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The Journey to Children's Authorship: A Book Author's Story · Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors Podcast

• 4:02
  I'm
• 4:02
  Wendy
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  Schicktanz,
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  and
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  my
• 4:05
  book
• 4:05
  is
• 4:05
  Ivy
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  Blue's
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  Greatest
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  Pumpkin
• 4:07
  Playhouse.
• 4:08
  Thanks,
• 4:09
  Wendy,
• 4:09
  for
• 4:09
  appearing
• 4:10
  on
• 4:10
  the
• 4:10
  Adventures
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  in
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  the
• 4:11
  Heart,
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  a
• 4:11
  children's
• 4:12
  book
• 4:12
  authors
• 4:12
  podcast.
• 4:14
  Thanks
• 4:14
  for
• 4:14
  having
• 4:15
  me.
• 4:15
  My
• 4:15
  pleasure.
• 4:16
  Wendy
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  has
• 4:17
  written
• 4:17
  the
• 4:17
  children's
• 4:18
  book
• 4:18
  Ivy
• 4:19
  Blue's
• 4:19
  Greatest
• 4:20
  Pumpkin
• 4:20
  Playhouse,
• 4:21
  and
• 4:21
  I
• 4:22
  really
• 4:22
  look
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  forward
• 4:22
  to
• 4:23
  the
• 4:23
  conversation.
• 4:24
  And
• 4:25
  Wendy's
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  gonna
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  reveal
• 4:26
  a
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  special
• 4:27
  treat
• 4:27
  for
• 4:27
  us
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  later.
• 4:28
  We'll
• 4:28
  get
• 4:28
  into
• 4:29
  talking
• 4:29
  about
• 4:29
  that.
• 4:31
  Before
• 4:31
  we
• 4:31
  get
• 4:32
  into
• 4:32
  the
• 4:32
  details
• 4:33
  of
• 4:33
  your
• 4:33
  book,
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  Wende,
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  I'd
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  like
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  to
• 4:35
  talk
• 4:35
  to
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  you
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  about
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  your
• 4:37
  children's
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  book
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  authorship.
• 4:39
  Can
• 4:39
  you
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  explain
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  to
• 4:40
  us
• 4:40
  what
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  it
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  means
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  to
• 4:41
  you
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  to
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  be
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  a
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  children's
• 4:42
  book
• 4:42
  author?
• 4:44
  Sure.
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  What
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  I
• 4:45
  would
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  say
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  is
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  it's
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  something
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  that
• 4:47
  I
• 4:48
  always
• 4:48
  wanted
• 4:48
  to
• 4:49
  do.
• 4:49
  From
• 4:50
  the
• 4:50
  time
• 4:50
  I
• 4:50
  was
• 4:50
  very
• 4:51
  little,
• 4:51
  I
• 4:51
  wanted
• 4:51
  to
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  be
• 4:52
  a
• 4:52
  mom.
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  But
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  the
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  first
• 4:54
  thing
• 4:54
  I
• 4:54
  wanted
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  to
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  do
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  after
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  that
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  was,
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  besides
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  being
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  a
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  mom,
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  was
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  to
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  write
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  a
• 4:59
  children's
• 4:59
  book.
• 5:00
  And
• 5:01
  so
• 5:01
  I
• 5:01
  started
• 5:01
  that
• 5:02
  actually
• 5:02
  writing
• 5:03
  with
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  a
• 5:04
  friend
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  in
• 5:04
  third
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  grade.
• 5:05
  And
• 5:06
  then
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  I
• 5:07
  first,
• 5:07
  I
• 5:07
  didn't
• 5:08
  go
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  very
• 5:08
  far
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  and
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  then
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  just
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  started
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  picked
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  it
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  up
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  a
• 5:11
  couple
• 5:11
  times
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  over
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  the
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  years
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  and
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  really
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  didn't
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  decide
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  to
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  actually
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  take
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  that
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  leap
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  until
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  about
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  a
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  year
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  and
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  a
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  half
• 5:20
  ago.
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  It's
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  a
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  great
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  feeling.
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  And
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  I.
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  And
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  I
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  it's
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  a
• 5:24
  dream
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  I
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  always
• 5:24
  had.
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  And
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  it's
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  so
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  nice
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  to
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  be
• 5:26
  able
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  to
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  hold
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  your
• 5:27
  book
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  in
• 5:28
  your
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  hands
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  and
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  say,
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  I
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  made
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  this
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  happen
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  and
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  now
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  this
• 5:31
  story
• 5:31
  is
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  out
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  in
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  the
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  world.
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  Tell
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  us
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  about
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  the
• 5:34
  inspiration.
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  Because
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  you
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  said
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  about
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  a
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  year
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  and
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  a
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  half
• 5:37
  ago,
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  so
• 5:37
  you
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  had
• 5:38
  this
• 5:38
  idea
• 5:39
  about
• 5:39
  and
• 5:40
  even
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  you
• 5:40
  delved
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  into
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  it
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  in
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  grade
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  three
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  and
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  then
• 5:44
  hung
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  on
• 5:44
  there
• 5:44
  for
• 5:45
  a
• 5:45
  while
• 5:45
  and
• 5:46
  so
• 5:46
  tell
• 5:46
  us
• 5:46
  about
• 5:47
  what's
• 5:47
  the
• 5:47
  inspiration
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  that
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  a
• 5:49
  year
• 5:49
  and
• 5:49
  a
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  half
• 5:50
  ago
• 5:50
  got
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  you
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  to
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  finally
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  take
• 5:52
  action?
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  I
• 5:54
  was
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  a
• 5:55
  professional
• 5:55
  photographer
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  and
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  I
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  had
• 5:57
  my
• 5:57
  own
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  business
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  for
• 5:59
  over
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  20
• 5:59
  years,
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  and
• 6:01
  I
• 6:02
  was
• 6:02
  winding
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  it
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  down.
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  And
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  I
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  was
• 6:06
  sitting
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  there
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  one
• 6:07
  morning,
• 6:07
  like
• 6:07
  on
• 6:08
  Facebook,
• 6:08
  and
• 6:08
  I
• 6:08
  saw
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  an
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  ad
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  for
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  writing
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  a
• 6:11
  children's
• 6:12
  book.
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  And
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  I
• 6:13
  was
• 6:14
  like,
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  I
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  knew
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  I
• 6:15
  had
• 6:15
  more
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  creativity
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  in
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  me.
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  I
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  just
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  wanted
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  to
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  use
• 6:18
  another
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  outlet.
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  And
• 6:20
  my
• 6:20
  husband
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  happened
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  to
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  walk
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  in
• 6:21
  the
• 6:21
  room
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  shortly
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  after.
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  And
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  I
• 6:23
  said,
• 6:24
  I
• 6:24
  think
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  I'm
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  going
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  to
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  write
• 6:25
  a
• 6:26
  children's
• 6:26
  book.
• 6:26
  And
• 6:27
  he
• 6:27
  said,
• 6:27
  that's
• 6:28
  exactly
• 6:28
  what
• 6:28
  you
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  should
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  do.
• 6:29
  You've
• 6:29
  always
• 6:30
  wanted
• 6:30
  to
• 6:30
  do
• 6:30
  it
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  and
• 6:31
  now's
• 6:31
  the
• 6:32
  time.
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  And
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  so
• 6:33
  that's
• 6:33
  how
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  I
• 6:34
  decided
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  to
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  take
• 6:35
  the
• 6:35
  first
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  step.
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  But
• 6:37
  going
• 6:37
  back
• 6:37
  to
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  the
• 6:38
  inspiration
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  behind
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  the
• 6:39
  book,
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  my
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  father
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  is
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  a
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  great
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  storyteller.
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  He
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  would
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  tell
• 6:44
  my
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  siblings
• 6:44
  and
• 6:44
  I
• 6:45
  stories
• 6:45
  growing
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  up
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  and
• 6:47
  my
• 6:47
  children.
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  And
• 6:49
  I
• 6:49
  was
• 6:49
  more
• 6:50
  Of
• 6:50
  a
• 6:51
  reader
• 6:52
  of
• 6:52
  stories
• 6:52
  to
• 6:52
  my
• 6:53
  children.
• 6:54
  A
• 6:54
  couple
• 6:54
  years
• 6:54
  ago,
• 6:55
  my
• 6:55
  granddaughter
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  was
• 6:56
  three
• 6:57
  and
• 6:57
  I
• 6:57
  was
• 6:58
  putting
• 6:58
  her
• 6:58
  to
• 6:58
  bed
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  and
• 6:59
  she
• 6:59
  said,
• 7:00
  grandma,
• 7:00
  tell
• 7:00
  me,
• 7:01
  will
• 7:01
  you
• 7:01
  tell
• 7:01
  me
• 7:01
  a
• 7:01
  story?
• 7:02
  And
• 7:03
  so
• 7:03
  I.
• 7:04
  It
• 7:04
  was
• 7:04
  the
• 7:04
  fall
• 7:05
  and
• 7:06
  so
• 7:06
  I
• 7:06
  decided
• 7:07
  to
• 7:07
  tell
• 7:07
  her
• 7:07
  a
• 7:08
  story
• 7:08
  about
• 7:09
  a
• 7:09
  little
• 7:09
  girl
• 7:10
  who
• 7:10
  was
• 7:10
  her
• 7:11
  and
• 7:11
  a
• 7:12
  giant
• 7:12
  pumpkin.
• 7:13
  And
• 7:13
  she
• 7:14
  loved
• 7:14
  the
• 7:14
  story.
• 7:15
  And
• 7:15
  so
• 7:15
  she
• 7:16
  continued
• 7:16
  to
• 7:16
  ask
• 7:17
  for
• 7:17
  that
• 7:17
  for
• 7:17
  nights
• 7:18
  down
• 7:18
  the
• 7:18
  road
• 7:18
  and
• 7:19
  it
• 7:19
  became
• 7:19
  our
• 7:19
  thing.
• 7:20
  And
• 7:21
  so
• 7:21
  when
• 7:22
  I
• 7:22
  knew
• 7:22
  that
• 7:23
  I
• 7:23
  was
• 7:23
  going
• 7:23
  to
• 7:23
  write
• 7:24
  a
• 7:24
  children's
• 7:25
  picture
• 7:25
  book,
• 7:26
  it
• 7:26
  was
• 7:26
  a
• 7:26
  no
• 7:26
  brainer
• 7:27
  for
• 7:27
  me
• 7:27
  that
• 7:28
  this
• 7:28
  was
• 7:28
  going
• 7:28
  to
• 7:29
  be
• 7:29
  the
• 7:29
  story
• 7:30
  that
• 7:30
  I
• 7:30
  was
• 7:30
  going
• 7:30
  to
• 7:30
  tell.
• 7:31
  Wow,
• 7:32
  fantastic.
• 7:34
  And
• 7:35
  so
• 7:35
  you
• 7:35
  said
• 7:36
  when
• 7:36
  she
• 7:36
  was
• 7:36
  about
• 7:36
  three.
• 7:37
  So
• 7:37
  how
• 7:37
  old
• 7:37
  is
• 7:38
  she
• 7:38
  now?
• 7:39
  She
• 7:39
  is
• 7:40
  six.
• 7:41
  Six,
• 7:41
  okay.
• 7:42
  So
• 7:42
  that
• 7:42
  kind
• 7:42
  of
• 7:43
  triggered
• 7:43
  that,
• 7:44
  this
• 7:44
  whole
• 7:44
  journey.
• 7:46
  It
• 7:46
  did.
• 7:46
  So
• 7:47
  it
• 7:47
  just
• 7:47
  was
• 7:47
  something
• 7:47
  that
• 7:48
  I
• 7:48
  would
• 7:48
  tell
• 7:48
  her
• 7:48
  over
• 7:48
  the
• 7:49
  course
• 7:49
  of
• 7:49
  the
• 7:49
  years.
• 7:50
  But
• 7:51
  she
• 7:51
  was
• 7:52
  four
• 7:53
  when,
• 7:53
  yeah,
• 7:53
  four
• 7:54
  when
• 7:54
  I
• 7:54
  started
• 7:55
  writing
• 7:56
  the
• 7:56
  book.
• 7:57
  And
• 7:57
  she
• 7:58
  turned
• 7:58
  five
• 7:58
  during
• 7:59
  that
• 7:59
  time.
• 8:00
  So
• 8:00
  when
• 8:00
  that
• 8:00
  book
• 8:00
  was
• 8:00
  launched,
• 8:01
  she
• 8:01
  was
• 8:01
  five
• 8:02
  and
• 8:02
  then
• 8:02
  she
• 8:02
  turned
• 8:03
  six
• 8:03
  this
• 8:03
  summer.
• 8:04
  And
• 8:04
  my
• 8:04
  grandson
• 8:05
  is
• 8:06
  the
• 8:06
  other
• 8:06
  character
• 8:07
  in
• 8:07
  the
• 8:07
  book
• 8:08
  and
• 8:08
  he
• 8:08
  was
• 8:08
  just
• 8:09
  two
• 8:09
  and
• 8:10
  now
• 8:10
  he's
• 8:11
  three.
• 8:11
  Those
• 8:11
  are
• 8:11
  the,
• 8:12
  the
• 8:12
  two
• 8:12
  children
• 8:13
  in
• 8:13
  the
• 8:13
  story.
• 8:14
  But
• 8:15
  yeah,
• 8:15
  so
• 8:16
  I
• 8:16
  think
• 8:16
  just
• 8:16
  I
• 8:16
  knew
• 8:17
  that
• 8:17
  was
• 8:17
  the
• 8:17
  story
• 8:17
  that
• 8:18
  I
• 8:18
  was
• 8:18
  going
• 8:18
  to
• 8:18
  tell.
• 8:18
  And
• 8:19
  did
• 8:19
  the
• 8:19
  story
• 8:20
  evolve
• 8:21
  like
• 8:21
  when
• 8:21
  you
• 8:22
  first
• 8:22
  told
• 8:22
  it
• 8:22
  to
• 8:22
  your
• 8:23
  granddaughter,
• 8:24
  evolve
• 8:25
  to
• 8:25
  your
• 8:25
  finished
• 8:25
  product?
• 8:26
  Oh,
• 8:27
  definitely.
• 8:28
  And
• 8:28
  did
• 8:28
  she
• 8:28
  realize
• 8:29
  that,
• 8:30
  oh,
• 8:31
  it's
• 8:31
  so
• 8:31
  funny
• 8:32
  because
• 8:32
  she
• 8:32
  will
• 8:32
  say
• 8:33
  she'll
• 8:33
  call
• 8:33
  it
• 8:33
  our
• 8:34
  book,
• 8:34
  hers
• 8:34
  and
• 8:34
  mine,
• 8:35
  because
• 8:35
  when
• 8:36
  I
• 8:36
  was
• 8:36
  writing
• 8:36
  the
• 8:37
  drafts
• 8:37
  of
• 8:37
  it,
• 8:38
  there
• 8:38
  was
• 8:38
  no
• 8:38
  illustrations
• 8:39
  at
• 8:39
  that
• 8:39
  time.
• 8:40
  But
• 8:40
  I
• 8:40
  would
• 8:41
  sit
• 8:41
  her
• 8:41
  and
• 8:41
  I
• 8:41
  would
• 8:41
  sit
• 8:42
  alone
• 8:42
  and
• 8:42
  I
• 8:43
  would
• 8:43
  read
• 8:43
  the
• 8:43
  book
• 8:44
  to
• 8:44
  her
• 8:44
  and
• 8:44
  I
• 8:44
  would
• 8:45
  judge
• 8:45
  her
• 8:46
  reactions
• 8:46
  to
• 8:46
  things
• 8:47
  and
• 8:48
  if
• 8:48
  she
• 8:48
  didn't
• 8:49
  like
• 8:49
  something
• 8:50
  or
• 8:50
  whatever,
• 8:51
  I
• 8:51
  would
• 8:51
  follow
• 8:51
  up
• 8:51
  and
• 8:51
  ask
• 8:52
  her.
• 8:52
  So
• 8:53
  she
• 8:53
  gave
• 8:53
  me
• 8:53
  input
• 8:54
  along
• 8:55
  the
• 8:55
  way.
• 8:56
  But
• 8:56
  definitely
• 8:57
  the
• 8:58
  ending
• 8:58
  is.
• 8:58
  Was
• 8:59
  a
• 8:59
  surprise
• 8:59
  ending
• 9:00
  than
• 9:00
  I
• 9:00
  think
• 9:00
  a
• 9:00
  lot
• 9:00
  of
• 9:00
  people
• 9:01
  think
• 9:01
  is
• 9:01
  going
• 9:01
  to
• 9:01
  happen
• 9:01
  in
• 9:02
  the
• 9:02
  book.
• 9:02
  And
• 9:03
  that
• 9:03
  was
• 9:03
  a
• 9:03
  different
• 9:04
  ending
• 9:04
  than
• 9:05
  the
• 9:05
  ending
• 9:06
  that
• 9:06
  I
• 9:06
  had
• 9:06
  told
• 9:07
  her
• 9:07
  when
• 9:08
  I
• 9:08
  was
• 9:08
  telling
• 9:08
  her
• 9:08
  the
• 9:08
  story
• 9:09
  over
• 9:09
  the
• 9:09
  course
• 9:09
  of
• 9:09
  the
• 9:10
  year.
• 9:10
  So
• 9:10
  yes,
• 9:10
  it
• 9:11
  did
• 9:11
  definitely
• 9:11
  evolve.
• 9:12
  Okay,
• 9:13
  so
• 9:13
  I
• 9:14
  want
• 9:14
  to
• 9:14
  just
• 9:14
  take
• 9:14
  you
• 9:14
  back
• 9:15
  to
• 9:15
  when
• 9:15
  you
• 9:15
  saw
• 9:16
  this
• 9:16
  ad
• 9:16
  on
• 9:17
  how
• 9:17
  to
• 9:18
  bring
• 9:18
  a
• 9:18
  children's
• 9:19
  book
• 9:19
  to
• 9:20
  market.
• 9:21
  And
• 9:23
  I'm
• 9:23
  curious
• 9:24
  on
• 9:24
  when
• 9:25
  you
• 9:25
  first
• 9:25
  started
• 9:25
  out,
• 9:26
  did
• 9:26
  you
• 9:26
  think,
• 9:27
  oh,
• 9:27
  I'm
• 9:28
  going
• 9:28
  to
• 9:28
  write
• 9:28
  a
• 9:29
  children's
• 9:29
  book.
• 9:30
  And
• 9:31
  did
• 9:32
  you
• 9:32
  have
• 9:32
  any
• 9:32
  business
• 9:33
  background
• 9:33
  because
• 9:34
  you
• 9:34
  had
• 9:34
  this
• 9:35
  product,
• 9:35
  a
• 9:36
  children's
• 9:36
  book,
• 9:36
  Were
• 9:36
  you
• 9:37
  thinking,
• 9:37
  oh,
• 9:37
  this
• 9:37
  is
• 9:38
  a
• 9:38
  children's
• 9:38
  book
• 9:39
  business.
• 9:39
  Did
• 9:39
  you
• 9:40
  Think
• 9:40
  of
• 9:40
  that
• 9:40
  at
• 9:40
  all.
• 9:41
  Or
• 9:41
  was
• 9:42
  it
• 9:42
  just
• 9:42
  to
• 9:42
  write
• 9:43
  the
• 9:43
  book?
• 9:44
  It
• 9:44
  was
• 9:44
  really
• 9:45
  just
• 9:45
  to
• 9:45
  write
• 9:45
  the
• 9:45
  book.
• 9:45
  But
• 9:46
  I
• 9:46
  actually
• 9:46
  have
• 9:46
  a
• 9:46
  marketing
• 9:47
  degree,
• 9:48
  college
• 9:48
  degree,
• 9:49
  but
• 9:49
  it
• 9:49
  was
• 9:49
  just
• 9:49
  to
• 9:50
  write
• 9:50
  the
• 9:50
  book.
• 9:50
  But
• 9:51
  that's
• 9:52
  daunting
• 9:52
  in
• 9:52
  itself,
• 9:53
  going
• 9:53
  through
• 9:53
  all
• 9:53
  the
• 9:54
  processes
• 9:54
  of
• 9:54
  that.
• 9:55
  And
• 9:56
  so
• 9:56
  I,
• 9:57
  after
• 9:57
  I
• 9:57
  saw
• 9:57
  that
• 9:58
  ad,
• 9:58
  then
• 9:58
  I
• 9:59
  signed
• 9:59
  up
• 9:59
  for
• 9:59
  an
• 10:00
  online
• 10:00
  course.
• 10:01
  And
• 10:02
  while
• 10:02
  I
• 10:02
  was
• 10:02
  taking
• 10:03
  that
• 10:03
  course,
• 10:03
  I
• 10:03
  realized,
• 10:05
  wow,
• 10:05
  there's
• 10:06
  a
• 10:06
  lot
• 10:06
  more
• 10:07
  to
• 10:07
  this
• 10:07
  than
• 10:08
  I
• 10:08
  think
• 10:09
  people
• 10:09
  really
• 10:10
  realize
• 10:11
  when
• 10:11
  they.
• 10:11
  Yeah,
• 10:12
  yeah.
• 10:12
  And
• 10:13
  that's
• 10:13
  why
• 10:13
  I
• 10:13
  always
• 10:13
  talk
• 10:14
  to
• 10:14
  people
• 10:14
  about
• 10:14
  their
• 10:15
  business
• 10:15
  book
• 10:15
  plan.
• 10:16
  Because
• 10:16
  I
• 10:17
  noticed,
• 10:18
  just
• 10:18
  like
• 10:18
  ourselves,
• 10:19
  I
• 10:19
  have
• 10:19
  a
• 10:19
  degree
• 10:20
  in
• 10:21
  business
• 10:21
  also,
• 10:22
  and
• 10:22
  I
• 10:23
  never
• 10:23
  really
• 10:23
  even
• 10:24
  thought
• 10:24
  about,
• 10:24
  oh,
• 10:25
  this
• 10:25
  is
• 10:25
  actually
• 10:26
  a
• 10:26
  business.
• 10:26
  Because
• 10:27
  once
• 10:27
  you
• 10:28
  publish
• 10:28
  your
• 10:29
  book,
• 10:30
  now
• 10:30
  you
• 10:30
  have
• 10:31
  to
• 10:31
  market
• 10:32
  and
• 10:32
  sell
• 10:32
  it.
• 10:33
  Absolutely.
• 10:34
  And
• 10:34
  I
• 10:34
  think
• 10:34
  what
• 10:35
  happens
• 10:35
  is
• 10:35
  in
• 10:35
  most
• 10:36
  cases,
• 10:36
  people
• 10:36
  get
• 10:36
  the
• 10:37
  finished
• 10:37
  product,
• 10:38
  they
• 10:38
  hold
• 10:38
  their
• 10:38
  book
• 10:39
  up
• 10:39
  in
• 10:39
  their
• 10:39
  hand
• 10:39
  and
• 10:40
  they're
• 10:40
  very
• 10:40
  excited,
• 10:41
  and
• 10:41
  then
• 10:42
  they
• 10:42
  go,
• 10:42
  oh,
• 10:43
  oh,
• 10:43
  now
• 10:43
  what
• 10:44
  do
• 10:44
  I
• 10:44
  do?
• 10:45
  You're
• 10:45
  so
• 10:45
  right.
• 10:46
  You're
• 10:46
  so
• 10:46
  right.
• 10:47
  And
• 10:47
  that's
• 10:47
  why
• 10:47
  I
• 10:47
  asked
• 10:48
  that
• 10:48
  question.
• 10:50
  For
• 10:50
  me
• 10:50
  when
• 10:51
  I
• 10:51
  started
• 10:52
  writing
• 10:52
  the
• 10:52
  book.
• 10:53
  It
• 10:53
  was
• 10:53
  in
• 10:53
  April,
• 10:55
  and
• 10:55
  my
• 10:55
  book
• 10:56
  launch
• 10:56
  was
• 10:57
  October
• 10:57
  30th
• 10:58
  of
• 10:58
  last
• 10:58
  year.
• 10:59
  So
• 11:00
  ordinarily,
• 11:01
  the
• 11:01
  plan
• 11:02
  I
• 11:02
  was
• 11:02
  on
• 11:02
  would
• 11:02
  have
• 11:02
  taken
• 11:03
  about
• 11:03
  nine
• 11:03
  months,
• 11:04
  but
• 11:04
  we
• 11:04
  hustled
• 11:05
  it
• 11:05
  so
• 11:05
  that
• 11:05
  I
• 11:06
  could
• 11:07
  take
• 11:07
  advantage
• 11:07
  of
• 11:08
  just
• 11:08
  a
• 11:08
  couple
• 11:08
  fall
• 11:08
  days,
• 11:09
  basically,
• 11:10
  since
• 11:10
  my
• 11:10
  book
• 11:11
  kind
• 11:11
  of
• 11:11
  centers
• 11:11
  around
• 11:12
  pumpkins
• 11:13
  in
• 11:13
  the
• 11:13
  fall
• 11:13
  and
• 11:13
  people
• 11:14
  think
• 11:14
  about
• 11:14
  that
• 11:14
  during
• 11:15
  this
• 11:15
  time
• 11:15
  of
• 11:15
  the
• 11:16
  year.
• 11:16
  And
• 11:17
  I
• 11:17
  was
• 11:17
  just
• 11:17
  doing
• 11:18
  one
• 11:18
  step
• 11:18
  after
• 11:18
  another.
• 11:19
  I
• 11:19
  have
• 11:19
  to
• 11:19
  do
• 11:19
  this
• 11:19
  next
• 11:20
  and
• 11:20
  this
• 11:20
  next,
• 11:21
  and
• 11:21
  I
• 11:21
  wasn't
• 11:22
  thinking
• 11:22
  so
• 11:23
  much
• 11:23
  long
• 11:24
  term.
• 11:25
  I
• 11:25
  knew
• 11:25
  that
• 11:25
  I
• 11:26
  wanted
• 11:26
  to
• 11:27
  have
• 11:27
  a
• 11:27
  high
• 11:28
  Amazon
• 11:28
  ranking
• 11:29
  because
• 11:29
  that
• 11:29
  was
• 11:29
  going
• 11:30
  to
• 11:30
  get
• 11:30
  my
• 11:30
  book
• 11:30
  out
• 11:30
  in
• 11:31
  front
• 11:31
  of
• 11:31
  a
• 11:31
  lot
• 11:31
  of
• 11:31
  people.
• 11:32
  But
• 11:33
  one
• 11:33
  thing
• 11:33
  that
• 11:33
  I
• 11:33
  did,
• 11:34
  because
• 11:34
  I
• 11:34
  realized
• 11:34
  I
• 11:35
  was
• 11:35
  going
• 11:35
  to
• 11:35
  miss
• 11:35
  the
• 11:36
  fall
• 11:36
  of
• 11:36
  that
• 11:36
  of
• 11:36
  last
• 11:37
  year,
• 11:37
  I
• 11:38
  had
• 11:38
  decided
• 11:39
  that
• 11:39
  I
• 11:39
  wanted
• 11:40
  to
• 11:40
  go
• 11:40
  into
• 11:41
  elementary
• 11:42
  schools
• 11:42
  in
• 11:42
  the
• 11:42
  springtime
• 11:44
  and
• 11:44
  associate
• 11:45
  my
• 11:45
  book
• 11:46
  with
• 11:46
  pumpkin
• 11:47
  seed
• 11:48
  planting
• 11:48
  time
• 11:49
  in
• 11:49
  Colorado,
• 11:50
  which
• 11:50
  is
• 11:51
  late
• 11:51
  April
• 11:51
  and
• 11:52
  May.
• 11:52
  And
• 11:53
  so
• 11:53
  I
• 11:54
  got
• 11:54
  the
• 11:54
  idea
• 11:55
  of
• 11:56
  getting
• 11:56
  donations
• 11:57
  of
• 11:57
  pumpkin
• 11:58
  seed
• 11:58
  packets
• 11:59
  so
• 11:59
  that
• 12:00
  I
• 12:00
  could
• 12:00
  have
• 12:00
  that
• 12:01
  as
• 12:01
  an
• 12:01
  extra
• 12:02
  bonus
• 12:03
  to
• 12:03
  the
• 12:03
  children
• 12:04
  when
• 12:04
  I
• 12:04
  was
• 12:04
  doing
• 12:05
  my
• 12:05
  book
• 12:05
  reading,
• 12:06
  that
• 12:06
  they
• 12:06
  would
• 12:06
  get
• 12:07
  to
• 12:07
  take
• 12:07
  home
• 12:08
  each
• 12:08
  one
• 12:08
  of
• 12:08
  them
• 12:09
  a
• 12:09
  packet
• 12:10
  of
• 12:10
  pumpkin
• 12:11
  seeds
• 12:11
  so
• 12:11
  they
• 12:11
  could
• 12:11
  plant
• 12:11
  their
• 12:12
  own
• 12:12
  pumpkin
• 12:12
  patch.
• 12:13
  And
• 12:13
  so
• 12:14
  I
• 12:14
  was
• 12:14
  on
• 12:14
  this
• 12:14
  mission
• 12:15
  at
• 12:15
  the
• 12:15
  same
• 12:15
  time
• 12:15
  I
• 12:16
  was
• 12:16
  trying
• 12:16
  to
• 12:16
  get
• 12:17
  the
• 12:17
  book,
• 12:17
  go
• 12:18
  through
• 12:18
  all
• 12:18
  the
• 12:18
  steps
• 12:19
  of
• 12:19
  contacting
• 12:21
  local
• 12:21
  nurseries
• 12:22
  and
• 12:22
  corporations
• 12:23
  and
• 12:24
  getting
• 12:24
  donations
• 12:25
  of
• 12:25
  pumpkin
• 12:25
  seeds.
• 12:26
  And
• 12:27
  I
• 12:27
  actually
• 12:27
  had
• 12:27
  one
• 12:28
  from
• 12:28
  Canada,
• 12:29
  west
• 12:29
  coast
• 12:29
  seeds,
• 12:30
  and
• 12:30
  they
• 12:31
  made
• 12:31
  a
• 12:31
  Large
• 12:31
  donation
• 12:32
  to
• 12:32
  me,
• 12:32
  which
• 12:32
  I
• 12:33
  was
• 12:33
  very
• 12:33
  grateful
• 12:33
  for.
• 12:35
  Ended
• 12:35
  up
• 12:35
  getting
• 12:35
  over
• 12:36
  200
• 12:37
  seed
• 12:37
  packets.
• 12:38
  Wow.
• 12:39
  So
• 12:39
  I
• 12:39
  was
• 12:40
  real
• 12:40
  excited
• 12:40
  about
• 12:41
  that
• 12:41
  and
• 12:41
  that.
• 12:42
  So
• 12:42
  I
• 12:42
  was
• 12:42
  thinking
• 12:42
  ahead
• 12:43
  for
• 12:43
  the.
• 12:44
  Doing
• 12:44
  the
• 12:44
  school
• 12:45
  visits
• 12:46
  in
• 12:46
  the
• 12:46
  spring.
• 12:47
  Last
• 12:47
  spring.
• 12:48
  Good
• 12:49
  for
• 12:49
  you.
• 12:49
  Because
• 12:50
  it's
• 12:50
  interesting
• 12:50
  you
• 12:50
  should
• 12:51
  say
• 12:51
  that
• 12:51
  because
• 12:52
  yesterday
• 12:53
  my
• 12:53
  wife
• 12:53
  and
• 12:53
  I
• 12:53
  were
• 12:54
  out
• 12:54
  in
• 12:54
  Home
• 12:54
  Depot
• 12:55
  and
• 12:55
  of
• 12:55
  course
• 12:55
  they've
• 12:56
  already
• 12:56
  started
• 12:56
  putting
• 12:57
  up
• 12:57
  their
• 12:57
  big
• 12:58
  Halloween
• 12:58
  displays.
• 12:59
  They're
• 13:00
  like
• 13:00
  Costco.
• 13:01
  They
• 13:01
  put
• 13:01
  everything
• 13:01
  up
• 13:02
  six
• 13:02
  months
• 13:03
  in
• 13:03
  advance
• 13:03
  of
• 13:03
  the
• 13:04
  season.
• 13:05
  And
• 13:05
  so
• 13:05
  there
• 13:05
  was
• 13:06
  so
• 13:06
  many
• 13:06
  different
• 13:07
  pumpkins
• 13:08
  or
• 13:08
  like
• 13:09
  Jack
• 13:09
  O
• 13:09
  Lanterns
• 13:10
  with
• 13:10
  the
• 13:10
  carved
• 13:11
  out
• 13:11
  faces
• 13:12
  and
• 13:12
  all
• 13:12
  that.
• 13:12
  And
• 13:13
  they
• 13:13
  were
• 13:13
  plastic,
• 13:14
  of
• 13:14
  course.
• 13:14
  But
• 13:15
  it's
• 13:15
  starting.
• 13:16
  So
• 13:16
  your
• 13:16
  timing
• 13:17
  is
• 13:17
  perfect
• 13:17
  in
• 13:18
  terms
• 13:18
  of
• 13:18
  starting
• 13:19
  to
• 13:20
  promote
• 13:21
  the
• 13:21
  book
• 13:21
  again.
• 13:22
  Because
• 13:22
  the
• 13:22
  nice
• 13:22
  thing
• 13:23
  about
• 13:23
  it
• 13:23
  is
• 13:23
  it
• 13:23
  gets
• 13:24
  to
• 13:24
  be
• 13:24
  timeless.
• 13:26
  Yes.
• 13:26
  Yes.
• 13:27
  That's
• 13:27
  what.
• 13:28
  Yeah,
• 13:28
  there's
• 13:28
  always
• 13:29
  fall.
• 13:30
  Yes,
• 13:31
  exactly.
• 13:32
  Tell
• 13:33
  us
• 13:33
  a
• 13:33
  little
• 13:33
  bit
• 13:33
  about
• 13:34
  your
• 13:34
  book
• 13:34
  formats
• 13:35
  because
• 13:35
  I
• 13:35
  have
• 13:36
  the
• 13:36
  hard
• 13:36
  copy.
• 13:37
  But
• 13:37
  tell
• 13:37
  us
• 13:38
  about
• 13:38
  your
• 13:38
  book
• 13:38
  formats.
• 13:39
  There's
• 13:40
  the
• 13:40
  hardcover
• 13:42
  and
• 13:42
  paperback
• 13:43
  and
• 13:44
  then
• 13:44
  it
• 13:44
  is
• 13:44
  available
• 13:45
  on
• 13:45
  Kindle.
• 13:47
  And
• 13:47
  I've
• 13:47
  only
• 13:48
  had
• 13:48
  not
• 13:48
  a.
• 13:49
  I
• 13:49
  wouldn't
• 13:50
  say
• 13:50
  very
• 13:50
  many
• 13:51
  people
• 13:51
  buy
• 13:51
  the
• 13:51
  Kindle
• 13:52
  version
• 13:53
  because
• 13:53
  I
• 13:54
  think
• 13:54
  for
• 13:54
  a
• 13:54
  children's
• 13:55
  picture
• 13:55
  book,
• 13:56
  the
• 13:57
  illustrations
• 13:57
  are
• 13:58
  so
• 13:58
  important.
• 13:58
  And
• 13:59
  unless
• 13:59
  you
• 13:59
  have
• 13:59
  a
• 14:00
  candle
• 14:00
  or
• 14:00
  a
• 14:01
  tablet
• 14:01
  that
• 14:01
  has
• 14:02
  color,
• 14:02
  you
• 14:02
  don't
• 14:02
  get
• 14:03
  to
• 14:03
  see
• 14:03
  that
• 14:03
  as
• 14:03
  much.
• 14:04
  Mostly
• 14:04
  I've
• 14:05
  sold
• 14:05
  the
• 14:05
  hardcover
• 14:06
  and
• 14:06
  the
• 14:06
  paperback.
• 14:07
  Okay.
