Overview Molly was a school teacher and now write middle grade books. She has read her books to her class and engaged them in storytelling. This also leads to a nice discussion about teaching kids storytelling and how grammar and spelling fit into that. Book https://www.amazon.com/Game-Molly-Perry-ebook/dp/B075JR3QQ1?crid=3NFENCLWNRDW3&keywords=molly+perry+the+game&qid=1683676488&sprefix=molly+perry+the+gam%2Caps%2C97&sr=8-1&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=0ed61c0871277e55e0640776a075104e&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il Favorites https://www.amazon.com/Ramona-Collection-Vol-Beezus-Father/dp/0061246476?crid=26VMSOTLXS0MX&keywords=beverly+cleary&qid=1683676640&sprefix=beverly+cleary%2Caps%2C107&sr=8-2&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=a7410eeaf66d9d21ee69f2284f263fcc&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il Website https://mollyperryauthor.com Tom Holbrook https://riverrunbookstore.com/ Fire Keeper's Daughter - Angeline Boullie Sea of Tranquility - EMily St. John Mandel The Ferryman - Justin Cronin In the Lives of Puppets - TJ Klune The Climate Book - Greta Thunberg Poverty, by America - Michael Desmond Knowing What We Know - Simon Winchester Chain Gang All Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah  Happy Place - Emily Henry YouTube https://youtu.be/oBJLeKk7Vl8 Transcript Stephen: today on Discover Wordsmith, I wanna welcome Molly. Molly, good morning. How are you doing? I'm doing Molly: great. Stephen: So I know we live fairly close by, so since you're in Ohio, and I have a question for you, how do you know it's springtime in Ohio? Molly: Oh, Stephen: no more snow. No, the opposite. You get more snow than you did during the winter. Molly: Oh my gosh. I have snow right outside. My, yes. That's Ohio. Welcome to Ohio. But when spring comes, Ohio is beautiful. Stephen: Yeah. Yeah. All right. Molly, we're gonna talk about your books today, but before we do that, why don't you tell everybody a little bit about yourself, where you live, what you like to do outside of writing Molly: books. Okay. So I live in in the suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, near Lake Erie. And I have been I guess teaching. And the other thing that I love to do is dancing. I'm, I love to do swing dancing and all kinds of contra dancing and all kinds of dancing, and it brings me a lot of joy. Where do you go for dancing?

Overview Jake Brown is the author of 50+ books and creator/host of ABOUT THE AUTHORS TV.  With over TWO MILLION viewers and counting since TUBI TV began airing Seasons 1 & 2 in the Spring of 2022, The Associated Press recently spotlighted that ABOUT THE AUTHORS TV “has found an audience among both fans of the writers they profile on the show along with an aspiring crowd of wordsmiths just learning the craft.”  The first-of-its-kind streaming television project, which Publisher’s Weekly has already reported, “features long-form interviews with best-selling authors across all genres,” along with promoting their new upcoming releases. Book https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Studio-Jake-Brown/dp/1550228315?crid=246XC67BI7YSF&keywords=in+the+studio+jake+brown&qid=1683063494&sprefix=in+the+studio+jake+brown%2Caps%2C103&sr=8-15&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=a61471d4ea1abcb21cc138682a6679be&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il Author TV https://www.youtube.com/c/AbouttheAuthorsTV Cathy's Books: Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid Happy Place by Emily Henry Pineapple Street by Jennie Jackson Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hildebrand Only Love can Hurt Like This by Paige Toon The Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woodson Harvey YouTube https://youtu.be/DZf3YiazDLM Transcript So today, and then I've got a great Of author on my podcast. He's got some great pictures of stuff in the background. This is Jake Brown. Jake, how are you doing today? Jake: Great. Thanks for having us. Thank was me, I should say, in the show by extension. Great. Stephen: So is that really signed by heart? Jake: Yeah that's, I co-wrote that book with them years and years ago. Bless their hearts in two thou back in 2006 and seven. Wow. And then I met them in 2009 and they signed that and comically, I was sitting there in the Ryman's dressing room waiting to meet them, and I was so nervous. As understandably anyone who grew up on heart would be that they would like the book too. Cause this is my first time hearing. Did they like it? Did they hate it? And Alison Krause and her husband are sitting there as well, and I didn't even know. I was polite. I talked to them. I, but I wasn't like, oh, you're al and it wasn't that I ever get like that, but I was almost too passive. So she leaves. And the cuz everyone else was getting, her, the manager for heart comes in and she goes, oh, it's so nice you got along with Allison and her husband. And I felt like a jerk cuz they brought them out later on. She came out later on stage in, sang these dreams with Nancy Wilson. But they're, they were the sweetest, I wrote that book at a point in my career where It's fair to say ...

