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How to Start Writing a Children's Book (Creative Process Explained) · Adventures in the Heart of Children's Book Authors Podcast

• 4:11
  My
• 4:11
  name
• 4:11
  is
• 4:11
  Laura
• 4:12
  Strachan,
• 4:13
  and
• 4:13
  I
• 4:13
  am
• 4:13
  the
• 4:13
  author
• 4:13
  of
• 4:14
  Pickles
• 4:15
  the
• 4:15
  Mermaid
• 4:16
  and
• 4:16
  Pickles
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  the
• 4:18
  Rainy's
• 4:18
  Journey.
• 4:21
  Thanks,
• 4:21
  Laura,
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  for
• 4:22
  appearing
• 4:22
  on
• 4:23
  the
• 4:23
  Adventures
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  in
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  the
• 4:24
  Heart
• 4:24
  of
• 4:24
  Children's
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  Book
• 4:25
  Authors
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  podcast.
• 4:26
  Laura
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  has
• 4:27
  written
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  a
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  children's
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  book
• 4:29
  series,
• 4:30
  Pickles
• 4:30
  the
• 4:30
  Mermaid,
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  and
• 4:31
  we'll
• 4:31
  be
• 4:31
  spending
• 4:33
  much
• 4:33
  of
• 4:33
  our
• 4:33
  time
• 4:34
  discussing
• 4:35
  Laura's
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  new
• 4:35
  book,
• 4:36
  Rainey's
• 4:37
  Journey,
• 4:38
  and
• 4:38
  I
• 4:38
  look
• 4:38
  forward
• 4:39
  to
• 4:39
  that
• 4:39
  journey.
• 4:40
  August,
• 4:40
  being
• 4:40
  a
• 4:40
  special
• 4:41
  month
• 4:41
  for
• 4:42
  Laura
• 4:42
  and
• 4:43
  ourselves,
• 4:44
  is
• 4:45
  we
• 4:45
  just
• 4:45
  recently
• 4:46
  launched
• 4:46
  our
• 4:46
  second
• 4:47
  book,
• 4:47
  and
• 4:47
  Laura
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  is
• 4:48
  about
• 4:48
  to
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  launch
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  her
• 4:49
  second
• 4:50
  book,
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  which
• 4:51
  is
• 4:51
  Rainy's
• 4:51
  Journey.
• 4:52
  Before
• 4:52
  we
• 4:53
  get
• 4:53
  into
• 4:53
  the
• 4:53
  details
• 4:54
  of
• 4:54
  your
• 4:55
  second
• 4:55
  book,
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  and
• 4:56
  welcome,
• 4:56
  Laura,
• 4:58
  is
• 4:59
  Rainy's
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  Journey
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  and
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  your
• 5:02
  children's
• 5:03
  book
• 5:03
  authorship?
• 5:04
  I'm
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  curious
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  about
• 5:05
  what
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  it
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  means
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  to
• 5:07
  you
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  now
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  that
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  you're
• 5:08
  a
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  seasoned
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  children's
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  book
• 5:10
  author.
• 5:10
  What
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  does
• 5:10
  it
• 5:11
  mean
• 5:11
  to
• 5:11
  you
• 5:11
  to
• 5:11
  be
• 5:11
  a
• 5:11
  children's
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  book
• 5:12
  author?
• 5:14
  Thank
• 5:14
  you
• 5:14
  for
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  having
• 5:15
  me
• 5:15
  here,
• 5:15
  and
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  it's
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  really
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  a
• 5:17
  pleasure
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  and
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  I
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  feel
• 5:18
  honored.
• 5:18
  Being
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  a
• 5:19
  book
• 5:19
  author
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  has
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  always
• 5:20
  been
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  a
• 5:21
  dream
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  for
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  the
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  past
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  25
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  years.
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  And
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  I
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  had
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  cancer
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  25
• 5:25
  years
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  ago.
• 5:26
  I
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  taught
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  for
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  20
• 5:27
  years,
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  started
• 5:28
  the
• 5:28
  cancer,
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  and
• 5:29
  didn't
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  know
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  if
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  I
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  was
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  going
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  to
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  live.
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  It
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  was
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  uterine,
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  went
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  behind
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  the
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  hard
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  lymph.
• 5:34
  And
• 5:35
  so
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  when
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  my
• 5:37
  dad
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  was
• 5:37
  turning
• 5:37
  70,
• 5:38
  I
• 5:38
  was
• 5:38
  trying
• 5:39
  to
• 5:40
  publish
• 5:40
  a
• 5:41
  book
• 5:43
  and
• 5:43
  I
• 5:43
  had
• 5:43
  too
• 5:43
  much
• 5:44
  brain
• 5:44
  fog
• 5:44
  and
• 5:45
  I
• 5:45
  couldn't
• 5:45
  do
• 5:45
  it.
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  And
• 5:46
  so
• 5:48
  my
• 5:48
  husband
• 5:48
  and
• 5:48
  I
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  moved
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  to
• 5:49
  a
• 5:49
  new
• 5:49
  community
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  in
• 5:50
  2020
• 5:50
  during
• 5:51
  COVID
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  but
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  now
• 5:53
  we
• 5:53
  live
• 5:53
  in
• 5:53
  a
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  real
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  rural
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  area
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  in
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  Pennsborough.
• 5:55
  I
• 5:55
  grew
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  up
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  in
• 5:55
  some
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  Cincinnati,
• 5:56
  so
• 5:56
  it's
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  a
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  very
• 5:57
  different
• 5:57
  setting.
• 5:58
  I'm
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  on
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  10
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  acres
• 5:59
  and
• 5:59
  it's
• 6:00
  beautiful
• 6:00
  out
• 6:00
  here.
• 6:01
  When
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  my
• 6:01
  dad
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  was
• 6:02
  turning
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  90,
• 6:02
  I
• 6:03
  thought,
• 6:03
  oh,
• 6:03
  the
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  time's
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  ticking.
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  And
• 6:05
  I
• 6:05
  finally
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  was
• 6:07
  not
• 6:07
  working
• 6:08
  and
• 6:09
  decided
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  I
• 6:09
  could
• 6:09
  do
• 6:09
  this.
• 6:10
  Both
• 6:10
  my
• 6:11
  parents
• 6:11
  are
• 6:11
  still
• 6:11
  living.
• 6:12
  They're
• 6:12
  91.
• 6:12
  Oh,
• 6:13
  good
• 6:13
  for
• 6:13
  you.
• 6:14
  Wow.
• 6:15
  So
• 6:15
  really,
• 6:15
  it's
• 6:15
  really
• 6:16
  meaningful
• 6:16
  to
• 6:16
  be
• 6:17
  an
• 6:17
  author
• 6:17
  because
• 6:18
  it's
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  giving
• 6:19
  me
• 6:19
  a
• 6:20
  fulfillment,
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  and
• 6:20
  it's
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  like
• 6:21
  a
• 6:21
  purpose
• 6:21
  and
• 6:22
  a
• 6:22
  passion
• 6:22
  being
• 6:22
  fulfilled
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  in
• 6:24
  my
• 6:24
  life.
• 6:24
  And
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  I
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  feel
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  like
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  my
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  purpose
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  and
• 6:27
  passion
• 6:27
  are
• 6:28
  so
• 6:28
  aligned
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  right
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  now.
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  And
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  since
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  I've
• 6:32
  moved
• 6:32
  to
• 6:32
  this
• 6:32
  new
• 6:32
  community,
• 6:34
  it
• 6:34
  seems
• 6:34
  like
• 6:35
  everything
• 6:37
  you
• 6:37
  know
• 6:37
  is
• 6:37
  just
• 6:38
  aligning
• 6:38
  up
• 6:39
  in
• 6:39
  ways
• 6:39
  I
• 6:39
  never
• 6:39
  imagined.
• 6:41
  So
• 6:41
  when
• 6:41
  I
• 6:42
  came
• 6:42
  to
• 6:42
  this
• 6:42
  new
• 6:42
  community,
• 6:43
  there
• 6:43
  was
• 6:43
  a
• 6:43
  student
• 6:44
  that
• 6:45
  I
• 6:45
  started
• 6:45
  tutoring.
• 6:46
  He
• 6:46
  never
• 6:46
  learned
• 6:47
  to
• 6:47
  read.
• 6:47
  He
• 6:47
  was
• 6:47
  homeschooled.
• 6:48
  He
• 6:48
  was
• 6:48
  14.
• 6:50
  He
• 6:50
  had
• 6:50
  dyslexia.
• 6:51
  As
• 6:52
  a
• 6:52
  special
• 6:52
  educator
• 6:53
  for
• 6:54
  20
• 6:54
  years,
• 6:54
  I
• 6:55
  knew
• 6:55
  how
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  to
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  help
• 6:55
  him
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  learn
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  to
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  read.
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  And
• 6:57
  so
• 6:58
  he
• 6:58
  came
• 6:58
  up
• 6:58
  every
• 6:59
  day.
• 6:59
  And
• 6:59
  then
• 7:00
  his
• 7:00
  family.
• 7:01
  He
• 7:02
  had
• 7:02
  a
• 7:02
  sister
• 7:02
  that
• 7:02
  had
• 7:03
  just
• 7:03
  got
• 7:03
  married
• 7:03
  and
• 7:04
  she
• 7:04
  had
• 7:04
  a
• 7:05
  young
• 7:05
  1
• 7:05
  year
• 7:05
  old.
• 7:06
  And
• 7:06
  then
• 7:06
  they
• 7:07
  all
• 7:07
  adopted
• 7:08
  19
• 7:08
  kids
• 7:09
  within
• 7:10
  the
• 7:10
  whole
• 7:10
  extended
• 7:11
  family.
• 7:12
  A
• 7:12
  lot
• 7:12
  of
• 7:12
  the
• 7:12
  kids
• 7:12
  were
• 7:13
  behind
• 7:13
  and
• 7:13
  I
• 7:13
  would
• 7:14
  meet
• 7:14
  in
• 7:14
  the
• 7:14
  schools.
• 7:14
  They
• 7:15
  wanted
• 7:15
  to
• 7:15
  hold
• 7:15
  him
• 7:15
  back.
• 7:15
  They
• 7:16
  had
• 7:16
  four
• 7:17
  foster
• 7:17
  homes
• 7:18
  before
• 7:18
  they
• 7:18
  adopted
• 7:19
  them.
• 7:20
  And
• 7:20
  I
• 7:20
  was
• 7:20
  reading
• 7:21
  so
• 7:21
  many
• 7:21
  books
• 7:22
  because
• 7:22
  I
• 7:23
  was
• 7:23
  teaching
• 7:23
  that
• 7:23
  14
• 7:24
  year
• 7:24
  old
• 7:24
  how
• 7:24
  to
• 7:25
  read.
• 7:25
  And
• 7:25
  he
• 7:26
  came
• 7:26
  up
• 7:26
  for
• 7:26
  five
• 7:27
  years
• 7:27
  and
• 7:27
  he
• 7:27
  was
• 7:28
  so
• 7:28
  excited
• 7:29
  when
• 7:29
  he
• 7:29
  learned
• 7:30
  to
• 7:30
  read.
• 7:30
  And
• 7:31
  my
• 7:31
  dad
• 7:31
  said,
• 7:31
  let's
• 7:32
  get
• 7:32
  them
• 7:32
  Mark
• 7:32
  Twain.
• 7:33
  And
• 7:34
  so
• 7:34
  he
• 7:34
  liked
• 7:34
  the
• 7:34
  Adventures
• 7:35
  of
• 7:35
  Huck
• 7:35
  Finn
• 7:36
  and
• 7:36
  Tom
• 7:36
  Sawyer.
• 7:37
  He
• 7:37
  loved
• 7:37
  all
• 7:38
  the
• 7:38
  themes
• 7:38
  in
• 7:39
  that,
• 7:39
  which
• 7:39
  is
• 7:39
  so
• 7:40
  controversial
• 7:41
  nowadays.
• 7:42
  But.
• 7:43
  But
• 7:43
  it
• 7:43
  was
• 7:43
  just
• 7:43
  so
• 7:43
  fun
• 7:44
  just
• 7:44
  working
• 7:44
  with
• 7:44
  all
• 7:45
  these
• 7:45
  different
• 7:45
  kids
• 7:46
  that
• 7:46
  would
• 7:46
  come
• 7:46
  up.
• 7:47
  And
• 7:47
  so
• 7:47
  I
• 7:47
  was
• 7:48
  reading
• 7:48
  so
• 7:48
  many
• 7:48
  books
• 7:49
  and
• 7:49
  then
• 7:49
  it
• 7:49
  just
• 7:50
  dawned
• 7:50
  on
• 7:50
  me.
• 7:51
  Oh,
• 7:51
  I
• 7:51
  could
• 7:51
  do
• 7:51
  this.
• 7:52
  I
• 7:52
  can
• 7:52
  write
• 7:52
  a
• 7:53
  story.
• 7:53
  And
• 7:53
  I
• 7:53
  think
• 7:54
  it
• 7:54
  really
• 7:54
  helps
• 7:55
  if
• 7:55
  you
• 7:55
  are
• 7:56
  reading
• 7:56
  a
• 7:56
  lot
• 7:56
  of
• 7:56
  children's
• 7:57
  books
• 7:57
  to
• 7:57
  get
• 7:58
  inspiration
• 7:59
  to.
• 7:59
  To
• 7:59
  start
• 7:59
  writing.
• 8:00
  Absolutely.
• 8:01
  Since
• 8:02
  I
• 8:02
  started
• 8:02
  this
• 8:02
  podcast
• 8:03
  show,
• 8:04
  I've
• 8:04
  read
• 8:04
  over
• 8:05
  50
• 8:05
  children's
• 8:06
  books.
• 8:06
  I
• 8:06
  get
• 8:06
  a
• 8:07
  real
• 8:07
  appreciation
• 8:07
  of
• 8:08
  what
• 8:08
  everybody's
• 8:09
  going
• 8:09
  through.
• 8:09
  And
• 8:10
  it's
• 8:10
  amazing,
• 8:11
  the
• 8:12
  emotional
• 8:12
  attachment
• 8:13
  of
• 8:13
  it
• 8:14
  all
• 8:14
  coming
• 8:14
  together
• 8:15
  as
• 8:15
  a
• 8:15
  children's
• 8:16
  book
• 8:16
  author.
• 8:16
  And
• 8:16
  I
• 8:17
  can
• 8:17
  feel
• 8:17
  it
• 8:17
  from
• 8:17
  you.
• 8:17
  It's
• 8:18
  coming
• 8:18
  right
• 8:18
  through
• 8:18
  the
• 8:19
  screen.
• 8:19
  I
• 8:19
  can
• 8:19
  feel
• 8:20
  your
• 8:20
  passion
• 8:21
  and
• 8:22
  your
• 8:22
  desire
• 8:22
  to
• 8:23
  be
• 8:23
  a
• 8:23
  children's
• 8:24
  book
• 8:24
  author.
• 8:24
  I
• 8:25
  want
• 8:25
  to
• 8:25
  go
• 8:25
  back
• 8:25
  to
• 8:25
  your
• 8:26
  original
• 8:27
  book
• 8:28
  with
• 8:28
  Pickles
• 8:29
  the
• 8:29
  Mermaid,
• 8:30
  because
• 8:30
  that'll
• 8:30
  give
• 8:31
  us
• 8:31
  some
• 8:31
  insight
• 8:32
  into
• 8:33
  your
• 8:34
  second
• 8:34
  book.
• 8:34
  One
• 8:35
  of
• 8:35
  the
• 8:35
  store
• 8:35
  owners
• 8:36
  that
• 8:36
  we
• 8:36
  sell
• 8:36
  our
• 8:36
  books
• 8:37
  in
• 8:38
  said,
• 8:38
  rick,
• 8:38
  you
• 8:39
  should
• 8:39
  have
• 8:39
  a
• 8:39
  plushie.
• 8:40
  Every
• 8:40
  time
• 8:41
  we
• 8:41
  bring
• 8:41
  a
• 8:41
  book
• 8:41
  in
• 8:42
  that
• 8:42
  has
• 8:42
  a
• 8:43
  supporting
• 8:43
  plushie,
• 8:45
  people
• 8:45
  just
• 8:45
  go
• 8:46
  nuts.
• 8:46
  And
• 8:47
  so
• 8:48
  it
• 8:48
  took
• 8:48
  us
• 8:48
  a
• 8:48
  while.
• 8:49
  It
• 8:49
  was
• 8:49
  actually
• 8:50
  someone
• 8:50
  from
• 8:50
  Oklahoma,
• 8:52
  one
• 8:52
  of
• 8:52
  the
• 8:52
  children's
• 8:53
  book
• 8:53
  authors.
• 8:53
  She
• 8:54
  put
• 8:54
  me
• 8:54
  onto
• 8:55
  a
• 8:55
  site
• 8:55
  that
• 8:56
  allowed
• 8:56
  us
• 8:56
  to,
• 8:57
  to
• 8:57
  bring
• 8:57
  our
• 8:57
  plushie
• 8:58
  to
• 8:58
  life.
• 8:59
  Site
• 8:59
  I'm
• 8:59
  interested
• 9:00
  in
• 9:00
  knowing.
• 9:00
  Oh,
• 9:01
  great.
• 9:01
  And
• 9:01
  you
• 9:02
  know
• 9:02
  what,
• 9:02
  Laura?
• 9:02
  After
• 9:03
  I
• 9:03
  can
• 9:03
  send
• 9:04
  you
• 9:04
  some
• 9:04
  more
• 9:04
  information,
• 9:05
  but
• 9:05
  it's
• 9:05
  made
• 9:06
  in
• 9:06
  China
• 9:09
  and
• 9:10
  I,
• 9:10
  even
• 9:10
  though
• 9:11
  we
• 9:11
  all
• 9:11
  want
• 9:11
  to
• 9:12
  support.
• 9:12
  I'm
• 9:13
  in
• 9:13
  Canada,
• 9:14
  you're
• 9:14
  in
• 9:14
  the
• 9:14
  United
• 9:15
  States.
• 9:15
  We'd
• 9:15
  like
• 9:15
  to
• 9:16
  support
• 9:16
  our
• 9:16
  local
• 9:17
  economy
• 9:18
  when
• 9:19
  it
• 9:19
  comes
• 9:19
  to
• 9:20
  trying
• 9:20
  to
• 9:20
  do
• 9:21
  that.
• 9:21
  Because
• 9:21
  I
• 9:22
  spent
• 9:22
  a
• 9:22
  whole
• 9:22
  year
• 9:23
  researching
• 9:23
  how
• 9:24
  to
• 9:24
  actually
• 9:25
  develop
• 9:26
  something
• 9:26
  in
• 9:26
  North
• 9:27
  America.
• 9:27
  It
• 9:27
  just
• 9:28
  was
• 9:28
  cost
• 9:28
  prohibitive.
• 9:29
  It
• 9:30
  just
• 9:30
  wasn't
• 9:30
  going
• 9:30
  to
• 9:31
  happen.
• 9:31
  But
• 9:32
  congratulations.
• 9:33
  Thank
• 9:34
  you.
• 9:34
  We
• 9:34
  have
• 9:34
  a
• 9:35
  plushie
• 9:35
  to
• 9:35
  support
• 9:36
  our
• 9:36
  book
• 9:36
  and
• 9:37
  we're
• 9:37
  very
• 9:37
  excited
• 9:38
  about
• 9:38
  that.
• 9:38
  Are
• 9:39
  you
• 9:39
  looking
• 9:39
  to
• 9:40
  develop
• 9:40
  your
• 9:41
  pickles
• 9:42
  into
• 9:42
  a
• 9:43
  plushie?
• 9:44
  I.
• 9:44
  I
• 9:44
  would
• 9:45
  be
• 9:45
  People
• 9:45
  ask
• 9:46
  me
• 9:46
  that
• 9:46
  all
• 9:46
  the
• 9:46
  time.
• 9:47
  So
• 9:47
  I
• 9:47
  have.
• 9:48
  These
• 9:48
  are
• 9:48
  made
• 9:48
  from
• 9:49
  Budsies,
• 9:50
  and
• 9:50
  it's.
• 9:50
  They're
• 9:51
  quite
• 9:51
  pricey.
• 9:51
  They're
• 9:52
  like
• 9:52
  a
• 9:52
  couple
• 9:52
  hundred
• 9:53
  dollars.
• 9:53
  So
• 9:53
  you
• 9:53
  have
• 9:53
  to
• 9:53
  have
• 9:54
  something
• 9:54
  a
• 9:54
  little
• 9:54
  less.
• 9:55
  So
• 9:55
  I
• 9:55
  have
• 9:56
  Pickles
• 9:56
  and
• 9:56
  Rainy
• 9:57
  now.
• 9:57
  And.
• 9:57
  Good
• 9:58
  for
• 9:58
  you.
• 9:58
  Good
• 9:59
  for
• 9:59
  you.
• 9:59
  Yeah.
• 10:00
  So
• 10:00
  I
• 10:00
  will
• 10:00
  definitely
• 10:00
  get
• 10:01
  you
• 10:01
  that
• 10:01
  information
• 10:02
  after.
• 10:02
  And
• 10:02
  for
• 10:03
  anyone
• 10:03
  listening
• 10:04
  who
• 10:04
  has
• 10:04
  a
• 10:04
  character
• 10:05
  in
• 10:06
  their
• 10:06
  children's
• 10:06
  book,
• 10:07
  I
• 10:07
  just
• 10:07
  want
• 10:07
  to
• 10:07
  mention
• 10:08
  one
• 10:08
  more
• 10:08
  time.
• 10:08
  It's
• 10:09
  called
• 10:09
  madeinchina.com
• 10:10
  I
• 10:11
  just
• 10:11
  can't
• 10:11
  believe
• 10:12
  that
• 10:13
  we're
• 10:13
  all
• 10:14
  that
• 10:14
  distance
• 10:14
  away.
• 10:15
  And
• 10:15
  it
• 10:15
  went
• 10:16
  very
• 10:16
  smooth.
• 10:17
  Tell
• 10:17
  us
• 10:17
  about
• 10:18
  the
• 10:18
  inspiration
• 10:19
  behind
• 10:20
  your
• 10:20
  first
• 10:21
  book,
• 10:21
  Pickles
• 10:21
  the
• 10:22
  Mermaid.
• 10:23
  Yeah.
• 10:23
  So
• 10:24
  I
• 10:25
  think
• 10:25
  it's
• 10:25
  really
• 10:25
  neat
• 10:26
  how
• 10:26
  you
• 10:26
  get
• 10:26
  these
• 10:27
  little
• 10:27
  nudges
• 10:27
  and
• 10:28
  they're
• 10:28
  like
• 10:28
  little
• 10:28
  soul
• 10:29
  whispers,
• 10:30
  and
• 10:30
  then
• 10:30
  they
• 10:30
  get
• 10:31
  louder.
• 10:31
  And
• 10:32
  I
• 10:32
  found
• 10:32
  myself,
• 10:32
  when
• 10:33
  I
• 10:33
  came
• 10:33
  to
• 10:33
  this
• 10:33
  new
• 10:34
  community,
• 10:34
  just
• 10:34
  trying
• 10:35
  to
• 10:35
  get
• 10:35
  out
• 10:35
  of
• 10:35
  my
• 10:36
  comfort
• 10:36
  zone.
• 10:37
  And
• 10:37
  Covid
• 10:38
  was
• 10:38
  really
• 10:38
  hard.
• 10:38
  When
• 10:39
  I
• 10:39
  first
• 10:39
  got
• 10:39
  here,
• 10:40
  I
• 10:40
  didn't
• 10:40
  want
• 10:40
  to
• 10:40
  get
• 10:41
  out
• 10:41
  of
• 10:41
  bed.
• 10:41
  I
• 10:41
  just.
• 10:42
  It
• 10:42
  wasn't
• 10:42
  even
• 10:42
  myself.
• 10:43
  I
• 10:43
  was
• 10:43
  just,
• 10:44
  like,
• 10:44
  so
• 10:44
  depressed
• 10:45
  from
• 10:45
  the
• 10:46
  election
• 10:46
  and
• 10:46
  everything
• 10:47
  happening
• 10:47
  in
• 10:47
  the
• 10:48
  world,
• 10:48
  and
• 10:48
  then
• 10:48
  being
• 10:49
  so
• 10:49
  isolated.
• 10:50
  And
• 10:50
  I
• 10:51
  met
• 10:51
  this
• 10:51
  woman
• 10:51
  online.
• 10:52
  It
• 10:52
  was
• 10:52
  not
• 10:53
  your
• 10:53
  average
• 10:53
  grandmother.
• 10:54
  And
• 10:55
  the
• 10:55
  first
• 10:56
  step
• 10:56
  was
• 10:56
  inspired
• 10:57
  action.
• 10:57
  And
• 10:57
  my.
• 10:58
  That's
• 10:58
  how
• 10:58
  I
• 10:58
  got
• 10:58
  on
• 10:58
  my
• 10:58
  bike
• 10:59
  and
• 10:59
  met
• 10:59
  my
• 10:59
  neighbors
• 11:00
  and
• 11:00
  started
• 11:00
  tutoring
• 11:01
  and
• 11:01
  doing
• 11:01
  things
• 11:02
  that
• 11:02
  light
• 11:02
  me
• 11:03
  up.
• 11:03
  I
• 11:03
  realized
• 11:05
  in
• 11:05
  this
• 11:05
  community
• 11:06
  that
• 11:06
  I
• 11:06
  had
• 11:06
  a
• 11:07
  lot
• 11:07
  more
• 11:07
  time
• 11:07
  on
• 11:08
  my
• 11:08
  hands
• 11:08
  because
• 11:08
  I'm
• 11:09
  in
• 11:09
  a
• 11:09
  very
• 11:09
  rural
• 11:10
  setting.
• 11:10
  And
• 11:11
  I'm
• 11:11
  also
• 11:11
  a
• 11:11
  yoga
• 11:12
  teacher,
• 11:12
  and
• 11:12
  we
• 11:13
  have
• 11:13
  a
• 11:13
  yoga
• 11:13
  community
• 11:14
  that's
• 11:14
  just
• 11:14
  five
• 11:14
  miles
• 11:15
  away
• 11:15
  from
• 11:15
  here.
• 11:16
  But
• 11:16
  my
• 11:16
  teacher
• 11:16
  in
• 11:17
  Cincinnati
• 11:17
  has
• 11:18
  been
• 11:18
  training
• 11:18
  teachers
• 11:19
  in
• 11:19
  West
• 11:19
  Virginia
• 11:20
  and
• 11:20
  Parkersburg,
• 11:20
  which
• 11:21
  is
• 11:21
  45
• 11:21
  minutes
• 11:21
  away.
• 11:22
  So
• 11:22
  I
• 11:23
  have
• 11:23
  this
• 11:23
  huge
• 11:24
  support
• 11:24
  of
• 11:24
  yoga
• 11:25
  teachers
• 11:25
  here
• 11:25
  as
• 11:26
  well,
• 11:26
  in
• 11:26
  the
• 11:26
  community,
• 11:28
  at
• 11:28
  peace,
• 11:28
  knowing
• 11:29
  there
• 11:29
  were
• 11:29
  so
• 11:29
  many
• 11:30
  people
• 11:30
  I
• 11:30
  could
• 11:30
  connect
• 11:31
  to.
• 11:31
  So
• 11:31
  I
• 11:31
  think
• 11:32
  it's
• 11:32
  so
• 11:32
  important
• 11:33
  when
• 11:33
  you're
• 11:34
  moving
• 11:34
  to
• 11:34
  new
• 11:34
  communities
• 11:35
  is
• 11:35
  to
• 11:35
  find
• 11:36
  connection
• 11:36
  with
• 11:37
  community
• 11:37
  and
• 11:38
  friends.
• 11:38
  And
• 11:39
  so
• 11:39
  this
• 11:39
  book
• 11:40
  really
• 11:40
  came
• 11:40
  out
• 11:40
  of
• 11:41
  that
• 11:41
  connection.
• 11:42
  I
• 11:42
  spend
• 11:43
  a
• 11:43
  lot
• 11:43
  of
• 11:43
  time
• 11:43
  with
• 11:44
  children,
• 11:44
  so
• 11:44
  when
• 11:44
  I
• 11:45
  quit
• 11:45
  teaching,
• 11:46
  I
• 11:46
  started
• 11:47
  nannying
• 11:48
  little
• 11:48
  children.
• 11:49
  I
• 11:49
  just
• 11:49
  was
• 11:49
  doing
• 11:50
  a
• 11:50
  lot
• 11:50
  of
• 11:51
  time
• 11:51
  with,
• 11:52
  like,
• 11:52
  newborns,
• 11:53
  and
• 11:53
  I
• 11:53
  never
• 11:53
  tried
• 11:54
  to
• 11:54
  get
• 11:54
  work
• 11:54
  people.
• 11:55
  It's
• 11:55
  word
• 11:55
  of
• 11:55
  mouth.
• 11:56
  And
• 11:56
  so
• 11:57
  I
• 11:57
  probably
• 11:57
  raised
• 11:57
  about
• 11:58
  nine
• 11:58
  different
• 11:58
  kids
• 11:59
  over
• 11:59
  the
• 12:00
  time
• 12:00
  before
• 12:00
  I
• 12:00
  moved
• 12:01
  here.
• 12:02
  And
• 12:02
  it
• 12:02
  was
• 12:02
  a
• 12:03
  lot
• 12:03
  of
• 12:03
  fun.
• 12:03
  I
• 12:04
  started
• 12:04
  with
• 12:04
  my
• 12:05
  youngest
• 12:05
  sister's
• 12:06
  daughter,
• 12:07
  and
• 12:07
  we
• 12:07
  have
• 12:07
  a
• 12:08
  really
• 12:08
  close
• 12:08
  bond,
• 12:09
  so
• 12:09
  she's
• 12:10
  probably
• 12:10
  like
• 12:11
  22
• 12:11
  now.
• 12:12
  And
• 12:12
  so
• 12:12
  it
• 12:13
  was
• 12:13
  just
• 12:13
  such
• 12:13
  a
• 12:13
  gift
• 12:14
  to
• 12:14
  be
• 12:14
  able
• 12:14
  to
• 12:14
  have
• 12:15
  that
• 12:15
  time.
• 12:15
  And
• 12:15
  then
• 12:16
  my
• 12:16
  cousin
• 12:16
  was
• 12:16
  also
• 12:17
  a
• 12:17
  cancer
• 12:17
  survivor,
• 12:18
  and
• 12:18
  I
• 12:18
  got
• 12:18
  to
• 12:18
  spend
• 12:19
  time
• 12:19
  with
• 12:19
  him.
• 12:20
  He
• 12:20
  had
• 12:20
  brain
• 12:20
  cancer,
• 12:21
  and
• 12:21
  he
• 12:21
  laughed.
• 12:22
  He
• 12:22
  said,
• 12:22
  don't
• 12:22
  listen
• 12:23
  to
• 12:23
  their
• 12:23
  percentages
• 12:24
  because
• 12:24
  he
• 12:24
  has
• 12:24
  a
• 12:24
  2%
• 12:25
  chance.
• 12:25
  And
• 12:26
  he's
• 12:26
  still
• 12:26
  alive
• 12:26
  and
• 12:27
  has
• 12:28
  four
• 12:28
  healthy
• 12:28
  children.
• 12:29
  A
• 12:29
  lot
• 12:29
  of
• 12:29
  my
• 12:30
  healing
• 12:30
  was
• 12:30
  with
• 12:31
  laughter.
• 12:32
  And
• 12:32
  in
• 12:32
  my
• 12:32
  yoga,
• 12:33
  I
• 12:33
  incorporate
• 12:34
  laughter
• 12:34
  and
• 12:34
  fun.
• 12:35
  And
• 12:36
  so
• 12:36
  I
• 12:36
  wanted
• 12:37
  laughter
• 12:37
  in
• 12:38
  my
• 12:38
  story.
• 12:38
  And
• 12:39
  so
• 12:39
  my
• 12:40
  son
• 12:40
  was
• 12:41
  asking
• 12:42
  me.
• 12:42
  I
• 12:43
  signed
• 12:43
  up
• 12:44
  for
• 12:44
  this
• 12:44
  in
• 12:44
  August.
• 12:46
  And
• 12:46
  when
• 12:46
  I
• 12:46
  signed
• 12:46
  up,
• 12:46
  I
• 12:47
  had
• 12:47
  no
• 12:47
  clue
• 12:47
  what
• 12:47
  I
• 12:47
  was
• 12:48
  going
• 12:48
  to
• 12:48
  write
• 12:48
  about.
• 12:49
  But
• 12:49
  in
• 12:49
  August,
• 12:50
  I
• 12:50
  had
• 12:50
  gone
• 12:50
  to
• 12:51
  Norfolk
• 12:51
  in
• 12:52
  Virginia,
• 12:53
  my
• 12:53
  niece.
• 12:54
  Periodically
• 12:55
  I
• 12:55
  would
• 12:55
  go
• 12:55
  spend
• 12:56
  time.
• 12:56
  She's
• 12:56
  at
• 12:56
  military.
• 12:57
  Her
• 12:58
  husband's
• 12:58
  in
• 12:58
  the
• 12:58
  military.
• 12:59
  He's
• 12:59
  a
• 12:59
  Navy
• 13:00
  seal.
• 13:01
  And
• 13:01
  I've
• 13:01
  gone
• 13:02
  many
• 13:02
  times.
• 13:03
  I've
• 13:03
  gone
• 13:03
  to
• 13:03
  Coronado
• 13:04
  and
• 13:04
  out
• 13:05
  in
• 13:05
  California
• 13:06
  and
• 13:06
  San
• 13:06
  Diego.
• 13:07
  I've
• 13:07
  gone
• 13:08
  to
• 13:08
  Norfolk
• 13:08
  a
• 13:09
  couple
• 13:09
  of
• 13:09
  times.
• 13:09
  She's
• 13:09
  been
• 13:09
  there.
• 13:10
  She's
• 13:10
  been
• 13:10
  in
• 13:10
  Tampa.
• 13:11
  And
• 13:11
  I
• 13:11
  try
• 13:12
  to
• 13:12
  spend
• 13:12
  a
• 13:12
  week
• 13:12
  with
• 13:13
  her
• 13:13
  and
• 13:13
  her
• 13:13
  kids.
• 13:14
  And
• 13:14
  then
• 13:14
  she
• 13:14
  was
• 13:15
  just
• 13:15
  ready
• 13:15
  to
• 13:15
  have
• 13:15
  her
• 13:16
  fourth
• 13:16
  child.
• 13:17
  It
• 13:17
  was
• 13:17
  the
• 13:17
  end
• 13:18
  of
• 13:18
  August
• 13:19
  while
• 13:19
  I
• 13:19
  was
• 13:20
  there.
• 13:20
  I'm
• 13:20
  always
• 13:20
  paying
• 13:21
  attention
• 13:21
  to
• 13:21
  what
• 13:22
  kids
• 13:22
  are
• 13:22
  doing.
• 13:23
  And
• 13:24
  Margaret
• 13:24
  was
• 13:25
  three
• 13:25
  at
• 13:25
  the
• 13:25
  time.
• 13:26
  She's
• 13:26
  got
• 13:26
  this
• 13:26
  real
• 13:27
  blonde,
• 13:27
  real
• 13:27
  curly
• 13:28
  hair.
• 13:28
  And
• 13:29
  she
• 13:29
  was
• 13:29
  obsessed
• 13:30
  with
• 13:30
  mermaids.
• 13:31
  And
• 13:32
  she
• 13:32
  didn't
• 13:32
  want
• 13:33
  me
• 13:33
  to
• 13:33
  touch
• 13:33
  one
• 13:34
  of
• 13:34
  these
• 13:34
  real
• 13:34
  special
• 13:35
  mermaids.
• 13:35
  She
• 13:35
  had
• 13:35
  several.
• 13:36
  And
• 13:37
  finally
• 13:38
  we
• 13:38
  were
• 13:38
  swimming
• 13:38
  and
• 13:39
  she
• 13:39
  had
• 13:39
  her
• 13:39
  special
• 13:40
  mermaid.
• 13:40
  And
• 13:40
  I
• 13:40
  said,
• 13:41
  margaret,
• 13:42
  what's
• 13:42
  the
• 13:43
  name
• 13:43
  of
• 13:43
  your
• 13:43
  special
• 13:44
  mermaid?
• 13:44
  And
• 13:44
  she.
• 13:45
  She
• 13:45
  just
• 13:45
  sat
• 13:46
  and
• 13:46
  she
• 13:46
  thought
• 13:47
  for
• 13:47
  a
• 13:47
  minute,
• 13:48
  and
• 13:48
  she
• 13:48
  goes,
• 13:48
  pickles.
