19
  you
• 3:19
  here
• 3:19
  as
• 3:20
  a
• 3:20
  guest.
• 3:21
  Thank
• 3:21
  you
• 3:21
  for
• 3:21
  having
• 3:21
  me.
• 3:22
  I'm
• 3:22
  so
• 3:22
  excited
• 3:23
  to
• 3:23
  chat
• 3:23
  with
• 3:23
  you.
• 3:24
  First
• 3:24
  thing
• 3:24
  I
• 3:24
  wanted
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  to
• 3:25
  mention
• 3:25
  to
• 3:25
  the
• 3:26
  audience
• 3:26
  because
• 3:26
  they're
• 3:26
  going
• 3:27
  to
• 3:27
  wonder
• 3:27
  why
• 3:27
  I
• 3:27
  get
• 3:27
  so
• 3:28
  excited
• 3:28
  about
• 3:28
  the
• 3:28
  Peppered
• 3:29
  Sky.
• 3:30
  Sarah's
• 3:30
  going
• 3:30
  to
• 3:30
  get
• 3:31
  more
• 3:31
  into
• 3:31
  that
• 3:31
  and
• 3:31
  we'll
• 3:32
  delve
• 3:32
  into
• 3:33
  it.
• 3:33
  But
• 3:33
  my
• 3:34
  dad
• 3:34
  was
• 3:34
  in
• 3:35
  the
• 3:35
  Canadian
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  Armed
• 3:35
  Forces
• 3:36
  and
• 3:36
  he
• 3:36
  was
• 3:37
  a
• 3:37
  paratrooper.
• 3:38
  I
• 3:38
  want
• 3:38
  the
• 3:38
  audience
• 3:39
  to
• 3:39
  know
• 3:39
  that
• 3:40
  when
• 3:40
  we
• 3:40
  get
• 3:40
  into
• 3:41
  Sarah's
• 3:42
  book
• 3:42
  about
• 3:42
  the
• 3:43
  Peppered
• 3:43
  sky,
• 3:44
  everyone
• 3:44
  understands.
• 3:45
  Why
• 3:45
  is
• 3:45
  he
• 3:45
  so
• 3:45
  darn
• 3:46
  excited
• 3:46
  about
• 3:47
  these
• 3:47
  things?
• 3:47
  And
• 3:48
  even
• 3:48
  the
• 3:48
  little.
• 3:49
  The
• 3:49
  little
• 3:50
  instruction
• 3:51
  page
• 3:51
  at
• 3:51
  the
• 3:52
  back
• 3:52
  on
• 3:53
  how
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  to
• 3:53
  put
• 3:53
  your
• 3:54
  own
• 3:54
  little
• 3:54
  paratrooper
• 3:55
  together.
• 3:55
  I
• 3:56
  got
• 3:56
  a
• 3:56
  story
• 3:56
  to
• 3:56
  share
• 3:57
  with
• 3:57
  you
• 3:57
  as
• 3:58
  we
• 3:58
  get
• 3:58
  into
• 3:58
  it.
• 3:59
  Fantastic.
• 3:59
  I
• 4:00
  can't
• 4:00
  wait.
• 4:01
  Oh,
• 4:01
  great.
• 4:01
  As
• 4:01
  you
• 4:02
  can
• 4:02
  see,
• 4:02
  I
• 4:02
  purchased
• 4:03
  the
• 4:03
  book
• 4:04
  the
• 4:04
  Peppered
• 4:04
  Sky.
• 4:05
  I
• 4:05
  love
• 4:05
  it.
• 4:05
  It's
• 4:06
  beautiful
• 4:06
  graphics,
• 4:07
  great
• 4:07
  story,
• 4:08
  and
• 4:08
  the
• 4:09
  amount
• 4:09
  of
• 4:09
  detail
• 4:10
  at
• 4:10
  the
• 4:10
  end
• 4:10
  of
• 4:11
  the
• 4:11
  book,
• 4:11
  the
• 4:11
  activities
• 4:12
  is
• 4:13
  fantastic.
• 4:14
  Sarah,
• 4:14
  give
• 4:15
  us
• 4:15
  a
• 4:15
  glimpse
• 4:15
  into
• 4:16
  your
• 4:16
  military
• 4:17
  background
• 4:17
  as
• 4:18
  a
• 4:18
  Blackhawk
• 4:19
  helicopter
• 4:20
  mechanic.
• 4:21
  Yeah,
• 4:22
  I
• 4:22
  joined
• 4:22
  the
• 4:22
  army
• 4:23
  when
• 4:23
  I
• 4:23
  was
• 4:23
  21.
• 4:24
  I
• 4:24
  actually
• 4:24
  celebrated
• 4:24
  my
• 4:25
  22nd
• 4:25
  birthday
• 4:26
  at
• 4:26
  basic
• 4:26
  training.
• 4:27
  So
• 4:27
  that
• 4:27
  was
• 4:27
  super
• 4:27
  fun.
• 4:28
  I
• 4:28
  joined
• 4:28
  the
• 4:29
  army
• 4:29
  for
• 4:29
  six
• 4:30
  years
• 4:30
  as
• 4:31
  a
• 4:31
  helicopter
• 4:31
  mechanic.
• 4:32
  I
• 4:32
  worked
• 4:32
  on
• 4:32
  Blackhawks
• 4:33
  and
• 4:33
  we
• 4:34
  did
• 4:34
  just
• 4:34
  basic
• 4:34
  component
• 4:35
  swapping.
• 4:36
  We
• 4:36
  took
• 4:36
  care
• 4:36
  of
• 4:37
  inspections
• 4:37
  and
• 4:38
  washes
• 4:38
  and
• 4:39
  things
• 4:39
  like
• 4:39
  that.
• 4:39
  So
• 4:39
  just
• 4:40
  your
• 4:40
  average
• 4:40
  mechanic
• 4:41
  works
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  on
• 4:41
  a
• 4:42
  helicopter.
• 4:42
  Don't
• 4:43
  know
• 4:43
  if
• 4:43
  people
• 4:43
  will
• 4:43
  think
• 4:44
  working
• 4:45
  on
• 4:45
  a
• 4:45
  Blackhawk
• 4:46
  helicopter
• 4:47
  is
• 4:47
  just
• 4:47
  a
• 4:47
  basic
• 4:48
  mechanic.
• 4:48
  That's
• 4:49
  pretty
• 4:49
  cool.
• 4:49
  It
• 4:49
  was
• 4:50
  really
• 4:50
  amazing
• 4:50
  too
• 4:51
  because
• 4:51
  before
• 4:51
  the
• 4:52
  army
• 4:52
  I
• 4:52
  had
• 4:52
  never
• 4:53
  even
• 4:53
  changed
• 4:53
  a
• 4:53
  car
• 4:54
  tires.
• 4:54
  I
• 4:54
  didn't
• 4:55
  really
• 4:55
  know
• 4:55
  a
• 4:55
  whole
• 4:56
  lot
• 4:56
  about
• 4:56
  anything
• 4:57
  mechanic
• 4:58
  related.
• 4:58
  And
• 4:59
  it
• 4:59
  was
• 4:59
  exciting
• 5:00
  to
• 5:00
  try
• 5:01
  something
• 5:01
  new
• 5:01
  and
• 5:01
  to
• 5:01
  challenge
• 5:02
  myself.
• 5:03
  And
• 5:03
  I
• 5:03
  really
• 5:03
  learned
• 5:04
  so
• 5:04
  much,
• 5:04
  not
• 5:04
  only
• 5:05
  in
• 5:05
  school,
• 5:06
  but
• 5:06
  as
• 5:06
  I
• 5:06
  was
• 5:07
  going
• 5:07
  about
• 5:08
  my
• 5:08
  job.
• 5:08
  And
• 5:09
  eventually
• 5:09
  I
• 5:09
  actually
• 5:10
  also
• 5:10
  became
• 5:10
  a
• 5:11
  crew
• 5:11
  chief,
• 5:11
  which
• 5:11
  is
• 5:12
  a
• 5:12
  mechanic
• 5:12
  who
• 5:13
  flies
• 5:13
  with
• 5:13
  the
• 5:13
  crew.
• 5:14
  And
• 5:14
  so
• 5:14
  we
• 5:15
  were
• 5:15
  able
• 5:15
  to
• 5:15
  to
• 5:16
  fly
• 5:16
  around.
• 5:16
  I
• 5:16
  spent
• 5:17
  time
• 5:17
  in
• 5:17
  Iraq
• 5:17
  and
• 5:17
  Afghanistan
• 5:18
  during
• 5:18
  my
• 5:19
  six
• 5:19
  years.
• 5:19
  Wow.
• 5:20
  And
• 5:20
  it
• 5:20
  was
• 5:21
  just
• 5:21
  a
• 5:21
  very
• 5:21
  special,
• 5:22
  very
• 5:22
  challenging,
• 5:23
  but
• 5:23
  very
• 5:23
  fulfilling
• 5:24
  career
• 5:25
  opportunity.
• 5:25
  Good
• 5:26
  for
• 5:26
  you
• 5:26
  because
• 5:26
  I
• 5:26
  don't
• 5:27
  even
• 5:27
  think
• 5:27
  I
• 5:27
  can
• 5:28
  change
• 5:28
  a
• 5:28
  spare
• 5:28
  tire,
• 5:29
  so
• 5:29
  I
• 5:30
  don't
• 5:30
  even
• 5:30
  know
• 5:30
  where
• 5:30
  it
• 5:30
  is.
• 5:31
  Oh
• 5:32
  no,
• 5:32
  it
• 5:32
  skipped
• 5:33
  a
• 5:33
  generation
• 5:34
  because
• 5:34
  my
• 5:34
  dad
• 5:35
  was
• 5:35
  very
• 5:35
  mechanical
• 5:36
  and
• 5:36
  so
• 5:37
  was
• 5:37
  my
• 5:37
  son
• 5:38
  and
• 5:38
  actually
• 5:38
  so
• 5:38
  is
• 5:39
  his
• 5:39
  sons.
• 5:40
  But
• 5:40
  I
• 5:41
  don't
• 5:41
  know.
• 5:41
  Skip
• 5:41
  me
• 5:42
  if
• 5:43
  I
• 5:43
  can
• 5:43
  do
• 5:43
  it.
• 5:43
  Just
• 5:44
  about
• 5:44
  anybody
• 5:44
  can
• 5:45
  learn
• 5:45
  how
• 5:45
  to
• 5:45
  do
• 5:45
  it
• 5:45
  just
• 5:46
  takes
• 5:46
  a
• 5:46
  little
• 5:46
  bit
• 5:46
  of
• 5:46
  dedication
• 5:47
  and
• 5:47
  you
• 5:47
  can
• 5:48
  do
• 5:48
  it.
• 5:48
  After
• 5:48
  the
• 5:48
  podcast
• 5:49
  show,
• 5:49
  I'm
• 5:49
  gonna
• 5:49
  go
• 5:49
  just
• 5:50
  change
• 5:50
  a
• 5:50
  tire
• 5:50
  just
• 5:50
  for
• 5:51
  the.
• 5:51
  Heck
• 5:51
  can
• 5:52
  get
• 5:52
  you
• 5:52
  far
• 5:52
  in
• 5:52
  life.
• 5:53
  Isn't
• 5:53
  that
• 5:53
  the
• 5:54
  truth?
• 5:55
  So
• 5:55
  for
• 5:56
  the
• 5:56
  audience,
• 5:56
  I
• 5:56
  just
• 5:57
  want
• 5:57
  you
• 5:57
  to
• 5:57
  realize
• 5:58
  as
• 5:58
  we
• 5:58
  get
• 5:59
  into
• 5:59
  talking
• 6:00
  about
• 6:00
  Sarah's
• 6:01
  two
• 6:01
  books,
• 6:01
  the
• 6:02
  Peppered
• 6:02
  sky
• 6:03
  and
• 6:03
  Sleeping
• 6:04
  Giants,
• 6:05
  and
• 6:05
  we're
• 6:05
  going
• 6:05
  to
• 6:06
  focus
• 6:06
  primarily
• 6:06
  on
• 6:07
  the
• 6:07
  Peppered
• 6:07
  sky,
• 6:08
  but
• 6:08
  we
• 6:08
  definitely
• 6:09
  will
• 6:09
  get
• 6:09
  around
• 6:09
  to
• 6:10
  referencing
• 6:10
  Sleeping
• 6:11
  Giants
• 6:11
  also.
• 6:12
  And
• 6:12
  I
• 6:13
  wanted
• 6:13
  folks
• 6:14
  to
• 6:14
  know
• 6:15
  Sarah's
• 6:15
  background.
• 6:16
  So
• 6:16
  then
• 6:16
  when
• 6:16
  we
• 6:17
  get
• 6:17
  into
• 6:17
  discussing
• 6:18
  the
• 6:18
  books,
• 6:18
  they
• 6:18
  go,
• 6:19
  what
• 6:19
  was
• 6:19
  your
• 6:20
  point
• 6:20
  of
• 6:20
  reference?
• 6:21
  And
• 6:21
  now
• 6:21
  they'll,
• 6:22
  they'll
• 6:22
  understand
• 6:22
  that.
• 6:23
  Fantastic.
• 6:25
  Now
• 6:25
  I,
• 6:26
  I
• 6:26
  want
• 6:26
  to
• 6:26
  talk
• 6:26
  to
• 6:27
  you
• 6:27
  a
• 6:27
  bit
• 6:27
  about
• 6:28
  the
• 6:28
  inspiration
• 6:29
  behind
• 6:29
  your.
• 6:30
  And
• 6:30
  you
• 6:30
  can
• 6:31
  talk
• 6:31
  about
• 6:31
  both
• 6:31
  books,
• 6:32
  but
• 6:32
  talk
• 6:32
  to
• 6:32
  us
• 6:33
  about
• 6:33
  the
• 6:33
  inspiration
• 6:34
  behind
• 6:34
  the
• 6:34
  books.
• 6:34
  And
• 6:34
  how
• 6:35
  did
• 6:35
  it
• 6:35
  all
• 6:35
  get
• 6:36
  started?
• 6:36
  I
• 6:37
  actually
• 6:37
  grew
• 6:37
  up
• 6:38
  a
• 6:38
  military
• 6:38
  child,
• 6:39
  which
• 6:39
  is
• 6:39
  just
• 6:39
  a
• 6:40
  child
• 6:40
  of
• 6:40
  a
• 6:40
  service
• 6:41
  member.
• 6:41
  Any
• 6:42
  of
• 6:42
  the
• 6:42
  six
• 6:42
  branches
• 6:42
  of
• 6:43
  service,
• 6:43
  their
• 6:43
  children
• 6:44
  are
• 6:44
  considered
• 6:44
  military
• 6:45
  children.
• 6:45
  And
• 6:46
  growing
• 6:46
  up,
• 6:46
  I
• 6:46
  didn't
• 6:47
  have
• 6:47
  books
• 6:47
  that
• 6:48
  represented
• 6:48
  military
• 6:49
  families.
• 6:49
  It
• 6:49
  was
• 6:50
  very
• 6:50
  rare
• 6:50
  to
• 6:51
  find
• 6:51
  anything
• 6:52
  even
• 6:52
  remotely
• 6:53
  related
• 6:53
  to
• 6:53
  your
• 6:53
  lifestyle.
• 6:54
  And
• 6:55
  fast
• 6:55
  forward
• 6:55
  to
• 6:56
  my
• 6:56
  adult
• 6:56
  years
• 6:57
  after
• 6:57
  the
• 6:57
  army
• 6:58
  and
• 6:58
  I
• 6:58
  went
• 6:58
  to
• 6:58
  school
• 6:59
  to
• 6:59
  be
• 6:59
  a
• 6:59
  teacher
• 6:59
  and
• 7:00
  did
• 7:00
  a
• 7:00
  project
• 7:01
  in
• 7:01
  children's
• 7:02
  literature
• 7:02
  focusing
• 7:03
  in
• 7:03
  on
• 7:04
  military
• 7:05
  children's
• 7:05
  literature
• 7:06
  and
• 7:07
  representing
• 7:07
  military
• 7:08
  families.
• 7:08
  And
• 7:08
  realized
• 7:09
  there
• 7:09
  were
• 7:09
  still
• 7:10
  very
• 7:10
  few
• 7:10
  books
• 7:10
  out
• 7:11
  there
• 7:11
  about
• 7:12
  military
• 7:12
  families.
• 7:13
  And
• 7:13
  once
• 7:13
  I
• 7:14
  finally
• 7:15
  decided
• 7:15
  to
• 7:15
  try
• 7:16
  putting
• 7:16
  my
• 7:16
  writing
• 7:17
  and
• 7:17
  I've
• 7:17
  always
• 7:17
  been
• 7:17
  a
• 7:17
  writer,
• 7:18
  but
• 7:18
  I
• 7:18
  really
• 7:19
  hadn't
• 7:19
  written
• 7:19
  children's
• 7:20
  stories,
• 7:20
  I
• 7:21
  put
• 7:21
  my
• 7:21
  writing
• 7:21
  with
• 7:21
  my
• 7:22
  military
• 7:22
  background,
• 7:23
  my
• 7:23
  childhood
• 7:23
  as
• 7:24
  well
• 7:24
  as
• 7:24
  my
• 7:24
  adult
• 7:25
  experiences
• 7:26
  and
• 7:26
  stories
• 7:26
  like
• 7:27
  the
• 7:27
  Peppered
• 7:27
  sky
• 7:28
  and
• 7:28
  Sleeping
• 7:28
  Giants
• 7:29
  were
• 7:29
  formed.
• 7:30
  It's
• 7:30
  interesting.
• 7:31
  I
• 7:31
  talk.
• 7:31
  I.
• 7:32
  You
• 7:32
  may
• 7:32
  know
• 7:32
  this
• 7:33
  lady,
• 7:33
  Monica
• 7:34
  Voiku
• 7:34
  Denison.
• 7:35
  Yes.
• 7:36
  Monica
• 7:37
  and
• 7:37
  I
• 7:37
  are
• 7:37
  friends.
• 7:38
  We
• 7:38
  met
• 7:38
  through
• 7:39
  mutual
• 7:39
  author
• 7:40
  communities.
• 7:40
  Oh,
• 7:41
  fantastic.
• 7:42
  Monica
• 7:42
  was
• 7:42
  recently
• 7:43
  on
• 7:43
  our
• 7:43
  show
• 7:44
  and
• 7:44
  of
• 7:44
  course,
• 7:45
  we
• 7:45
  got
• 7:45
  into
• 7:45
  talking
• 7:46
  about
• 7:46
  it
• 7:46
  because
• 7:47
  I
• 7:47
  grew
• 7:47
  up
• 7:47
  in
• 7:48
  the
• 7:48
  Canadian
• 7:48
  Armed
• 7:48
  Forces.
• 7:49
  They
• 7:49
  call
• 7:49
  you
• 7:50
  army
• 7:50
  brats?
• 7:51
  Yes.
• 7:52
  And
• 7:52
  she
• 7:52
  has
• 7:52
  a
• 7:53
  book
• 7:53
  called
• 7:53
  Maggie
• 7:54
  the
• 7:54
  Military
• 7:54
  Rat.
• 7:55
  And
• 7:56
  so
• 7:56
  it's
• 7:56
  military
• 7:57
  brat.
• 7:57
  So
• 7:57
  that
• 7:58
  was
• 7:58
  the
• 7:58
  only
• 7:58
  difference.
• 7:58
  But
• 7:59
  it
• 7:59
  was
• 7:59
  a
• 7:59
  lot
• 7:59
  of
• 7:59
  fun
• 7:59
  talking
• 8:00
  to
• 8:00
  her.
• 8:00
  And.
• 8:01
  And
• 8:02
  like
• 8:02
  you,
• 8:02
  you
• 8:02
  talked
• 8:03
  about
• 8:03
  your
• 8:03
  background
• 8:04
  actually
• 8:05
  being
• 8:05
  a
• 8:05
  military
• 8:06
  kid.
• 8:06
  That
• 8:07
  was
• 8:07
  my
• 8:07
  background
• 8:08
  for
• 8:08
  25
• 8:09
  years.
• 8:10
  My
• 8:10
  first
• 8:10
  25
• 8:11
  years
• 8:11
  of
• 8:11
  my
• 8:11
  life
• 8:12
  was
• 8:13
  I
• 8:13
  was
• 8:13
  a
• 8:13
  military
• 8:14
  brat
• 8:15
  and
• 8:16
  got
• 8:16
  very
• 8:17
  lucky
• 8:17
  because
• 8:18
  we
• 8:18
  got
• 8:18
  to
• 8:19
  travel
• 8:19
  all
• 8:19
  over
• 8:20
  Europe
• 8:20
  and
• 8:21
  Canada
• 8:22
  and
• 8:22
  it
• 8:22
  was
• 8:23
  a
• 8:23
  pretty
• 8:23
  amazing
• 8:24
  life.
• 8:24
  And
• 8:24
  I
• 8:25
  wouldn't
• 8:25
  go
• 8:25
  back
• 8:25
  and
• 8:25
  trade
• 8:26
  it
• 8:26
  for
• 8:26
  anything.
• 8:27
  No,
• 8:28
  I'M
• 8:28
  right
• 8:28
  there
• 8:28
  with
• 8:28
  you.
• 8:29
  I
• 8:29
  absolutely
• 8:30
  adored
• 8:30
  being
• 8:30
  a
• 8:31
  military
• 8:31
  kid
• 8:32
  and
• 8:32
  getting
• 8:33
  to
• 8:33
  travel,
• 8:33
  getting
• 8:34
  to
• 8:34
  meet
• 8:34
  new
• 8:34
  people
• 8:34
  and
• 8:35
  try
• 8:35
  new
• 8:35
  things.
• 8:36
  I
• 8:36
  highly
• 8:36
  recommend
• 8:37
  Monica's
• 8:37
  book
• 8:38
  as
• 8:38
  well.
• 8:38
  It's
• 8:38
  one
• 8:38
  of
• 8:39
  my
• 8:39
  very
• 8:39
  favorite
• 8:39
  military
• 8:40
  children's
• 8:40
  books
• 8:40
  out
• 8:41
  there.
• 8:41
  And
• 8:41
  she
• 8:42
  and
• 8:42
  I
• 8:42
  have
• 8:42
  developed
• 8:42
  a
• 8:42
  quick
• 8:43
  friendship
• 8:43
  over
• 8:43
  the
• 8:44
  years
• 8:44
  because
• 8:44
  we
• 8:44
  just
• 8:45
  have
• 8:45
  this
• 8:45
  shared
• 8:46
  love
• 8:46
  and
• 8:46
  passion
• 8:46
  for
• 8:47
  military
• 8:47
  kids.
• 8:47
  Highly
• 8:48
  recommend.
• 8:49
  Fantastic.
• 8:49
  Yeah,
• 8:50
  It's
• 8:50
  a
• 8:50
  Small
• 8:50
  World.
• 8:51
  It
• 8:52
  is.
• 8:52
  Yeah.
• 8:53
  You
• 8:53
  mentioned
• 8:53
  you
• 8:53
  have
• 8:54
  a
• 8:54
  background
• 8:54
  in
• 8:54
  teaching.
• 8:55
  And
• 8:56
  it's
• 8:56
  interesting
• 8:57
  because
• 8:58
  almost
• 8:58
  every.
• 8:59
  I'd
• 8:59
  say
• 8:59
  99%
• 9:00
  of
• 9:01
  my
• 9:01
  guests
• 9:01
  that
• 9:01
  I've
• 9:02
  talked
• 9:02
  to
• 9:03
  have
• 9:03
  either
• 9:03
  been
• 9:04
  teachers
• 9:05
  or
• 9:05
  retired
• 9:06
  teachers
• 9:07
  or
• 9:07
  they've
• 9:07
  been
• 9:07
  in
• 9:08
  the
• 9:08
  service.
• 9:08
  It's
• 9:09
  amazing
• 9:09
  to
• 9:09
  me,
• 9:10
  when
• 9:10
  you
• 9:10
  look
• 9:10
  at
• 9:11
  the
• 9:11
  children's
• 9:12
  book
• 9:12
  authors,
• 9:13
  the
• 9:13
  backgrounds
• 9:14
  of
• 9:14
  many
• 9:15
  of
• 9:15
  my
• 9:15
  guests
• 9:16
  are
• 9:16
  from
• 9:16
  a
• 9:16
  teaching
• 9:17
  background.
• 9:17
  Pretty
• 9:17
  amazing.
• 9:18
  So
• 9:18
  tell
• 9:19
  us,
• 9:19
  because
• 9:20
  you
• 9:20
  said,
• 9:20
  oh,
• 9:20
  you
• 9:21
  know
• 9:21
  what?
• 9:22
  I
• 9:22
  wasn't
• 9:22
  really
• 9:23
  thinking
• 9:23
  about
• 9:24
  writing
• 9:25
  a
• 9:25
  children's
• 9:25
  book.
• 9:25
  How
• 9:26
  did
• 9:26
  that
• 9:26
  all
• 9:26
  come
• 9:26
  about?
• 9:27
  Tell
• 9:27
  us
• 9:28
  the
• 9:28
  inspiration
• 9:29
  behind
• 9:29
  you
• 9:29
  writing
• 9:30
  your
• 9:30
  first
• 9:30
  book
• 9:31
  and
• 9:31
  how
• 9:31
  that
• 9:31
  led
• 9:32
  to
• 9:32
  your
• 9:32
  second
• 9:32
  book.
• 9:33
  When
• 9:33
  I
• 9:33
  was
• 9:34
  reflecting
• 9:34
  on
• 9:35
  my
• 9:35
  favorite
• 9:36
  moments
• 9:36
  as
• 9:36
  a
• 9:37
  military
• 9:37
  child,
• 9:38
  the
• 9:38
  first
• 9:38
  thing
• 9:38
  that
• 9:39
  came
• 9:39
  to
• 9:39
  my
• 9:39
  mind
• 9:40
  was
• 9:40
  watching
• 9:40
  my
• 9:40
  dad
• 9:41
  jump
• 9:41
  out
• 9:41
  of
• 9:41
  airplanes
• 9:42
  as
• 9:42
  a
• 9:43
  child
• 9:43
  with
• 9:43
  my
• 9:43
  brothers
• 9:44
  and
• 9:44
  my
• 9:44
  sister
• 9:45
  out
• 9:45
  on
• 9:45
  the
• 9:45
  drop
• 9:45
  zone
• 9:46
  and
• 9:47
  getting
• 9:47
  to
• 9:47
  see
• 9:47
  him
• 9:48
  and
• 9:48
  his
• 9:49
  paratrooper
• 9:49
  training
• 9:50
  jumps.
• 9:50
  It's
• 9:51
  really
• 9:51
  a
• 9:51
  very
• 9:51
  unique,
• 9:52
  magical
• 9:53
  kind
• 9:53
  of
• 9:53
  experience
• 9:54
  that
• 9:54
  I
• 9:54
  don't
• 9:54
  think
• 9:55
  most
• 9:55
  people,
• 9:55
  even
• 9:56
  military
• 9:56
  families,
• 9:57
  get
• 9:57
  to
• 9:57
  experience.
• 9:58
  And
• 9:59
  I
• 9:59
  just
• 9:59
  knew
• 10:00
  it
• 10:00
  was
• 10:00
  going
• 10:00
  to
• 10:00
  translate
• 10:01
  beautifully
• 10:01
  into
• 10:01
  this
• 10:02
  very
• 10:02
  experiential
• 10:02
  type
• 10:03
  of
• 10:03
  children's
• 10:04
  story.
• 10:04
  So
• 10:05
  part
• 10:05
  of
• 10:05
  my
• 10:06
  goal
• 10:06
  as
• 10:06
  an
• 10:06
  author
• 10:07
  is
• 10:07
  to
• 10:07
  not
• 10:07
  only
• 10:07
  create
• 10:08
  stories
• 10:08
  where
• 10:09
  military
• 10:09
  kids
• 10:09
  can
• 10:10
  see
• 10:10
  themselves
• 10:10
  in
• 10:10
  those
• 10:11
  stories,
• 10:11
  but
• 10:12
  also
• 10:12
  create
• 10:13
  stories
• 10:13
  that
• 10:13
  are
• 10:14
  windows
• 10:14
  of
• 10:14
  opportunity
• 10:15
  for
• 10:15
  readers
• 10:16
  who
• 10:16
  are
• 10:16
  curious
• 10:16
  about
• 10:17
  the
• 10:17
  armed
• 10:17
  forces,
• 10:18
  because
• 10:18
  military
• 10:19
  are.
• 10:19
  I
• 10:19
  think
• 10:20
  we
• 10:20
  represent
• 10:20
  about
• 10:21
  1%
• 10:22
  of
• 10:22
  the.
• 10:22
  Of
• 10:22
  the
• 10:22
  population
• 10:23
  in
• 10:23
  our.
• 10:24
  In
• 10:24
  the
• 10:24
  U.S.
• 10:25
  anyways,
• 10:25
  I
• 10:25
  don't
• 10:25
  know
• 10:26
  the
• 10:26
  other
• 10:26
  statistics
• 10:27
  for
• 10:27
  other
• 10:27
  countries.
• 10:27
  However,
• 10:28
  very
• 10:29
  small
• 10:29
  group
• 10:29
  of
• 10:29
  people.
• 10:30
  And
• 10:31
  it's
• 10:31
  not
• 10:31
  like
• 10:31
  you
• 10:31
  can
• 10:32
  waltz
• 10:32
  onto
• 10:32
  an
• 10:33
  installation
• 10:33
  and
• 10:34
  check
• 10:34
  everything
• 10:34
  out.
