Tag: audio
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Episode 10: Lynelle Woolley on Creating a Popular Series
My guest on the podcast this week is Lynelle Woolley, self-published children’s author of the fantastic series Flower Girl World. I reached out to Lynelle after running across her books in the Kindle store and being extremely impressed with how attractive, polished, and professional they are. Her books looked like they were produced by a…
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Episode 9: Author Catherine Driscoll “Talks Turkey”
My guest this week is Catherine Driscoll, self-published author of the hit book “The Town Turkey.” Catherine wrote it based on a funny event that happened in her town, and ended up turning the idea into a very successful first book! In this interview she shares how she came up with the idea, what led…
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Episode 7: Carol Ekster, Former Teacher Turned Children’s Author
This week my guest is Carol Ekster, who taught children for 35 years before retiring in 2009 and devoting herself full-time to writing children’s books. She has written around 50(!) books so far, and has 3 books published through traditional publishing, including Ruth the Sleuth and the Messy Room and Where Am I Sleeping Tonight?,…
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Episode 6: Rosemary Rivera & Mario Menjivar – A Husband & Wife Self-Publishing Team
I’m back with a fun new episode for you this week. I recently interviewed a really fun couple named Rosemary Rivera & Mario Menjivar, who are a husband and wife team who create and self-publish children’s books! Rosemary is the author and marketing/PR person, and Mario is a former Disney animator who made the transition…
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Episode 4: Tara Lazar, Children’s Book Blogger & Author of The Monstore
In this episode of the Let’s Make Kids’ Books podcast, I’m joined by the talented and funny Tara Lazar, who blogs at TaraLazar.com about writing children’s books and shares a ton of great info from the traditional publishing side of the business. She also wrote the fantastic picture book called The Monstore, and has several…
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Episode 2: Bolaji O of Brave Little Heroes
This episode of the Let’s Make Kids’ Books podcast features the brilliant and entertaining children’s author Bolaji O, who writes a series of great fantasy adventure books for kids called Brave Little Heroes. Bolaji started publishing his own children’s books a couple of years ago, although he’s been writing and making up stories since he…
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Introducing the Let’s Make Kids’ Books Podcast!
Today I’m really proud and excited to introduce you to my new Let’s Make Kids’ Books podcast. I’ve been podcasting for years, and knew when I started this site that I wanted to create a podcast on the topic of writing, publishing, and selling children’s books. For the past couple of months I’ve been recording…