• 13:50
  And
• 13:50
  then
• 13:51
  she
• 13:52
  said
• 13:52
  it
• 13:52
  three
• 13:52
  times.
• 13:53
  Goals.
• 13:55
  Pickling.
• 13:56
  That's
• 13:56
  what's
• 13:57
  so
• 13:57
  great
• 13:58
  about
• 13:58
  writing.
• 13:59
  Sometimes
• 13:59
  you
• 13:59
  don't
• 14:00
  know
• 14:00
  where
• 14:00
  your
• 14:00
  inspiration's
• 14:01
  going
• 14:01
  to
• 14:01
  come.
• 14:02
  It
• 14:02
  was
• 14:03
  my
• 14:03
  son
• 14:04
  saying
• 14:04
  to
• 14:04
  me,
• 14:05
  mom,
• 14:06
  think
• 14:06
  about
• 14:07
  writing
• 14:07
  what
• 14:07
  makes
• 14:08
  you
• 14:08
  happy.
• 14:08
  I
• 14:09
  signed
• 14:09
  up
• 14:09
  in
• 14:09
  a
• 14:10
  community
• 14:10
  of
• 14:11
  authors
• 14:11
  through
• 14:11
  Miriam
• 14:12
  Laundrie.
• 14:13
  And
• 14:13
  this
• 14:13
  was
• 14:13
  my
• 14:13
  first
• 14:14
  step,
• 14:14
  was
• 14:14
  just
• 14:15
  learning.
• 14:15
  There
• 14:16
  was
• 14:16
  10
• 14:16
  modules,
• 14:17
  and
• 14:17
  it
• 14:17
  wasn't
• 14:17
  like
• 14:18
  an.
• 14:18
  I
• 14:18
  wanted
• 14:19
  more
• 14:19
  interaction
• 14:20
  to
• 14:20
  actually
• 14:20
  write.
• 14:21
  And
• 14:22
  that.
• 14:22
  My
• 14:23
  publisher,
• 14:23
  Miriam,
• 14:24
  had
• 14:24
  a
• 14:24
  event
• 14:24
  called
• 14:25
  Believe
• 14:25
  Live,
• 14:26
  and
• 14:27
  that
• 14:27
  was
• 14:27
  in
• 14:27
  September.
• 14:28
  And
• 14:28
  so
• 14:28
  I
• 14:29
  had
• 14:29
  this
• 14:29
  tucked
• 14:29
  away
• 14:30
  in
• 14:30
  the
• 14:30
  back
• 14:30
  of
• 14:30
  my
• 14:30
  mind.
• 14:31
  Pickles
• 14:32
  the
• 14:32
  mermaid.
• 14:32
  But
• 14:32
  I
• 14:33
  hadn't
• 14:33
  written
• 14:33
  my
• 14:33
  story
• 14:34
  yet.
• 14:35
  And
• 14:35
  so
• 14:36
  I
• 14:36
  was
• 14:36
  at
• 14:36
  this
• 14:36
  Believe
• 14:37
  conference
• 14:37
  and
• 14:38
  found
• 14:38
  out
• 14:38
  that
• 14:38
  they
• 14:38
  had
• 14:39
  a
• 14:39
  mastermind
• 14:39
  class
• 14:40
  where
• 14:40
  you
• 14:41
  could
• 14:42
  join
• 14:42
  that.
• 14:43
  And
• 14:43
  they
• 14:43
  would
• 14:43
  literally
• 14:44
  hold
• 14:44
  your
• 14:44
  hand
• 14:45
  through
• 14:45
  every
• 14:45
  step
• 14:45
  of
• 14:46
  the
• 14:46
  way,
• 14:46
  and
• 14:46
  you
• 14:46
  would
• 14:47
  be
• 14:47
  holding
• 14:47
  your
• 14:47
  book
• 14:48
  at
• 14:48
  the
• 14:48
  end
• 14:49
  of
• 14:49
  that
• 14:49
  course.
• 14:50
  And
• 14:51
  so
• 14:51
  I
• 14:51
  signed
• 14:52
  up
• 14:52
  October
• 14:53
  1st.
• 14:54
  And
• 14:54
  then
• 14:54
  I
• 14:54
  love
• 14:55
  it
• 14:55
  because
• 14:55
  they
• 14:55
  give
• 14:55
  You
• 14:56
  a
• 14:56
  roadmap.
• 14:56
  And
• 14:57
  they
• 14:57
  pretty
• 14:57
  much
• 14:57
  break
• 14:58
  it
• 14:58
  down
• 14:59
  into
• 15:00
  three
• 15:01
  months.
• 15:01
  So
• 15:02
  it's
• 15:02
  like
• 15:02
  a
• 15:02
  nine
• 15:02
  month
• 15:03
  process.
• 15:04
  Right.
• 15:04
  And
• 15:04
  the
• 15:04
  first
• 15:05
  three
• 15:05
  months
• 15:05
  you're
• 15:06
  just
• 15:06
  focused
• 15:06
  on
• 15:06
  writing
• 15:07
  the
• 15:07
  story
• 15:07
  and
• 15:07
  getting
• 15:08
  the
• 15:08
  edits
• 15:09
  done.
• 15:09
  And
• 15:10
  the
• 15:10
  next
• 15:10
  three
• 15:10
  months
• 15:10
  are
• 15:11
  getting
• 15:11
  the
• 15:11
  illustrations
• 15:12
  done,
• 15:12
  which
• 15:12
  gives
• 15:12
  you
• 15:13
  time
• 15:13
  to
• 15:13
  start
• 15:14
  your
• 15:14
  business
• 15:15
  and
• 15:15
  get
• 15:16
  your
• 15:16
  websites
• 15:16
  going,
• 15:16
  get
• 15:17
  social
• 15:17
  media
• 15:17
  going.
• 15:18
  And
• 15:18
  then
• 15:19
  the
• 15:19
  next
• 15:19
  part
• 15:19
  is.
• 15:21
  So
• 15:21
  take
• 15:21
  us
• 15:21
  back
• 15:22
  a
• 15:22
  bit
• 15:22
  because
• 15:22
  we're
• 15:22
  going
• 15:23
  to
• 15:23
  get
• 15:23
  into
• 15:23
  talking
• 15:23
  about
• 15:24
  publishing
• 15:24
  in
• 15:25
  a
• 15:25
  moment.
• 15:25
  But
• 15:25
  I
• 15:26
  want
• 15:26
  to,
• 15:26
  I
• 15:26
  want
• 15:26
  you
• 15:26
  to
• 15:27
  go
• 15:27
  back
• 15:28
  to
• 15:29
  Pickles
• 15:29
  and
• 15:30
  the
• 15:30
  story.
• 15:30
  What
• 15:31
  happened
• 15:32
  was
• 15:32
  I
• 15:32
  was
• 15:33
  going
• 15:34
  to
• 15:34
  visit
• 15:35
  a
• 15:35
  friend.
• 15:35
  She
• 15:35
  had
• 15:36
  a
• 15:36
  dream.
• 15:36
  So
• 15:36
  I
• 15:37
  was
• 15:37
  telling
• 15:37
  you
• 15:37
  about
• 15:37
  these
• 15:38
  little
• 15:38
  heart
• 15:38
  whispers.
• 15:39
  Absolutely.
• 15:39
  She,
• 15:40
  on
• 15:40
  my
• 15:41
  birthday,
• 15:41
  called
• 15:41
  me.
• 15:41
  She
• 15:42
  said,
• 15:42
  you
• 15:42
  and
• 15:42
  your
• 15:42
  husband,
• 15:43
  I
• 15:43
  just
• 15:43
  dreamed
• 15:43
  you
• 15:43
  came
• 15:44
  to
• 15:44
  see
• 15:44
  me.
• 15:44
  And
• 15:44
  I
• 15:44
  hadn't
• 15:45
  seen
• 15:45
  her
• 15:45
  in
• 15:45
  20
• 15:45
  years.
• 15:46
  So
• 15:46
  she
• 15:46
  lived
• 15:47
  in
• 15:47
  Seattle.
• 15:48
  On
• 15:48
  my
• 15:48
  daughter's
• 15:49
  birthday,
• 15:49
  we
• 15:50
  planned
• 15:51
  it
• 15:51
  to
• 15:51
  celebrate
• 15:52
  in
• 15:52
  Cincinnati
• 15:52
  and
• 15:53
  fly
• 15:53
  out
• 15:53
  of
• 15:53
  Cincinnati.
• 15:54
  It's
• 15:54
  like
• 15:54
  a
• 15:55
  four
• 15:55
  hour
• 15:55
  drive
• 15:56
  from
• 15:56
  here
• 15:56
  to
• 15:56
  Cincinnati.
• 15:57
  I'm
• 15:57
  on
• 15:57
  the
• 15:58
  airplane
• 15:58
  and
• 15:58
  I'm
• 15:59
  thinking,
• 16:00
  oh
• 16:00
  no,
• 16:01
  my
• 16:01
  friend
• 16:01
  has
• 16:02
  illustrated
• 16:03
  a
• 16:03
  book.
• 16:03
  I
• 16:03
  better
• 16:04
  write
• 16:04
  my
• 16:04
  story.
• 16:05
  So
• 16:05
  my
• 16:06
  husband
• 16:06
  was
• 16:06
  busy,
• 16:06
  he
• 16:06
  was
• 16:07
  doing
• 16:07
  some
• 16:07
  work
• 16:07
  on
• 16:07
  his
• 16:07
  laptop.
• 16:08
  I
• 16:08
  sat
• 16:09
  down
• 16:09
  on
• 16:09
  the
• 16:09
  airplane
• 16:09
  and
• 16:10
  wrote
• 16:10
  my
• 16:10
  story.
• 16:11
  And
• 16:11
  it
• 16:11
  was
• 16:12
  funny.
• 16:12
  I
• 16:12
  got
• 16:12
  inspiration
• 16:13
  from,
• 16:14
  I
• 16:14
  watched
• 16:15
  on
• 16:15
  the
• 16:15
  way
• 16:15
  to
• 16:16
  Seattle
• 16:16
  from
• 16:16
  Cincinnati,
• 16:17
  I
• 16:18
  watched
• 16:18
  the
• 16:18
  Little
• 16:18
  Mermaid.
• 16:19
  And
• 16:19
  when
• 16:19
  I
• 16:19
  was
• 16:20
  writing
• 16:20
  my
• 16:20
  story,
• 16:21
  I
• 16:21
  literally
• 16:21
  cried
• 16:22
  because
• 16:22
  it
• 16:23
  just
• 16:23
  came
• 16:23
  to
• 16:23
  me
• 16:24
  and
• 16:24
  all
• 16:25
  these
• 16:25
  things
• 16:25
  just.
• 16:26
  I
• 16:26
  don't
• 16:26
  know
• 16:26
  where
• 16:27
  they
• 16:27
  came
• 16:27
  from.
• 16:27
  But
• 16:27
  I
• 16:28
  was
• 16:28
  just
• 16:28
  really
• 16:29
  excited
• 16:29
  about
• 16:30
  writing
• 16:30
  about
• 16:30
  Pickles
• 16:31
  the
• 16:31
  Mermaid
• 16:31
  because
• 16:32
  I
• 16:32
  didn't
• 16:32
  want
• 16:32
  to
• 16:32
  be
• 16:33
  empty
• 16:33
  handed.
• 16:33
  When
• 16:33
  I
• 16:34
  got
• 16:34
  to
• 16:34
  see
• 16:34
  my
• 16:34
  friend,
• 16:35
  she
• 16:35
  looked
• 16:36
  at
• 16:36
  my
• 16:36
  story
• 16:36
  and
• 16:36
  she's,
• 16:37
  it's
• 16:37
  really
• 16:37
  cute,
• 16:37
  but
• 16:38
  she's,
• 16:38
  I
• 16:38
  can't
• 16:39
  illustrate
• 16:39
  it.
• 16:39
  And
• 16:39
  I
• 16:40
  said,
• 16:40
  that's
• 16:40
  okay.
• 16:41
  So
• 16:41
  I
• 16:41
  put
• 16:41
  it
• 16:41
  on
• 16:42
  the
• 16:42
  shelf
• 16:42
  and
• 16:42
  didn't
• 16:42
  know
• 16:43
  if
• 16:43
  I
• 16:43
  was
• 16:43
  going
• 16:43
  to
• 16:43
  even
• 16:43
  use
• 16:44
  that
• 16:44
  story.
• 16:45
  And
• 16:45
  so
• 16:46
  I
• 16:46
  also,
• 16:46
  from
• 16:47
  being
• 16:47
  a
• 16:47
  cancer
• 16:47
  survivor,
• 16:48
  have
• 16:48
  a
• 16:48
  lot
• 16:49
  of
• 16:50
  stories
• 16:50
  of
• 16:51
  inspiration.
• 16:52
  And
• 16:52
  I
• 16:52
  was
• 16:52
  writing
• 16:53
  a
• 16:53
  story
• 16:53
  called
• 16:53
  the
• 16:54
  Blue
• 16:54
  Butterfly.
• 16:55
  That
• 16:55
  story
• 16:56
  may
• 16:56
  still
• 16:56
  get
• 16:56
  told.
• 16:57
  So
• 16:57
  there
• 16:58
  was
• 16:58
  a
• 16:58
  lot
• 16:58
  of
• 16:58
  miracles
• 16:59
  around
• 16:59
  butterflies.
• 17:00
  I
• 17:00
  was
• 17:00
  writing
• 17:00
  this
• 17:00
  story
• 17:01
  and
• 17:01
  I
• 17:01
  had
• 17:01
  some
• 17:01
  friends
• 17:02
  come
• 17:02
  over
• 17:02
  in
• 17:02
  October
• 17:03
  and
• 17:03
  I
• 17:03
  had
• 17:03
  to
• 17:03
  turn
• 17:04
  in
• 17:04
  my
• 17:04
  first
• 17:04
  draft.
• 17:05
  And
• 17:05
  I
• 17:05
  said,
• 17:06
  this
• 17:06
  is
• 17:06
  getting
• 17:06
  hard
• 17:06
  because
• 17:07
  it's
• 17:07
  bringing
• 17:07
  up
• 17:08
  a
• 17:08
  lot
• 17:08
  of
• 17:08
  my
• 17:09
  emotions
• 17:10
  of
• 17:10
  how
• 17:10
  it
• 17:11
  was
• 17:11
  being
• 17:11
  sick
• 17:12
  in
• 17:12
  my
• 17:12
  body
• 17:12
  and
• 17:13
  that
• 17:13
  doesn't
• 17:13
  feel
• 17:14
  happy.
• 17:14
  And
• 17:14
  my
• 17:14
  son
• 17:15
  said,
• 17:15
  write
• 17:15
  about
• 17:15
  something
• 17:16
  that
• 17:16
  makes
• 17:16
  you
• 17:16
  happy.
• 17:17
  And
• 17:17
  it's
• 17:17
  like
• 17:18
  hard
• 17:18
  talking
• 17:18
  about
• 17:19
  these
• 17:19
  emotions.
• 17:20
  My
• 17:20
  friend
• 17:20
  says,
• 17:20
  do
• 17:21
  you
• 17:21
  have
• 17:21
  Another
• 17:21
  story
• 17:22
  and
• 17:22
  handed
• 17:23
  her
• 17:23
  pickles
• 17:23
  and
• 17:23
  mermaid.
• 17:24
  She
• 17:24
  goes,
• 17:25
  you
• 17:25
  wrote
• 17:25
  this?
• 17:25
  I'm
• 17:25
  like,
• 17:26
  yeah.
• 17:26
  She's
• 17:26
  like,
• 17:27
  just,
• 17:28
  you
• 17:28
  don't
• 17:28
  have
• 17:28
  to
• 17:28
  do
• 17:29
  anything.
• 17:29
  Turn
• 17:29
  that
• 17:30
  in.
• 17:30
  So
• 17:31
  I
• 17:31
  had
• 17:31
  my
• 17:31
  story.
• 17:32
  Didn't
• 17:32
  even
• 17:32
  realize
• 17:33
  it.
• 17:33
  Almost
• 17:33
  didn't
• 17:34
  even
• 17:34
  turn
• 17:34
  it
• 17:34
  into
• 17:35
  the
• 17:35
  editor.
• 17:36
  And
• 17:36
  so
• 17:36
  that's
• 17:36
  what
• 17:36
  I'm
• 17:37
  saying.
• 17:37
  Sometimes
• 17:37
  you
• 17:37
  don't
• 17:38
  realize,
• 17:38
  and
• 17:39
  you.
• 17:39
  You
• 17:39
  think
• 17:40
  everything
• 17:40
  has
• 17:40
  to
• 17:41
  be
• 17:41
  perfect
• 17:41
  when
• 17:41
  you
• 17:42
  turn
• 17:42
  it
• 17:42
  in.
• 17:42
  Laura,
• 17:42
  it's
• 17:43
  interesting
• 17:43
  you
• 17:43
  should
• 17:43
  say
• 17:44
  that,
• 17:44
  because
• 17:44
  I've
• 17:44
  talked
• 17:45
  to
• 17:45
  people
• 17:45
  who,
• 17:47
  like
• 17:47
  retired
• 17:47
  teachers
• 17:48
  who
• 17:48
  wrote
• 17:49
  a
• 17:49
  story
• 17:49
  30
• 17:50
  years
• 17:50
  ago
• 17:51
  and
• 17:51
  left
• 17:51
  it
• 17:51
  in
• 17:51
  a
• 17:52
  box,
• 17:52
  and
• 17:53
  then
• 17:53
  all
• 17:53
  of
• 17:53
  a
• 17:53
  sudden,
• 17:54
  they
• 17:54
  had
• 17:54
  time
• 17:55
  and
• 17:55
  it.
• 17:55
  And
• 17:56
  that
• 17:56
  the
• 17:56
  story
• 17:56
  was
• 17:57
  as
• 17:58
  timeless.
• 17:59
  And
• 17:59
  that's
• 17:59
  the
• 17:59
  nice
• 18:00
  thing
• 18:00
  about
• 18:00
  children's
• 18:01
  stories
• 18:01
  is
• 18:01
  they
• 18:02
  tend
• 18:02
  to
• 18:02
  be
• 18:02
  timeless.
• 18:03
  And
• 18:03
  she
• 18:03
  brought
• 18:04
  it
• 18:04
  to
• 18:04
  life
• 18:04
  after
• 18:04
  30
• 18:05
  years.
• 18:05
  And
• 18:05
  then
• 18:06
  I
• 18:06
  had
• 18:06
  a
• 18:06
  guest
• 18:07
  on
• 18:07
  a
• 18:07
  couple
• 18:07
  of
• 18:08
  weeks
• 18:08
  ago,
• 18:09
  and
• 18:09
  she
• 18:10
  said
• 18:10
  this
• 18:11
  same
• 18:11
  kind
• 18:11
  of
• 18:11
  thing
• 18:11
  that
• 18:12
  you
• 18:12
  did.
• 18:12
  She
• 18:13
  wrote
• 18:13
  the
• 18:13
  story
• 18:14
  on
• 18:14
  a
• 18:15
  yellow
• 18:15
  pad,
• 18:17
  and
• 18:17
  then
• 18:17
  she
• 18:17
  tucked
• 18:18
  that
• 18:18
  pad
• 18:18
  away
• 18:19
  for,
• 18:20
  I
• 18:20
  think
• 18:20
  it
• 18:20
  was
• 18:21
  a
• 18:21
  year
• 18:21
  or
• 18:21
  so.
• 18:21
  And
• 18:22
  then
• 18:22
  all
• 18:22
  of
• 18:22
  a
• 18:22
  sudden
• 18:23
  it
• 18:23
  came
• 18:23
  up
• 18:24
  and.
• 18:25
  And
• 18:25
  she
• 18:25
  said
• 18:26
  it
• 18:26
  was
• 18:26
  like
• 18:26
  reading
• 18:27
  something
• 18:28
  that
• 18:28
  she
• 18:28
  hadn't
• 18:29
  written
• 18:29
  because
• 18:30
  it
• 18:30
  was
• 18:30
  fresh
• 18:31
  and
• 18:31
  she
• 18:31
  had
• 18:32
  forgotten
• 18:32
  she
• 18:33
  had
• 18:33
  even
• 18:33
  written
• 18:33
  it.
• 18:34
  So
• 18:34
  it's
• 18:34
  pretty
• 18:34
  incredible.
• 18:35
  I
• 18:35
  actually
• 18:35
  read
• 18:35
  it
• 18:36
  on
• 18:36
  my
• 18:36
  phone.
• 18:36
  I
• 18:37
  literally
• 18:37
  wrote
• 18:37
  the
• 18:38
  story
• 18:38
  on
• 18:38
  my
• 18:38
  phone
• 18:39
  phone.
• 18:39
  I
• 18:39
  had
• 18:39
  a
• 18:40
  gal
• 18:40
  out
• 18:40
  of
• 18:40
  Staten
• 18:41
  Island,
• 18:41
  Denise
• 18:42
  Caesar,
• 18:43
  and
• 18:43
  she
• 18:44
  told
• 18:44
  me
• 18:44
  that
• 18:45
  she
• 18:45
  had
• 18:45
  her
• 18:46
  phone
• 18:46
  beside
• 18:47
  her
• 18:47
  bed.
• 18:48
  She
• 18:48
  woke
• 18:48
  up
• 18:49
  in
• 18:49
  the
• 18:49
  middle
• 18:49
  of
• 18:49
  the
• 18:49
  night,
• 18:50
  and
• 18:50
  she
• 18:51
  actually
• 18:52
  dictated
• 18:52
  into
• 18:53
  her
• 18:53
  phone
• 18:54
  and
• 18:55
  the
• 18:55
  whole
• 18:55
  children's
• 18:56
  book
• 18:56
  story.
• 18:57
  And
• 18:57
  her
• 18:57
  husband
• 18:57
  woke
• 18:58
  up
• 18:58
  and
• 18:58
  said,
• 18:58
  what
• 18:58
  did
• 18:59
  you
• 18:59
  just
• 18:59
  do?
• 19:00
  And
• 19:00
  she
• 19:00
  said,
• 19:00
  oh,
• 19:01
  I
• 19:01
  wrote
• 19:01
  a
• 19:01
  children's
• 19:02
  book.
• 19:02
  It's
• 19:03
  incredible.
• 19:04
  It's.
• 19:04
  You
• 19:04
  can
• 19:04
  see.
• 19:05
  And
• 19:05
  I
• 19:05
  hope
• 19:05
  we're
• 19:05
  inspiring
• 19:06
  some
• 19:06
  people
• 19:07
  to
• 19:07
  know
• 19:07
  that
• 19:08
  it
• 19:08
  can
• 19:09
  happen
• 19:10
  at
• 19:10
  any
• 19:10
  time.
• 19:11
  There's
• 19:12
  inspiration
• 19:12
  that
• 19:13
  comes
• 19:13
  to
• 19:13
  you
• 19:13
  when
• 19:14
  you
• 19:14
  least
• 19:14
  expect
• 19:15
  it.
• 19:15
  But
• 19:16
  you
• 19:16
  have
• 19:16
  to
• 19:16
  recognize
• 19:17
  that,
• 19:17
  like
• 19:17
  you
• 19:18
  did.
• 19:18
  You
• 19:18
  called
• 19:18
  it.
• 19:19
  What
• 19:19
  did
• 19:19
  you
• 19:19
  call
• 19:20
  it?
• 19:20
  The
• 19:20
  heart
• 19:20
  whisper.
• 19:21
  Heart
• 19:21
  whisper.
• 19:22
  I
• 19:22
  love
• 19:22
  that.
• 19:23
  And
• 19:23
  you
• 19:24
  have
• 19:24
  those
• 19:24
  heart
• 19:24
  whisper
• 19:25
  moments.
• 19:26
  Don't
• 19:26
  let
• 19:26
  them
• 19:27
  be
• 19:28
  fleeting,
• 19:28
  because
• 19:29
  I
• 19:29
  know
• 19:30
  we
• 19:30
  all
• 19:30
  let
• 19:30
  things
• 19:30
  go
• 19:31
  and
• 19:31
  then
• 19:31
  we
• 19:31
  say,
• 19:32
  oh,
• 19:32
  darn,
• 19:33
  I
• 19:33
  wish
• 19:33
  I
• 19:33
  would
• 19:33
  have
• 19:34
  written
• 19:34
  that
• 19:34
  down.
• 19:35
  Thank
• 19:35
  you
• 19:35
  for
• 19:35
  sharing
• 19:36
  that.
• 19:36
  Hopefully,
• 19:37
  that
• 19:37
  inspires
• 19:38
  people
• 19:38
  who
• 19:39
  are
• 19:39
  having
• 19:39
  these
• 19:39
  whispers
• 19:40
  to
• 19:40
  actually
• 19:41
  take
• 19:42
  advantage
• 19:42
  of
• 19:42
  them.
• 19:44
  I'm
• 19:44
  curious
• 19:45
  to.
• 19:45
  What
• 19:45
  was
• 19:46
  the
• 19:46
  little
• 19:46
  girl's
• 19:46
  name
• 19:47
  with
• 19:47
  her?
• 19:47
  Margaret.
• 19:48
  Margaret.
• 19:49
  So
• 19:49
  tell
• 19:49
  us
• 19:49
  a
• 19:50
  little
• 19:50
  bit
• 19:50
  about
• 19:50
  Margaret.
• 19:51
  Were
• 19:51
  you
• 19:52
  in
• 19:52
  contact
• 19:52
  with
• 19:53
  her
• 19:53
  after
• 19:54
  you
• 19:54
  wrote
• 19:54
  the
• 19:54
  story?
• 19:55
  Yeah,
• 19:55
  she
• 19:56
  was
• 19:56
  the
• 19:56
  first
• 19:56
  one
• 19:56
  to
• 19:57
  actually
• 19:57
  read
• 19:57
  the
• 19:58
  story.
• 19:58
  And
• 19:59
  they
• 19:59
  came
• 20:00
  to
• 20:00
  Columbus,
• 20:00
  and
• 20:00
  I'm
• 20:01
  selling
• 20:01
  an
• 20:01
  hour
• 20:01
  and
• 20:02
  a
• 20:02
  half
• 20:02
  from
• 20:02
  here,
• 20:03
  and
• 20:03
  they
• 20:03
  have
• 20:03
  cousins
• 20:04
  there.
• 20:04
  So
• 20:05
  my
• 20:05
  sister's
• 20:05
  son
• 20:05
  has
• 20:06
  four
• 20:06
  kids
• 20:06
  and
• 20:06
  they
• 20:06
  get
• 20:06
  together
• 20:07
  regular.
• 20:07
  So
• 20:08
  last
• 20:08
  summer,
• 20:09
  before
• 20:09
  the
• 20:10
  book
• 20:10
  actually
• 20:10
  came
• 20:11
  out,
• 20:11
  we
• 20:11
  read
• 20:12
  the
• 20:12
  story,
• 20:12
  and
• 20:12
  I
• 20:13
  didn't
• 20:13
  even
• 20:13
  have
• 20:14
  my
• 20:14
  actual
• 20:14
  book.
• 20:15
  I
• 20:15
  actually
• 20:15
  made
• 20:16
  a
• 20:16
  book
• 20:16
  of
• 20:17
  the
• 20:17
  story
• 20:17
  and.
• 20:18
  But
• 20:18
  they
• 20:18
  didn't
• 20:18
  care,
• 20:19
  and
• 20:19
  they
• 20:19
  read
• 20:19
  it
• 20:20
  and
• 20:20
  it
• 20:20
  was
• 20:21
  just
• 20:21
  so
• 20:21
  animated.
• 20:22
  And
• 20:22
  Margaret
• 20:22
  was
• 20:23
  so
• 20:23
  excited
• 20:23
  that
• 20:24
  she
• 20:24
  was.
• 20:25
  Was
• 20:25
  like
• 20:25
  the
• 20:25
  person
• 20:25
  that
• 20:26
  inspired
• 20:26
  that
• 20:26
  story.
• 20:27
  So
• 20:27
  it
• 20:27
  was
• 20:28
  really
• 20:28
  special
• 20:29
  to
• 20:29
  acknowledge
• 20:30
  her,
• 20:30
  and
• 20:31
  I
• 20:31
  dedicated
• 20:32
  the
• 20:32
  book
• 20:32
  to
• 20:32
  her
• 20:33
  as
• 20:33
  well.
• 20:33
  Fantastic.
• 20:34
  I've
• 20:35
  been
• 20:35
  talking
• 20:35
  to
• 20:35
  my
• 20:36
  guests
• 20:36
  more
• 20:36
  about
• 20:36
  this,
• 20:37
  and
• 20:37
  I
• 20:37
  know
• 20:38
  a
• 20:39
  lot
• 20:39
  of
• 20:39
  times
• 20:40
  that
• 20:40
  a
• 20:41
  children's
• 20:41
  book
• 20:42
  comes
• 20:42
  from
• 20:43
  passion,
• 20:44
  the
• 20:44
  passion
• 20:45
  that
• 20:45
  you
• 20:45
  have
• 20:46
  and
• 20:46
  how
• 20:46
  you've
• 20:47
  described
• 20:47
  it,
• 20:48
  circumstances
• 20:49
  in
• 20:49
  our
• 20:49
  life.
• 20:50
  And
• 20:50
  then
• 20:50
  all
• 20:50
  of
• 20:51
  a
• 20:51
  sudden
• 20:51
  a
• 20:51
  children's
• 20:52
  book
• 20:52
  appears.
• 20:53
  It's
• 20:53
  not
• 20:53
  magical.
• 20:54
  I
• 20:54
  don't
• 20:54
  want
• 20:54
  anybody
• 20:55
  to
• 20:55
  think
• 20:55
  that
• 20:55
  it's
• 20:56
  magical,
• 20:56
  but
• 20:56
  does
• 20:57
  appear.
• 20:58
  And
• 20:58
  the
• 20:59
  one
• 20:59
  thing
• 20:59
  I'm
• 21:00
  curious
• 21:00
  about
• 21:01
  now
• 21:01
  that
• 21:01
  you're
• 21:01
  about
• 21:02
  to
• 21:02
  launch
• 21:02
  your
• 21:02
  second
• 21:03
  book
• 21:04
  is
• 21:04
  do
• 21:05
  you
• 21:05
  have
• 21:06
  a
• 21:07
  children's
• 21:09
  business
• 21:09
  book
• 21:10
  plan?
• 21:11
  Do
• 21:11
  you
• 21:11
  have
• 21:11
  a
• 21:12
  structured
• 21:12
  plan?
• 21:14
  I
• 21:14
  didn't
• 21:14
  even
• 21:15
  think
• 21:15
  I
• 21:15
  was
• 21:15
  going
• 21:15
  to
• 21:16
  write
• 21:16
  a
• 21:16
  sequel,
• 21:17
  so
• 21:17
  I
• 21:17
  guess
• 21:17
  I
• 21:17
  don't
• 21:18
  have
• 21:18
  too
• 21:18
  much
• 21:18
  of
• 21:18
  a
• 21:18
  plan.
• 21:19
  But
• 21:20
  what
• 21:20
  happened
• 21:21
  last
• 21:21
  year,
• 21:22
  I
• 21:22
  went
• 21:22
  to
• 21:22
  another
• 21:23
  event.
• 21:23
  They
• 21:24
  had
• 21:24
  another
• 21:24
  Believe
• 21:24
  Live
• 21:25
  in
• 21:25
  September,
• 21:26
  and
• 21:26
  I
• 21:26
  signed
• 21:27
  up
• 21:27
  to
• 21:27
  do
• 21:27
  my
• 21:27
  second
• 21:28
  book.
• 21:28
  So
• 21:29
  that
• 21:29
  started
• 21:29
  in
• 21:30
  January
• 21:30
  because
• 21:30
  the
• 21:31
  one
• 21:31
  that
• 21:31
  was
• 21:31
  starting
• 21:32
  in
• 21:32
  October
• 21:33
  was
• 21:33
  full.
• 21:33
  I
• 21:34
  had
• 21:34
  to
• 21:34
  wait
• 21:34
  until
• 21:34
  January.
• 21:35
  But
• 21:35
  I.
• 21:36
  Yeah.
• 21:36
  So
• 21:36
  I
• 21:36
  think
• 21:37
  it's
• 21:37
  good
• 21:37
  when
• 21:37
  you,
• 21:38
  like,
• 21:38
  you're
• 21:38
  talking
• 21:39
  about
• 21:39
  having
• 21:39
  a
• 21:40
  business
• 21:40
  goal
• 21:40
  and
• 21:40
  things
• 21:41
  like
• 21:41
  that.
• 21:41
  Okay.
• 21:42
  I
• 21:42
  tell
• 21:43
  you
• 21:43
  kids,
• 21:44
  for
• 21:44
  my
• 21:44
  inspiration
• 21:45
  and
• 21:45
  family.
• 21:46
  So
• 21:46
  my
• 21:47
  cousin
• 21:47
  called
• 21:48
  me
• 21:48
  from
• 21:48
  California.
• 21:49
  We
• 21:49
  grew
• 21:49
  up
• 21:49
  together,
• 21:50
  and
• 21:51
  she's
• 21:52
  my
• 21:52
  age,
• 21:53
  but
• 21:53
  she's
• 21:53
  been
• 21:53
  out
• 21:53
  in
• 21:54
  California
• 21:54
  most
• 21:55
  of
• 21:55
  her
• 21:55
  life.
• 21:55
  And
• 21:56
  when
• 21:56
  my
• 21:56
  grandmother
• 21:57
  was
• 21:57
  alive,
• 21:58
  we
• 21:58
  spent
• 21:58
  some
• 21:58
  really
• 21:59
  valuable
• 21:59
  times
• 21:59
  together.
• 22:00
  And
• 22:01
  my
• 22:01
  grandmother
• 22:02
  died
• 22:02
  of
• 22:02
  cancer
• 22:03
  when
• 22:03
  I
• 22:03
  was
• 22:03
  12.
• 22:04
  But
• 22:04
  she's
• 22:05
  had
• 22:05
  a
• 22:05
  profound
• 22:06
  influence
• 22:07
  on
• 22:07
  my
• 22:07
  life
• 22:08
  as
• 22:08
  to
• 22:08
  be
• 22:08
  a
• 22:08
  teacher.
• 22:09
  And
• 22:09
  she
• 22:10
  taught
• 22:10
  us
• 22:11
  how
• 22:11
  to
• 22:11
  sew,
• 22:11
  how
• 22:12
  to
• 22:12
  hook,
• 22:13
  how
• 22:13
  to
• 22:14
  save
• 22:14
  money.
• 22:14
  We
• 22:14
  used
• 22:15
  to
• 22:15
  save
• 22:15
  quarters
• 22:15
  and
• 22:16
  we
• 22:16
  would.
• 22:16
  When
• 22:17
  we
• 22:17
  had
• 22:17
  $5,
• 22:18
  we'd
• 22:18
  go
• 22:18
  to
• 22:18
  Coney
• 22:19
  Island.
• 22:19
  It
• 22:19
  was
• 22:19
  just.
• 22:20
  She
• 22:20
  just
• 22:20
  gave
• 22:20
  us
• 22:20
  so
• 22:21
  many
• 22:21
  valuable
• 22:22
  lessons.
• 22:22
  And
• 22:22
  she
• 22:23
  taught
• 22:23
  us
• 22:23
  just
• 22:23
  to
• 22:24
  enjoy
• 22:24
  like,
• 22:25
  the
• 22:25
  Sound
• 22:25
  of
• 22:25
  Music.
• 22:26
  And
• 22:26
  we
• 22:26
  would
• 22:26
  sit
• 22:27
  and
• 22:27
  listen
• 22:27
  to
• 22:27
  radio
• 22:28
  and.
• 22:28
  Or
• 22:28
  the
• 22:28
  records
• 22:29
  back
• 22:29
  then
• 22:30
  and
• 22:30
  for
• 22:30
  hours
• 22:31
  and
• 22:31
  just.
• 22:31
  So
• 22:32
  she
• 22:32
  was
• 22:32
  really
• 22:32
  cultivating
• 22:33
  us
• 22:34
  to
• 22:34
  have
• 22:34
  that
• 22:34
  free
• 22:35
  time
• 22:35
  and
• 22:35
  creativity
• 22:36
  time.
• 22:37
  And
• 22:37
  she
• 22:38
  used
• 22:38
  to,
• 22:38
  when
• 22:38
  we
• 22:39
  would
• 22:39
  write
• 22:39
  our
• 22:39
  Letter
• 22:39
  she
• 22:40
  say,
• 22:40
  make
• 22:40
  them
• 22:41
  smile.