Overview I talk with Roland about the recent ALLI income survey and we discuss A.I. and ChatGPT. Ben Monroe is on to talk about his horror book, the Seething. Ben's got to be a great guy because he likes Weird Al and writes horror. Ben takes a simple thing - family vacation - and turns it on it's head to create his horror novel. Then we delve into the roots of horror and classic horror. We share a love of The Shining, but there are plenty of horror authors besides King. This include movies which are its own form of story and way of telling the horror. Book https://www.amazon.com/Seething-Ben-Monroe-ebook/dp/B0BRPQN12C?crid=4GM9ORR3BBZI&keywords=the+seething+ben+monroe&qid=1682385939&sprefix=the+seething+ben+monroe%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-1&linkCode=li2&tag=saschneider-20&linkId=dd4c9e51f9ed9cc5275bb9ccc68cdfe6&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il Website https://www.benmonroe.com/ Favorite https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Fiction-H-P-Lovecraft/dp/B086PMZQZB?crid=1T4V9Y7PT8RJ&keywords=lovecraft&qid=1682471131&sprefix=lovecraft%2Caps%2C99&sr=8-6&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=d30fc5d73dc0d2502f681c744c96c74c&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il Dark Carnival Roland https://indestructibleauthor.com/ Alli author income survey AI and ChatGPT YouTube https://youtu.be/ZJ7txizo_8Q Transcript today on Discovered Wordsmith, I want to welcome Ben Monroe. Ben, how are you doing today? I'm doing good, Steven. How are you? Good. Nice and sunny getting ready for springtime. A little chilly, but still sunny. Ben: It's about the same out here actually. Stephen: Okay. And where is out here? Tell us a little bit about you where you live and some of the things you like to do besides writing. There you go. Ben: So I live in the San Francisco Bay area specifically the East Bay area. I'm just south of Oakland. We've been having rains and storms and all kinds of craziness for the last few days. Last week we got snow up in the hills, which probably isn't a big deal for you, but for us it's wow. Snow, right? Yeah. Yeah. We don't know how to dr. We don't know how to drive on that, so we just stay outta the mountains. The hills even. Yeah I'm a East Bay nato pretty much. My folks moved to the Bay Area when I was about three years old in the early seventies. Things I like to do when I'm not writing, regular stuff, hang out with my family. Watch movies, a huge movie buff. I love, in fact, that's one of the great things about the East Bay here is we have, I think, hundred 80,000 acres of usable open space. So there's plenty of hiking trails and stuff to, to do, to get outside. Never hurting for things to do around here. Stephen: And we beforehand, we were chatting, we found out we both like weird Al. So yes, that's a good thing. I'm sure somebody doesn't,

Overview Diane lives in Cleveland and likes to bake, besides her writing career. She has written several books focused on her faith and has another coming soon. In keeping with her baking likes, she also has a recipe book. Diane is an inspiration as she started writing later in life, and has enjoyed several years of a wonderful career. Her Book https://www.amazon.com/Take-Limits-Off-Diane-Ehrlich-ebook/dp/B0BMW5TFFR?&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=44c112981e58f57119c00b18c8fbecaf&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il Website https://reformministry.com Favorites https://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Alcorn-Randy-ebook/dp/B000FCKCJC?crid=36XO6ODHHWTWC&keywords=randy+alcorn&qid=1681927606&sprefix=randy+alcorn%2Caps%2C94&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExRldYUVFJRlk1MDVBJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNDQ0NDEyMVRJTFRUTkkwMDExRiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUExMDAxMzIzUElTRTdNMzQwWEVCJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ%3D%3D&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=2b90b3b9136f64fb76ed4f532f4014e0&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il YouTube https://youtu.be/j-ZkcRV60nk Transcript Okay. All right. So Diane, welcome to discover word Smiths and I know what type of day you're having. It's probably rainy because we live very close to each other. So how are you doing on this rainy day? Diane: I'm doing great. It's cozy here and everything's good, so no complaints. Great. Stephen: Good. It's good to have you on. I'm excited because of the genre you write in. You're the first time I've had anyone with that genre, so it's great to have the variety which I hope