• 14:08
  And
• 14:08
  I
• 14:08
  know
• 14:08
  you
• 14:09
  have
• 14:09
  your
• 14:09
  soft
• 14:10
  cover.
• 14:11
  So
• 14:11
  tell
• 14:11
  us
• 14:12
  about.
• 14:13
  You've
• 14:13
  got
• 14:14
  your
• 14:14
  soft
• 14:14
  cover
• 14:14
  through
• 14:15
  kdp,
• 14:15
  which
• 14:16
  is
• 14:16
  part
• 14:16
  of
• 14:16
  Amazon,
• 14:17
  is
• 14:17
  that
• 14:17
  correct?
• 14:17
  Correct.
• 14:18
  And
• 14:18
  then
• 14:18
  your
• 14:19
  hardcover.
• 14:20
  I
• 14:20
  know
• 14:21
  Sparks.
• 14:22
  Ingram
• 14:22
  Sparks.
• 14:23
  Okay.
• 14:23
  So
• 14:23
  Ingram
• 14:24
  Sparks
• 14:24
  produces
• 14:25
  it.
• 14:25
  You
• 14:25
  sell
• 14:25
  your
• 14:26
  hard
• 14:26
  copy
• 14:26
  on
• 14:26
  Amazon.
• 14:27
  So
• 14:27
  tell
• 14:28
  us
• 14:28
  a
• 14:28
  little
• 14:28
  bit
• 14:28
  about
• 14:28
  that
• 14:29
  because
• 14:29
  Amazon
• 14:30
  doesn't
• 14:30
  do
• 14:30
  children's
• 14:31
  books
• 14:31
  in
• 14:32
  hardcover.
• 14:33
  So
• 14:33
  how
• 14:34
  did
• 14:34
  you
• 14:34
  get
• 14:34
  your
• 14:34
  book
• 14:35
  to
• 14:35
  Amazon
• 14:37
  on
• 14:37
  hardcover?
• 14:40
  My
• 14:40
  publisher
• 14:40
  really
• 14:41
  helps
• 14:41
  walk
• 14:42
  me
• 14:42
  through
• 14:42
  that
• 14:43
  and
• 14:44
  gave
• 14:44
  me
• 14:44
  all
• 14:45
  the
• 14:45
  information
• 14:45
  I
• 14:46
  was
• 14:46
  going
• 14:46
  to
• 14:46
  need
• 14:47
  to
• 14:47
  do
• 14:47
  that
• 14:47
  because
• 14:47
  this
• 14:48
  quite
• 14:48
  an
• 14:48
  intimidating
• 14:49
  thing
• 14:50
  to
• 14:50
  put
• 14:50
  your
• 14:50
  book
• 14:51
  out
• 14:51
  there.
• 14:51
  And
• 14:52
  it's
• 14:52
  a
• 14:52
  couple
• 14:52
  days
• 14:52
  before
• 14:53
  it
• 14:53
  gets
• 14:53
  approved
• 14:53
  and
• 14:54
  everything.
• 14:54
  And
• 14:54
  especially
• 14:55
  the
• 14:55
  ingramspark.
• 14:56
  They
• 14:56
  have
• 14:56
  you
• 14:56
  like
• 14:57
  look
• 14:57
  through
• 14:57
  it
• 14:57
  after
• 14:58
  it's
• 14:58
  out
• 14:58
  there
• 14:58
  and
• 14:58
  make
• 14:59
  sure
• 14:59
  that
• 14:59
  the
• 14:59
  bleed
• 15:00
  is
• 15:00
  correct
• 15:00
  and
• 15:00
  everything.
• 15:01
  And
• 15:02
  so
• 15:03
  that
• 15:03
  was
• 15:03
  a
• 15:04
  little
• 15:04
  bit
• 15:04
  nerve
• 15:04
  wracking,
• 15:05
  but
• 15:05
  definitely
• 15:06
  the
• 15:06
  help
• 15:07
  from
• 15:07
  my
• 15:08
  publishing
• 15:08
  company
• 15:09
  on
• 15:10
  doing
• 15:10
  that
• 15:10
  and
• 15:11
  getting
• 15:11
  that
• 15:12
  up
• 15:12
  on
• 15:12
  ingramspark.
• 15:13
  And
• 15:14
  I
• 15:14
  do
• 15:14
  have
• 15:14
  author
• 15:15
  copies
• 15:15
  of
• 15:16
  both
• 15:16
  the
• 15:17
  paperback
• 15:17
  and
• 15:18
  the
• 15:18
  hardcover.
• 15:19
  My
• 15:19
  books
• 15:20
  are
• 15:20
  in
• 15:20
  a
• 15:20
  couple
• 15:21
  local
• 15:21
  bookstores
• 15:23
  and
• 15:23
  I
• 15:23
  also,
• 15:23
  I'm
• 15:24
  a
• 15:24
  big
• 15:24
  fan,
• 15:24
  by
• 15:24
  the
• 15:25
  way,
• 15:25
  of
• 15:25
  the
• 15:25
  little
• 15:25
  free
• 15:26
  libraries.
• 15:27
  So
• 15:28
  I
• 15:29
  try
• 15:29
  to
• 15:29
  Stick
• 15:29
  when
• 15:30
  I
• 15:30
  pass
• 15:30
  one,
• 15:30
  a
• 15:31
  soft
• 15:31
  cover
• 15:32
  of
• 15:32
  my
• 15:33
  book
• 15:33
  in
• 15:33
  that.
• 15:34
  And
• 15:34
  if
• 15:34
  my
• 15:34
  grandchildren
• 15:35
  are
• 15:35
  with
• 15:35
  me,
• 15:35
  it's
• 15:36
  even
• 15:36
  more
• 15:36
  fun
• 15:36
  because
• 15:37
  they
• 15:37
  get
• 15:37
  to
• 15:37
  see
• 15:38
  that
• 15:38
  we
• 15:39
  are
• 15:39
  putting
• 15:39
  the
• 15:39
  books
• 15:40
  in
• 15:40
  there.
• 15:40
  So
• 15:41
  that's
• 15:41
  a
• 15:42
  fun
• 15:42
  thing.
• 15:42
  And
• 15:43
  you
• 15:43
  know
• 15:43
  what?
• 15:43
  It's
• 15:43
  interesting
• 15:44
  you
• 15:44
  should
• 15:44
  say
• 15:44
  that,
• 15:45
  because
• 15:46
  I
• 15:46
  think
• 15:46
  you're
• 15:46
  my
• 15:47
  48th
• 15:47
  or
• 15:48
  49th
• 15:48
  guest,
• 15:49
  and
• 15:50
  no
• 15:51
  one's
• 15:51
  ever
• 15:51
  said
• 15:51
  to
• 15:52
  me
• 15:52
  that
• 15:52
  all
• 15:52
  those
• 15:53
  little.
• 15:54
  What
• 15:54
  did
• 15:54
  you
• 15:54
  call
• 15:54
  them,
• 15:55
  they're
• 15:56
  called
• 15:56
  little
• 15:56
  free
• 15:56
  libraries.
• 15:57
  We
• 15:58
  have
• 15:58
  them
• 15:58
  in
• 15:58
  our
• 15:58
  neighborhood.
• 15:59
  But
• 15:59
  I
• 15:59
  never,
• 16:00
  as
• 16:01
  a
• 16:01
  children's
• 16:02
  book
• 16:02
  author,
• 16:02
  I
• 16:03
  never
• 16:03
  thought,
• 16:03
  oh,
• 16:03
  why
• 16:04
  don't
• 16:04
  I
• 16:04
  go
• 16:04
  stick
• 16:05
  one
• 16:05
  of
• 16:05
  our
• 16:05
  copies
• 16:06
  in
• 16:06
  there?
• 16:06
  So
• 16:07
  you've
• 16:07
  got
• 16:07
  to
• 16:07
  tell
• 16:07
  us
• 16:08
  more,
• 16:08
  share
• 16:08
  with
• 16:09
  people.
• 16:09
  Because
• 16:09
  I'm
• 16:10
  sure
• 16:10
  people
• 16:10
  aren't
• 16:11
  thinking,
• 16:11
  oh,
• 16:12
  why
• 16:12
  don't
• 16:12
  I
• 16:12
  do
• 16:12
  that?
• 16:13
  And
• 16:13
  why
• 16:13
  would
• 16:14
  I
• 16:14
  do
• 16:14
  that?
• 16:15
  Correct.
• 16:16
  And
• 16:16
  so,
• 16:16
  to
• 16:16
  be
• 16:16
  honest,
• 16:17
  until
• 16:17
  I
• 16:18
  really
• 16:18
  had
• 16:18
  grandchildren,
• 16:19
  I
• 16:19
  didn't
• 16:20
  look
• 16:20
  for
• 16:20
  that
• 16:20
  either.
• 16:21
  We
• 16:21
  have
• 16:22
  some
• 16:22
  little
• 16:22
  free
• 16:23
  libraries.
• 16:23
  I
• 16:24
  spend
• 16:24
  a
• 16:25
  lot
• 16:25
  of
• 16:25
  my
• 16:26
  year
• 16:26
  in
• 16:26
  Colorado,
• 16:27
  but
• 16:27
  we
• 16:28
  also
• 16:28
  spend
• 16:28
  time
• 16:29
  in
• 16:29
  Scottsdale,
• 16:29
  Arizona.
• 16:30
  And
• 16:30
  so
• 16:30
  in
• 16:30
  both
• 16:31
  neighborhoods,
• 16:31
  there
• 16:31
  are
• 16:32
  actually
• 16:33
  little
• 16:33
  free
• 16:33
  libraries.
• 16:34
  As
• 16:34
  an
• 16:35
  adult
• 16:35
  reader
• 16:35
  have
• 16:36
  taken
• 16:37
  advantage
• 16:37
  of
• 16:38
  finding
• 16:39
  so
• 16:39
  many
• 16:39
  books
• 16:40
  that
• 16:40
  I
• 16:41
  read
• 16:41
  and
• 16:41
  loved
• 16:42
  in
• 16:42
  the
• 16:42
  little
• 16:42
  free
• 16:42
  libraries.
• 16:43
  But
• 16:43
  until
• 16:44
  my
• 16:44
  granddaughter
• 16:44
  was
• 16:45
  born,
• 16:45
  I
• 16:45
  really
• 16:45
  didn't
• 16:45
  pay
• 16:46
  attention
• 16:46
  to
• 16:46
  the
• 16:46
  children's
• 16:47
  books
• 16:47
  that
• 16:47
  were
• 16:47
  in
• 16:47
  there.
• 16:48
  And
• 16:48
  I
• 16:49
  have
• 16:49
  to
• 16:49
  be
• 16:49
  honest
• 16:49
  with
• 16:50
  you,
• 16:50
  we
• 16:51
  have
• 16:51
  found
• 16:51
  some
• 16:52
  just
• 16:52
  amazing
• 16:53
  children's
• 16:53
  books
• 16:54
  in
• 16:54
  there.
• 16:54
  I'll
• 16:54
  find
• 16:55
  these
• 16:55
  ones,
• 16:55
  and
• 16:55
  they're
• 16:56
  just
• 16:56
  treasures.
• 16:57
  And
• 16:57
  just
• 16:57
  because
• 16:58
  they're
• 16:58
  in
• 16:58
  a
• 16:59
  little
• 16:59
  free
• 16:59
  library
• 17:00
  doesn't
• 17:00
  mean
• 17:00
  that
• 17:00
  they're
• 17:01
  not
• 17:01
  wanted
• 17:01
  anymore
• 17:02
  or
• 17:03
  discarded.
• 17:04
  It's
• 17:04
  more
• 17:05
  they're
• 17:05
  probably
• 17:06
  outgrown.
• 17:06
  The
• 17:06
  children
• 17:08
  are
• 17:08
  grown
• 17:08
  up
• 17:08
  and
• 17:09
  the
• 17:09
  parents
• 17:09
  say,
• 17:09
  these
• 17:10
  are
• 17:10
  great
• 17:10
  books.
• 17:10
  I'm
• 17:11
  going
• 17:11
  to
• 17:11
  see
• 17:11
  if
• 17:11
  another
• 17:12
  family
• 17:13
  would
• 17:13
  like
• 17:13
  them.
• 17:14
  And
• 17:15
  sometimes
• 17:15
  we
• 17:15
  read
• 17:15
  them
• 17:16
  and
• 17:16
  we
• 17:16
  put
• 17:16
  them
• 17:16
  back,
• 17:17
  and
• 17:17
  sometimes
• 17:17
  I'll
• 17:17
  put
• 17:18
  them
• 17:18
  in
• 17:18
  a
• 17:18
  different
• 17:18
  little
• 17:19
  free
• 17:19
  library.
• 17:19
  And
• 17:20
  the
• 17:20
  books
• 17:20
  that
• 17:20
  we'll
• 17:20
  get.
• 17:21
  But
• 17:21
  yeah,
• 17:21
  I've
• 17:21
  tried
• 17:22
  to
• 17:22
  keep
• 17:23
  them
• 17:23
  with
• 17:23
  me,
• 17:24
  and
• 17:24
  if
• 17:25
  we
• 17:25
  pass
• 17:25
  one,
• 17:26
  then
• 17:26
  put
• 17:26
  them
• 17:26
  in
• 17:26
  the
• 17:27
  little
• 17:27
  free
• 17:27
  libraries.
• 17:28
  And
• 17:28
  another
• 17:28
  thing
• 17:29
  that
• 17:29
  I've
• 17:29
  done
• 17:30
  is
• 17:30
  in
• 17:30
  airports,
• 17:31
  if
• 17:32
  you.
• 17:32
  I
• 17:33
  keep
• 17:33
  an
• 17:33
  extra
• 17:33
  couple
• 17:34
  copies
• 17:34
  of
• 17:34
  my
• 17:35
  paperback
• 17:35
  with
• 17:36
  me,
• 17:36
  and
• 17:36
  I
• 17:37
  usually
• 17:37
  only
• 17:37
  give
• 17:37
  out
• 17:38
  one.
• 17:38
  But
• 17:38
  if
• 17:38
  you
• 17:38
  see,
• 17:38
  like
• 17:39
  a
• 17:39
  family
• 17:39
  with
• 17:39
  young
• 17:40
  children
• 17:40
  and
• 17:41
  they're
• 17:41
  getting
• 17:41
  ready
• 17:41
  to
• 17:42
  board
• 17:42
  a
• 17:42
  flight
• 17:42
  and
• 17:43
  maybe
• 17:43
  the
• 17:43
  kids
• 17:43
  are
• 17:44
  antsy
• 17:44
  or
• 17:44
  whatever
• 17:45
  in
• 17:45
  the
• 17:45
  airport,
• 17:46
  then
• 17:46
  I
• 17:47
  will
• 17:47
  take
• 17:47
  a
• 17:48
  copy
• 17:48
  of
• 17:48
  my
• 17:48
  book
• 17:49
  up
• 17:49
  and
• 17:50
  offer
• 17:50
  them,
• 17:51
  take
• 17:51
  that
• 17:52
  on
• 17:52
  a
• 17:52
  flight
• 17:52
  with
• 17:52
  them
• 17:52
  and
• 17:53
  enjoy
• 17:53
  it.
• 17:53
  And
• 17:53
  that's
• 17:54
  been
• 17:54
  something
• 17:54
  that's
• 17:55
  been
• 17:55
  really
• 17:55
  fun
• 17:56
  as
• 17:56
  well,
• 17:57
  with
• 17:57
  your
• 17:57
  background
• 17:58
  in.
• 17:58
  Marketing,
• 17:59
  so
• 18:00
  I'm
• 18:01
  curious,
• 18:03
  have
• 18:03
  you
• 18:03
  seen
• 18:04
  any
• 18:05
  or
• 18:05
  did
• 18:05
  you
• 18:05
  plan
• 18:06
  any
• 18:08
  benefits
• 18:09
  of
• 18:09
  doing
• 18:09
  that?
• 18:10
  Because
• 18:10
  I
• 18:10
  think
• 18:11
  it's
• 18:11
  a
• 18:11
  great
• 18:11
  idea
• 18:12
  to
• 18:12
  put
• 18:12
  your
• 18:13
  book
• 18:13
  in
• 18:13
  a
• 18:13
  little
• 18:14
  free
• 18:14
  library.
• 18:16
  Have
• 18:16
  you
• 18:16
  seen
• 18:17
  any
• 18:18
  benefits
• 18:19
  from
• 18:19
  doing
• 18:19
  that
• 18:19
  or
• 18:20
  have
• 18:20
  you
• 18:20
  got
• 18:20
  a
• 18:20
  plan
• 18:22
  behind
• 18:22
  that?
• 18:24
  So
• 18:24
  that's
• 18:24
  interesting
• 18:24
  that
• 18:25
  you
• 18:25
  say
• 18:25
  that
• 18:25
  because
• 18:26
  I
• 18:26
  can't
• 18:26
  really
• 18:27
  track
• 18:27
  that,
• 18:28
  what's
• 18:28
  happening
• 18:29
  with
• 18:29
  those.
• 18:29
  I
• 18:29
  think
• 18:30
  the
• 18:30
  idea
• 18:31
  is
• 18:31
  that
• 18:32
  getting
• 18:33
  my
• 18:34
  book
• 18:34
  out
• 18:35
  in
• 18:35
  the
• 18:35
  world,
• 18:36
  somebody
• 18:37
  will
• 18:37
  read
• 18:37
  it
• 18:37
  and
• 18:38
  say
• 18:38
  this
• 18:38
  is
• 18:38
  a
• 18:38
  wonderful
• 18:39
  book
• 18:39
  that
• 18:40
  they're
• 18:40
  sharing
• 18:40
  with
• 18:40
  their
• 18:41
  child
• 18:41
  and,
• 18:42
  or
• 18:42
  their
• 18:42
  grandchildren.
• 18:43
  I
• 18:43
  want
• 18:44
  to
• 18:44
  buy
• 18:44
  a
• 18:44
  copy
• 18:44
  to
• 18:45
  give
• 18:45
  to
• 18:46
  my
• 18:46
  friend
• 18:47
  who's
• 18:47
  having
• 18:47
  a
• 18:47
  birthday
• 18:48
  party
• 18:48
  or
• 18:48
  something
• 18:48
  like
• 18:49
  that.
• 18:49
  Because
• 18:49
  you're
• 18:50
  right,
• 18:50
  you're
• 18:50
  giving
• 18:50
  away
• 18:51
  books
• 18:52
  that
• 18:52
  for
• 18:52
  free.
• 18:53
  My
• 18:53
  hope
• 18:53
  is
• 18:54
  to
• 18:54
  that
• 18:55
  they
• 18:55
  will
• 18:55
  say,
• 18:56
  wow,
• 18:56
  this
• 18:56
  is
• 18:56
  great
• 18:57
  and
• 18:57
  the
• 18:57
  book
• 18:57
  will
• 18:58
  inspire
• 18:58
  them
• 18:59
  to
• 18:59
  buy
• 19:00
  perhaps
• 19:00
  other
• 19:01
  copies
• 19:01
  of
• 19:01
  the
• 19:02
  book
• 19:02
  or
• 19:02
  that
• 19:02
  it
• 19:02
  reaches
• 19:03
  somebody
• 19:04
  that
• 19:04
  has
• 19:04
  the
• 19:05
  ability,
• 19:05
  maybe
• 19:06
  they're
• 19:06
  a
• 19:06
  realtor
• 19:07
  and
• 19:07
  they
• 19:07
  say
• 19:07
  this
• 19:07
  would
• 19:08
  be
• 19:08
  a
• 19:08
  great
• 19:08
  book
• 19:08
  to,
• 19:09
  to
• 19:09
  give
• 19:10
  to
• 19:10
  my
• 19:10
  clients
• 19:11
  who
• 19:11
  buy
• 19:11
  homes
• 19:11
  in
• 19:12
  the
• 19:12
  fall.
• 19:12
  I'm
• 19:13
  going
• 19:13
  to
• 19:13
  purchase
• 19:13
  a
• 19:14
  bunch
• 19:14
  of
• 19:14
  these
• 19:14
  books.
• 19:15
  So
• 19:15
  you
• 19:15
  never
• 19:15
  know
• 19:16
  where
• 19:16
  that
• 19:16
  one
• 19:16
  book
• 19:17
  is
• 19:17
  going
• 19:17
  to
• 19:17
  travel
• 19:18
  to,
• 19:18
  how
• 19:19
  far
• 19:19
  the
• 19:20
  impact
• 19:20
  is
• 19:20
  going
• 19:20
  to
• 19:20
  be.
• 19:21
  Thank
• 19:21
  you
• 19:21
  for
• 19:22
  sharing
• 19:22
  that
• 19:22
  because
• 19:22
  that's
• 19:23
  what
• 19:23
  I
• 19:23
  want
• 19:23
  people
• 19:23
  to
• 19:24
  know
• 19:24
  is
• 19:25
  that
• 19:27
  marketing
• 19:28
  isn't
• 19:29
  a
• 19:30
  clear
• 19:30
  cut
• 19:31
  plan
• 19:32
  and
• 19:33
  there's
• 19:33
  so
• 19:33
  many
• 19:33
  ways
• 19:34
  to
• 19:34
  market.
• 19:35
  That's
• 19:35
  why
• 19:35
  I
• 19:35
  delved
• 19:36
  a
• 19:36
  little
• 19:36
  deeper
• 19:36
  with
• 19:37
  you,
• 19:37
  is
• 19:37
  to
• 19:37
  have
• 19:38
  people
• 19:38
  think
• 19:38
  a
• 19:38
  little
• 19:38
  bit
• 19:39
  outside
• 19:39
  the
• 19:40
  little
• 19:40
  free
• 19:41
  library
• 19:42
  and
• 19:42
  think
• 19:42
  about
• 19:43
  the
• 19:43
  impact
• 19:44
  that
• 19:44
  just
• 19:44
  that
• 19:45
  one
• 19:45
  simple
• 19:46
  thing
• 19:46
  could
• 19:47
  have.
• 19:47
  The
• 19:48
  ripple
• 19:48
  effect
• 19:48
  and
• 19:49
  it's
• 19:49
  an
• 19:49
  act
• 19:49
  of
• 19:49
  kindness.
• 19:50
  One
• 19:50
  other
• 19:51
  thing
• 19:51
  is
• 19:52
  as
• 19:52
  a
• 19:52
  professional
• 19:53
  photographer,
• 19:54
  I
• 19:54
  had
• 19:55
  always
• 19:55
  known
• 19:56
  that
• 19:56
  people
• 19:56
  buy
• 19:57
  from
• 19:57
  people
• 19:58
  they
• 19:58
  like
• 19:59
  and
• 19:59
  trust
• 20:00
  me.
• 20:00
  And
• 20:01
  I
• 20:01
  think
• 20:01
  on
• 20:02
  a
• 20:02
  one
• 20:02
  on
• 20:02
  one
• 20:03
  basis,
• 20:03
  not
• 20:03
  necessarily
• 20:04
  I'm
• 20:04
  getting
• 20:05
  away
• 20:05
  from
• 20:05
  that,
• 20:06
  passing
• 20:06
  them
• 20:06
  out
• 20:07
  at
• 20:07
  airports.
• 20:08
  But
• 20:08
  everywhere
• 20:09
  I
• 20:09
  go
• 20:10
  I
• 20:10
  have
• 20:11
  business
• 20:11
  cards
• 20:11
  with
• 20:12
  me
• 20:12
  and
• 20:13
  I'm
• 20:13
  not
• 20:13
  a
• 20:14
  pushy
• 20:14
  person
• 20:14
  at
• 20:14
  all.
• 20:15
  So
• 20:15
  this
• 20:15
  has
• 20:15
  been
• 20:16
  a
• 20:16
  little
• 20:16
  bit
• 20:16
  out
• 20:16
  of
• 20:17
  my
• 20:17
  comfort
• 20:17
  zone.
• 20:18
  But
• 20:18
  if
• 20:19
  the
• 20:19
  opportunity
• 20:20
  presents
• 20:20
  itself
• 20:21
  where
• 20:22
  someone
• 20:22
  asks
• 20:22
  what
• 20:23
  I
• 20:23
  do
• 20:23
  or
• 20:23
  whatever,
• 20:24
  my
• 20:24
  title
• 20:25
  is
• 20:25
  long,
• 20:26
  so.
• 20:26
  So
• 20:26
  it's
• 20:27
  not
• 20:27
  one
• 20:27
  that
• 20:27
  people
• 20:27
  would
• 20:28
  necessarily
• 20:28
  remember.
• 20:29
  And
• 20:29
  my
• 20:29
  last
• 20:29
  name
• 20:29
  is
• 20:30
  complicated.
• 20:31
  So
• 20:31
  I
• 20:31
  try
• 20:32
  to
• 20:32
  incorporate
• 20:33
  giving
• 20:33
  them
• 20:33
  a
• 20:33
  business
• 20:34
  card
• 20:34
  that
• 20:35
  has
• 20:35
  a
• 20:35
  picture
• 20:35
  of
• 20:36
  the
• 20:36
  book
• 20:36
  and
• 20:36
  it
• 20:36
  has
• 20:37
  the
• 20:37
  Amazon
• 20:37
  QR
• 20:38
  code
• 20:38
  on
• 20:38
  it.
• 20:39
  And
• 20:39
  so
• 20:39
  I
• 20:39
  do
• 20:40
  know
• 20:40
  for
• 20:40
  sure
• 20:41
  that
• 20:41
  has
• 20:41
  worked
• 20:42
  a
• 20:42
  number
• 20:42
  of
• 20:42
  times
• 20:42
  because
• 20:43
  people
• 20:43
  have,
• 20:44
  they
• 20:44
  bought
• 20:45
  the
• 20:45
  book
• 20:45
  and
• 20:45
  then
• 20:45
  they've
• 20:46
  sent
• 20:46
  me
• 20:47
  pictures
• 20:47
  of
• 20:47
  them
• 20:47
  with
• 20:48
  the
• 20:48
  book.
• 20:48
  So
• 20:49
  that's
• 20:49
  Been
• 20:49
  another
• 20:50
  great
• 20:51
  way.
• 20:51
  Sometimes
• 20:51
  people
• 20:52
  maybe
• 20:52
  don't
• 20:52
  do
• 20:53
  anything
• 20:53
  with
• 20:53
  it
• 20:53
  at
• 20:53
  that
• 20:53
  moment,
• 20:54
  but
• 20:54
  down
• 20:54
  the
• 20:54
  road,
• 20:55
  a
• 20:55
  Christmas
• 20:55
  present
• 20:56
  or
• 20:56
  something
• 20:56
  like
• 20:56
  that.
• 20:57
  Does
• 20:57
  your
• 20:58
  granddaughter,
• 20:59
  does
• 21:00
  she
• 21:00
  like
• 21:00
  to
• 21:00
  read
• 21:00
  out
• 21:01
  loud?
• 21:02
  Oh,
• 21:03
  my
• 21:03
  gosh.
• 21:03
  That.
• 21:03
  That.
• 21:03
  That's
• 21:04
  a
• 21:04
  funny
• 21:04
  story.
• 21:04
  The
• 21:05
  first
• 21:05
  class
• 21:06
  author
• 21:06
  visit
• 21:07
  I
• 21:07
  had
• 21:07
  was
• 21:07
  to
• 21:08
  her
• 21:08
  kindergarten
• 21:08
  class
• 21:09
  last
• 21:09
  year.
• 21:10
  And
• 21:11
  she
• 21:11
  pretty
• 21:11
  much
• 21:11
  had
• 21:12
  all
• 21:12
  of
• 21:13
  the
• 21:13
  words
• 21:14
  memorize.
• 21:15
  And
• 21:15
  so
• 21:16
  we
• 21:16
  didn't
• 21:17
  really
• 21:17
  talk
• 21:17
  about
• 21:18
  how
• 21:18
  this
• 21:19
  author
• 21:19
  visit
• 21:19
  was
• 21:20
  going
• 21:20
  to
• 21:20
  go
• 21:20
  other
• 21:20
  than
• 21:21
  she
• 21:21
  said,
• 21:22
  grandma,
• 21:22
  I'm
• 21:22
  gonna
• 21:23
  sit
• 21:23
  next
• 21:23
  to
• 21:23
  you.
• 21:24
  And
• 21:24
  so
• 21:24
  the
• 21:25
  teacher
• 21:25
  had
• 21:25
  me
• 21:25
  in
• 21:26
  a
• 21:26
  rocking
• 21:26
  chair
• 21:26
  and
• 21:26
  she
• 21:27
  was
• 21:27
  in
• 21:27
  a
• 21:27
  chair
• 21:27
  next
• 21:28
  to
• 21:28
  me
• 21:28
  and
• 21:29
  I
• 21:29
  start
• 21:29
  reading
• 21:29
  the
• 21:29
  book
• 21:30
  and
• 21:30
  all
• 21:30
  of
• 21:30
  her
• 21:30
  classmates
• 21:31
  were
• 21:31
  sitting
• 21:31
  on
• 21:31
  the
• 21:31
  floor
• 21:32
  and
• 21:32
  I
• 21:32
  start
• 21:33
  reading
• 21:33
  the
• 21:33
  book
• 21:33
  and
• 21:34
  she
• 21:34
  is
• 21:34
  like
• 21:34
  reading
• 21:35
  it
• 21:35
  along
• 21:35
  with
• 21:35
  me.
• 21:36
  It
• 21:36
  was
• 21:37
  confusing.
• 21:37
  Fortunately,
• 21:38
  my
• 21:39
  son
• 21:39
  and
• 21:39
  daughter
• 21:40
  in
• 21:40
  law
• 21:40
  were
• 21:40
  also.
• 21:41
  They
• 21:41
  were
• 21:41
  there
• 21:41
  to
• 21:41
  take
• 21:42
  pictures
• 21:42
  and
• 21:43
  everything.
• 21:44
  And
• 21:44
  they
• 21:45
  said,
• 21:45
  why
• 21:45
  don't
• 21:46
  we
• 21:46
  let
• 21:46
  grandma
• 21:46
  read
• 21:46
  the
• 21:47
  book?
• 21:47
  So
• 21:47
  then
• 21:47
  I
• 21:47
  went
• 21:48
  on
• 21:48
  and
• 21:48
  I
• 21:48
  read
• 21:48
  it.
• 21:49
  But
• 21:49
  she
• 21:50
  acted
• 21:50
  out
• 21:50
  some
• 21:51
  of
• 21:51
  the
• 21:51
  scenes
• 21:52
  like
• 21:52
  she
• 21:52
  did
• 21:52
  part
• 21:53
  of
• 21:53
  the
• 21:53
  scenes
• 21:53
  next
• 21:53
  to
• 21:54
  me.
• 21:54
  And
• 21:54
  at
• 21:54
  one
• 21:54
  point
• 21:55
  there's
• 21:55
  an
• 21:56
  illustration
• 21:56
  in
• 21:56
  the
• 21:56
  book
• 21:57
  where
• 21:57
  Ivy
• 21:58
  Blue
• 21:58
  is
• 21:58
  puffing
• 21:59
  at.
• 21:59
  She's
• 21:59
  like
• 21:59
  holding
• 21:59
  her
• 22:00
  breath
• 22:00
  and
• 22:00
  her
• 22:00
  cheeks
• 22:01
  are
• 22:01
  really
• 22:01
  puffed
• 22:01
  out.
• 22:02
  And
• 22:02
  I
• 22:03
  look
• 22:03
  over
• 22:03
  and
• 22:03
  my
• 22:04
  granddaughter's
• 22:04
  doing
• 22:04
  that
• 22:05
  with
• 22:05
  her
• 22:05
  cheeks
• 22:06
  puffed
• 22:06
  out.
• 22:06
  And
• 22:07
  I
• 22:07
  just.
• 22:07
  It
• 22:08
  was
• 22:08
  so
• 22:08
  cute
• 22:09
  and
• 22:09
  we
• 22:10
  laughed
• 22:10
  and
• 22:11
  my
• 22:11
  son
• 22:11
  got
• 22:12
  a
• 22:12
  picture
• 22:12
  of
• 22:12
  it.
• 22:13
  So
• 22:13
  it
• 22:13
  was
• 22:13
  just
• 22:13
  a
• 22:14
  really
• 22:14
  special
• 22:14
  memory
• 22:15
  between
• 22:15
  us.
• 22:16
  But
• 22:17
  she
• 22:17
  does
• 22:17
  love
• 22:17
  the
• 22:17
  book
• 22:18
  and
• 22:18
  my
• 22:18
  grandson
• 22:18
  loves
• 22:19
  the
• 22:19
  book
• 22:19
  and
• 22:19
  they
• 22:19
  love
• 22:20
  seeing
• 22:20
  that
• 22:22
  they're
• 22:22
  in
• 22:22
  it
• 22:22
  and
• 22:23
  you
• 22:23
  know
• 22:23
  who
• 22:23
  they
• 22:24
  are
• 22:24
  in
• 22:24
  the
• 22:24
  book.
• 22:25
  I'll
• 22:25
  tell
• 22:25
  you
• 22:25
  the
• 22:25
  reason
• 22:26
  I
• 22:26
  asked
• 22:26
  you,
• 22:27
  because
• 22:27
  with
• 22:28
  knowing
• 22:28
  that
• 22:28
  you
• 22:28
  have
• 22:29
  a
• 22:29
  marketing
• 22:29
  background.
• 22:31
  So
• 22:31
  I've
• 22:31
  got
• 22:32
  five
• 22:32
  grandchildren,
• 22:34
  my
• 22:34
  middle
• 22:34
  granddaughter,
• 22:36
  what.
• 22:36
  So
• 22:37
  what
• 22:37
  we
• 22:37
  did
• 22:37
  is.
• 22:38
  And
• 22:38
  some
• 22:38
  of
• 22:39
  the
• 22:39
  listeners
• 22:39
  have
• 22:39
  probably
• 22:40
  heard
• 22:40
  this
• 22:40
  story
• 22:40
  one
• 22:41
  too
• 22:41
  many
• 22:41
  times,
• 22:41
  but
• 22:42
  we've
• 22:42
  written
• 22:43
  38
• 22:43
  children's
• 22:44
  stories
• 22:45
  in
• 22:45
  our
• 22:46
  book
• 22:46
  series
• 22:46
  called
• 22:47
  Adventures
• 22:47
  of
• 22:47
  Caboose,
• 22:48
  the
• 22:48
  Rocky
• 22:48
  Mountain
• 22:49
  Bear.
• 22:49
  Congratulations.
• 22:50
  Thank
• 22:50
  you.
• 22:51
  And
• 22:51
  so
• 22:52
  what
• 22:53
  we
• 22:53
  ended
• 22:53
  up
• 22:53
  doing
• 22:54
  is
• 22:54
  that
• 22:55
  before
• 22:55
  they
• 22:56
  get
• 22:56
  too
• 22:56
  old,
• 22:57
  we've
• 22:58
  taken
• 22:58
  about
• 22:58
  half
• 22:58
  of
• 22:59
  our
• 22:59
  stories
• 22:59
  because
• 23:00
  as
• 23:00
  Wendy,
• 23:01
  bringing
• 23:01
  a
• 23:01
  book
• 23:02
  to
• 23:02
  market
• 23:02
  isn't
• 23:03
  inexpensive
• 23:04
  to
• 23:04
  publish
• 23:05
  it.
• 23:05
  So
• 23:06
  even
• 23:06
  though
• 23:07
  we
• 23:07
  have
• 23:07
  38
• 23:07
  stories,
• 23:08
  we
• 23:08
  just
• 23:08
  recently
• 23:09
  launched
• 23:09
  our
• 23:10
  second
• 23:10
  book.
• 23:11
  It
• 23:11
  takes
• 23:11
  a
• 23:11
  while
• 23:11
  because
• 23:12
  you
• 23:12
  have
• 23:12
  to
• 23:12
  build
• 23:12
  up
• 23:12
  some
• 23:13
  resources.