• 22:41
  She
• 22:41
  just
• 22:42
  had
• 22:42
  a
• 22:42
  profound
• 22:43
  influence
• 22:43
  on
• 22:43
  me
• 22:44
  as
• 22:44
  well.
• 22:44
  So
• 22:44
  I
• 22:45
  know
• 22:45
  she's
• 22:45
  smiling
• 22:46
  that
• 22:46
  I'm
• 22:46
  writing
• 22:46
  these
• 22:46
  stories
• 22:47
  because
• 22:48
  she
• 22:48
  was
• 22:49
  a
• 22:49
  big
• 22:49
  influence.
• 22:50
  She
• 22:50
  influenced
• 22:51
  my
• 22:51
  life
• 22:51
  tremendously.
• 22:52
  My
• 22:52
  mom's
• 22:53
  mom
• 22:53
  was
• 22:54
  similar
• 22:54
  to
• 22:54
  how
• 22:55
  you're
• 22:55
  describing
• 22:55
  now.
• 22:56
  She
• 22:56
  was
• 22:56
  an
• 22:56
  outdoorsy
• 22:57
  person
• 22:58
  and
• 22:58
  she
• 22:58
  was
• 22:58
  into
• 22:59
  sports
• 22:59
  way
• 23:00
  before
• 23:01
  women
• 23:01
  were
• 23:02
  supposed
• 23:02
  to
• 23:03
  be
• 23:03
  involved
• 23:03
  in
• 23:03
  sports.
• 23:04
  And
• 23:04
  she
• 23:05
  introduced
• 23:06
  my
• 23:06
  brother
• 23:06
  and
• 23:06
  I
• 23:07
  to
• 23:07
  so
• 23:07
  much
• 23:08
  outdoor
• 23:08
  activity.
• 23:09
  Camping,
• 23:09
  fishing,
• 23:10
  curling.
• 23:11
  The
• 23:11
  list
• 23:12
  goes
• 23:12
  on
• 23:12
  and
• 23:12
  on.
• 23:12
  It's
• 23:13
  incredible
• 23:13
  how
• 23:14
  my
• 23:14
  grandmother's
• 23:15
  been
• 23:15
  gone
• 23:16
  for
• 23:16
  a
• 23:16
  long
• 23:17
  time,
• 23:17
  but
• 23:17
  I
• 23:18
  can
• 23:18
  still
• 23:18
  feel
• 23:19
  her
• 23:19
  every
• 23:19
  once
• 23:19
  in
• 23:20
  a
• 23:20
  while
• 23:20
  when
• 23:20
  I
• 23:20
  do
• 23:20
  certain
• 23:21
  activities.
• 23:21
  Pretty
• 23:22
  amazing.
• 23:22
  I
• 23:22
  know.
• 23:22
  I
• 23:23
  definitely
• 23:23
  feel
• 23:23
  like
• 23:23
  they're
• 23:24
  with
• 23:24
  us
• 23:24
  all
• 23:24
  the
• 23:24
  time.
• 23:25
  Yeah,
• 23:25
  I
• 23:25
  get
• 23:26
  signs.
• 23:26
  Absolutely.
• 23:27
  I
• 23:28
  want
• 23:28
  to
• 23:28
  come
• 23:28
  back
• 23:29
  to
• 23:29
  your
• 23:30
  because
• 23:30
  it's
• 23:30
  exciting
• 23:31
  when
• 23:31
  I
• 23:31
  hear
• 23:32
  you're
• 23:32
  developing
• 23:33
  a
• 23:33
  third
• 23:33
  book.
• 23:34
  And
• 23:35
  one
• 23:35
  of
• 23:35
  my
• 23:35
  first
• 23:36
  guests,
• 23:36
  Darcy
• 23:37
  Guyant,
• 23:38
  the
• 23:39
  retired
• 23:39
  search
• 23:40
  and
• 23:40
  rescue
• 23:41
  helicopter
• 23:41
  pilot,
• 23:42
  and
• 23:42
  he's
• 23:43
  written
• 23:43
  a
• 23:43
  book.
• 23:47
  And
• 23:47
  when
• 23:47
  I
• 23:47
  talked
• 23:48
  to
• 23:48
  him,
• 23:48
  he
• 23:48
  said
• 23:48
  when
• 23:48
  he
• 23:49
  wrote
• 23:49
  his
• 23:49
  first
• 23:50
  story,
• 23:50
  he
• 23:50
  thought
• 23:50
  it
• 23:51
  was
• 23:51
  a
• 23:51
  one
• 23:51
  and
• 23:51
  done.
• 23:52
  So
• 23:53
  and
• 23:54
  that's
• 23:54
  what
• 23:54
  I
• 23:54
  thought.
• 23:54
  I
• 23:55
  wasn't
• 23:55
  planning
• 23:55
  it.
• 23:56
  So
• 23:56
  I
• 23:56
  will
• 23:57
  tell
• 23:57
  you
• 23:58
  that
• 23:58
  these
• 23:58
  books
• 23:59
  sometimes
• 23:59
  write
• 23:59
  themselves.
• 24:00
  They
• 24:00
  you
• 24:01
  can't
• 24:01
  force
• 24:01
  it.
• 24:02
  And
• 24:02
  so
• 24:03
  this
• 24:03
  first
• 24:03
  story
• 24:04
  is
• 24:05
  really
• 24:05
  such
• 24:05
  a
• 24:05
  beautiful
• 24:06
  story.
• 24:06
  So
• 24:06
  if
• 24:06
  you
• 24:07
  want
• 24:07
  us
• 24:07
  to
• 24:07
  focus
• 24:07
  on
• 24:08
  more
• 24:08
  about
• 24:08
  the
• 24:09
  actual
• 24:09
  story,
• 24:09
  we
• 24:10
  could.
• 24:10
  I
• 24:10
  downloaded
• 24:11
  your
• 24:12
  second
• 24:12
  book.
• 24:12
  Look
• 24:13
  at
• 24:13
  how
• 24:13
  beautiful
• 24:14
  it
• 24:14
  shows
• 24:14
  up
• 24:14
  on
• 24:14
  my
• 24:15
  iPad.
• 24:16
  The
• 24:16
  colors
• 24:16
  are
• 24:17
  so
• 24:17
  vivid.
• 24:18
  Yeah.
• 24:18
  My
• 24:18
  illustrator
• 24:19
  is
• 24:19
  from
• 24:20
  Canada
• 24:20
  and
• 24:20
  her
• 24:21
  name
• 24:21
  is
• 24:21
  Michelle
• 24:21
  Simpson
• 24:22
  and
• 24:22
  she
• 24:23
  is
• 24:23
  amazing.
• 24:24
  She
• 24:24
  really
• 24:25
  beautiful
• 24:26
  job,
• 24:26
  great
• 24:26
  use
• 24:27
  of
• 24:27
  color.
• 24:28
  And
• 24:28
  that's,
• 24:28
  you
• 24:28
  know,
• 24:28
  what
• 24:28
  a
• 24:29
  lot
• 24:29
  of
• 24:29
  kids
• 24:29
  get
• 24:29
  engaged
• 24:30
  in
• 24:30
  is
• 24:30
  the
• 24:31
  color
• 24:31
  and
• 24:31
  the
• 24:32
  illustrations.
• 24:32
  Of
• 24:32
  course,
• 24:33
  her
• 24:33
  inspiration
• 24:34
  on
• 24:34
  developing
• 24:35
  Pickles
• 24:36
  was
• 24:37
  Luca,
• 24:38
  that
• 24:38
  movie.
• 24:38
  And
• 24:39
  he's
• 24:39
  blue
• 24:39
  and
• 24:39
  then
• 24:40
  he
• 24:40
  comes
• 24:40
  out
• 24:40
  of
• 24:40
  the
• 24:40
  water.
• 24:41
  And
• 24:41
  so
• 24:42
  I
• 24:42
  told
• 24:42
  her
• 24:42
  I
• 24:42
  wanted
• 24:43
  diversity
• 24:43
  in
• 24:44
  my
• 24:44
  characters
• 24:44
  and
• 24:44
  so
• 24:45
  I
• 24:45
  said
• 24:45
  let's
• 24:45
  make
• 24:46
  them
• 24:46
  rainbow
• 24:46
  colors.
• 24:47
  So
• 24:47
  all
• 24:47
  the
• 24:47
  mermaids
• 24:48
  are
• 24:48
  different
• 24:48
  rainbow
• 24:49
  colors.
• 24:49
  Oh,
• 24:49
  cool.
• 24:50
  Yeah.
• 24:51
  So
• 24:51
  I've
• 24:51
  got
• 24:51
  that
• 24:52
  and
• 24:52
  Pickles,
• 24:53
  the
• 24:53
  little
• 24:53
  doll
• 24:54
  that
• 24:54
  my
• 24:54
  3
• 24:55
  year
• 24:55
  old
• 24:55
  niece
• 24:56
  had
• 24:56
  red
• 24:56
  hair.
• 24:56
  I
• 24:57
  said
• 24:57
  I
• 24:57
  want
• 24:57
  her
• 24:57
  to
• 24:57
  look
• 24:58
  like
• 24:58
  this
• 24:58
  mermaid.
• 24:58
  So
• 24:59
  she
• 24:59
  had.
• 24:59
  That's
• 24:59
  all
• 24:59
  she
• 25:00
  had
• 25:00
  to
• 25:00
  go
• 25:00
  on.
• 25:00
  She
• 25:00
  made
• 25:01
  her
• 25:01
  with
• 25:01
  red
• 25:01
  hair.
• 25:02
  Yeah.
• 25:02
  But
• 25:03
  I
• 25:03
  just
• 25:03
  love.
• 25:03
  She
• 25:04
  portrays
• 25:05
  the
• 25:05
  mermaid
• 25:05
  so
• 25:06
  differently
• 25:06
  than
• 25:06
  I've
• 25:06
  seen
• 25:07
  in
• 25:07
  stories
• 25:07
  before.
• 25:08
  You
• 25:08
  went
• 25:08
  from
• 25:09
  your
• 25:09
  first
• 25:09
  book.
• 25:09
  We're
• 25:09
  going
• 25:10
  to
• 25:10
  talk
• 25:10
  about
• 25:10
  your
• 25:11
  second
• 25:11
  book
• 25:12
  and
• 25:12
  then
• 25:12
  we're
• 25:12
  going
• 25:12
  to
• 25:12
  talk
• 25:12
  about
• 25:13
  your
• 25:13
  third
• 25:13
  book.
• 25:13
  But
• 25:14
  I'm
• 25:14
  curious,
• 25:14
  you
• 25:15
  visualize
• 25:16
  this
• 25:16
  already,
• 25:16
  your
• 25:16
  book
• 25:17
  series.
• 25:18
  And
• 25:18
  it's
• 25:19
  Interesting
• 25:19
  too,
• 25:19
  because
• 25:20
  with
• 25:20
  my
• 25:20
  grandchildren,
• 25:21
  we've
• 25:21
  written
• 25:22
  38
• 25:22
  books
• 25:22
  in
• 25:23
  our
• 25:23
  book
• 25:23
  series.
• 25:24
  That's
• 25:24
  wonderful.
• 25:25
  They
• 25:25
  all
• 25:25
  are
• 25:26
  not
• 25:26
  in
• 25:26
  print
• 25:26
  because
• 25:27
  Laura
• 25:27
  Ash,
• 25:28
  it's
• 25:28
  quite
• 25:28
  expensive
• 25:29
  to
• 25:29
  bring
• 25:29
  a
• 25:30
  children's
• 25:30
  book
• 25:30
  to
• 25:31
  life.
• 25:31
  Yeah.
• 25:32
  So
• 25:32
  I
• 25:32
  haven't
• 25:33
  named
• 25:33
  all
• 25:33
  my
• 25:33
  characters
• 25:34
  in
• 25:34
  the
• 25:34
  story.
• 25:34
  So
• 25:35
  what
• 25:35
  I
• 25:35
  tell
• 25:35
  children
• 25:36
  is
• 25:37
  to
• 25:37
  put
• 25:37
  their
• 25:37
  names
• 25:38
  in
• 25:38
  the
• 25:38
  story
• 25:39
  and
• 25:39
  if
• 25:39
  they
• 25:39
  like,
• 25:40
  what
• 25:40
  color
• 25:40
  do
• 25:40
  you.
• 25:41
  I
• 25:41
  love
• 25:41
  that
• 25:41
  idea.
• 25:42
  Yeah.
• 25:43
  So
• 25:43
  the
• 25:43
  kids
• 25:44
  like
• 25:44
  read
• 25:44
  their
• 25:45
  names
• 25:45
  into
• 25:45
  the
• 25:46
  story
• 25:47
  and
• 25:47
  I
• 25:47
  didn't
• 25:47
  name
• 25:47
  the
• 25:48
  shark.
• 25:48
  So
• 25:48
  the
• 25:48
  boys
• 25:49
  have
• 25:49
  so
• 25:49
  much
• 25:49
  fun
• 25:49
  coming
• 25:50
  up
• 25:50
  with
• 25:50
  names
• 25:50
  for
• 25:51
  the
• 25:51
  shark
• 25:52
  as
• 25:52
  they're
• 25:53
  reading
• 25:53
  it.
• 25:53
  They'll
• 25:54
  use
• 25:54
  the
• 25:54
  name
• 25:54
  that
• 25:55
  they
• 25:55
  chose
• 25:56
  for
• 25:56
  the
• 25:56
  shark.
• 25:57
  I
• 25:57
  like
• 25:57
  them
• 25:58
  putting
• 25:58
  themselves
• 25:58
  into
• 25:59
  the
• 25:59
  story.
• 25:59
  So
• 25:59
  that's.
• 26:01
  So
• 26:01
  just
• 26:01
  back
• 26:01
  us
• 26:01
  up
• 26:02
  for
• 26:02
  a
• 26:02
  moment.
• 26:02
  I
• 26:03
  just.
• 26:03
  Because
• 26:04
  I'm
• 26:04
  trying
• 26:04
  to
• 26:04
  understand
• 26:05
  or
• 26:06
  not
• 26:06
  me
• 26:06
  personally,
• 26:07
  but
• 26:07
  I'm
• 26:07
  trying
• 26:07
  to
• 26:07
  share
• 26:08
  this
• 26:08
  with
• 26:08
  other
• 26:09
  aspiring
• 26:09
  children's
• 26:10
  book
• 26:10
  authors
• 26:11
  is
• 26:11
  that
• 26:13
  it
• 26:13
  sounds
• 26:13
  like
• 26:13
  you
• 26:14
  have
• 26:14
  a
• 26:14
  plan
• 26:15
  for
• 26:16
  a
• 26:17
  third
• 26:17
  book.
• 26:18
  But
• 26:18
  tell
• 26:18
  us,
• 26:20
  how
• 26:20
  are
• 26:20
  you
• 26:20
  supporting
• 26:23
  bringing
• 26:23
  another
• 26:24
  book
• 26:24
  to
• 26:24
  life
• 26:25
  because
• 26:25
  it's
• 26:26
  not
• 26:26
  inexpensive.
• 26:27
  I
• 26:27
  find
• 26:28
  most
• 26:28
  children's
• 26:29
  book
• 26:29
  authors,
• 26:29
  including
• 26:30
  ourselves,
• 26:30
  we
• 26:30
  bring
• 26:31
  our
• 26:31
  first
• 26:31
  book
• 26:31
  to
• 26:31
  life
• 26:32
  because
• 26:32
  we
• 26:32
  have
• 26:33
  this
• 26:33
  passion
• 26:33
  and
• 26:34
  this
• 26:34
  desire
• 26:34
  to
• 26:35
  get
• 26:35
  it
• 26:35
  done.
• 26:36
  Nothing's
• 26:37
  going
• 26:37
  to
• 26:37
  stand
• 26:37
  in
• 26:37
  our
• 26:38
  way
• 26:38
  ultimately,
• 26:39
  including
• 26:40
  the
• 26:40
  cost
• 26:41
  of
• 26:41
  doing
• 26:41
  it.
• 26:42
  And
• 26:42
  then
• 26:43
  all
• 26:43
  of
• 26:43
  a
• 26:43
  sudden
• 26:43
  we're
• 26:44
  inspired
• 26:44
  because
• 26:44
  people
• 26:45
  get
• 26:45
  excited.
• 26:46
  Now
• 26:46
  you're
• 26:46
  a
• 26:47
  children's
• 26:47
  book
• 26:47
  author
• 26:48
  and
• 26:49
  then
• 26:49
  the
• 26:49
  second
• 26:49
  one
• 26:50
  kind
• 26:50
  of
• 26:51
  happens
• 26:52
  and
• 26:53
  maybe
• 26:54
  economically
• 26:55
  the
• 26:55
  first
• 26:55
  one
• 26:56
  didn't
• 26:56
  even
• 26:56
  pay
• 26:56
  for
• 26:56
  itself
• 26:57
  yet.
• 26:57
  And
• 26:57
  you're
• 26:57
  on
• 26:58
  to
• 26:58
  your
• 26:58
  second
• 26:58
  one
• 26:59
  and
• 26:59
  then
• 26:59
  you're
• 26:59
  onto
• 27:00
  your
• 27:00
  third
• 27:00
  one.
• 27:01
  Have
• 27:01
  you
• 27:01
  developed
• 27:02
  a
• 27:02
  plan
• 27:02
  at
• 27:02
  all
• 27:02
  to
• 27:03
  think
• 27:03
  about?
• 27:03
  Okay.
• 27:03
  At
• 27:03
  some
• 27:04
  point.
• 27:05
  That's
• 27:05
  a
• 27:05
  good
• 27:05
  question
• 27:06
  because
• 27:07
  I
• 27:07
  actually
• 27:08
  was
• 27:08
  talking
• 27:08
  to
• 27:08
  my
• 27:09
  daughter.
• 27:09
  Both
• 27:09
  of
• 27:09
  my
• 27:09
  kids
• 27:10
  are
• 27:10
  entrepreneurs.
• 27:10
  She
• 27:11
  has
• 27:11
  a
• 27:12
  business
• 27:12
  called
• 27:12
  Handsey
• 27:13
  H
• 27:13
  A
• 27:13
  N
• 27:13
  D
• 27:14
  Z
• 27:14
  Y.
• 27:15
  And
• 27:15
  she's
• 27:16
  on
• 27:16
  the
• 27:16
  website
• 27:16
  and
• 27:16
  on
• 27:17
  Instagram
• 27:17
  and
• 27:18
  all
• 27:18
  that.
• 27:18
  And
• 27:18
  she
• 27:18
  has
• 27:18
  a
• 27:18
  really
• 27:19
  cute
• 27:19
  shop
• 27:19
  in
• 27:19
  mainstream
• 27:20
  Kentucky
• 27:21
  and
• 27:21
  she
• 27:21
  lives
• 27:22
  in
• 27:22
  Hummington.
• 27:23
  And
• 27:23
  then
• 27:23
  my
• 27:23
  son
• 27:24
  manages
• 27:24
  Airbnbs.
• 27:25
  But
• 27:25
  they
• 27:26
  all
• 27:26
  have
• 27:26
  people
• 27:27
  that
• 27:27
  help
• 27:27
  them
• 27:28
  run
• 27:28
  their
• 27:28
  business.
• 27:29
  So
• 27:29
  I
• 27:30
  hired
• 27:30
  somebody
• 27:31
  and
• 27:32
  at
• 27:32
  first
• 27:33
  my
• 27:33
  husband
• 27:33
  was
• 27:33
  gonna
• 27:33
  help
• 27:34
  me
• 27:34
  do
• 27:34
  my
• 27:34
  taxes
• 27:34
  and
• 27:35
  he
• 27:35
  realized
• 27:35
  he
• 27:36
  couldn't
• 27:36
  do
• 27:37
  em.
• 27:37
  And
• 27:37
  you
• 27:38
  do
• 27:38
  sometimes
• 27:38
  need
• 27:38
  an
• 27:38
  accountant.
• 27:39
  And
• 27:40
  so
• 27:40
  it'll
• 27:40
  be
• 27:41
  interesting
• 27:41
  cause
• 27:41
  I
• 27:41
  actually
• 27:42
  just
• 27:42
  finally
• 27:42
  turned
• 27:43
  in
• 27:43
  my
• 27:43
  taxes.
• 27:43
  I
• 27:44
  had
• 27:44
  till
• 27:44
  October
• 27:44
  to
• 27:45
  get
• 27:45
  em
• 27:45
  done.
• 27:45
  And
• 27:45
  this
• 27:46
  week
• 27:46
  I
• 27:46
  was
• 27:46
  supposed
• 27:47
  to
• 27:47
  meet
• 27:47
  with
• 27:47
  him
• 27:47
  today
• 27:47
  and
• 27:48
  I
• 27:48
  said
• 27:48
  I'm
• 27:48
  coming
• 27:48
  Wednesday
• 27:49
  just
• 27:49
  because
• 27:49
  I'm
• 27:50
  done.
• 27:50
  You
• 27:50
  can
• 27:50
  have
• 27:50
  it
• 27:51
  all.
• 27:51
  But
• 27:51
  yeah,
• 27:52
  so
• 27:52
  he's
• 27:52
  wow,
• 27:52
  He's.
• 27:53
  You've
• 27:53
  really
• 27:53
  invested
• 27:54
  a
• 27:54
  lot
• 27:54
  of
• 27:54
  your
• 27:54
  own
• 27:54
  money
• 27:55
  into
• 27:55
  this.
• 27:56
  So
• 27:56
  for
• 27:56
  me,
• 27:57
  it
• 27:57
  just
• 27:57
  brings
• 27:58
  joy
• 27:58
  to
• 27:58
  do
• 27:58
  it.
• 27:58
  But
• 27:58
  you're
• 27:59
  right.
• 27:59
  At
• 27:59
  some
• 27:59
  point
• 28:00
  I'm
• 28:00
  going
• 28:00
  to
• 28:01
  have
• 28:01
  to
• 28:01
  figure
• 28:01
  that
• 28:01
  out
• 28:02
  because
• 28:02
  it
• 28:03
  is
• 28:03
  very
• 28:03
  costly.
• 28:04
  And
• 28:04
  so
• 28:04
  maybe
• 28:04
  I
• 28:05
  have
• 28:05
  an
• 28:05
  author
• 28:05
  friend
• 28:06
  who's
• 28:06
  actually
• 28:06
  asking
• 28:07
  for
• 28:07
  help
• 28:07
  and
• 28:08
  somebody's
• 28:08
  actually
• 28:09
  paid
• 28:09
  for
• 28:09
  her
• 28:09
  expenses
• 28:10
  to.
• 28:10
  To
• 28:11
  do
• 28:11
  the
• 28:11
  second
• 28:12
  or
• 28:12
  her
• 28:12
  third
• 28:12
  book.
• 28:13
  She
• 28:13
  just
• 28:13
  got
• 28:13
  her
• 28:14
  third
• 28:14
  book.
• 28:14
  She's
• 28:15
  starting.
• 28:15
  And
• 28:16
  it's.
• 28:16
  People
• 28:16
  don't
• 28:17
  realize
• 28:17
  the
• 28:17
  investment
• 28:18
  that
• 28:18
  you
• 28:18
  put
• 28:19
  out
• 28:19
  to
• 28:19
  do.
• 28:19
  Right.
• 28:20
  And
• 28:20
  that's
• 28:20
  why
• 28:20
  I
• 28:20
  asked
• 28:21
  the
• 28:21
  question,
• 28:21
  because
• 28:22
  I
• 28:22
  just
• 28:22
  want
• 28:22
  people
• 28:23
  to
• 28:23
  understand
• 28:23
  that
• 28:24
  generally
• 28:26
  children's
• 28:26
  books
• 28:27
  in
• 28:27
  general
• 28:27
  sell
• 28:27
  between
• 28:29
  indie
• 28:29
  or
• 28:29
  self
• 28:30
  published,
• 28:30
  sell
• 28:30
  between
• 28:31
  100
• 28:31
  and
• 28:31
  500
• 28:32
  copies
• 28:32
  over
• 28:33
  the
• 28:33
  lifetime
• 28:33
  of
• 28:33
  the
• 28:34
  book.
• 28:34
  If
• 28:34
  you
• 28:34
  figured
• 28:35
  out
• 28:36
  what
• 28:36
  it
• 28:36
  cost
• 28:36
  you
• 28:37
  to
• 28:37
  make
• 28:37
  that
• 28:37
  book,
• 28:38
  and
• 28:38
  even
• 28:38
  if
• 28:38
  you
• 28:39
  said,
• 28:39
  okay,
• 28:39
  I
• 28:40
  sold
• 28:40
  500
• 28:40
  copies,
• 28:41
  you
• 28:42
  divide
• 28:42
  that
• 28:42
  into
• 28:43
  your
• 28:43
  overall
• 28:43
  costs
• 28:44
  and
• 28:44
  you
• 28:45
  probably
• 28:45
  think,
• 28:46
  oh,
• 28:47
  what
• 28:47
  have
• 28:47
  I
• 28:48
  done?
• 28:49
  Yeah,
• 28:50
  so
• 28:50
  that's
• 28:50
  really
• 28:51
  true.
• 28:51
  And
• 28:51
  I'm
• 28:52
  still.
• 28:52
  I'm
• 28:52
  actually
• 28:53
  working
• 28:53
  with
• 28:54
  somebody
• 28:54
  new
• 28:54
  this
• 28:55
  year
• 28:55
  just
• 28:55
  to
• 28:56
  learn
• 28:56
  more
• 28:56
  of
• 28:56
  the
• 28:56
  marketing,
• 28:57
  because
• 28:58
  marketing
• 28:58
  is
• 28:58
  a
• 28:59
  big
• 28:59
  factor
• 29:00
  to
• 29:00
  this.
• 29:00
  The
• 29:00
  only
• 29:00
  reason
• 29:01
  I
• 29:01
  bring
• 29:01
  this
• 29:01
  up
• 29:02
  is
• 29:02
  I'm
• 29:02
  a
• 29:02
  children's
• 29:03
  book
• 29:03
  author
• 29:03
  and
• 29:04
  I'm
• 29:04
  going
• 29:04
  through
• 29:05
  the
• 29:05
  same
• 29:05
  thing
• 29:05
  as
• 29:06
  everybody
• 29:06
  else,
• 29:07
  wondering,
• 29:07
  how
• 29:08
  do
• 29:08
  I
• 29:08
  monetize
• 29:09
  this?
• 29:10
  What's
• 29:10
  the
• 29:10
  best
• 29:11
  way
• 29:11
  to
• 29:11
  monetize
• 29:12
  it?
• 29:12
  And
• 29:13
  luckily
• 29:13
  for
• 29:14
  me,
• 29:14
  I've
• 29:15
  been
• 29:15
  interviewing
• 29:15
  children's
• 29:16
  book
• 29:16
  authors
• 29:17
  who
• 29:17
  have
• 29:17
  come
• 29:17
  up
• 29:17
  with
• 29:17
  other
• 29:18
  ideas
• 29:19
  to
• 29:19
  support
• 29:20
  their
• 29:21
  children's
• 29:21
  book
• 29:21
  authorship
• 29:22
  because
• 29:23
  it
• 29:23
  just
• 29:24
  isn't
• 29:24
  from
• 29:25
  the
• 29:25
  book
• 29:25
  sales.
• 29:26
  You
• 29:26
  certainly
• 29:27
  need
• 29:27
  to
• 29:27
  do
• 29:27
  something
• 29:28
  beyond
• 29:29
  the
• 29:29
  pages.
• 29:30
  And
• 29:31
  that's
• 29:31
  why
• 29:31
  in
• 29:32
  our
• 29:32
  case,
• 29:32
  I'm
• 29:33
  glad
• 29:33
  that
• 29:33
  one
• 29:33
  of
• 29:34
  our
• 29:34
  accounts
• 29:35
  said,
• 29:35
  rick,
• 29:36
  you
• 29:36
  have
• 29:36
  to
• 29:36
  have
• 29:36
  a
• 29:36
  plushie.
• 29:37
  There's
• 29:37
  more
• 29:38
  margin
• 29:38
  in
• 29:38
  the
• 29:38
  plushie
• 29:39
  than
• 29:39
  there
• 29:39
  is
• 29:39
  in
• 29:40
  the
• 29:40
  books.
• 29:40
  And
• 29:41
  hopefully
• 29:41
  the
• 29:42
  plushie
• 29:42
  helps
• 29:42
  support
• 29:43
  our
• 29:43
  children's
• 29:44
  book
• 29:44
  authorship.
• 29:45
  I
• 29:45
  talked
• 29:46
  to
• 29:46
  an
• 29:47
  author
• 29:48
  about
• 29:48
  a
• 29:48
  month
• 29:48
  ago,
• 29:49
  and
• 29:49
  she
• 29:49
  actually
• 29:50
  has
• 29:51
  a
• 29:51
  very
• 29:52
  cool
• 29:52
  logo
• 29:53
  called
• 29:54
  Hilo
• 29:54
  Girls.
• 29:55
  And
• 29:56
  she's
• 29:56
  a
• 29:56
  former
• 29:57
  Black
• 29:57
  Hawk
• 29:58
  pilot.
• 29:59
  Oh,
• 30:00
  I
• 30:00
  saw
• 30:00
  that
• 30:00
  at
• 30:00
  the
• 30:00
  time.
• 30:01
  And
• 30:01
  she
• 30:01
  told
• 30:01
  me
• 30:02
  her
• 30:02
  biggest
• 30:03
  revenue
• 30:03
  because
• 30:04
  people
• 30:04
  love
• 30:04
  her
• 30:05
  logo.
• 30:06
  So
• 30:06
  she
• 30:06
  turned
• 30:07
  it
• 30:07
  into
• 30:07
  T
• 30:08
  shirts.
• 30:09
  And
• 30:09
  she's
• 30:09
  finding
• 30:10
  that
• 30:10
  adults
• 30:11
  really
• 30:11
  like
• 30:11
  the
• 30:11
  logo
• 30:12
  too,
• 30:12
  so
• 30:13
  it's
• 30:13
  helped
• 30:13
  her.
• 30:13
  Again,
• 30:14
  that's
• 30:15
  a
• 30:15
  great
• 30:15
  idea.
• 30:15
  You're
• 30:16
  right.
• 30:16
  There
• 30:16
  are
• 30:16
  other
• 30:16
  avenues
• 30:17
  I
• 30:17
  haven't
• 30:17
  really
• 30:18
  explored
• 30:18
  too
• 30:18
  many.
• 30:19
  That's
• 30:19
  why
• 30:19
  I
• 30:19
  like
• 30:20
  to
• 30:20
  share
• 30:20
  with
• 30:21
  people
• 30:21
  listening
• 30:22
  is
• 30:22
  that
• 30:22
  I
• 30:23
  think
• 30:23
  you
• 30:23
  have
• 30:23
  to
• 30:23
  think
• 30:23
  beyond
• 30:24
  the
• 30:24
  page.
• 30:25
  You
• 30:25
  may
• 30:25
  not
• 30:25
  have
• 30:26
  a
• 30:26
  formal
• 30:27
  business
• 30:27
  plan
• 30:27
  yet.
• 30:28
  But
• 30:28
  hopefully,
• 30:29
  listening
• 30:29
  to
• 30:29
  shows
• 30:30
  like
• 30:30
  this
• 30:31
  just
• 30:31
  inspire
• 30:32
  you
• 30:32
  a
• 30:32
  bit
• 30:32
  to
• 30:32
  think
• 30:33
  about.
• 30:33
  Okay,
• 30:33
  I
• 30:33
  better
• 30:34
  start
• 30:34
  thinking
• 30:35
  about
• 30:35
  this
• 30:36
  because
• 30:38
  if
• 30:38
  you
• 30:38
  want
• 30:38
  to
• 30:38
  continue
• 30:39
  on
• 30:40
  writing
• 30:41
  more
• 30:41
  books
• 30:41
  or
• 30:41
  publishing
• 30:42
  more
• 30:42
  children's
• 30:43
  books,
• 30:43
  especially
• 30:43
  like
• 30:44
  yourself,
• 30:44
  Laura,
• 30:45
  and
• 30:45
  ourselves,
• 30:45
  who
• 30:46
  have
• 30:46
  a
• 30:46
  book
• 30:46
  series,
• 30:47
  and
• 30:47
  we've
• 30:47
  got
• 30:47
  38
• 30:49
  stories
• 30:50
  that
• 30:50
  we
• 30:50
  would
• 30:50
  love
• 30:50
  to
• 30:51
  bring
• 30:51
  to
• 30:51
  print
• 30:52
  at
• 30:52
  some
• 30:52
  point,
• 30:53
  but
• 30:53
  it's
• 30:53
  going
• 30:54
  to
• 30:54
  take
• 30:54
  some
• 30:55
  revenue
• 30:55
  to
• 30:56
  do
• 30:56
  that.
• 30:57
  So
• 30:57
  thank
• 30:57
  you
• 30:57
  for
• 30:58
  sharing
• 30:58
  that.
• 30:59
  I
• 30:59
  always
• 31:00
  tell
• 31:00
  people
• 31:01
  there's
• 31:01
  really
• 31:01
  three
• 31:02
  forms
• 31:03
  of
• 31:03
  publishing.
• 31:04
  There's
• 31:04
  the
• 31:04
  traditional
• 31:05
  publishing,
• 31:06
  where
• 31:06
  you
• 31:06
  get
• 31:06
  a
• 31:06
  literary
• 31:07
  agent
• 31:07
  and
• 31:07
  you
• 31:07
  try
• 31:08
  and
• 31:08
  find
• 31:08
  a
• 31:08
  publisher.
• 31:09
  There
• 31:10
  is
• 31:11
  self
• 31:11
  publishing
• 31:12
  is
• 31:12
  where
• 31:12
  you
• 31:13
  actually
• 31:14
  hire
• 31:14
  someone
• 31:14
  like
• 31:15
  Miriam
• 31:15
  Laundry's
• 31:16
  publishing
• 31:17
  to
• 31:18
  publish
• 31:18
  your
• 31:18
  book.
• 31:19
  But
• 31:19
  you
• 31:19
  get
• 31:19
  to
• 31:19
  keep
• 31:19
  all
• 31:20
  the
• 31:20
  rights
• 31:20
  and
• 31:21
  you
• 31:21
  get
• 31:21
  to
• 31:21
  control
• 31:22
  much
• 31:22
  of
• 31:22
  what
• 31:23
  goes
• 31:23
  on.
• 31:24
  And
• 31:24
  then
• 31:24
  there's
• 31:24
  indie
• 31:25
  publishing,
• 31:25
  where
• 31:26
  you,
• 31:27
  the
• 31:27
  children's
• 31:28
  book
• 31:28
  author,
• 31:29
  are
• 31:29
  the
• 31:30
  publisher.
• 31:31
  In
• 31:32
  our
• 31:32
  case,
• 31:32
  we
• 31:33
  have
• 31:33
  a
• 31:33
  company
• 31:33
  called
• 31:34
  Caboose,
• 31:35
  the
• 31:35
  Rocky
• 31:35
  Mountain
• 31:36
  Bear
• 31:36
  Publishing
• 31:37
  Den
• 31:37
  Inc.
• 31:38
  We
• 31:38
  have
• 31:38
  a
• 31:39
  company
• 31:39
  that
• 31:39
  we're
• 31:40
  the
• 31:40
  publisher.
• 31:41
  And
• 31:41
  so
• 31:41
  there's
• 31:42
  different
• 31:43
  ways
• 31:43
  to
• 31:43
  go
• 31:43
  about
• 31:44
  it.
• 31:44
  So
• 31:45
  tell
• 31:45
  us
• 31:45
  a
• 31:46
  bit
• 31:46
  about
• 31:46
  Miriam
• 31:47
  Laundrie
• 31:47
  Publishing
• 31:48
  and
• 31:48
  why
• 31:48
  you
• 31:48
  went
• 31:49
  that
• 31:50
  way.
• 31:51
  So
• 31:51
  I
• 31:51
  feel
• 31:52
  like
• 31:52
  when
• 31:52
  the
• 31:52
  student
• 31:53
  is
• 31:53
  ready,
• 31:53
  the
• 31:54
  teacher
• 31:54
  appears.
• 31:55
  Okay.
• 31:56
  Basically,
• 31:57
  another
• 31:57
  friend
• 31:58
  of
• 31:58
  mine
• 31:58
  at
• 31:58
  the
• 31:58
  time,
• 31:59
  in
• 31:59
  August,
• 32:00
  she
• 32:01
  had
• 32:01
  some
• 32:01
  kidney
• 32:01
  failure.