that the people listening enjoy hearing authors from different genres. So before we get into that though tell us a little bit about yourself where you live, some of the things you like to do besides writing. Diane: Oh, sure. My name, my author name is Diane Erlic, and I had that name for all my life except till last June when I got married for the first time. And so I'm Diane Drought now, but I kept that name for the sake of my books and everything. Yeah, I turned 68 and I got married the first time, so Wow. Congrats. So I'm happy and we're having a great time. Nice. But I live, yeah, I live near Cleveland, Ohio, and lived here all my life. Went to school in Cincinnati, got a degree in design, so I have a creative streak. But when we get into talking about the books and everything, that part was very unexpected. I didn't expect to write up into, I have six books up on Amazon now. I'm working on a seventh and so we'll get into that, but I really don't have any experience with that. What do I do besides writing? I love cooking and baking. Anybody that knows me knows to come over at dinner time or let me know. Gimme 30 minutes notice. And I'll have dinner on the table cuz I got enough stuff in the freezer. Beautiful. So we love to entertain. One of my books is on the Gift of Hospitality, which I absolutely love. Otherwise, we're very active, over 50 people. We both spend plenty of time at the gym and walking and getting together with people. So that's in a.

Overview Cindy Jarrett retired as a school teacher and took up writing. With her partner, she's written several kids books, which is nice since she taught kids for her hole teaching career. We discuss her books and what it's like to move to a new career. Her Book https://www.amazon.com/Firefly-Fourth-July-Elaine-Reynolds/dp/1938768833?crid=WH6X0ND8FP4I&keywords=firefly+fourth+of+july+cindy+jarrett&qid=1681252000&sprefix=firefly+fourth+of+july+cindy+jarrett%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-1&linkCode=li2&tag=mindarchitect-20&linkId=12da7e9e896a161fa6176f858ab63b22&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il YouTube https://youtu.be/pPfw60_5Lro Transcript Today this is an interesting and special podcast for me. I have Cindy, Jared on and miss Jared. And I can't call you by your first name. It's very difficult. She was a teacher when I was in high school at my school. It is nice to see her again. And I'm glad to have her on. This chair, how are you doing? I'm doing great. So I know you taught, but what are some things you like to do besides writing? I Cindy: like to go to movies. Stephen: Ah, you go see it man. This weekend, Cindy: I went to see, oh gosh, what? I can't think of the name of it right now. Tom Hanks is in it. Stephen: Oh a man called Otto. Cindy: Yes. A man called Otto is wonderful. Stephen: Yeah. Part of that was filmed on the Keigo Valley Railroad. Cool. Yeah, the whatever train scene there is that was right here, Northeast Ohio. Cindy: Yeah. It made me laugh and made me cry. So Stephen: nice. It was a good movie. It did look good. It did look good. So we're gonna talk about your books. You have several books out and you have a co-author, and I don't get a lot of these types. They're children's books, picture books. So it's great to have an author that writes that. So tell us first about your books what they're about and why you got into writing kids' books. Cindy: My co-author is my best friend since the middle of 10th grade in high school, so that's over 50 years. We won't say how many. Okay. But she gets me into all kinds of stuff. She's got me into cake decorating classes and Tai Chi and. Bow making bows and all kinds of stuff. And she said one day that she would like to write children's books, but she doesn't like to do anything on her own. So what I write with her and I said, sure. Like I always do, I always go along with her Stephen: ideas. Got it. And I bet there's some stories from back in the day that we won't talk about here. Cindy: Yeah. We were with another friend and Elaine had said that she wanted to write children's books, but she didn't have any ideas. And the friend said, why don't you write about a star, a sea star that wants to be a star in the sky, cuz I'm never gonna write that book. And Elaine said, oh, that, that sounds like a good idea. But a couple of years went by, we didn't act on it, and then our friend passed away. And so when we decided that we were actually going to tackle this we thought about her idea. And so that was our first book. We dedicated it to her. That's how Sammy the Sea Star came about. Nice. And we, she was a teacher also.