• 23:13
  And
• 23:13
  that's
• 23:14
  why
• 23:14
  I
• 23:14
  always
• 23:14
  ask
• 23:15
  people
• 23:15
  about
• 23:15
  their
• 23:16
  business
• 23:16
  book
• 23:16
  plan
• 23:17
  to
• 23:17
  generate
• 23:18
  revenue.
• 23:19
  So
• 23:19
  what
• 23:19
  I
• 23:20
  did
• 23:20
  is
• 23:20
  I
• 23:20
  actually,
• 23:21
  and
• 23:21
  I
• 23:21
  was
• 23:21
  thinking
• 23:22
  about
• 23:22
  you,
• 23:22
  you
• 23:22
  might
• 23:22
  have
• 23:23
  some
• 23:23
  fun
• 23:23
  with
• 23:23
  this
• 23:24
  is
• 23:24
  we
• 23:24
  made
• 23:24
  up
• 23:25
  a
• 23:26
  bookmark
• 23:27
  and
• 23:28
  so
• 23:28
  what
• 23:28
  we
• 23:28
  did
• 23:29
  is
• 23:30
  if
• 23:30
  you
• 23:30
  look
• 23:30
  at
• 23:30
  the
• 23:30
  QR
• 23:31
  code,
• 23:31
  which
• 23:31
  is
• 23:31
  similar
• 23:32
  to
• 23:32
  what
• 23:32
  you
• 23:32
  did,
• 23:33
  but
• 23:33
  in
• 23:33
  this
• 23:33
  case,
• 23:34
  it's
• 23:34
  actually
• 23:34
  my
• 23:35
  middle
• 23:35
  granddaughter
• 23:36
  reading
• 23:37
  the
• 23:37
  audiobook
• 23:38
  of
• 23:39
  our
• 23:39
  story.
• 23:40
  What's
• 23:40
  your
• 23:40
  granddaughter's
• 23:41
  name?
• 23:42
  So
• 23:43
  my
• 23:43
  granddaughter's
• 23:43
  name
• 23:44
  is
• 23:44
  Riley.
• 23:45
  So
• 23:45
  Riley
• 23:45
  would
• 23:46
  probably
• 23:46
  be
• 23:47
  the
• 23:47
  perfect.
• 23:48
  Like,
• 23:48
  her
• 23:48
  voice
• 23:49
  right
• 23:49
  now
• 23:49
  at
• 23:50
  6
• 23:50
  years
• 23:50
  old
• 23:51
  would
• 23:51
  probably
• 23:51
  just
• 23:52
  be
• 23:52
  perfect.
• 23:52
  That's
• 23:53
  a
• 23:53
  great
• 23:53
  idea.
• 23:54
  And
• 23:54
  you
• 23:54
  know
• 23:54
  what?
• 23:55
  I
• 23:55
  got
• 23:55
  to
• 23:55
  tell
• 23:55
  you
• 23:56
  something.
• 23:56
  This
• 23:56
  costs
• 23:57
  absolutely
• 23:59
  enough
• 24:00
  to
• 24:00
  design.
• 24:00
  I
• 24:01
  designed
• 24:01
  this
• 24:01
  on
• 24:01
  Canva.
• 24:02
  They
• 24:03
  even
• 24:03
  have
• 24:03
  the
• 24:03
  QR
• 24:04
  code
• 24:04
  on
• 24:04
  Canva.
• 24:05
  The
• 24:05
  only
• 24:05
  thing
• 24:06
  of
• 24:06
  course,
• 24:06
  I
• 24:06
  have
• 24:06
  to
• 24:07
  pay
• 24:07
  for
• 24:07
  was
• 24:07
  printing
• 24:08
  the
• 24:08
  bookmarks.
• 24:09
  But
• 24:10
  now
• 24:10
  when
• 24:10
  we
• 24:10
  go
• 24:11
  out,
• 24:11
  instead
• 24:11
  of
• 24:11
  handing
• 24:12
  out
• 24:12
  a
• 24:12
  business
• 24:12
  card,
• 24:13
  I
• 24:14
  hand
• 24:14
  out
• 24:14
  a
• 24:14
  bookmark
• 24:15
  because
• 24:15
  it
• 24:15
  not
• 24:16
  only
• 24:16
  takes
• 24:16
  you
• 24:16
  to
• 24:16
  the
• 24:17
  audiobook,
• 24:17
  but
• 24:18
  then
• 24:18
  you
• 24:18
  get
• 24:18
  access
• 24:19
  to
• 24:19
  knowing
• 24:20
  where
• 24:20
  our
• 24:20
  website
• 24:20
  is.
• 24:22
  And
• 24:22
  we
• 24:22
  also
• 24:23
  added
• 24:23
  what
• 24:23
  we
• 24:23
  call
• 24:24
  the
• 24:24
  story
• 24:24
  behind
• 24:25
  the
• 24:25
  story.
• 24:26
  So
• 24:26
  my
• 24:27
  oldest
• 24:27
  granddaughter,
• 24:28
  who's
• 24:28
  the
• 24:28
  inspiration
• 24:29
  behind
• 24:29
  Caboose,
• 24:30
  she.
• 24:30
  She
• 24:30
  actually
• 24:31
  tells
• 24:31
  how
• 24:32
  we
• 24:32
  came
• 24:32
  up
• 24:33
  with
• 24:33
  this
• 24:33
  whole
• 24:33
  idea.
• 24:34
  That's
• 24:34
  a
• 24:34
  great
• 24:35
  idea,
• 24:35
  Rick.
• 24:36
  I
• 24:36
  have
• 24:36
  bookmarks,
• 24:37
  but
• 24:37
  the
• 24:38
  QR
• 24:38
  code
• 24:38
  I
• 24:38
  have
• 24:39
  is
• 24:39
  just.
• 24:39
  It's
• 24:39
  to
• 24:39
  Amazon.
• 24:41
  So
• 24:41
  I
• 24:41
  love
• 24:42
  that
• 24:42
  idea.
• 24:42
  The
• 24:43
  nice
• 24:43
  thing
• 24:43
  about
• 24:43
  this,
• 24:43
  just
• 24:44
  so
• 24:44
  you
• 24:44
  know,
• 24:44
  Wendy,
• 24:45
  once
• 24:45
  you
• 24:45
  go
• 24:46
  to
• 24:46
  our
• 24:46
  website,
• 24:46
  guess
• 24:47
  what?
• 24:47
  The
• 24:47
  Amazon
• 24:48
  link
• 24:48
  is
• 24:48
  right
• 24:48
  there.
• 24:49
  Perfect.
• 24:50
  Yeah.
• 24:50
  So
• 24:50
  you
• 24:51
  kill
• 24:51
  about
• 24:52
  27.
• 24:53
  I
• 24:53
  don't
• 24:53
  want
• 24:53
  to
• 24:54
  say
• 24:54
  it
• 24:54
  kills.
• 24:54
  27
• 24:55
  birds,
• 24:55
  but
• 24:55
  totally,
• 24:56
  that's
• 24:56
  a
• 24:56
  great
• 24:56
  idea.
• 24:57
  That's.
• 24:57
  That's
• 24:57
  why
• 24:57
  I
• 24:58
  just
• 24:58
  like
• 24:58
  to
• 24:58
  share
• 24:58
  when
• 24:58
  I
• 24:59
  hear
• 24:59
  people
• 25:00
  talking
• 25:00
  about
• 25:00
  their
• 25:01
  inspiration.
• 25:01
  Like,
• 25:02
  Riley
• 25:02
  was
• 25:02
  the
• 25:02
  inspiration
• 25:03
  for
• 25:03
  you.
• 25:04
  That's
• 25:04
  why
• 25:04
  I
• 25:04
  like
• 25:04
  to
• 25:05
  ask
• 25:05
  if
• 25:05
  they
• 25:05
  like
• 25:05
  to
• 25:06
  read,
• 25:06
  then
• 25:06
  if
• 25:06
  they
• 25:06
  like
• 25:06
  to
• 25:07
  read,
• 25:07
  then
• 25:08
  recording
• 25:09
  them,
• 25:09
  reading
• 25:09
  the
• 25:09
  story,
• 25:10
  and
• 25:10
  then
• 25:10
  actually
• 25:11
  making
• 25:11
  an
• 25:11
  audiobook
• 25:12
  which
• 25:12
  you
• 25:12
  could
• 25:13
  actually
• 25:13
  turn
• 25:13
  around
• 25:14
  and
• 25:14
  market.
• 25:15
  It
• 25:15
  probably
• 25:15
  wouldn't
• 25:16
  sell
• 25:16
  any
• 25:16
  more
• 25:16
  than
• 25:17
  your
• 25:17
  Kindle
• 25:17
  version,
• 25:18
  but
• 25:18
  you
• 25:18
  never
• 25:18
  know.
• 25:19
  But
• 25:19
  having
• 25:19
  another
• 25:20
  option.
• 25:21
  Option
• 25:21
  to
• 25:22
  sell
• 25:23
  or.
• 25:23
  Or
• 25:23
  to
• 25:24
  give
• 25:24
  away.
• 25:24
  In
• 25:24
  this
• 25:24
  case,
• 25:25
  we
• 25:25
  give
• 25:25
  our
• 25:26
  audiobook
• 25:26
  away.
• 25:27
  Uhhuh.
• 25:28
  But
• 25:28
  anyway,
• 25:28
  that's
• 25:28
  wonderful.
• 25:29
  Yeah.
• 25:29
  So
• 25:29
  I
• 25:30
  just
• 25:30
  thought
• 25:30
  I'd
• 25:30
  share
• 25:30
  that
• 25:31
  with
• 25:31
  you.
• 25:32
  So
• 25:33
  speaking
• 25:34
  about
• 25:34
  publishing,
• 25:35
  you've
• 25:36
  used
• 25:36
  Miriam
• 25:37
  Laundrie
• 25:37
  Publishing,
• 25:38
  which
• 25:38
  pro.
• 25:39
  I
• 25:39
  would
• 25:39
  say
• 25:39
  about
• 25:39
  25%
• 25:40
  of
• 25:41
  the
• 25:41
  guests
• 25:41
  I've
• 25:41
  had
• 25:41
  on
• 25:42
  have
• 25:42
  used
• 25:42
  Miriam.
• 25:43
  And
• 25:44
  again,
• 25:44
  I'm
• 25:45
  trying
• 25:45
  to
• 25:45
  help
• 25:45
  aspiring
• 25:46
  book
• 25:46
  authors
• 25:47
  understand
• 25:48
  the
• 25:48
  different.
• 25:49
  There's
• 25:50
  generally
• 25:50
  three
• 25:50
  types
• 25:51
  of
• 25:51
  publishers.
• 25:51
  There's
• 25:52
  a
• 25:52
  traditional
• 25:52
  publisher.
• 25:53
  There's
• 25:54
  an
• 25:54
  indie
• 25:54
  publisher,
• 25:55
  which
• 25:55
  means
• 25:55
  that
• 25:56
  you're
• 25:56
  an
• 25:56
  independent
• 25:57
  publisher.
• 25:57
  You
• 25:57
  publish
• 25:58
  on
• 25:58
  your
• 25:58
  own,
• 25:59
  usually
• 25:59
  under
• 26:00
  your
• 26:00
  own
• 26:00
  name.
• 26:01
  And
• 26:01
  then
• 26:02
  there's
• 26:02
  a
• 26:03
  hybrid
• 26:03
  publishing
• 26:04
  company
• 26:04
  or
• 26:05
  what
• 26:05
  people
• 26:05
  call
• 26:05
  self
• 26:06
  publishing,
• 26:06
  which
• 26:07
  is
• 26:07
  like
• 26:07
  Miriam
• 26:08
  Laundrie
• 26:08
  Publishing.
• 26:09
  So
• 26:10
  tell
• 26:10
  us
• 26:10
  about
• 26:10
  that
• 26:10
  experience
• 26:11
  for
• 26:11
  you
• 26:11
  and
• 26:12
  why
• 26:12
  did
• 26:12
  you
• 26:12
  use
• 26:12
  that
• 26:13
  service?
• 26:14
  When
• 26:14
  I
• 26:15
  saw
• 26:15
  that
• 26:15
  original
• 26:16
  advertisement
• 26:18
  and
• 26:18
  then
• 26:18
  I
• 26:18
  signed
• 26:18
  up
• 26:19
  for
• 26:19
  a
• 26:19
  course
• 26:20
  and
• 26:20
  I
• 26:20
  started
• 26:21
  taking
• 26:21
  it
• 26:21
  and
• 26:22
  I
• 26:22
  just
• 26:22
  realized
• 26:24
  I
• 26:24
  probably
• 26:25
  was
• 26:25
  not
• 26:25
  going
• 26:26
  to
• 26:26
  be
• 26:26
  able
• 26:26
  to
• 26:26
  do
• 26:26
  this
• 26:27
  on
• 26:27
  my
• 26:27
  own.
• 26:28
  It
• 26:28
  was
• 26:29
  just
• 26:29
  the
• 26:29
  main
• 26:30
  nuts
• 26:31
  of
• 26:31
  publishing
• 26:32
  a
• 26:32
  children's
• 26:32
  picture
• 26:33
  book.
• 26:34
  But
• 26:34
  I
• 26:34
  realized
• 26:35
  I
• 26:35
  was
• 26:35
  going
• 26:35
  to
• 26:36
  need
• 26:36
  more
• 26:36
  hand
• 26:36
  holding
• 26:37
  than
• 26:37
  that
• 26:38
  there.
• 26:38
  Nobody
• 26:38
  in
• 26:39
  my
• 26:39
  family
• 26:39
  had
• 26:39
  written
• 26:40
  a
• 26:40
  book
• 26:40
  and
• 26:41
  I
• 26:41
  didn't
• 26:41
  have
• 26:41
  any
• 26:42
  background
• 26:42
  in
• 26:42
  that
• 26:42
  or
• 26:43
  anyone
• 26:43
  to.
• 26:43
  To
• 26:44
  ask.
• 26:44
  So
• 26:45
  I
• 26:46
  signed
• 26:46
  up
• 26:46
  with
• 26:47
  Miriam
• 26:47
  because
• 26:48
  I
• 26:49
  could
• 26:49
  email
• 26:49
  and
• 26:49
  get
• 26:50
  an
• 26:50
  answer.
• 26:51
  This
• 26:51
  is
• 26:51
  going
• 26:51
  on.
• 26:51
  What
• 26:52
  do
• 26:52
  I
• 26:52
  do
• 26:52
  about
• 26:52
  it?
• 26:53
  And
• 26:54
  so
• 26:54
  that
• 26:54
  for
• 26:54
  me
• 26:55
  was.
• 26:56
  I'm
• 26:56
  not
• 26:57
  sure
• 26:57
  that
• 26:57
  I
• 26:58
  could
• 26:58
  have
• 26:58
  put
• 26:58
  my
• 26:58
  book
• 26:59
  out
• 26:59
  into
• 26:59
  the
• 26:59
  world
• 27:00
  if
• 27:00
  I
• 27:00
  didn't
• 27:00
  have
• 27:01
  that
• 27:02
  somebody
• 27:02
  to
• 27:02
  help
• 27:03
  me.
• 27:03
  This
• 27:03
  is
• 27:04
  the
• 27:04
  next
• 27:04
  step
• 27:04
  and
• 27:04
  this
• 27:05
  is
• 27:05
  what
• 27:05
  you
• 27:05
  need
• 27:05
  to
• 27:05
  do.
• 27:06
  Okay,
• 27:06
  I
• 27:06
  can
• 27:06
  do
• 27:07
  that.
• 27:07
  Now,
• 27:08
  as
• 27:08
  you
• 27:08
  said,
• 27:08
  it's
• 27:08
  not
• 27:09
  inexpensive
• 27:11
  to
• 27:11
  do
• 27:11
  that.
• 27:11
  Miriam
• 27:12
  does
• 27:13
  have
• 27:13
  editors
• 27:14
  and
• 27:14
  I
• 27:14
  loved
• 27:15
  my
• 27:15
  editor
• 27:15
  and
• 27:16
  I
• 27:16
  really
• 27:16
  felt
• 27:17
  she
• 27:17
  did
• 27:17
  a
• 27:18
  wonderful
• 27:18
  job
• 27:19
  and
• 27:19
  made
• 27:19
  some
• 27:20
  good
• 27:20
  suggestions.
• 27:21
  And
• 27:21
  there's
• 27:21
  a
• 27:22
  book
• 27:22
  designer
• 27:22
  and
• 27:23
  just
• 27:23
  the
• 27:24
  one
• 27:24
  on
• 27:24
  one
• 27:24
  communication
• 27:25
  that
• 27:25
  you
• 27:25
  have
• 27:26
  with
• 27:26
  people.
• 27:27
  She
• 27:27
  does
• 27:28
  let
• 27:28
  you
• 27:28
  choose
• 27:28
  your
• 27:29
  own
• 27:29
  illustrator
• 27:30
  and
• 27:31
  which
• 27:31
  is
• 27:32
  also
• 27:32
  expensive.
• 27:33
  But
• 27:33
  I
• 27:33
  was
• 27:34
  very
• 27:34
  glad
• 27:34
  to
• 27:35
  be
• 27:35
  able
• 27:35
  to
• 27:35
  choose
• 27:36
  who
• 27:36
  I
• 27:36
  wanted
• 27:36
  to
• 27:37
  illustrate
• 27:38
  the
• 27:38
  book.
• 27:38
  But
• 27:39
  definitely,
• 27:39
  I
• 27:39
  would
• 27:40
  say
• 27:40
  for
• 27:41
  the
• 27:42
  first
• 27:42
  time,
• 27:42
  unless
• 27:43
  you
• 27:43
  have
• 27:44
  a
• 27:44
  lot
• 27:44
  of
• 27:44
  resources
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• 27:57
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• 27:58
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• 27:58
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• 27:59
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• 27:59
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• 27:59
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• 27:59
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  things
• 28:00
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• 28:03
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• 28:03
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• 28:05
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• 28:06
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• 28:06
  me
• 28:06
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• 28:07
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• 28:09
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• 28:10
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• 28:10
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• 28:12
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• 28:13
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  I
• 28:13
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• 28:13
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• 28:14
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• 28:14
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• 28:15
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• 28:15
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• 28:17
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• 28:17
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  They
• 28:18
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• 28:18
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• 28:18
  desire
• 28:19
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• 28:19
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• 28:20
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• 28:20
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• 28:20
  one
• 28:21
  of
• 28:21
  those
• 28:21
  people.
• 28:22
  Now
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  I
• 28:22
  didn't
• 28:22
  write
• 28:23
  a
• 28:23
  children's
• 28:23
  book.
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  I
• 28:24
  actually
• 28:24
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• 28:24
  two
• 28:24
  business
• 28:25
  books
• 28:25
  on
• 28:25
  investment
• 28:26
  real
• 28:26
  estate.
• 28:27
  But
• 28:27
  what
• 28:28
  I
• 28:28
  learned
• 28:28
  to
• 28:28
  do
• 28:29
  was
• 28:29
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• 28:29
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• 28:30
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• 28:30
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• 28:30
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• 28:31
  publisher
• 28:32
  by
• 28:32
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• 28:33
  And
• 28:34
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• 28:34
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• 28:35
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• 28:35
  me
• 28:35
  to
• 28:36
  becoming
• 28:36
  an
• 28:36
  independent
• 28:37
  children's
• 28:37
  book
• 28:38
  publisher,
• 28:39
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• 28:39
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• 28:40
  something
• 28:40
  I
• 28:40
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• 28:41
  saw
• 28:41
  in
• 28:41
  my
• 28:42
  future,
• 28:42
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• 28:42
  that's
• 28:43
  what
• 28:43
  happened.
• 28:44
  But
• 28:44
  to
• 28:44
  your
• 28:45
  point
• 28:45
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• 28:45
  I've
• 28:45
  talked
• 28:46
  to
• 28:46
  a
• 28:46
  lot
• 28:46
  of
• 28:46
  people
• 28:46
  who
• 28:47
  say
• 28:47
  using
• 28:48
  a
• 28:48
  hybrid
• 28:49
  or
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• 28:49
  self
• 28:49
  publishing
• 28:50
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• 28:52
  can
• 28:52
  be
• 28:52
  expensive.
• 28:53
  But
• 28:53
  at
• 28:53
  the
• 28:53
  end
• 28:53
  of
• 28:53
  the
• 28:54
  day,
• 28:54
  you've
• 28:54
  got
• 28:55
  a
• 28:55
  beautiful
• 28:55
  book.
• 28:56
  Thank
• 28:56
  you.
• 28:57
  Yeah,
• 28:57
  it's
• 28:58
  awesome.
• 28:58
  And
• 28:58
  I've
• 28:58
  seen
• 28:59
  that
• 28:59
  so
• 29:00
  time
• 29:00
  in
• 29:00
  time
• 29:00
  out
• 29:01
  with
• 29:01
  Miriam
• 29:01
  and
• 29:01
  I've
• 29:02
  also
• 29:02
  seen
• 29:02
  it
• 29:02
  with
• 29:03
  other
• 29:04
  hybrid
• 29:04
  self
• 29:05
  publishing
• 29:06
  book
• 29:06
  publishers.
• 29:07
  So
• 29:07
  I
• 29:08
  certainly
• 29:09
  don't
• 29:09
  want
• 29:09
  to
• 29:09
  discourage
• 29:10
  anybody
• 29:10
  from
• 29:11
  doing
• 29:11
  that.
• 29:11
  I
• 29:11
  just
• 29:12
  like
• 29:12
  exposing
• 29:13
  people
• 29:14
  to
• 29:14
  other
• 29:14
  options
• 29:15
  that
• 29:15
  you
• 29:15
  can
• 29:15
  take
• 29:16
  advantage
• 29:16
  of.
• 29:17
  Already
• 29:17
  had
• 29:17
  as
• 29:18
  guest
• 29:18
  a
• 29:18
  book
• 29:18
  formatter,
• 29:19
  con
• 29:20
  Lavery,
• 29:20
  episode
• 29:21
  29
• 29:21
  on
• 29:21
  the
• 29:22
  show.
• 29:22
  I've
• 29:23
  had
• 29:23
  a
• 29:23
  website
• 29:24
  designer,
• 29:24
  David
• 29:25
  Servi,
• 29:25
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• 29:26
  31
• 29:26
  on
• 29:27
  the
• 29:27
  show.
• 29:27
  My
• 29:28
  goal
• 29:28
  eventually
• 29:29
  is
• 29:29
  to
• 29:29
  bring
• 29:29
  on
• 29:30
  the
• 29:30
  supporting
• 29:31
  cast
• 29:32
  or
• 29:32
  your
• 29:32
  dream
• 29:33
  team
• 29:33
  so
• 29:34
  that
• 29:34
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• 29:34
  some
• 29:34
  point
• 29:35
  when
• 29:35
  you
• 29:35
  say,
• 29:35
  you
• 29:36
  know
• 29:36
  what,
• 29:36
  I
• 29:36
  love
• 29:36
  Miriam,
• 29:37
  but
• 29:37
  I
• 29:38
  think
• 29:38
  I
• 29:38
  can
• 29:38
  go
• 29:38
  this
• 29:39
  alone.
• 29:39
  How
• 29:39
  do
• 29:39
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• 29:40
  do
• 29:40
  that?
• 29:40
  And
• 29:41
  so
• 29:41
  I'm
• 29:41
  trying
• 29:41
  to
• 29:42
  show
• 29:42
  people
• 29:42
  how
• 29:43
  to
• 29:43
  develop
• 29:43
  their
• 29:44
  dream
• 29:44
  team.
• 29:45
  But
• 29:45
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• 29:45
  you
• 29:45
  for
• 29:45
  sharing
• 29:46
  that.
• 29:46
  So
• 29:46
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• 29:47
  us
• 29:47
  about
• 29:47
  so
• 29:48
  Miriam
• 29:48
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• 29:49
  your
• 29:50
  all
• 29:50
  your
• 29:50
  files
• 29:51
  ready
• 29:51
  so
• 29:52
  you're
• 29:52
  able
• 29:52
  to
• 29:52
  download
• 29:53
  your
• 29:53
  files
• 29:53
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• 29:55
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• 29:55
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• 29:56
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• 29:57
  in
• 29:58
  softcover,
• 29:59
  in
• 30:00
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• 30:00
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• 30:01
  or
• 30:01
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• 30:01
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• 30:02
  and
• 30:02
  in
• 30:03
  hardcover.
• 30:04
  So
• 30:05
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• 30:06
  us
• 30:06
  about
• 30:06
  when
• 30:06
  you
• 30:07
  do
• 30:07
  your
• 30:07
  school
• 30:07
  visits.
• 30:10
  How
• 30:10
  are
• 30:10
  you
• 30:11
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• 30:12
  your
• 30:13
  author
• 30:13
  copies?
• 30:14
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• 30:14
  how
• 30:14
  are
• 30:14
  you
• 30:14
  doing
• 30:15
  that
• 30:15
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• 30:15
  who
• 30:15
  are
• 30:16
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• 30:16
  purchasing
• 30:16
  them
• 30:17
  through?
• 30:18
  I
• 30:18
  get
• 30:19
  my
• 30:19
  author
• 30:19
  copies
• 30:20
  through
• 30:21
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• 30:21
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• 30:23
  and
• 30:23
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• 30:24
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• 30:24
  to
• 30:24
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• 30:24
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• 30:25
  simple
• 30:25
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• 30:25
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• 30:26
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• 30:27
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• 30:27
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• 30:28
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• 30:28
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• 30:29
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• 30:30
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• 30:30
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• 30:31
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• 30:31
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• 30:32
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• 30:32
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• 30:33
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• 30:33
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• 30:34
  wanted
• 30:34
  a
• 30:35
  hardcover
• 30:35
  book,
• 30:36
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• 30:37
  could
• 30:37
  purchase
• 30:37
  that
• 30:38
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• 30:38
  Amazon
• 30:38
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• 30:39
  I
• 30:39
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• 30:39
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• 30:40
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• 30:40
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• 30:40
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• 30:40
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• 30:41
  child
• 30:41
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• 30:42
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• 30:42
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• 30:42
  it
• 30:42
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• 30:43
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• 30:43
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• 30:43
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• 30:43
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• 30:43
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• 30:44
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• 30:44
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• 30:44
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• 30:44
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• 30:45
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• 30:45
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• 30:45
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• 30:45
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• 30:46
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• 30:46
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• 30:46
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• 30:46
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• 30:47
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• 30:47
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• 30:47
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• 30:48
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• 30:48
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• 30:48
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• 30:49
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• 30:49
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• 30:49
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• 30:49
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• 30:50
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• 30:50
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• 30:51
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• 30:51
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• 30:51
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• 30:51
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• 30:51
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• 30:52
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• 30:53
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• 30:53
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• 30:53
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• 30:54
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• 30:55
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• 30:55
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• 30:55
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• 30:55
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• 30:56
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• 30:56
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• 30:56
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• 30:56
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• 30:56
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• 30:56
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• 30:57
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• 30:57
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• 30:58
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• 30:58
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• 30:58
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• 30:58
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• 30:59
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• 30:59
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• 30:59
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• 30:59
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• 30:59
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• 31:00
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• 31:00
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• 31:01
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• 31:01
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• 31:01
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• 31:02
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• 31:04
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• 31:04
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• 31:04
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• 31:06
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• 31:06
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• 31:07
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• 31:07
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• 31:08
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• 31:08
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• 31:08
  know
• 31:08
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• 31:09
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• 31:09
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• 31:09
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• 31:10
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• 31:10
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• 31:10
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• 31:11
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• 31:11
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• 31:11
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• 31:11
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• 31:12
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• 31:12
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• 31:12
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• 31:13
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• 31:14
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• 31:16
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• 31:17
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• 31:18
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• 31:18
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• 31:18
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• 31:18
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• 31:19
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• 31:19
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• 31:20
  on
• 31:20
  hand,
• 31:21
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• 31:21
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• 31:22
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• 31:22
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• 31:22
  to
• 31:22
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• 31:22
  a
• 31:22
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• 31:22
  inventory
• 31:23
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• 31:23
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• 31:23
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• 31:24
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• 31:24
  that.
• 31:24
  But
• 31:25
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• 31:25
  do
• 31:25
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• 31:25
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• 31:26
  people
• 31:26
  are
• 31:26
  really
• 31:26
  like
• 31:27
  the
• 31:27
  hardcover
• 31:27
  and
• 31:28
  being
• 31:28
  able
• 31:28
  to
• 31:28
  say
• 31:29
  if
• 31:29
  you
• 31:29
  bring
• 31:29
  that
• 31:30
  in,
• 31:30
  I'll
• 31:30
  sign
• 31:31
  that.
• 31:31
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• 31:31
  personalize
• 31:32
  that
• 31:32
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• 31:32
  your
• 31:32
  child
• 31:33
  as
• 31:33
  well.
• 31:33
  Okay,
• 31:34
  fantastic.
• 31:35
  I
• 31:35
  want
• 31:36
  to
• 31:36
  pick
• 31:36
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• 31:36
  on
• 31:36
  something
• 31:37
  you
• 31:37
  said
• 31:37
  a
• 31:37
  little
• 31:37
  earlier
• 31:38
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• 31:39
  you
• 31:39
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• 31:39
  to
• 31:39
  find
• 31:39
  Your
• 31:40
  own
• 31:40
  illustrator.
• 31:42
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• 31:42
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• 31:42
  think
• 31:43
  with
• 31:43
  Miriam
• 31:43
  Laundrie,
• 31:44
  if
• 31:44
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• 31:44
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• 31:45
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• 31:45
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• 31:45
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• 31:46
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• 31:46
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• 31:46
  you
• 31:46
  three
• 31:47
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• 31:47
  four
• 31:47
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• 31:48
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• 31:49
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• 31:49
  have
• 31:49
  a
• 31:49
  look
• 31:49
  at
• 31:50
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• 31:50
  people
• 31:50
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• 31:50
  then
• 31:51
  you
• 31:51
  find
• 31:51
  an
• 31:51
  illustrator.
• 31:52
  Is
• 31:52
  that
• 31:52
  correct?
• 31:53
  They
• 31:54
  don't
• 31:54
  really
• 31:54
  give
• 31:54
  you
• 31:55
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• 31:55
  that
• 31:55
  you
• 31:55
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• 31:56
  to
• 31:56
  go
• 31:56
  through.
• 31:56
  They
• 31:56
  give
• 31:57
  you
• 31:57
  suggestion,
• 31:57
  oh,
• 31:58
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• 31:58
  work
• 31:58
  a
• 31:58
  lot
• 31:59
  with
• 31:59
  this
• 31:59
  company
• 32:00
  or
• 32:00
  this
• 32:00
  or
• 32:00
  a
• 32:01
  lot
• 32:01
  of
• 32:01
  our
• 32:01
  authors
• 32:02
  work
• 32:02
  with
• 32:02
  this
• 32:02
  company
• 32:02
  or
• 32:03
  this
• 32:03
  company.
• 32:04
  And
• 32:04
  I
• 32:05
  did
• 32:05
  look
• 32:05
  through
• 32:05
  those
• 32:06
  companies,
• 32:06
  but
• 32:06
  I
• 32:07
  ended
• 32:07
  up
• 32:07
  finding
• 32:08
  my
• 32:08
  illustrator,
• 32:08
  Robin
• 32:09
  Boyer
• 32:10
  through
• 32:10
  a
• 32:10
  different
• 32:10
  company,
• 32:11
  children's
• 32:12
  illustrators.com
• 32:13
  and
• 32:13
  I
• 32:13
  found
• 32:14
  her
• 32:14
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• 32:15
  the
• 32:15
  whole.
• 32:15
  It
• 32:16
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• 32:16
  one
• 32:16
  of
• 32:16
  my
• 32:16
  more
• 32:16
  stressful
• 32:17
  parts
• 32:17
  of
• 32:18
  this,
• 32:18
  of
• 32:18
  getting
• 32:19
  my
• 32:19
  book
• 32:19
  published
• 32:20
  was
• 32:20
  that
• 32:21
  finding
• 32:21
  the
• 32:22
  dealing
• 32:22
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• 32:22
  the
• 32:22
  illustrator,
• 32:22
  the
• 32:22
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• 32:23
  illustrator
• 32:23
  aspect
• 32:24
  of
• 32:24
  it,
• 32:24
  because
• 32:25
  my
• 32:25
  grandchildren
• 32:26
  are
• 32:27
  the
• 32:27
  main
• 32:28
  characters,
• 32:29
  I
• 32:29
  wanted
• 32:30
  them
• 32:30
  to
• 32:31
  look
• 32:31
  a
• 32:31
  certain
• 32:31
  way.
• 32:32
  And
• 32:32
  so
• 32:33
  I
• 32:33
  wanted
• 32:33
  to
• 32:33
  find
• 32:34
  an
• 32:34
  illustrator
• 32:35
  that
• 32:35
  could
• 32:36
  see
• 32:36
  my
• 32:36
  dream
• 32:37
  in
• 32:37
  that.
• 32:37
  And
• 32:38
  the
• 32:38
  puppy
• 32:38
  is
• 32:39
  my
• 32:39
  puppy
• 32:40
  and
• 32:41
  the
• 32:41
  mom
• 32:42
  and
• 32:42
  dad
• 32:42
  are
• 32:42
  my
• 32:43
  oldest
• 32:43
  son
• 32:43
  and
• 32:43
  daughter
• 32:43
  in
• 32:44
  law.
• 32:44
  And
• 32:44
  so
• 32:45
  I
• 32:45
  had
• 32:45
  this
• 32:45
  vision
• 32:46
  of
• 32:46
  how
• 32:46
  things
• 32:47
  should
• 32:47
  look.
• 32:47
  I
• 32:48
  looked
• 32:48
  through
• 32:48
  a
• 32:48
  lot
• 32:48
  of
• 32:48
  portfolios
• 32:49
  before
• 32:50
  I
• 32:50
  ultimately
• 32:51
  decided
• 32:52
  on
• 32:53
  Robin.
• 32:53
  And
• 32:53
  I
• 32:53
  am
• 32:54
  so
• 32:54
  glad
• 32:54
  I
• 32:54
  did.
• 32:55
  I
• 32:55
  thought
• 32:55
  she
• 32:55
  did
• 32:55
  a
• 32:55
  really
• 32:56
  great
• 32:56
  job.
• 32:56
  Fantastic.
• 32:57
  And
• 32:57
  Robin
• 32:58
  is
• 32:58
  located
• 32:59
  where?
• 33:01
  I'm
• 33:01
  not
• 33:01
  entirely
• 33:02
  sure.
• 33:03
  To
• 33:03
  be
• 33:03
  honest.
• 33:03
  That's
• 33:03
  not
• 33:04
  a
• 33:04
  problem.
• 33:04
  The
• 33:04
  only
• 33:04
  reason
• 33:04
  I
• 33:05
  ask
• 33:05
  is
• 33:05
  I
• 33:05
  want
• 33:05
  to
• 33:06
  people
• 33:06
  to
• 33:06
  understand
• 33:07
  that
• 33:08
  in
• 33:08
  most
• 33:08
  cases,
• 33:09
  you
• 33:09
  and
• 33:09
  your
• 33:10
  illustrator
• 33:10
  are
• 33:10
  not
• 33:10
  in
• 33:11
  the
• 33:11
  same
• 33:11
  room.
• 33:12
  Today's
• 33:12
  technology,
• 33:13
  they
• 33:14
  could
• 33:14
  be
• 33:14
  anywhere
• 33:15
  in
• 33:15
  the
• 33:15
  world.
• 33:15
  And
• 33:16
  a
• 33:16
  prime
• 33:16
  example,
• 33:17
  and
• 33:17
  I've
• 33:17
  mentioned
• 33:17
  this
• 33:18
  before
• 33:18
  in
• 33:18
  our
• 33:18
  show,
• 33:19
  is
• 33:19
  our
• 33:19
  illustrator,
• 33:20
  for
• 33:20
  example,
• 33:21
  is
• 33:21
  in
• 33:21
  England.