• 32:02
  She
• 32:02
  was
• 32:02
  an
• 32:02
  alcoholic,
• 32:03
  and
• 32:03
  she
• 32:03
  just
• 32:04
  couldn't
• 32:04
  stop.
• 32:04
  She
• 32:04
  just
• 32:05
  turned
• 32:05
  60
• 32:06
  and
• 32:06
  she
• 32:07
  said
• 32:07
  to
• 32:07
  me,
• 32:07
  promise
• 32:08
  me
• 32:08
  you'll
• 32:08
  write
• 32:09
  your
• 32:09
  book.
• 32:09
  And
• 32:10
  she
• 32:10
  died
• 32:10
  August
• 32:11
  1st
• 32:12
  and
• 32:12
  August
• 32:13
  2nd.
• 32:13
  I
• 32:14
  looked
• 32:14
  on
• 32:15
  the
• 32:15
  screen
• 32:15
  and
• 32:15
  saw
• 32:16
  Miriam
• 32:16
  Laundrie
• 32:17
  pop
• 32:17
  up.
• 32:17
  And
• 32:18
  I
• 32:18
  listened
• 32:18
  to
• 32:18
  her
• 32:19
  thing
• 32:19
  and
• 32:19
  then
• 32:19
  signed
• 32:20
  up
• 32:20
  to
• 32:20
  be
• 32:20
  in
• 32:20
  her
• 32:21
  group.
• 32:21
  And
• 32:22
  I
• 32:22
  felt
• 32:22
  like
• 32:22
  it
• 32:22
  was
• 32:22
  my
• 32:23
  friend.
• 32:23
  It's
• 32:24
  another
• 32:24
  one
• 32:24
  of
• 32:24
  those
• 32:24
  heart
• 32:24
  whispers,
• 32:25
  nudging
• 32:26
  you
• 32:26
  to
• 32:26
  move
• 32:26
  forward
• 32:27
  to
• 32:27
  what
• 32:27
  you
• 32:27
  want
• 32:28
  to
• 32:28
  do.
• 32:28
  Absolutely.
• 32:29
  And
• 32:29
  her
• 32:29
  legacy
• 32:30
  was
• 32:30
  kindness.
• 32:31
  And
• 32:31
  so
• 32:31
  I
• 32:31
  wanted
• 32:32
  to
• 32:32
  incorporate
• 32:33
  kindness
• 32:33
  somehow
• 32:34
  into
• 32:34
  the
• 32:34
  stories.
• 32:35
  Because
• 32:35
  she
• 32:36
  was
• 32:36
  an
• 32:36
  inspiration
• 32:37
  in
• 32:37
  her
• 32:37
  community
• 32:38
  and
• 32:38
  did
• 32:38
  a
• 32:38
  lot
• 32:39
  of
• 32:39
  wonderful
• 32:40
  things
• 32:40
  to
• 32:41
  improve.
• 32:41
  Where
• 32:41
  she
• 32:42
  lived
• 32:42
  in
• 32:42
  Cincinnati
• 32:43
  and
• 32:44
  just
• 32:44
  was
• 32:45
  a
• 32:45
  beautiful
• 32:45
  dancer.
• 32:46
  And
• 32:46
  she
• 32:47
  was
• 32:47
  single.
• 32:47
  She
• 32:47
  never
• 32:47
  married.
• 32:48
  When
• 32:48
  I
• 32:48
  was
• 32:49
  sick,
• 32:49
  she
• 32:50
  came
• 32:50
  over,
• 32:50
  she
• 32:50
  talked
• 32:51
  to
• 32:51
  the
• 32:51
  kids.
• 32:51
  And
• 32:52
  we
• 32:52
  had
• 32:52
  so
• 32:52
  much
• 32:53
  help
• 32:53
  when
• 32:53
  I
• 32:53
  was
• 32:53
  sick.
• 32:54
  And
• 32:54
  she.
• 32:55
  She
• 32:55
  brought
• 32:55
  a
• 32:55
  Montgomery
• 32:56
  in,
• 32:56
  which
• 32:56
  is
• 32:56
  a
• 32:56
  really
• 32:56
  special
• 32:57
  treat
• 32:57
  for
• 32:57
  my
• 32:58
  kids.
• 32:58
  Cause
• 32:58
  most
• 32:58
  people
• 32:58
  were
• 32:59
  bringing
• 32:59
  casseroles
• 33:00
  or
• 33:00
  other
• 33:00
  things.
• 33:00
  And.
• 33:01
  But
• 33:01
  it
• 33:01
  was
• 33:01
  just
• 33:02
  like
• 33:02
  she
• 33:02
  just
• 33:02
  went
• 33:03
  that
• 33:03
  extra
• 33:03
  mile.
• 33:03
  And
• 33:04
  she
• 33:04
  always
• 33:04
  had
• 33:04
  a
• 33:04
  most
• 33:05
  beautiful
• 33:05
  smile.
• 33:06
  So
• 33:06
  it
• 33:07
  was
• 33:07
  really
• 33:07
  to
• 33:07
  honor
• 33:08
  this
• 33:09
  true
• 33:09
  friend
• 33:09
  I've
• 33:10
  had.
• 33:10
  And
• 33:10
  we've.
• 33:11
  I
• 33:11
  met
• 33:11
  my
• 33:11
  husband
• 33:12
  in
• 33:12
  the
• 33:12
  mountaineering
• 33:13
  club.
• 33:13
  We've
• 33:13
  been
• 33:13
  together
• 33:14
  for
• 33:14
  40
• 33:14
  years
• 33:15
  and
• 33:15
  married
• 33:15
  38
• 33:16
  years
• 33:16
  and
• 33:16
  we
• 33:17
  have
• 33:17
  two
• 33:17
  kids.
• 33:17
  I
• 33:18
  have
• 33:18
  a
• 33:18
  son
• 33:18
  that's
• 33:18
  33
• 33:19
  and
• 33:19
  my
• 33:19
  daughter's
• 33:20
  35
• 33:20
  and
• 33:21
  a
• 33:21
  granddaughter
• 33:21
  that's
• 33:22
  three.
• 33:22
  I
• 33:23
  mentioned
• 33:23
  them
• 33:23
  in
• 33:23
  my
• 33:24
  book
• 33:24
  as
• 33:24
  my
• 33:24
  dedication.
• 33:25
  They're
• 33:25
  my
• 33:25
  biggest
• 33:26
  teachers.
• 33:27
  So
• 33:27
  my
• 33:27
  son
• 33:28
  inspired
• 33:28
  this
• 33:28
  first
• 33:29
  story
• 33:29
  because
• 33:29
  he
• 33:29
  was
• 33:30
  bullied.
• 33:30
  He
• 33:31
  had
• 33:31
  severe
• 33:31
  ADHD
• 33:32
  and
• 33:33
  was
• 33:33
  very
• 33:33
  hyperactive.
• 33:34
  But
• 33:34
  he
• 33:35
  was
• 33:35
  targeted
• 33:35
  because
• 33:36
  he
• 33:36
  needed
• 33:36
  special
• 33:37
  needs
• 33:37
  classes.
• 33:38
  He
• 33:38
  didn't
• 33:39
  know
• 33:39
  how
• 33:39
  to
• 33:39
  read
• 33:39
  right
• 33:40
  away.
• 33:40
  And
• 33:41
  there
• 33:41
  was
• 33:41
  just
• 33:41
  so
• 33:42
  many
• 33:42
  things
• 33:42
  that
• 33:42
  kids
• 33:43
  just
• 33:43
  made
• 33:43
  fun
• 33:43
  of
• 33:44
  him
• 33:44
  for.
• 33:45
  Bullied
• 33:45
  all
• 33:45
  the
• 33:45
  way
• 33:46
  through
• 33:46
  school.
• 33:46
  And
• 33:46
  I
• 33:47
  had
• 33:47
  to
• 33:47
  constantly
• 33:48
  be
• 33:48
  his
• 33:48
  advocate
• 33:49
  and
• 33:49
  stand
• 33:50
  up
• 33:50
  for
• 33:50
  him.
• 33:50
  And
• 33:51
  I
• 33:51
  felt
• 33:51
  like
• 33:51
  I
• 33:52
  didn't
• 33:52
  have
• 33:52
  the
• 33:52
  resources
• 33:53
  I
• 33:53
  wanted.
• 33:54
  That's
• 33:54
  really
• 33:54
  why
• 33:54
  I
• 33:54
  wrote
• 33:55
  this
• 33:55
  book
• 33:55
  is
• 33:55
  I
• 33:55
  wanted
• 33:56
  to
• 33:56
  bring
• 33:56
  awareness
• 33:57
  to
• 33:58
  bullying.
• 33:58
  And
• 33:59
  it
• 33:59
  is
• 33:59
  becoming
• 34:00
  a
• 34:01
  more
• 34:01
  severe
• 34:01
  issue.
• 34:02
  There's
• 34:02
  so
• 34:02
  many
• 34:03
  people
• 34:03
  I
• 34:03
  meet,
• 34:03
  they
• 34:04
  say,
• 34:04
  I
• 34:04
  wish
• 34:04
  I
• 34:04
  would
• 34:04
  have
• 34:05
  had
• 34:05
  your
• 34:05
  book.
• 34:05
  My
• 34:06
  niece
• 34:06
  or
• 34:06
  nephew
• 34:07
  just
• 34:07
  committed
• 34:07
  suicide.
• 34:08
  Or
• 34:08
  it's
• 34:08
  very
• 34:09
  severe
• 34:09
  right
• 34:10
  now.
• 34:10
  Difficult.
• 34:11
  And
• 34:12
  you
• 34:12
  hear
• 34:12
  all
• 34:12
  these
• 34:13
  stories
• 34:13
  of
• 34:13
  why
• 34:14
  we
• 34:14
  need
• 34:14
  to
• 34:14
  bring
• 34:14
  awareness
• 34:15
  into
• 34:15
  this.
• 34:16
  Yeah.
• 34:16
  And
• 34:17
  it's
• 34:17
  nice
• 34:17
  that
• 34:17
  you're
• 34:17
  bringing
• 34:18
  the
• 34:18
  message
• 34:18
  through
• 34:19
  a
• 34:19
  children's
• 34:19
  book
• 34:20
  when
• 34:20
  maybe
• 34:20
  you
• 34:21
  have
• 34:21
  a
• 34:21
  chance
• 34:21
  to
• 34:22
  help
• 34:22
  develop
• 34:23
  one's
• 34:24
  mind
• 34:24
  about
• 34:24
  how
• 34:24
  they
• 34:25
  think.
• 34:26
  Yeah.
• 34:26
  So
• 34:26
  that
• 34:27
  was
• 34:27
  my
• 34:27
  why
• 34:27
  for
• 34:28
  this
• 34:28
  one
• 34:28
  was
• 34:28
  that
• 34:29
  my
• 34:29
  son
• 34:29
  was
• 34:29
  bullied.
• 34:30
  And
• 34:30
  I
• 34:30
  really
• 34:30
  wanted
• 34:31
  to
• 34:32
  bring
• 34:32
  awareness
• 34:33
  to
• 34:33
  that.
• 34:33
  And
• 34:34
  so
• 34:34
  this.
• 34:34
  The
• 34:35
  bully
• 34:35
  that
• 34:35
  I
• 34:36
  chose,
• 34:36
  I.
• 34:36
  The
• 34:37
  name
• 34:37
  I
• 34:37
  chose
• 34:37
  was
• 34:38
  Rainy
• 34:38
  because
• 34:39
  she's
• 34:39
  an
• 34:39
  outcast
• 34:40
  and
• 34:40
  she's
• 34:40
  like
• 34:41
  a
• 34:41
  storm.
• 34:42
  And
• 34:43
  she
• 34:43
  makes
• 34:44
  fun
• 34:44
  of
• 34:44
  Pickles
• 34:45
  and
• 34:45
  she
• 34:45
  lurks
• 34:46
  around
• 34:46
  like
• 34:46
  a
• 34:46
  dark
• 34:46
  cloud
• 34:47
  and
• 34:47
  she
• 34:48
  finds
• 34:48
  Pickles.
• 34:48
  Ha.
• 34:49
  Rees
• 34:49
  nears.
• 34:50
  You
• 34:50
  look
• 34:50
  like
• 34:51
  a
• 34:51
  pickle
• 34:51
  and
• 34:51
  smell
• 34:51
  stinky
• 34:52
  like
• 34:52
  one
• 34:52
  too.
• 34:54
  Pickles
• 34:54
  cries
• 34:55
  every
• 34:55
  time.
• 34:55
  And
• 34:55
  then
• 34:56
  one
• 34:56
  day
• 34:56
  she
• 34:56
  swims
• 34:57
  and
• 34:57
  swim
• 34:57
  until
• 34:57
  she's
• 34:58
  far
• 34:58
  away.
• 34:59
  And
• 34:59
  so
• 35:00
  this
• 35:01
  interaction
• 35:02
  sets
• 35:02
  Pickles
• 35:03
  on
• 35:03
  a
• 35:03
  journey
• 35:04
  to
• 35:04
  self
• 35:04
  discovery.
• 35:05
  It's
• 35:05
  all
• 35:05
  written
• 35:06
  with
• 35:06
  growth
• 35:06
  mindset.
• 35:07
  It's
• 35:07
  a
• 35:07
  hero's
• 35:08
  journey.
• 35:09
  I,
• 35:09
  like
• 35:10
  in
• 35:10
  life,
• 35:10
  find
• 35:11
  that
• 35:11
  you
• 35:11
  need
• 35:11
  mentors
• 35:12
  in
• 35:12
  your
• 35:12
  life.
• 35:13
  And
• 35:13
  the
• 35:14
  scene
• 35:14
  with
• 35:14
  the
• 35:14
  octopus
• 35:15
  came
• 35:15
  from
• 35:16
  my
• 35:16
  son's
• 35:16
  favorite
• 35:17
  book,
• 35:17
  Rainbow
• 35:18
  Fish.
• 35:18
  And
• 35:19
  the
• 35:19
  octopus
• 35:20
  was
• 35:20
  the
• 35:20
  mentor
• 35:21
  in
• 35:21
  that
• 35:21
  fish.
• 35:22
  So
• 35:22
  there
• 35:22
  are
• 35:22
  different
• 35:23
  reasons
• 35:23
  I
• 35:23
  put
• 35:24
  things
• 35:24
  in
• 35:24
  the
• 35:24
  story.
• 35:25
  And
• 35:25
  I
• 35:26
  wanted
• 35:26
  music
• 35:27
  in
• 35:27
  the
• 35:27
  story.
• 35:27
  And
• 35:28
  I
• 35:28
  have
• 35:28
  a
• 35:28
  singing
• 35:28
  conch
• 35:29
  shell
• 35:29
  in
• 35:29
  there.
• 35:30
  And
• 35:30
  the
• 35:30
  reason
• 35:30
  I
• 35:31
  wanted
• 35:31
  that
• 35:31
  is
• 35:32
  it's
• 35:32
  tied
• 35:32
  to
• 35:32
  the
• 35:32
  emotion
• 35:33
  of
• 35:33
  love.
• 35:34
  And
• 35:34
  the
• 35:34
  song
• 35:35
  the
• 35:35
  kids
• 35:36
  recognize
• 35:36
  is
• 35:37
  a
• 35:37
  lullaby
• 35:37
  their
• 35:37
  mom
• 35:38
  sang.
• 35:38
  And
• 35:38
  they
• 35:38
  remember
• 35:39
  how
• 35:39
  loved
• 35:39
  they
• 35:40
  are.
• 35:40
  Because
• 35:41
  sometimes
• 35:41
  we
• 35:42
  just
• 35:42
  forget
• 35:43
  how
• 35:43
  special
• 35:43
  we
• 35:44
  are.
• 35:44
  We
• 35:44
  go
• 35:44
  through
• 35:45
  life
• 35:45
  and
• 35:46
  we
• 35:46
  just
• 35:46
  don't
• 35:46
  remember
• 35:47
  who
• 35:47
  we
• 35:47
  are.
• 35:48
  And
• 35:48
  this
• 35:48
  is
• 35:49
  her
• 35:49
  reminder
• 35:50
  that
• 35:50
  you're
• 35:50
  loved
• 35:50
  just
• 35:51
  the
• 35:51
  way
• 35:51
  you
• 35:51
  are.
• 35:52
  So
• 35:52
  it's
• 35:52
  embracing
• 35:53
  uniqueness.
• 35:54
  It's
• 35:54
  all
• 35:54
  about
• 35:55
  being
• 35:55
  brave,
• 35:56
  being
• 35:56
  kind,
• 35:57
  friendships,
• 35:58
  community.
• 35:58
  There's
• 35:59
  all
• 35:59
  these
• 35:59
  special
• 36:00
  things
• 36:00
  into
• 36:01
  the
• 36:01
  story.
• 36:01
  And
• 36:02
  she's
• 36:02
  just
• 36:02
  on
• 36:02
  this
• 36:03
  journey
• 36:03
  and
• 36:03
  she's
• 36:04
  looking
• 36:04
  for
• 36:04
  this
• 36:04
  singing
• 36:05
  conch
• 36:05
  shell.
• 36:06
  And
• 36:06
  as
• 36:06
  I
• 36:06
  did
• 36:07
  research
• 36:07
  into
• 36:07
  the
• 36:08
  story
• 36:08
  and
• 36:08
  the
• 36:08
  setting,
• 36:09
  I
• 36:09
  wanted
• 36:09
  to
• 36:09
  use
• 36:10
  a
• 36:10
  kelp
• 36:10
  forest.
• 36:11
  And
• 36:11
  I
• 36:11
  saw
• 36:11
  that
• 36:11
  there
• 36:12
  are
• 36:12
  a
• 36:12
  lot
• 36:12
  of
• 36:12
  otters
• 36:13
  in
• 36:13
  the
• 36:13
  kelp
• 36:13
  forest.
• 36:14
  So
• 36:14
  I
• 36:14
  have
• 36:14
  Ollie
• 36:15
  that
• 36:15
  can
• 36:15
  help
• 36:15
  her
• 36:15
  part
• 36:16
  way.
• 36:16
  But.
• 36:17
  And
• 36:17
  when
• 36:17
  I'm
• 36:17
  reading
• 36:18
  it
• 36:18
  to
• 36:18
  the
• 36:18
  kids,
• 36:19
  I'll
• 36:19
  say,
• 36:20
  do
• 36:20
  you
• 36:20
  see
• 36:20
  Ollie?
• 36:21
  And
• 36:21
  she
• 36:22
  can
• 36:22
  only
• 36:22
  go
• 36:22
  part
• 36:23
  way.
• 36:23
  So
• 36:23
  I
• 36:23
  build
• 36:24
  some
• 36:24
  tension
• 36:24
  into
• 36:25
  the
• 36:25
  story
• 36:26
  by
• 36:27
  making
• 36:27
  it
• 36:27
  where
• 36:28
  there's
• 36:29
  unknown.
• 36:29
  And
• 36:30
  then
• 36:30
  sometimes
• 36:31
  I'll
• 36:31
  have
• 36:31
  the
• 36:31
  kids
• 36:32
  pretty
• 36:32
  predict
• 36:32
  because
• 36:33
  I
• 36:33
  have
• 36:33
  all
• 36:33
  my
• 36:33
  characters.
• 36:34
  And
• 36:34
  I'll
• 36:34
  say,
• 36:34
  who
• 36:34
  do
• 36:34
  you
• 36:35
  think
• 36:35
  comes
• 36:35
  next?
• 36:35
  And
• 36:36
  so
• 36:37
  the
• 36:37
  next
• 36:37
  scene,
• 36:38
  this
• 36:38
  is
• 36:38
  really
• 36:39
  because
• 36:39
  of
• 36:40
  a
• 36:40
  personal
• 36:40
  experience
• 36:41
  too.
• 36:43
  When
• 36:43
  the
• 36:43
  stars
• 36:44
  align,
• 36:44
  you're
• 36:45
  on
• 36:45
  the
• 36:45
  right
• 36:46
  track.
• 36:47
  So
• 36:47
  I
• 36:47
  was
• 36:47
  talking
• 36:48
  about
• 36:48
  these
• 36:48
  heart
• 36:48
  whispers.
• 36:49
  But
• 36:49
  since
• 36:50
  I've
• 36:50
  come
• 36:50
  in
• 36:50
  this
• 36:50
  community,
• 36:52
  I
• 36:52
  feel
• 36:53
  like
• 36:53
  I'm
• 36:53
  stepping
• 36:54
  out
• 36:54
  of
• 36:54
  my
• 36:54
  comfort
• 36:55
  zone
• 36:55
  more
• 36:56
  and
• 36:56
  just
• 36:56
  believing
• 36:57
  in
• 36:57
  things
• 36:57
  I
• 36:57
  could
• 36:57
  never
• 36:58
  do
• 36:58
  before.
• 36:59
  And
• 36:59
  I've
• 37:00
  had
• 37:00
  so
• 37:00
  many
• 37:00
  opportunities
• 37:01
  since
• 37:01
  I've
• 37:02
  been
• 37:02
  in
• 37:02
  this
• 37:02
  new
• 37:03
  community.
• 37:03
  I've
• 37:03
  been.
• 37:03
  I
• 37:03
  was
• 37:04
  tutoring
• 37:04
  children.
• 37:05
  I
• 37:05
  always
• 37:06
  wanted
• 37:06
  to
• 37:06
  go
• 37:07
  on
• 37:07
  a
• 37:07
  sled
• 37:07
  dog
• 37:07
  trip.
• 37:08
  And
• 37:08
  I
• 37:08
  have
• 37:09
  severe
• 37:09
  nerve
• 37:10
  damage.
• 37:10
  And
• 37:11
  I
• 37:11
  didn't
• 37:11
  let
• 37:11
  that
• 37:12
  stop
• 37:12
  me
• 37:12
  from
• 37:13
  doing
• 37:13
  this
• 37:13
  sled
• 37:13
  dog
• 37:14
  trip.
• 37:14
  I
• 37:15
  raised
• 37:15
  sled
• 37:16
  dogs
• 37:16
  since
• 37:16
  2014.
• 37:17
  My
• 37:18
  daughter
• 37:18
  worked
• 37:18
  for
• 37:18
  Outward
• 37:19
  down.
• 37:19
  And
• 37:20
  so
• 37:20
  a
• 37:20
  lot
• 37:20
  of
• 37:20
  these
• 37:20
  are
• 37:20
  personal
• 37:21
  things.
• 37:21
  So
• 37:21
  I
• 37:22
  would
• 37:22
  love
• 37:22
  to
• 37:22
  write
• 37:22
  stories
• 37:23
  about
• 37:23
  my
• 37:23
  sled
• 37:23
  dogs.
• 37:24
  I've
• 37:24
  been
• 37:24
  writing
• 37:24
  them
• 37:25
  and
• 37:25
  it's
• 37:25
  interesting
• 37:25
  you
• 37:26
  should
• 37:26
  say
• 37:26
  that
• 37:26
  because
• 37:27
  actually
• 37:28
  my
• 37:29
  oldest
• 37:29
  granddaughter
• 37:30
  and
• 37:30
  I
• 37:30
  did
• 37:30
  write
• 37:31
  a
• 37:31
  story
• 37:32
  about
• 37:32
  sled
• 37:33
  dogging.
• 37:33
  We
• 37:34
  were
• 37:34
  in
• 37:34
  the
• 37:34
  Rocky
• 37:34
  Mountains
• 37:35
  and
• 37:35
  did
• 37:35
  that
• 37:35
  together.
• 37:36
  And
• 37:37
  she
• 37:37
  had
• 37:38
  this
• 37:38
  plushie
• 37:39
  bear
• 37:39
  with
• 37:39
  her.
• 37:40
  So
• 37:40
  that
• 37:41
  inspired
• 37:42
  us.
• 37:42
  It's
• 37:43
  so
• 37:43
  powerful.
• 37:43
  I
• 37:43
  was
• 37:44
  eight
• 37:44
  days
• 37:44
  in
• 37:45
  that
• 37:45
  environment
• 37:45
  where
• 37:46
  it's
• 37:46
  so
• 37:46
  cold
• 37:47
  and
• 37:47
  I
• 37:47
  had
• 37:47
  the
• 37:48
  best
• 37:48
  time
• 37:48
  and
• 37:48
  I
• 37:49
  fell
• 37:49
  a
• 37:49
  lot
• 37:49
  because
• 37:50
  my
• 37:50
  legs
• 37:50
  will
• 37:50
  get
• 37:50
  tired
• 37:51
  and.
• 37:51
  But
• 37:52
  that's
• 37:52
  what
• 37:52
  I
• 37:52
  love
• 37:53
  when
• 37:53
  I
• 37:53
  fall
• 37:53
  again
• 37:55
  sometimes.
• 37:55
  And
• 37:55
  it's
• 37:56
  just
• 37:56
  because
• 37:56
  I.
• 37:57
  You
• 37:57
  grow
• 37:58
  from
• 37:59
  trying
• 37:59
  these
• 37:59
  new
• 38:00
  things.
• 38:00
  Absolutely.
• 38:01
  That's
• 38:02
  the
• 38:02
  incredible
• 38:02
  thing,
• 38:02
  Laura,
• 38:03
  is
• 38:03
  that
• 38:03
  people,
• 38:04
  a
• 38:05
  lot
• 38:05
  of
• 38:05
  times,
• 38:05
  it's
• 38:06
  their
• 38:06
  personal
• 38:07
  experiences.
• 38:08
  And
• 38:08
  that's
• 38:08
  what
• 38:09
  I'm
• 38:09
  trying
• 38:09
  to
• 38:09
  convey
• 38:10
  to
• 38:10
  the
• 38:10
  listeners
• 38:11
  is
• 38:11
  it's
• 38:11
  your
• 38:12
  personal
• 38:12
  experiences.
• 38:13
  Listen
• 38:13
  to
• 38:13
  Laura
• 38:14
  or
• 38:14
  listen
• 38:14
  to
• 38:15
  myself
• 38:15
  or
• 38:15
  listen
• 38:15
  to
• 38:16
  the
• 38:16
  other
• 38:16
  children's
• 38:17
  Book
• 38:17
  authors.
• 38:17
  It's
• 38:18
  your
• 38:18
  personal
• 38:18
  experiences
• 38:19
  that
• 38:20
  I
• 38:20
  don't
• 38:20
  want
• 38:20
  to
• 38:20
  say
• 38:20
  creep,
• 38:21
  but
• 38:21
  they
• 38:22
  make
• 38:22
  their
• 38:22
  way
• 38:22
  into
• 38:22
  your
• 38:23
  story.
• 38:23
  Yeah.
• 38:23
  So
• 38:24
  that's
• 38:24
  all.
• 38:24
  This
• 38:24
  is
• 38:25
  all
• 38:25
  about
• 38:25
  my
• 38:25
  life.
• 38:25
  And
• 38:26
  just
• 38:26
  so
• 38:26
  when
• 38:26
  the
• 38:26
  stars
• 38:27
  align,
• 38:27
  you're
• 38:27
  on
• 38:28
  the
• 38:28
  right
• 38:28
  path.
• 38:28
  And
• 38:29
  these
• 38:29
  opportunities
• 38:30
  that
• 38:30
  weren't
• 38:31
  there
• 38:31
  before
• 38:31
  appear
• 38:32
  like
• 38:32
  Miriam
• 38:33
  appeared
• 38:33
  in
• 38:33
  my
• 38:33
  life.
• 38:34
  And
• 38:34
  then
• 38:34
  I
• 38:35
  told
• 38:35
  you
• 38:35
  about
• 38:35
  the.
• 38:35
  Not
• 38:35
  your
• 38:36
  average
• 38:36
  grandmother.
• 38:36
  I
• 38:36
  went
• 38:37
  on
• 38:37
  a
• 38:37
  retreat
• 38:37
  with
• 38:37
  her
• 38:38
  and
• 38:38
  helped
• 38:38
  her
• 38:39
  in
• 38:39
  Sedona
• 38:40
  and
• 38:40
  then
• 38:40
  had
• 38:41
  all
• 38:41
  these
• 38:41
  opportunities.
• 38:42
  We
• 38:42
  went
• 38:42
  to
• 38:42
  Thailand
• 38:43
  on
• 38:43
  the
• 38:43
  yoga
• 38:43
  retreat
• 38:44
  together.
• 38:44
  I
• 38:44
  went
• 38:45
  to
• 38:45
  Jamaica
• 38:46
  on
• 38:46
  a
• 38:46
  yoga
• 38:46
  retreat
• 38:47
  that
• 38:47
  I
• 38:47
  had
• 38:47
  always
• 38:47
  wanted
• 38:48
  to
• 38:48
  go
• 38:48
  on.
• 38:49
  And
• 38:49
  then
• 38:49
  just
• 38:50
  recently
• 38:50
  got
• 38:50
  back
• 38:51
  from
• 38:51
  Costa
• 38:51
  Rica
• 38:51
  with
• 38:52
  another
• 38:52
  friend
• 38:52
  that
• 38:52
  did
• 38:53
  a
• 38:53
  trip.
• 38:53
  But
• 38:54
  I'm
• 38:54
  like
• 38:55
  creating
• 38:56
  all
• 38:56
  these
• 38:56
  opportunities
• 38:57
  and
• 38:57
  I
• 38:58
  don't
• 38:58
  make
• 38:58
  that
• 38:59
  much
• 38:59
  money.
• 38:59
  I
• 38:59
  live
• 38:59
  on
• 39:00
  a
• 39:00
  disability
• 39:01
  because
• 39:01
  I
• 39:01
  have
• 39:02
  nerve
• 39:02
  damage
• 39:02
  in
• 39:02
  my
• 39:03
  legs
• 39:03
  and.
• 39:04
  But
• 39:04
  I
• 39:04
  save
• 39:05
  everything.
• 39:05
  And
• 39:05
  you
• 39:06
  don't
• 39:06
  let
• 39:06
  money
• 39:06
  stop
• 39:07
  you.
• 39:07
  You
• 39:07
  have
• 39:08
  these.
• 39:09
  You.
• 39:09
  You
• 39:09
  just
• 39:09
  are
• 39:10
  constantly.
• 39:10
  But
• 39:11
  that
• 39:11
  business
• 39:11
  plan
• 39:11
  I'm
• 39:12
  working
• 39:12
  on
• 39:12
  now,
• 39:13
  for
• 39:13
  sure.
• 39:13
  For
• 39:13
  sure.
• 39:14
  And
• 39:14
  it's
• 39:14
  interesting
• 39:15
  you
• 39:15
  say
• 39:15
  that
• 39:16
  because
• 39:16
  that's
• 39:16
  exactly
• 39:17
  for
• 39:18
  myself
• 39:19
  and
• 39:19
  my
• 39:19
  grandchildren
• 39:21
  today.
• 39:22
  You
• 39:23
  know,
• 39:23
  there's
• 39:24
  all
• 39:24
  these
• 39:24
  things
• 39:24
  being
• 39:25
  thrown
• 39:25
  at
• 39:26
  children,
• 39:26
  as
• 39:27
  we
• 39:27
  all
• 39:27
  know.
• 39:28
  And
• 39:28
  part
• 39:28
  of
• 39:29
  it
• 39:29
  is
• 39:29
  technology
• 39:30
  is
• 39:30
  taking
• 39:31
  over
• 39:31
  a
• 39:31
  lot
• 39:31
  of
• 39:32
  the
• 39:32
  time
• 39:33
  that
• 39:33
  children
• 39:33
  are
• 39:34
  spending
• 39:35
  in
• 39:35
  their
• 39:36
  leisurely
• 39:37
  time.
• 39:37
  And
• 39:38
  I
• 39:38
  keep
• 39:38
  thinking
• 39:39
  that's
• 39:39
  how
• 39:40
  this
• 39:40
  was
• 39:40
  inspired
• 39:41
  for
• 39:41
  me
• 39:41
  is
• 39:41
  that
• 39:41
  our
• 39:42
  book
• 39:42
  is
• 39:42
  all
• 39:42
  about
• 39:43
  outdoor
• 39:43
  recreation
• 39:45
  and
• 39:46
  community.
• 39:47
  And
• 39:47
  so
• 39:48
  it
• 39:48
  takes
• 39:48
  technology
• 39:49
  out
• 39:49
  of
• 39:50
  the
• 39:50
  equation.
• 39:51
  I'm
• 39:51
  not
• 39:51
  saying
• 39:51
  that
• 39:52
  you
• 39:52
  shouldn't
• 39:52
  have
• 39:52
  technology
• 39:53
  introduce
• 39:54
  your
• 39:54
  grandchildren
• 39:55
  or
• 39:55
  children
• 39:56
  to
• 39:56
  technology,
• 39:57
  but
• 39:57
  it
• 39:57
  helps
• 39:58
  take
• 39:58
  that
• 39:58
  out
• 39:58
  of
• 39:58
  the
• 39:59
  equation
• 39:59
  where
• 39:59
  it's
• 39:59
  not
• 40:00
  the
• 40:00
  primary
• 40:01
  focus.
• 40:02
  I
• 40:02
  know
• 40:03
  my
• 40:03
  granddaughter
• 40:03
  didn't
• 40:04
  have
• 40:04
  any
• 40:04
  screens
• 40:05
  for
• 40:05
  two
• 40:05
  years
• 40:05
  and
• 40:06
  they
• 40:06
  limit.
• 40:06
  And
• 40:07
  it's
• 40:07
  helped.
• 40:08
  She's
• 40:08
  just
• 40:08
  an
• 40:08
  avid
• 40:09
  reader.
• 40:09
  She's
• 40:09
  always
• 40:09
  at
• 40:10
  the
• 40:10
  library
• 40:10
  doing.
• 40:10
  They
• 40:11
  do
• 40:11
  more
• 40:12
  experiential
• 40:12
  things.
• 40:13
  Share
• 40:13
  from
• 40:14
  the
• 40:14
  publishing
• 40:14
  approach,
• 40:15
  because
• 40:15
  you've
• 40:16
  talked
• 40:16
  about
• 40:16
  Miriam
• 40:17
  Laundry,
• 40:17
  but
• 40:17
  talk
• 40:18
  to
• 40:18
  us
• 40:18
  about.
• 40:19
  Because
• 40:19
  Miriam
• 40:20
  is
• 40:20
  doing
• 40:20
  your
• 40:21
  second
• 40:21
  book.
• 40:21
  Yeah,
• 40:22
  I
• 40:22
  just
• 40:22
  want.
• 40:22
  I
• 40:23
  want
• 40:23
  to
• 40:24
  understand
• 40:25
  the
• 40:25
  business
• 40:25
  side
• 40:26
  better
• 40:26
  if
• 40:26
  I'm
• 40:27
  going
• 40:27
  to
• 40:27
  keep
• 40:27
  doing
• 40:27
  this.
• 40:28
  And
• 40:28
  you
• 40:28
  know
• 40:28
  what?
• 40:28
  It's
• 40:28
  interesting
• 40:29
  you
• 40:29
  should
• 40:29
  say
• 40:29
  that,
• 40:29
  Laura,
• 40:30
  because
• 40:30
  a
• 40:30
  lot
• 40:30
  of
• 40:30
  times
• 40:31
  I
• 40:31
  think
• 40:31
  as
• 40:31
  people
• 40:32
  get
• 40:32
  more
• 40:33
  comfortable
• 40:33
  and
• 40:34
  that's
• 40:34
  what
• 40:34
  I'm
• 40:34
  hearing,
• 40:35
  as
• 40:35
  people
• 40:35
  get
• 40:35
  into
• 40:35
  their
• 40:36
  second
• 40:36
  and
• 40:36
  third
• 40:36
  book,
• 40:37
  they
• 40:37
  realize,
• 40:38
  oh,
• 40:38
  I
• 40:38
  can
• 40:39
  take
• 40:39
  on
• 40:39
  more
• 40:40
  of
• 40:40
  a
• 40:40
  general
• 40:40
  manager's
• 40:41
  role
• 40:42
  and
• 40:43
  put
• 40:43
  my
• 40:44
  resources
• 40:44
  into
• 40:45
  where
• 40:46
  they
• 40:46
  need
• 40:46
  to
• 40:46
  be,
• 40:46
  which
• 40:47
  is
• 40:47
  really
• 40:47
  the
• 40:48
  sales
• 40:48
  and
• 40:48
  marketing
• 40:49
  aspect
• 40:49
  of
• 40:49
  it,
• 40:49
  because
• 40:50
  we
• 40:50
  can
• 40:51
  all
• 40:51
  find.
• 40:52
  We
• 40:52
  can
• 40:52
  all
• 40:52
  be
• 40:53
  Indie
• 40:53
  book
• 40:54
  publishers
• 40:54
  or
• 40:54
  self
• 40:55
  published
• 40:56
  book
• 40:56
  authors
• 40:57
  through
• 40:57
  services
• 40:58
  like
• 40:58
  Miriam
• 40:59
  Laundrie.