• 10:35
  And
• 10:35
  so
• 10:36
  this
• 10:36
  was
• 10:36
  a
• 10:36
  way
• 10:36
  for
• 10:36
  me
• 10:37
  to
• 10:37
  be
• 10:37
  able
• 10:37
  to
• 10:37
  teach
• 10:37
  and
• 10:38
  to
• 10:38
  educate,
• 10:38
  but
• 10:39
  also
• 10:39
  create
• 10:40
  an
• 10:40
  engaging
• 10:40
  story
• 10:41
  that
• 10:41
  children
• 10:41
  could
• 10:42
  really
• 10:42
  relate
• 10:42
  to.
• 10:43
  And
• 10:43
  so
• 10:44
  you
• 10:44
  were
• 10:44
  talking
• 10:44
  about
• 10:45
  teachers,
• 10:45
  and
• 10:45
  I
• 10:45
  do
• 10:46
  have
• 10:46
  a
• 10:46
  teacher's
• 10:46
  heart,
• 10:47
  and
• 10:47
  I
• 10:47
  was
• 10:47
  able
• 10:47
  to
• 10:48
  use
• 10:48
  up
• 10:48
  those
• 10:49
  extra
• 10:49
  pages
• 10:49
  at
• 10:49
  the
• 10:50
  end
• 10:50
  of
• 10:50
  the
• 10:50
  book
• 10:50
  to
• 10:50
  really
• 10:51
  pour
• 10:51
  out
• 10:51
  my
• 10:51
  teacher
• 10:52
  heart
• 10:52
  and
• 10:53
  create
• 10:53
  literary
• 10:54
  resources
• 10:55
  for
• 10:55
  parents
• 10:56
  and
• 10:56
  teachers
• 10:56
  to
• 10:56
  be
• 10:57
  able
• 10:57
  to
• 10:57
  extend
• 10:57
  beyond
• 10:57
  the
• 10:57
  story.
• 10:58
  Well,
• 10:58
  you
• 10:58
  did
• 10:58
  a
• 10:58
  fantastic
• 10:59
  job.
• 10:59
  And
• 10:59
  I
• 11:00
  have
• 11:00
  to
• 11:00
  jump
• 11:00
  in
• 11:01
  there
• 11:01
  just
• 11:01
  for
• 11:01
  a
• 11:01
  second
• 11:02
  because
• 11:02
  I
• 11:02
  want
• 11:02
  to
• 11:03
  tell
• 11:03
  everybody
• 11:04
  there's
• 11:05
  one
• 11:06
  exercise
• 11:07
  I
• 11:07
  love.
• 11:08
  It's
• 11:08
  the
• 11:08
  one
• 11:08
  that
• 11:08
  you
• 11:09
  call
• 11:09
  create
• 11:10
  your
• 11:10
  own
• 11:10
  paratrooper.
• 11:12
  Yes.
• 11:12
  I
• 11:12
  love
• 11:13
  how
• 11:13
  you
• 11:13
  use
• 11:13
  coffee
• 11:14
  filters.
• 11:14
  But
• 11:14
  I
• 11:15
  have
• 11:15
  to
• 11:15
  tell
• 11:15
  you
• 11:15
  a
• 11:15
  story
• 11:16
  because
• 11:16
  I'm
• 11:16
  more
• 11:17
  old
• 11:17
  school
• 11:18
  in
• 11:18
  the
• 11:18
  Canadian
• 11:19
  armed
• 11:19
  forces.
• 11:20
  One
• 11:20
  thing
• 11:20
  I
• 11:20
  always
• 11:21
  remember,
• 11:21
  and
• 11:21
  my
• 11:22
  mom
• 11:22
  worked
• 11:23
  a
• 11:23
  full
• 11:23
  time
• 11:23
  job
• 11:24
  and.
• 11:25
  But
• 11:25
  what
• 11:26
  happened
• 11:26
  was
• 11:27
  in
• 11:27
  the
• 11:27
  Canadian
• 11:28
  military
• 11:28
  at
• 11:29
  that
• 11:29
  time,
• 11:30
  they
• 11:30
  always
• 11:30
  had
• 11:31
  to
• 11:31
  have
• 11:31
  white
• 11:32
  kerchiefs.
• 11:33
  What
• 11:33
  do
• 11:33
  you
• 11:33
  call
• 11:33
  it?
• 11:34
  My
• 11:34
  mom
• 11:34
  would
• 11:34
  wash,
• 11:35
  I
• 11:35
  don't
• 11:35
  know,
• 11:36
  two
• 11:36
  dozen
• 11:37
  of
• 11:37
  these
• 11:37
  things.
• 11:38
  She
• 11:38
  would
• 11:38
  iron
• 11:39
  them
• 11:39
  because
• 11:39
  in
• 11:39
  the
• 11:40
  forces
• 11:40
  you
• 11:41
  had
• 11:41
  to
• 11:41
  be
• 11:41
  like
• 11:42
  buttoned
• 11:43
  right
• 11:43
  down.
• 11:43
  And
• 11:44
  so
• 11:44
  everything
• 11:44
  had
• 11:44
  to.
• 11:45
  Yeah,
• 11:45
  you
• 11:45
  had
• 11:45
  to
• 11:46
  shining
• 11:46
  and
• 11:47
  everything
• 11:47
  had
• 11:47
  to
• 11:47
  be
• 11:48
  clean.
• 11:49
  So
• 11:49
  I
• 11:49
  just
• 11:49
  remember
• 11:50
  as
• 11:50
  the
• 11:51
  kerchiefs
• 11:51
  got
• 11:51
  a
• 11:52
  little
• 11:53
  used,
• 11:54
  we
• 11:54
  would
• 11:54
  end
• 11:55
  up
• 11:55
  with
• 11:55
  them
• 11:56
  and
• 11:56
  then
• 11:57
  my
• 11:57
  mom
• 11:57
  would
• 11:57
  help
• 11:58
  us
• 11:58
  build.
• 11:59
  So
• 11:59
  instead
• 11:59
  of
• 11:59
  the
• 12:00
  coffee
• 12:00
  filter
• 12:00
  that
• 12:01
  you
• 12:01
  have
• 12:01
  in
• 12:01
  your
• 12:01
  exercise
• 12:02
  to
• 12:02
  make
• 12:02
  a
• 12:02
  parachute,
• 12:03
  we'd
• 12:04
  actually
• 12:04
  use
• 12:04
  the
• 12:05
  kerchief.
• 12:06
  And
• 12:06
  then
• 12:07
  my
• 12:07
  brother
• 12:07
  and
• 12:07
  I
• 12:07
  had
• 12:07
  bunk
• 12:08
  beds.
• 12:09
  We
• 12:09
  would
• 12:10
  spend
• 12:10
  hours
• 12:11
  climbing
• 12:11
  up
• 12:11
  the
• 12:11
  bunk
• 12:12
  beds
• 12:12
  and
• 12:12
  then
• 12:12
  dropping
• 12:13
  our
• 12:13
  paratrooper
• 12:14
  off
• 12:14
  the
• 12:15
  top
• 12:15
  of
• 12:15
  the
• 12:15
  bunk
• 12:15
  beds.
• 12:16
  So
• 12:16
  fantastic.
• 12:17
  I
• 12:17
  can
• 12:17
  imagine
• 12:18
  the
• 12:18
  whole
• 12:18
  scene
• 12:19
  and
• 12:19
  how
• 12:20
  those
• 12:20
  have
• 12:20
  work
• 12:20
  very
• 12:21
  beautifully
• 12:21
  because
• 12:21
  they're
• 12:21
  just
• 12:22
  the
• 12:22
  right
• 12:22
  size.
• 12:23
  Absolutely,
• 12:24
  absolutely.
• 12:24
  So
• 12:25
  thank
• 12:25
  you
• 12:25
  for
• 12:25
  doing
• 12:25
  that.
• 12:26
  And
• 12:26
  so
• 12:26
  anyone
• 12:27
  who's
• 12:27
  listening,
• 12:28
  if
• 12:28
  you're
• 12:28
  wondering
• 12:29
  how
• 12:29
  can
• 12:29
  I
• 12:29
  create
• 12:30
  my
• 12:30
  own
• 12:30
  paratrooper,
• 12:31
  all
• 12:31
  you
• 12:31
  have
• 12:32
  to
• 12:32
  do
• 12:32
  is
• 12:32
  purchase
• 12:33
  the
• 12:34
  peppered
• 12:34
  sky
• 12:35
  and
• 12:35
  then
• 12:35
  go
• 12:35
  to
• 12:35
  the
• 12:35
  back
• 12:36
  and
• 12:36
  you
• 12:36
  will
• 12:37
  find
• 12:37
  great
• 12:38
  details,
• 12:39
  including
• 12:40
  all
• 12:40
  the
• 12:40
  materials
• 12:41
  you
• 12:41
  need
• 12:42
  and
• 12:42
  how
• 12:42
  to
• 12:43
  actually
• 12:43
  build
• 12:44
  your
• 12:44
  own
• 12:44
  paratrooper.
• 12:46
  Falling
• 12:46
  out
• 12:46
  of
• 12:46
  the
• 12:46
  sky.
• 12:47
  Very
• 12:47
  neat.
• 12:48
  Now,
• 12:49
  I
• 12:49
  would
• 12:50
  like
• 12:50
  to
• 12:50
  also
• 12:51
  talk
• 12:51
  just
• 12:52
  a
• 12:52
  little
• 12:52
  bit
• 12:52
  about.
• 12:53
  You
• 12:53
  wrote
• 12:54
  your
• 12:54
  first
• 12:54
  book,
• 12:55
  and
• 12:55
  so
• 12:56
  how
• 12:56
  did
• 12:56
  that
• 12:56
  motivate
• 12:57
  you
• 12:58
  to
• 12:58
  write
• 12:58
  your
• 12:59
  second
• 12:59
  book?
• 12:59
  What
• 12:59
  did
• 13:00
  you
• 13:00
  do
• 13:00
  different
• 13:01
  going
• 13:01
  from
• 13:01
  your
• 13:01
  first
• 13:02
  book
• 13:02
  to
• 13:02
  your
• 13:02
  second
• 13:03
  book?
• 13:04
  So
• 13:04
  my
• 13:04
  first
• 13:05
  book
• 13:05
  was,
• 13:05
  like
• 13:05
  I
• 13:05
  said,
• 13:06
  based
• 13:06
  off
• 13:06
  of
• 13:06
  my
• 13:07
  memories
• 13:07
  as
• 13:07
  a
• 13:08
  military
• 13:08
  child,
• 13:09
  written
• 13:10
  from
• 13:10
  the
• 13:10
  perspective
• 13:10
  of
• 13:11
  a
• 13:11
  military
• 13:11
  child
• 13:11
  as
• 13:12
  well.
• 13:12
  Going
• 13:13
  forward,
• 13:13
  I
• 13:14
  really
• 13:14
  wanted
• 13:14
  to
• 13:15
  incorporate
• 13:16
  my
• 13:16
  military
• 13:16
  experiences
• 13:17
  as
• 13:17
  a
• 13:17
  veteran
• 13:18
  in
• 13:18
  the
• 13:18
  helicopters
• 13:19
  that
• 13:19
  I
• 13:20
  was
• 13:20
  able
• 13:20
  to
• 13:20
  work
• 13:21
  with,
• 13:21
  because
• 13:22
  what
• 13:22
  kid
• 13:22
  doesn't
• 13:22
  like
• 13:22
  helicopters?
• 13:24
  And
• 13:24
  I
• 13:24
  started
• 13:25
  working
• 13:25
  on
• 13:26
  how
• 13:26
  I
• 13:26
  could
• 13:27
  reach
• 13:27
  the
• 13:27
  most
• 13:28
  readers.
• 13:28
  And
• 13:29
  I
• 13:29
  worked
• 13:29
  on
• 13:29
  Blackhawk
• 13:30
  helicopters,
• 13:31
  but
• 13:31
  we
• 13:31
  also
• 13:31
  worked
• 13:31
  with
• 13:32
  crews
• 13:32
  who
• 13:32
  flew
• 13:33
  on
• 13:33
  Apaches
• 13:34
  and
• 13:34
  Chinooks.
• 13:35
  And
• 13:35
  often
• 13:35
  you
• 13:36
  might
• 13:36
  see
• 13:36
  them
• 13:36
  in
• 13:36
  the
• 13:36
  same
• 13:37
  hangars
• 13:37
  or
• 13:37
  in
• 13:37
  the
• 13:38
  same
• 13:38
  flight
• 13:38
  line.
• 13:39
  And
• 13:39
  I
• 13:39
  was
• 13:40
  able
• 13:40
  to
• 13:40
  run
• 13:40
  with
• 13:41
  this
• 13:41
  story
• 13:41
  of
• 13:42
  a
• 13:42
  mom
• 13:42
  because
• 13:43
  I
• 13:43
  really
• 13:43
  wanted
• 13:43
  to
• 13:44
  represent
• 13:44
  military
• 13:45
  women
• 13:45
  in
• 13:45
  aviation
• 13:46
  as
• 13:47
  well.
• 13:47
  And
• 13:48
  she
• 13:48
  takes
• 13:48
  her
• 13:48
  son
• 13:49
  to
• 13:49
  the
• 13:49
  Hangar
• 13:50
  and
• 13:50
  to
• 13:50
  see
• 13:51
  something
• 13:51
  very
• 13:51
  special
• 13:51
  at
• 13:52
  the
• 13:52
  hangar.
• 13:52
  I
• 13:52
  won't
• 13:52
  tell
• 13:52
  you
• 13:53
  what
• 13:53
  it
• 13:53
  is
• 13:53
  because
• 13:53
  I
• 13:53
  don't
• 13:53
  want
• 13:53
  to
• 13:54
  ruin
• 13:54
  the
• 13:54
  story.
• 13:54
  But
• 13:55
  they're
• 13:55
  there
• 13:55
  to
• 13:55
  see
• 13:56
  something
• 13:56
  special.
• 13:56
  But
• 13:57
  before
• 13:57
  they
• 13:57
  get
• 13:58
  to
• 13:58
  do
• 13:58
  that,
• 13:59
  Finn,
• 13:59
  the
• 14:00
  little
• 14:00
  boy,
• 14:00
  gets
• 14:00
  to
• 14:01
  play
• 14:01
  on
• 14:01
  the
• 14:02
  helicopters
• 14:02
  that
• 14:02
  are
• 14:03
  there
• 14:03
  in
• 14:03
  the
• 14:03
  hangar,
• 14:03
  the
• 14:04
  sleeping
• 14:04
  giants.
• 14:05
  And
• 14:05
  he
• 14:06
  goes
• 14:06
  into
• 14:06
  his
• 14:06
  imagination
• 14:07
  and
• 14:07
  goes
• 14:07
  on
• 14:08
  these
• 14:08
  little
• 14:08
  pretend
• 14:08
  missions
• 14:09
  on
• 14:09
  the
• 14:09
  three
• 14:10
  different
• 14:10
  helicopters.
• 14:11
  And
• 14:11
  it's
• 14:11
  just
• 14:11
  really
• 14:11
  endearing.
• 14:12
  It's
• 14:12
  super
• 14:13
  fun
• 14:13
  and
• 14:13
  imaginative.
• 14:14
  And
• 14:14
  then
• 14:15
  at
• 14:15
  the
• 14:15
  end
• 14:15
  of
• 14:15
  the
• 14:15
  story,
• 14:16
  they
• 14:16
  get
• 14:16
  to.
• 14:16
  To
• 14:16
  see
• 14:17
  what
• 14:17
  they've
• 14:17
  come
• 14:17
  to
• 14:18
  see
• 14:18
  that
• 14:18
  morning.
• 14:19
  So
• 14:19
  it's
• 14:19
  just
• 14:20
  a
• 14:20
  very
• 14:20
  fun,
• 14:21
  like
• 14:21
  I
• 14:21
  said,
• 14:21
  engaging.
• 14:22
  I
• 14:22
  want
• 14:22
  to
• 14:22
  create
• 14:23
  stories
• 14:23
  that
• 14:24
  really
• 14:25
  highlight
• 14:25
  the
• 14:26
  interesting
• 14:27
  and
• 14:27
  exciting
• 14:28
  aspects
• 14:28
  of
• 14:28
  military
• 14:29
  family
• 14:29
  life.
• 14:30
  And
• 14:30
  I
• 14:30
  feel
• 14:30
  like
• 14:31
  I
• 14:31
  was
• 14:31
  able
• 14:31
  to
• 14:31
  do
• 14:31
  that
• 14:32
  with
• 14:32
  both
• 14:32
  of
• 14:32
  these
• 14:32
  stories.
• 14:33
  I
• 14:33
  noticed
• 14:34
  the
• 14:34
  format
• 14:35
  of
• 14:35
  your
• 14:35
  book,
• 14:36
  the
• 14:36
  book
• 14:36
  size.
• 14:37
  So
• 14:37
  this
• 14:38
  would
• 14:38
  be
• 14:38
  a
• 14:38
  six
• 14:39
  by
• 14:39
  nine.
• 14:40
  That
• 14:40
  is
• 14:40
  the
• 14:41
  paperback
• 14:41
  mini
• 14:42
  version.
• 14:42
  Right.
• 14:43
  So
• 14:43
  the
• 14:43
  original
• 14:44
  trim
• 14:44
  size
• 14:45
  for
• 14:45
  most,
• 14:46
  for
• 14:46
  the
• 14:46
  copies
• 14:46
  that
• 14:47
  I
• 14:47
  offset
• 14:47
  print
• 14:48
  are
• 14:48
  10
• 14:49
  by
• 14:49
  8.
• 14:49
  The
• 14:50
  hardcover,
• 14:50
  premium
• 14:50
  hardcovers
• 14:51
  are
• 14:52
  the
• 14:52
  standard
• 14:53
  size.
• 14:53
  But
• 14:53
  I
• 14:53
  do
• 14:53
  offer
• 14:54
  a
• 14:54
  few
• 14:54
  other
• 14:54
  options.
• 14:55
  I
• 14:55
  purchased
• 14:56
  this
• 14:56
  one
• 14:56
  on
• 14:56
  Amazon,
• 14:58
  so
• 14:58
  that's
• 14:59
  how
• 14:59
  it
• 14:59
  came.
• 14:59
  And
• 15:00
  the
• 15:00
  reason
• 15:00
  I
• 15:00
  say
• 15:01
  that
• 15:01
  is
• 15:01
  this
• 15:01
  is
• 15:02
  our
• 15:02
  children's
• 15:02
  book,
• 15:03
  which
• 15:03
  is
• 15:03
  the
• 15:04
  square
• 15:04
  nine
• 15:05
  by
• 15:05
  nine.
• 15:06
  Yeah.
• 15:06
  And
• 15:07
  so
• 15:07
  that's
• 15:07
  what
• 15:07
  I
• 15:08
  primarily
• 15:08
  see
• 15:09
  come
• 15:09
  to
• 15:09
  me
• 15:09
  when
• 15:10
  I
• 15:10
  purchase
• 15:10
  children's
• 15:11
  books.
• 15:11
  But
• 15:12
  I
• 15:12
  thought
• 15:12
  that
• 15:12
  this
• 15:13
  was
• 15:13
  pretty
• 15:13
  cool.
• 15:13
  I
• 15:14
  tell
• 15:14
  people
• 15:14
  it's
• 15:14
  the
• 15:15
  perfect
• 15:15
  diaper
• 15:15
  bag
• 15:16
  size
• 15:17
  or
• 15:17
  the
• 15:17
  car
• 15:17
  version,
• 15:18
  if
• 15:18
  you
• 15:18
  want
• 15:19
  a
• 15:19
  smaller
• 15:19
  car
• 15:20
  version
• 15:20
  for
• 15:20
  keeping
• 15:21
  the
• 15:21
  kids
• 15:21
  and
• 15:21
  paint
• 15:22
  in
• 15:22
  the
• 15:22
  car.
• 15:22
  It's
• 15:22
  a
• 15:23
  great
• 15:23
  size
• 15:24
  for.
• 15:24
  Absolutely.
• 15:25
  For
• 15:25
  sure.
• 15:26
  So
• 15:27
  I
• 15:27
  want
• 15:27
  to
• 15:27
  talk
• 15:28
  a
• 15:28
  little
• 15:28
  bit
• 15:28
  because
• 15:29
  you
• 15:29
  have
• 15:29
  two
• 15:29
  books.
• 15:30
  As
• 15:31
  a
• 15:32
  children's
• 15:33
  book
• 15:33
  author
• 15:33
  myself.
• 15:34
  And
• 15:34
  you're
• 15:34
  self
• 15:35
  published,
• 15:35
  correct?
• 15:36
  I
• 15:36
  am,
• 15:36
  yes.
• 15:37
  As
• 15:37
  a
• 15:37
  self
• 15:38
  published
• 15:38
  author,
• 15:39
  of
• 15:39
  course.
• 15:40
  It's
• 15:40
  your
• 15:40
  resources
• 15:41
  that
• 15:42
  fund
• 15:43
  the
• 15:43
  publishing
• 15:44
  of
• 15:44
  your
• 15:44
  books.
• 15:45
  Yes.
• 15:46
  And
• 15:46
  so
• 15:46
  I'd
• 15:46
  like
• 15:46
  to
• 15:47
  talk
• 15:47
  to
• 15:47
  you
• 15:47
  a
• 15:47
  little
• 15:47
  bit
• 15:48
  about
• 15:48
  your
• 15:48
  book's
• 15:49
  business
• 15:49
  plan.
• 15:50
  First
• 15:51
  of
• 15:51
  all,
• 15:51
  I've
• 15:52
  got
• 15:52
  to
• 15:52
  give
• 15:52
  you
• 15:53
  like
• 15:53
  a
• 15:53
  huge
• 15:54
  compliment
• 15:55
  because
• 15:55
  as
• 15:56
  I'm
• 15:56
  getting
• 15:56
  to
• 15:57
  know
• 15:57
  more
• 15:57
  and
• 15:57
  more
• 15:57
  children's
• 15:58
  book
• 15:58
  authors,
• 15:59
  a
• 15:59
  lot
• 16:00
  of
• 16:00
  them,
• 16:00
  generally.
• 16:01
  There's
• 16:02
  two
• 16:02
  things
• 16:02
  that
• 16:03
  children's
• 16:03
  book
• 16:03
  authors
• 16:04
  do
• 16:04
  when
• 16:05
  they're.
• 16:05
  When
• 16:05
  they
• 16:05
  create
• 16:06
  a
• 16:06
  website
• 16:07
  and
• 16:08
  start
• 16:08
  their
• 16:08
  children's
• 16:09
  book
• 16:09
  business,
• 16:10
  they
• 16:10
  either
• 16:11
  name
• 16:11
  the
• 16:12
  website
• 16:12
  after
• 16:12
  themselves,
• 16:13
  like
• 16:14
  their
• 16:14
  author's
• 16:14
  name,
• 16:15
  like
• 16:15
  you
• 16:15
  have,
• 16:16
  or
• 16:17
  in
• 16:17
  our
• 16:17
  case,
• 16:18
  because
• 16:18
  I've
• 16:19
  written
• 16:19
  38
• 16:19
  stories
• 16:20
  with
• 16:20
  my
• 16:20
  grandchildren,
• 16:21
  I
• 16:21
  have
• 16:21
  five
• 16:22
  grandchildren.
• 16:23
  So
• 16:23
  what
• 16:23
  we
• 16:24
  did
• 16:24
  is
• 16:24
  we
• 16:24
  call
• 16:25
  ours
• 16:25
  the
• 16:26
  Adventures
• 16:26
  of
• 16:26
  Caboose
• 16:27
  the
• 16:27
  Rocky
• 16:27
  Mountain
• 16:28
  Bear,
• 16:29
  and
• 16:29
  there's
• 16:29
  going
• 16:29
  to
• 16:29
  be
• 16:29
  at
• 16:30
  least
• 16:30
  38
• 16:31
  adventure
• 16:31
  stories.
• 16:33
  We
• 16:33
  branded
• 16:33
  it
• 16:34
  a
• 16:34
  little
• 16:34
  differently.
• 16:35
  You
• 16:35
  branded
• 16:36
  yourself
• 16:37
  as
• 16:37
  the
• 16:37
  author,
• 16:38
  and
• 16:38
  we
• 16:38
  branded
• 16:39
  Caboose
• 16:40
  as
• 16:40
  our
• 16:41
  main
• 16:41
  character.
• 16:42
  What
• 16:42
  I
• 16:42
  loved,
• 16:43
  and
• 16:43
  I
• 16:43
  haven't
• 16:43
  noticed
• 16:44
  this,
• 16:44
  and
• 16:44
  it's
• 16:44
  interesting
• 16:45
  because
• 16:45
  I'm
• 16:45
  going
• 16:45
  to
• 16:46
  go
• 16:46
  back
• 16:46
  and
• 16:46
  do
• 16:46
  a
• 16:46
  little
• 16:47
  more
• 16:47
  research,
• 16:47
  but
• 16:47
  what
• 16:48
  I
• 16:48
  loved
• 16:48
  about
• 16:48
  what
• 16:49
  you
• 16:49
  did
• 16:50
  is
• 16:51
  you
• 16:51
  identified
• 16:53
  and
• 16:53
  I
• 16:53
  love
• 16:53
  your
• 16:54
  website's
• 16:55
  catchphrase,
• 16:55
  and
• 16:55
  I'm
• 16:55
  now
• 16:56
  going
• 16:56
  to
• 16:56
  share
• 16:56
  it
• 16:56
  with
• 16:56
  the
• 16:57
  audience.
• 16:57
  Sarah's
• 16:58
  catchphrase
• 17:00
  is
• 17:00
  creating
• 17:01
  stories
• 17:01
  for
• 17:02
  and
• 17:02
  about
• 17:03
  military
• 17:04
  children.
• 17:04
  I
• 17:05
  just
• 17:05
  love
• 17:05
  that
• 17:06
  because
• 17:06
  you
• 17:07
  catch
• 17:08
  the
• 17:08
  real
• 17:08
  essence
• 17:09
  of
• 17:09
  what
• 17:09
  you're
• 17:09
  trying
• 17:09
  to
• 17:10
  do.
• 17:10
  Yes,
• 17:11
  absolutely.
• 17:12
  Compliments
• 17:13
  to
• 17:13
  you.
• 17:13
  Because
• 17:13
  a
• 17:14
  lot
• 17:14
  of
• 17:14
  times
• 17:14
  I'm
• 17:14
  finding
• 17:15
  some
• 17:16
  children's
• 17:16
  book
• 17:16
  authors,
• 17:17
  they're
• 17:17
  not.
• 17:18
  Even
• 17:19
  though
• 17:19
  they're
• 17:19
  the
• 17:19
  brand,
• 17:20
  there
• 17:21
  isn't
• 17:21
  really
• 17:21
  clarity
• 17:22
  on
• 17:22
  what
• 17:22
  they
• 17:23
  are
• 17:23
  as
• 17:23
  a
• 17:23
  brand.
• 17:24
  And
• 17:25
  you,
• 17:25
  as
• 17:25
  a
• 17:25
  children's
• 17:26
  book
• 17:26
  author,
• 17:27
  have
• 17:27
  made
• 17:27
  it
• 17:28
  perfectly
• 17:28
  clear
• 17:29
  what
• 17:29
  your
• 17:29
  brand
• 17:30
  is
• 17:30
  to
• 17:31
  me
• 17:31
  is
• 17:31
  really
• 17:31
  important
• 17:32
  because
• 17:33
  we're
• 17:33
  all
• 17:33
  dealing
• 17:34
  with
• 17:34
  trying
• 17:35
  to
• 17:35
  get
• 17:35
  our
• 17:36
  name
• 17:36
  out
• 17:36
  into
• 17:37
  the
• 17:37
  world
• 17:37
  and
• 17:37
  how
• 17:37
  do
• 17:38
  you
• 17:38
  set
• 17:38
  yourself
• 17:39
  apart?
• 17:39
  So,
• 17:40
  hats
• 17:40
  off.
• 17:40
  Great
• 17:41
  job
• 17:41
  there.
• 17:42
  Yeah,
• 17:42
  it's
• 17:43
  been
• 17:43
  a
• 17:43
  learning
• 17:43
  curve
• 17:43
  for
• 17:44
  sure,
• 17:44
  and
• 17:44
  it
• 17:44
  hasn't
• 17:45
  been
• 17:45
  perfect.
• 17:45
  There
• 17:46
  have
• 17:46
  been
• 17:46
  a
• 17:46
  few
• 17:46
  different
• 17:47
  catchphrases
• 17:48
  over
• 17:48
  the
• 17:48
  years
• 17:49
  as
• 17:49
  I've
• 17:49
  refined
• 17:50
  who
• 17:51
  I
• 17:51
  am
• 17:51
  and
• 17:51
  what
• 17:51
  I'm
• 17:52
  trying
• 17:52
  to
• 17:52
  do
• 17:53
  in
• 17:53
  the
• 17:53
  market.
• 17:54
  And
• 17:54
  the
• 17:55
  current
• 17:55
  catchphrase
• 17:56
  is
• 17:56
  probably
• 17:57
  stories
• 17:57
  celebrating
• 17:58
  military
• 17:59
  families,
• 17:59
  because
• 17:59
  that's
• 18:00
  something
• 18:00
  that
• 18:00
  we
• 18:00
  can
• 18:00
  all
• 18:01
  do
• 18:01
  whether
• 18:01
  we're
• 18:01
  a
• 18:01
  military
• 18:02
  family
• 18:02
  or
• 18:02
  not.
• 18:03
  And.
• 18:03
  But
• 18:03
  yes,
• 18:04
  I
• 18:04
  definitely
• 18:05
  commend
• 18:06
  you
• 18:06
  for
• 18:06
  also
• 18:07
  recognizing
• 18:07
  that
• 18:08
  this
• 18:08
  whole
• 18:08
  authoring
• 18:09
  thing
• 18:09
  is
• 18:09
  not
• 18:09
  just
• 18:10
  about
• 18:10
  writing
• 18:10
  stories,
• 18:11
  it
• 18:11
  is
• 18:11
  about
• 18:12
  business.