• 33:23
  And.
• 33:24
  And
• 33:24
  I
• 33:24
  talked
• 33:24
  to
• 33:24
  a
• 33:25
  lot
• 33:25
  of
• 33:25
  American
• 33:26
  children's
• 33:27
  book
• 33:27
  authors
• 33:28
  who
• 33:28
  have
• 33:28
  a
• 33:28
  lot
• 33:29
  of
• 33:29
  their
• 33:29
  illustrators
• 33:30
  are
• 33:30
  in
• 33:30
  Canada.
• 33:31
  So
• 33:31
  it's
• 33:31
  always
• 33:31
  interesting
• 33:32
  where
• 33:32
  your
• 33:32
  illustrator
• 33:33
  ends
• 33:34
  up.
• 33:34
  And
• 33:34
  then
• 33:34
  some
• 33:35
  are
• 33:35
  in
• 33:35
  Europe.
• 33:35
  It's
• 33:36
  pretty
• 33:36
  amazing.
• 33:36
  I
• 33:37
  want
• 33:37
  people
• 33:37
  to
• 33:37
  know
• 33:39
  it's
• 33:39
  finding
• 33:39
  the
• 33:39
  right
• 33:40
  illustrator
• 33:41
  that
• 33:41
  matches
• 33:41
  with
• 33:42
  you
• 33:42
  and
• 33:43
  they
• 33:43
  could
• 33:43
  be
• 33:43
  anywhere
• 33:44
  in
• 33:44
  the
• 33:44
  world.
• 33:45
  Exactly.
• 33:45
  We
• 33:46
  did
• 33:46
  a
• 33:47
  zoom
• 33:47
  call
• 33:48
  at
• 33:48
  the
• 33:48
  beginning
• 33:49
  of
• 33:49
  our
• 33:49
  contract
• 33:50
  time
• 33:50
  and
• 33:51
  everything
• 33:52
  after
• 33:52
  that
• 33:52
  was
• 33:52
  email.
• 33:53
  And
• 33:53
  she
• 33:53
  was
• 33:53
  just
• 33:54
  right.
• 33:54
  If
• 33:54
  I
• 33:54
  emailed
• 33:55
  her
• 33:55
  with
• 33:55
  something
• 33:56
  and
• 33:56
  almost
• 33:56
  immediately
• 33:57
  she
• 33:57
  get
• 33:57
  back
• 33:58
  to
• 33:58
  me.
• 33:58
  I
• 33:58
  know
• 33:59
  she
• 33:59
  was
• 33:59
  in
• 33:59
  the
• 33:59
  United
• 34:00
  States,
• 34:00
  but
• 34:00
  I'm
• 34:00
  not
• 34:01
  entirely
• 34:02
  sure
• 34:03
  where.
• 34:04
  But
• 34:04
  yeah,
• 34:04
  it
• 34:04
  was
• 34:04
  mostly
• 34:05
  email.
• 34:05
  I
• 34:05
  noticed
• 34:06
  in
• 34:07
  your
• 34:07
  book,
• 34:08
  you
• 34:08
  actually
• 34:09
  on
• 34:09
  the
• 34:09
  back
• 34:09
  of
• 34:10
  your
• 34:10
  book.
• 34:10
  And
• 34:10
  of
• 34:10
  course
• 34:11
  for
• 34:11
  our
• 34:11
  listeners,
• 34:12
  I've
• 34:12
  just
• 34:12
  shown
• 34:13
  the
• 34:13
  back
• 34:13
  of
• 34:13
  the
• 34:14
  book.
• 34:14
  But
• 34:14
  your
• 34:14
  illustrator,
• 34:15
  you
• 34:15
  definitely
• 34:16
  give
• 34:16
  them
• 34:17
  as
• 34:17
  much
• 34:17
  credit
• 34:17
  as
• 34:18
  you
• 34:18
  give
• 34:18
  yourself
• 34:18
  as
• 34:18
  the
• 34:19
  author.
• 34:20
  Tell
• 34:20
  us
• 34:20
  a
• 34:20
  little
• 34:20
  bit
• 34:20
  about
• 34:21
  that.
• 34:21
  Why
• 34:21
  be
• 34:22
  so
• 34:22
  generous
• 34:23
  with
• 34:23
  giving
• 34:24
  your
• 34:24
  illustrator
• 34:25
  so
• 34:25
  much
• 34:25
  Credit
• 34:26
  for
• 34:26
  the
• 34:26
  book.
• 34:28
  I
• 34:29
  think
• 34:29
  that
• 34:29
  you
• 34:30
  write
• 34:30
  these
• 34:31
  words
• 34:31
  that
• 34:32
  you
• 34:33
  are
• 34:33
  really
• 34:33
  proud
• 34:34
  of
• 34:34
  and
• 34:34
  you
• 34:34
  think
• 34:35
  they're.
• 34:36
  It's
• 34:36
  a
• 34:36
  wonderful
• 34:37
  story,
• 34:37
  but
• 34:38
  the
• 34:38
  illustrations
• 34:39
  add
• 34:40
  so
• 34:40
  much
• 34:40
  to
• 34:41
  that.
• 34:42
  And
• 34:43
  Robyn's
• 34:44
  illustrations,
• 34:45
  like
• 34:45
  we
• 34:45
  did
• 34:45
  some
• 34:46
  special
• 34:46
  things
• 34:46
  which
• 34:46
  we
• 34:46
  might
• 34:47
  end
• 34:47
  up
• 34:47
  talking
• 34:47
  about
• 34:48
  later
• 34:48
  in
• 34:49
  the
• 34:49
  book.
• 34:49
  She
• 34:50
  was
• 34:50
  so
• 34:50
  great
• 34:50
  to
• 34:50
  work
• 34:51
  with
• 34:51
  that
• 34:51
  I
• 34:52
  really
• 34:52
  felt
• 34:52
  like
• 34:52
  she
• 34:53
  needed
• 34:53
  to
• 34:53
  be
• 34:53
  a
• 34:53
  part
• 34:53
  of
• 34:53
  the
• 34:54
  back
• 34:54
  cover.
• 34:54
  Her
• 34:54
  picture
• 34:55
  and
• 34:55
  her
• 34:55
  bio
• 34:56
  and
• 34:57
  all
• 34:57
  of
• 34:57
  that.
• 34:57
  I'm
• 34:58
  glad
• 34:58
  I
• 34:58
  did
• 34:58
  that.
• 34:58
  And
• 34:59
  does
• 34:59
  she
• 34:59
  share
• 35:01
  the
• 35:02
  work
• 35:02
  that
• 35:02
  she
• 35:02
  did
• 35:03
  with
• 35:03
  you?
• 35:03
  Does
• 35:03
  she
• 35:04
  promote
• 35:04
  your
• 35:04
  book?
• 35:06
  I
• 35:07
  think
• 35:07
  she
• 35:07
  does.
• 35:08
  I
• 35:08
  don't
• 35:09
  know.
• 35:09
  We.
• 35:10
  We
• 35:10
  just
• 35:10
  have
• 35:11
  only
• 35:11
  communicated
• 35:12
  just
• 35:12
  a
• 35:12
  handful
• 35:12
  of
• 35:13
  times
• 35:13
  since
• 35:14
  the
• 35:14
  book
• 35:14
  was
• 35:14
  launched
• 35:15
  last
• 35:15
  October.
• 35:16
  She's
• 35:17
  on
• 35:17
  social
• 35:17
  media
• 35:18
  and
• 35:18
  I'll
• 35:18
  sometimes
• 35:19
  comment
• 35:19
  on
• 35:19
  her
• 35:19
  things
• 35:20
  or
• 35:20
  she'll
• 35:20
  comment
• 35:20
  on
• 35:20
  my
• 35:21
  things,
• 35:21
  but
• 35:22
  I
• 35:22
  would
• 35:22
  imagine
• 35:23
  that
• 35:23
  she
• 35:23
  does
• 35:23
  because
• 35:24
  it's
• 35:24
  her
• 35:24
  work
• 35:24
  out
• 35:25
  there
• 35:25
  too.
• 35:25
  Okay.
• 35:26
  And
• 35:26
  the
• 35:26
  only
• 35:27
  reason
• 35:27
  I
• 35:27
  ask
• 35:27
  again,
• 35:28
  as
• 35:28
  we
• 35:28
  had
• 35:28
  talk
• 35:28
  talked
• 35:29
  earlier,
• 35:29
  I'm
• 35:29
  not
• 35:29
  sure
• 35:29
  if
• 35:30
  we
• 35:30
  talked
• 35:30
  about
• 35:30
  this
• 35:31
  prior
• 35:31
  to
• 35:32
  actually
• 35:32
  recording
• 35:33
  the
• 35:33
  show,
• 35:33
  but
• 35:34
  what
• 35:34
  I
• 35:34
  find,
• 35:35
  again,
• 35:36
  we're
• 35:36
  all
• 35:36
  trying
• 35:36
  to
• 35:37
  find
• 35:39
  paid
• 35:39
  book
• 35:39
  readers.
• 35:40
  We'd
• 35:40
  all
• 35:40
  like
• 35:40
  to
• 35:41
  have
• 35:41
  like
• 35:41
  you
• 35:42
  do
• 35:42
  with
• 35:42
  the
• 35:42
  little
• 35:42
  free
• 35:43
  library
• 35:44
  to
• 35:44
  get
• 35:44
  people
• 35:44
  to
• 35:45
  read
• 35:45
  your
• 35:45
  book.
• 35:45
  But
• 35:45
  on
• 35:45
  the
• 35:46
  same
• 35:46
  token,
• 35:46
  it's
• 35:47
  hard
• 35:47
  to.
• 35:48
  If
• 35:49
  you
• 35:49
  want
• 35:49
  to
• 35:49
  bring
• 35:49
  another
• 35:50
  book
• 35:50
  out,
• 35:50
  you'd
• 35:51
  have
• 35:51
  to
• 35:51
  generate
• 35:51
  some
• 35:52
  revenue
• 35:52
  and.
• 35:53
  Right.
• 35:53
  I
• 35:53
  always
• 35:54
  encourage
• 35:55
  my
• 35:55
  listeners
• 35:56
  to
• 35:56
  know
• 35:57
  that
• 35:58
  as
• 35:58
  children's
• 35:59
  book
• 35:59
  authors,
• 36:00
  the
• 36:00
  community
• 36:01
  is
• 36:01
  so
• 36:01
  generous.
• 36:02
  And
• 36:03
  so
• 36:03
  I
• 36:03
  just
• 36:03
  make
• 36:04
  sure
• 36:04
  that
• 36:04
  if
• 36:05
  you're
• 36:05
  giving.
• 36:06
  Ask
• 36:06
  your
• 36:07
  illustrator
• 36:08
  if
• 36:09
  you're
• 36:09
  going
• 36:09
  to
• 36:10
  post
• 36:10
  every
• 36:10
  once
• 36:11
  in
• 36:11
  a
• 36:11
  while
• 36:11
  on
• 36:11
  your
• 36:12
  social
• 36:12
  media,
• 36:12
  would
• 36:13
  you
• 36:13
  please
• 36:13
  post
• 36:14
  my
• 36:15
  book?
• 36:15
  And
• 36:15
  you
• 36:16
  can
• 36:16
  say,
• 36:16
  you
• 36:17
  know
• 36:17
  what?
• 36:17
  I
• 36:17
  illustrated
• 36:18
  this
• 36:18
  book.
• 36:18
  I'm
• 36:18
  very
• 36:19
  proud
• 36:19
  of
• 36:19
  it.
• 36:20
  Wendy's
• 36:20
  great
• 36:21
  children's
• 36:21
  book
• 36:22
  authority.
• 36:23
  So
• 36:23
  if
• 36:23
  you're
• 36:23
  following
• 36:23
  what
• 36:24
  my
• 36:24
  logic
• 36:25
  here.
• 36:25
  Exactly.
• 36:25
  Yes.
• 36:26
  So
• 36:26
  I'm
• 36:26
  just
• 36:26
  encouraging
• 36:28
  other
• 36:29
  aspiring
• 36:30
  authors
• 36:30
  to
• 36:30
  make
• 36:31
  sure
• 36:31
  they
• 36:31
  take
• 36:31
  advantage
• 36:32
  of
• 36:32
  everything
• 36:32
  they
• 36:32
  can
• 36:33
  true
• 36:34
  with
• 36:34
  their
• 36:34
  work.
• 36:35
  The
• 36:35
  other
• 36:35
  thing
• 36:35
  I
• 36:35
  wanted
• 36:35
  to
• 36:36
  pick
• 36:36
  up
• 36:36
  on
• 36:36
  because
• 36:37
  you
• 36:37
  mentioned
• 36:37
  you
• 36:38
  spent
• 36:38
  20
• 36:38
  years
• 36:38
  as
• 36:39
  a
• 36:39
  photographer,
• 36:40
  is
• 36:41
  that
• 36:41
  the
• 36:41
  illustrator
• 36:42
  that
• 36:42
  we
• 36:42
  used
• 36:44
  is
• 36:44
  sitting
• 36:44
  in
• 36:44
  England
• 36:45
  and
• 36:46
  all
• 36:46
  of
• 36:46
  our
• 36:47
  stories
• 36:47
  take
• 36:47
  place
• 36:48
  in
• 36:48
  the
• 36:48
  Rocky
• 36:48
  Mountains.
• 36:50
  And
• 36:50
  he'd
• 36:50
  never
• 36:50
  been
• 36:51
  to
• 36:51
  the
• 36:51
  Rocky
• 36:51
  Mountain.
• 36:52
  So
• 36:53
  the
• 36:53
  beautiful
• 36:54
  thing
• 36:54
  about
• 36:54
  it
• 36:54
  is
• 36:55
  that
• 36:55
  our
• 36:56
  whole
• 36:57
  all
• 36:57
  of
• 36:57
  our
• 36:57
  adventures
• 36:58
  started
• 36:58
  because
• 36:59
  my
• 36:59
  oldest
• 36:59
  granddaughter
• 37:00
  said,
• 37:00
  oh,
• 37:01
  we
• 37:01
  have
• 37:01
  all
• 37:01
  these
• 37:01
  pictures.
• 37:02
  I
• 37:02
  call
• 37:02
  her
• 37:03
  our
• 37:03
  first
• 37:03
  digital
• 37:04
  baby.
• 37:05
  Every
• 37:05
  picture
• 37:06
  she
• 37:06
  of
• 37:06
  her,
• 37:08
  there's
• 37:08
  no
• 37:08
  such
• 37:08
  thing
• 37:09
  as
• 37:09
  film.
• 37:09
  It's
• 37:09
  all
• 37:10
  digital.
• 37:11
  We
• 37:11
  were
• 37:11
  able
• 37:11
  to
• 37:12
  review
• 37:12
  these
• 37:12
  pictures.
• 37:13
  And
• 37:13
  she
• 37:13
  said,
• 37:13
  papa,
• 37:14
  we
• 37:14
  need
• 37:15
  to
• 37:15
  turn
• 37:15
  these
• 37:15
  into
• 37:16
  children's
• 37:17
  stories.
• 37:17
  And
• 37:17
  that's
• 37:18
  what
• 37:18
  we
• 37:18
  did.
• 37:18
  But
• 37:18
  the
• 37:19
  neat
• 37:19
  thing
• 37:19
  about
• 37:19
  it
• 37:20
  is
• 37:20
  every
• 37:20
  story
• 37:21
  was
• 37:22
  based
• 37:23
  in
• 37:23
  a
• 37:23
  grain
• 37:23
  of
• 37:24
  truth.
• 37:24
  And
• 37:24
  then
• 37:24
  I
• 37:25
  was
• 37:25
  able
• 37:25
  to
• 37:25
  send
• 37:25
  the
• 37:26
  illustrator
• 37:28
  pictures
• 37:29
  of
• 37:29
  what
• 37:29
  I
• 37:29
  was
• 37:29
  trying
• 37:30
  to
• 37:30
  get
• 37:30
  at.
• 37:30
  And
• 37:31
  even
• 37:31
  though
• 37:31
  it's
• 37:31
  people
• 37:32
  and
• 37:32
  our
• 37:32
  characters
• 37:33
  are
• 37:33
  all
• 37:33
  animals,
• 37:34
  he
• 37:35
  was
• 37:35
  able
• 37:35
  to
• 37:35
  pick
• 37:35
  up
• 37:36
  on
• 37:36
  that.
• 37:36
  So
• 37:36
  it
• 37:37
  made
• 37:37
  it
• 37:37
  fun.
• 37:37
  So
• 37:37
  as
• 37:37
  a
• 37:38
  photographer,
• 37:38
  to
• 37:39
  have
• 37:39
  your
• 37:39
  pictures
• 37:40
  turned
• 37:40
  into.
• 37:41
  If
• 37:41
  you
• 37:41
  took
• 37:41
  still
• 37:42
  pictures
• 37:42
  of
• 37:42
  people
• 37:43
  just
• 37:43
  as
• 37:43
  you
• 37:44
  described
• 37:44
  Riley
• 37:45
  and
• 37:45
  your
• 37:45
  grandson
• 37:46
  and
• 37:46
  your
• 37:46
  dog,
• 37:46
  you're
• 37:47
  able
• 37:47
  to
• 37:47
  then
• 37:48
  take
• 37:48
  those
• 37:48
  photos
• 37:49
  and
• 37:50
  inspire
• 37:51
  your
• 37:52
  illustrators
• 37:53
  to
• 37:53
  turn
• 37:54
  them
• 37:54
  into
• 37:54
  something
• 37:54
  very
• 37:55
  unique.
• 37:57
  Yes.
• 37:57
  And
• 37:57
  actually,
• 37:58
  a
• 37:58
  little
• 37:58
  side
• 37:59
  note
• 37:59
  on
• 37:59
  that
• 38:00
  is
• 38:01
  that
• 38:01
  when
• 38:01
  Robin
• 38:02
  sent
• 38:03
  back
• 38:03
  to
• 38:03
  me
• 38:04
  the
• 38:04
  first
• 38:06
  illustrations,
• 38:06
  not
• 38:07
  they
• 38:07
  were
• 38:07
  sketches,
• 38:08
  but
• 38:08
  they
• 38:08
  were
• 38:09
  with
• 38:09
  where
• 38:09
  my
• 38:09
  words
• 38:09
  were
• 38:10
  going
• 38:10
  to
• 38:10
  be
• 38:10
  on
• 38:10
  the
• 38:10
  page
• 38:11
  and
• 38:11
  all
• 38:11
  of
• 38:11
  that.
• 38:11
  And
• 38:12
  I
• 38:12
  was
• 38:12
  going
• 38:12
  through
• 38:12
  them
• 38:13
  and
• 38:13
  loving
• 38:13
  everything.
• 38:15
  And
• 38:15
  then
• 38:15
  towards
• 38:16
  the
• 38:16
  end
• 38:16
  of
• 38:17
  the
• 38:17
  book,
• 38:17
  Ivy
• 38:18
  Blue
• 38:18
  is
• 38:18
  on
• 38:19
  the
• 38:19
  stage
• 38:20
  and
• 38:20
  her
• 38:20
  mom
• 38:21
  is
• 38:22
  taking
• 38:23
  pictures
• 38:23
  of
• 38:23
  her.
• 38:24
  And
• 38:25
  in
• 38:25
  the
• 38:26
  sketches
• 38:27
  that
• 38:27
  Robin
• 38:27
  sent,
• 38:28
  she
• 38:28
  had
• 38:29
  used
• 38:29
  a
• 38:29
  cell
• 38:29
  phone
• 38:30
  for
• 38:30
  the
• 38:30
  mom.
• 38:31
  And
• 38:32
  I
• 38:32
  was
• 38:33
  like,
• 38:34
  what?
• 38:34
  And
• 38:35
  my
• 38:35
  heart
• 38:36
  was
• 38:36
  like,
• 38:36
  I
• 38:36
  always
• 38:37
  envisioned
• 38:37
  certainly
• 38:38
  not
• 38:38
  a
• 38:39
  camera
• 38:39
  like
• 38:40
  I
• 38:40
  would
• 38:40
  use
• 38:40
  when
• 38:40
  I
• 38:41
  photograph,
• 38:41
  but
• 38:41
  like
• 38:41
  a
• 38:41
  point
• 38:42
  and
• 38:42
  shoot
• 38:42
  little
• 38:43
  camera.
• 38:43
  And
• 38:44
  so
• 38:44
  I
• 38:44
  was
• 38:44
  like,
• 38:44
  oh,
• 38:45
  my
• 38:45
  gosh.
• 38:45
  And
• 38:46
  so
• 38:46
  I
• 38:46
  messaged
• 38:47
  her,
• 38:47
  and
• 38:47
  she
• 38:48
  said,
• 38:48
  you're
• 38:48
  right,
• 38:48
  I
• 38:49
  will
• 38:49
  absolutely
• 38:50
  change
• 38:50
  that.
• 38:50
  And
• 38:50
  she
• 38:51
  changed
• 38:51
  it
• 38:51
  to
• 38:52
  a
• 38:53
  little
• 38:53
  point
• 38:53
  and
• 38:53
  shoot
• 38:54
  camera.
• 38:54
  And
• 38:55
  then
• 38:55
  after
• 38:56
  the
• 38:56
  book
• 38:56
  was
• 38:57
  actually,
• 38:57
  it's
• 38:57
  just
• 38:57
  been
• 38:57
  in
• 38:57
  the
• 38:58
  last
• 38:58
  couple
• 38:58
  months,
• 38:58
  when
• 38:59
  I
• 38:59
  read
• 38:59
  the
• 38:59
  book,
• 39:00
  I
• 39:00
  thought,
• 39:00
  years
• 39:01
  down
• 39:01
  the
• 39:01
  road,
• 39:02
  is
• 39:02
  a
• 39:02
  child
• 39:02
  going
• 39:02
  to
• 39:03
  say,
• 39:03
  what
• 39:03
  is
• 39:03
  that
• 39:03
  mom
• 39:04
  holding
• 39:04
  in
• 39:04
  her
• 39:04
  hand?
• 39:05
  And
• 39:06
  so
• 39:06
  I
• 39:06
  thought,
• 39:07
  even
• 39:07
  myself,
• 39:08
  my
• 39:08
  husband
• 39:08
  and
• 39:08
  I
• 39:09
  have
• 39:09
  been
• 39:09
  to
• 39:09
  Europe
• 39:10
  twice
• 39:10
  in
• 39:10
  the
• 39:10
  last
• 39:11
  year,
• 39:11
  and
• 39:12
  I
• 39:12
  don't
• 39:12
  bring
• 39:12
  my
• 39:13
  professional
• 39:13
  cameras.
• 39:14
  I
• 39:15
  mostly
• 39:15
  rely
• 39:15
  almost
• 39:16
  entirely
• 39:16
  on
• 39:17
  my
• 39:17
  cell
• 39:17
  phone
• 39:17
  to
• 39:17
  take
• 39:18
  pictures.
• 39:18
  And
• 39:18
  they
• 39:18
  take
• 39:19
  pretty
• 39:19
  darn
• 39:19
  good
• 39:19
  pictures
• 39:20
  now.
• 39:20
  And
• 39:21
  so
• 39:21
  I
• 39:22
  at
• 39:22
  times
• 39:22
  second
• 39:23
  guess,
• 39:23
  should
• 39:24
  I
• 39:24
  have
• 39:24
  left
• 39:24
  that
• 39:25
  as
• 39:25
  a
• 39:25
  cell
• 39:25
  phone
• 39:26
  instead
• 39:26
  of
• 39:27
  the
• 39:27
  camera?
• 39:28
  But
• 39:28
  ultimately,
• 39:29
  and
• 39:29
  I've
• 39:29
  actually
• 39:29
  had
• 39:29
  a
• 39:30
  conversation
• 39:30
  with
• 39:30
  Robin
• 39:32
  since
• 39:32
  having
• 39:33
  these
• 39:33
  thoughts,
• 39:33
  and
• 39:34
  she
• 39:34
  said,
• 39:34
  no,
• 39:35
  this
• 39:35
  is
• 39:35
  a
• 39:35
  nod
• 39:35
  to
• 39:36
  your
• 39:36
  career
• 39:36
  before
• 39:37
  you
• 39:38
  were
• 39:38
  an
• 39:38
  author.
• 39:39
  And
• 39:40
  I'm
• 39:40
  glad
• 39:40
  I
• 39:40
  made
• 39:41
  the
• 39:41
  decision
• 39:41
  to
• 39:41
  have
• 39:42
  her
• 39:42
  change
• 39:42
  it
• 39:42
  to
• 39:42
  a
• 39:43
  point
• 39:43
  and
• 39:43
  shoot
• 39:43
  camera.
• 39:44
  Good
• 39:44
  for
• 39:44
  you.
• 39:45
  Good
• 39:45
  for
• 39:45
  you.
• 39:45
  Yeah.
• 39:45
  And
• 39:46
  you
• 39:46
  know
• 39:46
  what?
• 39:47
  It
• 39:47
  certainly
• 39:48
  doesn't
• 39:48
  hurt
• 39:48
  to
• 39:49
  have
• 39:49
  that
• 39:49
  because
• 39:50
  you
• 39:50
  talk
• 39:50
  about
• 39:51
  history.
• 39:52
  And
• 39:52
  when
• 39:53
  my
• 39:53
  oldest
• 39:53
  granddaughter
• 39:54
  and
• 39:54
  I
• 39:54
  were
• 39:56
  coming
• 39:56
  up
• 39:56
  with
• 39:56
  our
• 39:56
  character,
• 39:57
  Caboose,
• 39:59
  her
• 39:59
  name
• 39:59
  is
• 40:00
  Kira
• 40:00
  and
• 40:01
  her
• 40:01
  first
• 40:01
  name
• 40:02
  starts
• 40:02
  with
• 40:02
  a
• 40:03
  K,
• 40:04
  and
• 40:05
  she
• 40:05
  didn't
• 40:05
  even
• 40:06
  know
• 40:06
  what
• 40:06
  a
• 40:06
  Caboose.
• 40:06
  Cabooses
• 40:07
  haven't
• 40:07
  been
• 40:08
  around
• 40:08
  for
• 40:08
  about
• 40:09
  20
• 40:09
  years,
• 40:10
  maybe
• 40:10
  longer.
• 40:11
  And
• 40:12
  so
• 40:12
  my
• 40:12
  dad
• 40:13
  had
• 40:13
  a
• 40:13
  toy
• 40:14
  train
• 40:14
  set
• 40:14
  from
• 40:15
  the
• 40:15
  1950s.
• 40:16
  We
• 40:17
  actually
• 40:17
  shadow
• 40:18
  boxed
• 40:18
  it
• 40:18
  and
• 40:18
  put
• 40:18
  it
• 40:19
  in
• 40:19
  our
• 40:19
  home.
• 40:20
  And
• 40:20
  at
• 40:20
  the
• 40:21
  end
• 40:21
  of
• 40:21
  the
• 40:21
  train
• 40:21
  is
• 40:21
  a
• 40:22
  red
• 40:22
  caboose.
• 40:23
  And
• 40:23
  she
• 40:24
  had
• 40:24
  no
• 40:24
  idea
• 40:24
  what
• 40:25
  that
• 40:25
  was,
• 40:26
  but
• 40:26
  she
• 40:26
  loved
• 40:27
  the
• 40:27
  word
• 40:27
  caboose.
• 40:27
  Caboose.
• 40:28
  Caboose.
• 40:29
  And
• 40:29
  so
• 40:29
  that's
• 40:29
  how
• 40:30
  we
• 40:30
  ended
• 40:30
  up
• 40:30
  naming
• 40:31
  our
• 40:31
  main
• 40:32
  character
• 40:32
  Caboose.
• 40:33
  But
• 40:33
  what's
• 40:33
  interesting
• 40:34
  is
• 40:34
  the
• 40:34
  tradition
• 40:35
  of
• 40:35
  what
• 40:36
  you're
• 40:36
  talking
• 40:36
  about.
• 40:37
  Thank
• 40:37
  you
• 40:37
  for
• 40:37
  sharing
• 40:38
  that,
• 40:38
  because
• 40:38
  I'm
• 40:38
  not
• 40:38
  sure
• 40:39
  if
• 40:39
  I've
• 40:39
  ever
• 40:39
  thought
• 40:40
  of
• 40:40
  it
• 40:40
  in
• 40:40
  those
• 40:41
  terms,
• 40:42
  but
• 40:42
  again,
• 40:42
  it's
• 40:43
  a
• 40:43
  tribute
• 40:43
  to
• 40:43
  my
• 40:44
  father
• 40:44
  and
• 40:44
  the
• 40:45
  tribute
• 40:46
  to
• 40:46
  the
• 40:46
  past.
• 40:47
  Exactly.
• 40:48
  Yeah.
• 40:48
  So
• 40:48
  thank
• 40:49
  you
• 40:49
  for
• 40:49
  sharing
• 40:49
  that.
• 40:51
  I
• 40:51
  want
• 40:51
  to
• 40:51
  talk
• 40:52
  to
• 40:52
  you
• 40:52
  before
• 40:52
  we
• 40:52
  move
• 40:53
  away
• 40:53
  from
• 40:53
  the
• 40:53
  illustrator.
• 40:54
  And
• 40:55
  we
• 40:55
  had
• 40:56
  teased
• 40:56
  people
• 40:56
  at
• 40:57
  the
• 40:57
  beginning
• 40:57
  of
• 40:57
  the
• 40:57
  show
• 40:59
  about
• 40:59
  something
• 40:59
  unique
• 41:00
  you've
• 41:00
  done.
• 41:01
  I
• 41:01
  won't
• 41:01
  mention
• 41:02
  that.
• 41:02
  I'll
• 41:02
  let
• 41:02
  you
• 41:03
  explain
• 41:03
  to
• 41:03
  us
• 41:04
  and
• 41:05
  how
• 41:05
  that.
• 41:06
  What
• 41:06
  I'd
• 41:06
  like
• 41:07
  to
• 41:07
  know
• 41:07
  is
• 41:07
  also
• 41:07
  the
• 41:07
  background
• 41:08
  behind
• 41:08
  that,
• 41:09
  because
• 41:09
  it's
• 41:09
  a
• 41:09
  teaser
• 41:10
  and
• 41:10
  it's
• 41:10
  a
• 41:10
  fun
• 41:11
  thing.
• 41:11
  And
• 41:12
  so
• 41:12
  I
• 41:12
  need
• 41:12
  you
• 41:13
  to
• 41:13
  expand
• 41:13
  on
• 41:14
  the
• 41:14
  concept,
• 41:14
  Tell
• 41:15
  us
• 41:16
  how
• 41:16
  it
• 41:16
  all
• 41:16
  started,
• 41:17
  how
• 41:17
  you
• 41:17
  work
• 41:18
  with
• 41:18
  your
• 41:18
  illustrator
• 41:19
  to
• 41:19
  think
• 41:19
  about
• 41:19
  it,
• 41:20
  and
• 41:21
  how
• 41:21
  you're
• 41:21
  using
• 41:22
  that
• 41:22
  now
• 41:22
  to
• 41:23
  market
• 41:24
  your
• 41:24
  book.
• 41:25
  Sure.
• 41:26
  We're
• 41:27
  going
• 41:27
  to
• 41:27
  get
• 41:27
  to
• 41:28
  the
• 41:28
  butterfly
• 41:28
  aspect,
• 41:29
  but
• 41:29
  prior
• 41:30
  to
• 41:30
  that,
• 41:30
  I
• 41:30
  need
• 41:30
  to
• 41:31
  give
• 41:31
  a
• 41:31
  little
• 41:32
  backstory.
• 41:33
  My
• 41:33
  main
• 41:33
  character
• 41:34
  is
• 41:34
  Ivy
• 41:35
  Blue,
• 41:36
  but
• 41:36
  she
• 41:36
  is
• 41:36
  based,
• 41:37
  like
• 41:37
  I've
• 41:37
  said,
• 41:37
  on
• 41:37
  my
• 41:38
  granddaughter,
• 41:38
  whose
• 41:38
  name
• 41:38
  is
• 41:39
  Riley,
• 41:39
  but
• 41:39
  I
• 41:40
  call
• 41:40
  Riley
• 41:40
  Blue.
• 41:41
  I
• 41:41
  call
• 41:42
  her
• 41:42
  Blue.
• 41:42
  That's
• 41:43
  been
• 41:43
  the
• 41:43
  nickname
• 41:44
  I've
• 41:44
  had
• 41:44
  from
• 41:44
  for
• 41:45
  her
• 41:45
  since
• 41:45
  she
• 41:45
  was
• 41:46
  just
• 41:46
  a
• 41:46
  couple
• 41:46
  months
• 41:46
  old.
• 41:47
  And
• 41:47
  it's
• 41:48
  got
• 41:48
  a
• 41:48
  cute
• 41:48
  story
• 41:48
  behind
• 41:49
  it,
• 41:49
  but
• 41:49
  basically
• 41:50
  it's
• 41:50
  because
• 41:50
  both
• 41:51
  her
• 41:51
  and
• 41:51
  I
• 41:51
  have
• 41:51
  blue
• 41:52
  eyes.
• 41:52
  And
• 41:53
  so
• 41:53
  that's
• 41:53
  our
• 41:54
  thing.
• 41:54
  And
• 41:55
  so
• 41:55
  she
• 41:55
  is
• 41:56
  blue
• 41:56
  or
• 41:57
  my
• 41:57
  blue
• 41:57
  girl.
• 41:58
  And
• 41:58
  so
• 41:58
  it
• 41:58
  was
• 41:59
  really
• 41:59
  important
• 41:59
  to
• 42:00
  me
• 42:00
  to
• 42:00
  have
• 42:01
  blue
• 42:02
  be
• 42:02
  a
• 42:03
  big
• 42:03
  part
• 42:03
  of
• 42:03
  this
• 42:03
  book
• 42:04
  because
• 42:04
  it
• 42:04
  is
• 42:04
  like
• 42:04
  our
• 42:05
  tie
• 42:05
  in
• 42:05
  our
• 42:05
  meaning
• 42:06
  to
• 42:06
  each
• 42:06
  other
• 42:07
  that
• 42:07
  we
• 42:07
  hold
• 42:07
  special.
• 42:08
  And
• 42:08
  so
• 42:09
  I
• 42:09
  wanted
• 42:10
  Robyn,
• 42:10
  when
• 42:11
  we
• 42:11
  first
• 42:11
  met,
• 42:11
  I
• 42:11
  said
• 42:12
  I
• 42:12
  want
• 42:13
  Ivy
• 42:13
  Blue
• 42:14
  to
• 42:14
  have
• 42:15
  a
• 42:15
  little
• 42:15
  splash
• 42:15
  of
• 42:16
  blue
• 42:16
  sun
• 42:16
  blue
• 42:17
  on
• 42:17
  her
• 42:17
  person
• 42:18
  in
• 42:18
  every
• 42:18
  illustration.
• 42:20
  She
• 42:20
  either
• 42:20
  has.
• 42:21
  Sometimes
• 42:21
  it's
• 42:21
  like
• 42:21
  a.
• 42:22
  Just
• 42:22
  a
• 42:22
  headband
• 42:22
  or
• 42:23
  trimming
• 42:24
  on
• 42:24
  the
• 42:24
  edge
• 42:24
  of
• 42:24
  her
• 42:25
  shirt
• 42:25
  or
• 42:25
  something
• 42:26
  like
• 42:26
  that.
• 42:26
  Sometimes
• 42:27
  it's
• 42:27
  bigger,
• 42:27
  like
• 42:28
  her
• 42:28
  shoes
• 42:28
  or
• 42:28
  a
• 42:28
  backpack.