• 40:59
  But
• 41:00
  they
• 41:00
  get
• 41:00
  you
• 41:01
  to
• 41:02
  the
• 41:02
  point
• 41:03
  where
• 41:03
  you
• 41:03
  even
• 41:03
  have
• 41:04
  the
• 41:04
  distribution
• 41:05
  of
• 41:05
  your
• 41:05
  book.
• 41:06
  But
• 41:06
  what
• 41:06
  you
• 41:06
  don't
• 41:07
  have
• 41:07
  is
• 41:07
  the
• 41:07
  really
• 41:08
  the
• 41:08
  sustainability
• 41:09
  piece,
• 41:10
  which
• 41:10
  is
• 41:10
  the
• 41:10
  sales
• 41:11
  and
• 41:11
  marketing
• 41:12
  part
• 41:12
  of
• 41:12
  it.
• 41:12
  So
• 41:13
  I'm
• 41:13
  glad
• 41:13
  to
• 41:13
  see
• 41:13
  that
• 41:14
  you're
• 41:14
  putting,
• 41:14
  going
• 41:15
  to
• 41:15
  put
• 41:15
  more
• 41:15
  resources,
• 41:16
  shift
• 41:16
  your
• 41:17
  resources
• 41:17
  into
• 41:18
  those
• 41:19
  two
• 41:19
  very
• 41:19
  important
• 41:20
  areas
• 41:21
  of
• 41:21
  sustainability.
• 41:22
  Because
• 41:22
  otherwise
• 41:23
  at
• 41:23
  some
• 41:24
  point
• 41:24
  you're
• 41:25
  going
• 41:25
  to
• 41:25
  say,
• 41:27
  exactly,
• 41:27
  exactly.
• 41:28
  Thank
• 41:28
  you
• 41:28
  for
• 41:29
  sharing
• 41:29
  that.
• 41:29
  You
• 41:29
  mentioned
• 41:30
  Michelle
• 41:31
  Simpson.
• 41:32
  Yes,
• 41:32
  that's
• 41:32
  my
• 41:33
  illustrator.
• 41:33
  She's
• 41:34
  from
• 41:34
  Advocate
• 41:34
  Art
• 41:35
  and
• 41:35
  I
• 41:35
  hire
• 41:36
  her
• 41:36
  as
• 41:37
  part
• 41:37
  of
• 41:37
  Miriam
• 41:37
  Laundrie.
• 41:38
  You
• 41:38
  have
• 41:39
  to
• 41:39
  find
• 41:39
  your
• 41:39
  own
• 41:39
  illustrators
• 41:40
  and
• 41:41
  they
• 41:41
  actually
• 41:41
  hook
• 41:42
  you
• 41:42
  up
• 41:42
  with
• 41:42
  someone
• 41:43
  that
• 41:43
  works
• 41:44
  with
• 41:44
  you
• 41:44
  directly.
• 41:45
  And
• 41:46
  it's
• 41:47
  nice
• 41:47
  to
• 41:47
  have
• 41:47
  that
• 41:48
  piece.
• 41:48
  And
• 41:49
  so
• 41:49
  you
• 41:49
  look
• 41:49
  at
• 41:49
  all
• 41:49
  the
• 41:49
  Advocate
• 41:50
  artists
• 41:50
  and
• 41:51
  when
• 41:51
  I
• 41:51
  saw
• 41:51
  Michelle,
• 41:52
  I
• 41:52
  just
• 41:52
  knew
• 41:53
  she
• 41:53
  was
• 41:53
  the
• 41:53
  one
• 41:54
  and
• 41:54
  she
• 41:54
  was
• 41:55
  actually
• 41:55
  illustrating.
• 41:56
  I
• 41:56
  saw
• 41:57
  that
• 41:57
  you
• 41:57
  had
• 41:58
  interviewed
• 41:58
  Chelsea
• 41:59
  Jong
• 41:59
  Kim
• 42:00
  and
• 42:00
  on
• 42:01
  the.
• 42:01
  Yeah.
• 42:02
  And
• 42:02
  so
• 42:02
  she
• 42:03
  also
• 42:03
  has
• 42:03
  the
• 42:03
  same
• 42:04
  illustrator
• 42:05
  as
• 42:05
  I
• 42:05
  do.
• 42:06
  And
• 42:06
  I
• 42:07
  just
• 42:07
  love
• 42:07
  how
• 42:07
  she
• 42:08
  does
• 42:09
  her
• 42:09
  characters
• 42:10
  and
• 42:10
  the
• 42:11
  emotions
• 42:11
  and
• 42:12
  all
• 42:12
  the.
• 42:12
  She's
• 42:13
  so
• 42:13
  creative.
• 42:14
  The
• 42:14
  colors,
• 42:15
  it
• 42:15
  helps
• 42:15
  you
• 42:16
  get
• 42:16
  your
• 42:17
  heart
• 42:17
  whispers
• 42:18
  or
• 42:18
  your
• 42:18
  dreams
• 42:19
  to
• 42:20
  life.
• 42:20
  Right.
• 42:20
  Because
• 42:20
  it's
• 42:21
  the
• 42:21
  illustrations
• 42:21
  that
• 42:22
  bring
• 42:22
  your
• 42:22
  words
• 42:22
  to
• 42:22
  life.
• 42:23
  It
• 42:23
  really
• 42:23
  does.
• 42:24
  She
• 42:24
  works
• 42:24
  so
• 42:25
  well.
• 42:25
  So
• 42:25
  I
• 42:25
  always
• 42:26
  make
• 42:26
  a
• 42:27
  mock
• 42:27
  book
• 42:28
  and
• 42:28
  then
• 42:28
  I
• 42:29
  put
• 42:29
  all
• 42:29
  the
• 42:30
  words
• 42:31
  all
• 42:31
  the
• 42:31
  way
• 42:32
  through
• 42:32
  the
• 42:32
  story
• 42:32
  on
• 42:33
  how
• 42:33
  I
• 42:33
  want
• 42:33
  it
• 42:33
  to
• 42:33
  read.
• 42:34
  And
• 42:34
  then
• 42:35
  that
• 42:35
  helps
• 42:35
  my
• 42:35
  illustrator.
• 42:36
  And
• 42:36
  then
• 42:37
  I
• 42:37
  always
• 42:37
  say,
• 42:37
  we
• 42:37
  can
• 42:38
  move
• 42:38
  them
• 42:38
  as
• 42:38
  you're
• 42:39
  illustrating,
• 42:40
  but
• 42:40
  it
• 42:41
  gives
• 42:41
  her
• 42:41
  a
• 42:41
  general
• 42:41
  guidance
• 42:42
  as
• 42:42
  to
• 42:43
  what
• 42:43
  I
• 42:43
  have
• 42:44
  in
• 42:44
  mind.
• 42:44
  And
• 42:44
  she
• 42:44
  wants
• 42:44
  to
• 42:45
  always
• 42:45
  know
• 42:45
  my
• 42:45
  vision
• 42:46
  for
• 42:46
  the
• 42:46
  story.
• 42:47
  And
• 42:47
  she
• 42:47
  loved
• 42:48
  that
• 42:48
  I
• 42:48
  wanted
• 42:49
  inclusion
• 42:49
  and
• 42:50
  all
• 42:50
  the
• 42:50
  colors
• 42:51
  of
• 42:51
  the
• 42:51
  rainbow.
• 42:51
  And
• 42:52
  so
• 42:52
  she'll
• 42:52
  work
• 42:52
  with.
• 42:53
  And
• 42:53
  so
• 42:53
  you
• 42:53
  can
• 42:53
  see
• 42:53
  yourself
• 42:54
  working
• 42:54
  with
• 42:54
  Michelle
• 42:55
  for
• 42:55
  a
• 42:55
  long
• 42:55
  time.
• 42:56
  Yes.
• 42:57
  Perfect.
• 42:57
  I
• 42:58
  want
• 42:58
  to
• 42:58
  delve
• 42:58
  a
• 42:59
  bit
• 42:59
  because
• 42:59
  I
• 42:59
  noticed
• 43:00
  I
• 43:00
  pulled
• 43:00
  up
• 43:01
  your
• 43:01
  website,
• 43:01
  you
• 43:01
  got
• 43:02
  a
• 43:02
  great
• 43:02
  website
• 43:02
  and
• 43:03
  I
• 43:03
  noticed
• 43:03
  that
• 43:04
  and
• 43:05
  this
• 43:05
  is
• 43:05
  what
• 43:05
  I
• 43:06
  talked
• 43:07
  to.
• 43:07
  I
• 43:07
  have
• 43:07
  your
• 43:07
  website
• 43:08
  in
• 43:08
  front
• 43:08
  of
• 43:08
  you,
• 43:08
  but
• 43:09
  what
• 43:09
  I
• 43:09
  love
• 43:09
  about
• 43:10
  it
• 43:10
  is
• 43:10
  that
• 43:11
  what
• 43:12
  I'm
• 43:12
  trying
• 43:12
  to
• 43:13
  talk
• 43:13
  to
• 43:13
  aspiring
• 43:14
  children's
• 43:15
  book
• 43:15
  authors
• 43:15
  about
• 43:16
  is
• 43:16
  that
• 43:16
  you
• 43:16
  have
• 43:17
  this
• 43:17
  asset.
• 43:18
  It's
• 43:18
  not
• 43:18
  only
• 43:19
  your
• 43:19
  words,
• 43:19
  it's
• 43:20
  also
• 43:20
  your
• 43:20
  illustrations.
• 43:21
  And
• 43:22
  it
• 43:22
  can,
• 43:23
  you
• 43:23
  can
• 43:23
  use
• 43:24
  those
• 43:25
  assets
• 43:25
  to
• 43:25
  build
• 43:26
  out
• 43:26
  your
• 43:26
  website.
• 43:27
  Tell
• 43:27
  us
• 43:27
  a
• 43:28
  bit
• 43:28
  about
• 43:28
  how
• 43:28
  that
• 43:29
  all
• 43:29
  came
• 43:29
  to
• 43:29
  be
• 43:30
  for
• 43:30
  you
• 43:30
  and
• 43:31
  how
• 43:31
  you
• 43:31
  use
• 43:31
  the
• 43:32
  illustrations.
• 43:34
  So
• 43:34
  when
• 43:34
  I
• 43:35
  first
• 43:35
  did
• 43:35
  my
• 43:35
  website,
• 43:36
  I
• 43:37
  hired
• 43:37
  someone
• 43:38
  named
• 43:38
  Sarah
• 43:39
  Jones
• 43:39
  and
• 43:40
  she
• 43:40
  has
• 43:40
  playfulplots.com
• 43:43
  and
• 43:44
  she's
• 43:44
  very
• 43:44
  talented
• 43:45
  at
• 43:45
  coming
• 43:46
  up
• 43:46
  and
• 43:46
  she
• 43:46
  does
• 43:47
  all
• 43:47
  these
• 43:47
  movie
• 43:47
  trailers.
• 43:48
  I
• 43:49
  actually
• 43:49
  am
• 43:49
  not
• 43:50
  happy
• 43:50
  with
• 43:50
  the
• 43:51
  way
• 43:51
  that
• 43:52
  this
• 43:52
  looks
• 43:52
  right
• 43:52
  now.
• 43:53
  I
• 43:53
  want
• 43:53
  it
• 43:53
  to
• 43:53
  be
• 43:53
  enhanced
• 43:54
  a
• 43:54
  little
• 43:54
  more.
• 43:55
  Okay.
• 43:55
  Have
• 43:56
  a
• 43:56
  new
• 43:56
  trailer
• 43:56
  for
• 43:57
  the
• 43:57
  new
• 43:57
  book
• 43:57
  but
• 43:57
  I
• 43:57
  just
• 43:57
  wanted
• 43:58
  it
• 43:58
  up
• 43:58
  and
• 43:58
  running
• 43:59
  because
• 43:59
  the
• 44:00
  everything's
• 44:00
  working
• 44:01
  and
• 44:01
  none
• 44:02
  of
• 44:02
  the
• 44:02
  reviews
• 44:02
  are
• 44:03
  up
• 44:03
  for
• 44:03
  the
• 44:03
  second
• 44:03
  story
• 44:04
  yet.
• 44:04
  A
• 44:04
  logo
• 44:05
  for
• 44:06
  the
• 44:06
  series
• 44:06
  and
• 44:07
  not's
• 44:07
  not
• 44:07
  in
• 44:07
  here
• 44:07
  yet.
• 44:08
  Someone
• 44:08
  is
• 44:09
  working
• 44:09
  with
• 44:09
  me
• 44:09
  on
• 44:09
  my
• 44:10
  keeping
• 44:10
  my
• 44:10
  website
• 44:11
  going
• 44:11
  on
• 44:11
  and
• 44:12
  it's
• 44:12
  paper
• 44:12
  rights.
• 44:12
  I
• 44:13
  met
• 44:13
  this
• 44:13
  person
• 44:14
  but
• 44:14
  I
• 44:14
  didn't
• 44:15
  realize
• 44:15
  he
• 44:15
  was
• 44:15
  going
• 44:15
  to.
• 44:16
  I
• 44:16
  had
• 44:16
  him
• 44:16
  work
• 44:16
  on
• 44:16
  my
• 44:16
  website.
• 44:17
  I
• 44:17
  didn't
• 44:17
  realize
• 44:18
  he
• 44:18
  took
• 44:18
  it
• 44:19
  away
• 44:19
  from
• 44:19
  me.
• 44:19
  But
• 44:19
  he
• 44:20
  have
• 44:21
  to
• 44:21
  go
• 44:21
  through
• 44:21
  him
• 44:21
  to
• 44:22
  make
• 44:22
  all
• 44:22
  the
• 44:22
  changes.
• 44:23
  So
• 44:23
  that's
• 44:23
  been
• 44:24
  a
• 44:24
  little
• 44:24
  frustrating
• 44:25
  because.
• 44:25
  But
• 44:26
  he's
• 44:26
  willing
• 44:26
  to
• 44:26
  make
• 44:26
  all
• 44:27
  the
• 44:27
  changes.
• 44:27
  Probably
• 44:28
  doesn't
• 44:28
  hurt
• 44:29
  to.
• 44:29
  Even
• 44:29
  though
• 44:30
  someone
• 44:30
  is
• 44:30
  controlling
• 44:31
  your
• 44:31
  website
• 44:32
  at
• 44:32
  this
• 44:32
  point,
• 44:33
  it
• 44:33
  probably
• 44:33
  doesn't
• 44:34
  hurt
• 44:34
  to
• 44:34
  have
• 44:34
  that
• 44:34
  support
• 44:35
  because.
• 44:36
  No,
• 44:36
  it
• 44:36
  is
• 44:37
  helpful.
• 44:37
  Yeah.
• 44:37
  To
• 44:38
  let
• 44:38
  other
• 44:38
  people
• 44:38
  help
• 44:39
  you.
• 44:39
  I
• 44:39
  also
• 44:39
  hired
• 44:40
  a
• 44:40
  social
• 44:40
  media
• 44:41
  person
• 44:41
  for
• 44:41
  help.
• 44:41
  She
• 44:42
  lives
• 44:42
  in
• 44:42
  the
• 44:42
  Philippines
• 44:43
  and
• 44:43
  she
• 44:43
  does
• 44:44
  a
• 44:44
  few
• 44:44
  phenomenal
• 44:45
  jobs
• 44:45
  and
• 44:45
  sometimes
• 44:46
  it's
• 44:46
  just
• 44:46
  nice
• 44:47
  to
• 44:47
  let
• 44:47
  other
• 44:47
  people
• 44:48
  help
• 44:48
  you
• 44:48
  do
• 44:48
  these
• 44:49
  things
• 44:49
  to
• 44:49
  keep
• 44:49
  your
• 44:49
  social
• 44:50
  media
• 44:50
  going.
• 44:50
  Like
• 44:51
  building
• 44:51
  your
• 44:51
  own
• 44:51
  little
• 44:52
  dream
• 44:52
  team.
• 44:53
  Yes.
• 44:54
  Yeah.
• 44:54
  So
• 44:55
  it's
• 44:55
  really.
• 44:55
  She's
• 44:56
  12
• 44:56
  hours
• 44:57
  difference
• 44:57
  but
• 44:57
  we
• 44:57
  communicate
• 44:58
  really
• 44:58
  well.
• 44:59
  And
• 44:59
  then
• 44:59
  when
• 44:59
  I
• 44:59
  realized
• 45:00
  when
• 45:01
  I
• 45:01
  was
• 45:01
  gone
• 45:01
  in
• 45:01
  March
• 45:02
  I
• 45:02
  was
• 45:02
  in
• 45:02
  Costa
• 45:02
  Rica
• 45:03
  and
• 45:03
  I
• 45:03
  realized
• 45:03
  someone
• 45:03
  took
• 45:04
  over
• 45:04
  my
• 45:04
  Facebook
• 45:06
  and
• 45:06
  so
• 45:07
  I
• 45:07
  had
• 45:07
  a
• 45:08
  start
• 45:08
  a
• 45:08
  new
• 45:08
  Facebook
• 45:09
  because
• 45:10
  I
• 45:10
  couldn't
• 45:10
  get
• 45:10
  back
• 45:11
  into
• 45:11
  my
• 45:11
  old
• 45:12
  son
• 45:12
  of
• 45:13
  a
• 45:13
  guy.
• 45:13
  Yeah,
• 45:14
  it
• 45:14
  took
• 45:14
  me
• 45:14
  six
• 45:14
  weeks
• 45:15
  to
• 45:15
  get
• 45:15
  my
• 45:15
  old
• 45:16
  one
• 45:16
  back.
• 45:16
  So
• 45:16
  it's
• 45:16
  created
• 45:17
  a
• 45:17
  problem
• 45:17
  because
• 45:18
  it
• 45:18
  was
• 45:18
  connected
• 45:18
  to
• 45:18
  my
• 45:19
  business.
• 45:20
  Lars
• 45:20
  Strachan
• 45:21
  AUTHOR
• 45:22
  and
• 45:22
  I
• 45:22
  finally
• 45:23
  got
• 45:23
  it
• 45:23
  back
• 45:23
  but
• 45:24
  the
• 45:24
  person
• 45:24
  was
• 45:25
  horrible
• 45:26
  and
• 45:26
  it
• 45:27
  wasn't
• 45:27
  me.
• 45:27
  And
• 45:27
  I
• 45:27
  couldn't
• 45:28
  like
• 45:28
  tell
• 45:29
  people
• 45:29
  and
• 45:30
  luckily
• 45:30
  they
• 45:30
  were
• 45:31
  and
• 45:31
  I'd
• 45:31
  say
• 45:31
  don't
• 45:32
  do
• 45:32
  it.
• 45:32
  So
• 45:32
  were
• 45:32
  you
• 45:32
  able
• 45:33
  to
• 45:33
  use
• 45:33
  your
• 45:34
  Instagram
• 45:36
  account?
• 45:36
  And
• 45:37
  so
• 45:37
  tell
• 45:37
  us
• 45:37
  about
• 45:38
  that
• 45:38
  experience
• 45:38
  with
• 45:39
  your
• 45:39
  followers.
• 45:39
  How
• 45:40
  did.
• 45:40
  And
• 45:41
  so
• 45:41
  I
• 45:41
  just
• 45:42
  take
• 45:42
  us
• 45:42
  on
• 45:42
  this
• 45:43
  journey
• 45:43
  of
• 45:44
  with
• 45:44
  your
• 45:45
  first
• 45:45
  book
• 45:46
  and
• 45:46
  that
• 45:46
  using
• 45:47
  Instagram
• 45:47
  and
• 45:47
  then
• 45:48
  your
• 45:48
  second
• 45:48
  book
• 45:48
  and
• 45:49
  how
• 45:49
  has
• 45:49
  that
• 45:50
  evolved
• 45:51
  over
• 45:51
  the
• 45:52
  time?
• 45:52
  Yeah.
• 45:53
  What
• 45:53
  I
• 45:53
  love
• 45:53
  about
• 45:53
  Miriam
• 45:54
  Laundrie
• 45:54
  is
• 45:55
  we
• 45:55
  have
• 45:55
  a
• 45:55
  community
• 45:55
  of
• 45:56
  like
• 45:56
  minded
• 45:56
  authors
• 45:58
  and
• 45:58
  I
• 45:58
  think
• 45:58
  it's
• 45:58
  really
• 45:59
  important
• 45:59
  that
• 46:00
  you
• 46:00
  have
• 46:00
  like
• 46:01
  in.
• 46:01
  In
• 46:01
  your
• 46:03
  authorship
• 46:03
  that
• 46:03
  you
• 46:04
  have
• 46:04
  something
• 46:04
  more
• 46:04
  than
• 46:05
  just
• 46:05
  your
• 46:05
  why
• 46:06
  of
• 46:06
  why
• 46:06
  you're
• 46:06
  writing
• 46:06
  the
• 46:06
  book.
• 46:07
  And
• 46:07
  for
• 46:07
  me
• 46:07
  it's
• 46:08
  also
• 46:08
  helping
• 46:09
  non
• 46:09
  profits.
• 46:10
  So
• 46:10
  my
• 46:10
  first
• 46:11
  book
• 46:11
  I
• 46:12
  did
• 46:12
  the
• 46:12
  launch
• 46:13
  with
• 46:13
  Kid
• 46:13
  Power
• 46:13
  International
• 46:14
  they
• 46:15
  help
• 46:15
  people
• 46:16
  understand
• 46:16
  about
• 46:17
  bullying
• 46:18
  and
• 46:18
  different
• 46:18
  things
• 46:18
  and
• 46:19
  they
• 46:19
  have
• 46:19
  a
• 46:20
  lot
• 46:20
  of
• 46:20
  resources.
• 46:21
  So
• 46:21
  point
• 46:21
  people
• 46:22
  to
• 46:22
  that.
• 46:23
  My
• 46:23
  second
• 46:23
  story.
• 46:24
  So
• 46:24
  before
• 46:24
  you
• 46:24
  move
• 46:24
  on
• 46:25
  from
• 46:25
  that,
• 46:25
  because
• 46:25
  that,
• 46:25
  that
• 46:26
  sounds
• 46:26
  extremely
• 46:27
  interesting.
• 46:28
  So
• 46:28
  tell
• 46:28
  us
• 46:29
  about
• 46:29
  that
• 46:29
  relationship.
• 46:30
  Did
• 46:30
  they
• 46:31
  promote
• 46:31
  your
• 46:32
  book
• 46:32
  and
• 46:32
  did
• 46:32
  you
• 46:33
  donate
• 46:33
  part
• 46:33
  of
• 46:34
  the
• 46:34
  proceeds
• 46:34
  to
• 46:35
  their
• 46:35
  organization?
• 46:36
  I
• 46:36
  basically
• 46:38
  took
• 46:38
  my
• 46:38
  lunch
• 46:39
  and
• 46:39
  I
• 46:39
  took
• 46:40
  whatever
• 46:40
  I
• 46:40
  made
• 46:41
  on
• 46:41
  my
• 46:41
  first
• 46:41
  check
• 46:42
  and
• 46:42
  I
• 46:42
  gave
• 46:42
  them
• 46:42
  half
• 46:42
  of
• 46:42
  what
• 46:42
  I
• 46:43
  made.
• 46:43
  So
• 46:43
  is
• 46:43
  that
• 46:44
  the
• 46:44
  net
• 46:44
  proceeds
• 46:45
  or
• 46:45
  is
• 46:45
  that
• 46:45
  the
• 46:46
  sales?
• 46:47
  The
• 46:47
  net.
• 46:47
  I
• 46:48
  didn't
• 46:48
  look
• 46:48
  at
• 46:48
  it.
• 46:48
  I.
• 46:49
  So
• 46:49
  you
• 46:49
  don't
• 46:50
  make
• 46:50
  that.
• 46:50
  I
• 46:50
  think
• 46:50
  my
• 46:51
  first
• 46:51
  check
• 46:51
  from
• 46:52
  Amazon
• 46:52
  was
• 46:53
  400
• 46:53
  and
• 46:53
  I
• 46:53
  gave
• 46:53
  them
• 46:54
  half
• 46:54
  of
• 46:54
  it.
• 46:54
  I
• 46:54
  gave
• 46:54
  them
• 46:55
  200.
• 46:55
  Okay,
• 46:56
  okay.
• 46:56
  I
• 46:56
  didn't
• 46:56
  do
• 46:57
  it
• 46:57
  just
• 46:57
  from
• 46:57
  the
• 46:57
  laundry.
• 46:57
  I
• 46:58
  just
• 46:58
  wanted
• 46:58
  to
• 46:58
  give
• 46:59
  them
• 46:59
  something
• 47:00
  for.
• 47:00
  And
• 47:00
  how
• 47:01
  did
• 47:01
  that,
• 47:01
  were
• 47:01
  you
• 47:01
  happy
• 47:02
  with
• 47:02
  how
• 47:02
  that
• 47:02
  worked
• 47:03
  out?
• 47:04
  Very
• 47:04
  happy.
• 47:05
  Because
• 47:05
  the
• 47:05
  parents
• 47:05
  really
• 47:06
  liked
• 47:06
  having
• 47:06
  the
• 47:07
  resources
• 47:07
  and
• 47:08
  it
• 47:08
  was
• 47:08
  a
• 47:08
  really
• 47:08
  good
• 47:09
  program.
• 47:10
  So
• 47:10
  Kid
• 47:10
  Power
• 47:10
  International
• 47:11
  and
• 47:12
  they
• 47:12
  always
• 47:12
  have
• 47:12
  bullying
• 47:13
  awareness
• 47:14
  in
• 47:14
  October.
• 47:15
  So
• 47:16
  it's
• 47:16
  also
• 47:16
  a
• 47:16
  good
• 47:17
  avenue
• 47:17
  to
• 47:17
  get
• 47:17
  into
• 47:17
  schools
• 47:18
  and
• 47:18
  do
• 47:18
  school
• 47:18
  visits
• 47:19
  and
• 47:19
  have
• 47:19
  those
• 47:20
  resources.
• 47:20
  It
• 47:21
  sounds
• 47:21
  like
• 47:22
  one
• 47:22
  month
• 47:22
  though,
• 47:23
  like
• 47:23
  you
• 47:23
  said,
• 47:23
  in
• 47:24
  October
• 47:24
  they
• 47:25
  focus
• 47:25
  on
• 47:25
  bullying
• 47:26
  so
• 47:26
  that
• 47:26
  in
• 47:27
  November
• 47:27
  they
• 47:27
  would
• 47:28
  focus
• 47:28
  on
• 47:28
  a
• 47:29
  different
• 47:29
  area,
• 47:30
  different
• 47:30
  things
• 47:30
  throughout
• 47:31
  the
• 47:31
  year.
• 47:31
  Okay,
• 47:32
  that's
• 47:32
  terrific.
• 47:33
  Yeah.
• 47:33
  Just
• 47:33
  so
• 47:34
  people
• 47:34
  are
• 47:35
  listening,
• 47:35
  are
• 47:35
  learning
• 47:36
  something
• 47:36
  about
• 47:37
  what?
• 47:37
  Thinking
• 47:38
  outside
• 47:38
  the
• 47:38
  box
• 47:39
  like
• 47:39
  you
• 47:39
  did
• 47:39
  or
• 47:40
  outside
• 47:40
  the
• 47:40
  book.
• 47:40
  I
• 47:41
  like
• 47:41
  to
• 47:41
  say
• 47:41
  my
• 47:42
  followers
• 47:43
  keep
• 47:43
  building
• 47:43
  and
• 47:44
  I
• 47:44
  think
• 47:44
  it's
• 47:44
  because
• 47:45
  I
• 47:45
  keep
• 47:45
  supporting
• 47:46
  authors
• 47:46
  in
• 47:46
  my
• 47:47
  community
• 47:48
  and
• 47:48
  as
• 47:48
  they,
• 47:48
  as
• 47:49
  I
• 47:49
  support
• 47:49
  them,
• 47:50
  they
• 47:50
  support
• 47:50
  me.
• 47:51
  And
• 47:51
  so
• 47:52
  each
• 47:52
  step
• 47:52
  of
• 47:53
  the
• 47:53
  way,
• 47:53
  like
• 47:53
  I,
• 47:54
  I
• 47:54
  didn't
• 47:54
  know
• 47:54
  how
• 47:54
  to
• 47:55
  do
• 47:55
  school
• 47:55
  visits
• 47:55
  and
• 47:56
  then
• 47:56
  I
• 47:56
  would
• 47:56
  put
• 47:56
  a
• 47:56
  thing
• 47:56
  on
• 47:57
  the
• 47:57
  website
• 47:57
  and
• 47:58
  people
• 47:58
  give
• 47:58
  you
• 47:58
  the
• 47:58
  best
• 47:59
  ideas.
• 47:59
  So
• 47:59
  I
• 48:00
  feel
• 48:00
  like
• 48:00
  I
• 48:00
  have
• 48:00
  this
• 48:00
  whole
• 48:01
  community
• 48:02
  behind
• 48:02
  me.
• 48:03
  So.
• 48:03
  And
• 48:04
  my
• 48:05
  next
• 48:06
  thing
• 48:06
  I
• 48:06
  really
• 48:06
  wanted
• 48:07
  to
• 48:07
  go
• 48:07
  to
• 48:07
  Ghana
• 48:07
  and
• 48:08
  my
• 48:08
  husband
• 48:08
  said,
• 48:08
  I
• 48:09
  have
• 48:09
  a
• 48:09
  better
• 48:09
  idea.
• 48:09
  Why
• 48:09
  don't
• 48:10
  you
• 48:10
  just
• 48:10
  support
• 48:10
  the
• 48:10
  people
• 48:11
  in
• 48:11
  Ghana?
• 48:11
  Because
• 48:12
  one
• 48:12
  of
• 48:12
  my
• 48:12
  author
• 48:12
  friends,
• 48:13
  she's
• 48:14
  published
• 48:14
  two
• 48:14
  books
• 48:15
  and
• 48:16
  she's
• 48:16
  a
• 48:16
  humanitarian.
• 48:17
  Her
• 48:17
  name
• 48:17
  is
• 48:17
  Sylvia
• 48:18
  Morrison
• 48:19
  and
• 48:19
  she
• 48:21
  developed
• 48:21
  a
• 48:22
  non
• 48:22
  profit
• 48:22
  links
• 48:23
  across
• 48:23
  borders
• 48:24
  and
• 48:24
  she's
• 48:25
  established
• 48:25
  eight
• 48:26
  libraries.
• 48:26
  She
• 48:27
  originally
• 48:27
  went
• 48:27
  over
• 48:28
  to
• 48:28
  Ghana.
• 48:29
  Amazing
• 48:30
  African
• 48:30
  American
• 48:31
  and
• 48:31
  she's
• 48:31
  a
• 48:31
  beautiful
• 48:32
  woman.
• 48:32
  She
• 48:32
  now
• 48:33
  lives
• 48:33
  in
• 48:33
  Ghana.
• 48:34
  And
• 48:34
  her
• 48:34
  second
• 48:35
  book,
• 48:35
  they
• 48:35
  have
• 48:35
  an
• 48:36
  I
• 48:36
  can
• 48:37
  kid
• 48:37
  group
• 48:38
  that
• 48:38
  the
• 48:39
  kids
• 48:39
  co
• 48:39
  wrote
• 48:40
  the
• 48:40
  second
• 48:40
  book
• 48:41
  and
• 48:41
  they
• 48:41
  had
• 48:41
  to
• 48:41
  come
• 48:41
  up
• 48:41
  with
• 48:42
  a
• 48:42
  solution
• 48:43
  and
• 48:43
  some
• 48:43
  of
• 48:44
  the
• 48:44
  kids,
• 48:44
  when
• 48:44
  they
• 48:44
  were
• 48:45
  going
• 48:45
  through
• 48:45
  schooling,
• 48:46
  they
• 48:46
  don't
• 48:46
  have
• 48:46
  enough
• 48:46
  money
• 48:47
  and
• 48:47
  so
• 48:48
  they,
• 48:48
  the
• 48:48
  kids
• 48:48
  come
• 48:49
  up
• 48:49
  with
• 48:49
  a
• 48:49
  way
• 48:49
  to
• 48:50
  help
• 48:50
  so
• 48:50
  that
• 48:51
  the
• 48:51
  kids
• 48:51
  could
• 48:52
  still
• 48:52
  get
• 48:52
  an
• 48:52
  education.
• 48:53
  Like
• 48:53
  things
• 48:54
  that
• 48:54
  we
• 48:54
  take
• 48:54
  for
• 48:54
  granted.
• 48:55
  Amazing.
• 48:56
  Yeah.
• 48:56
  So
• 48:56
  I'm
• 48:57
  supporting
• 48:57
  them
• 48:57
  in
• 48:57
  my
• 48:58
  second
• 48:58
  book
• 48:59
  launch,
• 49:00
  and
• 49:00
  I
• 49:00
  actually
• 49:01
  have
• 49:01
  been
• 49:01
  supporting
• 49:02
  them
• 49:02
  beyond
• 49:03
  that
• 49:03
  because
• 49:04
  my
• 49:04
  husband
• 49:05
  thinks
• 49:05
  that's
• 49:06
  a
• 49:06
  great
• 49:07
  cause.
• 49:07
  Because
• 49:08
  you
• 49:08
  have
• 49:08
  this
• 49:08
  neat
• 49:09
  tool.
• 49:10
  You
• 49:10
  have
• 49:10
  a
• 49:11
  complimentary
• 49:11
  coloring
• 49:12
  book
• 49:13
  because
• 49:13
  you're
• 49:14
  with
• 49:14
  your
• 49:14
  focus
• 49:15
  on
• 49:15
  the.
• 49:15
  Like,
• 49:16
  the
• 49:16
  rainbow,
• 49:16
  the
• 49:16
  spectrum
• 49:17
  of
• 49:17
  colors,
• 49:18
  and
• 49:18
  kids
• 49:19
  with
• 49:19
  their
• 49:19
  crayons
• 49:20
  can
• 49:20
  virtually
• 49:21
  create
• 49:22
  anything.
• 49:22
  So
• 49:23
  I
• 49:23
  think
• 49:23
  that's.
• 49:23
  It's
• 49:23
  just
• 49:24
  amazing
• 49:24
  what
• 49:24
  you've
• 49:25
  done.
• 49:25
  I
• 49:26
  noticed
• 49:26
  that
• 49:27
  on
• 49:27
  your
• 49:27
  website,
• 49:28
  though,
• 49:28
  you
• 49:28
  actually
• 49:29
  give
• 49:30
  it
• 49:30
  away
• 49:31
  without
• 49:32
  taking
• 49:33
  an
• 49:33
  email
• 49:33
  address.
• 49:35
  I'm
• 49:35
  trying
• 49:35
  to
• 49:35
  understand
• 49:35
  why
• 49:36
  you
• 49:36
  would
• 49:36
  do
• 49:36
  that.
• 49:37
  Because
• 49:38
  all
• 49:38
  of
• 49:38
  us
• 49:38
  need
• 49:39
  to
• 49:39
  build
• 49:39
  our
• 49:40
  own
• 49:41
  customer
• 49:42
  base.
• 49:42
  Right.
• 49:43
  It
• 49:43
  didn't
• 49:43
  used
• 49:44
  to
• 49:44
  be
• 49:44
  that.
• 49:44
  It
• 49:44
  was
• 49:44
  this
• 49:45
  other
• 49:45
  person
• 49:46
  took
• 49:46
  over
• 49:46
  my
• 49:46
  website.
• 49:47
  So
• 49:47
  I'm
• 49:47
  trying
• 49:47
  to
• 49:47
  work
• 49:48
  on
• 49:48
  getting
• 49:48
  that
• 49:48
  fixed.
• 49:49
  Okay.
• 49:49
  Okay.
• 49:50
  So
• 49:50
  I
• 49:50
  just
• 49:50
  want
• 49:50
  everybody
• 49:51
  to
• 49:51
  understand,
• 49:51
  but
• 49:52
  Laura
• 49:53
  is
• 49:53
  doing
• 49:53
  a
• 49:53
  special.
• 49:54
  But
• 49:54
  you
• 49:54
  want
• 49:55
  to
• 49:55
  be
• 49:55
  able
• 49:55
  to
• 49:55
  capture
• 49:56
  the
• 49:56
  email.
• 49:56
  Oh,
• 49:57
  I
• 49:57
  know.
• 49:57
  I'm
• 49:57
  not
• 49:58
  happy
• 49:58
  with
• 49:58
  my
• 49:58
  website
• 49:59
  right
• 49:59
  now,
• 49:59
  so.