Overview Today I'm talk in with Cathy Klein. Cathy started an independent bookstore that is a popup. Meaning, she travels to various places and sets up to sell books. She was on recently to talk with us about new books coming out and she should be on again soon. We talk about what books she likes and how she chooses books to be in the store. This is interesting, because she is usually limited in space and doesn't want books that will sit without selling. Website https://booksagogostore.com/ YouTube https://youtu.be/bb9OVzjqncI Transcript So today I'm excited. I have a friend of mine, Kathy Klein, on the on discovered word Smiths. I've known Kathy for a decade ish, decade and a half, something like that. Our girls were in Girl Scouts. We were both Girl Scout leaders. Kathy, welcome to the podcast. How are you doing today? Thank you. I'm doing good. Thanks. And it's a nice warm day here in Ohio, so Yeah, Cathy: surprisingly for February. Stephen: Yeah, that worries me. I wonder what March is gonna be like, exactly. All right, so this is going to be an interesting discussion and podcast because. I'm not talking to Kathy about a book she's written. I'm talking to her about an endeavor she's involved in where she has started a pop-up bookstore. And I think that is something I'm very excited about. Cause I always ask the authors, do you have a favorite bookstore? And I try and push people in the libraries and push people to bookstores, support them. Don't just order Amazon, don't just go to the chain, go find the local and that's exactly what you are. But instead of saying, Hey, this is my relocation. Come visit me. You're like, Hey, I'm gonna be all over and I'll probably be close to you. So where did this idea come from and why did you wanna do. Cathy: It actually came from another pod, a podcast that I listened to and they had a guest on there from North Carolina and she had a papa bookstore called Shelves. And I started following her on social media and looking at what she did, and I thought, you know what? I can do that. And I always wanted to get back into the book business cause I used to manage border. Store and before that Walden books, when that was still a thing in malls, my Stephen: gosh. I probably ran in you at some point. Oh yeah. Cathy: Oh yeah. Cause I was at Walden Books, I don't know, for a number of years. And then I opened the Borders bookstore that was local, more, most local to us in Kga Falls. Until I had my oldest daughter and I always wanted to go back to it. And now that my, both of my daughters are in college, I thought this is a good time to get back into the book business. So when I heard about the popup idea, I'm like, that's something I'd never thought of, but I can do that. Stephen: So I love that. Yeah. A large part of what I do is I. I work with kids and parents showing them that, hey the future is not the fifties. Getting outta school and getting a easy job while you pay for college and then getting a job at a company that will eventually give you the gold watch, it doesn't exist there. There's too much turmoil and things changing and the telling our kids that, Hey,

Overview READERS: Abby is a professional writer (after being a lawyer for years) with over 35 books to her name (and multiple pen names). She also is currently the author in residence at the Cuyahoga Public Library. Abby talks about learning to write and the mistakes she's made. She didn't start writing cozy mysteries, but tried her hand at other genres. She discovered her own voice and what worked for her. WRITERS: Abby has experience writing many books, and we discuss finishing your book. Her experience allows her to offer some great advice. Book https://www.amazon.com/Where-Wild-Peaches-Grow-Novel-ebook/dp/B09PBJDR5G?crid=1OFKXF0P4LJDZ&keywords=where+wild+peaches+grow&qid=1679956230&sprefix=where+wild+peaches+grow%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-1&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=0b8a06ffa1e761b242e6df712253054b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Inside-Scoop-Parlor-Mystery-ebook/dp/B07WJF48NC?crid=33KTUAQE2T5HJ&keywords=abby+vandiver&qid=1679956358&sprefix=abby+vandive%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-1&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=ba91c596ab1cbc938b6746de2ac4e38d&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il Favorites https://www.amazon.com/Little-Fires-Everywhere-Celeste-Ng-ebook/dp/B01N4VW75U?crid=L1YVY0UI7UID&keywords=little+fires+everywhere&qid=1679957601&sprefix=little+fires+everywhere%2Caps%2C111&sr=8-1&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=0fd2ea5818aa0f8de9cee2890bc62fc5&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il https://www.macsbacks.com/ YouTube https://youtu.be/z0SaRwaQWyY Transcript Today on Discovered Wordsmiths, we have a Abby Vandiver, right? I got it. . And she's gonna be talking to us about her large selection of mystery books. Abby, how are you doing today? I'm great. Abby: Thank you. How are you? Thank you for Stephen: having me. It's great to have you on. Abby and I were at an event together at the library locally, and Abby was the long-term writer there. Much more so than the rest of us had been doing this more professionally longer, and we were all in awe. But it was a great couple hours fun time. So I asked her if she'd like to be on, cuz I thought everybody'd love to hear about her. But for before we get into the writing and the reading tell us a little bit about yourself and what you like to do besides writing. Abby: Thank you so much for having me. It's such an honor to be here and be on your podcast. I'm so excited about it. So about me, I don't know. I just told someone the other day because Abby is a pen name, and I hadn't been writing for a little for a few months. I don't know, I'm just unmotivated. I'm not stuck or have a block. I don't like when people say, oh, I'm just blocked. I just haven't been motivated. I've been doing other things. And she goes, oh, but Abby, you love to write. And I said, that's because you only know Abby. You know the real me. I have other interests. And those other interests are just sitting on the couch doing nothing but watching like HGTV all day.