• 42:29
  But
• 42:29
  I
• 42:30
  wanted
• 42:30
  it
• 42:30
  to
• 42:30
  be
• 42:30
  something
• 42:31
  that
• 42:31
  the
• 42:31
  children
• 42:32
  could
• 42:32
  look
• 42:33
  for.
• 42:33
  And
• 42:33
  where
• 42:33
  that
• 42:34
  idea
• 42:34
  came
• 42:34
  from
• 42:35
  is
• 42:36
  that
• 42:36
  when
• 42:36
  my
• 42:37
  sons
• 42:37
  were
• 42:37
  young,
• 42:38
  we
• 42:38
  would
• 42:38
  read
• 42:39
  the
• 42:39
  Mercer
• 42:39
  Mayer
• 42:40
  little
• 42:40
  Critter
• 42:41
  Books
• 42:42
  and
• 42:42
  Mercer
• 42:43
  Mayor
• 42:43
  did
• 42:44
  his
• 42:44
  illustrations.
• 42:45
  And
• 42:46
  I
• 42:46
  don't
• 42:46
  know
• 42:46
  if
• 42:46
  everybody
• 42:47
  knows
• 42:47
  this,
• 42:48
  but
• 42:48
  he
• 42:48
  had
• 42:49
  on
• 42:49
  every
• 42:50
  illustration
• 42:51
  he
• 42:51
  has
• 42:51
  the
• 42:52
  same
• 42:52
  spider
• 42:53
  or
• 42:53
  a
• 42:53
  grasshopper.
• 42:54
  So
• 42:55
  it's
• 42:55
  an
• 42:55
  extra
• 42:56
  level
• 42:56
  of
• 42:56
  engagement
• 42:57
  in
• 42:57
  that
• 42:57
  book.
• 42:58
  And
• 42:58
  my
• 42:58
  children
• 42:58
  enjoyed
• 42:59
  that
• 42:59
  looking
• 43:00
  at,
• 43:00
  oh,
• 43:00
  here's
• 43:00
  the
• 43:01
  spider.
• 43:01
  Where's
• 43:01
  the
• 43:01
  spider?
• 43:02
  On
• 43:02
  the
• 43:02
  next
• 43:02
  page.
• 43:02
  Page.
• 43:03
  And
• 43:03
  so
• 43:03
  I
• 43:04
  wanted
• 43:04
  to
• 43:04
  start,
• 43:04
  I
• 43:04
  started
• 43:05
  out
• 43:05
  with
• 43:05
  the
• 43:05
  blue
• 43:06
  for
• 43:06
  ivy
• 43:07
  blue
• 43:07
  and
• 43:07
  all
• 43:07
  the
• 43:08
  pages.
• 43:08
  But
• 43:08
  then
• 43:08
  what
• 43:09
  ended
• 43:09
  up
• 43:09
  happening
• 43:09
  is
• 43:10
  when
• 43:11
  we
• 43:11
  got
• 43:11
  towards
• 43:12
  the
• 43:12
  end
• 43:12
  of
• 43:12
  the
• 43:13
  designing
• 43:13
  of
• 43:14
  this
• 43:14
  and
• 43:15
  I
• 43:15
  was
• 43:15
  concerned
• 43:16
  the
• 43:16
  way
• 43:16
  it
• 43:16
  was
• 43:16
  laid
• 43:17
  out
• 43:17
  that
• 43:17
  my,
• 43:18
  my
• 43:19
  readers
• 43:19
  wouldn't
• 43:20
  know
• 43:20
  they
• 43:20
  needed
• 43:20
  to
• 43:20
  change
• 43:21
  the
• 43:21
  page
• 43:22
  to
• 43:22
  see
• 43:22
  the
• 43:22
  last
• 43:22
  page
• 43:23
  of
• 43:23
  the
• 43:23
  book.
• 43:24
  I
• 43:24
  was
• 43:24
  concerned
• 43:24
  that
• 43:25
  they
• 43:25
  would
• 43:25
  think,
• 43:26
  okay,
• 43:26
  this
• 43:26
  is
• 43:26
  the
• 43:26
  end
• 43:27
  of
• 43:27
  the
• 43:27
  book.
• 43:28
  And
• 43:28
  so
• 43:28
  Robin
• 43:29
  said,
• 43:29
  I
• 43:29
  think
• 43:30
  I'll
• 43:30
  do
• 43:30
  a
• 43:30
  little
• 43:30
  butterfly
• 43:31
  flying
• 43:31
  off
• 43:32
  the
• 43:32
  page
• 43:32
  to
• 43:33
  make
• 43:33
  sure
• 43:33
  that
• 43:33
  they
• 43:34
  know
• 43:34
  to
• 43:34
  turn
• 43:34
  the
• 43:34
  page.
• 43:35
  And
• 43:35
  I
• 43:36
  said,
• 43:36
  oh,
• 43:36
  that's
• 43:36
  great.
• 43:37
  And
• 43:38
  then
• 43:38
  the
• 43:39
  next
• 43:39
  day
• 43:39
  I
• 43:39
  was
• 43:39
  thinking,
• 43:40
  what
• 43:40
  if
• 43:40
  we
• 43:41
  had
• 43:41
  a
• 43:41
  butterfly
• 43:42
  on
• 43:43
  every
• 43:43
  page?
• 43:44
  And
• 43:44
  then
• 43:45
  that
• 43:45
  turned
• 43:45
  into
• 43:46
  what
• 43:46
  if
• 43:47
  there
• 43:47
  is
• 43:47
  a
• 43:48
  butterfly
• 43:48
  in
• 43:49
  every
• 43:49
  illustration?
• 43:51
  So
• 43:51
  it
• 43:52
  ended
• 43:52
  up
• 43:52
  being
• 43:53
  so
• 43:53
  fun.
• 43:53
  It's
• 43:54
  actually
• 43:54
  been
• 43:54
  a
• 43:54
  big
• 43:54
  selling
• 43:55
  point
• 43:55
  for
• 43:55
  me.
• 43:55
  And
• 43:56
  when
• 43:56
  I
• 43:56
  go
• 43:56
  into
• 43:56
  the
• 43:57
  schools,
• 43:57
  the
• 43:57
  kids,
• 43:57
  they
• 43:57
  love
• 43:58
  that
• 43:59
  searching
• 43:59
  for
• 43:59
  the
• 43:59
  butterfly.
• 44:00
  It's
• 44:00
  this
• 44:00
  whole
• 44:00
  other
• 44:00
  level
• 44:01
  of
• 44:01
  you
• 44:02
  could
• 44:02
  read
• 44:02
  the
• 44:02
  book
• 44:02
  a
• 44:02
  couple
• 44:03
  times
• 44:03
  maybe
• 44:04
  and
• 44:04
  then
• 44:05
  the
• 44:05
  second
• 44:06
  or
• 44:06
  third
• 44:06
  or
• 44:06
  fourth
• 44:07
  time,
• 44:07
  where
• 44:07
  are
• 44:07
  these
• 44:07
  butterflies?
• 44:08
  And
• 44:08
  some
• 44:08
  of
• 44:09
  them
• 44:09
  are
• 44:09
  super
• 44:09
  easy
• 44:10
  to
• 44:10
  find.
• 44:10
  Like
• 44:10
  a
• 44:11
  two
• 44:11
  year
• 44:11
  old
• 44:11
  could
• 44:11
  say,
• 44:12
  oh,
• 44:12
  there's
• 44:12
  the
• 44:12
  butterfly.
• 44:13
  But
• 44:13
  some
• 44:14
  of
• 44:14
  them,
• 44:14
  as
• 44:15
  you
• 44:15
  found,
• 44:15
  are,
• 44:16
  they're
• 44:16
  tricky
• 44:17
  to
• 44:17
  find.
• 44:17
  And
• 44:18
  so
• 44:18
  she
• 44:18
  did
• 44:19
  a
• 44:19
  really
• 44:19
  awesome
• 44:20
  job
• 44:20
  putting
• 44:21
  some
• 44:21
  in
• 44:21
  some
• 44:21
  really
• 44:22
  special
• 44:22
  spots.
• 44:23
  And
• 44:23
  so
• 44:24
  I
• 44:24
  actually,
• 44:24
  I
• 44:24
  have
• 44:24
  a
• 44:24
  key
• 44:25
  on
• 44:25
  my
• 44:25
  website
• 44:25
  for
• 44:26
  where
• 44:26
  the
• 44:27
  butterflies
• 44:27
  are
• 44:27
  because
• 44:28
  some
• 44:28
  people
• 44:28
  haven't
• 44:29
  been
• 44:29
  able
• 44:30
  to
• 44:30
  find
• 44:30
  all
• 44:31
  of
• 44:31
  them.
• 44:31
  There
• 44:31
  are
• 44:31
  29
• 44:32
  in
• 44:32
  the
• 44:32
  book.
• 44:33
  And
• 44:33
  so
• 44:34
  if
• 44:34
  they
• 44:34
  can't
• 44:35
  or
• 44:35
  their
• 44:35
  child
• 44:35
  can't
• 44:36
  find
• 44:36
  them,
• 44:36
  they
• 44:36
  can
• 44:36
  go
• 44:36
  back
• 44:37
  and
• 44:37
  look
• 44:37
  at,
• 44:38
  oh,
• 44:38
  that's
• 44:38
  where
• 44:38
  it
• 44:39
  is.
• 44:39
  But
• 44:39
  it
• 44:40
  was
• 44:40
  just,
• 44:40
  it
• 44:40
  was
• 44:40
  something
• 44:41
  really
• 44:41
  fun
• 44:42
  that
• 44:42
  I
• 44:43
  really
• 44:43
  enjoyed
• 44:44
  being
• 44:44
  able
• 44:44
  to
• 44:44
  share
• 44:44
  that
• 44:45
  about
• 44:45
  the
• 44:45
  book
• 44:45
  as
• 44:46
  well.
• 44:46
  Unless
• 44:47
  you're
• 44:48
  doing
• 44:48
  a
• 44:48
  reading
• 44:49
  or
• 44:50
  people
• 44:51
  go
• 44:51
  to
• 44:51
  your
• 44:51
  website,
• 44:52
  I
• 44:52
  don't
• 44:53
  think
• 44:53
  there's
• 44:53
  any
• 44:53
  mention
• 44:54
  of
• 44:54
  the
• 44:54
  butterflies
• 44:55
  for
• 44:56
  the
• 44:56
  reader
• 44:57
  when
• 44:58
  I
• 44:58
  look
• 44:58
  in
• 44:58
  the
• 44:58
  book.
• 44:58
  That
• 44:59
  was
• 44:59
  a
• 45:00
  big
• 45:00
  miss
• 45:01
  on
• 45:01
  my
• 45:02
  part
• 45:02
  when
• 45:02
  I
• 45:02
  first
• 45:03
  published
• 45:04
  and
• 45:04
  I
• 45:05
  realized
• 45:05
  shortly
• 45:06
  after
• 45:06
  that
• 45:06
  because
• 45:07
  we
• 45:07
  were
• 45:07
  in
• 45:07
  a
• 45:07
  hurry
• 45:07
  to
• 45:07
  get
• 45:08
  this
• 45:08
  out.
• 45:08
  And
• 45:09
  I
• 45:09
  realized
• 45:09
  shortly
• 45:10
  after
• 45:10
  that
• 45:11
  when
• 45:11
  I
• 45:12
  was
• 45:12
  getting
• 45:12
  feedback
• 45:13
  about
• 45:13
  the
• 45:13
  butterflies.
• 45:14
  Oh
• 45:14
  man,
• 45:14
  I
• 45:15
  should
• 45:15
  have
• 45:15
  had
• 45:15
  something
• 45:16
  on
• 45:16
  there.
• 45:17
  Teaser.
• 45:18
  Exactly.
• 45:19
  So
• 45:20
  What
• 45:20
  I
• 45:20
  did
• 45:20
  was
• 45:21
  I
• 45:21
  had,
• 45:22
  in
• 45:22
  the
• 45:22
  newer
• 45:23
  editions
• 45:23
  of
• 45:24
  the
• 45:24
  book,
• 45:24
  there
• 45:25
  is
• 45:25
  actually
• 45:26
  a
• 45:26
  little
• 45:27
  sticker
• 45:28
  that.
• 45:28
  It's
• 45:28
  not
• 45:29
  like
• 45:29
  a
• 45:29
  sticker,
• 45:29
  it's
• 45:30
  Amazon.
• 45:30
  The
• 45:31
  COVID
• 45:31
  was
• 45:31
  redesigned
• 45:32
  to
• 45:32
  have
• 45:32
  this
• 45:32
  little
• 45:33
  logo
• 45:33
  kind
• 45:34
  of
• 45:34
  thing
• 45:34
  down
• 45:34
  here
• 45:35
  by
• 45:35
  her
• 45:35
  feet
• 45:36
  and
• 45:36
  it
• 45:37
  says
• 45:37
  that
• 45:37
  there
• 45:38
  can
• 45:38
  you
• 45:38
  find
• 45:38
  the
• 45:39
  butterfly?
• 45:39
  There's
• 45:39
  one
• 45:40
  in
• 45:40
  every
• 45:40
  illustration.
• 45:41
  And
• 45:41
  so
• 45:41
  now
• 45:42
  that
• 45:42
  is
• 45:42
  on
• 45:43
  the
• 45:43
  front
• 45:43
  cover
• 45:44
  of
• 45:44
  the
• 45:44
  book
• 45:44
  because
• 45:45
  I
• 45:45
  love
• 45:45
  it.
• 45:46
  Yeah.
• 45:46
  And
• 45:46
  it
• 45:47
  was
• 45:47
  a
• 45:47
  whole.
• 45:47
  I
• 45:47
  had
• 45:47
  to
• 45:47
  pay
• 45:48
  for
• 45:48
  the
• 45:48
  COVID
• 45:49
  redo
• 45:49
  and
• 45:49
  the
• 45:50
  uploading
• 45:51
  to
• 45:51
  Amazon
• 45:51
  and
• 45:51
  all
• 45:51
  that.
• 45:52
  But
• 45:53
  I
• 45:53
  want
• 45:54
  people
• 45:54
  to
• 45:54
  know
• 45:54
  that
• 45:55
  it's
• 45:55
  a
• 45:55
  big
• 45:56
  part
• 45:56
  of
• 45:56
  the
• 45:57
  book.
• 45:57
  And
• 45:57
  I
• 45:57
  was
• 45:58
  disappointed
• 45:58
  that
• 45:59
  we
• 45:59
  hadn't
• 45:59
  realized
• 46:00
  that
• 46:00
  when
• 46:01
  I
• 46:01
  put
• 46:01
  the
• 46:02
  book
• 46:02
  out
• 46:02
  the
• 46:02
  first
• 46:03
  time.
• 46:03
  No,
• 46:03
  but
• 46:04
  thank
• 46:04
  you
• 46:04
  for
• 46:04
  sharing
• 46:04
  that
• 46:05
  so
• 46:05
  that
• 46:05
  people
• 46:06
  understand
• 46:07
  that
• 46:08
  sometimes
• 46:09
  you
• 46:09
  can.
• 46:09
  It
• 46:10
  comes
• 46:10
  at
• 46:10
  a
• 46:10
  cost,
• 46:10
  as
• 46:11
  you
• 46:11
  said,
• 46:11
  Wendy,
• 46:12
  you
• 46:12
  can
• 46:13
  make
• 46:13
  modifications.
• 46:14
  You're
• 46:14
  not
• 46:15
  stuck
• 46:15
  to
• 46:17
  all
• 46:17
  the
• 46:18
  illustrations,
• 46:19
  even
• 46:19
  your
• 46:19
  illustrations.
• 46:20
  If
• 46:20
  you
• 46:21
  wanted
• 46:21
  to
• 46:21
  change
• 46:21
  something
• 46:22
  a
• 46:22
  little
• 46:22
  bit,
• 46:23
  you
• 46:23
  could
• 46:23
  actually
• 46:24
  do
• 46:24
  that
• 46:25
  again.
• 46:25
  It
• 46:25
  comes
• 46:25
  at
• 46:26
  a
• 46:26
  cost.
• 46:26
  So
• 46:26
  it,
• 46:27
  even
• 46:27
  your
• 46:28
  words
• 46:28
  don't
• 46:29
  have
• 46:29
  to
• 46:29
  be
• 46:30
  finite.
• 46:30
  You
• 46:31
  can
• 46:31
  change
• 46:31
  them
• 46:32
  up
• 46:32
  or
• 46:33
  whatever
• 46:33
  if
• 46:34
  that's
• 46:34
  what
• 46:34
  you
• 46:34
  decide
• 46:35
  to
• 46:35
  do.
• 46:35
  So
• 46:35
  I
• 46:35
  just
• 46:35
  want
• 46:36
  people
• 46:36
  to
• 46:36
  understand
• 46:37
  that
• 46:38
  sometimes
• 46:39
  things
• 46:40
  like
• 46:40
  you
• 46:40
  said,
• 46:41
  the
• 46:41
  rush
• 46:42
  to
• 46:42
  get
• 46:42
  the
• 46:42
  book
• 46:42
  out,
• 46:44
  sometimes
• 46:45
  it's
• 46:45
  a
• 46:45
  little
• 46:45
  thing,
• 46:46
  sometimes
• 46:47
  it's
• 46:47
  something
• 46:47
  that
• 46:48
  you
• 46:48
  say,
• 46:48
  oh
• 46:49
  my
• 46:49
  goodness,
• 46:50
  I've
• 46:50
  got
• 46:50
  to
• 46:50
  invest
• 46:51
  the
• 46:51
  money.
• 46:51
  We
• 46:51
  did
• 46:52
  all
• 46:52
  this
• 46:52
  work
• 46:53
  to
• 46:53
  have
• 46:53
  so
• 46:53
  much
• 46:53
  fun
• 46:54
  with
• 46:54
  the
• 46:54
  butterflies.
• 46:55
  We
• 46:56
  have
• 46:56
  to
• 46:56
  make
• 46:56
  the
• 46:56
  change.
• 46:57
  And
• 46:57
  I
• 46:58
  was
• 46:58
  really
• 46:58
  glad
• 46:58
  I
• 46:58
  did.
• 46:59
  Yes.
• 46:59
  Good
• 47:00
  for
• 47:00
  you.
• 47:00
  So
• 47:01
  let's
• 47:01
  talk
• 47:01
  about
• 47:02
  your
• 47:02
  website
• 47:02
  because
• 47:03
  that's
• 47:04
  one
• 47:04
  of
• 47:04
  the
• 47:04
  ways
• 47:04
  for
• 47:05
  you
• 47:05
  to
• 47:05
  get
• 47:05
  the
• 47:05
  word
• 47:06
  out
• 47:06
  to
• 47:06
  anybody
• 47:06
  who's
• 47:07
  purchased
• 47:08
  the
• 47:08
  book
• 47:09
  after
• 47:09
  or
• 47:10
  before
• 47:10
  the
• 47:10
  change
• 47:11
  to
• 47:11
  the
• 47:11
  new
• 47:12
  cover.
• 47:12
  I
• 47:13
  want
• 47:13
  to
• 47:13
  talk
• 47:13
  to
• 47:13
  you
• 47:13
  about
• 47:14
  your
• 47:14
  website
• 47:15
  development.
• 47:15
  So
• 47:16
  first
• 47:16
  of
• 47:16
  all,
• 47:17
  it's
• 47:18
  like
• 47:18
  the
• 47:18
  chicken
• 47:18
  and
• 47:18
  the
• 47:19
  egg.
• 47:19
  Did
• 47:20
  your
• 47:20
  website
• 47:20
  come
• 47:21
  first
• 47:21
  or
• 47:21
  does
• 47:22
  your
• 47:22
  book
• 47:22
  come
• 47:22
  first?
• 47:24
  So
• 47:24
  the
• 47:24
  website
• 47:25
  came
• 47:26
  while
• 47:26
  I
• 47:26
  was
• 47:26
  writing
• 47:27
  the
• 47:27
  book,
• 47:27
  towards
• 47:28
  the
• 47:28
  end
• 47:29
  when
• 47:29
  I
• 47:29
  knew
• 47:29
  I
• 47:29
  was
• 47:30
  going
• 47:30
  to
• 47:30
  get
• 47:30
  ready
• 47:30
  to,
• 47:31
  to
• 47:31
  publish
• 47:32
  it.
• 47:33
  And
• 47:33
  I
• 47:33
  had
• 47:34
  a
• 47:34
  photography
• 47:34
  website
• 47:35
  and
• 47:35
  I
• 47:35
  had
• 47:35
  used
• 47:36
  a
• 47:36
  particular
• 47:36
  company
• 47:37
  for
• 47:38
  all
• 47:38
  of
• 47:38
  the
• 47:39
  years
• 47:39
  and
• 47:40
  they
• 47:41
  had
• 47:41
  a
• 47:41
  sticker
• 47:41
  company
• 47:42
  that
• 47:43
  was
• 47:43
  going
• 47:44
  to
• 47:44
  be
• 47:44
  good
• 47:44
  for
• 47:44
  me
• 47:44
  using
• 47:45
  for
• 47:46
  the
• 47:46
  author
• 47:47
  website.
• 47:48
  So
• 47:48
  I
• 47:48
  went
• 47:49
  ahead
• 47:49
  with
• 47:49
  that
• 47:50
  sister
• 47:50
  company,
• 47:50
  it's
• 47:51
  Zipster.
• 47:52
  And
• 47:52
  what
• 47:53
  I
• 47:53
  like
• 47:53
  about
• 47:53
  it
• 47:53
  is
• 47:54
  that
• 47:54
  I
• 47:54
  can,
• 47:54
  I
• 47:54
  have
• 47:55
  control
• 47:55
  over
• 47:55
  it.
• 47:55
  So,
• 47:56
  so
• 47:56
  I
• 47:56
  can
• 47:56
  make
• 47:57
  changes
• 47:58
  and.
• 47:58
  But
• 47:58
  at
• 47:58
  the
• 47:58
  same
• 47:59
  time
• 47:59
  they
• 48:00
  have
• 48:00
  a
• 48:00
  number
• 48:01
  that
• 48:01
  I
• 48:01
  can
• 48:01
  call
• 48:02
  and
• 48:03
  I
• 48:03
  am
• 48:03
  not
• 48:04
  a
• 48:04
  tech
• 48:04
  savvy
• 48:05
  person
• 48:05
  so
• 48:06
  I'll
• 48:06
  usually
• 48:06
  try
• 48:07
  to
• 48:07
  make
• 48:07
  some
• 48:07
  changes.
• 48:08
  And
• 48:08
  if
• 48:08
  I'm
• 48:08
  like,
• 48:08
  oh
• 48:08
  man,
• 48:09
  that
• 48:09
  didn't,
• 48:10
  didn't
• 48:10
  work,
• 48:10
  then
• 48:10
  I
• 48:11
  can
• 48:11
  call
• 48:11
  them
• 48:12
  and
• 48:12
  they'll
• 48:12
  either
• 48:13
  walk
• 48:13
  me
• 48:13
  through
• 48:13
  it
• 48:13
  or
• 48:14
  sometimes
• 48:14
  they'll
• 48:14
  just
• 48:14
  say,
• 48:14
  look,
• 48:14
  we'll
• 48:15
  just
• 48:15
  do
• 48:15
  it
• 48:15
  for
• 48:15
  you
• 48:15
  right
• 48:15
  here
• 48:16
  because
• 48:16
  we're
• 48:16
  on
• 48:16
  the
• 48:17
  phone
• 48:17
  and
• 48:17
  it's
• 48:18
  easier.
• 48:18
  And
• 48:19
  so
• 48:19
  that's
• 48:20
  who
• 48:20
  I
• 48:20
  use.
• 48:21
  And
• 48:21
  then
• 48:21
  of
• 48:21
  course,
• 48:21
  I
• 48:21
  was
• 48:21
  able
• 48:22
  to
• 48:22
  take
• 48:22
  some
• 48:22
  of
• 48:22
  the
• 48:22
  pictures
• 48:23
  of
• 48:23
  myself
• 48:23
  and
• 48:24
  stuff
• 48:24
  with
• 48:25
  my
• 48:25
  camera
• 48:25
  equipment
• 48:26
  and
• 48:26
  all
• 48:26
  of
• 48:26
  that,
• 48:27
  but
• 48:28
  it
• 48:28
  would.
• 48:28
  It
• 48:28
  definitely
• 48:29
  I
• 48:29
  had
• 48:29
  that
• 48:30
  website
• 48:30
  going
• 48:31
  prior
• 48:32
  to
• 48:32
  my
• 48:32
  book
• 48:32
  launch.
• 48:33
  Good
• 48:33
  for
• 48:33
  you.
• 48:34
  And
• 48:34
  that's
• 48:34
  what
• 48:35
  I
• 48:36
  found.
• 48:36
  And
• 48:37
  if
• 48:37
  you
• 48:37
  asked
• 48:37
  me
• 48:37
  my
• 48:38
  opinion,
• 48:38
  what
• 48:38
  would
• 48:38
  I
• 48:39
  recommend?
• 48:39
  I
• 48:39
  certainly
• 48:40
  recommend
• 48:40
  that
• 48:41
  you
• 48:41
  have
• 48:41
  your
• 48:41
  website.
• 48:42
  It's
• 48:42
  nice
• 48:43
  to
• 48:43
  do
• 48:43
  it
• 48:43
  in
• 48:43
  conjunction
• 48:44
  with,
• 48:44
  as
• 48:45
  you're
• 48:45
  working
• 48:45
  on
• 48:45
  your
• 48:45
  first
• 48:46
  book,
• 48:46
  as
• 48:47
  you
• 48:47
  can
• 48:48
  use
• 48:48
  your.
• 48:49
  I
• 48:49
  always
• 48:49
  tell
• 48:49
  people,
• 48:50
  remember,
• 48:50
  your
• 48:50
  illustrations
• 48:52
  are
• 48:52
  your
• 48:53
  assets
• 48:54
  and
• 48:55
  you
• 48:55
  can
• 48:55
  use
• 48:55
  those
• 48:55
  assets.
• 48:56
  How
• 48:57
  you
• 48:57
  feel
• 48:57
  free
• 48:57
  to
• 48:58
  use
• 48:58
  them.
• 48:58
  And
• 48:59
  using
• 48:59
  them
• 48:59
  in
• 48:59
  your
• 49:00
  website
• 49:00
  development
• 49:01
  just
• 49:01
  makes
• 49:01
  the
• 49:02
  continuity
• 49:02
  of
• 49:03
  brand
• 49:03
  come
• 49:04
  alive.
• 49:05
  So
• 49:05
  thank
• 49:05
  you
• 49:05
  for
• 49:06
  sharing
• 49:06
  that.
• 49:07
  Now
• 49:07
  I
• 49:07
  want
• 49:07
  to
• 49:07
  talk
• 49:08
  to
• 49:08
  you
• 49:08
  a
• 49:08
  little
• 49:08
  bit
• 49:08
  about
• 49:09
  your
• 49:09
  social
• 49:10
  media.
• 49:11
  I
• 49:11
  know
• 49:11
  you
• 49:11
  have
• 49:11
  an
• 49:12
  Instagram
• 49:12
  account
• 49:12
  and
• 49:13
  a
• 49:13
  Facebook
• 49:13
  account.
• 49:15
  Talk
• 49:15
  to
• 49:15
  us
• 49:15
  a
• 49:15
  bit
• 49:16
  about
• 49:17
  how
• 49:17
  did
• 49:18
  you
• 49:18
  use
• 49:18
  Instagram
• 49:19
  and
• 49:19
  Facebook
• 49:20
  to
• 49:21
  promote
• 49:21
  your
• 49:21
  book
• 49:21
  as
• 49:22
  it
• 49:22
  came
• 49:22
  to
• 49:22
  market,
• 49:23
  or
• 49:24
  did
• 49:24
  you?
• 49:25
  I
• 49:25
  did,
• 49:26
  I.
• 49:26
  But
• 49:26
  I,
• 49:27
  at
• 49:27
  that
• 49:27
  time
• 49:27
  I
• 49:28
  tried
• 49:28
  to
• 49:28
  keep
• 49:28
  my
• 49:29
  socials
• 49:30
  separate.
• 49:30
  So
• 49:31
  I
• 49:31
  have
• 49:31
  a
• 49:31
  personal
• 49:32
  and
• 49:32
  then
• 49:32
  an
• 49:33
  author
• 49:33
  Facebook
• 49:34
  and
• 49:34
  a
• 49:35
  personal
• 49:35
  and
• 49:35
  author
• 49:36
  Instagram.
• 49:37
  And
• 49:37
  it's
• 49:38
  hard
• 49:38
  to
• 49:38
  build
• 49:39
  your
• 49:39
  author.
• 49:40
  I
• 49:40
  have
• 49:40
  a
• 49:41
  lot
• 49:41
  of
• 49:41
  friends
• 49:41
  and
• 49:42
  contacts,
• 49:43
  followers
• 49:43
  on
• 49:44
  my
• 49:44
  regular
• 49:45
  Facebook.
• 49:46
  So
• 49:47
  I
• 49:47
  started
• 49:47
  the
• 49:48
  other
• 49:48
  ones
• 49:48
  and.
• 49:49
  But
• 49:49
  I
• 49:49
  was
• 49:50
  posting
• 49:50
  on
• 49:50
  both
• 49:51
  to
• 49:51
  begin
• 49:51
  with
• 49:51
  because
• 49:52
  I
• 49:53
  found
• 49:53
  that
• 49:53
  you
• 49:54
  end
• 49:54
  up
• 49:54
  attracting
• 49:55
  to
• 49:55
  your
• 49:56
  author
• 49:57
  social
• 49:57
  medias,
• 49:58
  a
• 49:58
  lot
• 49:58
  of
• 49:58
  other
• 49:59
  authors.
• 50:00
  And
• 50:00
  so
• 50:01
  when
• 50:01
  you're
• 50:01
  wanting
• 50:01
  to
• 50:02
  reach
• 50:02
  the
• 50:02
  people
• 50:03
  that
• 50:03
  are
• 50:03
  going
• 50:04
  to
• 50:04
  be
• 50:04
  your
• 50:04
  customers,
• 50:05
  it's
• 50:06
  not
• 50:07
  probably
• 50:07
  going
• 50:07
  to
• 50:07
  be
• 50:08
  a
• 50:08
  bunch
• 50:08
  of
• 50:08
  other
• 50:09
  authors.
• 50:10
  And
• 50:10
  so
• 50:10
  I
• 50:10
  knew
• 50:10
  that
• 50:11
  I
• 50:11
  needed
• 50:11
  to
• 50:12
  use
• 50:12
  my
• 50:12
  regular
• 50:13
  social
• 50:13
  media.
• 50:13
  I
• 50:13
  was
• 50:14
  trying
• 50:14
  to
• 50:14
  just
• 50:15
  to
• 50:15
  promote
• 50:16
  more
• 50:16
  just
• 50:16
  on
• 50:17
  my
• 50:17
  author.
• 50:17
  But
• 50:17
  I
• 50:18
  am
• 50:18
  this
• 50:18
  fall
• 50:18
  going
• 50:18
  to
• 50:19
  actually
• 50:19
  promote
• 50:19
  on
• 50:19
  both
• 50:20
  because
• 50:20
  I
• 50:20
  have
• 50:21
  a
• 50:21
  much
• 50:21
  bigger
• 50:22
  following
• 50:22
  on
• 50:22
  the
• 50:22
  other
• 50:23
  ones.
• 50:23
  But
• 50:24
  what
• 50:24
  I
• 50:24
  did
• 50:25
  was
• 50:26
  going
• 50:26
  into
• 50:27
  knowing
• 50:27
  when
• 50:27
  my
• 50:28
  launch
• 50:28
  was
• 50:28
  going
• 50:28
  to
• 50:28
  be.
• 50:29
  I
• 50:30
  messaged
• 50:31
  either
• 50:31
  through
• 50:31
  email
• 50:32
  or
• 50:32
  through
• 50:33
  social
• 50:33
  media
• 50:34
  or
• 50:35
  if
• 50:35
  it's
• 50:35
  like
• 50:35
  family,
• 50:36
  obviously
• 50:36
  in
• 50:36
  person,
• 50:37
  but
• 50:38
  all
• 50:38
  a
• 50:39
  ton
• 50:39
  of
• 50:39
  people,
• 50:40
  friends,
• 50:41
  family,
• 50:42
  people
• 50:43
  that
• 50:43
  I
• 50:43
  went
• 50:43
  to
• 50:44
  high
• 50:44
  school
• 50:44
  with,
• 50:44
  for
• 50:45
  example.
• 50:46
  And
• 50:46
  I
• 50:46
  asked
• 50:46
  them
• 50:47
  if
• 50:47
  they
• 50:47
  would
• 50:47
  be
• 50:47
  willing
• 50:48
  to
• 50:49
  share
• 50:49
  about
• 50:50
  my
• 50:50
  book
• 50:50
  launch.
• 50:51
  And
• 50:52
  I
• 50:53
  got
• 50:53
  really
• 50:54
  great
• 50:54
  response
• 50:55
  from
• 50:55
  that.
• 50:55
  And
• 50:56
  I
• 50:56
  was
• 50:56
  very
• 50:56
  nervous
• 50:57
  to
• 50:57
  Send
• 50:57
  those.
• 50:57
  Some
• 50:58
  of
• 50:58
  them,
• 50:58
  I'd
• 50:58
  have
• 50:59
  it
• 50:59
  typed
• 50:59
  up
• 50:59
  and
• 51:00
  before
• 51:00
  I
• 51:00
  press
• 51:01
  send,
• 51:01
  I'd
• 51:01
  be
• 51:01
  like,
• 51:02
  oh,
• 51:02
  man,
• 51:02
  do
• 51:02
  I
• 51:02
  really
• 51:03
  feel
• 51:03
  comfortable
• 51:03
  sending
• 51:04
  it
• 51:04
  to
• 51:04
  this
• 51:04
  person?
• 51:04
  And
• 51:05
  so
• 51:05
  it
• 51:05
  was
• 51:06
  a
• 51:06
  big
• 51:06
  leap
• 51:06
  for
• 51:06
  me
• 51:07
  to
• 51:07
  do
• 51:07
  that,
• 51:08
  but
• 51:08
  I
• 51:08
  got
• 51:09
  a
• 51:09
  really
• 51:09
  good
• 51:10
  response
• 51:10
  from
• 51:10
  that.
• 51:11
  And
• 51:11
  so
• 51:12
  I
• 51:12
  would
• 51:12
  say
• 51:13
  almost
• 51:13
  a
• 51:14
  hundred
• 51:14
  percent.
• 51:15
  My
• 51:15
  book
• 51:15
  launch
• 51:16
  success
• 51:16
  was
• 51:16
  based
• 51:17
  on
• 51:17
  people
• 51:18
  putting
• 51:19
  that
• 51:19
  out
• 51:20
  on
• 51:20
  their
• 51:20
  social
• 51:21
  media
• 51:21
  the
• 51:21
  day
• 51:22
  of
• 51:22
  my
• 51:22
  book
• 51:22
  launch
• 51:23
  and
• 51:23
  sharing
• 51:23
  about
• 51:23
  me.
• 51:24
  And
• 51:24
  then
• 51:25
  even
• 51:25
  though
• 51:25
  there
• 51:26
  was
• 51:26
  obviously
• 51:26
  no
• 51:27
  requirement
• 51:27
  that
• 51:27
  they
• 51:28
  buy
• 51:28
  the
• 51:28
  book,
• 51:28
  a
• 51:28
  lot
• 51:28
  of
• 51:29
  those
• 51:29
  people
• 51:29
  did
• 51:29
  buy
• 51:29
  the
• 51:29
  book.
• 51:30
  Right.
• 51:30
  And
• 51:31
  that
• 51:31
  was
• 51:31
  even
• 51:32
  more.
• 51:32
  But
• 51:32
  definitely
• 51:33
  the
• 51:33
  social
• 51:33
  media
• 51:34
  aspect,
• 51:35
  I
• 51:35
  think
• 51:35
  that's
• 51:36
  really
• 51:36
  how
• 51:37
  you're
• 51:37
  going
• 51:38
  to
• 51:38
  reach.