• 50:00
  Okay.
• 50:01
  It's
• 50:01
  important
• 50:01
  that
• 50:01
  we
• 50:02
  share
• 50:02
  that
• 50:02
  with
• 50:02
  people
• 50:02
  so
• 50:03
  they
• 50:03
  understand
• 50:04
  that
• 50:04
  it's
• 50:04
  important.
• 50:04
  To
• 50:05
  have
• 50:05
  those
• 50:05
  emails,
• 50:05
  especially
• 50:06
  if
• 50:06
  someone
• 50:06
  hacks
• 50:07
  your
• 50:07
  Facebook
• 50:07
  like
• 50:07
  it
• 50:08
  happened
• 50:08
  to
• 50:08
  me.
• 50:08
  You
• 50:09
  don't
• 50:09
  always
• 50:09
  have
• 50:09
  control
• 50:10
  of
• 50:10
  your
• 50:10
  social
• 50:10
  media,
• 50:11
  but
• 50:11
  you
• 50:11
  do
• 50:11
  have
• 50:12
  control
• 50:12
  of
• 50:12
  your
• 50:12
  emails.
• 50:13
  Thank
• 50:13
  you
• 50:13
  for
• 50:13
  sharing
• 50:14
  that.
• 50:14
  I'm
• 50:14
  also
• 50:14
  curious
• 50:15
  about
• 50:15
  motivation,
• 50:16
  because
• 50:16
  we
• 50:17
  talked
• 50:17
  about
• 50:17
  Margaret,
• 50:19
  we
• 50:19
  talked
• 50:19
  about
• 50:20
  your
• 50:20
  dad
• 50:20
  and
• 50:21
  your
• 50:21
  mom
• 50:21
  and
• 50:22
  your
• 50:22
  son.
• 50:23
  Is
• 50:23
  there
• 50:23
  anything
• 50:24
  else
• 50:24
  that
• 50:26
  motivated
• 50:26
  you
• 50:27
  to.
• 50:28
  And
• 50:28
  I
• 50:29
  know
• 50:29
  we
• 50:29
  talked
• 50:29
  about
• 50:29
  your
• 50:30
  cancer,
• 50:30
  so
• 50:31
  is
• 50:31
  there
• 50:31
  anything
• 50:31
  else
• 50:32
  beyond
• 50:32
  the
• 50:33
  motivated
• 50:33
  you
• 50:33
  do?
• 50:34
  My
• 50:34
  kids
• 50:34
  always
• 50:35
  do.
• 50:35
  So
• 50:35
  my
• 50:35
  daughter,
• 50:36
  she's
• 50:36
  a
• 50:36
  graphic
• 50:37
  designer.
• 50:37
  She
• 50:37
  actually
• 50:38
  picked
• 50:38
  the
• 50:39
  font,
• 50:39
  and
• 50:39
  she
• 50:40
  did
• 50:40
  all
• 50:40
  the
• 50:40
  typesetting.
• 50:41
  Oh,
• 50:42
  she
• 50:42
  was
• 50:42
  the
• 50:42
  one
• 50:42
  that
• 50:44
  did
• 50:44
  all
• 50:44
  the
• 50:44
  colors
• 50:45
  for
• 50:45
  the.
• 50:46
  And
• 50:46
  decided
• 50:47
  to
• 50:48
  come
• 50:48
  up
• 50:48
  with
• 50:48
  some
• 50:48
  things.
• 50:49
  But
• 50:49
  on
• 50:50
  the
• 50:50
  second
• 50:50
  story,
• 50:51
  she
• 50:51
  didn't
• 50:51
  want
• 50:52
  to
• 50:52
  be
• 50:52
  a
• 50:52
  part
• 50:52
  of
• 50:52
  it,
• 50:52
  and
• 50:53
  I
• 50:53
  didn't
• 50:53
  need
• 50:53
  her.
• 50:54
  But
• 50:54
  it
• 50:54
  was.
• 50:54
  But
• 50:56
  I
• 50:56
  didn't
• 50:56
  have
• 50:57
  an
• 50:57
  idea
• 50:57
  for
• 50:58
  the
• 50:58
  second
• 50:58
  story.
• 50:59
  I
• 50:59
  had
• 50:59
  thought
• 50:59
  about
• 51:00
  using
• 51:00
  Raini
• 51:01
  and
• 51:01
  developing
• 51:02
  her
• 51:02
  character
• 51:02
  just
• 51:03
  to
• 51:03
  get
• 51:03
  in
• 51:03
  the
• 51:03
  mind
• 51:03
  of
• 51:03
  a
• 51:04
  bully.
• 51:05
  But
• 51:05
  my
• 51:05
  daughter.
• 51:06
  I
• 51:06
  had
• 51:06
  a
• 51:06
  personal
• 51:07
  experience
• 51:07
  of
• 51:07
  the
• 51:07
  ripple
• 51:08
  effect
• 51:08
  of
• 51:08
  kindness,
• 51:09
  and
• 51:09
  I
• 51:09
  would
• 51:09
  have
• 51:10
  never
• 51:10
  known.
• 51:10
  So
• 51:11
  in
• 51:11
  the
• 51:11
  eighth
• 51:11
  grade,
• 51:12
  my
• 51:12
  daughter
• 51:13
  was
• 51:13
  voted
• 51:13
  for
• 51:14
  making
• 51:14
  the
• 51:14
  most
• 51:14
  impact
• 51:15
  in
• 51:15
  the
• 51:15
  eighth
• 51:16
  grade.
• 51:16
  And
• 51:17
  I
• 51:17
  was
• 51:17
  like,
• 51:18
  susie,
• 51:19
  why
• 51:19
  didn't
• 51:19
  you
• 51:19
  tell
• 51:19
  me
• 51:20
  this?
• 51:20
  Because,
• 51:20
  like,
• 51:20
  they
• 51:21
  build
• 51:21
  up.
• 51:21
  The
• 51:21
  teachers
• 51:21
  were
• 51:22
  telling
• 51:22
  this
• 51:22
  story
• 51:23
  about
• 51:23
  this
• 51:23
  student,
• 51:24
  and
• 51:24
  she
• 51:24
  said,
• 51:24
  mom,
• 51:24
  I
• 51:24
  didn't
• 51:25
  even
• 51:25
  know
• 51:25
  that
• 51:25
  was
• 51:25
  me
• 51:25
  they
• 51:26
  were
• 51:26
  talking
• 51:26
  about.
• 51:27
  She
• 51:27
  was
• 51:28
  being
• 51:28
  nice.
• 51:29
  And
• 51:29
  so
• 51:29
  all
• 51:30
  she
• 51:30
  did
• 51:30
  was
• 51:30
  one
• 51:31
  small
• 51:31
  act
• 51:31
  of
• 51:31
  Kindness,
• 51:32
  not
• 51:32
  knowing
• 51:33
  she
• 51:33
  saw
• 51:33
  a
• 51:34
  student
• 51:34
  sitting
• 51:34
  alone,
• 51:36
  ate
• 51:36
  with
• 51:36
  her
• 51:36
  in
• 51:36
  the
• 51:37
  cafeteria,
• 51:38
  not
• 51:39
  knowing
• 51:39
  the
• 51:39
  background.
• 51:40
  This
• 51:40
  student
• 51:41
  was
• 51:41
  leaving
• 51:41
  that
• 51:41
  week,
• 51:42
  going
• 51:42
  to
• 51:42
  be
• 51:42
  pulled
• 51:42
  out
• 51:43
  to
• 51:43
  go
• 51:43
  to
• 51:43
  a
• 51:43
  different
• 51:43
  school.
• 51:44
  And
• 51:45
  her
• 51:45
  parents
• 51:46
  were
• 51:46
  at
• 51:46
  their
• 51:46
  wit's
• 51:47
  end.
• 51:47
  They
• 51:47
  couldn't
• 51:47
  help
• 51:47
  her.
• 51:47
  They
• 51:48
  were
• 51:48
  in
• 51:48
  despair.
• 51:48
  And
• 51:49
  the
• 51:49
  teacher
• 51:49
  didn't
• 51:49
  know
• 51:50
  how
• 51:50
  to
• 51:50
  help
• 51:50
  either.
• 51:51
  And
• 51:52
  after
• 51:52
  that
• 51:52
  interaction
• 51:53
  with
• 51:53
  my
• 51:53
  daughter,
• 51:54
  she
• 51:55
  not
• 51:55
  only
• 51:55
  stayed
• 51:56
  in
• 51:56
  the
• 51:56
  school,
• 51:56
  but
• 51:57
  she
• 51:57
  became
• 51:57
  an
• 51:57
  integral
• 51:58
  part
• 51:58
  of
• 51:58
  that
• 51:59
  community.
• 51:59
  Wow.
• 52:00
  It
• 52:00
  was
• 52:00
  so
• 52:01
  profound
• 52:02
  that
• 52:02
  they
• 52:02
  said
• 52:03
  it
• 52:03
  was
• 52:03
  like
• 52:03
  a
• 52:03
  ripple
• 52:04
  effect
• 52:04
  of
• 52:04
  kindness
• 52:05
  that
• 52:05
  they
• 52:05
  gave
• 52:05
  her
• 52:05
  this
• 52:06
  big
• 52:06
  award
• 52:06
  in
• 52:06
  eighth
• 52:07
  grade.
• 52:07
  Just
• 52:08
  so
• 52:08
  I
• 52:08
  understand.
• 52:08
  So
• 52:09
  for
• 52:09
  the
• 52:09
  listeners,
• 52:10
  is
• 52:10
  that.
• 52:11
  Because
• 52:11
  that
• 52:12
  was
• 52:12
  the
• 52:12
  next
• 52:12
  thing
• 52:12
  I
• 52:12
  wanted
• 52:13
  to
• 52:13
  move
• 52:13
  on
• 52:13
  to
• 52:13
  was
• 52:13
  character
• 52:14
  development.
• 52:15
  This
• 52:15
  story
• 52:16
  that
• 52:16
  your
• 52:16
  daughter
• 52:17
  told
• 52:17
  you
• 52:18
  about
• 52:18
  that
• 52:18
  recognition
• 52:19
  in
• 52:19
  grade
• 52:19
  eight,
• 52:20
  like
• 52:21
  how
• 52:21
  many
• 52:21
  years
• 52:21
  later
• 52:22
  did
• 52:22
  that
• 52:22
  happen?
• 52:24
  This,
• 52:24
  she
• 52:24
  got
• 52:25
  the
• 52:25
  award
• 52:25
  in
• 52:25
  the
• 52:25
  eighth
• 52:25
  grade.
• 52:26
  Okay.
• 52:27
  But
• 52:27
  she's
• 52:28
  now
• 52:28
  35
• 52:29
  years
• 52:29
  old.
• 52:30
  She
• 52:30
  had
• 52:30
  a
• 52:30
  three
• 52:30
  year
• 52:30
  old
• 52:30
  daughter.
• 52:31
  But
• 52:31
  I'm
• 52:31
  just
• 52:32
  saying
• 52:33
  she
• 52:33
  inspired
• 52:33
  the.
• 52:34
  Second
• 52:34
  story
• 52:35
  because
• 52:35
  stuck
• 52:36
  in
• 52:36
  your
• 52:36
  mind
• 52:37
  and
• 52:37
  you
• 52:37
  just
• 52:38
  kept
• 52:38
  it
• 52:38
  there
• 52:38
  as
• 52:38
  a
• 52:38
  nugget
• 52:39
  thinking
• 52:39
  at
• 52:39
  some
• 52:40
  point
• 52:40
  you
• 52:41
  wanted
• 52:41
  to.
• 52:41
  I
• 52:42
  didn't
• 52:42
  even
• 52:42
  think
• 52:42
  it.
• 52:43
  It
• 52:43
  was
• 52:43
  just
• 52:43
  like
• 52:43
  what
• 52:44
  happened
• 52:44
  was
• 52:44
  I
• 52:45
  was
• 52:45
  rereading
• 52:46
  the
• 52:46
  back
• 52:46
  of
• 52:46
  my
• 52:46
  book.
• 52:47
  When
• 52:47
  I
• 52:48
  get
• 52:48
  to
• 52:48
  the
• 52:48
  end
• 52:49
  of
• 52:49
  the
• 52:49
  story,
• 52:51
  you
• 52:51
  see
• 52:51
  she's
• 52:52
  coming
• 52:52
  back
• 52:53
  after
• 52:53
  she
• 52:53
  leaves
• 52:54
  and
• 52:54
  there's
• 52:54
  a
• 52:54
  shark
• 52:55
  and
• 52:55
  he's
• 52:56
  mean.
• 52:56
  And
• 52:57
  if
• 52:57
  you
• 52:57
  don't
• 52:57
  face
• 52:58
  your
• 52:58
  fears,
• 52:58
  you
• 52:59
  find
• 52:59
  something
• 53:00
  bigger
• 53:00
  happens.
• 53:00
  That's
• 53:01
  why
• 53:01
  she
• 53:01
  encounters
• 53:02
  the
• 53:02
  shark
• 53:03
  and
• 53:03
  he
• 53:04
  has
• 53:04
  no
• 53:04
  friends.
• 53:04
  And
• 53:05
  she
• 53:05
  grows
• 53:05
  in
• 53:05
  her
• 53:06
  character
• 53:06
  development
• 53:06
  and
• 53:07
  she
• 53:07
  learns
• 53:08
  to
• 53:08
  mentor
• 53:09
  the
• 53:10
  shark
• 53:10
  like
• 53:10
  she
• 53:11
  was
• 53:11
  mentored
• 53:12
  from
• 53:12
  the
• 53:13
  octopus.
• 53:13
  So
• 53:14
  the
• 53:14
  octopus
• 53:14
  was
• 53:14
  talking
• 53:15
  about
• 53:15
  his
• 53:15
  feelings
• 53:16
  and
• 53:16
  how
• 53:16
  does
• 53:17
  it
• 53:17
  feel?
• 53:17
  Does
• 53:17
  it
• 53:17
  hurt?
• 53:18
  And
• 53:18
  so
• 53:18
  she's
• 53:18
  doing
• 53:19
  the
• 53:19
  same
• 53:19
  thing
• 53:19
  for
• 53:19
  him.
• 53:20
  Cause
• 53:20
  when
• 53:21
  you
• 53:21
  are
• 53:21
  getting
• 53:21
  bullied,
• 53:22
  it
• 53:22
  hurts
• 53:22
  on
• 53:22
  the
• 53:22
  inside
• 53:23
  talking
• 53:24
  to
• 53:24
  him
• 53:24
  about
• 53:24
  that.
• 53:25
  And
• 53:25
  he
• 53:26
  doesn't
• 53:26
  want
• 53:26
  to
• 53:26
  give
• 53:26
  her
• 53:27
  the
• 53:27
  conch
• 53:27
  shell,
• 53:27
  but
• 53:27
  when
• 53:27
  she
• 53:28
  blows
• 53:28
  it,
• 53:28
  I
• 53:28
  mean,
• 53:28
  he
• 53:28
  just
• 53:29
  looks
• 53:29
  magical
• 53:30
  and
• 53:30
  he
• 53:30
  cries.
• 53:30
  Cause
• 53:31
  he
• 53:31
  remembers
• 53:31
  how
• 53:31
  loved
• 53:32
  he
• 53:32
  is.
• 53:33
  He
• 53:33
  promises
• 53:33
  he'll
• 53:34
  never
• 53:34
  be
• 53:34
  mean
• 53:34
  again.
• 53:35
  So
• 53:35
  when
• 53:35
  she
• 53:35
  goes
• 53:36
  back,
• 53:36
  you
• 53:36
  only
• 53:36
  see
• 53:37
  her
• 53:37
  friends
• 53:38
  that
• 53:38
  greet
• 53:38
  her.
• 53:38
  And
• 53:39
  Raini's
• 53:39
  not
• 53:39
  there.
• 53:40
  And
• 53:40
  so
• 53:41
  when
• 53:41
  she
• 53:42
  encounters
• 53:43
  Rainy,
• 53:43
  she's
• 53:43
  not
• 53:44
  afraid
• 53:44
  anymore.
• 53:44
  She's
• 53:45
  confident.
• 53:45
  She's
• 53:46
  got
• 53:46
  her
• 53:46
  shell
• 53:47
  in
• 53:47
  her
• 53:47
  hand
• 53:48
  and
• 53:48
  she's
• 53:48
  hello
• 53:49
  Rainy.
• 53:49
  Able
• 53:49
  to
• 53:50
  talk
• 53:50
  to
• 53:50
  her
• 53:50
  in
• 53:50
  a
• 53:50
  confident
• 53:51
  voice,
• 53:52
  Rainy
• 53:52
  takes
• 53:52
  a
• 53:53
  deep
• 53:53
  breath.
• 53:53
  Hello,
• 53:53
  Pickles.
• 53:54
  I
• 53:54
  missed
• 53:54
  your
• 53:54
  giggles
• 53:55
  and
• 53:55
  tickles.
• 53:55
  And
• 53:56
  she
• 53:56
  starts
• 53:56
  to
• 53:57
  away.
• 53:58
  This
• 53:59
  is
• 54:00
  what
• 54:00
  I
• 54:00
  was
• 54:00
  looking
• 54:00
  at.
• 54:01
  And
• 54:01
  then
• 54:02
  I
• 54:02
  see
• 54:02
  how
• 54:03
  Pickles
• 54:03
  says,
• 54:04
  wait,
• 54:05
  Pickles
• 54:06
  Calls
• 54:06
  to
• 54:06
  her,
• 54:06
  would
• 54:07
  you
• 54:07
  like
• 54:07
  to
• 54:07
  blow
• 54:08
  the
• 54:08
  conch
• 54:08
  shell?
• 54:08
  Raini
• 54:09
  smiles
• 54:09
  and
• 54:09
  takes
• 54:09
  the
• 54:09
  shout
• 54:10
  again.
• 54:10
  The
• 54:10
  music
• 54:11
  is
• 54:11
  nickel.
• 54:12
  So
• 54:12
  that's
• 54:13
  one
• 54:13
  small
• 54:14
  act
• 54:14
  of
• 54:14
  kindness
• 54:15
  from
• 54:15
  Pickles
• 54:16
  to
• 54:17
  include
• 54:17
  her
• 54:18
  into
• 54:19
  playing
• 54:19
  this
• 54:19
  magical
• 54:20
  show
• 54:20
  and
• 54:21
  a
• 54:21
  pickle
• 54:21
  party
• 54:22
  with
• 54:22
  all
• 54:22
  her
• 54:22
  friends.
• 54:23
  And
• 54:23
  I
• 54:23
  was
• 54:24
  like,
• 54:24
  that's
• 54:24
  it.
• 54:25
  That's
• 54:25
  a
• 54:25
  ripple
• 54:26
  effect
• 54:26
  of
• 54:26
  kindness.
• 54:27
  It
• 54:27
  triggered
• 54:28
  that
• 54:28
  memory
• 54:28
  of
• 54:28
  my
• 54:29
  daughter,
• 54:29
  what
• 54:29
  she
• 54:29
  did
• 54:29
  in
• 54:30
  the
• 54:30
  eighth
• 54:30
  grade.
• 54:31
  Cause
• 54:31
  I
• 54:31
  was
• 54:32
  like
• 54:32
  relooking
• 54:32
  at
• 54:33
  how
• 54:34
  am
• 54:34
  I
• 54:34
  gonna.
• 54:34
  I
• 54:34
  hadn't
• 54:35
  even
• 54:35
  planned
• 54:35
  how
• 54:35
  to
• 54:36
  do
• 54:36
  the
• 54:36
  second
• 54:36
  story.
• 54:37
  And
• 54:37
  then
• 54:37
  when
• 54:37
  that
• 54:37
  aha
• 54:38
  moment
• 54:38
  came,
• 54:39
  the
• 54:39
  story
• 54:40
  pretty
• 54:40
  much
• 54:40
  wrote
• 54:40
  itself.
• 54:41
  And
• 54:41
  I
• 54:41
  had
• 54:41
  my
• 54:42
  characters
• 54:42
  because
• 54:42
  there
• 54:42
  was
• 54:43
  characters
• 54:44
  from
• 54:44
  the
• 54:44
  first
• 54:44
  story
• 54:45
  that
• 54:45
  didn't
• 54:45
  make
• 54:45
  it
• 54:45
  in.
• 54:46
  I
• 54:46
  wanted
• 54:46
  to
• 54:46
  have
• 54:46
  a
• 54:46
  dolphin
• 54:47
  because
• 54:48
  I
• 54:48
  told
• 54:48
  you
• 54:48
  how
• 54:48
  laughter
• 54:49
  helps
• 54:49
  me.
• 54:49
  I
• 54:49
  wanted
• 54:49
  laughter
• 54:50
  and
• 54:51
  playfulness.
• 54:51
  And
• 54:52
  playfulness
• 54:52
  also.
• 54:53
  It
• 54:53
  brings
• 54:54
  joy
• 54:54
  and
• 54:54
  connectiveness
• 54:55
  and
• 54:56
  into
• 54:57
  others
• 54:57
  like.
• 54:57
  And
• 54:57
  if
• 54:58
  you
• 54:58
  fill
• 54:58
  up
• 54:58
  your
• 54:58
  cup,
• 54:59
  you
• 54:59
  can
• 54:59
  and
• 54:59
  help
• 54:59
  others
• 55:00
  too.
• 55:00
  So
• 55:01
  talk
• 55:02
  to
• 55:02
  us
• 55:02
  about.
• 55:03
  Because
• 55:03
  the
• 55:03
  nice
• 55:03
  thing
• 55:04
  about
• 55:04
  it
• 55:04
  is
• 55:05
  you
• 55:05
  had
• 55:05
  a
• 55:05
  plan.
• 55:06
  Character.
• 55:07
  I'm
• 55:07
  curious
• 55:08
  on
• 55:08
  transitioning
• 55:09
  from
• 55:10
  the
• 55:10
  theme
• 55:11
  at
• 55:11
  the
• 55:11
  end
• 55:11
  of
• 55:11
  the
• 55:12
  book
• 55:12
  to
• 55:13
  with
• 55:14
  Pickles
• 55:14
  having
• 55:14
  more
• 55:15
  confidence
• 55:16
  to
• 55:17
  the
• 55:17
  theme
• 55:17
  of
• 55:17
  the
• 55:18
  second
• 55:18
  book.
• 55:18
  So
• 55:18
  talk
• 55:19
  to
• 55:19
  us
• 55:19
  about
• 55:19
  that
• 55:19
  transition.
• 55:20
  Basically,
• 55:21
  Pickles
• 55:22
  inspires
• 55:24
  children.
• 55:25
  And
• 55:25
  I
• 55:25
  get
• 55:26
  messages
• 55:26
  all
• 55:27
  over
• 55:27
  of
• 55:27
  people
• 55:28
  just
• 55:28
  saying,
• 55:28
  my
• 55:29
  daughter,
• 55:29
  she
• 55:29
  was
• 55:30
  having
• 55:30
  trouble
• 55:30
  with
• 55:31
  people
• 55:31
  bullying
• 55:32
  her
• 55:32
  in
• 55:32
  her
• 55:32
  neighborhood.
• 55:33
  And
• 55:33
  Pickles
• 55:34
  is
• 55:34
  such
• 55:34
  a
• 55:34
  good
• 55:34
  role
• 55:35
  model.
• 55:35
  And
• 55:35
  she's
• 55:36
  like
• 55:36
  helping
• 55:36
  me.
• 55:36
  And
• 55:36
  I'm
• 55:37
  getting
• 55:37
  like
• 55:37
  all
• 55:37
  these
• 55:38
  people
• 55:38
  sending
• 55:39
  me
• 55:39
  pictures
• 55:39
  of
• 55:39
  their
• 55:40
  kids
• 55:40
  and
• 55:40
  how
• 55:40
  this
• 55:40
  book
• 55:41
  is
• 55:41
  helping
• 55:41
  them.
• 55:42
  It's
• 55:42
  helping
• 55:43
  them
• 55:44
  in
• 55:44
  so
• 55:44
  many
• 55:45
  different
• 55:45
  ways.
• 55:45
  And
• 55:46
  I
• 55:46
  just
• 55:46
  think
• 55:46
  it's
• 55:47
  so
• 55:47
  important
• 55:47
  to
• 55:47
  have
• 55:47
  these
• 55:48
  role
• 55:48
  models
• 55:48
  in
• 55:49
  our
• 55:49
  life.
• 55:50
  Talk
• 55:50
  to
• 55:50
  us
• 55:50
  about
• 55:51
  theme
• 55:51
  in
• 55:51
  the
• 55:51
  second
• 55:51
  book,
• 55:52
  how
• 55:52
  you've
• 55:52
  transitioned
• 55:53
  into.
• 55:53
  Okay,
• 55:54
  so
• 55:54
  I
• 55:54
  transitioned
• 55:55
  as
• 55:55
  second
• 55:55
  one
• 55:56
  to
• 55:58
  really
• 55:58
  just.
• 55:58
  It's
• 55:59
  more
• 55:59
  of
• 55:59
  a
• 55:59
  reflection
• 56:00
  and
• 56:00
  getting
• 56:00
  into
• 56:01
  the
• 56:01
  mind
• 56:01
  of
• 56:01
  the
• 56:01
  bully.
• 56:02
  The
• 56:02
  theme
• 56:03
  is
• 56:04
  she
• 56:04
  has
• 56:04
  this
• 56:05
  warm
• 56:06
  and
• 56:06
  happy
• 56:06
  feeling,
• 56:06
  but
• 56:07
  she
• 56:07
  doesn't
• 56:07
  know
• 56:07
  what
• 56:07
  it
• 56:07
  is.
• 56:08
  So
• 56:09
  it's
• 56:09
  really
• 56:09
  that
• 56:09
  self
• 56:10
  discovery
• 56:10
  of
• 56:11
  what
• 56:11
  is
• 56:11
  this
• 56:12
  warm
• 56:12
  and
• 56:13
  happy
• 56:13
  feeling?
• 56:14
  And
• 56:14
  so
• 56:14
  she,
• 56:15
  she
• 56:15
  has
• 56:15
  a
• 56:16
  different
• 56:16
  manner.
• 56:16
  She
• 56:17
  has
• 56:17
  a
• 56:17
  turtle.
• 56:18
  And
• 56:18
  it's
• 56:18
  Shelby.
• 56:19
  And
• 56:19
  I
• 56:19
  also
• 56:20
  parallel
• 56:21
  because
• 56:22
  she's
• 56:22
  named
• 56:22
  Rainy,
• 56:23
  I
• 56:23
  parallel
• 56:23
  the
• 56:23
  storm
• 56:24
  to
• 56:24
  her
• 56:25
  life.
• 56:25
  And
• 56:25
  I
• 56:26
  was
• 56:26
  asking
• 56:26
  my
• 56:26
  sister's
• 56:27
  kids
• 56:27
  at
• 56:29
  Christmas,
• 56:29
  why
• 56:30
  would
• 56:30
  she
• 56:30
  be
• 56:30
  so
• 56:30
  mean?
• 56:31
  They're
• 56:31
  like,
• 56:31
  oh,
• 56:31
  she's
• 56:32
  an
• 56:32
  orphan.
• 56:33
  So
• 56:33
  I
• 56:33
  made
• 56:33
  her
• 56:33
  an
• 56:33
  orphan.
• 56:35
  I
• 56:35
  love
• 56:36
  that.
• 56:37
  Give
• 56:37
  you
• 56:37
  the
• 56:37
  best
• 56:38
  idea.
• 56:38
  Absolutely.
• 56:39
  There's
• 56:39
  no
• 56:39
  doubt
• 56:40
  about
• 56:40
  it.
• 56:40
  The
• 56:41
  turtle
• 56:41
  in
• 56:41
  this
• 56:41
  story
• 56:42
  tells
• 56:43
  her
• 56:43
  she
• 56:43
  doesn't
• 56:43
  have
• 56:43
  to
• 56:43
  be
• 56:43
  Perfect.
• 56:45
  And
• 56:45
  the
• 56:45
  change
• 56:46
  takes
• 56:46
  time.
• 56:47
  And
• 56:47
  so
• 56:47
  she's
• 56:48
  thinking
• 56:48
  about
• 56:50
  the
• 56:50
  turtle
• 56:50
  says,
• 56:51
  I'll
• 56:51
  read
• 56:51
  it.
• 56:51
  It
• 56:52
  says,
• 56:52
  see
• 56:52
  how
• 56:53
  the
• 56:53
  ocean
• 56:54
  smooths
• 56:54
  away
• 56:54
  the
• 56:55
  sharp
• 56:55
  edges
• 56:55
  on
• 56:55
  a
• 56:56
  rock.
• 56:57
  And
• 56:57
  I'm
• 56:57
  a
• 56:58
  rock
• 56:58
  with
• 56:58
  sharp
• 56:58
  edges.
• 56:59
  Shelby
• 57:00
  nodded.
• 57:00
  You
• 57:00
  don't
• 57:01
  have
• 57:01
  to
• 57:01
  be
• 57:01
  perfect
• 57:01
  all
• 57:02
  at
• 57:02
  once.
• 57:02
  Change
• 57:03
  takes
• 57:03
  time.
• 57:05
  So
• 57:05
  it's
• 57:06
  just
• 57:06
  a
• 57:06
  lot
• 57:06
  about
• 57:08
  self.
• 57:09
  Love
• 57:09
  is
• 57:10
  another.
• 57:11
  And
• 57:11
  it's
• 57:11
  interesting
• 57:11
  because
• 57:12
  I
• 57:13
  want
• 57:13
  to
• 57:13
  talk
• 57:13
  about
• 57:14
  the
• 57:15
  central
• 57:15
  teaching
• 57:16
  because
• 57:16
  with
• 57:16
  your
• 57:16
  background
• 57:17
  in
• 57:17
  education
• 57:18
  and
• 57:19
  what
• 57:19
  I'm
• 57:19
  listening
• 57:19
  to.
• 57:20
  So
• 57:21
  talk
• 57:21
  to
• 57:22
  us
• 57:22
  about
• 57:23
  how
• 57:23
  your
• 57:23
  teaching
• 57:24
  profession
• 57:25
  really
• 57:25
  has
• 57:26
  influenced
• 57:27
  your
• 57:27
  whole
• 57:28
  writing
• 57:28
  style
• 57:29
  with
• 57:30
  character
• 57:30
  development,
• 57:31
  with
• 57:31
  the
• 57:31
  theme.
• 57:32
  Talk
• 57:32
  to
• 57:32
  us
• 57:32
  about
• 57:33
  how
• 57:33
  your
• 57:33
  educational
• 57:34
  background
• 57:34
  has
• 57:35
  helped
• 57:35
  you
• 57:35
  with
• 57:35
  that.
• 57:37
  It
• 57:37
  helped
• 57:37
  tremendously
• 57:38
  because
• 57:38
  I
• 57:38
  worked
• 57:38
  with
• 57:39
  the
• 57:39
  most
• 57:39
  difficult
• 57:40
  children.
• 57:40
  I've
• 57:40
  worked
• 57:41
  with
• 57:41
  severe
• 57:41
  behavioral
• 57:42
  kids.
• 57:42
  And
• 57:43
  my
• 57:43
  principal
• 57:44
  came
• 57:44
  in
• 57:45
  and
• 57:46
  was
• 57:46
  just
• 57:47
  wanted
• 57:47
  to
• 57:47
  know
• 57:47
  what
• 57:47
  was
• 57:47
  I
• 57:48
  doing
• 57:48
  different
• 57:48
  in
• 57:48
  the
• 57:49
  early
• 57:49
  90s
• 57:50
  because
• 57:50
  none
• 57:50
  of
• 57:50
  my
• 57:50
  kids
• 57:51
  were
• 57:51
  going
• 57:51
  to
• 57:52
  the
• 57:52
  office
• 57:53
  and
• 57:53
  I
• 57:53
  was
• 57:53
  just
• 57:54
  spending
• 57:54
  time
• 57:54
  teaching
• 57:55
  them
• 57:55
  yoga
• 57:55
  and
• 57:56
  breath
• 57:56
  work
• 57:56
  and
• 57:57
  journaling
• 57:57
  and
• 57:58
  doing
• 57:58
  all
• 57:58
  these
• 57:58
  like
• 57:59
  visualizations.
• 58:00
  And
• 58:01
  he
• 58:01
  said
• 58:01
  we
• 58:01
  need
• 58:01
  to
• 58:01
  do
• 58:02
  this
• 58:02
  for
• 58:02
  everybody.
• 58:03
  And
• 58:03
  so
• 58:03
  my,
• 58:03
  I've
• 58:04
  had
• 58:04
  a
• 58:04
  mentor
• 58:05
  since
• 58:05
  I
• 58:05
  was
• 58:05
  25
• 58:06
  and
• 58:06
  my
• 58:06
  husband
• 58:07
  and
• 58:07
  I
• 58:07
  both
• 58:08
  were
• 58:08
  going
• 58:08
  to
• 58:08
  yoga
• 58:09
  together.
• 58:10
  And
• 58:10
  Lilia
• 58:10
  Spolin,
• 58:11
  she
• 58:12
  is
• 58:12
  world
• 58:12
  renowned
• 58:13
  and
• 58:14
  she
• 58:14
  always
• 58:14
  says
• 58:14
  the
• 58:15
  joy
• 58:15
  is
• 58:15
  in
• 58:15
  the
• 58:15
  journey.
• 58:16
  She's
• 58:16
  had
• 58:16
  a
• 58:17
  profound
• 58:17
  influence
• 58:18
  in
• 58:18
  my
• 58:18
  life
• 58:18
  because
• 58:18
  she's
• 58:19
  just
• 58:19
  an
• 58:19
  incredible,
• 58:20
  humble
• 58:21
  person.
• 58:22
  She
• 58:22
  actually
• 58:23
  used
• 58:23
  to
• 58:23
  teach
• 58:24
  at
• 58:24
  the
• 58:24
  Feather
• 58:24
  pipe
• 58:25
  ranch
• 58:25
  for
• 58:25
  27
• 58:26
  years
• 58:26
  in
• 58:26
  a
• 58:27
  row.
• 58:27
  Wow.
• 58:27
  And
• 58:27
  it's.
• 58:28
  And
• 58:28
  that's
• 58:28
  influenced
• 58:29
  your
• 58:29
  central
• 58:29
  teaching
• 58:30
  through
• 58:30
  the
• 58:30
  books?
• 58:31
  Yeah,
• 58:32
  it
• 58:32
  has
• 58:32
  because
• 58:32
  I
• 58:33
  had
• 58:33
  a
• 58:33
  healing
• 58:34
  by
• 58:34
  going,
• 58:35
  I
• 58:35
  went
• 58:35
  12
• 58:35
  years
• 58:36
  in
• 58:36
  a
• 58:36
  row
• 58:36
  to
• 58:36
  her
• 58:37
  yoga
• 58:37
  retreats
• 58:38
  out
• 58:38
  in
• 58:38
  the
• 58:39
  Feather
• 58:39
  Pipe
• 58:39
  and
• 58:40
  had
• 58:40
  profound
• 58:40
  miracles
• 58:41
  happen
• 58:41
  while
• 58:42
  I
• 58:42
  was
• 58:42
  there
• 58:42
  and
• 58:43
  just,
• 58:43
  just
• 58:43
  constantly.
• 58:44
  And
• 58:45
  as
• 58:45
  I
• 58:46
  became
• 58:47
  trained
• 58:47
  in
• 58:47
  2007,
• 58:48
  I
• 58:48
  got
• 58:48
  my
• 58:49
  200
• 58:49
  hour
• 58:50
  and
• 58:50
  then
• 58:50
  2013
• 58:51
  and
• 58:51
  14
• 58:51
  took
• 58:52
  a
• 58:52
  year
• 58:52
  to
• 58:52
  get
• 58:52
  a
• 58:52
  500
• 58:53
  hour
• 58:53
  teacher
• 58:54
  training.
• 58:54
  One
• 58:54
  of
• 58:55
  my
• 58:55
  friends,
• 58:55
  I've
• 58:55
  been
• 58:55
  helping
• 58:56
  her
• 58:56
  lead
• 58:56
  yoga
• 58:56
  retreats
• 58:57
  all
• 58:57
  over
• 58:57
  the
• 58:57
  place.
• 58:58
  And
• 58:58
  so
• 58:59
  I'm
• 58:59
  always
• 58:59
  supporting
• 59:00
  others
• 59:00
  and
• 59:00
  this
• 59:01
  is
• 59:01
  the
• 59:01
  first
• 59:01
  time
• 59:01
  I'm
• 59:02
  like
• 59:02
  putting
• 59:02
  it
• 59:03
  out
• 59:03
  there
• 59:03
  to
• 59:03
  do
• 59:03
  something
• 59:04
  for
• 59:04
  myself.