Overview READERS: DC Gomez is a bestselling author, so there's a lot to discuss. She tells us about her latest book series - the Intern Diaries - and we talk about her other top books. If you'd like to see her, she has many upcoming events displayed on her website. WRITERS: For the writers, we talk about choosing the write as a hobby or career. You don't have to be a full time writer or you fail. She brings a unique perspective because she has been a bestselling author. Book https://www.amazon.com/Plague-Unleashed-Intern-Diaries-Gomez/dp/1733316094?crid=3DFMTMGQDLM6D&keywords=plaque+unleashed+dc+gomez&qid=1679432864&sprefix=plaque+unleashed+dc+gomez%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-1&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=6305694975210050e0deca8f945c93e3&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il Favorites https://www.amazon.com/Keeper-Lost-Cities-Shannon-Messenger-ebook/dp/B005C776A8?crid=2Q2T0SDL32CZB&keywords=keepers+of+the+lost+cities&qid=1679442316&s=digital-text&sprefix=keepers+of+the+lost+cities%2Cdigital-text%2C119&sr=1-1&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=3e32056f586efcd8da35489e3e7f3ebb&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il https://www.amazon.com/Alchemist-Paulo-Coelho-ebook/dp/B00U6SFUSS?crid=2HDI99DS1AGZN&keywords=the+alchemist&qid=1679442411&s=digital-text&sprefix=the+alchemist%2Cdigital-text%2C101&sr=1-1&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=d436eb6589f3897d1d100e294e78dc7b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il Website https://dcgomez-author.com YouTube https://youtu.be/n0cLx3bUlxk Transcript So this morning I have as a guest, a wonderful wall of books and their owner DC Gomez. So DC Good morning. How are you? DC: Good morning, darling. I'm wonderful. How are you doing today? Stephen: I am doing great. And it's not actually morning for you, is it? DC: No, it's still very morning. I'm actually in East Texas. Stephen: Yes. Ok. Okay. Okay. I had you in the wrong spot in my head. Why don't we do that? Tell everybody a little bit about you, some things you like to do besides writing where you live and whatever. I am DC: a USA Today bestselling author. I'm an award-winning author, which is fun. I'm also a podcaster, so I'm so excited to be here. She's connecting cuz it's hard to be on the other side of the microphone. I was like, oh, what am I doing? This doesn't happen often. I am in east Texas. So for everybody who's wondering, the weather yesterday was 32. Today's supposed to be 80. So living the Texas dream, what can I say? It sounds like Ohio. . Thank you. It's this weather that goes up and down. You're going? I think I'm good. I think I'm good. We'll take it from there. So I do multiple genres, which is interesting for most people because I go from urban fantasy to lit to straight children's books and devotional. So I do a little bit of everyth. And one of the things that I enjoy to do, I'm a reader, obviously, in the background, so I'm a huge avid reader, but I also enjoyed when I have free time. So today, this Sunday, as soon as we're done,

Overview READERS: Stephanie lives in Wales and shares her horror novel with us. She talks about reading horror and how she likes the build up to the horrific parts. She has only been publishing for about eight years, but feels her folk horror story Reborn is great horror and is a sequel to The Five Turns to the Wheel. AUTHORS: We talk about rejection and how authors can deal with it. Everyone deals with rejection, and even authors that have written more than one book get rejected. Her Book https://www.amazon.com/Reborn-Stephanie-Ellis-ebook/dp/B0BF3QLN17?crid=RI39CDEVUG0D&keywords=stephanie+ellis+reborn&qid=1678646438&sprefix=stephanie+ellis+reborn%2Caps%2C103&sr=8-1&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=08578a52740e9fdd2a2a112e8557a321&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il Favorites