• 51:38
  Unless
• 51:38
  you
• 51:38
  have
• 51:39
  a
• 51:39
  big
• 51:39
  email
• 51:39
  list,
• 51:40
  that's
• 51:40
  how
• 51:40
  you're
• 51:40
  going
• 51:40
  to
• 51:40
  reach
• 51:41
  a
• 51:41
  lot
• 51:41
  of
• 51:41
  people
• 51:41
  in
• 51:42
  the
• 51:42
  future
• 51:42
  is
• 51:43
  on
• 51:43
  social
• 51:43
  media
• 51:44
  and
• 51:44
  let
• 51:44
  them
• 51:44
  know
• 51:44
  what's
• 51:45
  going
• 51:45
  on.
• 51:46
  Absolutely.
• 51:47
  That
• 51:47
  is
• 51:47
  a
• 51:47
  great
• 51:48
  point,
• 51:48
  because
• 51:48
  I
• 51:48
  think
• 51:49
  a
• 51:49
  lot
• 51:49
  of
• 51:49
  us
• 51:49
  feel
• 51:49
  uncomfortable
• 51:51
  asking
• 51:51
  our
• 51:51
  friends.
• 51:52
  And
• 51:53
  a
• 51:53
  lot
• 51:53
  of
• 51:53
  times
• 51:53
  your
• 51:53
  Facebook
• 51:54
  friends
• 51:54
  are
• 51:55
  very
• 51:56
  casual
• 51:56
  friends.
• 51:57
  It's
• 51:57
  not
• 51:58
  like
• 51:58
  you're
• 51:58
  having
• 51:58
  them
• 51:59
  over
• 51:59
  for
• 51:59
  dinner
• 51:59
  every
• 52:00
  night
• 52:00
  or
• 52:01
  on
• 52:01
  the
• 52:01
  weekends
• 52:02
  or
• 52:02
  something
• 52:02
  so
• 52:02
  casual.
• 52:03
  It
• 52:03
  can
• 52:03
  be
• 52:04
  a
• 52:04
  little
• 52:04
  intimidating
• 52:05
  to
• 52:05
  ask
• 52:06
  your
• 52:06
  casual
• 52:07
  friends
• 52:07
  to
• 52:08
  help
• 52:08
  you
• 52:08
  support
• 52:09
  your
• 52:09
  children's
• 52:09
  book
• 52:10
  business.
• 52:10
  And
• 52:11
  I
• 52:11
  love
• 52:11
  that
• 52:11
  it
• 52:11
  is.
• 52:12
  Thank
• 52:12
  you.
• 52:13
  And
• 52:13
  the
• 52:13
  other
• 52:13
  thing,
• 52:13
  I
• 52:14
  loved
• 52:14
  that
• 52:15
  you
• 52:15
  said.
• 52:15
  And
• 52:16
  again,
• 52:16
  I
• 52:16
  don't
• 52:16
  want
• 52:16
  to
• 52:17
  distract
• 52:17
  because
• 52:17
  I've
• 52:18
  had
• 52:18
  so
• 52:18
  many
• 52:18
  great
• 52:19
  children's
• 52:20
  book
• 52:20
  authors
• 52:20
  on
• 52:21
  the
• 52:21
  show,
• 52:21
  but
• 52:22
  at
• 52:22
  the
• 52:22
  end
• 52:22
  of
• 52:22
  the
• 52:23
  day,
• 52:24
  like
• 52:24
  you
• 52:25
  said,
• 52:25
  Wendy,
• 52:26
  you're
• 52:26
  preaching
• 52:27
  to
• 52:27
  the
• 52:27
  converted.
• 52:28
  So
• 52:28
  in
• 52:28
  other
• 52:28
  words,
• 52:29
  a
• 52:29
  lot
• 52:29
  of
• 52:29
  your
• 52:30
  social
• 52:30
  media,
• 52:30
  when
• 52:31
  they.
• 52:31
  When
• 52:31
  people
• 52:31
  join
• 52:32
  it,
• 52:32
  are
• 52:32
  other
• 52:33
  children's
• 52:33
  book
• 52:34
  authors.
• 52:34
  So
• 52:35
  you're
• 52:35
  already
• 52:35
  preaching
• 52:36
  to
• 52:36
  someone
• 52:37
  who's
• 52:37
  already
• 52:38
  in
• 52:38
  the
• 52:38
  industry
• 52:39
  and
• 52:39
  they're
• 52:40
  looking
• 52:40
  for
• 52:40
  the
• 52:40
  same
• 52:41
  clientele
• 52:41
  as
• 52:42
  you
• 52:42
  are.
• 52:43
  Right.
• 52:43
  It
• 52:44
  makes
• 52:44
  it
• 52:44
  difficult.
• 52:45
  The
• 52:45
  one
• 52:45
  area
• 52:45
  that
• 52:46
  I
• 52:46
  found,
• 52:47
  and
• 52:47
  I
• 52:47
  noticed
• 52:48
  a
• 52:48
  lot
• 52:48
  of
• 52:48
  children's
• 52:49
  book
• 52:49
  authors
• 52:49
  aren't
• 52:50
  members,
• 52:50
  but
• 52:51
  LinkedIn,
• 52:53
  and
• 52:54
  that's
• 52:54
  generally
• 52:55
  a
• 52:55
  business
• 52:56
  platform,
• 52:57
  social
• 52:57
  media
• 52:58
  platform.
• 52:58
  A
• 52:59
  lot
• 52:59
  of
• 52:59
  children's
• 52:59
  book
• 53:00
  authors
• 53:00
  aren't
• 53:00
  on
• 53:01
  it.
• 53:01
  The
• 53:01
  thing
• 53:02
  I
• 53:02
  like
• 53:02
  about
• 53:02
  LinkedIn
• 53:03
  and
• 53:03
  I
• 53:03
  do
• 53:03
  a
• 53:04
  lot
• 53:04
  of
• 53:04
  posting
• 53:04
  on
• 53:04
  LinkedIn
• 53:05
  and
• 53:05
  you
• 53:05
  say,
• 53:05
  why
• 53:05
  would
• 53:06
  you
• 53:06
  do
• 53:06
  that
• 53:07
  if
• 53:07
  it's
• 53:07
  all
• 53:07
  business?
• 53:08
  Is
• 53:09
  that
• 53:09
  you
• 53:10
  can
• 53:10
  drill
• 53:10
  it
• 53:10
  down
• 53:10
  onto
• 53:11
  groups.
• 53:11
  And
• 53:12
  one
• 53:12
  of
• 53:12
  the
• 53:12
  biggest
• 53:12
  groups
• 53:13
  that
• 53:13
  I
• 53:13
  post
• 53:13
  to
• 53:14
  and
• 53:14
  get
• 53:14
  the
• 53:15
  most
• 53:15
  reaction
• 53:16
  from
• 53:16
  is
• 53:17
  principals
• 53:17
  and
• 53:18
  teachers.
• 53:19
  And
• 53:20
  a
• 53:20
  lot
• 53:20
  of
• 53:20
  people
• 53:20
  are
• 53:21
  trying
• 53:21
  to
• 53:21
  get
• 53:21
  into
• 53:22
  schools
• 53:22
  and
• 53:23
  get
• 53:23
  their
• 53:23
  books
• 53:24
  introduced.
• 53:25
  That
• 53:25
  alone
• 53:26
  is
• 53:26
  a
• 53:26
  reason
• 53:26
  you
• 53:26
  should
• 53:27
  join
• 53:28
  LinkedIn.
• 53:28
  Because
• 53:29
  there's
• 53:29
  lots
• 53:30
  of
• 53:30
  teacher
• 53:31
  groups
• 53:31
  or.
• 53:32
  And
• 53:32
  a
• 53:32
  lot
• 53:32
  of
• 53:32
  my
• 53:33
  guests
• 53:33
  that
• 53:33
  come
• 53:33
  on
• 53:33
  are
• 53:34
  either
• 53:34
  teachers
• 53:35
  or
• 53:35
  retired
• 53:36
  teachers.
• 53:36
  And
• 53:37
  I'm
• 53:37
  thinking,
• 53:37
  whoa,
• 53:38
  that's
• 53:38
  a
• 53:38
  pretty
• 53:38
  big
• 53:39
  pond
• 53:40
  to
• 53:41
  be
• 53:41
  part
• 53:41
  of.
• 53:42
  I
• 53:42
  would
• 53:42
  encourage
• 53:43
  anybody
• 53:44
  who's
• 53:44
  listening
• 53:44
  to
• 53:45
  think
• 53:45
  about
• 53:45
  LinkedIn
• 53:47
  because
• 53:47
  it
• 53:47
  picks
• 53:47
  up
• 53:47
  on
• 53:48
  what
• 53:48
  Wendy
• 53:48
  said.
• 53:49
  If
• 53:49
  you're
• 53:49
  swimming
• 53:50
  in
• 53:50
  a
• 53:50
  pond
• 53:51
  where
• 53:51
  you're
• 53:51
  all
• 53:51
  looking
• 53:52
  for
• 53:52
  the
• 53:52
  same
• 53:54
  clientele,
• 53:55
  it
• 53:55
  makes
• 53:55
  it
• 53:56
  pretty
• 53:56
  difficult.
• 53:56
  But
• 53:57
  if,
• 53:57
  if
• 53:57
  you're
• 53:57
  looking
• 53:58
  to
• 53:58
  get
• 53:58
  your,
• 53:59
  your
• 53:59
  book
• 53:59
  into
• 54:00
  schools,
• 54:02
  one
• 54:02
  thing
• 54:02
  you
• 54:02
  got
• 54:02
  me
• 54:03
  to,
• 54:03
  you
• 54:03
  triggered
• 54:03
  it.
• 54:03
  Wendy
• 54:04
  and
• 54:04
  I.
• 54:04
  Thank
• 54:04
  you.
• 54:04
  I
• 54:04
  was
• 54:05
  thinking,
• 54:05
  well,
• 54:05
  what
• 54:06
  about
• 54:06
  librarians?
• 54:07
  I
• 54:07
  haven't
• 54:08
  even
• 54:08
  looked
• 54:08
  for
• 54:08
  a
• 54:08
  librarian
• 54:09
  group
• 54:10
  that
• 54:10
  maybe
• 54:10
  we
• 54:10
  should
• 54:11
  be
• 54:11
  posting
• 54:11
  to.
• 54:11
  So
• 54:13
  thank
• 54:13
  you.
• 54:14
  Yes.
• 54:14
  In
• 54:15
  fact,
• 54:15
  a
• 54:15
  couple
• 54:16
  of
• 54:16
  the
• 54:16
  schools
• 54:16
  that
• 54:17
  I
• 54:17
  have
• 54:17
  either
• 54:18
  been
• 54:18
  with
• 54:19
  or
• 54:19
  going
• 54:20
  to
• 54:20
  be
• 54:20
  presenting
• 54:21
  to,
• 54:21
  I
• 54:21
  dealt
• 54:22
  with.
• 54:22
  My
• 54:23
  contact
• 54:23
  has
• 54:23
  been
• 54:23
  the
• 54:23
  librarian
• 54:24
  at
• 54:24
  the
• 54:25
  school,
• 54:25
  but
• 54:26
  that
• 54:26
  wasn't
• 54:26
  what
• 54:27
  I
• 54:27
  originally
• 54:27
  thought
• 54:27
  was
• 54:28
  going
• 54:28
  to
• 54:28
  happen.
• 54:29
  I
• 54:29
  contacted
• 54:30
  the
• 54:30
  principal
• 54:30
  or
• 54:30
  teacher
• 54:31
  that
• 54:31
  I
• 54:32
  had
• 54:32
  a
• 54:32
  contact
• 54:33
  with.
• 54:33
  But
• 54:33
  I
• 54:33
  love
• 54:34
  the
• 54:34
  LinkedIn
• 54:35
  aspect
• 54:35
  because
• 54:35
  I've
• 54:36
  been
• 54:36
  on
• 54:36
  LinkedIn
• 54:36
  for
• 54:36
  a
• 54:37
  long
• 54:37
  time,
• 54:37
  actually.
• 54:38
  But
• 54:39
  in
• 54:39
  my
• 54:39
  photography
• 54:40
  business,
• 54:40
  it
• 54:41
  was
• 54:41
  all
• 54:41
  local.
• 54:42
  Everybody
• 54:42
  that
• 54:42
  I
• 54:42
  needed
• 54:43
  to
• 54:44
  photograph
• 54:45
  and
• 54:45
  stuff
• 54:45
  had
• 54:45
  to
• 54:45
  be
• 54:46
  either
• 54:47
  willing
• 54:47
  to
• 54:47
  drive
• 54:48
  if
• 54:48
  they
• 54:48
  were
• 54:48
  out
• 54:49
  of
• 54:49
  my
• 54:49
  area,
• 54:50
  but
• 54:50
  they
• 54:50
  were
• 54:50
  local.
• 54:51
  I
• 54:51
  did
• 54:51
  change
• 54:52
  my
• 54:52
  LinkedIn
• 54:53
  to
• 54:53
  have
• 54:53
  the
• 54:53
  authorship,
• 54:54
  but
• 54:54
  I
• 54:54
  really
• 54:54
  haven't,
• 54:55
  haven't
• 54:55
  spent
• 54:56
  much
• 54:56
  time,
• 54:56
  like,
• 54:57
  posting
• 54:57
  on
• 54:57
  that.
• 54:57
  So
• 54:58
  that's
• 54:58
  a
• 54:58
  really
• 54:58
  great
• 54:59
  idea
• 55:00
  because.
• 55:00
  Actually
• 55:00
  what
• 55:01
  I
• 55:01
  did
• 55:01
  is
• 55:01
  I
• 55:01
  have.
• 55:02
  I've
• 55:03
  got
• 55:03
  two
• 55:03
  profiles
• 55:03
  on
• 55:04
  LinkedIn,
• 55:04
  I
• 55:04
  have
• 55:05
  my
• 55:05
  business
• 55:05
  book
• 55:07
  profile
• 55:08
  on
• 55:09
  LinkedIn,
• 55:09
  and
• 55:10
  then
• 55:10
  I
• 55:10
  have
• 55:11
  my
• 55:11
  children's
• 55:12
  book
• 55:12
  Persona,
• 55:13
  Papa
• 55:13
  Rick
• 55:14
  Harris,
• 55:14
  so
• 55:14
  that
• 55:15
  my
• 55:15
  children's
• 55:15
  book
• 55:16
  author
• 55:17
  name.
• 55:17
  And
• 55:18
  so
• 55:18
  I
• 55:18
  have
• 55:18
  that
• 55:19
  separate.
• 55:19
  The
• 55:19
  only
• 55:19
  thing
• 55:19
  that
• 55:20
  LinkedIn
• 55:20
  doesn't
• 55:21
  allow
• 55:21
  you
• 55:21
  to
• 55:21
  do
• 55:21
  is
• 55:22
  they
• 55:22
  always
• 55:22
  want
• 55:22
  you
• 55:22
  to
• 55:23
  certify
• 55:24
  that
• 55:24
  it's
• 55:25
  you.
• 55:26
  If
• 55:26
  you
• 55:26
  have
• 55:27
  two
• 55:27
  profiles,
• 55:27
  you
• 55:28
  can't
• 55:28
  do
• 55:28
  that.
• 55:29
  They
• 55:29
  just
• 55:29
  won't
• 55:29
  let
• 55:30
  you
• 55:30
  certify
• 55:31
  that
• 55:31
  you're
• 55:31
  the
• 55:31
  same
• 55:32
  person,
• 55:33
  artistic
• 55:34
  personality.
• 55:35
  Thank
• 55:35
  you.
• 55:35
  That's
• 55:36
  one
• 55:36
  of
• 55:36
  the
• 55:36
  things
• 55:36
  that
• 55:37
  I
• 55:37
  like
• 55:37
  sharing
• 55:37
  with
• 55:37
  people
• 55:38
  is.
• 55:38
  And
• 55:39
  talking
• 55:39
  about
• 55:40
  is,
• 55:41
  as
• 55:41
  a
• 55:41
  children's
• 55:42
  book
• 55:42
  author,
• 55:42
  how
• 55:43
  do
• 55:43
  you
• 55:43
  reach
• 55:43
  a
• 55:43
  bigger,
• 55:44
  broader
• 55:45
  audience?
• 55:46
  Especially
• 55:47
  what
• 55:47
  you
• 55:47
  said
• 55:47
  earlier,
• 55:49
  actually
• 55:49
  paying
• 55:50
  customers.
• 55:52
  And
• 55:52
  even
• 55:53
  though
• 55:53
  I've
• 55:53
  supported
• 55:54
  children's
• 55:55
  book
• 55:55
  authors
• 55:56
  and
• 55:56
  purchasing
• 55:56
  their
• 55:57
  books,
• 55:57
  I
• 55:58
  certainly
• 55:58
  don't
• 55:59
  expect
• 55:59
  all
• 55:59
  my
• 55:59
  guests
• 56:00
  to
• 56:00
  purchase
• 56:01
  our
• 56:01
  books
• 56:02
  just
• 56:02
  because
• 56:02
  I'd
• 56:02
  been
• 56:02
  a
• 56:03
  guest
• 56:03
  on
• 56:03
  the
• 56:03
  show.
• 56:05
  But
• 56:05
  at
• 56:05
  the
• 56:05
  end
• 56:05
  of
• 56:05
  the
• 56:06
  day,
• 56:06
  I'm
• 56:06
  hoping
• 56:06
  at
• 56:07
  least
• 56:07
  they
• 56:07
  share
• 56:09
  the
• 56:09
  podcast
• 56:10
  episode
• 56:10
  with
• 56:11
  their
• 56:11
  followers.
• 56:12
  And
• 56:12
  their
• 56:12
  followers
• 56:13
  say,
• 56:13
  oh,
• 56:13
  he
• 56:14
  sounds
• 56:14
  like
• 56:14
  an
• 56:14
  interesting
• 56:15
  guy.
• 56:15
  Maybe
• 56:15
  we
• 56:16
  should
• 56:16
  purchase
• 56:16
  his
• 56:16
  book.
• 56:17
  Exactly.
• 56:18
  I
• 56:19
  Want
• 56:19
  to
• 56:20
  delve
• 56:20
  a
• 56:20
  little
• 56:20
  deeper
• 56:21
  into
• 56:21
  motivations?
• 56:22
  You
• 56:22
  had
• 56:23
  this
• 56:24
  classmate
• 56:25
  in
• 56:25
  grade
• 56:25
  three
• 56:26
  and
• 56:26
  you
• 56:26
  started
• 56:26
  to
• 56:27
  write
• 56:27
  a
• 56:27
  book,
• 56:28
  but
• 56:28
  was
• 56:29
  there
• 56:29
  a
• 56:29
  specific
• 56:30
  person
• 56:31
  or
• 56:31
  event
• 56:31
  that
• 56:32
  really
• 56:34
  motivated
• 56:34
  you
• 56:35
  besides
• 56:35
  your
• 56:36
  granddaughter?
• 56:36
  Were
• 56:36
  you
• 56:37
  thinking
• 56:37
  all
• 56:37
  along
• 56:38
  about
• 56:39
  at
• 56:39
  some
• 56:39
  point
• 56:40
  I'm
• 56:41
  going
• 56:41
  to
• 56:41
  be
• 56:42
  an
• 56:42
  author.
• 56:43
  Was
• 56:43
  there
• 56:43
  someone
• 56:44
  or
• 56:44
  some
• 56:44
  event
• 56:44
  that
• 56:45
  kept
• 56:45
  this
• 56:45
  dream
• 56:46
  alive?
• 56:48
  I
• 56:48
  would
• 56:48
  say
• 56:49
  it
• 56:49
  was
• 56:49
  just
• 56:49
  always
• 56:50
  in
• 56:50
  the
• 56:50
  back
• 56:50
  of
• 56:51
  my
• 56:51
  mind
• 56:51
  but
• 56:51
  the
• 56:52
  time
• 56:52
  was
• 56:53
  not
• 56:53
  ever
• 56:53
  right.
• 56:54
  And
• 56:54
  I
• 56:55
  to
• 56:55
  go
• 56:55
  back
• 56:55
  to
• 56:55
  you
• 56:56
  saying
• 56:56
  that
• 56:57
  a
• 56:57
  lot
• 56:57
  of
• 56:57
  your
• 56:58
  author
• 56:58
  guests
• 56:59
  are
• 57:00
  retired
• 57:01
  teachers
• 57:02
  or
• 57:02
  teachers.
• 57:03
  I
• 57:04
  have
• 57:04
  a
• 57:04
  lot
• 57:04
  of
• 57:04
  author
• 57:05
  friends
• 57:05
  and
• 57:06
  they're
• 57:07
  usually
• 57:08
  retired
• 57:09
  or
• 57:09
  at
• 57:09
  the
• 57:09
  end
• 57:10
  of
• 57:10
  their
• 57:10
  career
• 57:10
  because
• 57:11
  when
• 57:11
  you're
• 57:11
  raising
• 57:12
  a
• 57:12
  family
• 57:12
  and
• 57:12
  you're
• 57:13
  in
• 57:13
  the
• 57:13
  throes
• 57:14
  of
• 57:14
  life
• 57:14
  when
• 57:14
  you're
• 57:14
  younger,
• 57:15
  it's
• 57:15
  so
• 57:15
  busy
• 57:16
  and
• 57:16
  this
• 57:17
  is
• 57:17
  a
• 57:17
  very
• 57:17
  time
• 57:18
  consuming
• 57:19
  and
• 57:19
  costly
• 57:20
  ventures.
• 57:21
  I
• 57:21
  feel
• 57:21
  like
• 57:22
  that
• 57:22
  the
• 57:22
  time
• 57:22
  has
• 57:23
  to
• 57:23
  be
• 57:23
  right.
• 57:23
  And
• 57:23
  I
• 57:24
  had
• 57:24
  actually
• 57:25
  when
• 57:25
  I
• 57:25
  was
• 57:25
  younger
• 57:25
  I
• 57:25
  wasn't
• 57:26
  thinking
• 57:26
  I
• 57:26
  would
• 57:26
  write
• 57:27
  a
• 57:27
  picture
• 57:27
  book.
• 57:27
  It
• 57:28
  was
• 57:28
  going
• 57:28
  to
• 57:28
  be
• 57:29
  a
• 57:29
  children's
• 57:29
  book
• 57:30
  more
• 57:30
  for
• 57:30
  maybe
• 57:30
  a
• 57:31
  9
• 57:31
  or
• 57:31
  10
• 57:31
  year
• 57:31
  old.
• 57:31
  I
• 57:32
  started
• 57:32
  one
• 57:32
  in
• 57:33
  college
• 57:33
  and
• 57:34
  wrote
• 57:34
  on
• 57:35
  it
• 57:35
  and
• 57:35
  I
• 57:35
  got
• 57:36
  pretty
• 57:36
  far
• 57:36
  actually
• 57:37
  on
• 57:37
  it.
• 57:37
  Then
• 57:37
  I
• 57:38
  started
• 57:38
  my
• 57:38
  real
• 57:38
  life
• 57:39
  job
• 57:39
  after
• 57:39
  I
• 57:40
  graduated
• 57:40
  and
• 57:41
  never
• 57:41
  picked
• 57:42
  up
• 57:42
  that
• 57:42
  book
• 57:42
  again.
• 57:43
  But
• 57:43
  it
• 57:43
  was
• 57:44
  always
• 57:44
  something,
• 57:44
  yes,
• 57:45
  that's
• 57:45
  something
• 57:45
  I
• 57:45
  want
• 57:46
  to
• 57:46
  do.
• 57:47
  So
• 57:47
  really
• 57:47
  the
• 57:47
  motivation
• 57:48
  was
• 57:48
  just
• 57:49
  like
• 57:49
  winding
• 57:50
  down
• 57:50
  my
• 57:51
  photography
• 57:51
  business
• 57:52
  and
• 57:52
  thinking
• 57:53
  I,
• 57:54
  I
• 57:54
  want
• 57:54
  to
• 57:54
  take
• 57:56
  time
• 57:56
  to
• 57:56
  do
• 57:56
  something
• 57:57
  else
• 57:57
  creatively
• 57:59
  but
• 57:59
  I'm
• 58:00
  not
• 58:00
  really
• 58:01
  certain
• 58:02
  what
• 58:02
  that
• 58:02
  will
• 58:02
  be.
• 58:03
  And
• 58:03
  then
• 58:03
  it
• 58:03
  was
• 58:03
  just
• 58:04
  so
• 58:04
  amazing
• 58:05
  really
• 58:05
  that
• 58:05
  I
• 58:05
  saw
• 58:06
  that
• 58:06
  kind
• 58:06
  of.
• 58:06
  That
• 58:07
  post
• 58:07
  was
• 58:07
  just
• 58:07
  like
• 58:08
  there
• 58:08
  for
• 58:08
  me
• 58:08
  that
• 58:08
  morning.
• 58:09
  So
• 58:09
  I
• 58:09
  really
• 58:09
  feel
• 58:10
  like
• 58:10
  it
• 58:10
  was
• 58:10
  meant
• 58:10
  to
• 58:10
  be.
• 58:11
  And
• 58:12
  that
• 58:12
  was
• 58:12
  really
• 58:12
  the
• 58:13
  kind
• 58:13
  of.
• 58:13
  And
• 58:13
  then
• 58:13
  my
• 58:13
  husband,
• 58:14
  because
• 58:14
  he
• 58:14
  could
• 58:14
  have
• 58:15
  said,
• 58:15
  oh
• 58:15
  yeah,
• 58:15
  I
• 58:16
  don't
• 58:16
  really
• 58:16
  think
• 58:16
  you
• 58:16
  should
• 58:17
  do
• 58:17
  that
• 58:17
  right
• 58:17
  now.
• 58:17
  But
• 58:18
  he
• 58:18
  said
• 58:19
  that's
• 58:19
  exactly
• 58:19
  what
• 58:19
  you
• 58:19
  should
• 58:20
  do.
• 58:20
  You've
• 58:20
  always
• 58:20
  wanted
• 58:21
  to
• 58:21
  do
• 58:21
  that.
• 58:22
  And
• 58:22
  then
• 58:23
  I
• 58:23
  told
• 58:24
  some
• 58:24
  people
• 58:24
  in
• 58:24
  my
• 58:25
  family
• 58:25
  and
• 58:25
  they
• 58:26
  said
• 58:26
  you've
• 58:26
  always
• 58:26
  wanted
• 58:27
  to
• 58:27
  do
• 58:27
  that.
• 58:27
  So
• 58:27
  yes,
• 58:28
  you
• 58:28
  should
• 58:28
  do
• 58:28
  that.
• 58:28
  It
• 58:29
  was
• 58:29
  really
• 58:29
  the
• 58:29
  winding
• 58:30
  down
• 58:30
  of
• 58:30
  one
• 58:30
  career,
• 58:31
  having
• 58:31
  more
• 58:31
  time
• 58:32
  because
• 58:32
  my
• 58:33
  children
• 58:33
  are
• 58:33
  in
• 58:33
  their
• 58:33
  early
• 58:34
  30s
• 58:34
  so
• 58:34
  they're
• 58:35
  grown
• 58:36
  and
• 58:37
  just
• 58:37
  having
• 58:37
  the
• 58:38
  time
• 58:38
  now
• 58:38
  and
• 58:38
  being
• 58:39
  retired
• 58:39
  from
• 58:39
  the
• 58:40
  photography
• 58:40
  business
• 58:40
  that
• 58:41
  allowed
• 58:41
  me
• 58:42
  that
• 58:42
  was
• 58:42
  probably
• 58:43
  the
• 58:43
  big
• 58:43
  push
• 58:43
  and
• 58:44
  that
• 58:44
  and
• 58:44
  seeing
• 58:44
  that
• 58:45
  here
• 58:45
  it
• 58:46
  is
• 58:46
  right
• 58:46
  in
• 58:46
  front
• 58:46
  of
• 58:46
  me,
• 58:47
  it's
• 58:47
  a
• 58:47
  sign
• 58:47
  I
• 58:48
  should
• 58:48
  do
• 58:48
  this.
• 58:49
  Fantastic.
• 58:50
  I
• 58:50
  can
• 58:50
  see
• 58:51
  how
• 58:51
  Riley's
• 58:52
  been
• 58:52
  an
• 58:53
  influence
• 58:53
  on
• 58:53
  this
• 58:54
  whole
• 58:54
  journey
• 58:55
  and
• 58:55
  you've
• 58:56
  described.
• 58:56
  I
• 58:57
  love
• 58:57
  how
• 58:57
  you've
• 58:58
  talked
• 58:58
  about
• 58:59
  the
• 58:59
  story
• 58:59
  behind
• 59:00
  Blue
• 59:00
  and
• 59:01
  Ivy
• 59:01
  Blue
• 59:02
  and
• 59:02
  how
• 59:03
  you're
• 59:03
  using
• 59:04
  the
• 59:04
  significance
• 59:05
  of
• 59:05
  Blue
• 59:05
  throughout
• 59:06
  your
• 59:06
  book.
• 59:07
  And
• 59:09
  there
• 59:09
  are
• 59:09
  a
• 59:09
  lot
• 59:09
  of
• 59:10
  Riley
• 59:10
  in
• 59:11
  your
• 59:11
  character
• 59:12
  development,
• 59:13
  certainly
• 59:14
  what
• 59:14
  she
• 59:14
  looks
• 59:14
  like.
• 59:15
  But
• 59:16
  I
• 59:16
  would
• 59:16
  say
• 59:18
  I.
• 59:18
  I
• 59:18
  think
• 59:19
  my
• 59:19
  granddaughter
• 59:19
  is
• 59:20
  a
• 59:20
  very
• 59:21
  bubbly
• 59:21
  child.
• 59:22
  She
• 59:22
  loves
• 59:23
  friends
• 59:24
  and.
• 59:25
  And
• 59:25
  that's
• 59:25
  always
• 59:26
  been
• 59:26
  really
• 59:26
  important
• 59:27
  to
• 59:27
  her.
• 59:27
  She
• 59:28
  likes
• 59:28
  pleasing
• 59:28
  people,
• 59:29
  but
• 59:30
  she's
• 59:30
  a
• 59:30
  little
• 59:30
  stubborn.
• 59:31
  And
• 59:32
  there's
• 59:32
  a
• 59:32
  little
• 59:32
  aspect
• 59:33
  of
• 59:33
  that
• 59:33
  when
• 59:34
  Ivy
• 59:35
  Blue
• 59:35
  doesn't
• 59:36
  get
• 59:36
  what
• 59:37
  she
• 59:37
  thinks
• 59:37
  is
• 59:37
  going
• 59:38
  to
• 59:38
  happen
• 59:38
  in
• 59:39
  the
• 59:39
  part
• 59:39
  of
• 59:39
  the
• 59:39
  yard
• 59:40
  where
• 59:40
  she
• 59:40
  thinks
• 59:40
  her
• 59:40
  playhouse
• 59:41
  should
• 59:41
  be.
• 59:42
  And.
• 59:42
  And
• 59:42
  so
• 59:42
  that's
• 59:43
  actually
• 59:43
  one
• 59:43
  of
• 59:43
  the
• 59:43
  themes
• 59:44
  of
• 59:44
  the
• 59:44
  book
• 59:44
  that
• 59:45
  I
• 59:45
  really
• 59:45
  wanted
• 59:45
  to
• 59:46
  come
• 59:46
  out,
• 59:46
  is
• 59:47
  that
• 59:47
  believe
• 59:48
  in
• 59:48
  your
• 59:48
  dreams
• 59:49
  and
• 59:49
  they
• 59:50
  just
• 59:50
  might
• 59:50
  come
• 59:50
  true
• 59:51
  in
• 59:51
  the
• 59:51
  most
• 59:51
  unexpected
• 59:52
  ways.
• 59:53
  And
• 59:53
  a
• 59:53
  lot
• 59:54
  of
• 59:54
  that
• 59:54
  is
• 59:54
  if
• 59:54
  you
• 59:55
  do
• 59:55
  the
• 59:55
  right
• 59:55
  thing.
• 59:56
  And
• 59:56
  a
• 59:56
  lot
• 59:57
  of
• 59:57
  times
• 59:57
  we're
• 59:57
  disappointed
• 59:58
  in
• 59:58
  life
• 59:58
  when
• 59:58
  things
• 59:58
  don't
• 59:59
  go
• 59:59
  our
• 59:59
  way.
• 59:59
  And
• 1:00:00
  even
• 1:00:00
  as
• 1:00:00
  adults,
• 1:00:00
  we
• 1:00:01
  pout.
• 1:00:01
  And
• 1:00:02
  certainly
• 1:00:02
  children
• 1:00:02
  are
• 1:00:03
  probably
• 1:00:03
  going
• 1:00:03
  to
• 1:00:03
  pout.
• 1:00:03
  And
• 1:00:04
  so
• 1:00:04
  Ivy
• 1:00:04
  Blue,
• 1:00:05
  she's.
• 1:00:05
  She
• 1:00:06
  pouts.
• 1:00:06
  She's
• 1:00:06
  upset
• 1:00:07
  when
• 1:00:07
  she
• 1:00:07
  finds
• 1:00:08
  out
• 1:00:08
  that,
• 1:00:09
  you
• 1:00:09
  know,
• 1:00:09
  her
• 1:00:09
  parents
• 1:00:10
  had
• 1:00:10
  decided
• 1:00:10
  there's
• 1:00:10
  going
• 1:00:10
  to
• 1:00:11
  be
• 1:00:11
  a
• 1:00:11
  pumpkin
• 1:00:11
  patch.
• 1:00:12
  But
• 1:00:12
  ultimately
• 1:00:13
  she
• 1:00:13
  does
• 1:00:13
  the
• 1:00:14
  right
• 1:00:14
  thing,
• 1:00:14
  which
• 1:00:14
  in
• 1:00:15
  this
• 1:00:15
  case
• 1:00:15
  is
• 1:00:15
  helping
• 1:00:16
  out
• 1:00:16
  with
• 1:00:17
  the
• 1:00:17
  pumpkin
• 1:00:18
  patch
• 1:00:18
  chores.
• 1:00:19
  And
• 1:00:20
  that
• 1:00:20
  leads
• 1:00:20
  her
• 1:00:20
  to
• 1:00:21
  find
• 1:00:22
  her
• 1:00:22
  pumpkin
• 1:00:23
  that
• 1:00:23
  she
• 1:00:24
  treats
• 1:00:24
  with
• 1:00:24
  special
• 1:00:24
  care
• 1:00:25
  and
• 1:00:25
  ends
• 1:00:25
  up
• 1:00:25
  becoming
• 1:00:27
  Autumn,
• 1:00:27
  that
• 1:00:28
  she
• 1:00:28
  names
• 1:00:29
  the
• 1:00:29
  pumpkin
• 1:00:29
  Autumn.
• 1:00:30
  And
• 1:00:30
  that
• 1:00:30
  kind
• 1:00:31
  of
• 1:00:31
  leads
• 1:00:31
  to
• 1:00:31
  the
• 1:00:31
  whole
• 1:00:31
  end
• 1:00:32
  of
• 1:00:32
  the
• 1:00:32
  story.
• 1:00:33
  Definitely,
• 1:00:33
  there's
• 1:00:34
  a.
• 1:00:34
  A
• 1:00:34
  little
• 1:00:34
  bit.
• 1:00:35
  But
• 1:00:35
  it.
• 1:00:35
  What's
• 1:00:35
  funny
• 1:00:35
  about
• 1:00:36
  it
• 1:00:36
  is
• 1:00:36
  she
• 1:00:36
  would
• 1:00:36
  say,
• 1:00:37
  I
• 1:00:37
  don't
• 1:00:37
  look
• 1:00:37
  like
• 1:00:37
  that
• 1:00:38
  picture
• 1:00:38
  at
• 1:00:38
  all
• 1:00:38
  where
• 1:00:40
  she
• 1:00:40
  said,
• 1:00:40
  I
• 1:00:40
  don't
• 1:00:41
  look
• 1:00:41
  like
• 1:00:41
  that.