• 59:04
  Good
• 59:05
  for
• 59:05
  you.
• 59:06
  I
• 59:06
  want
• 59:06
  to
• 59:06
  delve
• 59:07
  into
• 59:07
  your
• 59:07
  writing
• 59:08
  process
• 59:08
  because
• 59:09
  now
• 59:09
  like
• 59:09
  I
• 59:09
  listened
• 59:10
  how
• 59:10
  you're
• 59:10
  developing,
• 59:12
  which
• 59:12
  is
• 59:12
  nice.
• 59:13
  And
• 59:13
  I'm
• 59:13
  curious
• 59:14
  because
• 59:14
  now
• 59:14
  we're
• 59:15
  going
• 59:15
  first
• 59:16
  book,
• 59:16
  second
• 59:16
  book,
• 59:17
  emotions.
• 59:18
  So
• 59:19
  share
• 59:19
  insights
• 59:20
  into
• 59:20
  your
• 59:20
  development
• 59:21
  and
• 59:21
  your
• 59:22
  writing
• 59:22
  process
• 59:22
  for
• 59:23
  people
• 59:23
  to
• 59:23
  understand
• 59:23
  that.
• 59:24
  So
• 59:24
  basically
• 59:26
  my
• 59:27
  development
• 59:28
  of
• 59:28
  even
• 59:29
  feeling
• 59:29
  isolated
• 59:30
  from
• 59:30
  cancer,
• 59:31
  some
• 59:31
  people
• 59:31
  didn't
• 59:32
  even
• 59:32
  want
• 59:33
  me
• 59:34
  to
• 59:34
  see
• 59:34
  me.
• 59:34
  My
• 59:35
  neighbors
• 59:35
  When
• 59:35
  I
• 59:35
  moved
• 59:36
  to
• 59:36
  a
• 59:36
  new
• 59:36
  community,
• 59:36
  because
• 59:37
  when
• 59:37
  I
• 59:37
  was
• 59:37
  sick,
• 59:37
  my.
• 59:38
  My
• 59:38
  parents
• 59:38
  moved
• 59:38
  me
• 59:39
  across
• 59:40
  their
• 59:40
  neighborhood
• 59:40
  so
• 59:41
  they
• 59:41
  could
• 59:41
  help
• 59:41
  me
• 59:42
  more.
• 59:42
  And
• 59:43
  literally,
• 59:43
  neighbors
• 59:44
  would
• 59:44
  say,
• 59:45
  I'm
• 59:45
  sorry,
• 59:45
  but
• 59:45
  I
• 59:46
  can't
• 59:46
  deal
• 59:46
  with
• 59:46
  cancer.
• 59:47
  It's
• 59:47
  like
• 59:47
  a
• 59:47
  disease
• 59:47
  or
• 59:48
  like,
• 59:48
  they'll
• 59:48
  catch
• 59:48
  it
• 59:48
  or
• 59:49
  something.
• 59:50
  But
• 59:50
  I
• 59:50
  lost
• 59:50
  a
• 59:51
  lot
• 59:51
  of
• 59:51
  friends
• 59:51
  because
• 59:51
  I
• 59:52
  was
• 59:52
  sick.
• 59:52
  And
• 59:53
  it
• 59:53
  changed.
• 59:54
  Takes
• 59:54
  a
• 59:54
  long
• 59:54
  time
• 59:55
  to
• 59:55
  get
• 59:55
  over.
• 59:55
  It's
• 59:56
  almost
• 59:56
  like
• 59:56
  going
• 59:56
  through
• 59:56
  a
• 59:56
  divorce
• 59:57
  or
• 59:57
  something.
• 59:58
  And
• 59:58
  so
• 59:59
  I
• 59:59
  understand
• 1:00:00
  a
• 1:00:00
  lot
• 1:00:00
  of.
• 1:00:01
  And
• 1:00:01
  just.
• 1:00:02
  And
• 1:00:02
  some
• 1:00:02
  people
• 1:00:02
  get
• 1:00:03
  mad.
• 1:00:03
  Why
• 1:00:03
  are
• 1:00:04
  you
• 1:00:04
  still
• 1:00:04
  on
• 1:00:04
  disability?
• 1:00:05
  Because
• 1:00:05
  I
• 1:00:05
  have
• 1:00:06
  permanent
• 1:00:06
  nerve
• 1:00:06
  damage.
• 1:00:07
  And.
• 1:00:07
  And
• 1:00:08
  so
• 1:00:08
  it's.
• 1:00:08
  It's
• 1:00:08
  that.
• 1:00:09
  And
• 1:00:10
  then.
• 1:00:10
  But
• 1:00:10
  I'm
• 1:00:10
  not
• 1:00:10
  really
• 1:00:11
  disabled.
• 1:00:11
  They'll
• 1:00:12
  say,
• 1:00:12
  but
• 1:00:12
  I
• 1:00:12
  don't
• 1:00:13
  make
• 1:00:13
  those
• 1:00:13
  decisions.
• 1:00:13
  I
• 1:00:13
  have
• 1:00:14
  a
• 1:00:14
  doctor
• 1:00:14
  that
• 1:00:15
  deals
• 1:00:16
  with.
• 1:00:16
  With
• 1:00:17
  all
• 1:00:17
  these
• 1:00:17
  answers
• 1:00:18
  for
• 1:00:18
  that.
• 1:00:18
  So
• 1:00:19
  I
• 1:00:19
  know
• 1:00:19
  personally
• 1:00:20
  how
• 1:00:21
  isolated
• 1:00:22
  I
• 1:00:22
  felt
• 1:00:22
  in
• 1:00:23
  dealing
• 1:00:23
  with
• 1:00:24
  getting
• 1:00:24
  better.
• 1:00:25
  And
• 1:00:25
  then
• 1:00:26
  I've
• 1:00:26
  grown
• 1:00:26
  so
• 1:00:27
  much
• 1:00:27
  in
• 1:00:27
  this
• 1:00:27
  new
• 1:00:27
  community.
• 1:00:28
  Tell
• 1:00:28
  us
• 1:00:28
  about
• 1:00:29
  that.
• 1:00:29
  It's
• 1:00:29
  a
• 1:00:29
  development
• 1:00:30
  from
• 1:00:31
  that
• 1:00:31
  negative
• 1:00:32
  mindset.
• 1:00:33
  Okay.
• 1:00:33
  If
• 1:00:33
  you
• 1:00:34
  can
• 1:00:34
  shift
• 1:00:34
  your
• 1:00:34
  mindset.
• 1:00:35
  So
• 1:00:36
  being
• 1:00:36
  around
• 1:00:36
  that
• 1:00:37
  helps
• 1:00:37
  you
• 1:00:37
  with
• 1:00:37
  your
• 1:00:37
  writing
• 1:00:38
  process.
• 1:00:39
  Yeah.
• 1:00:39
  Being
• 1:00:39
  around
• 1:00:40
  these
• 1:00:40
  people
• 1:00:40
  that
• 1:00:41
  believe
• 1:00:41
  in
• 1:00:41
  you,
• 1:00:42
  that
• 1:00:42
  you
• 1:00:42
  can
• 1:00:43
  do
• 1:00:43
  this,
• 1:00:43
  you
• 1:00:43
  can
• 1:00:44
  write
• 1:00:44
  your
• 1:00:44
  stories,
• 1:00:45
  then
• 1:00:45
  you
• 1:00:45
  don't
• 1:00:46
  even.
• 1:00:46
  It
• 1:00:46
  takes
• 1:00:46
  the
• 1:00:46
  pressure
• 1:00:47
  away.
• 1:00:47
  Like,
• 1:00:47
  you
• 1:00:47
  don't
• 1:00:48
  even
• 1:00:48
  have
• 1:00:48
  to
• 1:00:48
  even
• 1:00:48
  know
• 1:00:49
  what
• 1:00:49
  you're
• 1:00:49
  going
• 1:00:49
  to
• 1:00:49
  write
• 1:00:49
  about.
• 1:00:50
  So
• 1:00:50
  basically,
• 1:00:51
  I
• 1:00:52
  signed
• 1:00:52
  up
• 1:00:52
  in
• 1:00:52
  September,
• 1:00:53
  and
• 1:00:53
  I
• 1:00:53
  failed
• 1:00:53
  writing
• 1:00:54
  for
• 1:00:54
  three
• 1:00:54
  months
• 1:00:54
  in
• 1:00:55
  a
• 1:00:55
  row.
• 1:00:55
  But
• 1:00:56
  in
• 1:00:56
  January,
• 1:00:56
  I
• 1:00:56
  knew
• 1:00:57
  I
• 1:00:57
  was
• 1:00:57
  starting
• 1:00:57
  this
• 1:00:57
  new
• 1:00:58
  program,
• 1:00:58
  and
• 1:00:59
  I
• 1:00:59
  literally.
• 1:01:00
  I
• 1:01:00
  don't
• 1:01:00
  know
• 1:01:00
  why,
• 1:01:01
  but
• 1:01:01
  started
• 1:01:01
  paying
• 1:01:02
  attention.
• 1:01:02
  And
• 1:01:02
  there
• 1:01:03
  was,
• 1:01:03
  like,
• 1:01:03
  these
• 1:01:03
  miracles
• 1:01:04
  happening
• 1:01:04
  around
• 1:01:04
  me.
• 1:01:05
  And
• 1:01:05
  I
• 1:01:05
  had
• 1:01:05
  three
• 1:01:06
  miracles
• 1:01:06
  on
• 1:01:06
  the
• 1:01:07
  4th
• 1:01:07
  of
• 1:01:07
  January,
• 1:01:08
  and
• 1:01:08
  I'm
• 1:01:08
  like,
• 1:01:08
  oh,
• 1:01:09
  my
• 1:01:09
  goodness.
• 1:01:10
  I
• 1:01:10
  think
• 1:01:10
  I'm
• 1:01:10
  supposed
• 1:01:11
  to
• 1:01:11
  write
• 1:01:11
  my
• 1:01:11
  book
• 1:01:11
  today.
• 1:01:12
  And
• 1:01:12
  it
• 1:01:12
  was.
• 1:01:12
  So
• 1:01:13
  that's
• 1:01:13
  my
• 1:01:13
  miracle
• 1:01:14
  story
• 1:01:14
  because
• 1:01:15
  it
• 1:01:15
  just
• 1:01:15
  was
• 1:01:16
  downloaded.
• 1:01:17
  So
• 1:01:17
  you
• 1:01:17
  have
• 1:01:17
  to.
• 1:01:17
  Sometimes
• 1:01:18
  you
• 1:01:18
  can't,
• 1:01:19
  like,
• 1:01:21
  write
• 1:01:21
  it
• 1:01:21
  if
• 1:01:21
  you're
• 1:01:22
  in
• 1:01:22
  a
• 1:01:22
  state
• 1:01:22
  of
• 1:01:22
  fear
• 1:01:22
  or
• 1:01:23
  if
• 1:01:23
  you're
• 1:01:23
  in
• 1:01:23
  judgment.
• 1:01:24
  And
• 1:01:24
  as
• 1:01:24
  I'm
• 1:01:25
  listening
• 1:01:25
  to
• 1:01:25
  you
• 1:01:25
  and
• 1:01:26
  you're
• 1:01:26
  talking
• 1:01:26
  about
• 1:01:26
  your
• 1:01:27
  personal
• 1:01:27
  experience,
• 1:01:28
  did
• 1:01:28
  you
• 1:01:29
  do
• 1:01:30
  additional
• 1:01:30
  research
• 1:01:31
  as
• 1:01:31
  you
• 1:01:32
  started
• 1:01:32
  thinking,
• 1:01:33
  I'm
• 1:01:33
  going
• 1:01:33
  to
• 1:01:33
  go
• 1:01:33
  from
• 1:01:34
  one
• 1:01:35
  and
• 1:01:35
  done.
• 1:01:35
  Did
• 1:01:35
  you
• 1:01:36
  do
• 1:01:36
  any
• 1:01:36
  additional
• 1:01:37
  research
• 1:01:37
  as
• 1:01:38
  you
• 1:01:38
  transitioned
• 1:01:39
  from
• 1:01:39
  one
• 1:01:39
  book
• 1:01:40
  to
• 1:01:40
  the
• 1:01:40
  other?
• 1:01:41
  I
• 1:01:41
  write
• 1:01:41
  with
• 1:01:41
  my
• 1:01:41
  heart
• 1:01:42
  a
• 1:01:42
  lot
• 1:01:42
  of
• 1:01:42
  times.
• 1:01:43
  Like
• 1:01:43
  when
• 1:01:43
  I
• 1:01:43
  did
• 1:01:43
  Pickles
• 1:01:44
  and
• 1:01:44
  Mermaid,
• 1:01:44
  I
• 1:01:44
  hadn't
• 1:01:45
  even
• 1:01:45
  looked
• 1:01:46
  at
• 1:01:46
  other.
• 1:01:46
  How
• 1:01:47
  people
• 1:01:47
  wrote.
• 1:01:48
  Do
• 1:01:48
  you
• 1:01:48
  read
• 1:01:48
  a
• 1:01:49
  lot
• 1:01:49
  of
• 1:01:49
  stories?
• 1:01:49
  And
• 1:01:49
  I
• 1:01:50
  was
• 1:01:50
  stuck
• 1:01:50
  on
• 1:01:50
  the
• 1:01:51
  first
• 1:01:51
  story,
• 1:01:51
  how
• 1:01:52
  to
• 1:01:52
  do
• 1:01:52
  dialogue.
• 1:01:53
  And
• 1:01:53
  so
• 1:01:53
  I
• 1:01:54
  get
• 1:01:54
  ideas
• 1:01:54
  from
• 1:01:55
  other
• 1:01:55
  stories.
• 1:01:56
  There
• 1:01:56
  is
• 1:01:56
  a
• 1:01:57
  book,
• 1:01:58
  I'm
• 1:01:58
  stuck,
• 1:01:58
  and
• 1:01:59
  it's
• 1:01:59
  a
• 1:01:59
  turtle.
• 1:01:59
  He's
• 1:02:00
  Upside
• 1:02:00
  down.
• 1:02:01
  And
• 1:02:01
  that's
• 1:02:01
  where
• 1:02:01
  that
• 1:02:02
  development.
• 1:02:02
  Does
• 1:02:03
  it
• 1:02:03
  hurt?
• 1:02:03
  There's
• 1:02:04
  a.
• 1:02:05
  It's
• 1:02:05
  just
• 1:02:05
  a
• 1:02:05
  cute
• 1:02:05
  story
• 1:02:06
  how
• 1:02:07
  like
• 1:02:07
  the
• 1:02:07
  duck
• 1:02:07
  tries
• 1:02:08
  to
• 1:02:08
  help
• 1:02:08
  them
• 1:02:08
  and
• 1:02:08
  they
• 1:02:09
  won't,
• 1:02:09
  but
• 1:02:09
  there's
• 1:02:09
  an
• 1:02:09
  opossum
• 1:02:10
  that
• 1:02:11
  sits
• 1:02:11
  with
• 1:02:11
  them
• 1:02:11
  and
• 1:02:11
  it
• 1:02:12
  rains
• 1:02:12
  and
• 1:02:12
  they're
• 1:02:12
  laughing
• 1:02:13
  so
• 1:02:13
  hard
• 1:02:13
  that
• 1:02:13
  he.
• 1:02:14
  It's.
• 1:02:14
  See,
• 1:02:14
  I
• 1:02:14
  tell
• 1:02:14
  you
• 1:02:14
  how
• 1:02:15
  laughter
• 1:02:15
  helps.
• 1:02:16
  And
• 1:02:16
  so
• 1:02:17
  he
• 1:02:17
  turns
• 1:02:17
  over
• 1:02:18
  unstuck.
• 1:02:19
  So
• 1:02:19
  if
• 1:02:20
  you're
• 1:02:20
  getting
• 1:02:20
  stuck,
• 1:02:21
  find
• 1:02:22
  ways
• 1:02:22
  to
• 1:02:22
  ask
• 1:02:22
  for
• 1:02:23
  help.
• 1:02:23
  And
• 1:02:23
  in
• 1:02:24
  second
• 1:02:24
  book,
• 1:02:25
  it
• 1:02:25
  just
• 1:02:25
  came
• 1:02:26
  more
• 1:02:26
  naturally
• 1:02:27
  and
• 1:02:27
  it
• 1:02:27
  went
• 1:02:27
  fast.
• 1:02:28
  So
• 1:02:28
  I
• 1:02:28
  wrote
• 1:02:28
  the
• 1:02:29
  story
• 1:02:29
  on
• 1:02:29
  January
• 1:02:30
  4,
• 1:02:30
  submitted
• 1:02:31
  it
• 1:02:31
  and
• 1:02:32
  had
• 1:02:32
  it
• 1:02:32
  completed
• 1:02:33
  by
• 1:02:33
  a
• 1:02:33
  month
• 1:02:34
  later.
• 1:02:34
  So
• 1:02:34
  I
• 1:02:34
  want
• 1:02:35
  to
• 1:02:35
  share
• 1:02:35
  with
• 1:02:35
  people.
• 1:02:36
  So
• 1:02:36
  we've
• 1:02:36
  gone.
• 1:02:37
  You
• 1:02:37
  went
• 1:02:37
  from
• 1:02:37
  your
• 1:02:37
  first
• 1:02:38
  book
• 1:02:38
  to
• 1:02:38
  your
• 1:02:39
  second
• 1:02:39
  book.
• 1:02:39
  But
• 1:02:39
  I
• 1:02:39
  will
• 1:02:39
  always
• 1:02:40
  like
• 1:02:41
  to
• 1:02:41
  share
• 1:02:43
  people's
• 1:02:44
  view
• 1:02:44
  of
• 1:02:44
  success.
• 1:02:45
  When
• 1:02:45
  you
• 1:02:45
  wrote
• 1:02:46
  your
• 1:02:46
  first
• 1:02:46
  book,
• 1:02:47
  you
• 1:02:47
  thought
• 1:02:47
  maybe
• 1:02:48
  it
• 1:02:48
  was
• 1:02:48
  a
• 1:02:48
  one
• 1:02:48
  and
• 1:02:49
  done.
• 1:02:49
  But
• 1:02:49
  talk
• 1:02:49
  to
• 1:02:50
  us,
• 1:02:50
  what
• 1:02:50
  did
• 1:02:50
  you
• 1:02:50
  visualize
• 1:02:51
  success
• 1:02:52
  for
• 1:02:52
  your
• 1:02:52
  first
• 1:02:53
  book?
• 1:02:53
  And
• 1:02:53
  how
• 1:02:54
  has
• 1:02:54
  that
• 1:02:54
  changed
• 1:02:55
  to
• 1:02:55
  what
• 1:02:56
  success
• 1:02:56
  looks
• 1:02:57
  to
• 1:02:57
  you
• 1:02:58
  now
• 1:02:58
  that
• 1:02:58
  you've
• 1:02:59
  written
• 1:02:59
  your
• 1:02:59
  second
• 1:02:59
  book?
• 1:03:00
  So
• 1:03:00
  talk
• 1:03:01
  to
• 1:03:01
  us
• 1:03:01
  about
• 1:03:01
  the
• 1:03:02
  transition
• 1:03:02
  of
• 1:03:02
  success.
• 1:03:04
  Because
• 1:03:04
  for
• 1:03:05
  me,
• 1:03:05
  success
• 1:03:06
  was
• 1:03:06
  just
• 1:03:07
  finally
• 1:03:08
  getting
• 1:03:08
  this
• 1:03:08
  book
• 1:03:09
  in
• 1:03:09
  my
• 1:03:09
  hands
• 1:03:09
  to
• 1:03:09
  give.
• 1:03:10
  And
• 1:03:10
  even
• 1:03:10
  if
• 1:03:10
  I
• 1:03:10
  can
• 1:03:10
  just
• 1:03:12
  change
• 1:03:12
  one
• 1:03:13
  child
• 1:03:13
  at
• 1:03:13
  a
• 1:03:14
  time.
• 1:03:14
  And
• 1:03:15
  so
• 1:03:15
  really
• 1:03:16
  it's
• 1:03:17
  also
• 1:03:17
  about
• 1:03:17
  my
• 1:03:17
  personal
• 1:03:18
  experiences.
• 1:03:18
  So
• 1:03:19
  from
• 1:03:19
  the
• 1:03:19
  cancer,
• 1:03:20
  I
• 1:03:20
  gained
• 1:03:20
  a
• 1:03:20
  lot
• 1:03:20
  of
• 1:03:20
  weight.
• 1:03:21
  I
• 1:03:21
  was
• 1:03:21
  up
• 1:03:21
  to
• 1:03:21
  £200
• 1:03:22
  at
• 1:03:22
  one
• 1:03:22
  point.
• 1:03:22
  From
• 1:03:23
  all
• 1:03:23
  the
• 1:03:23
  meds,
• 1:03:24
  I
• 1:03:24
  could
• 1:03:24
  barely
• 1:03:24
  walk.
• 1:03:25
  Today
• 1:03:25
  I
• 1:03:25
  weigh
• 1:03:26
  120.
• 1:03:26
  And
• 1:03:27
  it's
• 1:03:27
  just
• 1:03:28
  by
• 1:03:28
  doing
• 1:03:28
  small
• 1:03:29
  things.
• 1:03:29
  So
• 1:03:29
  since
• 1:03:29
  I've
• 1:03:30
  been
• 1:03:30
  in
• 1:03:30
  this
• 1:03:30
  community,
• 1:03:31
  I
• 1:03:31
  don't
• 1:03:32
  try
• 1:03:32
  to
• 1:03:32
  do
• 1:03:32
  big
• 1:03:32
  things,
• 1:03:33
  little
• 1:03:33
  things
• 1:03:34
  a
• 1:03:34
  day.
• 1:03:34
  So
• 1:03:35
  if
• 1:03:35
  I'm
• 1:03:35
  writing,
• 1:03:35
  even
• 1:03:36
  if
• 1:03:36
  I
• 1:03:36
  just
• 1:03:36
  write
• 1:03:37
  10
• 1:03:37
  minutes
• 1:03:37
  a
• 1:03:37
  day,
• 1:03:38
  I
• 1:03:38
  just,
• 1:03:38
  it's
• 1:03:38
  a
• 1:03:38
  practice.
• 1:03:39
  It's
• 1:03:40
  just
• 1:03:40
  like
• 1:03:40
  you're
• 1:03:40
  playing
• 1:03:41
  tennis
• 1:03:41
  or
• 1:03:41
  you're
• 1:03:42
  doing
• 1:03:42
  anything.
• 1:03:42
  Because
• 1:03:43
  I
• 1:03:43
  play
• 1:03:43
  a
• 1:03:43
  lot
• 1:03:43
  of
• 1:03:43
  tennis
• 1:03:44
  and
• 1:03:44
  I
• 1:03:44
  like
• 1:03:44
  to
• 1:03:45
  be
• 1:03:45
  out
• 1:03:45
  in
• 1:03:45
  nature.
• 1:03:45
  I
• 1:03:46
  walk
• 1:03:46
  a
• 1:03:46
  lot,
• 1:03:46
  I
• 1:03:47
  hike,
• 1:03:47
  I
• 1:03:47
  love
• 1:03:48
  photography,
• 1:03:48
  these
• 1:03:49
  things.
• 1:03:50
  As
• 1:03:50
  I'm
• 1:03:51
  out
• 1:03:51
  and
• 1:03:51
  about,
• 1:03:51
  I'm
• 1:03:52
  getting
• 1:03:52
  ideas.
• 1:03:53
  So
• 1:03:53
  talk
• 1:03:53
  to
• 1:03:54
  us
• 1:03:54
  about
• 1:03:54
  again.
• 1:03:54
  I
• 1:03:55
  want
• 1:03:55
  to
• 1:03:55
  just
• 1:03:55
  draw
• 1:03:55
  you
• 1:03:56
  back
• 1:03:56
  a
• 1:03:56
  bit.
• 1:03:56
  So
• 1:03:57
  talk
• 1:03:57
  to
• 1:03:57
  us
• 1:03:57
  about.
• 1:03:59
  Was
• 1:03:59
  it
• 1:03:59
  just
• 1:04:00
  having
• 1:04:01
  that
• 1:04:02
  copy
• 1:04:03
  of
• 1:04:03
  your
• 1:04:03
  first
• 1:04:03
  published
• 1:04:04
  book
• 1:04:04
  in
• 1:04:04
  your
• 1:04:04
  hand?
• 1:04:05
  Was
• 1:04:05
  that
• 1:04:05
  the
• 1:04:05
  ultimate
• 1:04:06
  success
• 1:04:07
  was
• 1:04:08
  huge?
• 1:04:08
  Because
• 1:04:09
  then
• 1:04:09
  I
• 1:04:10
  became
• 1:04:10
  a
• 1:04:10
  well
• 1:04:11
  known
• 1:04:11
  part
• 1:04:12
  of
• 1:04:12
  the
• 1:04:12
  community.
• 1:04:13
  So
• 1:04:13
  I
• 1:04:14
  started
• 1:04:14
  doing
• 1:04:14
  Oktobertifast
• 1:04:15
  and
• 1:04:16
  the
• 1:04:16
  library
• 1:04:16
  really
• 1:04:16
  supported
• 1:04:17
  me.
• 1:04:17
  We
• 1:04:17
  had
• 1:04:17
  a
• 1:04:18
  huge
• 1:04:18
  following
• 1:04:19
  of
• 1:04:19
  people.
• 1:04:19
  We
• 1:04:19
  had
• 1:04:20
  a.
• 1:04:20
  We
• 1:04:20
  had.
• 1:04:21
  They
• 1:04:21
  hired
• 1:04:21
  a
• 1:04:21
  mermaid.
• 1:04:22
  We
• 1:04:22
  had
• 1:04:22
  two
• 1:04:23
  book
• 1:04:23
  signings
• 1:04:23
  in
• 1:04:24
  the
• 1:04:24
  library
• 1:04:24
  here.
• 1:04:24
  The
• 1:04:24
  librarian
• 1:04:25
  here
• 1:04:25
  is
• 1:04:25
  amazing,
• 1:04:26
  right?
• 1:04:26
  They
• 1:04:26
  helped
• 1:04:27
  get
• 1:04:27
  me
• 1:04:27
  in
• 1:04:27
  the
• 1:04:27
  newspaper.
• 1:04:28
  And
• 1:04:29
  so
• 1:04:29
  it's
• 1:04:29
  just.
• 1:04:30
  So
• 1:04:30
  that
• 1:04:30
  was
• 1:04:31
  A
• 1:04:31
  result
• 1:04:31
  of
• 1:04:32
  that.
• 1:04:32
  You
• 1:04:32
  didn't
• 1:04:33
  visualize
• 1:04:33
  that
• 1:04:34
  happened
• 1:04:35
  to
• 1:04:35
  you.
• 1:04:36
  So
• 1:04:36
  your
• 1:04:36
  success
• 1:04:37
  was
• 1:04:38
  for
• 1:04:38
  the
• 1:04:38
  first
• 1:04:38
  book
• 1:04:38
  was,
• 1:04:39
  I'm
• 1:04:39
  a
• 1:04:39
  children's
• 1:04:40
  book
• 1:04:40
  author.
• 1:04:40
  Then
• 1:04:41
  all
• 1:04:41
  of
• 1:04:41
  the
• 1:04:42
  positive
• 1:04:42
  things
• 1:04:43
  that
• 1:04:43
  happened
• 1:04:43
  to
• 1:04:43
  you
• 1:04:44
  as
• 1:04:44
  a
• 1:04:44
  result.
• 1:04:45
  I
• 1:04:45
  didn't
• 1:04:45
  even
• 1:04:45
  know.
• 1:04:46
  Like,
• 1:04:46
  I
• 1:04:46
  wasn't
• 1:04:46
  ready.
• 1:04:47
  I
• 1:04:47
  had
• 1:04:47
  so
• 1:04:47
  many
• 1:04:48
  friends,
• 1:04:48
  I
• 1:04:49
  didn't
• 1:04:49
  order
• 1:04:49
  enough
• 1:04:49
  books.
• 1:04:50
  And
• 1:04:50
  so
• 1:04:50
  I
• 1:04:50
  was
• 1:04:51
  running
• 1:04:51
  out
• 1:04:51
  of
• 1:04:51
  books.
• 1:04:52
  I
• 1:04:52
  was
• 1:04:52
  selling
• 1:04:52
  out
• 1:04:53
  everywhere
• 1:04:53
  I
• 1:04:53
  went.
• 1:04:54
  So
• 1:04:54
  I
• 1:04:54
  had
• 1:04:54
  a
• 1:04:55
  friend,
• 1:04:55
  had
• 1:04:55
  a
• 1:04:55
  little
• 1:04:56
  cocktail
• 1:04:56
  party,
• 1:04:57
  and
• 1:04:57
  we
• 1:04:58
  sold
• 1:04:58
  50
• 1:04:58
  books,
• 1:04:59
  one
• 1:04:59
  sitting.
• 1:04:59
  And
• 1:04:59
  I
• 1:05:00
  didn't
• 1:05:00
  even
• 1:05:00
  have
• 1:05:01
  books
• 1:05:01
  to
• 1:05:01
  give
• 1:05:01
  them.
• 1:05:01
  We
• 1:05:02
  had
• 1:05:02
  to
• 1:05:02
  order
• 1:05:02
  them
• 1:05:02
  in.
• 1:05:03
  So
• 1:05:03
  tell
• 1:05:03
  us
• 1:05:03
  the
• 1:05:04
  success
• 1:05:04
  that
• 1:05:04
  you
• 1:05:05
  see
• 1:05:05
  for
• 1:05:05
  your
• 1:05:05
  second
• 1:05:06
  book.
• 1:05:06
  What's
• 1:05:07
  going
• 1:05:07
  to
• 1:05:07
  be
• 1:05:07
  the
• 1:05:07
  difference?
• 1:05:08
  So
• 1:05:09
  the
• 1:05:09
  difference
• 1:05:09
  is
• 1:05:09
  now
• 1:05:10
  I've
• 1:05:10
  walked
• 1:05:10
  the
• 1:05:11
  journey.
• 1:05:11
  I've
• 1:05:12
  seen
• 1:05:12
  what
• 1:05:13
  works
• 1:05:13
  and
• 1:05:13
  what
• 1:05:13
  doesn't
• 1:05:14
  work.
• 1:05:14
  And
• 1:05:15
  so
• 1:05:15
  that's
• 1:05:15
  why
• 1:05:15
  I'm
• 1:05:16
  getting
• 1:05:16
  more
• 1:05:16
  help
• 1:05:16
  with
• 1:05:17
  marketing,
• 1:05:18
  and
• 1:05:18
  now
• 1:05:19
  I'm
• 1:05:19
  running
• 1:05:19
  it
• 1:05:19
  more
• 1:05:19
  like
• 1:05:20
  a
• 1:05:20
  business.
• 1:05:20
  Like,
• 1:05:21
  I've
• 1:05:21
  got
• 1:05:21
  my.
• 1:05:22
  I've
• 1:05:22
  got
• 1:05:22
  the
• 1:05:22
  real.
• 1:05:23
  Yeah.
• 1:05:23
  Everything's
• 1:05:24
  in
• 1:05:24
  writing,
• 1:05:24
  all
• 1:05:24
  the
• 1:05:25
  numbers.
• 1:05:25
  And
• 1:05:26
  so
• 1:05:26
  I'm.
• 1:05:26
  If
• 1:05:27
  I'm
• 1:05:27
  going
• 1:05:27
  to
• 1:05:27
  make
• 1:05:27
  this
• 1:05:28
  work,
• 1:05:28
  I
• 1:05:28
  have
• 1:05:29
  to
• 1:05:30
  look
• 1:05:30
  at
• 1:05:30
  sustainability
• 1:05:31
  like
• 1:05:32
  we
• 1:05:32
  talked
• 1:05:32
  about.
• 1:05:32
  I
• 1:05:33
  think
• 1:05:33
  it's
• 1:05:33
  interesting.
• 1:05:34
  Like,
• 1:05:34
  I've
• 1:05:34
  been
• 1:05:34
  setting
• 1:05:35
  seeds
• 1:05:36
  of
• 1:05:36
  where
• 1:05:36
  I
• 1:05:37
  want
• 1:05:37
  to
• 1:05:37
  go,
• 1:05:37
  but
• 1:05:37
  I
• 1:05:37
  just.
• 1:05:38
  Yeah.
• 1:05:38
  And
• 1:05:39
  so
• 1:05:39
  I
• 1:05:39
  just
• 1:05:39
  have
• 1:05:39
  to
• 1:05:39
  figure
• 1:05:40
  out.
• 1:05:40
  My
• 1:05:40
  daughter
• 1:05:40
  owns
• 1:05:41
  a
• 1:05:41
  shop,
• 1:05:41
  and
• 1:05:41
  I
• 1:05:42
  sold
• 1:05:42
  a
• 1:05:42
  lot
• 1:05:42
  of
• 1:05:42
  books
• 1:05:43
  at
• 1:05:43
  her
• 1:05:43
  Covenant
• 1:05:44
  Covington
• 1:05:44
  Craft
• 1:05:45
  Fair.
• 1:05:45
  And
• 1:05:45
  we
• 1:05:45
  have
• 1:05:46
  another
• 1:05:46
  one
• 1:05:46
  the
• 1:05:46
  end
• 1:05:46
  of
• 1:05:47
  September,
• 1:05:47
  so
• 1:05:47
  I'll
• 1:05:47
  be
• 1:05:48
  doing
• 1:05:48
  that.
• 1:05:48
  The
• 1:05:48
  beauty
• 1:05:49
  of
• 1:05:49
  this
• 1:05:49
  is
• 1:05:49
  you
• 1:05:49
  can
• 1:05:50
  put
• 1:05:50
  in
• 1:05:50
  as
• 1:05:50
  much
• 1:05:50
  as
• 1:05:51
  you
• 1:05:51
  want
• 1:05:51
  or
• 1:05:51
  even
• 1:05:51
  take
• 1:05:52
  time
• 1:05:52
  off
• 1:05:52
  as
• 1:05:52
  much
• 1:05:53
  as
• 1:05:53
  you
• 1:05:53
  want,
• 1:05:53
  but
• 1:05:54
  the
• 1:05:54
  three
• 1:05:54
  months
• 1:05:54
  I
• 1:05:55
  made
• 1:05:55
  the
• 1:05:55
  most
• 1:05:55
  money
• 1:05:55
  were
• 1:05:56
  October,
• 1:05:57
  November,
• 1:05:57
  and
• 1:05:57
  December.
• 1:05:58
  So
• 1:05:58
  I'm
• 1:05:58
  trying
• 1:05:59
  to
• 1:05:59
  do
• 1:05:59
  as
• 1:05:59
  much
• 1:06:00
  as
• 1:06:00
  I
• 1:06:00
  can.
• 1:06:00
  And
• 1:06:00
  is
• 1:06:00
  that
• 1:06:01
  gifts
• 1:06:01
  for
• 1:06:02
  a
• 1:06:03
  lot.
• 1:06:03
  Of
• 1:06:03
  holidays
• 1:06:04
  are
• 1:06:04
  buying.
• 1:06:04
  Yeah.
• 1:06:05
  For
• 1:06:05
  Christmas.
• 1:06:06
  And
• 1:06:06
  I
• 1:06:07
  found
• 1:06:07
  a
• 1:06:07
  lot
• 1:06:07
  of
• 1:06:07
  people
• 1:06:08
  are
• 1:06:08
  using
• 1:06:08
  my
• 1:06:08
  book
• 1:06:08
  at
• 1:06:09
  birthday
• 1:06:09
  parties.
• 1:06:10
  Yeah.
• 1:06:11
  Nice.
• 1:06:12
  Yeah.
• 1:06:12
  They'll
• 1:06:12
  buy
• 1:06:12
  a
• 1:06:13
  whole
• 1:06:13
  bunch
• 1:06:13
  of
• 1:06:13
  books.
• 1:06:13
  To
• 1:06:14
  give
• 1:06:14
  and
• 1:06:14
  they
• 1:06:14
  do
• 1:06:14
  a
• 1:06:15
  themed
• 1:06:15
  mermaid
• 1:06:16
  party.
• 1:06:17
  Oh,
• 1:06:17
  yeah.
• 1:06:18
  Good
• 1:06:19
  for
• 1:06:19
  you.
• 1:06:19
  That's
• 1:06:20
  a
• 1:06:20
  brilliant
• 1:06:20
  thing.