• 18:13
  Absolutely.
• 18:14
  That's
• 18:14
  incredibly
• 18:14
  important.
• 18:15
  As
• 18:15
  you're
• 18:16
  moving
• 18:16
  forward.
• 18:17
  Talking
• 18:17
  about
• 18:17
  moving
• 18:18
  forward,
• 18:18
  do
• 18:19
  you
• 18:19
  have
• 18:19
  more
• 18:20
  art
• 18:21
  stories
• 18:22
  for
• 18:22
  and
• 18:22
  about
• 18:23
  military
• 18:23
  children
• 18:24
  coming?
• 18:25
  I
• 18:25
  do,
• 18:25
  actually.
• 18:26
  I
• 18:26
  am
• 18:26
  in
• 18:26
  the
• 18:26
  early
• 18:27
  stages
• 18:28
  of
• 18:28
  book
• 18:28
  number
• 18:29
  three.
• 18:29
  It's
• 18:29
  been
• 18:29
  written
• 18:30
  for
• 18:30
  a
• 18:30
  while.
• 18:31
  However,
• 18:31
  I
• 18:31
  have
• 18:32
  not
• 18:32
  found
• 18:32
  the
• 18:32
  right
• 18:33
  illustrator
• 18:34
  yet.
• 18:34
  So
• 18:34
  I
• 18:34
  am
• 18:34
  still
• 18:35
  actively
• 18:35
  commissioning
• 18:36
  samples
• 18:37
  from
• 18:37
  various
• 18:38
  illustrators
• 18:39
  to
• 18:39
  see
• 18:39
  if
• 18:40
  I
• 18:40
  can
• 18:40
  find
• 18:40
  the
• 18:40
  right
• 18:41
  fit.
• 18:41
  But
• 18:42
  this
• 18:42
  third
• 18:42
  book
• 18:42
  is
• 18:43
  called
• 18:43
  the
• 18:43
  Fearless
• 18:44
  and
• 18:44
  the
• 18:44
  Fallen,
• 18:45
  and
• 18:45
  it's
• 18:45
  a
• 18:45
  tribute
• 18:46
  to
• 18:46
  veterans
• 18:47
  past
• 18:47
  and
• 18:47
  present.
• 18:48
  It's
• 18:48
  still
• 18:48
  written
• 18:48
  from
• 18:49
  the
• 18:49
  perspective
• 18:50
  of
• 18:50
  a
• 18:50
  military
• 18:51
  child,
• 18:51
  but
• 18:52
  really
• 18:52
  highlights
• 18:52
  veterans.
• 18:53
  Okay,
• 18:54
  terrific.
• 18:54
  And
• 18:54
  it's
• 18:55
  interesting
• 18:55
  because
• 18:56
  I
• 18:56
  was
• 18:57
  going
• 18:57
  to
• 18:57
  talk
• 18:57
  to
• 18:57
  you
• 18:58
  about
• 18:58
  this
• 18:58
  a
• 18:58
  little
• 18:59
  later,
• 19:00
  but
• 19:01
  I'll
• 19:01
  talk
• 19:01
  to
• 19:01
  you
• 19:01
  about
• 19:02
  it
• 19:02
  now
• 19:02
  because
• 19:03
  I'm
• 19:03
  very
• 19:03
  curious
• 19:03
  and
• 19:03
  I
• 19:04
  want
• 19:04
  to
• 19:04
  share
• 19:04
  this
• 19:04
  with
• 19:04
  the
• 19:04
  audience
• 19:05
  because
• 19:05
  you
• 19:05
  mentioned
• 19:06
  Illustrator.
• 19:07
  So
• 19:07
  I
• 19:07
  noticed
• 19:08
  your
• 19:08
  books,
• 19:09
  the
• 19:09
  Peppered
• 19:09
  sky
• 19:10
  and
• 19:10
  Sleeping
• 19:10
  Giants
• 19:11
  have
• 19:11
  two
• 19:12
  different
• 19:12
  illustrators.
• 19:14
  And
• 19:14
  it
• 19:14
  sounds
• 19:14
  to
• 19:15
  me
• 19:15
  the
• 19:15
  Fearless
• 19:16
  and
• 19:16
  the
• 19:16
  Fallen
• 19:17
  is
• 19:17
  going
• 19:17
  to
• 19:17
  have
• 19:18
  a
• 19:18
  different
• 19:18
  illustrator.
• 19:19
  For
• 19:19
  aspiring
• 19:20
  book
• 19:21
  authors
• 19:21
  who
• 19:21
  are
• 19:21
  going,
• 19:22
  oh,
• 19:22
  my
• 19:22
  God,
• 19:23
  Sarah,
• 19:23
  I
• 19:23
  just
• 19:23
  want
• 19:24
  to
• 19:24
  find
• 19:24
  one
• 19:24
  illustrator
• 19:25
  and
• 19:25
  you're
• 19:26
  shopping
• 19:26
  for
• 19:27
  three.
• 19:28
  Tell
• 19:28
  us
• 19:28
  what's
• 19:29
  the
• 19:29
  motivation
• 19:30
  and
• 19:30
  why
• 19:31
  change
• 19:31
  illustrators
• 19:32
  from
• 19:32
  book
• 19:33
  to
• 19:33
  book?
• 19:33
  Okay,
• 19:34
  so
• 19:34
  I
• 19:34
  will
• 19:35
  make
• 19:35
  this
• 19:35
  note
• 19:36
  before
• 19:36
  I
• 19:36
  get
• 19:37
  into
• 19:37
  this.
• 19:37
  If
• 19:38
  I
• 19:38
  had
• 19:38
  stories
• 19:39
  that
• 19:39
  were
• 19:39
  continuous
• 19:40
  stories,
• 19:40
  it
• 19:40
  would
• 19:41
  be
• 19:41
  important
• 19:41
  to
• 19:41
  me
• 19:41
  to
• 19:42
  use
• 19:42
  the
• 19:42
  same
• 19:42
  illustrator
• 19:43
  for
• 19:43
  that
• 19:43
  series.
• 19:44
  Okay.
• 19:45
  However,
• 19:45
  since
• 19:45
  my
• 19:46
  books
• 19:46
  are
• 19:46
  standalone
• 19:47
  stories,
• 19:48
  I
• 19:48
  felt
• 19:48
  like
• 19:48
  I
• 19:48
  had
• 19:48
  the
• 19:49
  freedom
• 19:49
  to
• 19:50
  choose
• 19:50
  different
• 19:50
  illustrators,
• 19:51
  which
• 19:52
  is
• 19:52
  a
• 19:52
  direct
• 19:52
  reflection
• 19:53
  of
• 19:53
  my
• 19:53
  personality,
• 19:54
  to
• 19:54
  be
• 19:54
  honest
• 19:54
  with
• 19:54
  you.
• 19:55
  I
• 19:55
  have
• 19:55
  eclectic
• 19:56
  tastes
• 19:56
  in
• 19:57
  lots
• 19:57
  of
• 19:57
  different
• 19:57
  things,
• 19:58
  whether
• 19:58
  that's
• 19:58
  music
• 19:59
  or
• 19:59
  food
• 19:59
  or
• 20:00
  art.
• 20:00
  And
• 20:01
  I
• 20:01
  really
• 20:01
  wanted
• 20:02
  to
• 20:02
  bring
• 20:02
  that
• 20:02
  out
• 20:03
  and
• 20:03
  expose
• 20:04
  children
• 20:04
  to
• 20:04
  different
• 20:05
  styles
• 20:05
  of
• 20:06
  art.
• 20:06
  And
• 20:07
  the
• 20:07
  current
• 20:07
  illustrator
• 20:08
  that
• 20:08
  I'm
• 20:08
  exploring
• 20:09
  right
• 20:09
  now
• 20:10
  for
• 20:10
  that
• 20:10
  third
• 20:10
  book,
• 20:10
  she
• 20:11
  actually
• 20:11
  does
• 20:11
  watercolor,
• 20:12
  and
• 20:12
  her
• 20:13
  stuff
• 20:13
  is
• 20:13
  so
• 20:13
  charming.
• 20:14
  And
• 20:14
  I
• 20:14
  thought,
• 20:14
  oh,
• 20:14
  that
• 20:14
  would
• 20:15
  be
• 20:15
  so
• 20:15
  cool
• 20:15
  to
• 20:15
  be
• 20:15
  able
• 20:16
  to
• 20:16
  incorporate
• 20:17
  watercolor
• 20:17
  illustrations
• 20:18
  in
• 20:19
  this
• 20:19
  third
• 20:19
  book.
• 20:20
  But
• 20:20
  because
• 20:21
  I
• 20:21
  do
• 20:21
  change
• 20:22
  illustrators,
• 20:22
  I
• 20:23
  work
• 20:23
  very
• 20:23
  hard
• 20:24
  behind
• 20:24
  the
• 20:24
  scenes
• 20:25
  and
• 20:25
  with
• 20:25
  my
• 20:25
  designer
• 20:26
  to
• 20:27
  ensure
• 20:27
  that
• 20:27
  the
• 20:28
  books
• 20:28
  still
• 20:28
  feel
• 20:28
  like
• 20:29
  books
• 20:29
  by
• 20:29
  Sarah
• 20:30
  Doran.
• 20:31
  My
• 20:31
  titles
• 20:32
  have
• 20:32
  a
• 20:32
  similar
• 20:33
  look
• 20:33
  and
• 20:33
  feel.
• 20:34
  The
• 20:34
  formatting
• 20:35
  of
• 20:35
  the
• 20:35
  text
• 20:35
  and
• 20:36
  the
• 20:36
  paragraphs
• 20:36
  inside
• 20:37
  the
• 20:37
  resource
• 20:37
  pages,
• 20:38
  the
• 20:38
  activity
• 20:39
  at
• 20:39
  the
• 20:39
  end
• 20:39
  and
• 20:39
  the
• 20:39
  end
• 20:40
  pages
• 20:41
  are
• 20:41
  all
• 20:41
  a
• 20:41
  direct
• 20:42
  reflection
• 20:42
  of
• 20:43
  trying
• 20:43
  to
• 20:43
  keep
• 20:43
  some
• 20:44
  consistency
• 20:45
  with
• 20:45
  recognizing
• 20:46
  that
• 20:46
  I
• 20:46
  did
• 20:46
  switch
• 20:47
  illustrators.
• 20:48
  I
• 20:48
  just
• 20:48
  want
• 20:48
  to
• 20:48
  pick
• 20:48
  up
• 20:49
  on
• 20:49
  that
• 20:49
  for
• 20:49
  a
• 20:49
  minute
• 20:49
  because
• 20:50
  it's,
• 20:50
  again,
• 20:51
  for
• 20:51
  aspiring
• 20:52
  authors,
• 20:52
  what
• 20:52
  Sarah
• 20:53
  is
• 20:53
  talking
• 20:54
  about.
• 20:54
  And
• 20:55
  I'm
• 20:55
  trying
• 20:56
  to
• 20:56
  share
• 20:56
  with
• 20:56
  everyone
• 20:57
  so
• 20:57
  you
• 20:57
  can
• 20:58
  learn
• 20:58
  why
• 20:59
  people's
• 21:00
  motivations
• 21:01
  change
• 21:01
  or
• 21:02
  why
• 21:02
  they
• 21:02
  their
• 21:02
  strategies
• 21:03
  change.
• 21:04
  What
• 21:04
  we
• 21:05
  did
• 21:05
  is
• 21:05
  we
• 21:05
  created
• 21:06
  a
• 21:06
  banner.
• 21:07
  It
• 21:07
  says
• 21:07
  the
• 21:08
  Adventures
• 21:08
  of
• 21:08
  Caboose,
• 21:09
  the
• 21:09
  Rocky
• 21:10
  Mountain
• 21:10
  Bear.
• 21:10
  That
• 21:11
  branded
• 21:11
  banner.
• 21:11
  What
• 21:12
  we
• 21:12
  did
• 21:12
  is
• 21:12
  with
• 21:13
  our
• 21:13
  second
• 21:13
  book
• 21:13
  coming
• 21:14
  out
• 21:14
  and
• 21:15
  in
• 21:15
  the
• 21:15
  series,
• 21:16
  you
• 21:16
  can
• 21:16
  see
• 21:16
  that
• 21:17
  the
• 21:17
  Adventures
• 21:17
  of
• 21:17
  Caboose,
• 21:18
  the
• 21:18
  Rocky
• 21:19
  Mountain
• 21:19
  Bear
• 21:19
  banner
• 21:20
  is
• 21:20
  at
• 21:20
  the
• 21:20
  top
• 21:21
  of
• 21:21
  the
• 21:21
  book
• 21:22
  cover.
• 21:22
  The
• 21:23
  book
• 21:23
  is
• 21:23
  actually
• 21:24
  called
• 21:24
  Hijinks
• 21:25
  from
• 21:25
  the
• 21:25
  Big
• 21:26
  Head
• 21:26
  Folk
• 21:26
  Music
• 21:27
  Festival.
• 21:28
  So
• 21:28
  that'll
• 21:28
  be
• 21:28
  the
• 21:28
  title
• 21:29
  of
• 21:29
  the
• 21:29
  book,
• 21:30
  but
• 21:30
  it'll
• 21:30
  be
• 21:30
  under
• 21:30
  the.
• 21:31
  Under
• 21:32
  our
• 21:32
  Adventures
• 21:32
  of
• 21:33
  Caboose
• 21:33
  Rocky
• 21:33
  Mountain
• 21:34
  Bear
• 21:34
  banner.
• 21:35
  We've
• 21:35
  got
• 21:36
  the
• 21:36
  same
• 21:36
  illustrator.
• 21:37
  We
• 21:37
  probably
• 21:38
  will
• 21:38
  use
• 21:38
  the
• 21:39
  same
• 21:39
  illustrator
• 21:40
  for
• 21:41
  all
• 21:41
  of
• 21:42
  our
• 21:42
  books
• 21:42
  at
• 21:42
  this
• 21:43
  point.
• 21:43
  Yes,
• 21:44
  we're
• 21:44
  happy
• 21:45
  working
• 21:45
  with
• 21:45
  that
• 21:46
  illustrator
• 21:47
  and
• 21:47
  what
• 21:47
  he's
• 21:47
  creating.
• 21:48
  Absolutely.
• 21:49
  It
• 21:49
  was
• 21:49
  such
• 21:49
  a
• 21:50
  joy
• 21:50
  and
• 21:50
  a
• 21:50
  privilege
• 21:51
  to
• 21:51
  be
• 21:51
  able
• 21:51
  to
• 21:51
  work
• 21:51
  with
• 21:52
  Beth
• 21:52
  Snyder
• 21:52
  on
• 21:52
  the
• 21:53
  peppered
• 21:53
  sky.
• 21:54
  And
• 21:54
  then
• 21:54
  Angelina
• 21:55
  Davis
• 21:55
  on
• 21:56
  Sleeping
• 21:56
  Giants.
• 21:57
  And
• 21:57
  I'm
• 21:58
  just
• 21:58
  excited
• 21:58
  to
• 21:58
  be
• 21:58
  able
• 21:59
  to
• 21:59
  work
• 21:59
  with
• 21:59
  other
• 21:59
  illustrators.
• 22:00
  And
• 22:00
  like
• 22:00
  I
• 22:01
  said,
• 22:01
  if
• 22:01
  I
• 22:01
  were
• 22:01
  to
• 22:01
  do
• 22:02
  a
• 22:02
  continuation
• 22:02
  of
• 22:03
  any
• 22:03
  of
• 22:03
  those
• 22:03
  stories,
• 22:04
  I
• 22:04
  would
• 22:04
  absolutely
• 22:05
  go
• 22:05
  back
• 22:05
  to
• 22:05
  those
• 22:06
  original
• 22:07
  illustrators
• 22:08
  so
• 22:08
  that
• 22:08
  we
• 22:08
  could
• 22:08
  continue
• 22:09
  with
• 22:09
  that
• 22:09
  consistency.
• 22:10
  But
• 22:11
  I.
• 22:11
  I
• 22:11
  just
• 22:11
  think
• 22:11
  it's
• 22:12
  fun
• 22:12
  to.
• 22:12
  To
• 22:12
  be.
• 22:13
  Oh,
• 22:13
  I
• 22:13
  couldn't
• 22:13
  agree
• 22:13
  with
• 22:13
  you
• 22:13
  more.
• 22:14
  I
• 22:14
  interviewed
• 22:14
  a
• 22:15
  lady.
• 22:15
  She
• 22:15
  used
• 22:16
  watercolors,
• 22:17
  and
• 22:17
  she
• 22:17
  did
• 22:18
  a
• 22:18
  book
• 22:18
  called
• 22:18
  Ice
• 22:19
  Cap,
• 22:19
  and
• 22:20
  it
• 22:20
  was
• 22:20
  the
• 22:20
  modern
• 22:21
  version
• 22:21
  of
• 22:21
  Frosty
• 22:22
  the
• 22:22
  Stoneman.
• 22:23
  Oh,
• 22:23
  how
• 22:24
  cute.
• 22:24
  It's
• 22:24
  a
• 22:24
  beautiful
• 22:25
  book.
• 22:25
  She
• 22:25
  had
• 22:26
  definite
• 22:28
  thoughts
• 22:28
  as
• 22:29
  to
• 22:29
  what
• 22:29
  she
• 22:29
  wanted
• 22:30
  to
• 22:30
  convey,
• 22:31
  and
• 22:32
  that's
• 22:32
  what
• 22:33
  happened
• 22:34
  to
• 22:34
  the
• 22:34
  audience.
• 22:35
  If
• 22:35
  you
• 22:35
  have
• 22:35
  different
• 22:36
  thoughts,
• 22:37
  you
• 22:37
  don't
• 22:37
  have
• 22:37
  to
• 22:38
  stay
• 22:38
  with
• 22:38
  one
• 22:39
  style.
• 22:40
  Do
• 22:41
  exactly
• 22:41
  what
• 22:41
  Sarah's
• 22:42
  talking
• 22:42
  about.
• 22:43
  Open
• 22:43
  up
• 22:43
  your
• 22:44
  creative
• 22:45
  juices
• 22:45
  and
• 22:46
  just
• 22:46
  let
• 22:47
  it
• 22:47
  flow.
• 22:47
  That's
• 22:48
  the
• 22:48
  beautiful
• 22:48
  thing
• 22:48
  about
• 22:49
  children's
• 22:49
  books.
• 22:50
  There's
• 22:50
  so
• 22:50
  many
• 22:51
  fantastic,
• 22:52
  different
• 22:52
  children's
• 22:53
  books
• 22:53
  with
• 22:54
  graphics
• 22:54
  and
• 22:55
  styles
• 22:56
  and
• 22:56
  all
• 22:56
  of
• 22:56
  that.
• 22:57
  Like
• 22:57
  I
• 22:57
  said
• 22:58
  before,
• 22:58
  there
• 22:58
  are
• 22:59
  lots
• 22:59
  of
• 22:59
  ways
• 22:59
  to
• 23:00
  help
• 23:00
  it
• 23:00
  still
• 23:00
  feel
• 23:01
  like
• 23:01
  your
• 23:01
  book.
• 23:02
  And
• 23:02
  so
• 23:02
  I
• 23:02
  write
• 23:02
  in
• 23:03
  rhyme
• 23:03
  and
• 23:03
  rhythm
• 23:04
  in
• 23:04
  my
• 23:04
  stories.
• 23:04
  And
• 23:05
  so
• 23:05
  Sleeping
• 23:05
  Giants
• 23:06
  was
• 23:06
  exactly
• 23:07
  the
• 23:07
  same
• 23:07
  with
• 23:08
  being
• 23:08
  in
• 23:08
  rhyme
• 23:08
  and
• 23:09
  rhythm
• 23:09
  and.
• 23:10
  And
• 23:10
  just
• 23:10
  really
• 23:10
  trying
• 23:11
  to
• 23:11
  be
• 23:11
  consistent,
• 23:12
  like
• 23:12
  I
• 23:13
  said,
• 23:13
  with
• 23:13
  the
• 23:13
  formatting
• 23:14
  and
• 23:14
  the
• 23:14
  colors
• 23:15
  even,
• 23:15
  because
• 23:16
  I
• 23:16
  knew
• 23:16
  that
• 23:16
  my
• 23:16
  books
• 23:17
  were
• 23:17
  going
• 23:17
  to
• 23:17
  be
• 23:17
  on
• 23:17
  the
• 23:17
  same
• 23:18
  table.
• 23:18
  So
• 23:18
  making
• 23:18
  sure
• 23:19
  that
• 23:19
  the
• 23:19
  colors
• 23:20
  complement
• 23:21
  each
• 23:21
  other.
• 23:21
  And
• 23:21
  so
• 23:22
  my
• 23:22
  second
• 23:22
  illustrator
• 23:23
  actually
• 23:23
  used
• 23:23
  the
• 23:23
  same
• 23:23
  color
• 23:24
  palette
• 23:24
  that
• 23:25
  we
• 23:25
  had
• 23:25
  for
• 23:25
  my
• 23:25
  first
• 23:26
  book
• 23:26
  so
• 23:27
  that
• 23:27
  when
• 23:27
  they
• 23:27
  were
• 23:27
  sitting
• 23:28
  next
• 23:28
  to
• 23:28
  each
• 23:28
  other,
• 23:29
  they
• 23:29
  would
• 23:29
  look
• 23:29
  good
• 23:30
  together.
• 23:30
  Fantastic.
• 23:31
  I'm
• 23:31
  curious.
• 23:32
  Talk
• 23:33
  to
• 23:33
  us
• 23:33
  a
• 23:33
  little
• 23:33
  bit
• 23:34
  about
• 23:35
  when
• 23:35
  you
• 23:35
  first
• 23:36
  started
• 23:37
  Ice.
• 23:37
  When
• 23:37
  you
• 23:37
  get
• 23:37
  into
• 23:38
  your
• 23:38
  second
• 23:38
  book,
• 23:39
  I
• 23:39
  think
• 23:39
  you.
• 23:39
  You're
• 23:40
  realizing
• 23:41
  whether
• 23:41
  you
• 23:41
  like
• 23:41
  it
• 23:42
  or
• 23:42
  not.
• 23:42
  Not
• 23:42
  only
• 23:43
  are
• 23:44
  you
• 23:44
  a
• 23:44
  children's
• 23:45
  book
• 23:45
  author,
• 23:46
  you're
• 23:46
  also
• 23:47
  a
• 23:47
  children's
• 23:48
  book
• 23:49
  business
• 23:49
  owner.
• 23:50
  Yes.
• 23:51
  Talk
• 23:52
  to
• 23:52
  us
• 23:52
  a
• 23:52
  little
• 23:52
  bit
• 23:53
  about
• 23:53
  your
• 23:54
  business
• 23:54
  plan.
• 23:55
  What
• 23:55
  did
• 23:55
  it
• 23:55
  look
• 23:56
  like
• 23:56
  when
• 23:56
  you
• 23:56
  first
• 23:56
  started
• 23:57
  and
• 23:57
  what's
• 23:58
  changed
• 23:58
  now
• 23:59
  to
• 23:59
  allow
• 23:59
  you
• 23:59
  to
• 23:59
  get
• 24:00
  to
• 24:00
  your
• 24:00
  third
• 24:00
  book?
• 24:01
  Oh,
• 24:01
  my
• 24:01
  gosh.
• 24:02
  So
• 24:03
  I
• 24:03
  will
• 24:04
  just
• 24:04
  say
• 24:04
  it's
• 24:04
  funny
• 24:04
  because
• 24:05
  when
• 24:05
  I
• 24:05
  first
• 24:05
  started
• 24:06
  writing,
• 24:06
  I
• 24:06
  thought,
• 24:07
  oh,
• 24:07
  this'll
• 24:07
  be
• 24:07
  fun.
• 24:08
  I'll
• 24:08
  write
• 24:09
  a
• 24:09
  children's
• 24:09
  story.
• 24:10
  And
• 24:10
  then
• 24:10
  it
• 24:11
  quickly
• 24:11
  turned
• 24:12
  into
• 24:12
  this
• 24:12
  business
• 24:13
  that
• 24:13
  I
• 24:13
  was
• 24:14
  not
• 24:14
  expecting
• 24:15
  because
• 24:15
  I
• 24:15
  did
• 24:16
  go
• 24:16
  the
• 24:16
  self
• 24:16
  publishing
• 24:17
  route,
• 24:17
  and
• 24:18
  it's
• 24:18
  just
• 24:18
  been
• 24:18
  a
• 24:19
  giant
• 24:19
  learning
• 24:20
  curve
• 24:20
  ever
• 24:20
  since.
• 24:21
  I
• 24:21
  made
• 24:21
  mistakes
• 24:22
  along
• 24:22
  the
• 24:22
  way.
• 24:22
  My
• 24:22
  business
• 24:23
  plan
• 24:23
  was
• 24:23
  I
• 24:24
  didn't
• 24:24
  have
• 24:24
  one
• 24:25
  when
• 24:25
  I
• 24:25
  started
• 24:26
  and
• 24:27
  quickly
• 24:27
  realized
• 24:27
  I
• 24:28
  needed
• 24:28
  something
• 24:28
  like
• 24:29
  a
• 24:29
  website
• 24:30
  and
• 24:30
  a
• 24:30
  domain
• 24:30
  and
• 24:31
  I
• 24:31
  needed
• 24:31
  something
• 24:31
  like
• 24:32
  QuickBooks
• 24:32
  and
• 24:32
  a
• 24:32
  way
• 24:33
  to
• 24:33
  keep
• 24:33
  track
• 24:33
  of
• 24:33
  my
• 24:34
  sales
• 24:34
  and
• 24:34
  events
• 24:35
  and
• 24:35
  things.
• 24:35
  And
• 24:36
  as
• 24:36
  I
• 24:37
  have
• 24:37
  grown
• 24:38
  and
• 24:38
  developed
• 24:39
  and
• 24:39
  added
• 24:40
  a
• 24:40
  second
• 24:40
  book
• 24:40
  to
• 24:41
  my
• 24:41
  collection
• 24:41
  here,
• 24:42
  as
• 24:42
  I
• 24:42
  work
• 24:42
  towards
• 24:43
  a
• 24:43
  third
• 24:43
  book,
• 24:44
  just
• 24:44
  continuing
• 24:45
  to
• 24:45
  refine
• 24:46
  all
• 24:46
  of
• 24:46
  those
• 24:46
  processes
• 24:47
  and
• 24:47
  stay
• 24:48
  as
• 24:48
  organized
• 24:48
  as
• 24:49
  I
• 24:49
  can
• 24:49
  be
• 24:50
  and
• 24:50
  making
• 24:50
  sure
• 24:51
  that
• 24:51
  I'm
• 24:51
  staying
• 24:51
  true
• 24:52
  to
• 24:52
  why
• 24:52
  I
• 24:53
  began
• 24:53
  in
• 24:53
  the
• 24:53
  first
• 24:54
  place.
• 24:54
  Because
• 24:54
  it
• 24:54
  can
• 24:54
  quickly
• 24:55
  become
• 24:55
  all
• 24:56
  about
• 24:56
  the
• 24:56
  numbers
• 24:57
  and
• 24:57
  the
• 24:57
  sales
• 24:58
  and
• 24:58
  the
• 24:58
  statistics.
• 24:59
  But
• 24:59
  that's
• 25:00
  really
• 25:00
  not
• 25:01
  why
• 25:01
  I
• 25:01
  started
• 25:02
  writing.
• 25:02
  And
• 25:03
  so
• 25:03
  reminding
• 25:04
  myself,
• 25:04
  keeping
• 25:04
  myself
• 25:05
  grounded
• 25:05
  in
• 25:05
  that.
• 25:06
  Okay.
• 25:06
  While
• 25:07
  also
• 25:07
  trying
• 25:07
  to
• 25:07
  be
• 25:08
  efficient
• 25:08
  and
• 25:09
  a
• 25:09
  good
• 25:09
  steward
• 25:10
  of
• 25:10
  the
• 25:10
  business
• 25:11
  as
• 25:11
  I'm
• 25:12
  going
• 25:12
  forward.
• 25:12
  Let's
• 25:13
  pick
• 25:13
  up
• 25:13
  on
• 25:13
  the
• 25:14
  good
• 25:14
  steward
• 25:14
  of
• 25:14
  the
• 25:14
  business
• 25:15
  because
• 25:15
  I
• 25:15
  noticed
• 25:16
  on
• 25:16
  your
• 25:16
  website.
• 25:17
  We'll
• 25:17
  get
• 25:17
  into
• 25:17
  your
• 25:18
  website
• 25:18
  a
• 25:18
  little
• 25:19
  bit
• 25:19
  in
• 25:19
  a
• 25:19
  moment.
• 25:20
  I
• 25:20
  looked
• 25:21
  at
• 25:21
  your
• 25:21
  website
• 25:21
  and
• 25:22
  it
• 25:22
  appeared
• 25:23
  to
• 25:23
  me
• 25:23
  you
• 25:23
  have
• 25:24
  three
• 25:25
  revenue
• 25:26
  sources
• 25:27
  and
• 25:27
  I've
• 25:27
  got
• 25:27
  your
• 25:28
  website
• 25:28
  in
• 25:28
  front
• 25:28
  of
• 25:28
  me
• 25:29
  here.
• 25:29
  But
• 25:30
  what
• 25:30
  I
• 25:30
  noticed
• 25:31
  is
• 25:31
  you
• 25:32
  sell
• 25:33
  your
• 25:33
  books
• 25:34
  through
• 25:35
  online
• 25:35
  book
• 25:36
  retailers
• 25:36
  like
• 25:37
  Amazon,
• 25:38
  you
• 25:39
  do
• 25:39
  author
• 25:39
  visits,
• 25:40
  and
• 25:41
  you
• 25:41
  have
• 25:41
  an
• 25:41
  online
• 25:42
  store
• 25:42
  with
• 25:43
  an
• 25:43
  organization
• 25:44
  called
• 25:45
  Spousely.