• 1:00:41
  And.
• 1:00:43
  And
• 1:00:43
  her
• 1:00:44
  mother
• 1:00:44
  said,
• 1:00:44
  yes,
• 1:00:45
  you
• 1:00:45
  do.
• 1:00:45
  When
• 1:00:45
  you
• 1:00:46
  frown,
• 1:00:46
  that's.
• 1:00:46
  That
• 1:00:47
  is
• 1:00:47
  what
• 1:00:47
  you
• 1:00:47
  look
• 1:00:47
  like.
• 1:00:48
  I
• 1:00:48
  love
• 1:00:48
  it.
• 1:00:49
  And
• 1:00:49
  I.
• 1:00:49
  I
• 1:00:49
  love
• 1:00:50
  how
• 1:00:50
  I
• 1:00:50
  usually
• 1:00:51
  ask
• 1:00:51
  about
• 1:00:51
  theme.
• 1:00:52
  And
• 1:00:52
  I
• 1:00:52
  think
• 1:00:52
  you've
• 1:00:52
  explained
• 1:00:53
  that
• 1:00:53
  well.
• 1:00:54
  And
• 1:00:54
  the
• 1:00:54
  central
• 1:00:55
  teaching,
• 1:00:55
  like
• 1:00:55
  you
• 1:00:56
  said,
• 1:00:56
  there
• 1:00:56
  tends
• 1:00:57
  to
• 1:00:57
  be.
• 1:00:57
  You
• 1:00:57
  have
• 1:00:58
  a
• 1:00:58
  couple
• 1:00:58
  of
• 1:00:59
  lessons
• 1:00:59
  throughout
• 1:01:00
  your
• 1:01:00
  books.
• 1:01:01
  Very
• 1:01:01
  important.
• 1:01:02
  And
• 1:01:03
  the
• 1:01:03
  reason
• 1:01:04
  I
• 1:01:04
  bring
• 1:01:04
  that
• 1:01:04
  up,
• 1:01:04
  and
• 1:01:05
  I
• 1:01:05
  always
• 1:01:05
  bring
• 1:01:05
  up
• 1:01:06
  central
• 1:01:06
  teaching
• 1:01:07
  or
• 1:01:07
  a
• 1:01:07
  central
• 1:01:07
  lesson
• 1:01:08
  is
• 1:01:08
  that
• 1:01:09
  I
• 1:01:09
  find
• 1:01:11
  it
• 1:01:11
  helps
• 1:01:11
  you.
• 1:01:12
  And
• 1:01:12
  you
• 1:01:12
  can
• 1:01:12
  tell
• 1:01:13
  me,
• 1:01:13
  because
• 1:01:13
  I'm
• 1:01:13
  going
• 1:01:13
  to.
• 1:01:13
  I
• 1:01:14
  want
• 1:01:14
  to
• 1:01:14
  talk
• 1:01:14
  to
• 1:01:14
  you
• 1:01:14
  about
• 1:01:14
  your
• 1:01:14
  writing
• 1:01:15
  process,
• 1:01:15
  but
• 1:01:16
  it's
• 1:01:16
  having
• 1:01:16
  a
• 1:01:17
  central
• 1:01:17
  theme
• 1:01:18
  or
• 1:01:18
  a
• 1:01:18
  central
• 1:01:18
  lesson.
• 1:01:19
  Did
• 1:01:20
  that
• 1:01:20
  help
• 1:01:20
  you
• 1:01:20
  in
• 1:01:21
  your
• 1:01:21
  writing
• 1:01:21
  process?
• 1:01:23
  It
• 1:01:23
  definitely
• 1:01:24
  did.
• 1:01:24
  And
• 1:01:24
  the
• 1:01:24
  other
• 1:01:25
  thing,
• 1:01:25
  too,
• 1:01:25
  that
• 1:01:26
  is
• 1:01:26
  a
• 1:01:26
  theme
• 1:01:27
  that's
• 1:01:27
  more
• 1:01:27
  of
• 1:01:27
  a
• 1:01:27
  minor
• 1:01:28
  theme,
• 1:01:29
  is
• 1:01:29
  the
• 1:01:30
  environmental
• 1:01:30
  aspect.
• 1:01:31
  And
• 1:01:32
  that's
• 1:01:33
  really
• 1:01:33
  important
• 1:01:34
  to
• 1:01:34
  me.
• 1:01:34
  And
• 1:01:35
  I
• 1:01:35
  don't
• 1:01:35
  know
• 1:01:35
  about
• 1:01:36
  you,
• 1:01:36
  Rick,
• 1:01:36
  but
• 1:01:36
  when
• 1:01:37
  my
• 1:01:37
  kids
• 1:01:37
  were
• 1:01:37
  younger
• 1:01:38
  and
• 1:01:38
  we
• 1:01:38
  carved
• 1:01:38
  pumpkins
• 1:01:40
  and
• 1:01:40
  several
• 1:01:41
  days
• 1:01:41
  after
• 1:01:41
  Halloween,
• 1:01:42
  we
• 1:01:42
  Threw
• 1:01:43
  those
• 1:01:43
  pumpkins
• 1:01:44
  away
• 1:01:44
  there.
• 1:01:44
  We.
• 1:01:45
  There
• 1:01:45
  wasn't
• 1:01:45
  really
• 1:01:45
  a
• 1:01:46
  composting.
• 1:01:47
  We
• 1:01:47
  didn't.
• 1:01:48
  People
• 1:01:48
  didn't
• 1:01:48
  really
• 1:01:48
  do
• 1:01:48
  that
• 1:01:49
  where
• 1:01:49
  I
• 1:01:49
  lived.
• 1:01:50
  Pumpkins
• 1:01:50
  are
• 1:01:50
  a
• 1:01:50
  delicacy
• 1:01:51
  for
• 1:01:51
  farm
• 1:01:52
  animals
• 1:01:52
  and
• 1:01:53
  stuff.
• 1:01:53
  And
• 1:01:53
  so
• 1:01:54
  I
• 1:01:54
  wanted
• 1:01:54
  to
• 1:01:54
  choose
• 1:01:55
  something
• 1:01:56
  and
• 1:01:56
  have
• 1:01:56
  it
• 1:01:56
  be
• 1:01:57
  a
• 1:01:57
  way
• 1:01:57
  that
• 1:01:58
  her
• 1:01:58
  pumpkin
• 1:01:59
  gives
• 1:01:59
  back
• 1:02:00
  to
• 1:02:00
  the
• 1:02:00
  earth.
• 1:02:00
  And
• 1:02:01
  so
• 1:02:02
  that
• 1:02:02
  was
• 1:02:02
  another
• 1:02:03
  central,
• 1:02:04
  like
• 1:02:05
  a
• 1:02:05
  sub
• 1:02:05
  theme
• 1:02:05
  that
• 1:02:06
  I
• 1:02:06
  wanted
• 1:02:06
  to
• 1:02:06
  come
• 1:02:06
  out
• 1:02:06
  from
• 1:02:07
  the
• 1:02:07
  book.
• 1:02:08
  Fantastic.
• 1:02:09
  Yeah,
• 1:02:09
  I
• 1:02:09
  know.
• 1:02:09
  My
• 1:02:10
  son
• 1:02:10
  is
• 1:02:10
  really
• 1:02:11
  good
• 1:02:11
  at
• 1:02:11
  it
• 1:02:11
  with
• 1:02:11
  his
• 1:02:11
  kids.
• 1:02:12
  They
• 1:02:13
  learned
• 1:02:13
  from
• 1:02:14
  him.
• 1:02:14
  I'm
• 1:02:14
  not
• 1:02:14
  as
• 1:02:15
  artistic
• 1:02:15
  as
• 1:02:15
  my
• 1:02:15
  son.
• 1:02:16
  And
• 1:02:17
  they
• 1:02:17
  do
• 1:02:18
  Jack
• 1:02:18
  O
• 1:02:18
  lanterns
• 1:02:19
  together.
• 1:02:20
  They
• 1:02:20
  usually
• 1:02:20
  have
• 1:02:21
  one
• 1:02:21
  per
• 1:02:22
  my
• 1:02:22
  son,
• 1:02:22
  the
• 1:02:23
  big
• 1:02:23
  kid,
• 1:02:23
  and
• 1:02:23
  then
• 1:02:23
  his
• 1:02:24
  three
• 1:02:24
  kids.
• 1:02:24
  And
• 1:02:24
  they
• 1:02:25
  carve
• 1:02:25
  out
• 1:02:25
  the.
• 1:02:26
  The
• 1:02:26
  whole
• 1:02:27
  Jack
• 1:02:27
  O
• 1:02:27
  lantern
• 1:02:28
  thing
• 1:02:28
  and
• 1:02:28
  then
• 1:02:28
  they
• 1:02:28
  put
• 1:02:29
  it
• 1:02:29
  on
• 1:02:29
  the
• 1:02:29
  step
• 1:02:30
  during
• 1:02:30
  Halloween.
• 1:02:31
  And
• 1:02:31
  now,
• 1:02:31
  luckily,
• 1:02:32
  where
• 1:02:32
  we
• 1:02:32
  live,
• 1:02:33
  we
• 1:02:33
  have
• 1:02:33
  these
• 1:02:34
  green
• 1:02:34
  bins
• 1:02:35
  that
• 1:02:35
  you
• 1:02:35
  can
• 1:02:36
  put
• 1:02:36
  all
• 1:02:36
  your
• 1:02:36
  waste
• 1:02:37
  into
• 1:02:37
  that
• 1:02:38
  gets
• 1:02:38
  composted.
• 1:02:40
  But
• 1:02:40
  they
• 1:02:40
  like
• 1:02:41
  roasting
• 1:02:41
  the
• 1:02:41
  pumpkin
• 1:02:42
  seeds.
• 1:02:42
  Absolutely.
• 1:02:43
  That's
• 1:02:43
  fun.
• 1:02:44
  Your
• 1:02:44
  writing
• 1:02:44
  process.
• 1:02:45
  And
• 1:02:45
  I
• 1:02:45
  haven't
• 1:02:46
  talked
• 1:02:46
  to
• 1:02:46
  you
• 1:02:46
  about
• 1:02:46
  this
• 1:02:47
  yet,
• 1:02:47
  but
• 1:02:48
  in
• 1:02:48
  terms
• 1:02:48
  of.
• 1:02:49
  First
• 1:02:50
  of
• 1:02:50
  all,
• 1:02:51
  have
• 1:02:51
  you
• 1:02:52
  got
• 1:02:52
  another
• 1:02:53
  book
• 1:02:53
  in
• 1:02:53
  your.
• 1:02:54
  That's
• 1:02:55
  percolating
• 1:02:56
  in
• 1:02:56
  your
• 1:02:58
  author's
• 1:02:59
  coffee
• 1:02:59
  pot?
• 1:03:00
  Okay.
• 1:03:01
  I
• 1:03:02
  do
• 1:03:02
  have
• 1:03:02
  a
• 1:03:02
  couple
• 1:03:03
  other
• 1:03:03
  ideas.
• 1:03:04
  One
• 1:03:04
  in
• 1:03:05
  particular
• 1:03:05
  that
• 1:03:05
  I
• 1:03:06
  probably
• 1:03:07
  the
• 1:03:07
  most
• 1:03:07
  excited
• 1:03:07
  about.
• 1:03:08
  But
• 1:03:09
  when
• 1:03:09
  I
• 1:03:09
  published.
• 1:03:10
  When
• 1:03:10
  I
• 1:03:10
  launched
• 1:03:11
  my
• 1:03:11
  book
• 1:03:11
  last
• 1:03:12
  fall
• 1:03:12
  and
• 1:03:12
  I
• 1:03:13
  missed
• 1:03:13
  the
• 1:03:13
  fall,
• 1:03:14
  then
• 1:03:14
  I
• 1:03:15
  decided
• 1:03:16
  that
• 1:03:16
  I
• 1:03:16
  was
• 1:03:17
  going
• 1:03:17
  to
• 1:03:17
  spend
• 1:03:19
  that
• 1:03:19
  this
• 1:03:19
  year
• 1:03:20
  just
• 1:03:21
  promoting
• 1:03:21
  Ivy
• 1:03:22
  Blue's
• 1:03:22
  Greatest
• 1:03:22
  Pumpkin
• 1:03:23
  Playhouse,
• 1:03:23
  particularly
• 1:03:24
  this
• 1:03:24
  fall,
• 1:03:25
  so
• 1:03:25
  that
• 1:03:25
  I
• 1:03:25
  could
• 1:03:25
  take
• 1:03:26
  advantage
• 1:03:26
  of
• 1:03:26
  what
• 1:03:27
  I
• 1:03:27
  missed
• 1:03:27
  last
• 1:03:28
  fall.
• 1:03:29
  And
• 1:03:29
  I
• 1:03:30
  feel
• 1:03:30
  it's
• 1:03:30
  a
• 1:03:30
  lot
• 1:03:30
  of
• 1:03:30
  work,
• 1:03:31
  right?
• 1:03:31
  A
• 1:03:31
  lot
• 1:03:31
  of
• 1:03:32
  work,
• 1:03:32
  a
• 1:03:32
  lot
• 1:03:32
  of
• 1:03:32
  money.
• 1:03:33
  It's
• 1:03:33
  a
• 1:03:33
  great
• 1:03:34
  personal
• 1:03:35
  reward.
• 1:03:36
  But
• 1:03:37
  I'm
• 1:03:37
  not
• 1:03:37
  certain
• 1:03:38
  that
• 1:03:38
  I'm
• 1:03:38
  going
• 1:03:38
  to
• 1:03:39
  next
• 1:03:39
  year
• 1:03:39
  publish
• 1:03:40
  another
• 1:03:40
  book
• 1:03:40
  or
• 1:03:41
  five
• 1:03:41
  years
• 1:03:41
  or
• 1:03:42
  10
• 1:03:42
  years,
• 1:03:42
  or
• 1:03:42
  maybe
• 1:03:42
  not
• 1:03:43
  at
• 1:03:43
  all.
• 1:03:43
  And
• 1:03:44
  I
• 1:03:44
  told
• 1:03:44
  myself
• 1:03:45
  that's
• 1:03:45
  okay.
• 1:03:46
  I
• 1:03:47
  set
• 1:03:47
  out
• 1:03:47
  to.
• 1:03:48
  To
• 1:03:48
  publish
• 1:03:49
  a
• 1:03:49
  book
• 1:03:49
  that
• 1:03:50
  was
• 1:03:50
  my
• 1:03:50
  children's
• 1:03:51
  book
• 1:03:51
  when
• 1:03:51
  I
• 1:03:51
  was
• 1:03:52
  in
• 1:03:52
  third
• 1:03:52
  grade.
• 1:03:52
  That
• 1:03:53
  was
• 1:03:53
  one
• 1:03:53
  of
• 1:03:54
  my
• 1:03:54
  dreams.
• 1:03:54
  And
• 1:03:54
  I
• 1:03:55
  did
• 1:03:55
  that.
• 1:03:55
  And
• 1:03:56
  so
• 1:03:56
  I've
• 1:03:57
  let
• 1:03:57
  myself
• 1:03:57
  have,
• 1:03:58
  like,
• 1:03:58
  permission
• 1:03:59
  to
• 1:03:59
  just
• 1:03:59
  relish
• 1:03:59
  this.
• 1:04:00
  It's
• 1:04:00
  kind
• 1:04:00
  of
• 1:04:00
  like
• 1:04:00
  your
• 1:04:00
  first
• 1:04:01
  child
• 1:04:01
  and
• 1:04:01
  somebody
• 1:04:02
  saying,
• 1:04:03
  are
• 1:04:03
  you
• 1:04:03
  going
• 1:04:03
  to
• 1:04:03
  have
• 1:04:03
  more?
• 1:04:04
  And
• 1:04:04
  so
• 1:04:04
  I
• 1:04:05
  feel
• 1:04:05
  like
• 1:04:05
  I
• 1:04:05
  want
• 1:04:05
  to
• 1:04:06
  enjoy
• 1:04:06
  this
• 1:04:06
  one.
• 1:04:07
  And
• 1:04:07
  I'm
• 1:04:07
  not
• 1:04:08
  saying
• 1:04:09
  for
• 1:04:09
  sure
• 1:04:09
  when
• 1:04:09
  another
• 1:04:10
  one
• 1:04:10
  will
• 1:04:10
  come
• 1:04:10
  out
• 1:04:10
  or
• 1:04:10
  if
• 1:04:11
  it
• 1:04:11
  will,
• 1:04:11
  but
• 1:04:12
  to
• 1:04:12
  people
• 1:04:12
  that
• 1:04:12
  are
• 1:04:13
  thinking
• 1:04:13
  about
• 1:04:14
  writing
• 1:04:14
  their
• 1:04:15
  first
• 1:04:15
  book,
• 1:04:16
  I
• 1:04:16
  want
• 1:04:16
  them
• 1:04:16
  to
• 1:04:17
  know
• 1:04:17
  that
• 1:04:17
  it's
• 1:04:17
  okay
• 1:04:18
  if
• 1:04:18
  you
• 1:04:18
  don't
• 1:04:19
  have
• 1:04:19
  a
• 1:04:20
  series
• 1:04:20
  planned
• 1:04:21
  or
• 1:04:21
  something
• 1:04:21
  like
• 1:04:21
  that.
• 1:04:22
  Do
• 1:04:22
  what's
• 1:04:23
  in
• 1:04:23
  your
• 1:04:23
  heart
• 1:04:23
  and
• 1:04:24
  get
• 1:04:24
  your
• 1:04:24
  story
• 1:04:24
  out
• 1:04:25
  there
• 1:04:25
  and
• 1:04:25
  then
• 1:04:25
  see.
• 1:04:26
  What
• 1:04:26
  comes
• 1:04:27
  it's
• 1:04:27
  interesting.
• 1:04:28
  Wendy
• 1:04:28
  was
• 1:04:29
  talking
• 1:04:29
  to
• 1:04:30
  one
• 1:04:30
  of
• 1:04:30
  my
• 1:04:30
  first
• 1:04:30
  guests
• 1:04:31
  and
• 1:04:31
  she
• 1:04:31
  wrote
• 1:04:32
  a
• 1:04:33
  seasonal
• 1:04:33
  book.
• 1:04:34
  It's
• 1:04:34
  called
• 1:04:34
  Santa
• 1:04:35
  Simon.
• 1:04:36
  And
• 1:04:36
  so
• 1:04:37
  it's
• 1:04:37
  all
• 1:04:37
  around
• 1:04:38
  Christmas.
• 1:04:39
  And
• 1:04:39
  she
• 1:04:40
  wrote
• 1:04:40
  that
• 1:04:40
  book
• 1:04:40
  about
• 1:04:41
  30
• 1:04:41
  years
• 1:04:41
  ago.
• 1:04:42
  It
• 1:04:43
  took
• 1:04:43
  her
• 1:04:43
  a
• 1:04:43
  while
• 1:04:43
  to
• 1:04:44
  actually
• 1:04:44
  bring
• 1:04:44
  it
• 1:04:44
  to
• 1:04:45
  life
• 1:04:45
  and
• 1:04:46
  but
• 1:04:46
  eventually
• 1:04:47
  she
• 1:04:48
  ended
• 1:04:48
  up.
• 1:04:49
  So
• 1:04:49
  it
• 1:04:49
  was
• 1:04:49
  a
• 1:04:49
  30
• 1:04:50
  year
• 1:04:50
  journey
• 1:04:50
  and
• 1:04:50
  then
• 1:04:51
  all
• 1:04:51
  of
• 1:04:51
  a
• 1:04:51
  sudden
• 1:04:52
  went
• 1:04:52
  from
• 1:04:52
  one
• 1:04:52
  book
• 1:04:53
  to
• 1:04:54
  two
• 1:04:54
  books.
• 1:04:55
  So
• 1:04:56
  you
• 1:04:56
  just
• 1:04:56
  never
• 1:04:56
  know.
• 1:04:57
  And
• 1:04:57
  the
• 1:04:57
  other
• 1:04:57
  thing
• 1:04:57
  that
• 1:04:58
  encouraged
• 1:04:58
  her
• 1:04:59
  was
• 1:05:00
  her
• 1:05:00
  book
• 1:05:00
  Santa
• 1:05:01
  Simon.
• 1:05:02
  She
• 1:05:02
  actually
• 1:05:03
  just
• 1:05:04
  earned
• 1:05:04
  an
• 1:05:04
  award
• 1:05:04
  this
• 1:05:05
  year,
• 1:05:05
  yet
• 1:05:05
  her
• 1:05:05
  book's
• 1:05:06
  been
• 1:05:06
  out
• 1:05:06
  for
• 1:05:06
  about
• 1:05:06
  three
• 1:05:07
  years.
• 1:05:08
  So
• 1:05:08
  you
• 1:05:08
  never
• 1:05:08
  know
• 1:05:09
  what's
• 1:05:09
  going
• 1:05:09
  to
• 1:05:09
  come
• 1:05:09
  at
• 1:05:09
  you.
• 1:05:10
  And
• 1:05:10
  then.
• 1:05:10
  So
• 1:05:10
  to
• 1:05:11
  your
• 1:05:11
  point
• 1:05:11
  that
• 1:05:12
  you
• 1:05:12
  can
• 1:05:12
  never
• 1:05:12
  say
• 1:05:12
  never,
• 1:05:13
  but
• 1:05:14
  it
• 1:05:14
  doesn't
• 1:05:14
  have
• 1:05:14
  to
• 1:05:15
  be
• 1:05:15
  linear
• 1:05:16
  for
• 1:05:17
  sure.
• 1:05:18
  Exactly.
• 1:05:19
  You
• 1:05:19
  said
• 1:05:19
  you
• 1:05:19
  do
• 1:05:20
  have
• 1:05:20
  a
• 1:05:20
  couple
• 1:05:20
  of
• 1:05:20
  ideas.
• 1:05:21
  Now
• 1:05:21
  do
• 1:05:22
  you
• 1:05:22
  do
• 1:05:22
  any
• 1:05:22
  writing
• 1:05:23
  and
• 1:05:23
  keep
• 1:05:24
  it
• 1:05:24
  aside
• 1:05:24
  or
• 1:05:25
  like,
• 1:05:25
  what's
• 1:05:25
  your
• 1:05:25
  process
• 1:05:26
  here?
• 1:05:27
  I
• 1:05:28
  am
• 1:05:28
  a
• 1:05:28
  huge
• 1:05:29
  walking
• 1:05:30
  in
• 1:05:30
  nature
• 1:05:31
  person.
• 1:05:32
  I
• 1:05:32
  go,
• 1:05:32
  I
• 1:05:32
  try
• 1:05:33
  every
• 1:05:33
  single
• 1:05:33
  day
• 1:05:34
  to
• 1:05:34
  go
• 1:05:34
  for
• 1:05:34
  a
• 1:05:35
  walk.
• 1:05:36
  And
• 1:05:36
  I
• 1:05:36
  think
• 1:05:37
  that
• 1:05:37
  my
• 1:05:37
  husband
• 1:05:38
  probably
• 1:05:38
  say
• 1:05:38
  most
• 1:05:39
  of
• 1:05:39
  our
• 1:05:39
  life
• 1:05:39
  is
• 1:05:39
  planned.
• 1:05:40
  When
• 1:05:40
  I'm
• 1:05:40
  on
• 1:05:40
  these
• 1:05:41
  walks,
• 1:05:41
  like
• 1:05:41
  all
• 1:05:41
  my
• 1:05:41
  best
• 1:05:42
  ideas
• 1:05:42
  come
• 1:05:42
  to
• 1:05:43
  me.
• 1:05:43
  They
• 1:05:44
  just.
• 1:05:44
  I'm
• 1:05:44
  not
• 1:05:44
  thinking
• 1:05:45
  about
• 1:05:45
  anything
• 1:05:45
  else
• 1:05:45
  and
• 1:05:46
  I
• 1:05:46
  get
• 1:05:46
  these
• 1:05:46
  thoughts
• 1:05:46
  and
• 1:05:47
  ideas.
• 1:05:48
  So
• 1:05:48
  for
• 1:05:48
  me,
• 1:05:49
  so
• 1:05:49
  many
• 1:05:49
  of
• 1:05:50
  them
• 1:05:50
  come.
• 1:05:50
  I
• 1:05:51
  did
• 1:05:51
  edits
• 1:05:51
  in
• 1:05:51
  my
• 1:05:52
  head
• 1:05:52
  while
• 1:05:53
  I
• 1:05:53
  was.
• 1:05:53
  I
• 1:05:54
  was
• 1:05:54
  greatest
• 1:05:54
  company
• 1:05:54
  in
• 1:05:55
  the
• 1:05:55
  playhouse
• 1:05:55
  while
• 1:05:55
  I
• 1:05:55
  was
• 1:05:55
  on
• 1:05:56
  a
• 1:05:56
  walk.
• 1:05:56
  And
• 1:05:57
  so
• 1:05:57
  I
• 1:05:57
  would
• 1:05:58
  stop
• 1:05:58
  and
• 1:05:58
  send
• 1:05:59
  a
• 1:05:59
  note
• 1:05:59
  to
• 1:05:59
  myself
• 1:05:59
  real
• 1:06:00
  quick.
• 1:06:00
  I
• 1:06:00
  would
• 1:06:01
  say
• 1:06:01
  that
• 1:06:01
  is
• 1:06:01
  a
• 1:06:01
  huge
• 1:06:02
  part
• 1:06:02
  for
• 1:06:02
  me.
• 1:06:02
  Or
• 1:06:02
  I
• 1:06:02
  come
• 1:06:03
  home
• 1:06:03
  and
• 1:06:03
  write
• 1:06:03
  down
• 1:06:03
  what
• 1:06:04
  I
• 1:06:04
  thought
• 1:06:04
  of
• 1:06:04
  right
• 1:06:04
  away.
• 1:06:05
  But
• 1:06:05
  I
• 1:06:06
  just
• 1:06:06
  think
• 1:06:06
  about
• 1:06:07
  if
• 1:06:07
  something
• 1:06:08
  happens
• 1:06:08
  or
• 1:06:08
  I
• 1:06:08
  posted
• 1:06:09
  something
• 1:06:09
  the
• 1:06:09
  other
• 1:06:09
  day
• 1:06:10
  on
• 1:06:10
  social
• 1:06:10
  media.
• 1:06:11
  My
• 1:06:12
  grandson
• 1:06:13
  in
• 1:06:13
  our
• 1:06:13
  pumpkin
• 1:06:13
  patch
• 1:06:14
  that
• 1:06:14
  we
• 1:06:14
  actually
• 1:06:14
  have
• 1:06:15
  in
• 1:06:15
  our
• 1:06:15
  backyard.
• 1:06:16
  My
• 1:06:17
  grandchildren
• 1:06:18
  live
• 1:06:18
  in
• 1:06:19
  Scottsdale.
• 1:06:20
  So
• 1:06:20
  he
• 1:06:20
  had
• 1:06:20
  just
• 1:06:20
  seen
• 1:06:21
  pictures
• 1:06:21
  of
• 1:06:21
  the
• 1:06:22
  pumpkin
• 1:06:22
  patch
• 1:06:22
  and
• 1:06:22
  I
• 1:06:22
  had
• 1:06:23
  a
• 1:06:23
  scarecrow.
• 1:06:24
  And
• 1:06:24
  when
• 1:06:25
  they
• 1:06:25
  came
• 1:06:25
  to
• 1:06:25
  visit
• 1:06:26
  a
• 1:06:26
  couple
• 1:06:26
  weeks
• 1:06:26
  ago,
• 1:06:26
  he
• 1:06:27
  was
• 1:06:27
  like,
• 1:06:27
  where's
• 1:06:27
  the
• 1:06:28
  scary
• 1:06:28
  man
• 1:06:28
  that
• 1:06:28
  lives
• 1:06:29
  in
• 1:06:29
  the
• 1:06:29
  pumpkin
• 1:06:29
  patch?
• 1:06:30
  And
• 1:06:31
  he
• 1:06:31
  thought
• 1:06:31
  this
• 1:06:32
  scarecrow
• 1:06:32
  was
• 1:06:32
  a
• 1:06:32
  scary.
• 1:06:33
  Like
• 1:06:33
  a
• 1:06:33
  per.
• 1:06:33
  A
• 1:06:33
  scary
• 1:06:33
  man.
• 1:06:34
  And
• 1:06:34
  I
• 1:06:34
  put
• 1:06:35
  that
• 1:06:35
  out
• 1:06:35
  on
• 1:06:35
  social
• 1:06:35
  media
• 1:06:36
  and
• 1:06:37
  one
• 1:06:37
  of
• 1:06:37
  my
• 1:06:37
  friends
• 1:06:37
  said
• 1:06:37
  there's
• 1:06:38
  your
• 1:06:38
  idea
• 1:06:38
  for
• 1:06:38
  another
• 1:06:39
  book
• 1:06:39
  or
• 1:06:39
  whatever.
• 1:06:40
  So
• 1:06:40
  I
• 1:06:40
  think
• 1:06:40
  there's
• 1:06:41
  just.
• 1:06:41
  You
• 1:06:41
  write
• 1:06:41
  stuff
• 1:06:42
  down.
• 1:06:42
  Oh,
• 1:06:42
  that's
• 1:06:42
  a
• 1:06:43
  great
• 1:06:43
  sentence
• 1:06:44
  or
• 1:06:44
  a
• 1:06:44
  really
• 1:06:45
  great
• 1:06:45
  to
• 1:06:45
  write
• 1:06:45
  about
• 1:06:46
  that.
• 1:06:46
  But
• 1:06:46
  I
• 1:06:47
  haven't
• 1:06:47
  sat
• 1:06:47
  down
• 1:06:47
  and
• 1:06:48
  written
• 1:06:48
  what
• 1:06:48
  I
• 1:06:49
  believe
• 1:06:49
  would
• 1:06:50
  probably
• 1:06:50
  be
• 1:06:51
  my
• 1:06:51
  second
• 1:06:51
  book.
• 1:06:52
  I
• 1:06:52
  have
• 1:06:52
  not
• 1:06:52
  penned
• 1:06:53
  that
• 1:06:53
  yet.
• 1:06:53
  And
• 1:06:54
  I
• 1:06:54
  don't
• 1:06:54
  think
• 1:06:55
  I
• 1:06:55
  will
• 1:06:55
  do
• 1:06:56
  that
• 1:06:56
  until
• 1:06:56
  I
• 1:06:57
  get
• 1:06:57
  past
• 1:06:57
  this
• 1:06:58
  ball
• 1:06:58
  for
• 1:06:59
  this
• 1:06:59
  book.
• 1:06:59
  And
• 1:06:59
  then
• 1:06:59
  I
• 1:07:00
  do
• 1:07:00
  plan
• 1:07:00
  to
• 1:07:00
  write
• 1:07:01
  the
• 1:07:01
  story
• 1:07:02
  and
• 1:07:02
  see
• 1:07:02
  where
• 1:07:02
  it
• 1:07:03
  goes.
• 1:07:03
  Because
• 1:07:04
  it,
• 1:07:04
  like,
• 1:07:05
  it
• 1:07:05
  may
• 1:07:05
  be
• 1:07:05
  10
• 1:07:05
  years
• 1:07:05
  when
• 1:07:06
  I
• 1:07:06
  say,
• 1:07:06
  wow,
• 1:07:07
  this
• 1:07:07
  book
• 1:07:07
  really
• 1:07:08
  needs
• 1:07:08
  to
• 1:07:08
  come
• 1:07:08
  out.
• 1:07:09
  And
• 1:07:09
  I
• 1:07:09
  will
• 1:07:09
  have
• 1:07:09
  done
• 1:07:10
  at
• 1:07:10
  least
• 1:07:10
  some
• 1:07:11
  of
• 1:07:11
  the
• 1:07:11
  groundwork
• 1:07:12
  and
• 1:07:12
  the
• 1:07:12
  basis
• 1:07:13
  for
• 1:07:13
  the
• 1:07:13
  story.
• 1:07:14
  Good
• 1:07:14
  for
• 1:07:14
  you.
• 1:07:15
  I
• 1:07:15
  know
• 1:07:15
  you
• 1:07:16
  talked
• 1:07:16
  about
• 1:07:17
  success,
• 1:07:18
  but
• 1:07:19
  not
• 1:07:20
  from
• 1:07:21
  the
• 1:07:21
  book
• 1:07:21
  business
• 1:07:22
  aspect
• 1:07:23
  of
• 1:07:23
  it,
• 1:07:23
  but
• 1:07:23
  just
• 1:07:23
  success
• 1:07:24
  in
• 1:07:24
  general.
• 1:07:24
  You
• 1:07:25
  said
• 1:07:25
  it
• 1:07:25
  was
• 1:07:26
  just
• 1:07:26
  getting
• 1:07:26
  the
• 1:07:27
  book
• 1:07:27
  to
• 1:07:27
  life
• 1:07:28
  was
• 1:07:28
  a
• 1:07:28
  big
• 1:07:28
  part
• 1:07:29
  of
• 1:07:29
  the
• 1:07:29
  success.
• 1:07:30
  Is
• 1:07:30
  there
• 1:07:30
  anything
• 1:07:31
  else
• 1:07:31
  that
• 1:07:31
  you
• 1:07:32
  had
• 1:07:33
  in
• 1:07:33
  mind?
• 1:07:34
  And
• 1:07:34
  now
• 1:07:35
  that
• 1:07:35
  you've
• 1:07:35
  had
• 1:07:35
  the
• 1:07:35
  book
• 1:07:36
  out
• 1:07:36
  for
• 1:07:36
  over
• 1:07:36
  a
• 1:07:37
  year,
• 1:07:38
  is
• 1:07:38
  there
• 1:07:39
  anything
• 1:07:40
  that's
• 1:07:41
  been
• 1:07:41
  a
• 1:07:41
  surprise
• 1:07:42
  to
• 1:07:42
  you
• 1:07:43
  in
• 1:07:43
  terms
• 1:07:44
  of
• 1:07:44
  the
• 1:07:44
  success
• 1:07:45
  of
• 1:07:45
  the
• 1:07:45
  book?
• 1:07:46
  So
• 1:07:46
  talk
• 1:07:46
  to
• 1:07:46
  us
• 1:07:46
  about
• 1:07:47
  the
• 1:07:47
  original
• 1:07:47
  success
• 1:07:48
  and
• 1:07:48
  talk
• 1:07:48
  to
• 1:07:49
  us
• 1:07:49
  about
• 1:07:49
  how
• 1:07:50
  it's
• 1:07:50
  developing
• 1:07:51
  that
• 1:07:51
  you
• 1:07:51
  never
• 1:07:51
  even
• 1:07:51
  thought
• 1:07:52
  of.
• 1:07:53
  One
• 1:07:53
  of
• 1:07:54
  the
• 1:07:54
  first
• 1:07:54
  things
• 1:07:54
  that
• 1:07:55
  happened
• 1:07:55
  was
• 1:07:56
  the
• 1:07:57
  book.
• 1:07:57
  The
• 1:07:57
  book
• 1:07:57
  launch
• 1:07:57
  was
• 1:07:58
  successful,
• 1:07:58
  and
• 1:07:59
  it
• 1:07:59
  reached
• 1:08:00
  Amazon
• 1:08:01
  number
• 1:08:01
  one
• 1:08:01
  bestseller
• 1:08:02
  in
• 1:08:02
  the
• 1:08:03
  categories
• 1:08:03
  that
• 1:08:04
  it
• 1:08:04
  was
• 1:08:05
  listed
• 1:08:05
  in,
• 1:08:05
  which
• 1:08:05
  was
• 1:08:06
  just.