• 1:06:21
  Now
• 1:06:22
  just
• 1:06:22
  happen
• 1:06:22
  or
• 1:06:22
  did
• 1:06:23
  you
• 1:06:23
  come
• 1:06:23
  up
• 1:06:23
  with
• 1:06:23
  that
• 1:06:24
  idea?
• 1:06:24
  Oh,
• 1:06:24
  my
• 1:06:25
  niece,
• 1:06:25
  she's
• 1:06:26
  into
• 1:06:26
  marketing,
• 1:06:27
  and
• 1:06:27
  she
• 1:06:27
  did
• 1:06:27
  that,
• 1:06:28
  and
• 1:06:28
  then
• 1:06:28
  it
• 1:06:28
  became
• 1:06:29
  catchy.
• 1:06:30
  And
• 1:06:30
  this
• 1:06:30
  is
• 1:06:30
  the
• 1:06:31
  first
• 1:06:31
  time
• 1:06:31
  I've
• 1:06:31
  heard
• 1:06:31
  that
• 1:06:32
  children's
• 1:06:32
  book
• 1:06:32
  author
• 1:06:33
  actually
• 1:06:34
  say,
• 1:06:34
  you
• 1:06:34
  know
• 1:06:34
  what?
• 1:06:35
  Our
• 1:06:36
  book
• 1:06:36
  turned
• 1:06:37
  into
• 1:06:37
  a
• 1:06:37
  theme
• 1:06:38
  for
• 1:06:38
  a
• 1:06:38
  birthday
• 1:06:38
  party.
• 1:06:39
  So
• 1:06:39
  it
• 1:06:40
  just
• 1:06:40
  allows
• 1:06:40
  other
• 1:06:40
  people
• 1:06:41
  to
• 1:06:41
  think
• 1:06:41
  outside
• 1:06:42
  the
• 1:06:42
  book.
• 1:06:42
  And
• 1:06:43
  that's
• 1:06:43
  been
• 1:06:43
  very
• 1:06:43
  successful.
• 1:06:44
  So
• 1:06:44
  there's
• 1:06:44
  other.
• 1:06:45
  And
• 1:06:45
  then
• 1:06:45
  just
• 1:06:45
  getting
• 1:06:45
  in
• 1:06:46
  the
• 1:06:46
  schools,
• 1:06:46
  I
• 1:06:46
  went.
• 1:06:47
  And
• 1:06:48
  it's
• 1:06:48
  just
• 1:06:48
  so
• 1:06:49
  fun.
• 1:06:49
  I
• 1:06:49
  always
• 1:06:50
  make
• 1:06:50
  a
• 1:06:50
  Pre
• 1:06:52
  order
• 1:06:52
  form
• 1:06:53
  so
• 1:06:53
  that
• 1:06:53
  the
• 1:06:53
  kids
• 1:06:53
  will
• 1:06:54
  get
• 1:06:54
  their
• 1:06:54
  books
• 1:06:54
  when
• 1:06:54
  I
• 1:06:54
  come
• 1:06:55
  to
• 1:06:55
  the
• 1:06:55
  school.
• 1:06:56
  I
• 1:06:56
  sold
• 1:06:56
  quite
• 1:06:56
  a
• 1:06:57
  bit
• 1:06:57
  at
• 1:06:57
  this
• 1:06:57
  one
• 1:06:58
  school
• 1:06:58
  and
• 1:06:58
  I
• 1:06:59
  haven't
• 1:06:59
  done
• 1:06:59
  a
• 1:06:59
  lot
• 1:06:59
  of
• 1:06:59
  school
• 1:07:00
  settings,
• 1:07:00
  but
• 1:07:01
  at
• 1:07:01
  that
• 1:07:01
  school
• 1:07:02
  event
• 1:07:02
  there
• 1:07:03
  was
• 1:07:03
  another
• 1:07:03
  teacher
• 1:07:04
  that
• 1:07:05
  said,
• 1:07:05
  hey,
• 1:07:05
  I'm
• 1:07:05
  working
• 1:07:06
  with
• 1:07:06
  people
• 1:07:06
  that
• 1:07:07
  are
• 1:07:07
  becoming
• 1:07:07
  teachers.
• 1:07:08
  So
• 1:07:08
  I
• 1:07:08
  went
• 1:07:09
  and
• 1:07:09
  he
• 1:07:09
  bought
• 1:07:10
  them
• 1:07:10
  all
• 1:07:10
  books
• 1:07:11
  and
• 1:07:11
  then
• 1:07:11
  I
• 1:07:12
  presented
• 1:07:12
  my
• 1:07:12
  story
• 1:07:13
  and
• 1:07:13
  gave
• 1:07:13
  them
• 1:07:14
  all
• 1:07:14
  kinds
• 1:07:14
  of
• 1:07:14
  resources
• 1:07:15
  of
• 1:07:15
  crafts
• 1:07:16
  and
• 1:07:16
  things
• 1:07:16
  to
• 1:07:16
  use
• 1:07:17
  with
• 1:07:17
  my
• 1:07:17
  book
• 1:07:17
  and
• 1:07:18
  showed
• 1:07:18
  them
• 1:07:18
  how
• 1:07:18
  they
• 1:07:18
  could.
• 1:07:19
  Terrific.
• 1:07:20
  Terrific.
• 1:07:20
  Yeah.
• 1:07:21
  So
• 1:07:21
  they.
• 1:07:21
  They
• 1:07:22
  were
• 1:07:22
  all
• 1:07:22
  just
• 1:07:23
  becoming
• 1:07:23
  teachers
• 1:07:24
  and
• 1:07:25
  so
• 1:07:25
  then
• 1:07:25
  they
• 1:07:25
  all
• 1:07:26
  want
• 1:07:26
  me
• 1:07:26
  to
• 1:07:26
  come
• 1:07:27
  to
• 1:07:27
  their.
• 1:07:27
  Where
• 1:07:27
  they're
• 1:07:28
  teaching
• 1:07:28
  this
• 1:07:28
  year.
• 1:07:29
  Things
• 1:07:29
  are
• 1:07:29
  just
• 1:07:30
  picking
• 1:07:30
  up
• 1:07:30
  more
• 1:07:30
  because
• 1:07:31
  I'm
• 1:07:31
  getting
• 1:07:32
  out
• 1:07:32
  there
• 1:07:32
  and
• 1:07:33
  then
• 1:07:33
  people
• 1:07:34
  want
• 1:07:34
  to
• 1:07:34
  have
• 1:07:34
  me
• 1:07:34
  back
• 1:07:34
  again
• 1:07:35
  because.
• 1:07:36
  It
• 1:07:36
  sounds
• 1:07:36
  to
• 1:07:36
  me
• 1:07:36
  like
• 1:07:37
  I
• 1:07:37
  want
• 1:07:37
  to
• 1:07:37
  pick
• 1:07:37
  up
• 1:07:38
  on
• 1:07:38
  this
• 1:07:38
  theme
• 1:07:38
  is
• 1:07:39
  that
• 1:07:40
  the
• 1:07:40
  role
• 1:07:40
  of
• 1:07:41
  writing
• 1:07:41
  is
• 1:07:41
  becoming
• 1:07:42
  bigger
• 1:07:42
  in
• 1:07:43
  your
• 1:07:43
  life
• 1:07:44
  and
• 1:07:45
  in
• 1:07:45
  the
• 1:07:45
  grand
• 1:07:45
  scheme
• 1:07:46
  of
• 1:07:46
  your
• 1:07:46
  life.
• 1:07:46
  Now
• 1:07:47
  take
• 1:07:47
  yourself
• 1:07:48
  pre
• 1:07:49
  children's
• 1:07:49
  book
• 1:07:49
  author
• 1:07:50
  to
• 1:07:50
  now
• 1:07:51
  a
• 1:07:51
  full
• 1:07:52
  fledged
• 1:07:52
  children's
• 1:07:53
  book
• 1:07:53
  author.
• 1:07:54
  Talk
• 1:07:54
  to
• 1:07:54
  us
• 1:07:54
  about
• 1:07:55
  your
• 1:07:55
  life
• 1:07:56
  like
• 1:07:56
  as
• 1:07:56
  a
• 1:07:56
  children's
• 1:07:57
  book
• 1:07:57
  author
• 1:07:57
  in
• 1:07:57
  the
• 1:07:58
  grand
• 1:07:58
  scheme
• 1:07:58
  of
• 1:07:58
  your
• 1:07:59
  whole
• 1:07:59
  life.
• 1:07:59
  Talk
• 1:07:59
  to
• 1:08:00
  us
• 1:08:00
  about
• 1:08:00
  that.
• 1:08:01
  Yeah,
• 1:08:02
  I'm
• 1:08:02
  65,
• 1:08:03
  so
• 1:08:04
  my
• 1:08:04
  husband's
• 1:08:04
  70
• 1:08:05
  and
• 1:08:06
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• 1:08:06
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• 1:08:07
  to
• 1:08:07
  retire
• 1:08:08
  when
• 1:08:08
  he
• 1:08:09
  turned
• 1:08:09
  70.
• 1:08:09
  He
• 1:08:09
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• 1:08:10
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• 1:08:10
  70
• 1:08:10
  August
• 1:08:10
  3rd.
• 1:08:11
  But
• 1:08:12
  his
• 1:08:12
  company,
• 1:08:12
  he's
• 1:08:13
  so
• 1:08:13
  happy
• 1:08:13
  here
• 1:08:14
  and
• 1:08:14
  he's
• 1:08:15
  really
• 1:08:15
  a
• 1:08:15
  big
• 1:08:16
  part
• 1:08:16
  of
• 1:08:16
  the
• 1:08:16
  community
• 1:08:16
  here.
• 1:08:17
  He's
• 1:08:17
  signed
• 1:08:17
  on
• 1:08:18
  to
• 1:08:18
  go
• 1:08:18
  a
• 1:08:18
  couple
• 1:08:19
  more
• 1:08:19
  years.
• 1:08:19
  So.
• 1:08:20
  Yeah,
• 1:08:20
  so
• 1:08:20
  I.
• 1:08:20
  I
• 1:08:20
  think
• 1:08:21
  it's
• 1:08:21
  giving
• 1:08:21
  me
• 1:08:21
  purpose
• 1:08:22
  while
• 1:08:22
  he's
• 1:08:23
  still
• 1:08:23
  working.
• 1:08:23
  He's
• 1:08:24
  really
• 1:08:24
  busy.
• 1:08:25
  And.
• 1:08:25
  Yeah,
• 1:08:25
  I
• 1:08:25
  don't
• 1:08:25
  know
• 1:08:26
  where
• 1:08:26
  it's
• 1:08:26
  going
• 1:08:26
  to
• 1:08:26
  take
• 1:08:27
  me,
• 1:08:27
  but
• 1:08:28
  it's
• 1:08:28
  given
• 1:08:28
  me
• 1:08:28
  so
• 1:08:29
  much
• 1:08:29
  passion
• 1:08:29
  to
• 1:08:30
  do
• 1:08:30
  this.
• 1:08:30
  I
• 1:08:31
  can
• 1:08:31
  tell
• 1:08:31
  by
• 1:08:31
  how
• 1:08:31
  much
• 1:08:32
  you
• 1:08:32
  smile
• 1:08:32
  when
• 1:08:32
  you
• 1:08:33
  talk
• 1:08:33
  about
• 1:08:33
  it.
• 1:08:34
  You're
• 1:08:34
  not
• 1:08:34
  going
• 1:08:34
  to
• 1:08:34
  abandon
• 1:08:35
  it.
• 1:08:35
  Tomorrow
• 1:08:36
  you're
• 1:08:36
  going.
• 1:08:36
  It
• 1:08:37
  sounds
• 1:08:37
  to
• 1:08:37
  me
• 1:08:38
  like
• 1:08:38
  you're
• 1:08:38
  going
• 1:08:38
  to
• 1:08:38
  be
• 1:08:38
  a
• 1:08:38
  lifelong
• 1:08:39
  children's.
• 1:08:40
  You
• 1:08:40
  are.
• 1:08:40
  You're
• 1:08:40
  a
• 1:08:40
  lifelong
• 1:08:41
  children's
• 1:08:41
  book
• 1:08:41
  author.
• 1:08:42
  I
• 1:08:42
  have
• 1:08:42
  a
• 1:08:43
  lot
• 1:08:43
  of
• 1:08:43
  stories.
• 1:08:43
  Like,
• 1:08:44
  I
• 1:08:44
  haven't
• 1:08:44
  written
• 1:08:44
  the
• 1:08:44
  Blue
• 1:08:44
  Butterfly
• 1:08:45
  and
• 1:08:45
  I
• 1:08:45
  haven't
• 1:08:45
  written
• 1:08:46
  the
• 1:08:47
  Sled
• 1:08:47
  Dogs
• 1:08:47
  and.
• 1:08:48
  But
• 1:08:48
  I
• 1:08:48
  still
• 1:08:49
  have
• 1:08:49
  these
• 1:08:50
  characters
• 1:08:50
  that
• 1:08:51
  are
• 1:08:51
  coming
• 1:08:51
  to
• 1:08:51
  life
• 1:08:52
  in
• 1:08:52
  my
• 1:08:52
  mermaid
• 1:08:53
  stories.
• 1:08:53
  Talk
• 1:08:53
  to
• 1:08:54
  aspiring
• 1:08:55
  authors
• 1:08:56
  to
• 1:08:57
  someone
• 1:08:57
  wants
• 1:08:57
  to
• 1:08:58
  be
• 1:08:58
  a
• 1:08:58
  children's
• 1:08:58
  book
• 1:08:59
  author.
• 1:08:59
  What
• 1:08:59
  advice
• 1:09:00
  would
• 1:09:00
  you
• 1:09:00
  give
• 1:09:00
  someone
• 1:09:01
  who's
• 1:09:02
  trying
• 1:09:02
  to
• 1:09:02
  get
• 1:09:02
  started?
• 1:09:04
  I
• 1:09:04
  would
• 1:09:04
  say
• 1:09:05
  just
• 1:09:05
  do
• 1:09:05
  it,
• 1:09:05
  but
• 1:09:06
  I
• 1:09:06
  would
• 1:09:06
  say,
• 1:09:06
  get
• 1:09:07
  help.
• 1:09:08
  I
• 1:09:08
  really
• 1:09:09
  am
• 1:09:09
  happy.
• 1:09:09
  I
• 1:09:09
  went
• 1:09:09
  with
• 1:09:10
  Marianne
• 1:09:10
  Laundrie
• 1:09:10
  and
• 1:09:11
  that
• 1:09:11
  investment
• 1:09:11
  was
• 1:09:12
  worth
• 1:09:12
  it
• 1:09:12
  to
• 1:09:12
  me
• 1:09:12
  because
• 1:09:13
  they
• 1:09:13
  really
• 1:09:13
  walked
• 1:09:14
  me
• 1:09:14
  every
• 1:09:14
  step.
• 1:09:14
  And
• 1:09:15
  she
• 1:09:15
  mostly
• 1:09:16
  helps
• 1:09:16
  authors
• 1:09:16
  on
• 1:09:16
  their
• 1:09:17
  first
• 1:09:17
  two
• 1:09:17
  books
• 1:09:18
  and
• 1:09:18
  usually
• 1:09:18
  after
• 1:09:18
  that
• 1:09:19
  you're
• 1:09:19
  pretty
• 1:09:19
  good
• 1:09:19
  on
• 1:09:19
  your
• 1:09:20
  own.
• 1:09:20
  So
• 1:09:20
  that's
• 1:09:20
  why
• 1:09:20
  I
• 1:09:21
  stayed
• 1:09:21
  with
• 1:09:21
  them
• 1:09:21
  for
• 1:09:21
  two
• 1:09:22
  years.
• 1:09:22
  But
• 1:09:23
  so
• 1:09:23
  I'm
• 1:09:23
  just
• 1:09:23
  saying
• 1:09:24
  it's
• 1:09:24
  important
• 1:09:25
  to
• 1:09:25
  not
• 1:09:26
  feel
• 1:09:26
  like
• 1:09:26
  it
• 1:09:26
  has
• 1:09:26
  to
• 1:09:27
  be
• 1:09:27
  perfect.
• 1:09:27
  Just
• 1:09:28
  get
• 1:09:28
  an
• 1:09:28
  editor
• 1:09:29
  that
• 1:09:29
  can
• 1:09:29
  do
• 1:09:29
  it
• 1:09:29
  and
• 1:09:30
  submit
• 1:09:30
  it.
• 1:09:31
  And
• 1:09:31
  then
• 1:09:31
  once
• 1:09:31
  you
• 1:09:32
  do
• 1:09:32
  that,
• 1:09:33
  I
• 1:09:33
  had
• 1:09:33
  Sharon
• 1:09:34
  Jennings,
• 1:09:34
  and
• 1:09:34
  she's
• 1:09:35
  phenomenal.
• 1:09:36
  And
• 1:09:36
  what
• 1:09:37
  she
• 1:09:37
  does
• 1:09:37
  is
• 1:09:37
  she
• 1:09:38
  really
• 1:09:39
  opens
• 1:09:39
  your
• 1:09:39
  eyes
• 1:09:40
  to
• 1:09:40
  your
• 1:09:40
  blind
• 1:09:41
  spots.
• 1:09:41
  Sometimes
• 1:09:41
  you're
• 1:09:42
  so
• 1:09:42
  attached
• 1:09:42
  to
• 1:09:42
  the
• 1:09:43
  story
• 1:09:43
  that
• 1:09:43
  you
• 1:09:44
  think
• 1:09:44
  outside
• 1:09:44
  the
• 1:09:44
  box.
• 1:09:45
  Yeah.
• 1:09:45
  And
• 1:09:45
  you
• 1:09:46
  get
• 1:09:46
  too
• 1:09:46
  attached
• 1:09:47
  to
• 1:09:47
  your
• 1:09:47
  words
• 1:09:47
  also.
• 1:09:49
  Yeah.
• 1:09:50
  Because
• 1:09:51
  usually
• 1:09:51
  a
• 1:09:51
  children's
• 1:09:51
  book's
• 1:09:52
  between
• 1:09:52
  500
• 1:09:53
  and
• 1:09:53
  1,000
• 1:09:54
  words.
• 1:09:55
  Right.
• 1:09:56
  And
• 1:09:56
  you
• 1:09:56
  have
• 1:09:56
  to
• 1:09:56
  be
• 1:09:57
  very
• 1:09:57
  careful
• 1:09:57
  about
• 1:09:58
  that.
• 1:09:59
  It's
• 1:09:59
  a
• 1:10:00
  challenge
• 1:10:00
  to
• 1:10:00
  write
• 1:10:01
  and
• 1:10:01
  keep
• 1:10:02
  the
• 1:10:02
  kids
• 1:10:02
  engaged.
• 1:10:03
  And
• 1:10:03
  the
• 1:10:03
  number
• 1:10:03
  one
• 1:10:04
  thing
• 1:10:04
  when
• 1:10:04
  you
• 1:10:05
  write
• 1:10:05
  a
• 1:10:05
  children's
• 1:10:06
  book
• 1:10:06
  is
• 1:10:06
  entertainment.
• 1:10:07
  You
• 1:10:07
  want
• 1:10:07
  to
• 1:10:07
  keep
• 1:10:07
  the
• 1:10:07
  kids
• 1:10:08
  entertained
• 1:10:09
  and
• 1:10:09
  you
• 1:10:09
  want
• 1:10:10
  to
• 1:10:10
  hide
• 1:10:10
  the
• 1:10:10
  messages
• 1:10:11
  in
• 1:10:11
  there.
• 1:10:11
  They're
• 1:10:12
  full
• 1:10:12
  of
• 1:10:12
  amazing
• 1:10:13
  messages,
• 1:10:14
  but
• 1:10:14
  the
• 1:10:14
  kids
• 1:10:15
  have
• 1:10:15
  to
• 1:10:15
  discover.
• 1:10:16
  So
• 1:10:16
  in
• 1:10:16
  the
• 1:10:16
  second
• 1:10:16
  one,
• 1:10:17
  she's
• 1:10:17
  tapping
• 1:10:18
  her
• 1:10:18
  heart.
• 1:10:18
  I'm
• 1:10:19
  glad
• 1:10:19
  we
• 1:10:19
  got
• 1:10:19
  pushed
• 1:10:20
  to
• 1:10:20
  do
• 1:10:20
  our
• 1:10:20
  plushie.
• 1:10:21
  And
• 1:10:21
  I'm
• 1:10:21
  glad
• 1:10:21
  you've
• 1:10:21
  got.
• 1:10:22
  Yeah.
• 1:10:22
  Pickles
• 1:10:23
  and
• 1:10:23
  ratings.
• 1:10:24
  She
• 1:10:24
  realized
• 1:10:25
  his
• 1:10:25
  kindness
• 1:10:26
  is
• 1:10:26
  what
• 1:10:26
  that
• 1:10:27
  feeling
• 1:10:28
  is.
• 1:10:28
  And
• 1:10:28
  so
• 1:10:28
  it's
• 1:10:29
  so
• 1:10:29
  important
• 1:10:30
  for
• 1:10:30
  people
• 1:10:30
  to
• 1:10:31
  have
• 1:10:31
  that.
• 1:10:31
  Aha.
• 1:10:32
  Let's
• 1:10:32
  pick
• 1:10:32
  up
• 1:10:33
  on
• 1:10:33
  that
• 1:10:33
  because
• 1:10:33
  I
• 1:10:33
  don't
• 1:10:34
  want
• 1:10:34
  to
• 1:10:34
  miss
• 1:10:34
  the
• 1:10:34
  reader
• 1:10:35
  in
• 1:10:35
  this
• 1:10:35
  entire
• 1:10:36
  interview.
• 1:10:36
  But
• 1:10:37
  at
• 1:10:37
  the
• 1:10:37
  end
• 1:10:37
  of
• 1:10:38
  the
• 1:10:38
  day,
• 1:10:38
  if
• 1:10:38
  we
• 1:10:38
  don't
• 1:10:38
  have
• 1:10:39
  our
• 1:10:39
  readers,
• 1:10:40
  nobody's
• 1:10:40
  buying
• 1:10:41
  our
• 1:10:41
  book.
• 1:10:41
  So
• 1:10:42
  what
• 1:10:42
  encouragement
• 1:10:43
  do
• 1:10:43
  you
• 1:10:43
  have
• 1:10:43
  for
• 1:10:44
  readers?
• 1:10:44
  Why
• 1:10:44
  should
• 1:10:45
  they
• 1:10:45
  get
• 1:10:45
  engaged
• 1:10:46
  with
• 1:10:46
  Pickles?
• 1:10:47
  And
• 1:10:47
  knowing
• 1:10:48
  that
• 1:10:48
  Pickles
• 1:10:48
  is
• 1:10:49
  going
• 1:10:49
  to
• 1:10:49
  have.
• 1:10:50
  And
• 1:10:50
  like
• 1:10:50
  you
• 1:10:50
  said,
• 1:10:50
  it's
• 1:10:51
  fun
• 1:10:51
  saying
• 1:10:51
  Pickles
• 1:10:52
  because
• 1:10:52
  I
• 1:10:52
  actually
• 1:10:52
  had
• 1:10:53
  someone
• 1:10:54
  who
• 1:10:54
  purchased
• 1:10:55
  our
• 1:10:55
  book,
• 1:10:55
  and
• 1:10:55
  she
• 1:10:56
  told
• 1:10:56
  me
• 1:10:56
  that
• 1:10:57
  her
• 1:10:57
  son
• 1:10:57
  ran
• 1:10:58
  around
• 1:10:59
  for
• 1:10:59
  almost
• 1:10:59
  the
• 1:11:00
  whole
• 1:11:00
  day
• 1:11:00
  going
• 1:11:01
  caboose
• 1:11:01
  because
• 1:11:01
  he
• 1:11:01
  just
• 1:11:02
  loved
• 1:11:02
  the
• 1:11:02
  word
• 1:11:02
  caboose.
• 1:11:03
  So
• 1:11:03
  it's
• 1:11:04
  like
• 1:11:04
  Pickles.
• 1:11:04
  It
• 1:11:04
  brings
• 1:11:05
  a
• 1:11:05
  smile
• 1:11:05
  to
• 1:11:05
  your
• 1:11:05
  face.
• 1:11:06
  So
• 1:11:06
  talk
• 1:11:06
  to
• 1:11:07
  us
• 1:11:07
  about
• 1:11:08
  why
• 1:11:09
  should
• 1:11:09
  someone
• 1:11:10
  read
• 1:11:10
  your
• 1:11:10
  books?
• 1:11:12
  It's
• 1:11:13
  enchanting.
• 1:11:13
  Their
• 1:11:14
  magical
• 1:11:14
  stories.
• 1:11:15
  I
• 1:11:15
  bring
• 1:11:15
  magic
• 1:11:16
  into
• 1:11:16
  it.
• 1:11:16
  But
• 1:11:16
  the
• 1:11:16
  magic
• 1:11:17
  isn't
• 1:11:17
  the
• 1:11:17
  singing
• 1:11:18
  conch
• 1:11:18
  shell.
• 1:11:18
  It's
• 1:11:18
  the
• 1:11:19
  magic
• 1:11:19
  to
• 1:11:19
  uncover
• 1:11:20
  your
• 1:11:20
  uniqueness
• 1:11:21
  and
• 1:11:22
  self
• 1:11:22
  love
• 1:11:23
  and
• 1:11:23
  to
• 1:11:23
  recognize
• 1:11:24
  your
• 1:11:24
  own
• 1:11:24
  uniqueness
• 1:11:25
  and
• 1:11:25
  that
• 1:11:26
  your
• 1:11:26
  love
• 1:11:26
  for
• 1:11:26
  just
• 1:11:27
  who
• 1:11:27
  you
• 1:11:27
  are
• 1:11:27
  in
• 1:11:27
  the
• 1:11:27
  world
• 1:11:28
  and
• 1:11:28
  that
• 1:11:28
  we
• 1:11:29
  all
• 1:11:29
  have
• 1:11:29
  a
• 1:11:29
  special
• 1:11:29
  purpose.
• 1:11:30
  And
• 1:11:30
  it's
• 1:11:31
  really
• 1:11:32
  helping
• 1:11:32
  kids
• 1:11:32
  to
• 1:11:33
  identify
• 1:11:33
  with
• 1:11:34
  that
• 1:11:34
  and
• 1:11:34
  to
• 1:11:35
  get
• 1:11:35
  community,
• 1:11:35
  to
• 1:11:36
  get
• 1:11:36
  mentors,
• 1:11:36
  to
• 1:11:37
  get
• 1:11:37
  help
• 1:11:37
  to
• 1:11:38
  realize
• 1:11:39
  that
• 1:11:39
  they
• 1:11:39
  don't
• 1:11:40
  have
• 1:11:40
  to
• 1:11:40
  do
• 1:11:40
  things
• 1:11:40
  alone.
• 1:11:41
  It's
• 1:11:41
  okay
• 1:11:41
  to
• 1:11:41
  ask
• 1:11:41
  for
• 1:11:42
  help.
• 1:11:42
  And
• 1:11:43
  so
• 1:11:43
  there's
• 1:11:43
  so
• 1:11:43
  many
• 1:11:44
  great
• 1:11:44
  messages
• 1:11:45
  of
• 1:11:46
  and
• 1:11:46
  having
• 1:11:46
  empathy
• 1:11:47
  for
• 1:11:47
  others
• 1:11:47
  like
• 1:11:48
  someone
• 1:11:48
  who
• 1:11:49
  and
• 1:11:49
  compassion.
• 1:11:50
  And
• 1:11:51
  there's
• 1:11:51
  just
• 1:11:52
  so
• 1:11:52
  many
• 1:11:53
  things
• 1:11:54
  woven
• 1:11:54
  into
• 1:11:54
  the
• 1:11:55
  story.
• 1:11:55
  Let's
• 1:11:56
  pick
• 1:11:56
  up
• 1:11:56
  on
• 1:11:56
  that
• 1:11:56
  because
• 1:11:57
  I
• 1:11:57
  always
• 1:11:57
  ask
• 1:11:58
  this,
• 1:11:58
  I
• 1:11:58
  call
• 1:11:59
  it
• 1:11:59
  final
• 1:11:59
  thoughts.
• 1:12:00
  And
• 1:12:00
  I
• 1:12:00
  always
• 1:12:00
  think,
• 1:12:01
  boy,
• 1:12:01
  was
• 1:12:02
  there
• 1:12:02
  something
• 1:12:02
  that
• 1:12:03
  I
• 1:12:03
  should
• 1:12:03
  have
• 1:12:03
  asked
• 1:12:03
  Laura
• 1:12:04
  that
• 1:12:04
  she
• 1:12:04
  wanted
• 1:12:05
  to
• 1:12:05
  share?
• 1:12:06
  So
• 1:12:06
  talk
• 1:12:07
  to
• 1:12:07
  us.
• 1:12:07
  Final
• 1:12:08
  thoughts.
• 1:12:08
  Is
• 1:12:08
  there
• 1:12:09
  something
• 1:12:09
  that
• 1:12:09
  you
• 1:12:09
  said?
• 1:12:10
  I
• 1:12:10
  wish
• 1:12:10
  Rick
• 1:12:10
  would
• 1:12:10
  have
• 1:12:10
  asked
• 1:12:11
  me
• 1:12:11
  that.
• 1:12:12
  Yeah.
• 1:12:12
  I
• 1:12:13
  just
• 1:12:13
  want
• 1:12:13
  to
• 1:12:13
  share
• 1:12:14
  my
• 1:12:14
  gratitude
• 1:12:14
  for
• 1:12:15
  today
• 1:12:15
  and
• 1:12:16
  I
• 1:12:16
  just
• 1:12:17
  enjoy
• 1:12:17
  talking
• 1:12:17
  with
• 1:12:18
  you
• 1:12:18
  thoroughly
• 1:12:18
  and
• 1:12:19
  I
• 1:12:19
  wish
• 1:12:19
  you
• 1:12:19
  a
• 1:12:19
  lot
• 1:12:19
  of
• 1:12:20
  success
• 1:12:20
  on
• 1:12:20
  your
• 1:12:21
  second
• 1:12:21
  book.
• 1:12:21
  And
• 1:12:22
  also
• 1:12:22
  the
• 1:12:23
  plushie
• 1:12:23
  that's
• 1:12:24
  just
• 1:12:24
  so
• 1:12:24
  exciting
• 1:12:24
  because
• 1:12:25
  it's
• 1:12:25
  getting
• 1:12:25
  me
• 1:12:25
  ideas
• 1:12:26
  about
• 1:12:26
  maybe
• 1:12:27
  developing
• 1:12:27
  that
• 1:12:28
  character
• 1:12:28
  plushie
• 1:12:28
  for
• 1:12:29
  my
• 1:12:29
  own
• 1:12:29
  books.
• 1:12:30
  It's
• 1:12:30
  a
• 1:12:30
  journey
• 1:12:31
  and
• 1:12:31
  I
• 1:12:31
  do
• 1:12:32
  love
• 1:12:32
  my
• 1:12:32
  teacher
• 1:12:33
  Lilia
• 1:12:33
  saying
• 1:12:33
  the
• 1:12:34
  joy
• 1:12:34
  is
• 1:12:34
  in
• 1:12:34
  the
• 1:12:34
  journey.
• 1:12:35
  So
• 1:12:35
  it's
• 1:12:35
  in
• 1:12:35
  that
• 1:12:36
  presence
• 1:12:36
  of
• 1:12:36
  being
• 1:12:37
  in
• 1:12:37
  the
• 1:12:37
  present
• 1:12:37
  moment
• 1:12:38
  that
• 1:12:38
  we
• 1:12:38
  find
• 1:12:39
  joy.
• 1:12:39
  And
• 1:12:40
  so
• 1:12:40
  to
• 1:12:41
  not
• 1:12:41
  worry
• 1:12:42
  if
• 1:12:42
  you
• 1:12:42
  have
• 1:12:42
  some
• 1:12:43
  ups
• 1:12:43
  and
• 1:12:43
  downs
• 1:12:43
  that's
• 1:12:44
  going
• 1:12:44
  to
• 1:12:44
  happen
• 1:12:44
  when
• 1:12:44
  you're
• 1:12:45
  writing,
• 1:12:45
  but
• 1:12:46
  just
• 1:12:46
  find
• 1:12:47
  joy
• 1:12:47
  and
• 1:12:47
  when
• 1:12:48
  you're
• 1:12:48
  writing.
• 1:12:49
  I
• 1:12:49
  write
• 1:12:49
  every
• 1:12:50
  day
• 1:12:50
  just
• 1:12:50
  because
• 1:12:51
  I
• 1:12:51
  think
• 1:12:51
  of
• 1:12:51
  things
• 1:12:52
  and
• 1:12:52
  it
• 1:12:52
  just
• 1:12:52
  gives
• 1:12:53
  me
• 1:12:53
  joy.
• 1:12:54
  So
• 1:12:54
  make
• 1:12:54
  it
• 1:12:55
  absolutely.
• 1:12:55
  I
• 1:12:56
  couldn't
• 1:12:56
  agree
• 1:12:56
  with
• 1:12:57
  you
• 1:12:57
  more.
• 1:12:58
  I
• 1:12:59
  want
• 1:12:59
  to
• 1:12:59
  thank
• 1:12:59
  you
• 1:12:59
  for
• 1:13:00
  being
• 1:13:00
  a
• 1:13:00
  guest
• 1:13:00
  on
• 1:13:01
  the
• 1:13:01
  Adventures
• 1:13:02
  in
• 1:13:02
  the
• 1:13:02
  Heart
• 1:13:02
  of
• 1:13:02
  Children's
• 1:13:03
  Books
• 1:13:03
  Authors
• 1:13:04
  Podcast.
• 1:13:04
  Your
• 1:13:05
  generosity
• 1:13:05
  of
• 1:13:06
  time
• 1:13:06
  and
• 1:13:06
  your
• 1:13:07
  insights
• 1:13:07
  will
• 1:13:07
  definitely
• 1:13:09
  benefit
• 1:13:10
  aspiring
• 1:13:11
  authors
• 1:13:11
  and
• 1:13:12
  I
• 1:13:12
  hope
• 1:13:13
  inspire
• 1:13:13
  readers
• 1:13:14
  to
• 1:13:14
  come
• 1:13:14
  to
• 1:13:14
  your
• 1:13:15
  enchanting
• 1:13:16
  book
• 1:13:16
  series.
• 1:13:16
  Your
• 1:13:17
  passion
• 1:13:17
  is
• 1:13:18
  incredible.
• 1:13:19
  We
• 1:13:19
  promise
• 1:13:19
  to
• 1:13:20
  provide
• 1:13:20
  our
• 1:13:21
  audience
• 1:13:21
  with
• 1:13:22
  links
• 1:13:22
  to
• 1:13:22
  Laura's
• 1:13:23
  social
• 1:13:23
  media
• 1:13:23
  accounts
• 1:13:24
  and
• 1:13:24
  her
• 1:13:24
  website
• 1:13:25
  and
• 1:13:25
  also
• 1:13:26
  links
• 1:13:26
  to
• 1:13:26
  other
• 1:13:27
  social
• 1:13:27
  media
• 1:13:28
  that
• 1:13:29
  was
• 1:13:29
  mentioned
• 1:13:29
  by
• 1:13:30
  Laura.
• 1:13:30
  If
• 1:13:30
  you've
• 1:13:31
  enjoyed
• 1:13:31
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• 1:13:31
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• 1:13:42
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• 1:13:42
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• 1:13:43
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• 1:13:43
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• 1:13:44
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• 1:13:44
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• 1:13:45
  and
• 1:13:45
  her
• 1:13:46
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• 1:13:46
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• 1:13:47
  series
• 1:13:47
  Pickles
• 1:13:48
  the
• 1:13:48
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• 1:13:49
  and
• 1:13:49
  her
• 1:13:49
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• 1:13:49
  release,
• 1:13:50
  Rainey's
• 1:13:50
  Journey.
• 1:13:52
  Thank
• 1:13:52
  you,
• 1:13:52
  Laura.
• 1:13:53
  You
• 1:13:53
  can
• 1:13:53
  buy
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• 1:13:53
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• 1:13:55
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• 1:13:56
  and
• 1:13:56
  that
• 1:13:56
  would
• 1:13:56
  really
• 1:13:56
  help
• 1:13:57
  if
• 1:13:57
  you
• 1:13:57
  bought
• 1:13:57
  it
• 1:13:57
  on
• 1:13:57
  that
• 1:13:58
  day.
• 1:13:58
  Thank
• 1:13:59
  you
• 1:13:59
  so
• 1:13:59
  much.