• 25:46
  Talk
• 25:47
  to
• 25:47
  us
• 25:47
  about
• 25:48
  each
• 25:48
  one
• 25:48
  of
• 25:48
  those
• 25:49
  revenue
• 25:49
  sources.
• 25:50
  What's
• 25:50
  your
• 25:50
  primary
• 25:51
  source
• 25:51
  of
• 25:52
  revenue
• 25:52
  from
• 25:53
  those
• 25:53
  three
• 25:54
  and
• 25:54
  explain
• 25:55
  to
• 25:55
  us
• 25:55
  why
• 25:55
  you
• 25:55
  went
• 25:56
  that
• 25:56
  route.
• 25:56
  So
• 25:57
  I've
• 25:57
  actually
• 25:57
  expanded
• 25:58
  distribution
• 25:59
  recently
• 25:59
  and
• 26:00
  so
• 26:00
  my
• 26:00
  books
• 26:01
  are
• 26:01
  now
• 26:01
  available
• 26:02
  on
• 26:02
  major
• 26:02
  retailers
• 26:03
  like
• 26:03
  Barnes
• 26:03
  and
• 26:03
  Noble
• 26:04
  and
• 26:04
  Walmart
• 26:05
  and
• 26:05
  Target.
• 26:06
  But
• 26:06
  it's
• 26:06
  just
• 26:06
  evolved
• 26:07
  as
• 26:07
  like
• 26:07
  I
• 26:07
  said,
• 26:08
  I've
• 26:08
  become
• 26:08
  more
• 26:09
  efficient.
• 26:10
  Is
• 26:10
  that
• 26:10
  through
• 26:10
  Ingram
• 26:11
  Sparks?
• 26:12
  Yes.
• 26:12
  Yes.
• 26:13
  So
• 26:13
  I
• 26:13
  guess
• 26:14
  I
• 26:14
  should
• 26:14
  back
• 26:14
  up
• 26:15
  a
• 26:15
  little
• 26:15
  bit
• 26:15
  and
• 26:15
  let
• 26:15
  you
• 26:16
  know
• 26:16
  that
• 26:16
  I
• 26:16
  have
• 26:16
  published
• 26:17
  in
• 26:17
  different
• 26:17
  ways.
• 26:18
  So
• 26:18
  I
• 26:18
  use
• 26:19
  an
• 26:19
  offset
• 26:19
  printer
• 26:20
  as
• 26:20
  a
• 26:20
  self
• 26:21
  published
• 26:21
  author
• 26:22
  because
• 26:22
  I
• 26:22
  like
• 26:23
  the
• 26:23
  quality
• 26:23
  that
• 26:23
  I
• 26:24
  get
• 26:24
  from
• 26:24
  a
• 26:25
  an
• 26:25
  offset
• 26:25
  printer.
• 26:26
  Now
• 26:26
  is
• 26:27
  this
• 26:27
  an
• 26:28
  American
• 26:28
  publisher
• 26:29
  or
• 26:29
  offshore?
• 26:30
  No.
• 26:31
  It
• 26:31
  was
• 26:31
  really
• 26:31
  important
• 26:32
  to
• 26:32
  me
• 26:32
  in
• 26:32
  the
• 26:32
  type
• 26:32
  of
• 26:32
  books
• 26:33
  that
• 26:33
  I'm
• 26:33
  creating
• 26:34
  to
• 26:34
  have
• 26:34
  a
• 26:34
  US
• 26:35
  based
• 26:35
  printer.
• 26:36
  And
• 26:37
  so
• 26:37
  I've
• 26:37
  used
• 26:37
  4Max,
• 26:38
  which
• 26:38
  is
• 26:38
  based
• 26:39
  here
• 26:39
  in
• 26:39
  the
• 26:39
  United
• 26:39
  States,
• 26:40
  as
• 26:40
  well
• 26:40
  as
• 26:40
  Jostens,
• 26:41
  and
• 26:41
  both
• 26:41
  of
• 26:41
  them
• 26:42
  have
• 26:42
  been
• 26:42
  great
• 26:42
  experiences.
• 26:43
  And
• 26:44
  so
• 26:44
  that's.
• 26:44
  I
• 26:44
  call
• 26:45
  that
• 26:45
  my
• 26:45
  premium
• 26:45
  hardcover
• 26:46
  edition.
• 26:46
  And
• 26:47
  that's
• 26:47
  the
• 26:47
  one
• 26:47
  I
• 26:47
  take
• 26:48
  when
• 26:48
  I
• 26:48
  do
• 26:48
  in
• 26:48
  person
• 26:49
  events.
• 26:49
  I
• 26:50
  want
• 26:50
  to
• 26:50
  give
• 26:50
  people
• 26:51
  the
• 26:51
  best
• 26:51
  product
• 26:52
  that
• 26:52
  I
• 26:52
  can
• 26:52
  when
• 26:52
  I'm
• 26:53
  face
• 26:53
  to
• 26:53
  face.
• 26:54
  Okay.
• 26:54
  But
• 26:55
  being
• 26:55
  so
• 26:55
  niche,
• 26:56
  being
• 26:56
  such
• 26:56
  a
• 26:57
  small
• 26:57
  business,
• 26:58
  I
• 26:58
  realized
• 26:58
  that
• 26:59
  distribution
• 26:59
  was
• 26:59
  my
• 27:00
  biggest
• 27:00
  hurdle.
• 27:01
  And
• 27:01
  so
• 27:01
  utilizing
• 27:02
  a
• 27:02
  platform
• 27:03
  like
• 27:04
  Amazon,
• 27:04
  KDP
• 27:06
  or
• 27:06
  IngramSpark
• 27:08
  would
• 27:08
  offer
• 27:08
  me
• 27:09
  greater
• 27:10
  distribution.
• 27:11
  So
• 27:11
  I
• 27:11
  started
• 27:12
  with
• 27:12
  Amazon.
• 27:12
  That's
• 27:13
  where
• 27:13
  I
• 27:13
  did
• 27:13
  the
• 27:13
  paperback
• 27:14
  mini.
• 27:14
  And
• 27:15
  then
• 27:15
  I
• 27:15
  was
• 27:15
  also
• 27:15
  doing
• 27:16
  fulfillment
• 27:16
  by
• 27:16
  Amazon
• 27:17
  as
• 27:17
  a
• 27:17
  Third
• 27:17
  party
• 27:18
  seller.
• 27:18
  That
• 27:19
  was
• 27:19
  a
• 27:19
  big
• 27:19
  learning
• 27:20
  experience.
• 27:20
  I
• 27:21
  have
• 27:21
  a
• 27:21
  love
• 27:21
  hate
• 27:21
  relationship
• 27:22
  with
• 27:22
  Amazon.
• 27:23
  That's
• 27:23
  with
• 27:23
  your
• 27:23
  hardcover,
• 27:24
  right?
• 27:25
  My
• 27:25
  hardcover,
• 27:26
  yes.
• 27:26
  Is
• 27:26
  on
• 27:27
  there,
• 27:27
  yes.
• 27:28
  With
• 27:28
  book
• 27:28
  number
• 27:29
  two.
• 27:29
  I
• 27:30
  learned
• 27:30
  from
• 27:30
  all
• 27:30
  of
• 27:31
  those
• 27:31
  choices
• 27:31
  that
• 27:32
  I
• 27:32
  made
• 27:32
  with
• 27:32
  book
• 27:32
  number
• 27:32
  one
• 27:33
  and
• 27:33
  I
• 27:33
  wanted
• 27:34
  to
• 27:34
  try
• 27:34
  IngramSpark
• 27:35
  per
• 27:36
  the
• 27:36
  recommendation
• 27:36
  of
• 27:36
  my
• 27:37
  designer.
• 27:37
  She
• 27:38
  said
• 27:38
  that
• 27:38
  she
• 27:38
  had
• 27:38
  had
• 27:38
  a
• 27:39
  lot
• 27:39
  of
• 27:39
  success
• 27:39
  with
• 27:39
  IngramSpark.
• 27:40
  So
• 27:41
  I
• 27:41
  formatted
• 27:41
  a
• 27:42
  slightly
• 27:42
  larger
• 27:42
  landscape
• 27:43
  size,
• 27:43
  that's
• 27:44
  an
• 27:44
  eleven
• 27:44
  by
• 27:45
  eight
• 27:45
  and
• 27:45
  a
• 27:45
  half.
• 27:46
  And
• 27:46
  so
• 27:46
  now
• 27:46
  you
• 27:47
  can
• 27:47
  get
• 27:47
  hardcover
• 27:47
  and
• 27:48
  paperback
• 27:48
  of
• 27:48
  sleeping
• 27:49
  giants
• 27:49
  through
• 27:50
  IngramSpark.
• 27:51
  So
• 27:51
  it's
• 27:51
  on
• 27:51
  Amazon,
• 27:52
  it's
• 27:52
  on
• 27:52
  Barnes
• 27:52
  and
• 27:53
  Noble,
• 27:53
  it's
• 27:53
  on
• 27:53
  Walmart
• 27:54
  and
• 27:54
  all
• 27:54
  of
• 27:54
  the
• 27:54
  others.
• 27:55
  And
• 27:55
  so
• 27:56
  I've
• 27:56
  been
• 27:56
  working
• 27:57
  on
• 27:57
  getting
• 27:57
  the
• 27:58
  Peppered
• 27:58
  sky
• 27:59
  transitioned
• 27:59
  over
• 28:00
  to
• 28:00
  ingramspark
• 28:01
  as
• 28:01
  well
• 28:01
  so
• 28:02
  that
• 28:02
  I
• 28:02
  can
• 28:02
  step
• 28:02
  back
• 28:03
  the
• 28:04
  involvement
• 28:04
  I've
• 28:05
  had
• 28:05
  to
• 28:05
  have
• 28:05
  with
• 28:05
  Amazon
• 28:06
  as
• 28:06
  a
• 28:06
  third
• 28:06
  party
• 28:07
  seller
• 28:08
  and
• 28:08
  kind
• 28:08
  of
• 28:08
  let
• 28:09
  IngramSpark
• 28:10
  take
• 28:10
  care
• 28:10
  of
• 28:10
  those
• 28:11
  distribution
• 28:11
  channels
• 28:12
  with
• 28:12
  your
• 28:13
  paperback.
• 28:14
  I
• 28:14
  mean
• 28:14
  it.
• 28:15
  I
• 28:15
  just
• 28:15
  want
• 28:15
  everybody
• 28:16
  to
• 28:16
  understand
• 28:16
  that
• 28:17
  if
• 28:18
  you
• 28:18
  do
• 28:19
  your
• 28:19
  paperback
• 28:20
  through
• 28:20
  kdp,
• 28:21
  it's
• 28:21
  quite
• 28:21
  a
• 28:22
  simple
• 28:22
  process
• 28:23
  and
• 28:24
  you
• 28:24
  don't
• 28:25
  have
• 28:25
  to
• 28:25
  work
• 28:25
  too
• 28:25
  hard
• 28:26
  at
• 28:26
  managing
• 28:26
  it.
• 28:27
  Right.
• 28:27
  But
• 28:27
  what
• 28:28
  you're
• 28:28
  talking
• 28:28
  about
• 28:29
  is
• 28:29
  where
• 28:30
  you
• 28:30
  actually
• 28:31
  use
• 28:31
  an
• 28:32
  offset
• 28:32
  printer
• 28:33
  and
• 28:33
  then
• 28:34
  you
• 28:34
  try,
• 28:34
  you
• 28:35
  sell
• 28:35
  it.
• 28:35
  So
• 28:36
  they're
• 28:36
  like
• 28:36
  a
• 28:36
  sales
• 28:37
  agent,
• 28:37
  the.
• 28:38
  What
• 28:38
  did
• 28:38
  you
• 28:38
  call
• 28:38
  the
• 28:38
  Amazon
• 28:39
  component
• 28:40
  that
• 28:41
  you're
• 28:41
  using
• 28:41
  for
• 28:41
  your
• 28:41
  hardcover.
• 28:42
  Oh,
• 28:43
  fulfillment
• 28:43
  by
• 28:44
  Amazon
• 28:44
  is
• 28:44
  a
• 28:44
  third
• 28:45
  party
• 28:45
  seller.
• 28:46
  Yes.
• 28:46
  So
• 28:46
  what
• 28:46
  they
• 28:47
  do
• 28:47
  is
• 28:47
  they're
• 28:47
  like
• 28:47
  a
• 28:47
  sales
• 28:48
  agent
• 28:48
  but
• 28:48
  they
• 28:49
  then
• 28:49
  the
• 28:49
  price
• 28:50
  gets
• 28:50
  higher,
• 28:50
  the
• 28:51
  markup
• 28:51
  gets
• 28:51
  higher.
• 28:52
  All
• 28:52
  of
• 28:52
  that.
• 28:53
  Correct.
• 28:53
  There's
• 28:53
  a
• 28:53
  lot
• 28:53
  of
• 28:53
  legwork
• 28:54
  that
• 28:54
  I've
• 28:55
  had
• 28:55
  to
• 28:55
  do
• 28:55
  with
• 28:56
  that
• 28:56
  scenario.
• 28:57
  And
• 28:57
  so
• 28:57
  that's.
• 28:58
  I'm
• 28:58
  going
• 28:58
  to
• 28:58
  be
• 28:58
  closing
• 28:59
  that
• 28:59
  account
• 29:00
  once
• 29:00
  I've
• 29:00
  got
• 29:00
  everything
• 29:01
  over
• 29:01
  on
• 29:02
  Ingram.
• 29:02
  And,
• 29:03
  and
• 29:03
  just
• 29:03
  so
• 29:03
  every.
• 29:04
  So
• 29:05
  aspiring
• 29:06
  authors
• 29:06
  or
• 29:06
  first
• 29:07
  time
• 29:07
  book
• 29:07
  authors
• 29:08
  understand
• 29:08
  from
• 29:09
  what
• 29:09
  I'm
• 29:09
  hearing
• 29:10
  that
• 29:11
  Amazon
• 29:12
  doing
• 29:13
  it
• 29:13
  like
• 29:13
  a
• 29:14
  selling
• 29:14
  agent
• 29:15
  for
• 29:15
  your
• 29:15
  hard
• 29:15
  copy,
• 29:16
  it
• 29:16
  tends
• 29:17
  to
• 29:17
  be
• 29:17
  a
• 29:18
  lot
• 29:18
  of
• 29:18
  work
• 29:19
  and
• 29:19
  you
• 29:19
  could
• 29:19
  probably
• 29:20
  take
• 29:20
  that
• 29:20
  time
• 29:21
  and
• 29:21
  effort
• 29:21
  and
• 29:22
  put
• 29:22
  it
• 29:22
  somewhere
• 29:22
  else
• 29:23
  like
• 29:23
  Sarah's
• 29:24
  doing
• 29:25
  and
• 29:26
  get
• 29:26
  more
• 29:26
  sales
• 29:27
  and
• 29:28
  notice
• 29:28
  from
• 29:29
  doing
• 29:29
  that
• 29:29
  and
• 29:30
  probably
• 29:30
  going
• 29:30
  to
• 29:31
  sell
• 29:31
  your
• 29:31
  hardcover.
• 29:32
  A
• 29:32
  lot
• 29:33
  of
• 29:33
  people
• 29:33
  sell
• 29:33
  it
• 29:33
  through
• 29:34
  their
• 29:34
  own
• 29:34
  website
• 29:34
  and
• 29:35
  have
• 29:35
  a
• 29:35
  lot
• 29:35
  more
• 29:35
  success.
• 29:36
  What
• 29:36
  you're
• 29:37
  finding?
• 29:38
  Yeah,
• 29:38
  even
• 29:39
  the.
• 29:39
  My
• 29:39
  paperback
• 29:40
  that
• 29:40
  I
• 29:41
  published
• 29:41
  on
• 29:41
  kdp,
• 29:42
  my
• 29:42
  paperback
• 29:43
  mini
• 29:43
  that
• 29:43
  you
• 29:43
  purchased.
• 29:44
  Yes.
• 29:44
  I'll
• 29:44
  probably
• 29:45
  be
• 29:45
  retiring
• 29:46
  that
• 29:47
  format
• 29:47
  and
• 29:48
  just
• 29:48
  switching
• 29:48
  all
• 29:49
  everything
• 29:49
  over
• 29:49
  to
• 29:50
  ingramspark.
• 29:51
  And
• 29:51
  then
• 29:51
  I'll
• 29:51
  just
• 29:51
  have
• 29:51
  my
• 29:52
  offset
• 29:52
  copies
• 29:52
  for
• 29:53
  in
• 29:53
  person
• 29:53
  events
• 29:54
  or
• 29:54
  for
• 29:54
  spousely
• 29:55
  sales.
• 29:55
  Okay.
• 29:56
  Just
• 29:56
  because
• 29:56
  Ingram
• 29:57
  not
• 29:57
  only
• 29:58
  does
• 29:58
  Amazon,
• 29:59
  but
• 29:59
  they
• 30:00
  also
• 30:00
  do
• 30:00
  all
• 30:01
  of
• 30:01
  these
• 30:01
  other
• 30:01
  big
• 30:02
  retailers.
• 30:02
  And
• 30:02
  with
• 30:03
  kdp,
• 30:03
  you
• 30:04
  were
• 30:04
  stuck
• 30:04
  with
• 30:04
  just
• 30:05
  Amazon.
• 30:06
  I
• 30:06
  wanted
• 30:06
  greater
• 30:07
  distribution
• 30:07
  than
• 30:07
  just
• 30:08
  Amazon.
• 30:08
  Okay,
• 30:09
  okay.
• 30:09
  Yeah,
• 30:10
  we've
• 30:10
  talked
• 30:11
  about
• 30:11
  it.
• 30:11
  You're
• 30:11
  publishing
• 30:12
  reports
• 30:12
  approach.
• 30:13
  So
• 30:13
  why
• 30:13
  did
• 30:13
  you
• 30:13
  take
• 30:14
  the
• 30:14
  self
• 30:14
  publishing
• 30:15
  route
• 30:15
  in
• 30:15
  the
• 30:16
  first
• 30:16
  place?
• 30:17
  Yes,
• 30:17
  when
• 30:17
  I
• 30:17
  was
• 30:17
  researching
• 30:18
  the
• 30:18
  different
• 30:18
  publishing
• 30:19
  routes
• 30:20
  that
• 30:20
  I
• 30:20
  could
• 30:20
  take,
• 30:21
  my
• 30:21
  first
• 30:22
  inclination
• 30:22
  was
• 30:23
  to
• 30:23
  traditionally
• 30:24
  publish
• 30:25
  and
• 30:25
  I
• 30:25
  spent
• 30:25
  about
• 30:26
  a
• 30:26
  year
• 30:26
  and
• 30:26
  a
• 30:26
  half
• 30:27
  quarrying
• 30:27
  agents
• 30:29
  in
• 30:29
  the
• 30:29
  traditional
• 30:29
  publishing
• 30:30
  world.
• 30:31
  And
• 30:31
  the
• 30:31
  resounding
• 30:32
  narrative
• 30:32
  that
• 30:33
  I
• 30:33
  would
• 30:33
  receive
• 30:33
  in
• 30:34
  return
• 30:34
  was,
• 30:34
  this
• 30:34
  is
• 30:35
  a
• 30:35
  great
• 30:35
  story,
• 30:35
  but
• 30:36
  it's
• 30:36
  too
• 30:36
  niche.
• 30:37
  And
• 30:37
  so
• 30:37
  they
• 30:38
  didn't
• 30:38
  see
• 30:38
  a
• 30:38
  market
• 30:39
  value
• 30:39
  in
• 30:39
  these
• 30:40
  stories.
• 30:40
  I
• 30:41
  disagree
• 30:41
  with
• 30:42
  them.
• 30:42
  I
• 30:42
  think
• 30:43
  there
• 30:43
  is
• 30:43
  a
• 30:43
  very
• 30:44
  important
• 30:44
  value
• 30:45
  with
• 30:45
  these
• 30:45
  books
• 30:46
  that
• 30:46
  is
• 30:46
  not
• 30:46
  only
• 30:47
  applicable
• 30:47
  to
• 30:47
  military
• 30:48
  families,
• 30:48
  but
• 30:48
  applicable
• 30:49
  to
• 30:50
  our
• 30:50
  nation
• 30:50
  and
• 30:51
  helping
• 30:51
  us
• 30:51
  understand
• 30:52
  the
• 30:52
  armed
• 30:52
  forces
• 30:53
  better
• 30:53
  and
• 30:53
  military
• 30:54
  families
• 30:54
  better
• 30:55
  and
• 30:55
  how
• 30:55
  we
• 30:55
  can
• 30:55
  support
• 30:56
  them.
• 30:56
  So
• 30:57
  I
• 30:57
  didn't
• 30:57
  agree
• 30:57
  with
• 30:58
  that
• 30:58
  narrative,
• 30:59
  but
• 30:59
  that
• 30:59
  was
• 30:59
  the
• 30:59
  resounding
• 31:00
  narrative
• 31:00
  that
• 31:00
  I
• 31:01
  received
• 31:01
  from
• 31:02
  traditional
• 31:03
  agents
• 31:04
  and
• 31:04
  publishers.
• 31:05
  I
• 31:05
  decided
• 31:05
  to
• 31:06
  go
• 31:06
  ahead
• 31:06
  and
• 31:06
  do
• 31:07
  the
• 31:07
  self
• 31:07
  publishing
• 31:08
  avenue,
• 31:09
  which
• 31:09
  honestly
• 31:09
  was
• 31:10
  so
• 31:10
  rewarding
• 31:11
  in
• 31:11
  so
• 31:11
  many
• 31:11
  ways
• 31:12
  because
• 31:12
  I
• 31:12
  had
• 31:13
  control
• 31:13
  over
• 31:14
  making
• 31:14
  sure
• 31:15
  that
• 31:15
  everyone
• 31:16
  on
• 31:16
  my
• 31:16
  team
• 31:16
  is
• 31:17
  military
• 31:17
  connected
• 31:18
  in
• 31:18
  some
• 31:18
  way,
• 31:18
  form
• 31:19
  or
• 31:19
  fashion,
• 31:19
  whether
• 31:20
  they
• 31:20
  are
• 31:20
  a
• 31:20
  veteran,
• 31:21
  they're
• 31:21
  a
• 31:21
  military
• 31:22
  spouse,
• 31:22
  or
• 31:22
  they're
• 31:23
  a
• 31:23
  military
• 31:23
  child
• 31:24
  or
• 31:24
  a
• 31:25
  printer
• 31:25
  in
• 31:25
  the
• 31:25
  United
• 31:25
  States.
• 31:26
  So
• 31:26
  all
• 31:27
  of
• 31:27
  those
• 31:27
  things
• 31:27
  were
• 31:27
  very
• 31:27
  important
• 31:28
  to
• 31:28
  me
• 31:28
  and
• 31:28
  I
• 31:28
  was
• 31:29
  able
• 31:29
  to
• 31:29
  have
• 31:29
  direct
• 31:29
  control
• 31:30
  over
• 31:30
  that
• 31:31
  authenticity.
• 31:32
  I
• 31:32
  also
• 31:32
  wanted
• 31:33
  to
• 31:33
  make
• 31:33
  sure
• 31:33
  that
• 31:33
  the
• 31:34
  illustrations
• 31:34
  were
• 31:35
  high
• 31:35
  quality
• 31:35
  and
• 31:36
  authentic
• 31:37
  in
• 31:37
  their
• 31:37
  representation
• 31:38
  of
• 31:38
  our
• 31:38
  armed
• 31:38
  forces.
• 31:39
  And,
• 31:40
  and
• 31:40
  then
• 31:40
  being
• 31:40
  able
• 31:41
  to
• 31:41
  pour
• 31:41
  in
• 31:41
  my
• 31:41
  teacher
• 31:42
  heart
• 31:42
  there
• 31:42
  at
• 31:42
  the
• 31:42
  end
• 31:43
  with
• 31:43
  the
• 31:43
  extra
• 31:43
  resources
• 31:44
  and
• 31:44
  activity,
• 31:45
  all
• 31:45
  of
• 31:45
  that
• 31:46
  was
• 31:46
  such
• 31:46
  a
• 31:47
  blessing
• 31:47
  to
• 31:47
  be
• 31:47
  able
• 31:48
  to
• 31:48
  include
• 31:48
  in
• 31:49
  my
• 31:49
  stories
• 31:50
  and
• 31:50
  is
• 31:50
  really
• 31:51
  foundational
• 31:52
  to,
• 31:52
  to
• 31:53
  what
• 31:53
  I'm
• 31:53
  creating.
• 31:54
  Good
• 31:54
  for
• 31:54
  you.
• 31:55
  When
• 31:55
  it
• 31:55
  came
• 31:55
  to
• 31:56
  self
• 31:56
  publishing,
• 31:56
  of
• 31:57
  course
• 31:57
  you
• 31:57
  did
• 31:58
  print
• 31:58
  on
• 31:58
  demand
• 31:59
  through
• 31:59
  Amazon
• 32:00
  and
• 32:01
  then
• 32:01
  you
• 32:01
  actually
• 32:02
  did
• 32:02
  the
• 32:02
  offset
• 32:02
  printing.
• 32:03
  Now
• 32:04
  tell
• 32:04
  us,
• 32:04
  what
• 32:04
  was
• 32:05
  the
• 32:05
  minimum
• 32:05
  run
• 32:06
  you
• 32:06
  had
• 32:06
  to
• 32:06
  do?
• 32:07
  I
• 32:07
  don't
• 32:07
  remember
• 32:08
  the
• 32:08
  minimum.
• 32:09
  Okay.
• 32:09
  With
• 32:10
  offset
• 32:10
  printers
• 32:11
  you
• 32:11
  can
• 32:11
  go
• 32:12
  pretty
• 32:12
  low.
• 32:12
  It's
• 32:13
  just
• 32:13
  the
• 32:13
  lower
• 32:14
  number
• 32:14
  you
• 32:14
  go,
• 32:14
  the
• 32:14
  higher
• 32:15
  your
• 32:15
  price
• 32:15
  is
• 32:16
  going
• 32:16
  to
• 32:16
  be
• 32:16
  per
• 32:16
  book.
• 32:16
  Okay.
• 32:17
  And
• 32:17
  so
• 32:17
  the
• 32:17
  more
• 32:18
  that
• 32:18
  you're
• 32:18
  able
• 32:19
  to
• 32:19
  financially
• 32:20
  commit
• 32:21
  to
• 32:21
  printing,
• 32:22
  the
• 32:22
  lower
• 32:23
  the
• 32:23
  cost
• 32:23
  per
• 32:24
  book.
• 32:24
  So
• 32:24
  obviously
• 32:25
  you
• 32:25
  have
• 32:25
  to
• 32:25
  look
• 32:25
  at
• 32:26
  your
• 32:26
  finances
• 32:27
  and
• 32:27
  your
• 32:27
  income
• 32:28
  and
• 32:28
  your
• 32:28
  revenue
• 32:29
  and
• 32:29
  decide
• 32:30
  what
• 32:30
  kind
• 32:30
  of
• 32:30
  investment
• 32:31
  am
• 32:31
  I
• 32:31
  going
• 32:31
  to
• 32:31
  be
• 32:32
  able
• 32:32
  to
• 32:32
  make.
• 32:33
  I
• 32:33
  think
• 32:33
  the
• 32:34
  most
• 32:34
  books
• 32:34
  that
• 32:34
  I've
• 32:35
  ordered
• 32:36
  for
• 32:36
  the
• 32:36
  Peppered
• 32:36
  sky
• 32:37
  was
• 32:37
  like
• 32:37
  580
• 32:38
  with
• 32:39
  the
• 32:39
  first
• 32:39
  one
• 32:40
  and
• 32:40
  then
• 32:40
  sleeping
• 32:41
  giants.
• 32:42
  I
• 32:42
  think
• 32:42
  7:50
• 32:43
  is
• 32:43
  how
• 32:44
  many
• 32:44
  I
• 32:44
  ordered
• 32:44
  for
• 32:45
  that
• 32:45
  first
• 32:45
  run.
• 32:46
  So
• 32:46
  I
• 32:46
  would
• 32:46
  consider
• 32:47
  those
• 32:47
  small
• 32:47
  batch
• 32:48
  print
• 32:48
  runs.
• 32:49
  Anything
• 32:49
  over
• 32:50
  a
• 32:50
  thousand
• 32:51
  is
• 32:51
  more
• 32:51
  typical.
• 32:52
  Okay.
• 32:52
  But
• 32:52
  as
• 32:53
  I
• 32:53
  do
• 32:53
  print
• 32:53
  in
• 32:53
  the
• 32:53
  US
• 32:54
  Our
• 32:54
  prices
• 32:54
  are
• 32:55
  going
• 32:55
  to
• 32:55
  be
• 32:55
  higher
• 32:56
  than
• 32:56
  if
• 32:56
  you
• 32:56
  were
• 32:56
  to
• 32:56
  print
• 32:57
  in
• 32:57
  China,
• 32:57
  for
• 32:57
  example.
• 32:58
  And
• 32:59
  what
• 32:59
  I
• 32:59
  found
• 33:00
  is
• 33:00
  I
• 33:00
  always
• 33:01
  keep
• 33:01
  track.