• 1:08:07
  I
• 1:08:07
  was
• 1:08:07
  shocked.
• 1:08:08
  Like,
• 1:08:08
  you
• 1:08:08
  just,
• 1:08:08
  there's
• 1:08:09
  other
• 1:08:09
  bestsellers,
• 1:08:09
  but
• 1:08:10
  you.
• 1:08:10
  You
• 1:08:10
  don't
• 1:08:11
  always
• 1:08:11
  think
• 1:08:11
  that
• 1:08:11
  you
• 1:08:11
  have
• 1:08:12
  any
• 1:08:12
  opportunity
• 1:08:13
  for
• 1:08:13
  that.
• 1:08:13
  And
• 1:08:14
  that
• 1:08:14
  was
• 1:08:14
  great.
• 1:08:14
  But
• 1:08:14
  a
• 1:08:15
  couple
• 1:08:15
  days
• 1:08:16
  after
• 1:08:16
  my
• 1:08:16
  book
• 1:08:17
  launch,
• 1:08:17
  I
• 1:08:17
  started
• 1:08:18
  getting
• 1:08:18
  unsolicited
• 1:08:19
  pictures
• 1:08:21
  of
• 1:08:21
  people
• 1:08:21
  reading
• 1:08:22
  my
• 1:08:22
  book
• 1:08:23
  to
• 1:08:23
  their
• 1:08:23
  children
• 1:08:24
  or
• 1:08:24
  grandchildren.
• 1:08:26
  And
• 1:08:26
  that
• 1:08:27
  just
• 1:08:27
  was
• 1:08:28
  like,
• 1:08:28
  oh,
• 1:08:28
  my
• 1:08:28
  gosh.
• 1:08:29
  Like,
• 1:08:29
  my
• 1:08:29
  book
• 1:08:29
  is
• 1:08:30
  actually
• 1:08:30
  really
• 1:08:31
  out
• 1:08:31
  there
• 1:08:31
  and
• 1:08:31
  people
• 1:08:31
  are
• 1:08:32
  really
• 1:08:32
  reading
• 1:08:32
  it.
• 1:08:33
  And
• 1:08:34
  one
• 1:08:34
  of
• 1:08:34
  my
• 1:08:34
  friends
• 1:08:35
  sent
• 1:08:35
  a
• 1:08:35
  picture
• 1:08:35
  of
• 1:08:35
  her
• 1:08:36
  reading
• 1:08:36
  to
• 1:08:36
  her
• 1:08:36
  grandchildren,
• 1:08:37
  and
• 1:08:38
  she
• 1:08:38
  said,
• 1:08:39
  Ivy
• 1:08:39
  Blues
• 1:08:39
  Greatest
• 1:08:40
  Pumpkin
• 1:08:40
  Playhouse
• 1:08:41
  made
• 1:08:41
  it
• 1:08:41
  to
• 1:08:41
  Alaska,
• 1:08:42
  and
• 1:08:43
  that's
• 1:08:43
  where
• 1:08:43
  she
• 1:08:43
  was,
• 1:08:43
  and
• 1:08:44
  she
• 1:08:44
  had
• 1:08:44
  ordered
• 1:08:44
  it
• 1:08:44
  there.
• 1:08:45
  And
• 1:08:46
  so
• 1:08:46
  that
• 1:08:46
  was
• 1:08:47
  like.
• 1:08:47
  That
• 1:08:47
  was
• 1:08:48
  success.
• 1:08:48
  That
• 1:08:48
  I
• 1:08:49
  think
• 1:08:49
  there's
• 1:08:49
  this
• 1:08:49
  thought
• 1:08:50
  of
• 1:08:50
  your
• 1:08:50
  book
• 1:08:50
  is
• 1:08:51
  going
• 1:08:51
  to
• 1:08:51
  outlive
• 1:08:52
  you.
• 1:08:52
  It's
• 1:08:53
  going
• 1:08:53
  to
• 1:08:53
  be
• 1:08:54
  an
• 1:08:54
  heirloom,
• 1:08:55
  hopefully,
• 1:08:55
  that
• 1:08:56
  gets
• 1:08:56
  passed
• 1:08:56
  down
• 1:08:57
  and
• 1:08:57
  even
• 1:08:58
  when
• 1:08:58
  you're
• 1:08:58
  not
• 1:08:58
  here
• 1:08:59
  anymore.
• 1:08:59
  And
• 1:09:00
  I
• 1:09:00
  think
• 1:09:00
  just
• 1:09:00
  seeing
• 1:09:00
  that
• 1:09:01
  people
• 1:09:01
  had
• 1:09:01
  bought
• 1:09:02
  the
• 1:09:02
  book
• 1:09:02
  and
• 1:09:02
  they
• 1:09:02
  were
• 1:09:03
  enjoying
• 1:09:03
  the
• 1:09:03
  book,
• 1:09:03
  and
• 1:09:04
  I
• 1:09:04
  still
• 1:09:04
  just
• 1:09:04
  this
• 1:09:04
  last
• 1:09:05
  week,
• 1:09:05
  I
• 1:09:05
  got
• 1:09:05
  two
• 1:09:06
  pictures,
• 1:09:07
  which
• 1:09:07
  I
• 1:09:07
  didn't
• 1:09:07
  ask
• 1:09:08
  for
• 1:09:08
  that.
• 1:09:08
  Here's
• 1:09:09
  my
• 1:09:09
  sister
• 1:09:09
  reading
• 1:09:10
  the
• 1:09:10
  book
• 1:09:10
  to
• 1:09:10
  her
• 1:09:11
  children.
• 1:09:11
  That
• 1:09:11
  was
• 1:09:11
  really
• 1:09:12
  special.
• 1:09:12
  And
• 1:09:12
  then
• 1:09:12
  the
• 1:09:13
  book
• 1:09:13
  is
• 1:09:13
  one.
• 1:09:14
  A
• 1:09:14
  couple
• 1:09:14
  of
• 1:09:14
  awards,
• 1:09:15
  and
• 1:09:15
  that's
• 1:09:16
  just
• 1:09:16
  like
• 1:09:16
  the
• 1:09:16
  icing
• 1:09:17
  on
• 1:09:17
  the
• 1:09:17
  cake.
• 1:09:17
  But
• 1:09:18
  to
• 1:09:18
  be
• 1:09:18
  honest,
• 1:09:18
  I
• 1:09:19
  think
• 1:09:19
  really
• 1:09:19
  you
• 1:09:20
  just
• 1:09:20
  want
• 1:09:20
  to
• 1:09:21
  know
• 1:09:21
  that
• 1:09:22
  people
• 1:09:22
  are
• 1:09:22
  enjoying
• 1:09:23
  your
• 1:09:23
  story
• 1:09:24
  and
• 1:09:24
  they're
• 1:09:24
  enjoying
• 1:09:25
  it
• 1:09:25
  with
• 1:09:25
  their
• 1:09:25
  children
• 1:09:26
  or
• 1:09:26
  grandchildren.
• 1:09:27
  And
• 1:09:27
  that's
• 1:09:28
  why
• 1:09:28
  I
• 1:09:28
  wrote
• 1:09:28
  it.
• 1:09:29
  Okay.
• 1:09:30
  And
• 1:09:30
  the
• 1:09:30
  beautiful
• 1:09:30
  thing
• 1:09:31
  about
• 1:09:31
  your
• 1:09:31
  book,
• 1:09:32
  all
• 1:09:32
  children's
• 1:09:32
  books,
• 1:09:33
  is
• 1:09:34
  our
• 1:09:35
  audience
• 1:09:36
  gets
• 1:09:36
  refreshed
• 1:09:37
  every
• 1:09:37
  year.
• 1:09:38
  Yes.
• 1:09:39
  Because
• 1:09:40
  children
• 1:09:41
  are
• 1:09:41
  born.
• 1:09:42
  So.
• 1:09:43
  And
• 1:09:43
  that's
• 1:09:43
  why
• 1:09:43
  I
• 1:09:43
  said
• 1:09:44
  your
• 1:09:44
  story
• 1:09:45
  is
• 1:09:45
  timeless,
• 1:09:45
  because
• 1:09:46
  there's
• 1:09:47
  always
• 1:09:47
  going
• 1:09:47
  to
• 1:09:47
  be
• 1:09:48
  more
• 1:09:48
  children
• 1:09:48
  and
• 1:09:49
  there's
• 1:09:49
  always
• 1:09:49
  going
• 1:09:49
  to
• 1:09:49
  be
• 1:09:50
  more
• 1:09:50
  falls.
• 1:09:51
  So
• 1:09:52
  even
• 1:09:52
  if
• 1:09:52
  you
• 1:09:52
  said,
• 1:09:53
  you
• 1:09:53
  know
• 1:09:53
  what,
• 1:09:53
  I
• 1:09:53
  think
• 1:09:54
  I'm
• 1:09:54
  just
• 1:09:54
  going
• 1:09:54
  to
• 1:09:55
  spend
• 1:09:56
  the
• 1:09:56
  next
• 1:09:56
  couple
• 1:09:56
  of
• 1:09:57
  months,
• 1:09:57
  every
• 1:09:58
  late
• 1:09:58
  summer,
• 1:09:59
  early
• 1:10:00
  fall,
• 1:10:00
  promoting
• 1:10:01
  my
• 1:10:01
  book,
• 1:10:01
  well,
• 1:10:03
  it
• 1:10:03
  ends
• 1:10:03
  up,
• 1:10:03
  it's
• 1:10:04
  timeless,
• 1:10:04
  so
• 1:10:05
  it's
• 1:10:05
  evergreen.
• 1:10:05
  Yeah,
• 1:10:06
  it's
• 1:10:06
  evergreen
• 1:10:07
  for
• 1:10:07
  sure.
• 1:10:07
  So
• 1:10:08
  thank
• 1:10:08
  you
• 1:10:08
  for
• 1:10:09
  sharing
• 1:10:09
  that.
• 1:10:10
  Was
• 1:10:10
  there
• 1:10:10
  anything
• 1:10:11
  else
• 1:10:11
  that
• 1:10:12
  was
• 1:10:12
  a
• 1:10:12
  surprise
• 1:10:12
  to
• 1:10:13
  you?
• 1:10:13
  Now
• 1:10:13
  that
• 1:10:13
  you
• 1:10:14
  are,
• 1:10:14
  like
• 1:10:15
  you
• 1:10:15
  said,
• 1:10:15
  now
• 1:10:15
  you're
• 1:10:15
  going
• 1:10:16
  into
• 1:10:16
  really
• 1:10:17
  the
• 1:10:17
  full
• 1:10:17
  cycle,
• 1:10:18
  how
• 1:10:18
  you
• 1:10:19
  probably
• 1:10:19
  had
• 1:10:19
  envisioned
• 1:10:20
  it.
• 1:10:20
  Tell
• 1:10:21
  us
• 1:10:21
  about
• 1:10:21
  that.
• 1:10:22
  I
• 1:10:23
  would
• 1:10:23
  say,
• 1:10:23
  I
• 1:10:24
  think
• 1:10:24
  that
• 1:10:24
  probably
• 1:10:25
  every
• 1:10:25
  children's
• 1:10:26
  book
• 1:10:26
  author,
• 1:10:27
  when
• 1:10:27
  they
• 1:10:27
  put
• 1:10:27
  their
• 1:10:28
  first
• 1:10:28
  book
• 1:10:28
  out,
• 1:10:28
  they
• 1:10:28
  think,
• 1:10:30
  oh,
• 1:10:30
  I
• 1:10:30
  got
• 1:10:30
  this
• 1:10:31
  book
• 1:10:31
  out
• 1:10:31
  and
• 1:10:31
  it's
• 1:10:32
  on
• 1:10:32
  Amazon
• 1:10:33
  and
• 1:10:33
  they
• 1:10:33
  don't
• 1:10:34
  really
• 1:10:34
  think
• 1:10:34
  about
• 1:10:35
  their
• 1:10:36
  a
• 1:10:36
  hundred
• 1:10:36
  thousand
• 1:10:36
  other
• 1:10:37
  children's
• 1:10:37
  books
• 1:10:38
  that
• 1:10:38
  people
• 1:10:39
  are
• 1:10:39
  buying
• 1:10:39
  and
• 1:10:40
  how
• 1:10:40
  is
• 1:10:40
  your
• 1:10:40
  book
• 1:10:41
  gonna
• 1:10:41
  stand
• 1:10:41
  out?
• 1:10:42
  That
• 1:10:42
  was
• 1:10:42
  just
• 1:10:42
  something
• 1:10:43
  that
• 1:10:43
  I
• 1:10:43
  haven't
• 1:10:44
  really
• 1:10:44
  considered,
• 1:10:45
  like
• 1:10:46
  the
• 1:10:46
  difficulty
• 1:10:47
  of
• 1:10:47
  getting
• 1:10:47
  your
• 1:10:48
  book
• 1:10:48
  out
• 1:10:49
  in
• 1:10:49
  front
• 1:10:49
  of
• 1:10:49
  people.
• 1:10:50
  And
• 1:10:50
  then
• 1:10:50
  I
• 1:10:50
  think
• 1:10:50
  just
• 1:10:51
  the
• 1:10:51
  how
• 1:10:52
  I
• 1:10:52
  was
• 1:10:53
  surprised
• 1:10:53
  and
• 1:10:53
  happy
• 1:10:54
  about
• 1:10:54
  how
• 1:10:54
  the
• 1:10:55
  butterfly
• 1:10:56
  engagement
• 1:10:57
  went
• 1:10:57
  over
• 1:10:57
  with
• 1:10:57
  people.
• 1:10:58
  So
• 1:10:58
  that
• 1:10:58
  was
• 1:10:58
  a
• 1:10:59
  pleasant
• 1:10:59
  surprise.
• 1:11:01
  You
• 1:11:01
  talked
• 1:11:02
  about
• 1:11:03
  devoting
• 1:11:04
  some
• 1:11:04
  time
• 1:11:04
  to
• 1:11:05
  writing
• 1:11:05
  coming
• 1:11:06
  up
• 1:11:06
  in
• 1:11:06
  the
• 1:11:06
  future.
• 1:11:07
  How
• 1:11:07
  much
• 1:11:07
  time
• 1:11:07
  do
• 1:11:08
  you
• 1:11:08
  think
• 1:11:08
  you
• 1:11:08
  would
• 1:11:08
  devote
• 1:11:09
  to
• 1:11:09
  additional
• 1:11:10
  writing
• 1:11:12
  to
• 1:11:12
  a
• 1:11:12
  new
• 1:11:12
  story?
• 1:11:13
  I
• 1:11:14
  don't
• 1:11:14
  think,
• 1:11:15
  since
• 1:11:15
  I
• 1:11:15
  don't
• 1:11:15
  have
• 1:11:16
  I'm
• 1:11:16
  going
• 1:11:16
  to
• 1:11:16
  publish
• 1:11:17
  a
• 1:11:17
  book
• 1:11:17
  in
• 1:11:17
  six
• 1:11:18
  months
• 1:11:18
  deadline,
• 1:11:19
  I
• 1:11:19
  wouldn't
• 1:11:20
  sit
• 1:11:20
  down
• 1:11:21
  and
• 1:11:21
  say
• 1:11:21
  I'm
• 1:11:22
  going
• 1:11:22
  to
• 1:11:22
  spend
• 1:11:23
  half
• 1:11:23
  an
• 1:11:23
  hour
• 1:11:23
  every
• 1:11:24
  day.
• 1:11:24
  I
• 1:11:24
  think
• 1:11:25
  it
• 1:11:25
  would
• 1:11:25
  just
• 1:11:25
  be.
• 1:11:26
  We
• 1:11:26
  tend
• 1:11:27
  to
• 1:11:27
  spend
• 1:11:28
  time
• 1:11:28
  in
• 1:11:29
  Scottsdale
• 1:11:29
  when
• 1:11:29
  the
• 1:11:30
  weather
• 1:11:30
  gets
• 1:11:30
  colder
• 1:11:30
  here.
• 1:11:31
  And
• 1:11:32
  so
• 1:11:32
  when
• 1:11:33
  we're
• 1:11:33
  there,
• 1:11:33
  I
• 1:11:33
  have
• 1:11:33
  a
• 1:11:34
  desk
• 1:11:34
  I
• 1:11:34
  really
• 1:11:34
  like
• 1:11:34
  to
• 1:11:35
  write
• 1:11:35
  at.
• 1:11:35
  And
• 1:11:35
  so
• 1:11:36
  I
• 1:11:36
  think
• 1:11:37
  when
• 1:11:37
  my
• 1:11:37
  husband's
• 1:11:38
  on
• 1:11:38
  phone
• 1:11:38
  conferences
• 1:11:39
  working
• 1:11:39
  in
• 1:11:39
  the
• 1:11:39
  other
• 1:11:40
  room,
• 1:11:41
  that's
• 1:11:41
  probably
• 1:11:42
  when
• 1:11:42
  I'll
• 1:11:42
  say
• 1:11:43
  I'm
• 1:11:43
  going
• 1:11:43
  to
• 1:11:43
  write.
• 1:11:44
  I'm
• 1:11:44
  going
• 1:11:44
  to
• 1:11:44
  write
• 1:11:44
  some
• 1:11:44
  things
• 1:11:45
  today.
• 1:11:46
  And
• 1:11:46
  that's
• 1:11:46
  when
• 1:11:46
  I
• 1:11:47
  anticipate
• 1:11:47
  that.
• 1:11:48
  And
• 1:11:48
  that's
• 1:11:48
  where
• 1:11:48
  I
• 1:11:49
  anticipate
• 1:11:49
  most
• 1:11:49
  of
• 1:11:49
  it
• 1:11:50
  will
• 1:11:50
  happen.
• 1:11:50
  Advice
• 1:11:51
  for
• 1:11:51
  aspiring
• 1:11:52
  authors
• 1:11:52
  like
• 1:11:53
  you've
• 1:11:53
  given.
• 1:11:54
  I
• 1:11:54
  love
• 1:11:54
  it.
• 1:11:54
  We've
• 1:11:55
  got
• 1:11:55
  a
• 1:11:55
  lot
• 1:11:55
  of
• 1:11:55
  nuggets
• 1:11:56
  out
• 1:11:56
  of
• 1:11:56
  this
• 1:11:56
  show.
• 1:11:57
  Talking
• 1:11:57
  about
• 1:11:58
  things
• 1:11:58
  that.
• 1:11:59
  Oh,
• 1:11:59
  you're
• 1:11:59
  welcome.
• 1:11:59
  We've
• 1:12:00
  talked
• 1:12:00
  about
• 1:12:00
  things
• 1:12:01
  that
• 1:12:01
  I've
• 1:12:02
  never
• 1:12:02
  talked
• 1:12:02
  about
• 1:12:02
  before
• 1:12:03
  with
• 1:12:03
  and
• 1:12:04
  that's
• 1:12:04
  what
• 1:12:04
  I
• 1:12:04
  hope
• 1:12:05
  is
• 1:12:05
  that
• 1:12:05
  I'm
• 1:12:06
  getting
• 1:12:06
  different
• 1:12:06
  children's
• 1:12:07
  book
• 1:12:07
  authors.
• 1:12:07
  They
• 1:12:08
  have
• 1:12:08
  a
• 1:12:08
  different
• 1:12:08
  way
• 1:12:08
  of
• 1:12:09
  approaching
• 1:12:09
  their
• 1:12:10
  children's
• 1:12:10
  book
• 1:12:10
  business
• 1:12:11
  or
• 1:12:11
  their
• 1:12:11
  children's
• 1:12:12
  book.
• 1:12:12
  I'm
• 1:12:13
  wondering
• 1:12:14
  what
• 1:12:15
  advice
• 1:12:15
  would
• 1:12:15
  you
• 1:12:16
  give
• 1:12:16
  to
• 1:12:16
  aspiring
• 1:12:17
  children's
• 1:12:18
  book
• 1:12:18
  authors
• 1:12:18
  who
• 1:12:19
  are
• 1:12:19
  trying
• 1:12:19
  to
• 1:12:19
  get
• 1:12:19
  started?
• 1:12:22
  I
• 1:12:22
  think
• 1:12:22
  that
• 1:12:23
  probably
• 1:12:23
  a
• 1:12:23
  lot
• 1:12:24
  of
• 1:12:24
  people
• 1:12:24
  say
• 1:12:25
  comments
• 1:12:26
  around,
• 1:12:26
  just
• 1:12:27
  do
• 1:12:27
  it.
• 1:12:28
  And
• 1:12:28
  I
• 1:12:28
  think
• 1:12:28
  my
• 1:12:29
  advice
• 1:12:29
  would
• 1:12:30
  honestly
• 1:12:30
  be
• 1:12:31
  write
• 1:12:31
  your
• 1:12:32
  story.
• 1:12:33
  Do
• 1:12:33
  that,
• 1:12:33
  write
• 1:12:34
  your
• 1:12:34
  story,
• 1:12:35
  your
• 1:12:35
  ideas,
• 1:12:36
  and
• 1:12:37
  don't
• 1:12:37
  worry
• 1:12:37
  so
• 1:12:38
  much
• 1:12:38
  about
• 1:12:38
  the
• 1:12:38
  editing
• 1:12:39
  of
• 1:12:39
  them
• 1:12:39
  right
• 1:12:40
  now.
• 1:12:40
  But
• 1:12:41
  I
• 1:12:41
  would
• 1:12:42
  suggest
• 1:12:43
  that
• 1:12:43
  you
• 1:12:44
  wait
• 1:12:44
  until
• 1:12:44
  the
• 1:12:44
  time
• 1:12:44
  is
• 1:12:45
  right
• 1:12:45
  in
• 1:12:45
  your
• 1:12:45
  life
• 1:12:46
  before
• 1:12:46
  you
• 1:12:46
  undertake
• 1:12:47
  this
• 1:12:47
  process.
• 1:12:48
  Because
• 1:12:49
  I
• 1:12:49
  have
• 1:12:49
  spent
• 1:12:50
  so
• 1:12:50
  much
• 1:12:50
  time
• 1:12:51
  bringing
• 1:12:51
  this
• 1:12:52
  book
• 1:12:52
  to
• 1:12:52
  life
• 1:12:52
  and
• 1:12:53
  financial
• 1:12:54
  and
• 1:12:54
  all
• 1:12:55
  of
• 1:12:55
  that.
• 1:12:55
  And
• 1:12:56
  I
• 1:12:56
  think
• 1:12:56
  that's
• 1:12:56
  why
• 1:12:56
  almost
• 1:12:57
  all
• 1:12:57
  of
• 1:12:58
  my
• 1:12:58
  author
• 1:12:58
  friends
• 1:12:59
  are
• 1:12:59
  retired
• 1:13:00
  or
• 1:13:01
  they're
• 1:13:01
  nearing
• 1:13:01
  retirement.
• 1:13:02
  I
• 1:13:02
  don't
• 1:13:02
  have
• 1:13:03
  a
• 1:13:03
  lot
• 1:13:03
  of
• 1:13:03
  author
• 1:13:03
  friends
• 1:13:04
  that
• 1:13:04
  are
• 1:13:04
  like
• 1:13:04
  young
• 1:13:04
  mothers,
• 1:13:05
  for
• 1:13:05
  example,
• 1:13:06
  because
• 1:13:06
  I
• 1:13:06
  don't
• 1:13:06
  think
• 1:13:06
  there's
• 1:13:07
  a
• 1:13:07
  lot
• 1:13:07
  of
• 1:13:07
  time
• 1:13:08
  to,
• 1:13:08
  to
• 1:13:09
  do
• 1:13:09
  that.
• 1:13:09
  At
• 1:13:09
  that
• 1:13:09
  time
• 1:13:10
  there
• 1:13:10
  wasn't,
• 1:13:10
  at
• 1:13:10
  least
• 1:13:10
  for
• 1:13:11
  me
• 1:13:11
  when
• 1:13:11
  I
• 1:13:11
  was
• 1:13:11
  raising
• 1:13:12
  my
• 1:13:12
  children
• 1:13:13
  and
• 1:13:13
  I
• 1:13:14
  was
• 1:13:14
  a
• 1:13:14
  stay
• 1:13:14
  at
• 1:13:14
  home
• 1:13:15
  mother
• 1:13:15
  for
• 1:13:15
  a
• 1:13:15
  lot
• 1:13:15
  of
• 1:13:15
  those
• 1:13:16
  years
• 1:13:16
  and
• 1:13:16
  I
• 1:13:17
  didn't
• 1:13:17
  have
• 1:13:17
  time
• 1:13:17
  to
• 1:13:18
  do
• 1:13:18
  something
• 1:13:18
  like
• 1:13:18
  this.
• 1:13:19
  So
• 1:13:19
  I
• 1:13:19
  would
• 1:13:20
  say
• 1:13:20
  never
• 1:13:21
  give
• 1:13:21
  up
• 1:13:21
  on
• 1:13:21
  your
• 1:13:21
  dream.
• 1:13:22
  But
• 1:13:23
  if
• 1:13:23
  the
• 1:13:23
  time
• 1:13:23
  isn't
• 1:13:24
  right
• 1:13:24
  and
• 1:13:24
  you
• 1:13:25
  don't
• 1:13:25
  have
• 1:13:26
  the
• 1:13:26
  financial
• 1:13:27
  resources
• 1:13:27
  to
• 1:13:28
  see
• 1:13:28
  that,
• 1:13:28
  see
• 1:13:28
  it
• 1:13:29
  through,
• 1:13:29
  it's
• 1:13:29
  okay.
• 1:13:30
  You
• 1:13:30
  know,
• 1:13:30
  that
• 1:13:30
  time
• 1:13:31
  will
• 1:13:31
  present
• 1:13:31
  itself.
• 1:13:32
  I,
• 1:13:32
  trust
• 1:13:33
  me,
• 1:13:33
  I've
• 1:13:33
  heard
• 1:13:33
  it
• 1:13:34
  over
• 1:13:34
  and
• 1:13:34
  over
• 1:13:34
  where
• 1:13:35
  you
• 1:13:35
  say,
• 1:13:35
  this
• 1:13:36
  is
• 1:13:36
  when
• 1:13:36
  the
• 1:13:36
  time
• 1:13:37
  was
• 1:13:37
  right
• 1:13:37
  and
• 1:13:37
  that's
• 1:13:38
  when
• 1:13:38
  I
• 1:13:38
  took
• 1:13:38
  this
• 1:13:38
  leap.
• 1:13:39
  Wait
• 1:13:39
  for
• 1:13:39
  it,
• 1:13:40
  write
• 1:13:40
  it,
• 1:13:40
  be
• 1:13:40
  prepared,
• 1:13:41
  but
• 1:13:41
  just
• 1:13:42
  wait
• 1:13:43
  till
• 1:13:43
  the
• 1:13:43
  time
• 1:13:43
  is
• 1:13:43
  right
• 1:13:44
  before
• 1:13:44
  you
• 1:13:44
  actually
• 1:13:45
  feel
• 1:13:46
  like
• 1:13:46
  you
• 1:13:46
  have
• 1:13:46
  to
• 1:13:46
  do
• 1:13:46
  it.
• 1:13:47
  Okay?
• 1:13:48
  Encouragement
• 1:13:49
  for
• 1:13:49
  readers.
• 1:13:50
  What's
• 1:13:50
  the
• 1:13:50
  encouragement?
• 1:13:51
  Why
• 1:13:51
  should
• 1:13:52
  children's
• 1:13:52
  book
• 1:13:52
  readers
• 1:13:53
  purchase
• 1:13:53
  your
• 1:13:54
  book?
• 1:13:55
  I
• 1:13:55
  would
• 1:13:55
  say
• 1:13:56
  first
• 1:13:56
  of
• 1:13:56
  all,
• 1:13:56
  it's
• 1:13:57
  fun,
• 1:13:58
  especially
• 1:13:58
  I'm
• 1:13:58
  not
• 1:13:59
  going
• 1:13:59
  to
• 1:13:59
  say
• 1:13:59
  it's
• 1:13:59
  only
• 1:13:59
  a
• 1:13:59
  fall
• 1:14:00
  read,
• 1:14:00
  but
• 1:14:01
  it
• 1:14:01
  tends
• 1:14:01
  to
• 1:14:01
  be.
• 1:14:02
  Mostly,
• 1:14:02
  I
• 1:14:02
  think
• 1:14:02
  people
• 1:14:03
  think
• 1:14:03
  about
• 1:14:03
  it
• 1:14:03
  that
• 1:14:04
  way
• 1:14:04
  and
• 1:14:05
  we're
• 1:14:05
  in
• 1:14:05
  fall
• 1:14:06
  now,
• 1:14:06
  so
• 1:14:06
  it's
• 1:14:07
  a
• 1:14:07
  great
• 1:14:07
  time
• 1:14:07
  to
• 1:14:08
  purchase
• 1:14:08
  the
• 1:14:08
  book
• 1:14:08
  and
• 1:14:09
  snuggle
• 1:14:10
  up
• 1:14:10
  with
• 1:14:10
  your
• 1:14:10
  loved
• 1:14:11
  one,
• 1:14:11
  your
• 1:14:11
  child,
• 1:14:12
  grandchild,
• 1:14:13
  neighbor,
• 1:14:14
  child,
• 1:14:14
  and
• 1:14:14
  read
• 1:14:15
  this
• 1:14:15
  book
• 1:14:15
  together.
• 1:14:16
  And
• 1:14:17
  I
• 1:14:17
  think
• 1:14:17
  the
• 1:14:17
  lessons
• 1:14:18
  in
• 1:14:18
  it
• 1:14:18
  are
• 1:14:18
  good
• 1:14:19
  and
• 1:14:19
  just
• 1:14:20
  in
• 1:14:20
  giving
• 1:14:20
  back
• 1:14:21
  and
• 1:14:21
  being
• 1:14:21
  kind
• 1:14:22
  and
• 1:14:22
  never
• 1:14:23
  giving
• 1:14:23
  up
• 1:14:23
  on
• 1:14:23
  your
• 1:14:24
  dreams.
• 1:14:25
  I
• 1:14:25
  always
• 1:14:25
  save
• 1:14:26
  this
• 1:14:26
  to
• 1:14:26
  the
• 1:14:26
  last
• 1:14:27
  and
• 1:14:27
  I'm
• 1:14:27
  just
• 1:14:27
  curious,
• 1:14:28
  is
• 1:14:28
  there
• 1:14:28
  anything
• 1:14:29
  you'd
• 1:14:29
  like
• 1:14:29
  to
• 1:14:30
  share
• 1:14:30
  these
• 1:14:30
  ag.
• 1:14:30
  I
• 1:14:31
  wish
• 1:14:31
  Rick
• 1:14:31
  would
• 1:14:31
  have
• 1:14:32
  asked
• 1:14:32
  me
• 1:14:32
  this
• 1:14:33
  question.
• 1:14:33
  Is
• 1:14:34
  there
• 1:14:34
  something
• 1:14:34
  that
• 1:14:34
  I
• 1:14:34
  haven't
• 1:14:35
  asked
• 1:14:35
  you
• 1:14:35
  that
• 1:14:35
  you
• 1:14:36
  thought,
• 1:14:36
  oh,
• 1:14:37
  I'd
• 1:14:37
  love
• 1:14:37
  to
• 1:14:37
  share
• 1:14:37
  this?
• 1:14:39
  Wow.
• 1:14:39
  No,
• 1:14:40
  we've
• 1:14:40
  covered
• 1:14:40
  a
• 1:14:41
  lot.
• 1:14:41
  This
• 1:14:41
  has
• 1:14:41
  been
• 1:14:41
  great.
• 1:14:42
  And
• 1:14:42
  I
• 1:14:42
  just
• 1:14:43
  would
• 1:14:43
  like
• 1:14:43
  to
• 1:14:43
  say
• 1:14:44
  thank
• 1:14:44
  you
• 1:14:44
  for
• 1:14:44
  having
• 1:14:44
  me
• 1:14:45
  on
• 1:14:45
  your
• 1:14:46
  podcast.
• 1:14:46
  I
• 1:14:47
  gained
• 1:14:48
  some
• 1:14:48
  definite
• 1:14:49
  nuggets
• 1:14:49
  from
• 1:14:49
  this
• 1:14:49
  myself.
• 1:14:50
  That's
• 1:14:50
  been
• 1:14:51
  wonderful
• 1:14:51
  for
• 1:14:51
  me
• 1:14:51
  as
• 1:14:52
  well.
• 1:14:52
  But
• 1:14:52
  no,
• 1:14:53
  I
• 1:14:53
  think
• 1:14:53
  you've
• 1:14:53
  covered
• 1:14:54
  a
• 1:14:54
  lot
• 1:14:54
  of
• 1:14:55
  information
• 1:14:55
  and
• 1:14:56
  this
• 1:14:56
  has
• 1:14:56
  been
• 1:14:56
  awesome.
• 1:14:57
  Terrific.
• 1:14:58
  Terrific.
• 1:14:59
  Wendy,
• 1:14:59
  I'd
• 1:14:59
  like
• 1:14:59
  to
• 1:15:00
  thank
• 1:15:00
  you
• 1:15:00
  so
• 1:15:00
  much
• 1:15:01
  for
• 1:15:01
  being
• 1:15:01
  a
• 1:15:01
  guest
• 1:15:01
  on
• 1:15:02
  the
• 1:15:02
  Adventures
• 1:15:03
  in
• 1:15:03
  the
• 1:15:03
  Heart
• 1:15:03
  of
• 1:15:04
  Children's
• 1:15:04
  Book
• 1:15:04
  Authors
• 1:15:05
  podcast,
• 1:15:05
  your
• 1:15:06
  generosity
• 1:15:06
  of
• 1:15:07
  time
• 1:15:08
  and
• 1:15:08
  your
• 1:15:08
  insights.
• 1:15:09
  There's
• 1:15:09
  so
• 1:15:09
  many
• 1:15:10
  little
• 1:15:10
  nuggets
• 1:15:10
  here
• 1:15:11
  that
• 1:15:11
  I
• 1:15:11
  hope
• 1:15:12
  people
• 1:15:12
  can
• 1:15:12
  mine
• 1:15:13
  them
• 1:15:13
  and
• 1:15:13
  maybe
• 1:15:14
  re
• 1:15:14
  listen
• 1:15:14
  to
• 1:15:14
  the
• 1:15:15
  show
• 1:15:15
  a
• 1:15:15
  couple
• 1:15:15
  of
• 1:15:15
  times
• 1:15:17
  because
• 1:15:17
  there's
• 1:15:18
  so
• 1:15:18
  much,
• 1:15:18
  so
• 1:15:18
  much
• 1:15:19
  value.
• 1:15:19
  We
• 1:15:20
  promise
• 1:15:20
  to
• 1:15:20
  provide
• 1:15:21
  Wendy's
• 1:15:22
  social
• 1:15:22
  media
• 1:15:23
  links
• 1:15:23
  and
• 1:15:24
  her
• 1:15:24
  website.
• 1:15:26
  And
• 1:15:26
  if
• 1:15:26
  you
• 1:15:27
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• 1:15:32
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• 1:15:33
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• 1:15:33
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• 1:15:35
  anyone
• 1:15:36
  who'd
• 1:15:36
  be
• 1:15:36
  inspired
• 1:15:37
  by
• 1:15:38
  or
• 1:15:38
  who
• 1:15:38
  enjoys
• 1:15:39
  hearing
• 1:15:39
  about
• 1:15:40
  Wendy
• 1:15:41
  and
• 1:15:41
  her
• 1:15:41
  children's
• 1:15:41
  book,
• 1:15:42
  Ivy
• 1:15:42
  Blue's
• 1:15:43
  Greatest
• 1:15:43
  Pumpkin
• 1:15:44
  Playhouse.
• 1:15:44
  Thank
• 1:15:45
  you
• 1:15:45
  Wendy.
• 1:15:46
  Thank
• 1:15:46
  you.
• 1:15:47
  Rick.