https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Haunted-House-Grady-Hendrix/dp/0593201264?crid=2H323PWGZ5KYQ&keywords=grady+hendrix&qid=1678646971&sprefix=grady+hendrix%2Caps%2C103&sr=8-2&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=bc8b39da44d31709d7e7f6f86c3f9e50&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il Website stephanieellis.org Roland Find Roland at https://indestructibleauthor.com Our topics today are: * Bookshop.org will start selling ebooks, plus start publishing their own new books! * Despite what 'they' keep saying ebooks and Indie books are selling strong * Indie author Hugh Howey’s Silo (aka Wool) coming to AppleTV+ YouTube https://youtu.be/z_a_2-4neAM Transcript All right, so today on Discovered Wordsmiths, I want to welcome Stephanie Ellis. Good morning or afternoon, Stephanie. How are you? I'm fine. Stephanie: It's actually good evening now. It's nearly six o'clock and it's if I open the curtains, it'd be dark outside and it's very cold. I think it's about five degrees Stephen: and going. Okay. Yeah. So why don't you tell everybody a little bit about yourself, where you live because of the big time difference and what you like to do besides. Stephanie: Okay I'm currently living in Rexton in North Wales with my family. We did live in the south of England for about 30 odd years and then came back up to this area because I've got family in Shopha just over the border. My husband's Welsh and we are trying to find a place to, to live after Covid d cuz that made us ch rethink our lives basically. So we found a place in Rexton, which is gathering a little bit of. On the viewing platforms because of a certain football team which we can hear when they're at home because they're 10 minutes that way. So if they're if it's their plane at home,

Overview Yoshio is a 16 year old author. He hasn't written just one book, he's written two! We discuss his writing and how he took advantage of a family vacation to get the book done. Due to his age, there were some problems publishing. He tells us about those problems and some of the things he did to help overcome it. In this episode: * writing his book on a family trip * starting with short stories * problems faced because of his age * inspiring even younger authors * plans for the future His Book https://www.amazon.com/EIGHT-WANDER-Yoshio-Daggett/dp/B0B86KPG56?crid=2F7Y2YNK5FWT1&keywords=eight+wander&qid=1678231356&sprefix=eight+wonder%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-1&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=90b745ddfcbd423626a8a96cb4005a18&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il Favorites https://www.amazon.com/Dry-Neal-Shusterman-ebook/dp/B075RK464B?crid=BWA0SF0M2JS&keywords=dry+neil&qid=1678231478&sprefix=dry+neil%2Caps%2C100&sr=8-1&linkCode=li2&tag=discoveredwordsmiths-20&linkId=107b8a75729ca60cc99afb5c0ff1a807&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il https://thebookeryplacerville.com/contact/ Website https://yoshio-daggett.yolasite.com/ Tom Holbrook http://riverrunbookstore.com/ Whalebone Theater Bandit Queens I Have Some Questions for You Hell Bent Dark is Rising Skullduggery Pleasant YouTube https://youtu.be/VibiERSLG9Q Transcript Today I'm very excited for today's episode of Discover Wordsmith. I have Yoshi with me and Yoshi is 16. Yoshi, how you doing Yoshio: today? I'm good. I'm good. How are you? Stephen: I'm well. I'm doing really great now, talking to you. I love talking to kids that are doing things like this. Awesome. I encourage that. Before we roll about your book, tell us a little bit about you and what you like to do. I'm going to guess you go to school though, that may not be something you like . What else do you like to do? Yoshio: Yeah, I do go to school. It's school. I love traveling. whole family loves traveling, so we always go on trips and all sorts of. I love hiking, swimming reading of course. Yeah, all fun stuff. Stephen: Cool. We'll talk about some of your favorite books later on. But you're on the podcast because you're 16 and you've written two books and got them published and I think that's fantastic and it. Right there. I get a lot of people that tell me, oh, kids can't do this. You know what, we've got proof right here