• 33:02
  Cause
• 33:02
  I'm
• 33:02
  always
• 33:02
  interested
• 33:03
  in,
• 33:04
  and
• 33:04
  I
• 33:04
  like
• 33:05
  to
• 33:05
  share
• 33:05
  this
• 33:05
  information
• 33:06
  is
• 33:06
  I've
• 33:06
  noticed
• 33:07
  that
• 33:08
  pricing
• 33:09
  on
• 33:09
  whether
• 33:09
  it's
• 33:10
  soft
• 33:10
  cover
• 33:11
  or
• 33:11
  hardcover,
• 33:12
  especially
• 33:12
  hardcover,
• 33:14
  really
• 33:14
  ranges
• 33:15
  in
• 33:16
  pricing.
• 33:16
  So
• 33:16
  I've
• 33:16
  seen
• 33:17
  anywhere
• 33:17
  from
• 33:18
  about
• 33:18
  $20American
• 33:20
  to
• 33:20
  about
• 33:20
  $46American
• 33:22
  for
• 33:22
  the
• 33:23
  same
• 33:23
  book
• 33:24
  format.
• 33:25
  But
• 33:26
  you
• 33:26
  can
• 33:26
  tell
• 33:26
  that
• 33:27
  there's
• 33:28
  other
• 33:28
  things
• 33:28
  involved
• 33:30
  when
• 33:30
  you
• 33:30
  see
• 33:30
  such
• 33:31
  a
• 33:31
  pricing
• 33:31
  spread.
• 33:32
  It
• 33:32
  gives
• 33:33
  everybody
• 33:33
  an
• 33:34
  opportunity
• 33:34
  to
• 33:34
  realize
• 33:35
  from
• 33:35
  what
• 33:36
  I'm
• 33:36
  seeing,
• 33:36
  there
• 33:37
  isn't
• 33:37
  quite
• 33:37
  a
• 33:37
  sweet
• 33:38
  spot
• 33:39
  of
• 33:39
  pricing.
• 33:39
  Now
• 33:40
  you
• 33:40
  may
• 33:40
  find
• 33:40
  that
• 33:41
  you
• 33:41
  do
• 33:41
  have
• 33:41
  a
• 33:41
  sweet
• 33:42
  spot,
• 33:42
  but
• 33:42
  I
• 33:42
  haven't
• 33:43
  really
• 33:43
  seen
• 33:43
  in
• 33:44
  the
• 33:44
  range
• 33:44
  that
• 33:45
  there's
• 33:45
  a
• 33:46
  sweet
• 33:46
  spot,
• 33:47
  especially
• 33:47
  on
• 33:47
  hardcover
• 33:48
  books,
• 33:48
  a
• 33:49
  sweet
• 33:49
  spot
• 33:49
  of
• 33:49
  pricing.
• 33:50
  So
• 33:51
  what
• 33:51
  would
• 33:51
  you
• 33:51
  price
• 33:51
  your
• 33:52
  retail
• 33:53
  hardcover
• 33:53
  book?
• 33:55
  Both
• 33:55
  of
• 33:55
  my
• 33:55
  hardcovers,
• 33:56
  the
• 33:56
  premium
• 33:57
  hardcovers,
• 33:57
  retail
• 33:58
  for
• 33:58
  1999.
• 33:59
  And
• 34:00
  that's
• 34:00
  something
• 34:00
  that,
• 34:01
  you
• 34:01
  know,
• 34:01
  as
• 34:01
  I
• 34:01
  said,
• 34:02
  continuing
• 34:02
  to
• 34:02
  learn
• 34:03
  and
• 34:03
  speak
• 34:03
  with
• 34:04
  other
• 34:04
  authors
• 34:05
  about,
• 34:05
  it's
• 34:06
  going
• 34:06
  to
• 34:06
  have
• 34:06
  to
• 34:06
  probably
• 34:07
  be
• 34:07
  a
• 34:07
  reflection
• 34:08
  of
• 34:08
  the
• 34:08
  economy.
• 34:09
  And
• 34:10
  for
• 34:10
  the
• 34:11
  last
• 34:11
  couple
• 34:11
  of
• 34:11
  years
• 34:12
  it's
• 34:12
  been
• 34:13
  holding
• 34:13
  Fairly
• 34:14
  steady
• 34:14
  at
• 34:14
  1999.
• 34:15
  But
• 34:16
  I
• 34:16
  was
• 34:16
  just
• 34:16
  recently
• 34:17
  speaking
• 34:17
  with
• 34:17
  another
• 34:18
  author
• 34:18
  at
• 34:18
  a
• 34:18
  convention
• 34:19
  last
• 34:19
  week
• 34:19
  who
• 34:20
  said
• 34:20
  she
• 34:20
  was
• 34:20
  raising
• 34:21
  her
• 34:21
  prices
• 34:21
  on
• 34:21
  her
• 34:22
  books
• 34:23
  as
• 34:23
  a
• 34:23
  direct
• 34:23
  reflection
• 34:24
  of
• 34:24
  inflation
• 34:25
  and
• 34:25
  what's
• 34:25
  going
• 34:26
  on
• 34:26
  with
• 34:26
  the
• 34:26
  economy.
• 34:27
  I
• 34:27
  do
• 34:27
  think
• 34:28
  as
• 34:28
  we
• 34:28
  see
• 34:28
  hikes
• 34:29
  in
• 34:29
  paper
• 34:30
  prices
• 34:30
  and
• 34:31
  printing
• 34:32
  costs,
• 34:32
  it
• 34:32
  may
• 34:33
  reflect
• 34:33
  in
• 34:33
  the
• 34:33
  future
• 34:34
  for
• 34:34
  book
• 34:35
  prices,
• 34:35
  not
• 34:35
  only
• 34:36
  for
• 34:36
  myself,
• 34:36
  even
• 34:37
  big
• 34:37
  publishers.
• 34:38
  What
• 34:38
  would
• 34:38
  have
• 34:39
  your,
• 34:39
  what
• 34:39
  would
• 34:39
  have
• 34:40
  your
• 34:40
  price
• 34:40
  been
• 34:41
  on
• 34:42
  Amazon
• 34:42
  for
• 34:43
  the
• 34:43
  hardcover
• 34:43
  book?
• 34:44
  So
• 34:45
  the
• 34:45
  hardcovers
• 34:45
  on
• 34:46
  Amazon
• 34:47
  are
• 34:47
  also
• 34:47
  the
• 34:48
  same
• 34:48
  1999.
• 34:49
  Oh,
• 34:49
  really?
• 34:50
  Okay.
• 34:50
  So
• 34:51
  again,
• 34:52
  there's
• 34:52
  extra
• 34:53
  costs
• 34:53
  involved.
• 34:54
  So
• 34:54
  you
• 34:54
  would
• 34:54
  have
• 34:54
  been
• 34:55
  making
• 34:55
  less
• 34:55
  margin,
• 34:56
  correct?
• 34:56
  Oh,
• 34:57
  a
• 34:57
  hundred
• 34:57
  percent.
• 34:57
  Yes.
• 34:58
  Just
• 34:58
  so
• 34:58
  everyone
• 34:59
  understands,
• 35:00
  love,
• 35:01
  hate,
• 35:01
  relationship
• 35:01
  with
• 35:02
  Amazon.
• 35:02
  Yeah.
• 35:03
  We're
• 35:03
  talking
• 35:03
  about
• 35:04
  running
• 35:04
  a
• 35:04
  business.
• 35:05
  Oh,
• 35:06
  yes.
• 35:06
  No,
• 35:06
  it's.
• 35:07
  It
• 35:07
  is
• 35:07
  not
• 35:07
  my
• 35:07
  favorite
• 35:08
  platform
• 35:08
  for
• 35:09
  selling
• 35:09
  on.
• 35:09
  For
• 35:10
  sure.
• 35:10
  So
• 35:10
  you
• 35:11
  had
• 35:11
  mentioned
• 35:11
  I
• 35:11
  want
• 35:12
  to
• 35:12
  pivot
• 35:12
  to
• 35:13
  website
• 35:14
  because
• 35:14
  it
• 35:14
  sounds
• 35:15
  to
• 35:15
  me
• 35:15
  when
• 35:15
  you
• 35:15
  first
• 35:16
  started
• 35:16
  you
• 35:16
  didn't
• 35:17
  have
• 35:17
  a
• 35:17
  website.
• 35:18
  And
• 35:19
  then
• 35:19
  as
• 35:20
  you
• 35:20
  got
• 35:20
  into
• 35:21
  realizing
• 35:22
  that
• 35:22
  you
• 35:22
  were
• 35:22
  running
• 35:23
  a
• 35:23
  children's
• 35:23
  book
• 35:23
  business,
• 35:24
  that
• 35:24
  you
• 35:24
  need
• 35:25
  the
• 35:25
  website.
• 35:25
  Talk
• 35:26
  to
• 35:26
  us
• 35:26
  about
• 35:26
  your
• 35:26
  website
• 35:27
  development.
• 35:28
  I
• 35:28
  like
• 35:28
  to
• 35:29
  tell
• 35:29
  people
• 35:29
  I'm
• 35:29
  technologically
• 35:30
  challenged.
• 35:31
  I'm
• 35:31
  not.
• 35:32
  I'M
• 35:32
  not
• 35:32
  a
• 35:33
  great
• 35:33
  computer
• 35:34
  whiz
• 35:34
  at
• 35:34
  all,
• 35:35
  but
• 35:35
  I'm
• 35:35
  able
• 35:36
  to
• 35:36
  figure
• 35:36
  out
• 35:36
  some
• 35:36
  basic
• 35:37
  platforms.
• 35:37
  So
• 35:38
  honestly,
• 35:38
  my
• 35:39
  website
• 35:39
  is
• 35:39
  based
• 35:40
  off
• 35:40
  of
• 35:40
  a
• 35:40
  very
• 35:41
  basic
• 35:41
  option
• 35:42
  on
• 35:42
  WordPress
• 35:43
  which
• 35:44
  actually
• 35:44
  I
• 35:44
  started
• 35:45
  off
• 35:45
  with
• 35:45
  the
• 35:45
  free
• 35:46
  version
• 35:46
  just
• 35:46
  so
• 35:46
  I
• 35:47
  could
• 35:47
  start
• 35:47
  learning
• 35:47
  the
• 35:48
  platform
• 35:48
  and
• 35:48
  how
• 35:49
  to
• 35:49
  formatted
• 35:50
  in
• 35:50
  a
• 35:50
  way
• 35:50
  that
• 35:51
  made
• 35:51
  sense
• 35:51
  to
• 35:52
  customers.
• 35:52
  I
• 35:53
  recognized
• 35:53
  very
• 35:54
  quickly
• 35:54
  the
• 35:54
  value
• 35:54
  of
• 35:55
  having
• 35:55
  that
• 35:55
  website
• 35:56
  because
• 35:56
  as
• 35:56
  a
• 35:56
  consumer,
• 35:58
  the
• 35:58
  first
• 35:58
  thing
• 35:58
  I
• 35:58
  do
• 35:59
  go
• 35:59
  to
• 36:00
  a
• 36:00
  business's
• 36:00
  website
• 36:01
  and
• 36:01
  see
• 36:02
  who
• 36:02
  they
• 36:02
  are,
• 36:03
  what
• 36:03
  they're
• 36:03
  about,
• 36:03
  what
• 36:04
  their
• 36:04
  product
• 36:04
  is
• 36:04
  and
• 36:05
  how
• 36:05
  I
• 36:05
  can
• 36:05
  get
• 36:05
  it.
• 36:06
  And
• 36:06
  so
• 36:07
  all
• 36:07
  of
• 36:07
  those
• 36:08
  components
• 36:08
  are
• 36:08
  incredibly
• 36:09
  necessary.
• 36:10
  Even
• 36:10
  if
• 36:10
  you
• 36:10
  do
• 36:11
  are
• 36:11
  just
• 36:11
  starting
• 36:11
  out
• 36:12
  as
• 36:12
  a
• 36:12
  new
• 36:12
  author,
• 36:13
  just
• 36:13
  having
• 36:13
  a
• 36:14
  free
• 36:14
  version
• 36:14
  with
• 36:14
  the
• 36:15
  basic
• 36:15
  information
• 36:16
  so
• 36:16
  that
• 36:17
  people
• 36:17
  can
• 36:17
  see,
• 36:17
  oh,
• 36:18
  this
• 36:18
  is
• 36:18
  a
• 36:18
  real
• 36:19
  person,
• 36:19
  this
• 36:19
  is
• 36:19
  a
• 36:20
  real
• 36:20
  product.
• 36:20
  Here
• 36:21
  are
• 36:21
  the
• 36:21
  platforms
• 36:22
  that
• 36:22
  are
• 36:23
  very
• 36:23
  familiar
• 36:24
  to
• 36:24
  consumers
• 36:25
  where
• 36:25
  they
• 36:25
  can
• 36:25
  find
• 36:25
  your
• 36:26
  book.
• 36:26
  The
• 36:27
  nice
• 36:27
  thing
• 36:27
  about
• 36:27
  it,
• 36:27
  I'm
• 36:28
  looking
• 36:28
  at
• 36:28
  your
• 36:28
  website
• 36:29
  right
• 36:29
  here
• 36:29
  in
• 36:29
  front
• 36:29
  of
• 36:30
  me
• 36:30
  and
• 36:30
  the
• 36:30
  beautiful
• 36:31
  thing
• 36:31
  about
• 36:31
  it
• 36:31
  is
• 36:32
  that
• 36:32
  you're
• 36:33
  using
• 36:33
  some
• 36:33
  of
• 36:33
  your
• 36:34
  graphics
• 36:34
  from
• 36:34
  your
• 36:35
  books.
• 36:36
  Yes.
• 36:36
  And
• 36:37
  they're
• 36:37
  beautiful
• 36:37
  graphics.
• 36:38
  So
• 36:38
  they
• 36:38
  just
• 36:39
  make
• 36:39
  the
• 36:39
  website
• 36:40
  more
• 36:41
  engaging.
• 36:42
  I
• 36:42
  wanted
• 36:42
  them
• 36:43
  to
• 36:43
  be
• 36:43
  aesthetically
• 36:43
  pleasing
• 36:44
  so
• 36:44
  that
• 36:44
  people
• 36:45
  when
• 36:45
  they
• 36:45
  were
• 36:45
  coming
• 36:46
  to
• 36:46
  my
• 36:46
  website,
• 36:47
  they
• 36:47
  weren't
• 36:47
  off
• 36:48
  put
• 36:48
  by
• 36:48
  ugliness.
• 36:49
  And
• 36:50
  one
• 36:50
  thing
• 36:50
  that
• 36:50
  I
• 36:51
  noticed
• 36:51
  that
• 36:51
  I
• 36:51
  haven't
• 36:52
  seen
• 36:52
  on
• 36:52
  anybody
• 36:53
  else's
• 36:53
  website
• 36:54
  yet.
• 36:54
  Talk
• 36:55
  to
• 36:55
  us
• 36:55
  about
• 36:56
  the
• 36:56
  sponsorship.
• 36:57
  What
• 36:58
  exactly
• 36:59
  is
• 36:59
  your
• 37:00
  sponsorship?
• 37:01
  What's
• 37:01
  the
• 37:01
  role
• 37:01
  of
• 37:02
  the
• 37:02
  sponsorship
• 37:02
  tab
• 37:03
  on
• 37:03
  your
• 37:03
  website?
• 37:04
  This
• 37:04
  is
• 37:04
  something
• 37:05
  that
• 37:05
  is
• 37:05
  very
• 37:06
  new
• 37:06
  and
• 37:06
  I'm
• 37:06
  still
• 37:06
  dabbling
• 37:07
  with
• 37:07
  and
• 37:07
  I've
• 37:08
  got
• 37:08
  some
• 37:08
  more
• 37:08
  work
• 37:08
  to
• 37:08
  do
• 37:09
  on
• 37:09
  my
• 37:09
  website
• 37:10
  with
• 37:10
  regard
• 37:10
  to
• 37:10
  sponsorship.
• 37:11
  I
• 37:12
  was
• 37:12
  attending
• 37:12
  a
• 37:12
  conference
• 37:13
  in
• 37:13
  Denver
• 37:13
  last
• 37:14
  week
• 37:14
  as
• 37:14
  an
• 37:15
  author
• 37:15
  and
• 37:16
  learning
• 37:16
  from
• 37:16
  some
• 37:16
  of
• 37:17
  the
• 37:17
  other
• 37:17
  authors
• 37:17
  about
• 37:18
  how
• 37:18
  they
• 37:18
  are
• 37:18
  sponsored
• 37:19
  for
• 37:19
  events
• 37:20
  and
• 37:20
  conferences.
• 37:21
  Sponsor
• 37:21
  authors
• 37:22
  to
• 37:23
  help
• 37:23
  promote
• 37:23
  their
• 37:24
  work
• 37:24
  and
• 37:24
  to
• 37:25
  engage
• 37:25
  their
• 37:26
  attendees.
• 37:26
  Something
• 37:27
  that
• 37:27
  I'm
• 37:27
  learning
• 37:27
  in,
• 37:28
  something
• 37:28
  I'm
• 37:28
  dabbling
• 37:29
  in
• 37:29
  very
• 37:29
  early
• 37:30
  on
• 37:30
  and
• 37:30
  how
• 37:31
  I
• 37:32
  have
• 37:32
  to
• 37:32
  educate
• 37:32
  myself
• 37:33
  and
• 37:33
  learn
• 37:34
  how
• 37:34
  sponsorships
• 37:35
  work
• 37:36
  and
• 37:36
  how
• 37:37
  they
• 37:37
  can
• 37:37
  be
• 37:37
  successful
• 37:38
  in
• 37:38
  partnerships
• 37:38
  and
• 37:39
  collaborative
• 37:40
  relationships
• 37:40
  with
• 37:41
  other
• 37:41
  businesses.
• 37:41
  And
• 37:42
  the
• 37:42
  sponsorship
• 37:43
  page
• 37:43
  on
• 37:43
  my
• 37:44
  website
• 37:44
  will
• 37:44
  be
• 37:45
  a
• 37:45
  landing
• 37:45
  spot
• 37:46
  for
• 37:47
  corporate
• 37:47
  businesses
• 37:48
  who
• 37:49
  are
• 37:49
  interested
• 37:50
  in
• 37:50
  sponsoring
• 37:51
  said
• 37:52
  number
• 37:52
  of
• 37:52
  books
• 37:53
  for
• 37:53
  their
• 37:53
  event
• 37:54
  or
• 37:54
  for
• 37:54
  their
• 37:55
  fundraiser
• 37:56
  or
• 37:56
  whatever
• 37:56
  it
• 37:56
  is
• 37:57
  that
• 37:57
  they're
• 37:57
  doing
• 37:57
  where
• 37:58
  we
• 37:58
  both
• 37:58
  are
• 37:58
  meeting
• 37:59
  the
• 37:59
  same
• 37:59
  goal
• 37:59
  and
• 38:00
  mission.
• 38:00
  Fantastic.
• 38:01
  So
• 38:02
  you
• 38:02
  mentioned
• 38:02
  that
• 38:03
  you
• 38:03
  had
• 38:03
  talked
• 38:03
  to
• 38:04
  a
• 38:04
  couple
• 38:04
  of
• 38:05
  authors
• 38:06
  at
• 38:06
  the
• 38:06
  convention
• 38:07
  you
• 38:07
  were
• 38:07
  at.
• 38:08
  Can
• 38:08
  you
• 38:09
  give
• 38:09
  us
• 38:09
  one
• 38:10
  example?
• 38:10
  So
• 38:11
  somebody
• 38:11
  understands
• 38:12
  that
• 38:12
  maybe
• 38:13
  part
• 38:13
  of
• 38:13
  their
• 38:14
  travel
• 38:15
  costs
• 38:16
  were
• 38:16
  paid
• 38:17
  for
• 38:17
  by
• 38:17
  the
• 38:17
  sponsor.
• 38:18
  Is
• 38:18
  there
• 38:19
  someone
• 38:19
  you
• 38:19
  can
• 38:20
  Mention,
• 38:20
  I.
• 38:21
  Can
• 38:21
  tell
• 38:21
  you
• 38:21
  I
• 38:21
  went
• 38:22
  to
• 38:22
  the
• 38:22
  Verticon
• 38:23
  event,
• 38:23
  which
• 38:24
  was
• 38:24
  put
• 38:24
  on
• 38:24
  by
• 38:25
  Vertical
• 38:25
  Aviation
• 38:26
  International,
• 38:26
  that
• 38:27
  was
• 38:27
  in
• 38:27
  Dallas
• 38:27
  a
• 38:28
  few
• 38:28
  weeks
• 38:28
  ago.
• 38:29
  And
• 38:29
  my
• 38:30
  contact,
• 38:30
  Liz
• 38:30
  Booker,
• 38:31
  I
• 38:31
  can't
• 38:31
  remember
• 38:31
  which
• 38:32
  branch
• 38:32
  she
• 38:32
  was
• 38:32
  in,
• 38:32
  but
• 38:33
  she's
• 38:33
  a
• 38:33
  retired
• 38:34
  pilot
• 38:35
  and
• 38:35
  author
• 38:36
  and
• 38:36
  she
• 38:36
  had
• 38:36
  invited
• 38:37
  me
• 38:37
  to
• 38:37
  Verticon
• 38:38
  VAI
• 38:39
  Vertical
• 38:40
  Aviation
• 38:40
  International,
• 38:41
  who
• 38:41
  put
• 38:41
  on
• 38:42
  Verticon
• 38:42
  conference.
• 38:43
  They
• 38:44
  said,
• 38:44
  we
• 38:45
  like
• 38:45
  what
• 38:45
  these
• 38:45
  authors
• 38:46
  are
• 38:46
  doing.
• 38:46
  This
• 38:46
  is
• 38:46
  really
• 38:47
  special
• 38:47
  for
• 38:47
  our
• 38:48
  event.
• 38:48
  We're
• 38:49
  going
• 38:49
  to
• 38:49
  sponsor
• 38:50
  $1200
• 38:51
  of
• 38:51
  books
• 38:52
  for
• 38:53
  the
• 38:53
  authors
• 38:54
  to
• 38:54
  give
• 38:54
  away
• 38:55
  at
• 38:55
  the
• 38:55
  event.
• 38:56
  And
• 38:57
  so
• 38:57
  it
• 38:57
  was
• 38:58
  a
• 38:58
  win
• 38:58
  scenario
• 38:59
  where
• 39:00
  Verticon
• 39:01
  is
• 39:01
  getting
• 39:01
  great
• 39:01
  exposure
• 39:02
  saying,
• 39:02
  hey,
• 39:03
  we
• 39:03
  sponsored
• 39:03
  these
• 39:04
  authors
• 39:04
  and
• 39:04
  their
• 39:04
  books
• 39:05
  to
• 39:05
  be
• 39:05
  here.
• 39:05
  You're
• 39:06
  welco.
• 39:06
  Attendees
• 39:07
  were
• 39:07
  excited
• 39:08
  because
• 39:08
  they
• 39:09
  get
• 39:09
  new
• 39:09
  swag
• 39:10
  to
• 39:10
  share
• 39:10
  with
• 39:11
  their
• 39:11
  friends
• 39:11
  and
• 39:12
  family.
• 39:12
  And
• 39:13
  authors
• 39:13
  obviously
• 39:14
  are
• 39:14
  being
• 39:14
  supported
• 39:15
  in
• 39:15
  their
• 39:15
  small
• 39:15
  business
• 39:16
  and
• 39:16
  being
• 39:16
  able
• 39:16
  to
• 39:16
  get
• 39:16
  their
• 39:17
  story
• 39:17
  out
• 39:17
  there.
• 39:18
  So
• 39:18
  it's
• 39:18
  really
• 39:19
  a
• 39:19
  cool
• 39:19
  scenario
• 39:20
  when
• 39:20
  it
• 39:20
  works,
• 39:21
  but
• 39:22
  have
• 39:22
  to
• 39:22
  have
• 39:23
  the
• 39:23
  right
• 39:23
  connections.
• 39:24
  And
• 39:24
  like
• 39:24
  I
• 39:24
  said,
• 39:25
  it's
• 39:25
  a
• 39:25
  learning
• 39:25
  process
• 39:26
  for
• 39:26
  me
• 39:26
  to
• 39:26
  really
• 39:27
  understand
• 39:28
  who
• 39:28
  makes
• 39:28
  those
• 39:29
  decisions
• 39:29
  and
• 39:30
  how
• 39:30
  the
• 39:30
  pieces
• 39:31
  really
• 39:31
  fit
• 39:31
  together.
• 39:32
  This
• 39:32
  is
• 39:32
  fantastic
• 39:33
  because
• 39:34
  you're
• 39:34
  the
• 39:34
  first
• 39:34
  children's
• 39:35
  book
• 39:35
  author
• 39:35
  I've
• 39:36
  had
• 39:36
  on
• 39:36
  my
• 39:36
  show
• 39:37
  that
• 39:37
  actually
• 39:38
  had,
• 39:39
  like
• 39:39
  I
• 39:39
  said
• 39:39
  to
• 39:39
  you,
• 39:40
  has
• 39:40
  sponsorship
• 39:41
  as
• 39:42
  a
• 39:42
  tab
• 39:42
  on
• 39:43
  your
• 39:43
  website.
• 39:44
  So.
• 39:44
  No.
• 39:44
  But
• 39:44
  it
• 39:45
  gives
• 39:45
  every
• 39:45
  aspiring
• 39:46
  authors
• 39:46
  another
• 39:47
  approach
• 39:48
  to
• 39:48
  realize,
• 39:49
  okay,
• 39:49
  this
• 39:49
  is
• 39:50
  how
• 39:50
  you
• 39:50
  can
• 39:50
  support
• 39:50
  your
• 39:51
  business.
• 39:52
  Because
• 39:52
  again,
• 39:53
  we're
• 39:53
  coming,
• 39:53
  we're
• 39:54
  talking
• 39:54
  about
• 39:54
  a
• 39:55
  children's
• 39:55
  book
• 39:56
  business.
• 39:56
  And
• 39:57
  one
• 39:57
  of
• 39:57
  the
• 39:57
  authors
• 39:58
  I
• 39:58
  spoke
• 39:58
  with
• 39:58
  last
• 39:59
  week,
• 39:59
  Graciela,
• 40:00
  I'm
• 40:00
  going
• 40:00
  to
• 40:00
  butcher
• 40:00
  her
• 40:01
  last
• 40:01
  name
• 40:01
  so
• 40:01
  I
• 40:01
  won't
• 40:01
  say
• 40:02
  it.
• 40:02
  Okay.
• 40:02
  She
• 40:02
  writes
• 40:03
  the
• 40:03
  Captain
• 40:03
  Mama
• 40:04
  children's
• 40:05
  book
• 40:05
  series.
• 40:05
  They're
• 40:06
  bilingual
• 40:06
  children's
• 40:07
  books.
• 40:07
  Anyway,
• 40:08
  she's
• 40:08
  a
• 40:08
  retired
• 40:09
  military
• 40:10
  member
• 40:10
  as
• 40:10
  well,
• 40:11
  and
• 40:11
  she
• 40:12
  was
• 40:12
  explaining
• 40:13
  how
• 40:13
  you
• 40:13
  can,
• 40:13
  as
• 40:14
  an
• 40:14
  author,
• 40:14
  even
• 40:15
  just
• 40:15
  if
• 40:15
  you
• 40:15
  attend
• 40:16
  an
• 40:16
  air
• 40:16
  show
• 40:16
  and
• 40:16
  your
• 40:17
  books
• 40:17
  have
• 40:17
  something
• 40:17
  to
• 40:18
  do
• 40:18
  with
• 40:18
  aviation,
• 40:19
  you
• 40:19
  go
• 40:20
  around
• 40:20
  to
• 40:20
  the
• 40:20
  booths
• 40:21
  and
• 40:21
  talk
• 40:22
  to
• 40:22
  the
• 40:22
  corporate
• 40:23
  businesses
• 40:24
  and
• 40:24
  say,
• 40:25
  hey,
• 40:25
  I'm
• 40:26
  an
• 40:26
  author.
• 40:26
  Here's
• 40:27
  how
• 40:27
  we
• 40:27
  align
• 40:28
  as
• 40:28
  in
• 40:29
  our
• 40:29
  mission
• 40:30
  and
• 40:30
  here's
• 40:30
  what
• 40:30
  a
• 40:31
  sponsorship
• 40:31
  can
• 40:31
  look
• 40:32
  like
• 40:32
  for
• 40:33
  us.
• 40:33
  And
• 40:33
  so
• 40:34
  just
• 40:34
  going
• 40:34
  armed
• 40:35
  with
• 40:35
  that
• 40:35
  information,
• 40:36
  it
• 40:36
  takes
• 40:36
  research
• 40:37
  and
• 40:37
  it
• 40:37
  takes
• 40:37
  time
• 40:38
  and
• 40:38
  intentionality,
• 40:39
  but
• 40:39
  it's
• 40:39
  definitely
• 40:40
  something
• 40:40
  I'm
• 40:41
  trying
• 40:41
  to
• 40:41
  learn
• 40:41
  more
• 40:41
  about
• 40:42
  and
• 40:42
  start
• 40:42
  putting
• 40:43
  into
• 40:43
  practice.
• 40:44
  Good
• 40:44
  for
• 40:44
  you.
• 40:45
  Good
• 40:45
  for
• 40:45
  you.
• 40:45
  Thanks
• 40:46
  for
• 40:46
  sharing
• 40:46
  that.
• 40:46
  This,
• 40:47
  that's
• 40:47
  so
• 40:47
  much
• 40:48
  value
• 40:48
  for
• 40:49
  our
• 40:49
  audience.
• 40:50
  Absolutely.
• 40:51
  So
• 40:52
  when
• 40:53
  you.
• 40:53
  The
• 40:53
  reason
• 40:53
  I
• 40:53
  asked
• 40:54
  this
• 40:54
  question
• 40:54
  is
• 40:55
  when
• 40:55
  we
• 40:55
  first,
• 40:56
  and
• 40:56
  I'm
• 40:57
  sure
• 40:57
  the
• 40:57
  audience
• 40:57
  by
• 40:58
  now,
• 40:58
  when
• 40:58
  they're
• 40:59
  listening
• 40:59
  to
• 40:59
  me,
• 40:59
  are
• 40:59
  Going,
• 41:00
  you're
• 41:00
  not
• 41:00
  going
• 41:00
  to
• 41:00
  tell
• 41:00
  the
• 41:01
  story
• 41:01
  again,
• 41:01
  are
• 41:01
  you?
• 41:02
  But
• 41:02
  when
• 41:02
  we
• 41:03
  started,
• 41:04
  we
• 41:04
  actually
• 41:05
  had
• 41:05
  our.
• 41:06
  We
• 41:06
  were
• 41:06
  so
• 41:06
  excited.
• 41:07
  We
• 41:07
  had
• 41:07
  our
• 41:07
  book,
• 41:08
  we
• 41:08
  had
• 41:08
  it
• 41:09
  in
• 41:09
  distribution.
• 41:10
  We
• 41:10
  have
• 41:11
  it
• 41:11
  through
• 41:11
  ingramsparks
• 41:12
  and
• 41:12
  we
• 41:13
  also
• 41:13
  have
• 41:13
  it
• 41:14
  through
• 41:14
  Amazon.
• 41:15
  We
• 41:16
  were
• 41:16
  excited.
• 41:16
  And
• 41:17
  somebody
• 41:18
  said
• 41:18
  to
• 41:18
  me,
• 41:18
  where's
• 41:19
  your
• 41:19
  home?
• 41:20
  I
• 41:20
  said,
• 41:20
  what
• 41:20
  do
• 41:20
  you
• 41:21
  mean,
• 41:21
  where's
• 41:21
  my
• 41:21
  home?
• 41:22
  They
• 41:22
  said,
• 41:22
  where's
• 41:22
  your
• 41:23
  website?
• 41:23
  They
• 41:23
  said,
• 41:24
  you
• 41:24
  should
• 41:24
  have
• 41:24
  a
• 41:24
  website
• 41:25
  for
• 41:25
  your
• 41:25
  book
• 41:25
  if
• 41:26
  you're
• 41:26
  a
• 41:26
  children's
• 41:26
  book
• 41:27
  author.
• 41:28
  That
• 41:28
  hadn't
• 41:28
  crossed
• 41:29
  my
• 41:29
  mind.
• 41:30
  And
• 41:30
  then
• 41:30
  all
• 41:30
  of
• 41:30
  a
• 41:30
  sudden
• 41:31
  we.
• 41:32
  We
• 41:32
  did
• 41:32
  our
• 41:32
  own
• 41:33
  website.
• 41:33
  But
• 41:33
  that
• 41:34
  deviated
• 41:35
  us
• 41:35
  off
• 41:35
  of
• 41:36
  our
• 41:36
  path
• 41:36
  of
• 41:36
  selling
• 41:37
  and
• 41:37
  marketing
• 41:37
  the
• 41:38
  books
• 41:38
  and
• 41:38
  distributing.
• 41:39
  I
• 41:39
  wish
• 41:39
  I
• 41:40
  could
• 41:40
  go
• 41:40
  back,
• 41:40
  but
• 41:40
  I
• 41:41
  can't
• 41:41
  do
• 41:41
  that.
• 41:41
  And
• 41:42
  had
• 41:42
  created
• 41:43
  the
• 41:43
  website
• 41:44
  first.
• 41:44
  But
• 41:44
  in
• 41:45
  your
• 41:45
  case,
• 41:46
  tell
• 41:46
  us
• 41:46
  a
• 41:46
  little
• 41:47
  bit.
• 41:47
  You
• 41:47
  launched
• 41:48
  your
• 41:48
  first
• 41:48
  book
• 41:48
  and
• 41:49
  how
• 41:49
  quickly
• 41:49
  did
• 41:49
  you.
• 41:49
  Did
• 41:50
  you
• 41:50
  get
• 41:50
  your
• 41:50
  website
• 41:51
  up
• 41:51
  and
• 41:51
  running?
• 41:52
  It
• 41:52
  was
• 41:52
  within
• 41:52
  a
• 41:53
  couple
• 41:53
  of
• 41:53
  months.
• 41:53
  I
• 41:54
  realized
• 41:54
  very
• 41:54
  quickly
• 41:55
  that
• 41:55
  I
• 41:55
  was
• 41:55
  having
• 41:56
  the
• 41:56
  same
• 41:56
  interactions
• 41:57
  with
• 41:57
  people
• 41:57
  saying,
• 41:57
  where
• 41:58
  can
• 41:58
  I
• 41:58
  learn
• 41:58
  more
• 41:58
  about
• 41:58
  you?
• 41:59
  Or
• 41:59
  where
• 41:59
  can
• 41:59
  I
• 41:59
  send
• 42:00
  people
• 42:00
  who
• 42:00
  want
• 42:00
  to
• 42:01
  learn
• 42:01
  about
• 42:02
  where
• 42:02
  to
• 42:02
  get
• 42:02
  your
• 42:03
  books?
• 42:03
  And
• 42:03
  I
• 42:04
  recognized
• 42:04
  that
• 42:05
  I
• 42:05
  needed
• 42:05
  a
• 42:05
  website
• 42:05
  very
• 42:06
  quickly.
• 42:06
  So
• 42:06
  it
• 42:06
  was
• 42:07
  within
• 42:07
  a
• 42:07
  month
• 42:07
  or
• 42:07
  two
• 42:07
  of
• 42:08
  publishing
• 42:08
  the
• 42:08
  first
• 42:08
  book.
• 42:09
  Right
• 42:09
  on.
• 42:10
  And.
• 42:10
  And
• 42:10
  for
• 42:10
  our
• 42:10
  listening
• 42:11
  audience,
• 42:11
  you
• 42:12
  don't
• 42:12
  have
• 42:12
  to
• 42:12
  have
• 42:13
  to
• 42:13
  Sarah's
• 42:15
  point,
• 42:15
  you
• 42:15
  don't
• 42:16
  have
• 42:16
  to
• 42:16
  have
• 42:16
  the
• 42:16
  most
• 42:16
  sophisticated
• 42:17
  website.
• 42:18
  Just
• 42:18
  get
• 42:19
  yourself
• 42:19
  a
• 42:19
  home,
• 42:20
  get
• 42:20
  it
• 42:20
  up
• 42:20
  and
• 42:21
  running,
• 42:21
  get
• 42:21
  the
• 42:22
  information
• 42:22
  on
• 42:22
  there
• 42:23
  that
• 42:23
  you.
• 42:23
  That
• 42:23
  people
• 42:24
  are
• 42:24
  looking
• 42:24
  for,
• 42:25
  and
• 42:25
  then
• 42:25
  take
• 42:25
  it
• 42:26
  from
• 42:26
  there.
• 42:27
  So
• 42:27
  that's
• 42:27
  fantastic.
• 42:28
  Thank
• 42:28
  you
• 42:28
  for
• 42:29
  that.
• 42:29
  There's
• 42:29
  a
• 42:29
  lot
• 42:29
  of
• 42:29
  options
• 42:30
  out
• 42:30
  there.
• 42:30
  But
• 42:30
  I
• 42:31
  will
• 42:31
  note
• 42:31
  that
• 42:32
  I
• 42:32
  like
• 42:32
  I
• 42:32
  said,
• 42:32
  I'm
• 42:33
  not
• 42:33
  a
• 42:33
  super
• 42:34
  techie
• 42:34
  person.
• 42:35
  And
• 42:35
  so
• 42:35
  WordPress
• 42:36
  was
• 42:36
  fairly
• 42:36
  easy
• 42:37
  to
• 42:37
  learn
• 42:37
  on.
• 42:38
  And
• 42:38
  like
• 42:38
  I
• 42:38
  said,
• 42:38
  they've
• 42:39
  got
• 42:39
  very
• 42:39
  basic
• 42:40
  plans
• 42:40
  that
• 42:40
  are
• 42:40
  inexpensive
• 42:41
  because,
• 42:42
  you
• 42:42
  know,
• 42:42
  at
• 42:42
  that
• 42:42
  bottom
• 42:43
  line
• 42:43
  really
• 42:44
  matters
• 42:44
  in
• 42:45
  those
• 42:45
  early.
• 42:46
  In
• 42:46
  the
• 42:46
  early
• 42:46
  stages
• 42:47
  of
• 42:47
  writing
• 42:47
  and
• 42:48
  publishing.
• 42:48
  Absolutely.
• 42:49
  I
• 42:50
  think
• 42:50
  the
• 42:50
  audience
• 42:51
  has
• 42:51
  a
• 42:51
  sense
• 42:52
  of
• 42:52
  where
• 42:53
  your
• 42:53
  motivation
• 42:54
  came
• 42:54
  from.
• 42:55
  Is
• 42:55
  there
• 42:55
  any
• 42:56
  specific
• 42:57
  person
• 42:58
  or
• 42:58
  event
• 42:59
  that
• 42:59
  motivated
• 43:00
  you
• 43:00
  to
• 43:01
  really
• 43:02
  embrace
• 43:02
  this
• 43:02
  whole
• 43:03
  idea
• 43:03
  that
• 43:04
  you
• 43:04
  were
• 43:04
  now
• 43:05
  creating
• 43:05
  these
• 43:06
  books
• 43:06
  for
• 43:06
  military
• 43:07
  children?
• 43:08
  Was
• 43:08
  there
• 43:08
  one
• 43:09
  specific
• 43:10
  person
• 43:10
  or
• 43:10
  event
• 43:11
  that
• 43:11
  you
• 43:12
  said,
• 43:12
  oh,
• 43:13
  turned
• 43:13
  the
• 43:13
  light
• 43:13
  bulb
• 43:14
  on.
• 43:14
  I
• 43:15
  mentioned
• 43:15
  briefly
• 43:15
  earlier
• 43:16
  that
• 43:16
  when
• 43:16
  I
• 43:16
  was
• 43:16
  going
• 43:17
  to
• 43:17
  school
• 43:17
  to
• 43:17
  be
• 43:18
  a
• 43:18
  teacher,
• 43:18
  I
• 43:18
  went
• 43:18
  through
• 43:19
  a
• 43:19
  children's
• 43:19
  literature
• 43:20
  course
• 43:21
  and
• 43:21
  one
• 43:21
  of
• 43:21
  the
• 43:22
  projects
• 43:22
  that
• 43:22
  we
• 43:23
  had
• 43:23
  to
• 43:23
  do
• 43:23
  was
• 43:23
  to
• 43:24
  pick
• 43:24
  a
• 43:24
  theme.
• 43:24
  I
• 43:24
  picked
• 43:25
  military
• 43:25
  children's
• 43:26
  books
• 43:26
  as
• 43:26
  my
• 43:27
  theme
• 43:27
  and
• 43:28
  recognized
• 43:28
  very
• 43:29
  quickly
• 43:29
  the
• 43:29
  lack
• 43:30
  of
• 43:30
  resources
• 43:31
  available
• 43:31
  for
• 43:31
  military
• 43:32
  families,
• 43:32
  but
• 43:33
  also
• 43:33
  the
• 43:34
  few
• 43:34
  resources
• 43:35
  that
• 43:35
  Were
• 43:35
  out
• 43:36
  there,
• 43:36
  maybe
• 43:37
  weren't
• 43:37
  authentically
• 43:38
  written,
• 43:39
  were
• 43:39
  poorly
• 43:40
  published,
• 43:40
  had
• 43:41
  low
• 43:41
  quality
• 43:41
  illustrations
• 43:43
  or
• 43:43
  low
• 43:43
  quality
• 43:44
  writing.
• 43:45
  And
• 43:45
  while
• 43:46
  there
• 43:46
  are
• 43:46
  definitely
• 43:47
  more
• 43:47
  resources
• 43:48
  now
• 43:48
  for
• 43:49
  military
• 43:49
  families
• 43:50
  than
• 43:50
  there
• 43:50
  were
• 43:50
  when
• 43:50
  I
• 43:50
  was
• 43:51
  a
• 43:51
  kid
• 43:52
  or
• 43:52
  even
• 43:52
  going
• 43:53
  through
• 43:53
  school,
• 43:54
  I'm
• 43:54
  finding
• 43:54
  that
• 43:55
  a
• 43:55
  lot
• 43:55
  of
• 43:55
  people
• 43:55
  are
• 43:55
  writing
• 43:56
  these
• 43:56
  books
• 43:56
  because
• 43:57
  they
• 43:57
  see
• 43:57
  that
• 43:58
  they're
• 43:58
  needed,
• 43:58
  but
• 43:59
  they
• 43:59
  don't
• 43:59
  necessarily
• 44:00
  have
• 44:00
  any
• 44:00
  business
• 44:01
  writing
• 44:01
  them.
• 44:01
  And
• 44:02
  I
• 44:02
  don't
• 44:02
  mean
• 44:02
  that
• 44:02
  in
• 44:02
  a
• 44:03
  negative
• 44:03
  way.
• 44:03
  I
• 44:03
  mean,
• 44:04
  not
• 44:04
  everybody
• 44:04
  is
• 44:04
  meant
• 44:05
  to
• 44:05
  be
• 44:05
  a
• 44:05
  children's
• 44:06
  writer.
• 44:06
  Yes.
• 44:07
  And
• 44:07
  it
• 44:07
  is
• 44:08
  truly
• 44:08
  about
• 44:08
  creating
• 44:09
  something
• 44:09
  that
• 44:09
  is
• 44:10
  of
• 44:10
  high
• 44:10
  quality,
• 44:11
  something
• 44:11
  that
• 44:11
  is
• 44:11
  engaging
• 44:12
  and
• 44:12
  educational
• 44:13
  and
• 44:13
  empowering
• 44:14
  and
• 44:14
  not
• 44:15
  just
• 44:15
  filling
• 44:15
  a
• 44:15
  void.
• 44:16
  We
• 44:16
  don't
• 44:17
  need
• 44:17
  books
• 44:17
  to
• 44:17
  just
• 44:18
  fill
• 44:18
  a
• 44:18
  void.
• 44:18
  We
• 44:18
  need
• 44:19
  high
• 44:19
  quality
• 44:20
  literary
• 44:20
  resources.
• 44:21
  And
• 44:21
  coming
• 44:22
  back
• 44:22
  to
• 44:22
  your
• 44:22
  question
• 44:22
  about
• 44:23
  is
• 44:23
  there
• 44:24
  somebody
• 44:24
  who
• 44:25
  specifically
• 44:26
  helped
• 44:26
  guide
• 44:26
  me
• 44:27
  down
• 44:27
  that
• 44:27
  path?
• 44:28
  The
• 44:28
  seed
• 44:28
  was
• 44:28
  planted
• 44:29
  with
• 44:29
  that
• 44:29
  course
• 44:30
  I
• 44:30
  took
• 44:30
  in
• 44:30
  college.
• 44:31
  Okay.
• 44:31
  But
• 44:31
  the
• 44:31
  person
• 44:32
  was
• 44:32
  Stephanie,
• 44:33
  my
• 44:33
  friend
• 44:33
  out
• 44:33
  in
• 44:33
  California,
• 44:34
  who,
• 44:35
  she
• 44:35
  was
• 44:35
  already
• 44:36
  writing
• 44:36
  children's
• 44:36
  literature.
• 44:37
  She's
• 44:37
  not
• 44:38
  published
• 44:38
  at
• 44:38
  this
• 44:39
  point
• 44:39
  yet.
• 44:40
  However,
• 44:41
  she
• 44:41
  was
• 44:42
  so
• 44:42
  instrumental
• 44:43
  in
• 44:43
  helping
• 44:43
  to
• 44:44
  edit
• 44:44
  my
• 44:44
  first
• 44:44
  stories
• 44:45
  and
• 44:45
  give
• 44:45
  me
• 44:46
  feedback
• 44:46
  and
• 44:46
  critiques.
• 44:47
  And
• 44:48
  my
• 44:48
  first
• 44:48
  story
• 44:49
  I've
• 44:49
  told
• 44:49
  people
• 44:49
  this
• 44:50
  before
• 44:51
  was
• 44:51
  awful.
• 44:51
  It
• 44:52
  was
• 44:52
  not
• 44:52
  good.
• 44:53
  It
• 44:53
  was
• 44:53
  very
• 44:53
  fable
• 44:54
  y
• 44:54
  and
• 44:55
  just
• 44:55
  very
• 44:55
  universal.
• 44:56
  And
• 44:57
  there
• 44:57
  was
• 44:57
  just
• 44:57
  really
• 44:58
  nothing
• 44:58
  special
• 44:58
  about
• 44:59
  it.
• 44:59
  And
• 45:00
  I
• 45:00
  remember
• 45:01
  her
• 45:01
  saying,
• 45:01
  hey,
• 45:01
  Sarah,
• 45:02
  you
• 45:02
  need
• 45:02
  to
• 45:03
  write
• 45:03
  what
• 45:03
  you
• 45:03
  know.
• 45:04
  And
• 45:05
  that
• 45:05
  was
• 45:05
  the
• 45:05
  moment
• 45:06
  it
• 45:06
  really
• 45:06
  clicked.
• 45:06
  I
• 45:07
  said,
• 45:07
  I
• 45:07
  know
• 45:07
  the
• 45:08
  military.
• 45:08
  I
• 45:09
  know
• 45:09
  there's
• 45:09
  a
• 45:09
  need
• 45:09
  for
• 45:10
  military
• 45:10
  children's
• 45:10
  literature.
• 45:11
  But
• 45:12
  I
• 45:12
  have
• 45:12
  the
• 45:12
  experience
• 45:13
  as
• 45:13
  a
• 45:13
  military
• 45:14
  child
• 45:14
  and
• 45:14
  as
• 45:14
  a
• 45:15
  veteran
• 45:15
  and
• 45:15
  as
• 45:16
  a
• 45:16
  veteran
• 45:16
  military
• 45:17
  spouse.
• 45:18
  That's
• 45:18
  my
• 45:18
  life.
• 45:19
  Right.
• 45:20
  When
• 45:20
  I
• 45:20
  finally
• 45:21
  figured
• 45:21
  out
• 45:21
  how
• 45:21
  to
• 45:22
  put
• 45:22
  those
• 45:22
  military
• 45:23
  experiences
• 45:24
  with
• 45:24
  my
• 45:25
  writing,
• 45:26
  then
• 45:26
  the
• 45:26
  stories
• 45:26
  have
• 45:27
  just
• 45:27
  really
• 45:27
  come
• 45:27
  together.
• 45:28
  Good
• 45:29
  for
• 45:29
  you.
• 45:29
  And
• 45:30
  again,
• 45:30
  that's.
• 45:31
  That's
• 45:31
  what
• 45:31
  they,
• 45:32
  they
• 45:32
  always
• 45:33
  talk
• 45:33
  to
• 45:33
  you
• 45:33
  about,
• 45:34
  is
• 45:35
  finding
• 45:35
  something
• 45:36
  that
• 45:36
  you
• 45:36
  have
• 45:37
  expertise
• 45:38
  in.
• 45:38
  Even
• 45:38
  if
• 45:39
  you
• 45:39
  don't
• 45:39
  realize
• 45:39
  that
• 45:40
  you
• 45:40
  have
• 45:40
  expertise.
• 45:41
  If
• 45:41
  you
• 45:41
  just
• 45:42
  looked
• 45:42
  around
• 45:43
  and
• 45:43
  said,
• 45:43
  okay,
• 45:44
  what
• 45:44
  has
• 45:44
  my
• 45:44
  whole
• 45:45
  life
• 45:45
  been
• 45:45
  about?
• 45:46
  All
• 45:47
  of
• 45:47
  a
• 45:47
  sudden
• 45:47
  you
• 45:47
  realize,
• 45:48
  oh
• 45:48
  my
• 45:48
  goodness,
• 45:49
  I
• 45:49
  do
• 45:49
  have
• 45:49
  expertise.
• 45:51
  Yes.
• 45:51
  You
• 45:51
  are
• 45:52
  an
• 45:52
  expert
• 45:52
  in
• 45:52
  your
• 45:52
  own
• 45:53
  experiences.
• 45:53
  Yes.
• 45:54
  And
• 45:55
  it
• 45:55
  was
• 45:55
  just
• 45:55
  profound,
• 45:56
  honestly,
• 45:56
  for
• 45:56
  me
• 45:57
  to
• 45:57
  hear
• 45:57
  her,
• 45:58
  her
• 45:58
  say,
• 45:58
  you
• 45:58
  need
• 45:59
  to
• 45:59
  write
• 45:59
  what
• 45:59
  you
• 45:59
  know.
• 46:00
  That's
• 46:00
  what
• 46:00
  happened
• 46:01
  for
• 46:01
  myself
• 46:02
  is
• 46:03
  I
• 46:03
  had
• 46:04
  all
• 46:04
  of
• 46:04
  these
• 46:04
  adventures
• 46:05
  with
• 46:06
  my
• 46:06
  granddaughter
• 46:07
  and
• 46:08
  then,
• 46:08
  then
• 46:08
  all
• 46:09
  my
• 46:09
  grandchildren
• 46:09
  in
• 46:10
  the
• 46:10
  Rocky
• 46:10
  Mountains
• 46:11
  and
• 46:11
  we
• 46:11
  did
• 46:12
  so
• 46:12
  much.
• 46:13
  And
• 46:14
  my
• 46:14
  granddaughter,
• 46:15
  my
• 46:15
  oldest
• 46:16
  granddaughter,
• 46:16
  was
• 46:16
  instrumental
• 46:17
  because
• 46:17
  she's
• 46:18
  the
• 46:18
  co
• 46:18
  author
• 46:19
  of
• 46:19
  the
• 46:19
  book.
• 46:19
  And
• 46:19
  she
• 46:20
  said,
• 46:20
  papa,
• 46:21
  we
• 46:22
  can't
• 46:22
  just
• 46:22
  leave
• 46:23
  these
• 46:23
  lay
• 46:24
  dormant
• 46:24
  on
• 46:25
  your
• 46:25
  cell
• 46:25
  phone.
• 46:26
  We've
• 46:26
  got
• 46:26
  thousands
• 46:27
  of
• 46:27
  pictures.
• 46:28
  I'm
• 46:28
  sure
• 46:28
  we
• 46:28
  can
• 46:29
  make
• 46:29
  adventure
• 46:29
  stories,
• 46:30
  and
• 46:30
  that's
• 46:31
  what
• 46:31
  we
• 46:31
  did.
• 46:31
  That
• 46:32
  is
• 46:32
  so
• 46:32
  amazing.
• 46:33
  I'm
• 46:33
  so
• 46:33
  excited
• 46:34
  to.
• 46:34
  To
• 46:34
  check
• 46:34
  out
• 46:34
  your
• 46:35
  books
• 46:35
  more
• 46:35
  and
• 46:36
  kind
• 46:36
  of
• 46:36
  learn
• 46:36
  your
• 46:36
  stories
• 46:37
  and
• 46:37
  your
• 46:37
  adventures.
• 46:38
  Thank
• 46:38
  you
• 46:38
  very
• 46:38
  much.
• 46:39
  I
• 46:39
  appreciate
• 46:39
  that.
• 46:40
  Talk
• 46:40
  to
• 46:40
  us
• 46:41
  a
• 46:41
  little
• 46:41
  bit
• 46:41
  now.
• 46:41
  I
• 46:42
  know
• 46:42
  each
• 46:42
  story's
• 46:43
  a
• 46:43
  little
• 46:43
  different,
• 46:44
  but
• 46:44
  talk
• 46:45
  to
• 46:45
  us
• 46:45
  about.
• 46:46
  Even
• 46:46
  if
• 46:46
  it's
• 46:47
  in
• 46:47
  a
• 46:47
  broader
• 46:47
  sense,
• 46:48
  because
• 46:48
  character
• 46:49
  development.
• 46:50
  Because
• 46:50
  I.
• 46:51
  In
• 46:51
  the
• 46:51
  Peppered
• 46:51
  sky,
• 46:52
  it's
• 46:53
  the
• 46:53
  mother
• 46:53
  and
• 46:54
  the
• 46:54
  two
• 46:54
  children
• 46:55
  are
• 46:55
  central,
• 46:56
  but
• 46:57
  I
• 46:57
  don't
• 46:58
  believe
• 46:58
  there's
• 46:58
  any
• 46:59
  name.
• 46:59
  They
• 46:59
  didn't
• 46:59
  have
• 47:00
  any
• 47:00
  names.
• 47:00
  It's
• 47:01
  just
• 47:01
  the
• 47:01
  family
• 47:02
  and
• 47:02
  then
• 47:02
  their
• 47:03
  support
• 47:03
  of
• 47:03
  their
• 47:04
  dad
• 47:04
  and
• 47:05
  husband,
• 47:05
  of
• 47:05
  course.
• 47:06
  So
• 47:06
  tell
• 47:06
  us
• 47:06
  about
• 47:07
  your
• 47:08
  thought
• 47:08
  process,
• 47:09
  character
• 47:10
  development.
• 47:11
  It's
• 47:11
  funny
• 47:11
  that
• 47:11
  you
• 47:12
  mentioned
• 47:12
  their
• 47:12
  names.
• 47:12
  I
• 47:13
  actually
• 47:13
  named
• 47:14
  them
• 47:14
  on
• 47:14
  the
• 47:15
  back
• 47:15
  of
• 47:15
  the
• 47:15
  book
• 47:16
  as
• 47:17
  a.
• 47:17
  An
• 47:17
  afterthought
• 47:19
  because
• 47:19
  my
• 47:20
  friend
• 47:20
  Stephanie,
• 47:20
  who
• 47:21
  I
• 47:21
  just
• 47:21
  talked
• 47:21
  about,
• 47:22
  she's.
• 47:22
  Your
• 47:22
  characters
• 47:23
  need
• 47:23
  names.
• 47:24
  These
• 47:24
  kids
• 47:24
  need
• 47:24
  to
• 47:25
  know
• 47:25
  who
• 47:25
  they're.
• 47:25
  Who
• 47:26
  these
• 47:26
  characters
• 47:26
  are.
• 47:27
  And
• 47:28
  I.
• 47:28
  I
• 47:28
  agreed
• 47:29
  with
• 47:29
  her.
• 47:29
  I
• 47:29
  said,
• 47:29
  they
• 47:29
  do.
• 47:30
  They
• 47:30
  need
• 47:30
  names.
• 47:30
  And
• 47:31
  I
• 47:31
  named
• 47:31
  them
• 47:31
  on
• 47:31
  the
• 47:32
  back
• 47:32
  here.
• 47:32
  And
• 47:32
  I
• 47:33
  did
• 47:33
  this
• 47:33
  same
• 47:34
  thing
• 47:34
  with
• 47:35
  my
• 47:35
  Sleeping
• 47:35
  Giants
• 47:36
  book
• 47:36
  as
• 47:36
  well.
• 47:37
  I
• 47:37
  named
• 47:37
  him
• 47:37
  on
• 47:37
  the
• 47:37
  back
• 47:38
  of
• 47:38
  the
• 47:38
  story
• 47:38
  and.
• 47:39
  Sorry,
• 47:39
  I
• 47:39
  missed.
• 47:40
  No,
• 47:41
  it's
• 47:41
  okay.
• 47:41
  And
• 47:42
  it
• 47:42
  was
• 47:42
  fun.
• 47:42
  As
• 47:42
  I
• 47:43
  was
• 47:43
  creating
• 47:43
  the.
• 47:44
  The
• 47:44
  resource
• 47:45
  pages,
• 47:46
  I
• 47:46
  actually
• 47:47
  have
• 47:47
  an
• 47:47
  option
• 47:47
  in
• 47:48
  there
• 47:48
  to
• 47:48
  write.
• 47:49
  Where
• 47:49
  is
• 47:50
  it?
• 47:50
  Write
• 47:51
  a
• 47:51
  letter
• 47:51
  to
• 47:51
  Haley
• 47:52
  Mason
• 47:52
  or
• 47:53
  author
• 47:53
  Sarah
• 47:53
  Doran.
• 47:54
  What
• 47:54
  questions
• 47:54
  would
• 47:55
  you
• 47:55
  ask?
• 47:55
  What
• 47:55
  were
• 47:55
  your
• 47:56
  favorite
• 47:56
  parts
• 47:56
  of
• 47:56
  the
• 47:56
  story
• 47:57
  and
• 47:57
  why?
• 47:58
  And
• 47:58
  so
• 47:58
  it
• 47:58
  does
• 47:59
  help
• 47:59
  the
• 47:59
  children
• 48:00
  to
• 48:00
  relate
• 48:01
  a
• 48:01
  little
• 48:01
  bit
• 48:01
  more
• 48:01
  to
• 48:02
  those
• 48:02
  characters.
• 48:03
  It's
• 48:03
  important
• 48:04
  that
• 48:04
  I'm
• 48:04
  just
• 48:05
  trying
• 48:05
  for
• 48:05
  the
• 48:06
  audience
• 48:06
  to
• 48:06
  understand
• 48:07
  that
• 48:07
  through
• 48:08
  all
• 48:08
  of
• 48:08
  your
• 48:08
  story,
• 48:09
  the
• 48:10
  characters
• 48:10
  don't
• 48:11
  have
• 48:11
  a
• 48:11
  name,
• 48:12
  but.
• 48:12
  Correct.
• 48:13
  But
• 48:13
  ultimately
• 48:14
  you
• 48:14
  do
• 48:14
  name
• 48:15
  them.
• 48:15
  I
• 48:16
  do.
• 48:16
  And
• 48:16
  if
• 48:18
  and
• 48:18
  Mason
• 48:19
  come
• 48:19
  into
• 48:19
  another
• 48:20
  book,
• 48:20
  perhaps
• 48:21
  they
• 48:21
  take
• 48:22
  their
• 48:22
  names,
• 48:22
  take
• 48:23
  on
• 48:23
  a
• 48:23
  larger
• 48:23
  role.
• 48:24
  Yes,
• 48:24
  absolutely.
• 48:25
  And
• 48:26
  what's
• 48:26
  their
• 48:26
  mom's
• 48:26
  name?
• 48:26
  Sarah.
• 48:27
  No,
• 48:28
  Mom.
• 48:28
  I'm
• 48:28
  just
• 48:29
  Diesel.
• 48:29
  In
• 48:29
  your
• 48:30
  third
• 48:30
  book,
• 48:31
  will
• 48:32
  your
• 48:32
  characters
• 48:33
  have
• 48:33
  a
• 48:33
  name
• 48:33
  or
• 48:35
  because
• 48:35
  of
• 48:35
  the
• 48:36
  name
• 48:36
  of
• 48:36
  the
• 48:36
  title?
• 48:36
  It
• 48:37
  seems
• 48:37
  maybe
• 48:37
  it
• 48:38
  could
• 48:38
  be
• 48:38
  more
• 48:38
  generic.
• 48:39
  Yeah.
• 48:40
  So
• 48:40
  it's
• 48:40
  very
• 48:40
  similar
• 48:41
  in
• 48:41
  fashion
• 48:41
  to
• 48:42
  my
• 48:42
  first
• 48:42
  and
• 48:42
  second
• 48:43
  book,
• 48:43
  where
• 48:43
  they
• 48:44
  are
• 48:44
  not
• 48:44
  named
• 48:44
  outright,
• 48:45
  but
• 48:45
  their
• 48:46
  names
• 48:46
  will
• 48:46
  be
• 48:46
  included
• 48:47
  in
• 48:47
  the
• 48:47
  back
• 48:47
  and
• 48:47
  in
• 48:48
  the
• 48:48
  resource
• 48:48
  pages.
• 48:49
  The
• 48:50
  characters
• 48:50
  in
• 48:50
  my
• 48:51
  third
• 48:51
  book
• 48:51
  are
• 48:51
  two
• 48:52
  brothers
• 48:52
  and
• 48:53
  mom
• 48:53
  who
• 48:53
  are
• 48:54
  highlighted
• 48:55
  in
• 48:55
  that
• 48:55
  story.
• 48:56
  Fantastic.
• 48:57
  Fantastic.
• 48:58
  And
• 48:58
  normally
• 48:59
  I
• 48:59
  talk
• 49:00
  to
• 49:00
  you
• 49:00
  about
• 49:00
  theme,
• 49:01
  but
• 49:01
  I
• 49:01
  think
• 49:01
  we've
• 49:01
  talked
• 49:02
  a
• 49:02
  lot
• 49:02
  about
• 49:03
  how
• 49:04
  you
• 49:04
  came
• 49:04
  to
• 49:04
  your
• 49:05
  theme.
• 49:05
  And
• 49:06
  it's
• 49:06
  funny
• 49:07
  because
• 49:07
  we
• 49:07
  even
• 49:07
  Got
• 49:08
  to
• 49:08
  dig
• 49:08
  down
• 49:08
  a
• 49:08
  little
• 49:09
  deeper
• 49:09
  to
• 49:09
  realize
• 49:10
  that
• 49:10
  when
• 49:11
  you're
• 49:11
  taking
• 49:12
  a
• 49:12
  writing
• 49:12
  course
• 49:13
  and
• 49:13
  then
• 49:14
  being
• 49:14
  asked
• 49:15
  to
• 49:15
  develop
• 49:15
  an
• 49:15
  idea
• 49:16
  and
• 49:16
  how
• 49:16
  that
• 49:17
  sprung
• 49:17
  to
• 49:17
  your
• 49:18
  mind,
• 49:18
  but
• 49:18
  that
• 49:18
  just
• 49:19
  sat
• 49:19
  on
• 49:20
  a
• 49:20
  page
• 49:20
  until
• 49:21
  your
• 49:21
  friend
• 49:22
  in
• 49:22
  California.
• 49:23
  I
• 49:23
  think
• 49:23
  it
• 49:23
  was
• 49:23
  in
• 49:23
  California.
• 49:24
  Yes,
• 49:25
  Stephanie.
• 49:26
  Stephanie.
• 49:26
  And.
• 49:26
  Yeah,
• 49:27
  she
• 49:27
  activated
• 49:28
  your
• 49:29
  inner
• 49:30
  author.
• 49:30
  Yes.
• 49:31
  Yes.
• 49:32
  It's
• 49:33
  crazy
• 49:33
  how
• 49:33
  I'm
• 49:34
  a
• 49:34
  believer,
• 49:34
  and
• 49:35
  I
• 49:35
  truly
• 49:35
  believe
• 49:35
  that
• 49:35
  God
• 49:36
  orchestrates
• 49:37
  different
• 49:37
  things
• 49:37
  in
• 49:37
  your
• 49:38
  life
• 49:38
  to
• 49:39
  work
• 49:39
  together
• 49:40
  for
• 49:40
  his
• 49:40
  glory.
• 49:41
  And
• 49:41
  he
• 49:42
  plants
• 49:42
  little
• 49:42
  seeds
• 49:43
  and
• 49:43
  people
• 49:43
  in
• 49:43
  your
• 49:44
  life,
• 49:44
  and
• 49:44
  eventually
• 49:45
  those
• 49:46
  things
• 49:46
  are
• 49:46
  able
• 49:46
  to
• 49:46
  come
• 49:46
  to
• 49:47
  fruition
• 49:47
  because
• 49:48
  he's
• 49:48
  orchestrated
• 49:49
  everything
• 49:49
  to
• 49:49
  work
• 49:49
  that
• 49:50
  way.
• 49:50
  I
• 49:50
  really
• 49:50
  have
• 49:51
  seen
• 49:51
  evidence
• 49:52
  of
• 49:52
  that
• 49:53
  in.
• 49:53
  In
• 49:53
  my
• 49:53
  own
• 49:54
  author
• 49:54
  journey.
• 49:55
  Good
• 49:55
  for
• 49:55
  you.
• 49:56
  So,
• 49:56
  central
• 49:57
  teaching,
• 49:57
  even
• 49:58
  though
• 49:58
  you're
• 49:58
  focused
• 49:58
  on
• 49:59
  military
• 50:00
  children,
• 50:01
  each
• 50:01
  book
• 50:02
  has
• 50:02
  a
• 50:02
  little
• 50:03
  different
• 50:03
  theme
• 50:03
  to
• 50:04
  it.
• 50:04
  Is
• 50:04
  that
• 50:05
  the
• 50:05
  case?
• 50:05
  Yes.
• 50:06
  The
• 50:06
  Peppered
• 50:07
  sky
• 50:07
  really
• 50:08
  focuses
• 50:08
  in.
• 50:09
  On
• 50:09
  airborne.
• 50:10
  Airborne
• 50:10
  training
• 50:11
  and
• 50:12
  how
• 50:12
  airborne
• 50:13
  paratroopers
• 50:13
  keep
• 50:13
  us
• 50:14
  safe
• 50:14
  and
• 50:15
  just
• 50:15
  kind.
• 50:15
  Trying
• 50:16
  to
• 50:16
  provide
• 50:17
  children
• 50:17
  kind
• 50:17
  of
• 50:18
  an
• 50:18
  experience
• 50:18
  that
• 50:19
  is
• 50:19
  not
• 50:20
  normal
• 50:20
  for
• 50:21
  them
• 50:21
  to
• 50:21
  be
• 50:21
  able
• 50:22
  to
• 50:22
  get
• 50:22
  a
• 50:22
  glimpse
• 50:23
  of
• 50:23
  military
• 50:24
  family
• 50:24
  life
• 50:24
  that
• 50:24
  way.
• 50:25
  Sleeping
• 50:26
  giants.
• 50:26
  I
• 50:26
  really
• 50:27
  wanted
• 50:27
  to
• 50:27
  incorporate
• 50:28
  the
• 50:28
  helicopters.
• 50:29
  And
• 50:29
  so
• 50:29
  it's
• 50:29
  more
• 50:29
  about,
• 50:30
  like,
• 50:30
  military
• 50:30
  history
• 50:31
  and
• 50:31
  aviation.
• 50:32
  And
• 50:32
  so
• 50:33
  in
• 50:33
  the
• 50:33
  back
• 50:33
  of
• 50:33
  this
• 50:34
  book,
• 50:34
  I
• 50:34
  include
• 50:35
  resources
• 50:36
  like
• 50:36
  the
• 50:36
  history
• 50:37
  of
• 50:37
  US
• 50:37
  Military
• 50:38
  aviation,
• 50:39
  How
• 50:39
  do
• 50:39
  helicopter
• 50:40
  pilots
• 50:40
  and
• 50:40
  mechanics
• 50:41
  keep
• 50:41
  us
• 50:41
  safe?
• 50:41
  Just
• 50:42
  like
• 50:42
  in
• 50:42
  my
• 50:42
  first
• 50:42
  book,
• 50:43
  how
• 50:43
  do
• 50:43
  Paratroopers
• 50:44
  keep
• 50:44
  us
• 50:44
  Safe?
• 50:45
  And
• 50:45
  then
• 50:45
  I
• 50:45
  include,
• 50:45
  like,
• 50:46
  critical
• 50:46
  thinking
• 50:46
  questions,
• 50:47
  journal
• 50:47
  prompts,
• 50:47
  and
• 50:47
  things
• 50:47
  like
• 50:48
  that.
• 50:48
  My
• 50:48
  third
• 50:49
  book
• 50:49
  has
• 50:49
  more
• 50:49
  of
• 50:49
  a
• 50:50
  veterans
• 50:50
  theme
• 50:51
  because
• 50:51
  I
• 50:51
  definitely
• 50:52
  see
• 50:52
  a
• 50:52
  need
• 50:53
  for
• 50:54
  books
• 50:54
  to
• 50:54
  help
• 50:54
  children
• 50:56
  relate
• 50:56
  to
• 50:56
  and
• 50:57
  understand
• 50:58
  who
• 50:58
  veterans
• 50:59
  are
• 50:59
  and
• 51:00
  why
• 51:00
  they're
• 51:00
  important.
• 51:01
  Why
• 51:01
  do
• 51:01
  we
• 51:01
  have
• 51:02
  a
• 51:02
  Veterans
• 51:02
  Day?
• 51:03
  Why
• 51:03
  are
• 51:04
  there
• 51:04
  these
• 51:04
  big
• 51:04
  memorials
• 51:05
  and
• 51:05
  things?
• 51:06
  And
• 51:06
  it's
• 51:06
  going
• 51:06
  to
• 51:06
  help,
• 51:07
  hopefully,
• 51:07
  bridge
• 51:07
  that
• 51:08
  gap
• 51:08
  a
• 51:08
  little
• 51:08
  bit.
• 51:09
  And
• 51:10
  I'm
• 51:10
  glad
• 51:10
  you
• 51:11
  said
• 51:11
  that,
• 51:11
  Sarah,
• 51:11
  because
• 51:12
  my
• 51:12
  dad,
• 51:13
  he
• 51:13
  was
• 51:13
  in
• 51:13
  the
• 51:13
  forces
• 51:14
  for
• 51:14
  25
• 51:15
  years,
• 51:15
  and
• 51:15
  then
• 51:16
  for
• 51:17
  the
• 51:17
  rest
• 51:17
  of
• 51:17
  his
• 51:17
  life,
• 51:18
  he
• 51:18
  was
• 51:19
  part
• 51:19
  of
• 51:19
  the
• 51:20
  Veterans
• 51:21
  Association.
• 51:21
  He
• 51:22
  was
• 51:22
  part
• 51:22
  of
• 51:22
  the
• 51:22
  Royal
• 51:23
  Canadian
• 51:23
  Legion.
• 51:24
  He
• 51:24
  was
• 51:25
  always
• 51:25
  going
• 51:25
  to
• 51:26
  reunions.
• 51:26
  The
• 51:27
  life
• 51:27
  for
• 51:28
  military
• 51:28
  people,
• 51:29
  whether
• 51:29
  it's
• 51:29
  in
• 51:30
  the
• 51:30
  United
• 51:30
  States
• 51:30
  or
• 51:31
  Canada,
• 51:31
  it
• 51:32
  continues
• 51:32
  for
• 51:33
  the
• 51:33
  rest
• 51:33
  of
• 51:33
  their
• 51:33
  lives.
• 51:34
  And
• 51:35
  it's
• 51:35
  pretty
• 51:36
  incredible.
• 51:37
  I
• 51:37
  just
• 51:37
  watched
• 51:37
  a
• 51:37
  movie
• 51:38
  on
• 51:38
  Netflix
• 51:39
  yesterday
• 51:40
  called
• 51:40
  Mending
• 51:41
  the
• 51:41
  Line
• 51:43
  I
• 51:43
  haven't
• 51:43
  heard
• 51:43
  of.
• 51:44
  It's
• 51:44
  about
• 51:45
  leaving
• 51:45
  the
• 51:45
  military
• 51:46
  and
• 51:47
  the
• 51:47
  impact,
• 51:47
  that
• 51:48
  transition.
• 51:48
  Huh?
• 51:49
  And
• 51:49
  the
• 51:50
  impact.
• 51:50
  But
• 51:51
  it
• 51:51
  was.
• 51:51
  It's
• 51:51
  a
• 51:52
  very
• 51:52
  good
• 51:52
  movie.
• 51:53
  Anyways,
• 51:53
  I
• 51:53
  just.
• 51:53
  I
• 51:54
  mentioned
• 51:54
  that
• 51:54
  for
• 51:55
  any
• 51:55
  veterans
• 51:55
  who
• 51:56
  might
• 51:56
  be
• 51:56
  out
• 51:56
  there.
• 51:57
  Absolutely.
• 51:57
  Yeah.
• 51:58
  The.
• 51:58
  Even
• 51:59
  though
• 51:59
  there
• 51:59
  are
• 51:59
  lots
• 52:00
  of
• 52:00
  resources
• 52:00
  out
• 52:01
  there
• 52:01
  for
• 52:01
  the
• 52:01
  transition
• 52:02
  from
• 52:02
  Military
• 52:02
  to
• 52:03
  civilian
• 52:03
  life.
• 52:03
  We
• 52:04
  still
• 52:04
  need
• 52:04
  more
• 52:05
  because
• 52:05
  no
• 52:06
  veteran
• 52:06
  is
• 52:06
  the
• 52:06
  same
• 52:07
  and
• 52:07
  none
• 52:07
  of
• 52:07
  the
• 52:08
  of
• 52:08
  their
• 52:08
  experiences
• 52:08
  are
• 52:09
  the
• 52:09
  same.
• 52:09
  And
• 52:10
  it
• 52:10
  really
• 52:10
  is
• 52:10
  quite
• 52:10
  a
• 52:10
  huge
• 52:11
  transition.
• 52:12
  Yes.
• 52:13
  So
• 52:13
  talk
• 52:14
  to
• 52:14
  us
• 52:14
  about
• 52:14
  your
• 52:15
  writing
• 52:15
  process
• 52:16
  now
• 52:16
  that
• 52:16
  you're
• 52:17
  into
• 52:17
  your
• 52:17
  third
• 52:17
  book.
• 52:18
  What's
• 52:18
  changed
• 52:18
  from
• 52:19
  your
• 52:20
  first
• 52:20
  book
• 52:20
  to
• 52:21
  your
• 52:22
  third
• 52:22
  book?
• 52:22
  Is
• 52:23
  there
• 52:23
  any
• 52:23
  change
• 52:24
  happened
• 52:24
  in
• 52:24
  your
• 52:25
  writing
• 52:25
  process?
• 52:26
  Honestly,
• 52:27
  no.
• 52:27
  I'm
• 52:28
  a
• 52:28
  very.
• 52:28
  I'm
• 52:28
  a
• 52:29
  creature
• 52:29
  of
• 52:29
  habit
• 52:29
  is
• 52:30
  what
• 52:30
  I
• 52:30
  tell
• 52:30
  people.
• 52:31
  And
• 52:31
  I.
• 52:31
  I
• 52:31
  do
• 52:32
  a
• 52:32
  lot
• 52:32
  of
• 52:32
  author
• 52:32
  visits
• 52:33
  where
• 52:33
  I'm
• 52:33
  talking
• 52:33
  to
• 52:33
  children
• 52:34
  about
• 52:34
  how
• 52:34
  do
• 52:34
  you
• 52:34
  go
• 52:34
  from
• 52:35
  having
• 52:35
  an
• 52:35
  idea
• 52:36
  for
• 52:36
  a
• 52:36
  story
• 52:36
  to
• 52:36
  having
• 52:37
  a
• 52:37
  book
• 52:37
  in
• 52:37
  your
• 52:37
  hands?
• 52:38
  And
• 52:38
  so
• 52:38
  I
• 52:39
  talk
• 52:39
  to
• 52:39
  them
• 52:39
  about
• 52:40
  your
• 52:40
  senses,
• 52:40
  so
• 52:41
  you
• 52:41
  know,
• 52:41
  your
• 52:41
  five
• 52:42
  senses
• 52:42
  of
• 52:43
  sight
• 52:43
  and
• 52:43
  smell
• 52:44
  and
• 52:44
  taste
• 52:44
  and
• 52:44
  hearing
• 52:45
  and
• 52:45
  touch.
• 52:45
  Right.
• 52:46
  And
• 52:46
  that's
• 52:47
  how
• 52:47
  I
• 52:47
  start
• 52:47
  with
• 52:48
  my
• 52:48
  children's
• 52:48
  stories.
• 52:49
  I
• 52:49
  start
• 52:49
  by
• 52:49
  writing.
• 52:50
  I've
• 52:50
  got
• 52:50
  my
• 52:50
  main
• 52:51
  idea
• 52:52
  and
• 52:52
  then
• 52:52
  I
• 52:53
  start
• 52:53
  writing
• 52:53
  down.
• 52:54
  What
• 52:54
  do
• 52:54
  I
• 52:54
  see
• 52:55
  in
• 52:55
  this
• 52:55
  memory
• 52:56
  or
• 52:56
  this
• 52:57
  story
• 52:57
  scenario?
• 52:58
  What
• 52:58
  do
• 52:58
  I
• 52:59
  see,
• 52:59
  what
• 52:59
  do
• 52:59
  I
• 52:59
  hear?
• 53:00
  What
• 53:00
  do
• 53:00
  I
• 53:00
  taste
• 53:01
  and
• 53:01
  smell
• 53:01
  and
• 53:01
  touch?
• 53:02
  Once
• 53:03
  I
• 53:03
  start
• 53:03
  writing
• 53:03
  all
• 53:04
  of
• 53:04
  those
• 53:04
  down,
• 53:04
  then
• 53:05
  I
• 53:05
  can
• 53:05
  start
• 53:05
  grabbing
• 53:06
  from
• 53:06
  those
• 53:06
  and
• 53:07
  creating
• 53:07
  my
• 53:07
  little
• 53:08
  stanzas.
• 53:08
  I
• 53:09
  do
• 53:09
  write
• 53:09
  in
• 53:09
  rhyme
• 53:09
  and
• 53:09
  rhythm,
• 53:10
  and
• 53:11
  so
• 53:11
  I'll
• 53:11
  use
• 53:11
  tools
• 53:12
  to
• 53:12
  help
• 53:12
  me
• 53:13
  because
• 53:13
  I
• 53:14
  I.
• 53:14
  Rhyming
• 53:15
  is
• 53:15
  one
• 53:15
  of
• 53:15
  those
• 53:16
  arts
• 53:16
  that
• 53:17
  not
• 53:17
  everybody
• 53:17
  can
• 53:18
  do.
• 53:18
  And
• 53:19
  I
• 53:19
  want
• 53:19
  to
• 53:19
  create
• 53:20
  rhymes
• 53:21
  that
• 53:21
  are
• 53:22
  high
• 53:22
  quality
• 53:23
  as
• 53:23
  well.
• 53:24
  So
• 53:24
  I
• 53:24
  don't
• 53:24
  like
• 53:25
  cheap
• 53:25
  rhymes.
• 53:26
  And
• 53:26
  so
• 53:27
  I'll
• 53:27
  use
• 53:27
  a
• 53:27
  tool
• 53:28
  like
• 53:28
  rhymezone.com
• 53:30
  or
• 53:30
  the
• 53:30
  thesaurus
• 53:31
  to
• 53:31
  help
• 53:31
  create
• 53:32
  more
• 53:32
  visually
• 53:33
  enticing
• 53:34
  words
• 53:35
  for
• 53:35
  what
• 53:35
  I'm
• 53:35
  trying
• 53:35
  to
• 53:36
  describe.
• 53:36
  Those
• 53:37
  are
• 53:37
  my
• 53:37
  two
• 53:37
  biggest
• 53:38
  tools
• 53:38
  I
• 53:38
  use
• 53:38
  when
• 53:38
  I
• 53:39
  write.
• 53:39
  And
• 53:39
  like
• 53:39
  I
• 53:39
  said,
• 53:40
  I'll
• 53:40
  just
• 53:40
  take
• 53:40
  those
• 53:40
  little
• 53:41
  snippets
• 53:41
  of
• 53:41
  my
• 53:42
  notes
• 53:42
  and
• 53:42
  then
• 53:42
  I'll
• 53:43
  start
• 53:43
  forming
• 53:43
  them
• 53:44
  into
• 53:44
  stanzas
• 53:45
  with
• 53:46
  rhyming
• 53:46
  words
• 53:47
  and
• 53:47
  rhythm
• 53:48
  that
• 53:48
  help
• 53:49
  to
• 53:49
  really
• 53:49
  captivate
• 53:50
  my
• 53:50
  audiences.
• 53:51
  And
• 53:51
  once
• 53:52
  I
• 53:52
  create
• 53:52
  my
• 53:53
  stanzas,
• 53:53
  then
• 53:53
  I
• 53:54
  play
• 53:54
  with
• 53:54
  them
• 53:54
  and
• 53:54
  see
• 53:54
  which
• 53:55
  order
• 53:55
  they
• 53:55
  need
• 53:55
  to
• 53:55
  go
• 53:55
  into
• 53:56
  and
• 53:57
  then
• 53:57
  if
• 53:57
  I
• 53:57
  need
• 53:57
  to
• 53:57
  add
• 53:57
  more
• 53:58
  or
• 53:58
  take
• 53:58
  out
• 53:59
  at
• 53:59
  that
• 53:59
  point.
• 53:59
  But
• 54:00
  yeah,
• 54:00
  for
• 54:01
  the
• 54:01
  most
• 54:01
  part,
• 54:01
  the
• 54:02
  process
• 54:02
  for
• 54:02
  me
• 54:03
  has
• 54:03
  been
• 54:03
  pretty
• 54:04
  straightforward
• 54:04
  for
• 54:04
  each
• 54:05
  of
• 54:05
  my
• 54:05
  stories.
• 54:06
  And
• 54:06
  do
• 54:06
  you
• 54:06
  write
• 54:06
  every
• 54:07
  day?
• 54:08
  No.
• 54:08
  I
• 54:08
  wish
• 54:09
  I
• 54:09
  could.
• 54:09
  If
• 54:10
  I
• 54:10
  had
• 54:10
  lived
• 54:10
  in
• 54:10
  a
• 54:10
  world
• 54:11
  where
• 54:11
  all
• 54:11
  I
• 54:11
  could
• 54:11
  do
• 54:12
  is
• 54:12
  write,
• 54:12
  I
• 54:12
  would
• 54:12
  be
• 54:12
  a
• 54:13
  very
• 54:13
  happy
• 54:13
  lady.
• 54:14
  Running
• 54:14
  a
• 54:14
  book
• 54:14
  business.
• 54:15
  And
• 54:15
  it.
• 54:16
  There's
• 54:17
  other
• 54:17
  elements
• 54:18
  that
• 54:18
  go
• 54:18
  with
• 54:18
  it.
• 54:19
  We
• 54:19
  wear
• 54:19
  so
• 54:20
  many
• 54:20
  different
• 54:20
  hats
• 54:21
  as
• 54:21
  small
• 54:21
  business
• 54:22
  owners
• 54:22
  and
• 54:22
  publishers
• 54:23
  that
• 54:23
  I.
• 54:24
  I
• 54:24
  can't
• 54:24
  spend
• 54:24
  all
• 54:25
  my
• 54:25
  time
• 54:25
  writing,
• 54:26
  but
• 54:26
  I
• 54:26
  would
• 54:26
  if
• 54:26
  I
• 54:26
  could.
• 54:27
  I
• 54:27
  want
• 54:27
  to
• 54:27
  talk
• 54:28
  to
• 54:28
  you
• 54:28
  a
• 54:28
  little
• 54:28
  bit
• 54:28
  about
• 54:29
  success,
• 54:30
  how
• 54:30
  you
• 54:31
  measure
• 54:31
  success,
• 54:31
  because
• 54:32
  I
• 54:32
  always
• 54:32
  find
• 54:33
  that.
• 54:33
  And
• 54:34
  I
• 54:34
  want
• 54:34
  to
• 54:34
  go
• 54:35
  pre
• 54:36
  children's
• 54:36
  book
• 54:36
  to
• 54:37
  market,
• 54:37
  after
• 54:38
  children's
• 54:38
  book
• 54:39
  to
• 54:39
  market,
• 54:39
  and
• 54:40
  then
• 54:41
  how
• 54:41
  you
• 54:42
  envision
• 54:42
  success
• 54:43
  as
• 54:43
  you
• 54:43
  go
• 54:44
  more
• 54:44
  into
• 54:45
  the
• 54:45
  future.
• 54:46
  So
• 54:46
  tell
• 54:46
  us
• 54:46
  about
• 54:47
  how
• 54:47
  you
• 54:47
  envision
• 54:48
  the
• 54:49
  success
• 54:49
  of
• 54:49
  your
• 54:49
  first
• 54:50
  book.
• 54:50
  With
• 54:51
  the
• 54:51
  first
• 54:51
  book,
• 54:51
  I
• 54:52
  was
• 54:52
  just
• 54:52
  solely
• 54:52
  focused
• 54:53
  on
• 54:53
  creating
• 54:54
  that
• 54:54
  book
• 54:55
  and
• 54:56
  getting
• 54:56
  it
• 54:56
  out
• 54:56
  to
• 54:56
  as
• 54:57
  many
• 54:57
  people
• 54:57
  as
• 54:57
  I
• 54:57
  could.
• 54:58
  That
• 54:58
  was
• 54:58
  my
• 54:59
  approach.
• 54:59
  And
• 55:00
  like
• 55:00
  everything
• 55:01
  else,
• 55:01
  it's
• 55:02
  been
• 55:02
  a
• 55:02
  giant
• 55:02
  learning
• 55:02
  curve
• 55:03
  as
• 55:03
  I've
• 55:03
  gone
• 55:04
  on.
• 55:04
  I
• 55:04
  do
• 55:05
  recognize
• 55:05
  that
• 55:06
  success
• 55:06
  has
• 55:07
  a
• 55:07
  lot
• 55:07
  to
• 55:07
  do
• 55:07
  with
• 55:08
  making
• 55:09
  sure
• 55:09
  that
• 55:09
  it's
• 55:09
  accessible.
• 55:10
  So
• 55:11
  that's
• 55:11
  part
• 55:11
  of
• 55:11
  why
• 55:12
  I
• 55:12
  chose
• 55:13
  to
• 55:13
  go
• 55:13
  with
• 55:13
  expanded
• 55:14
  distribution
• 55:14
  with
• 55:14
  IngramSpark,
• 55:16
  having
• 55:16
  that
• 55:16
  website
• 55:17
  for
• 55:17
  people
• 55:18
  to
• 55:18
  land
• 55:18
  on
• 55:19
  creating
• 55:20
  print
• 55:20
  materials
• 55:20
  like
• 55:21
  bookmarks
• 55:21
  or
• 55:22
  even
• 55:22
  business
• 55:23
  cards
• 55:23
  that
• 55:23
  I
• 55:24
  can
• 55:24
  give
• 55:24
  to
• 55:24
  people
• 55:25
  so
• 55:25
  that
• 55:26
  they
• 55:26
  can
• 55:26
  see,
• 55:26
  oh,
• 55:27
  this
• 55:27
  is
• 55:27
  a
• 55:27
  legitimate
• 55:28
  thing.
• 55:28
  And
• 55:28
  here's
• 55:29
  their
• 55:29
  website.
• 55:29
  And
• 55:29
  here,
• 55:30
  oh,
• 55:30
  now
• 55:30
  I
• 55:30
  can
• 55:30
  find
• 55:31
  this
• 55:31
  book.
• 55:31
  Or
• 55:32
  they
• 55:32
  can
• 55:32
  tell
• 55:32
  their
• 55:32
  friends
• 55:33
  and
• 55:33
  family
• 55:33
  and
• 55:33
  then
• 55:34
  social
• 55:34
  media
• 55:34
  as
• 55:35
  well.
• 55:35
  I
• 55:35
  want
• 55:35
  to
• 55:36
  show
• 55:36
  you
• 55:36
  one
• 55:36
  thing,
• 55:36
  because
• 55:36
  you
• 55:37
  brought
• 55:37
  up
• 55:37
  bookmarks.
• 55:38
  What
• 55:38
  I
• 55:38
  did,
• 55:39
  and
• 55:39
  I've
• 55:39
  talked
• 55:40
  about
• 55:40
  this
• 55:40
  before,
• 55:41
  is
• 55:42
  we
• 55:42
  created
• 55:42
  our
• 55:42
  own
• 55:43
  bookmark,
• 55:44
  and
• 55:44
  there's
• 55:45
  a
• 55:45
  QR
• 55:45
  code.
• 55:46
  And
• 55:47
  so
• 55:47
  when
• 55:47
  you
• 55:47
  scan
• 55:48
  the
• 55:48
  QR
• 55:48
  code,
• 55:49
  it
• 55:49
  actually,
• 55:49
  in
• 55:50
  this
• 55:50
  case,
• 55:50
  takes
• 55:51
  you
• 55:51
  to
• 55:51
  a
• 55:51
  free
• 55:52
  audiobook
• 55:53
  of
• 55:53
  our
• 55:53
  first
• 55:54
  book.
• 55:55
  That's
• 55:55
  amazing.
• 55:56
  Yeah.
• 55:56
  And
• 55:57
  my
• 55:57
  middle
• 55:57
  granddaughter
• 55:58
  is
• 55:58
  the
• 55:58
  narrator.
• 55:59
  She's
• 55:59
  Caboose.
• 56:00
  Oh,
• 56:00
  my
• 56:00
  gosh.
• 56:01
  I
• 56:01
  love
• 56:01
  that
• 56:01
  so
• 56:02
  much.
• 56:03
  I
• 56:03
  do
• 56:03
  have
• 56:03
  goals
• 56:04
  to
• 56:04
  hopefully
• 56:05
  have
• 56:05
  my
• 56:05
  books
• 56:06
  available
• 56:07
  for
• 56:07
  audio.
• 56:08
  But
• 56:09
  even
• 56:09
  I
• 56:09
  don't
• 56:09
  know
• 56:09
  if
• 56:09
  you've
• 56:10
  seen
• 56:10
  the
• 56:10
  braille
• 56:10
  books
• 56:11
  that
• 56:11
  are
• 56:11
  out
• 56:11
  there
• 56:12
  now
• 56:12
  for
• 56:12
  visually
• 56:12
  impaired
• 56:13
  children.
• 56:14
  No,
• 56:14
  I
• 56:14
  haven't.
• 56:15
  Children's
• 56:15
  books.
• 56:15
  Well,
• 56:15
  I've
• 56:16
  seen
• 56:16
  braille
• 56:16
  books,
• 56:16
  but
• 56:17
  I've
• 56:17
  never
• 56:17
  seen
• 56:17
  their.
• 56:17
  Yeah,
• 56:18
  yeah.
• 56:18
  I'm
• 56:19
  very
• 56:19
  intrigued
• 56:19
  and
• 56:20
  excited
• 56:20
  to
• 56:21
  not
• 56:21
  only
• 56:21
  have
• 56:22
  for
• 56:22
  hearing
• 56:22
  impaired
• 56:22
  and
• 56:23
  visually
• 56:23
  impaired,
• 56:23
  but
• 56:24
  even
• 56:24
  working
• 56:24
  towards
• 56:25
  other
• 56:25
  languages
• 56:26
  as
• 56:26
  well,
• 56:26
  which
• 56:27
  is
• 56:27
  going
• 56:27
  to
• 56:27
  be
• 56:27
  a
• 56:27
  lot
• 56:27
  more
• 56:27
  complicated
• 56:28
  since
• 56:28
  my
• 56:28
  books
• 56:29
  rhyme
• 56:29
  in
• 56:30
  the
• 56:30
  English
• 56:30
  language.
• 56:31
  But
• 56:31
  I
• 56:31
  think
• 56:32
  that
• 56:32
  all
• 56:32
  of
• 56:32
  those
• 56:32
  are
• 56:33
  so
• 56:33
  cool.
• 56:33
  And
• 56:33
  I
• 56:34
  was
• 56:34
  starting
• 56:34
  to
• 56:34
  talk
• 56:34
  about
• 56:35
  social
• 56:35
  media
• 56:36
  and
• 56:36
  how
• 56:36
  it's
• 56:37
  probably
• 56:37
  my
• 56:37
  least
• 56:38
  favorite
• 56:38
  part
• 56:38
  of
• 56:38
  being
• 56:38
  an
• 56:39
  author.
• 56:39
  I'm
• 56:39
  not.
• 56:40
  I
• 56:40
  don't
• 56:40
  like
• 56:40
  putting
• 56:40
  my
• 56:41
  face
• 56:41
  out
• 56:41
  there
• 56:41
  on
• 56:41
  things,
• 56:42
  but
• 56:42
  I
• 56:42
  also
• 56:43
  know
• 56:43
  that
• 56:43
  it's
• 56:43
  part
• 56:43
  of
• 56:44
  establishing
• 56:45
  your
• 56:45
  brand
• 56:45
  and
• 56:46
  your
• 56:46
  repertoire
• 56:47
  for
• 56:47
  your
• 56:48
  customers.
• 56:48
  And
• 56:49
  all
• 56:49
  of
• 56:49
  those
• 56:49
  are
• 56:49
  very
• 56:50
  important
• 56:50
  to
• 56:51
  just
• 56:51
  ensuring
• 56:52
  the
• 56:52
  success
• 56:52
  of
• 56:53
  your
• 56:53
  story.
• 56:53
  And
• 56:54
  how
• 56:54
  do
• 56:54
  I
• 56:55
  measure
• 56:55
  success?
• 56:55
  I
• 56:56
  would
• 56:56
  say
• 56:56
  if
• 56:57
  my
• 56:57
  book
• 56:57
  is
• 56:57
  touching
• 56:58
  the
• 56:58
  lives
• 56:59
  of
• 56:59
  readers,
• 57:00
  then
• 57:00
  that
• 57:01
  is
• 57:01
  success
• 57:01
  to
• 57:01
  me.
• 57:02
  So
• 57:02
  if
• 57:02
  I'VE
• 57:02
  made
• 57:03
  it
• 57:03
  available.
• 57:03
  If
• 57:03
  it's
• 57:04
  accessible
• 57:04
  to
• 57:05
  readers
• 57:05
  and
• 57:05
  they're
• 57:06
  being
• 57:06
  touched
• 57:06
  by
• 57:07
  the
• 57:07
  story,
• 57:07
  that's
• 57:08
  success
• 57:08
  to
• 57:08
  me.
• 57:09
  Fantastic.
• 57:10
  And
• 57:10
  how
• 57:10
  has
• 57:11
  that
• 57:11
  changed?
• 57:12
  Has
• 57:12
  that
• 57:12
  philosophy
• 57:13
  changed
• 57:13
  any
• 57:14
  since
• 57:14
  you
• 57:15
  wrote
• 57:15
  your
• 57:15
  first
• 57:15
  book
• 57:16
  to
• 57:16
  now
• 57:17
  looking
• 57:17
  at
• 57:17
  launching
• 57:18
  your
• 57:18
  third
• 57:18
  book?
• 57:19
  No,
• 57:20
  honestly,
• 57:20
  no,
• 57:20
  it
• 57:21
  really
• 57:21
  hasn't.
• 57:21
  I
• 57:22
  still
• 57:22
  feel
• 57:22
  like
• 57:22
  it's
• 57:23
  really
• 57:23
  important
• 57:23
  just
• 57:23
  to
• 57:24
  make
• 57:24
  your
• 57:24
  book
• 57:24
  available
• 57:24
  to
• 57:25
  people
• 57:25
  and
• 57:26
  for
• 57:26
  it
• 57:26
  to
• 57:27
  be
• 57:28
  so
• 57:28
  well
• 57:28
  done
• 57:28
  that
• 57:28
  it
• 57:28
  does
• 57:29
  touch
• 57:29
  people.
• 57:30
  I'm
• 57:31
  curious,
• 57:32
  like,
• 57:32
  you've
• 57:32
  given
• 57:33
  us
• 57:33
  a
• 57:33
  lot
• 57:34
  for
• 57:34
  aspiring
• 57:35
  authors
• 57:36
  to
• 57:36
  think
• 57:36
  about.
• 57:36
  So
• 57:37
  what
• 57:37
  advice
• 57:38
  would
• 57:38
  you
• 57:38
  give
• 57:38
  to
• 57:39
  an
• 57:39
  aspiring
• 57:40
  author
• 57:40
  who
• 57:40
  is
• 57:41
  just
• 57:41
  starting
• 57:42
  out,
• 57:42
  just
• 57:43
  thinking
• 57:43
  about
• 57:44
  becoming
• 57:45
  a
• 57:45
  children's
• 57:45
  book
• 57:46
  author.
• 57:46
  What
• 57:46
  would
• 57:46
  you
• 57:47
  say
• 57:47
  to
• 57:47
  them?
• 57:48
  I
• 57:48
  would
• 57:48
  say
• 57:48
  don't
• 57:48
  be
• 57:49
  overwhelmed
• 57:49
  because
• 57:50
  there
• 57:50
  are
• 57:50
  so
• 57:50
  many
• 57:51
  choices,
• 57:52
  There
• 57:52
  are
• 57:52
  so
• 57:52
  many
• 57:53
  publishing
• 57:54
  routes
• 57:54
  available,
• 57:55
  there
• 57:56
  are
• 57:56
  a
• 57:56
  bazillion
• 57:57
  illustrators
• 57:57
  to
• 57:57
  choose
• 57:58
  from.
• 57:58
  And
• 57:59
  do
• 57:59
  I
• 57:59
  write
• 57:59
  in
• 58:00
  rhyme
• 58:00
  or
• 58:00
  do
• 58:00
  I
• 58:00
  write
• 58:01
  in
• 58:01
  prose
• 58:01
  or.
• 58:02
  All
• 58:02
  of
• 58:02
  the
• 58:03
  different
• 58:03
  choices
• 58:04
  can
• 58:04
  be
• 58:04
  very
• 58:05
  overwhelming.
• 58:06
  But
• 58:07
  don't
• 58:07
  let
• 58:07
  them
• 58:08
  be.
• 58:08
  Focus
• 58:09
  on
• 58:10
  rooting
• 58:10
  yourself
• 58:11
  in
• 58:11
  why
• 58:11
  you're
• 58:11
  doing
• 58:12
  what
• 58:12
  you're
• 58:12
  doing,
• 58:13
  being
• 58:13
  confident
• 58:14
  of
• 58:14
  who
• 58:14
  you
• 58:14
  are
• 58:15
  as
• 58:15
  an
• 58:15
  author
• 58:16
  and
• 58:16
  the
• 58:16
  type
• 58:17
  of
• 58:17
  story
• 58:17
  that
• 58:18
  you
• 58:18
  want
• 58:18
  to
• 58:18
  create.
• 58:19
  And
• 58:20
  the
• 58:20
  rest
• 58:20
  of
• 58:20
  the
• 58:21
  stuff
• 58:21
  can
• 58:21
  be
• 58:21
  researched.
• 58:22
  You
• 58:22
  can
• 58:22
  learn
• 58:23
  from
• 58:23
  podcasts,
• 58:24
  you
• 58:24
  can
• 58:24
  learn
• 58:24
  from
• 58:25
  books,
• 58:25
  you
• 58:25
  can
• 58:26
  learn
• 58:26
  from
• 58:26
  other
• 58:26
  people
• 58:26
  who've
• 58:27
  been
• 58:27
  there
• 58:27
  and
• 58:27
  done
• 58:27
  it.
• 58:28
  Yes.
• 58:28
  But
• 58:29
  be
• 58:29
  rooted
• 58:29
  in
• 58:30
  who
• 58:30
  you
• 58:30
  are
• 58:30
  and
• 58:31
  what
• 58:31
  you're
• 58:31
  doing
• 58:32
  and
• 58:32
  why
• 58:32
  you're
• 58:32
  doing
• 58:32
  it
• 58:33
  is
• 58:33
  imperative
• 58:34
  to
• 58:34
  your
• 58:34
  success.
• 58:35
  Good
• 58:35
  advice.
• 58:36
  Good
• 58:36
  advice.
• 58:37
  Encouragement
• 58:38
  for
• 58:38
  readers.
• 58:39
  I
• 58:39
  know
• 58:39
  I
• 58:39
  always
• 58:40
  saved
• 58:40
  this
• 58:40
  for
• 58:40
  the
• 58:41
  last
• 58:41
  but
• 58:41
  why
• 58:42
  should
• 58:42
  children's
• 58:43
  book
• 58:43
  readers
• 58:43
  purchase
• 58:44
  your
• 58:44
  book
• 58:45
  or
• 58:45
  your
• 58:45
  books?
• 58:46
  Like
• 58:46
  I
• 58:46
  said
• 58:47
  before,
• 58:47
  these
• 58:48
  stories
• 58:48
  were
• 58:48
  written
• 58:49
  not
• 58:49
  just
• 58:49
  for
• 58:49
  military
• 58:50
  families.
• 58:50
  I
• 58:51
  did
• 58:51
  want
• 58:51
  to
• 58:51
  provide
• 58:52
  them
• 58:52
  a
• 58:52
  reflection
• 58:52
  of
• 58:53
  themselves
• 58:53
  and
• 58:53
  stories
• 58:54
  because
• 58:54
  kids
• 58:55
  need
• 58:55
  to
• 58:55
  see
• 58:55
  themselves
• 58:55
  in
• 58:56
  stories.
• 58:57
  But
• 58:57
  I
• 58:57
  truly
• 58:57
  wanted
• 58:58
  this
• 58:58
  to
• 58:58
  be
• 58:58
  a
• 58:59
  resource
• 58:59
  for
• 59:00
  all
• 59:01
  families
• 59:01
  to
• 59:02
  be
• 59:02
  able
• 59:02
  to
• 59:02
  see
• 59:03
  what
• 59:03
  a
• 59:03
  military
• 59:04
  family
• 59:04
  looks
• 59:04
  like,
• 59:05
  what
• 59:05
  they
• 59:05
  might
• 59:06
  do
• 59:06
  on
• 59:06
  a
• 59:06
  day
• 59:06
  to
• 59:06
  day
• 59:07
  basis,
• 59:07
  and
• 59:08
  how
• 59:08
  they
• 59:09
  can
• 59:09
  relate
• 59:09
  to
• 59:09
  members
• 59:09
  of
• 59:10
  our
• 59:10
  armed
• 59:10
  forces
• 59:10
  a
• 59:11
  little
• 59:11
  bit
• 59:11
  better.
• 59:12
  And
• 59:12
  I
• 59:12
  know
• 59:12
  you
• 59:13
  mentioned
• 59:13
  that
• 59:14
  your
• 59:14
  books
• 59:14
  are
• 59:14
  available
• 59:15
  to
• 59:15
  be
• 59:15
  purchased
• 59:16
  virtually
• 59:17
  anywhere
• 59:17
  online
• 59:18
  through
• 59:19
  Barnes
• 59:19
  and
• 59:20
  Noble,
• 59:20
  Walmart,
• 59:21
  Apple
• 59:22
  Books,
• 59:23
  Amazon
• 59:23
  at
• 59:23
  this
• 59:24
  point.
• 59:24
  But
• 59:24
  that
• 59:24
  could
• 59:25
  change.
• 59:25
  Oh
• 59:26
  no,
• 59:26
  it'll
• 59:26
  still
• 59:26
  be
• 59:27
  available
• 59:27
  on
• 59:27
  Amazon.
• 59:28
  Okay.
• 59:28
  And
• 59:28
  talk
• 59:29
  to
• 59:29
  us
• 59:29
  about.
• 59:30
  You
• 59:30
  mentioned
• 59:30
  spousely.
• 59:31
  Yes,
• 59:32
  Tell
• 59:32
  us
• 59:33
  a
• 59:33
  little
• 59:33
  bit
• 59:33
  about
• 59:34
  that
• 59:34
  because
• 59:35
  I
• 59:35
  don't
• 59:35
  think
• 59:35
  too
• 59:35
  many
• 59:35
  people
• 59:36
  use
• 59:36
  that
• 59:36
  service.
• 59:37
  No.
• 59:38
  So
• 59:38
  spousely
• 59:39
  is
• 59:39
  S
• 59:39
  P
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• 59:40
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• 59:40
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• 59:42
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• 59:43
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• 59:44
  just
• 59:44
  how
• 59:44
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• 59:44
  sounds,
• 59:45
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• 59:45
  with
• 59:45
  a
• 59:45
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• 59:45
  in
• 59:46
  there
• 59:46
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• 59:46
  essentially
• 59:47
  spousely
• 59:47
  is
• 59:48
  a
• 59:48
  fairly
• 59:48
  new
• 59:48
  platform.
• 59:49
  It's
• 59:49
  very
• 59:49
  similar
• 59:50
  to
• 59:50
  Etsy,
• 59:51
  but
• 59:51
  all
• 59:51
  of
• 59:52
  your
• 59:52
  sellers
• 59:52
  are
• 59:53
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• 59:53
  military
• 59:54
  or
• 59:54
  first
• 59:54
  responder
• 59:55
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• 59:56
  And
• 59:56
  so
• 59:56
  it's
• 59:56
  a
• 59:57
  really
• 59:57
  cool
• 59:57
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• 59:57
  to
• 59:58
  directly
• 59:59
  support
• 1:00:00
  small
• 1:00:00
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• 1:00:01
  owners
• 1:00:01
  who
• 1:00:01
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• 1:00:02
  of
• 1:00:02
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• 1:00:02
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• 1:00:02
  and
• 1:00:03
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• 1:00:03
  responder
• 1:00:04
  communities.
• 1:00:04
  It's
• 1:00:05
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• 1:00:05
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• 1:00:05
  cool
• 1:00:05
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• 1:00:06
  created
• 1:00:06
  by
• 1:00:07
  another
• 1:00:07
  Monica
• 1:00:08
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• 1:00:08
  like
• 1:00:08
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• 1:00:08
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• 1:00:09
  I
• 1:00:09
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• 1:00:09
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• 1:00:09
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• 1:00:09
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• 1:00:09
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• 1:00:10
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• 1:00:10
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• 1:00:10
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• 1:00:10
  It's
• 1:00:11
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• 1:00:11
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• 1:00:11
  but
• 1:00:12
  it's
• 1:00:12
  a
• 1:00:12
  fantastic
• 1:00:13
  platform.
• 1:00:13
  Lots
• 1:00:14
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• 1:00:14
  really
• 1:00:14
  interesting
• 1:00:15
  products
• 1:00:16
  and
• 1:00:16
  services
• 1:00:17
  available
• 1:00:17
  on
• 1:00:17
  there.
• 1:00:18
  Very
• 1:00:18
  similar
• 1:00:18
  to
• 1:00:18
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• 1:00:19
  but
• 1:00:19
  it's
• 1:00:20
  a
• 1:00:20
  way,
• 1:00:20
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• 1:00:20
  I
• 1:00:21
  said,
• 1:00:21
  to
• 1:00:21
  directly
• 1:00:22
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• 1:00:22
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• 1:00:23
  responders
• 1:00:23
  veterans.
• 1:00:24
  Thank
• 1:00:25
  you
• 1:00:25
  for
• 1:00:25
  sharing
• 1:00:25
  that.
• 1:00:26
  We
• 1:00:26
  will
• 1:00:26
  make
• 1:00:26
  sure
• 1:00:26
  all
• 1:00:27
  the
• 1:00:27
  links,
• 1:00:27
  we
• 1:00:28
  supply
• 1:00:28
  all
• 1:00:28
  the
• 1:00:29
  links
• 1:00:29
  to
• 1:00:29
  everything
• 1:00:30
  that,
• 1:00:30
  that
• 1:00:30
  Sarah
• 1:00:31
  has
• 1:00:31
  mentioned
• 1:00:31
  here
• 1:00:32
  because
• 1:00:32
  there's
• 1:00:32
  a
• 1:00:32
  lot
• 1:00:32
  of
• 1:00:33
  resources
• 1:00:33
  which
• 1:00:33
  is
• 1:00:34
  fantastic.
• 1:00:35
  Spousely,
• 1:00:36
  if
• 1:00:36
  you
• 1:00:36
  order
• 1:00:37
  my
• 1:00:37
  books
• 1:00:38
  through
• 1:00:38
  spousely,
• 1:00:39
  you
• 1:00:40
  can
• 1:00:40
  also
• 1:00:40
  get
• 1:00:40
  things
• 1:00:41
  like
• 1:00:41
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• 1:00:41
  sheets
• 1:00:42
  or
• 1:00:42
  other
• 1:00:43
  resources
• 1:00:43
  that
• 1:00:43
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• 1:00:43
  have
• 1:00:43
  available.
• 1:00:44
  But
• 1:00:44
  you
• 1:00:44
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• 1:00:44
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• 1:00:45
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• 1:00:45
  it
• 1:00:45
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• 1:00:46
  So
• 1:00:46
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• 1:00:46
  you
• 1:00:46
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• 1:00:47
  me
• 1:00:47
  a
• 1:00:47
  note
• 1:00:47
  just
• 1:00:48
  like
• 1:00:48
  on
• 1:00:48
  sponsors
• 1:00:48
  on
• 1:00:48
  Etsy,
• 1:00:49
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• 1:00:49
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• 1:00:49
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• 1:00:50
  on
• 1:00:50
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• 1:00:51
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• 1:00:51
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• 1:00:51
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• 1:00:51
  a
• 1:00:51
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• 1:00:52
  saying,
• 1:00:52
  hey,
• 1:00:53
  sign
• 1:00:53
  my
• 1:00:53
  book
• 1:00:53
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• 1:00:54
  Jason
• 1:00:55
  and
• 1:00:55
  Kiara
• 1:00:56
  and
• 1:00:57
  their
• 1:00:57
  dad
• 1:00:57
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• 1:00:58
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• 1:00:58
  whatever.
• 1:00:58
  And
• 1:00:59
  so
• 1:00:59
  I'll
• 1:00:59
  be
• 1:01:00
  able
• 1:01:00
  to
• 1:01:00
  personally
• 1:01:01
  sign
• 1:01:01
  those
• 1:01:01
  and
• 1:01:02
  then
• 1:01:02
  ship
• 1:01:02
  those
• 1:01:02
  out.
• 1:01:02
  Which
• 1:01:03
  means
• 1:01:03
  that
• 1:01:03
  you're
• 1:01:03
  also
• 1:01:04
  getting
• 1:01:04
  the
• 1:01:04
  premium
• 1:01:05
  hardcover
• 1:01:05
  copy
• 1:01:06
  with
• 1:01:06
  the
• 1:01:06
  pretty
• 1:01:06
  end
• 1:01:06
  pages
• 1:01:07
  and
• 1:01:07
  the
• 1:01:07
  highest
• 1:01:08
  quality
• 1:01:08
  printing.
• 1:01:09
  Fantastic.
• 1:01:10
  Wow.
• 1:01:11
  So
• 1:01:11
  is
• 1:01:11
  there
• 1:01:12
  anything
• 1:01:12
  else
• 1:01:13
  before
• 1:01:13
  we
• 1:01:13
  wrap
• 1:01:14
  up
• 1:01:14
  here?
• 1:01:14
  Is
• 1:01:14
  there
• 1:01:14
  anything
• 1:01:15
  else
• 1:01:16
  you'd
• 1:01:16
  like
• 1:01:16
  to
• 1:01:16
  say
• 1:01:17
  or
• 1:01:17
  share?
• 1:01:18
  Honestly,
• 1:01:19
  no.
• 1:01:19
  I
• 1:01:19
  just.
• 1:01:19
  It's
• 1:01:20
  such
• 1:01:20
  a
• 1:01:20
  privilege
• 1:01:20
  and
• 1:01:20
  an
• 1:01:21
  honor
• 1:01:21
  to
• 1:01:21
  be
• 1:01:22
  an
• 1:01:22
  author
• 1:01:22
  and
• 1:01:22
  to
• 1:01:22
  have
• 1:01:23
  a
• 1:01:23
  voice
• 1:01:23
  that
• 1:01:24
  is
• 1:01:24
  able
• 1:01:24
  to
• 1:01:24
  be
• 1:01:24
  shared
• 1:01:25
  with
• 1:01:25
  others.
• 1:01:26
  And
• 1:01:26
  I
• 1:01:27
  truly
• 1:01:27
  believe
• 1:01:27
  in
• 1:01:28
  what
• 1:01:28
  I'm
• 1:01:28
  doing
• 1:01:28
  in
• 1:01:29
  the
• 1:01:29
  stories
• 1:01:29
  that
• 1:01:29
  I'm
• 1:01:30
  trying
• 1:01:30
  to
• 1:01:30
  create
• 1:01:30
  and
• 1:01:30
  the
• 1:01:31
  difference
• 1:01:31
  I'm
• 1:01:31
  trying
• 1:01:31
  to
• 1:01:32
  make
• 1:01:32
  for
• 1:01:32
  military
• 1:01:32
  families
• 1:01:33
  and
• 1:01:33
  for
• 1:01:34
  others
• 1:01:34
  as
• 1:01:35
  well.
• 1:01:35
  It's
• 1:01:35
  just
• 1:01:35
  like
• 1:01:35
  I
• 1:01:36
  said,
• 1:01:36
  a
• 1:01:36
  humbling
• 1:01:37
  experience
• 1:01:37
  and
• 1:01:38
  a
• 1:01:38
  learning
• 1:01:38
  curve.
• 1:01:39
  But
• 1:01:39
  it's
• 1:01:40
  been
• 1:01:40
  so
• 1:01:40
  rewarding
• 1:01:40
  and
• 1:01:41
  I'm
• 1:01:41
  just
• 1:01:41
  so
• 1:01:41
  grateful
• 1:01:42
  for
• 1:01:42
  that
• 1:01:42
  opportunity.
• 1:01:43
  Thank
• 1:01:43
  you
• 1:01:43
  for
• 1:01:43
  doing
• 1:01:44
  that
• 1:01:44
  because
• 1:01:44
  as
• 1:01:44
  a
• 1:01:45
  military
• 1:01:46
  brat
• 1:01:47
  for
• 1:01:47
  25
• 1:01:48
  years,
• 1:01:48
  I
• 1:01:49
  was
• 1:01:49
  never
• 1:01:49
  exposed
• 1:01:49
  to
• 1:01:50
  anything
• 1:01:50
  like
• 1:01:50
  what
• 1:01:51
  you're
• 1:01:51
  doing.
• 1:01:51
  It's
• 1:01:52
  just
• 1:01:52
  so
• 1:01:52
  commendable,
• 1:01:53
  just
• 1:01:54
  beautiful.
• 1:01:54
  So
• 1:01:55
  thank
• 1:01:55
  you.
• 1:01:55
  Thank
• 1:01:55
  you
• 1:01:56
  so
• 1:01:56
  much.
• 1:01:56
  So
• 1:01:57
  thank
• 1:01:57
  you,
• 1:01:57
  Sarah,
• 1:01:58
  for
• 1:01:58
  being
• 1:01:59
  a
• 1:01:59
  guest
• 1:01:59
  on
• 1:01:59
  the
• 1:01:59
  Adventures
• 1:02:00
  in
• 1:02:00
  the
• 1:02:01
  Heart
• 1:02:01
  of
• 1:02:01
  Children's
• 1:02:02
  Book
• 1:02:02
  Authors
• 1:02:02
  podcast.
• 1:02:04
  Your
• 1:02:04
  generosity
• 1:02:05
  of
• 1:02:06
  time,
• 1:02:06
  your
• 1:02:07
  insights
• 1:02:08
  is
• 1:02:08
  unbelievable
• 1:02:09
  and
• 1:02:10
  I'm
• 1:02:10
  sure
• 1:02:10
  it'll
• 1:02:11
  benefit
• 1:02:12
  a
• 1:02:12
  lot
• 1:02:12
  of
• 1:02:12
  aspiring
• 1:02:13
  authors
• 1:02:14
  and
• 1:02:14
  readers.
• 1:02:15
  And
• 1:02:15
  I
• 1:02:15
  just
• 1:02:16
  to
• 1:02:16
  say
• 1:02:16
  to
• 1:02:16
  our
• 1:02:16
  audience
• 1:02:17
  is
• 1:02:18
  please
• 1:02:18
  go
• 1:02:19
  to
• 1:02:20
  Sarah's
• 1:02:21
  website
• 1:02:22
  which
• 1:02:22
  we
• 1:02:22
  will
• 1:02:22
  put
• 1:02:23
  links
• 1:02:23
  in
• 1:02:23
  in
• 1:02:24
  the
• 1:02:24
  show
• 1:02:24
  notes.
• 1:02:25
  Yeah,
• 1:02:25
  it's
• 1:02:25
  www.authorsaradoran.com
• 1:02:30
  thank
• 1:02:30
  you
• 1:02:30
  for
• 1:02:30
  that.
• 1:02:31
  I
• 1:02:31
  would
• 1:02:31
  encourage
• 1:02:32
  any
• 1:02:33
  listener
• 1:02:33
  to
• 1:02:34
  please
• 1:02:34
  if
• 1:02:34
  you've
• 1:02:35
  enjoyed
• 1:02:35
  this
• 1:02:35
  episode,
• 1:02:36
  please
• 1:02:36
  share
• 1:02:37
  it
• 1:02:37
  with
• 1:02:37
  other
• 1:02:38
  people,
• 1:02:38
  especially
• 1:02:39
  military
• 1:02:40
  families,
• 1:02:40
  because
• 1:02:41
  it's
• 1:02:42
  just
• 1:02:42
  a
• 1:02:42
  commendable
• 1:02:42
  thing
• 1:02:43
  that
• 1:02:43
  you're
• 1:02:43
  doing.
• 1:02:43
  Sarah.
• 1:02:44
  I
• 1:02:44
  really
• 1:02:45
  appreciate
• 1:02:46
  it.
• 1:02:46
  Please
• 1:02:46
  support
• 1:02:47
  Sarah
• 1:02:48
  and
• 1:02:48
  purchase
• 1:02:49
  her
• 1:02:49
  books
• 1:02:49
  the
• 1:02:50
  Peppered
• 1:02:50
  sky
• 1:02:51
  and
• 1:02:51
  Sleeping
• 1:02:52
  Giants.
• 1:02:53
  Thanks
• 1:02:53
  again,
• 1:02:53
  Sarah.
• 1:02:54
  Thank
• 1:02:55
  you.
• 1:02:55
  It
• 1:02:55
  was
• 1:02:55
  a
• 1:02:55
  pleasure.