Podcast Interview with 12-Year-Old Published Illustrator on Language During Mealtime

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 Brigitte BrulzLeave a comment

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My 12-year-old daughter and I had the opportunity to be interviewed for a podcast episode on Language During Mealtime recently.

Podcast Interview with 12-Year-Old Illustrator

We had an idea of some of the questions ahead of time but not all. I was impressed by how well my daughter answered questions on the spot. We talked about what it was like to publish Aah! Blown Away, Crash! An Alphabet Misadventure.

You can hear the entire interview on episode #58 over on Language During Mealtime here.

If you have a kid interested in starting a podcast, they may like the course Podcasting to Change the World over on SchoolhouseTeachers.com.

SchoolhouseTeachers.com offers over over 450 courses for one low price. My daughters have enjoyed quite a few courses on SchoolhouseTeachers.com including Podcasting to Change the World.

Learn more about Podcasting to Change the World here.

Here are a couple of more courses one of my daughters has taken on SchoolhouseTeachers.com, which may also be beneficial for kids interested in podcasting. (You can click on the words on the pictures to learn more information about each of them.)

Public Speaking Course on Schoolhouse Teachers — Public Speaking

Advanced Public Speaking Course on Schoolhouse Teachers — Public Speaking

Learn more about SchoolhouseTeachers.com here and/or listen to the podcast interview on Language During Mealtime here.

Ramblings · Writing Appearances

Author Interview Available on Book Goodies

July 22, 2020July 14, 2020 Brigitte BrulzLeave a comment

An author interview of me was published on Book Goodies the same day the interview of my 12-year-old daughter was published on Frog on a Blog.

You can read about what inspires me to write, what my writing process is like, how I decided to publish my books, and some advice I recommend to new writers in the interview on Book Goodies here.

Do you have any other questions for me you wish I would have answered in the interview? If so, please ask me in the comments below.

Happy Reading!

Aah! Blown Away · Ramblings · Writing Appearances

Interview of 12-Year-Old Published Illustrator Available on Frog on a Blog

July 15, 2020July 24, 2020 Brigitte BrulzLeave a comment

I had the opportunity to interview my 12-year-old daughter on the process of illustrating her first published picture book, Aah! Blown Away, Crash! An Alphabet Misadventure.

Alyssa answered questions about how the book was started, what the process was like for her, what she enjoyed the most, what the hardest part was, and things she learned. You can read the entire interview on Frog on a Blog here.

Are there any other questions you have about how we published Aah! Blown Away, Crash! An Alphabet Misadventure? If so, please leave them in the comments below.

Happy Reading!

Being an Author · Ramblings · Writing Appearances

Learn Some Self-Publishing Tips in the Latest Journey to KidLit Podcast Episode with Author Brigitte Brulz

June 22, 2020June 18, 2020 Brigitte BrulzLeave a comment

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Last year, I had the opportunity to interview Brooke Van Sickle, founder of Journey to KidLit, for an article I wrote and had published on SCBWI Iowa’s website.

Brooke Van Sickle has accomplished a lot since that interview! She has continued to grow Journey to KidLit, founded a publishing company called BiblioKid Publishing, published a book called Pirates Stuck at “C”: An Alphabet Adventure (and has two more books scheduled to be released this year), and started a podcast. Wow!

If you are a children’s book author or aspiring children’s book author, I recommend checking out Brooke Van Sickle’s website Journey to KidLit. She offers a lot of information about writing and publishing children’s books.

Recently, Brooke Van Sickle took the time to interview me about my self-publishing journey for her Journey to KidLit podcast, which is now available as Episode 10: Publish Your Children’s Book on KDP with Author Brigitte Brulz.

In the interview, we talk about:

my newly released book Aah! Blown Away, Crash! An Alphabet Misadventure, what it was like working on the project with my 12-year-old daughter, and what I learned through the process
Readers’ Favorite reviews (I misspoke and said Readers’ Favorite “Award” when I meant to say Readers’ Favorite 5 Stars Review seal.)
what I’ve learned about writing children’s books since publishing my first two picture books
why I like using KDP Print to publish my books and a resource called KDP University that offers a lot of information
a tip for creating an author website
free book marketing tips (two resources I mentioned are the book How I Sold 80,000 Books by Alinka Rutkowska and the website PR For Anyone with Christina Daves; there is also a book called PR For Anyone by Christina Daves)
how my book was chosen for the 2019 Read Across Connecticut program
a major thing I have learned about creating kids books
the biggest obstacle in my writing journey
my favorite part of having published books
my tip for someone who wants to self-publish a book (and the fact that I would still like to traditionally publish books someday)
what writings I am working on now

The episode is about 18 minutes long and is now available to listen to on Journey to KidLit here.

I was really nervous to do the interview, but I think it went well. Please let me know what you think about it!

Crafts and Projects · Writing Appearances

Simple Sunflower Craft for Kids

May 25, 2020June 20, 2020 Brigitte BrulzLeave a comment

The snow has melted, the grass is green, and the flowers are growing!

My daughters and I had fun earlier this year creating our own spring pipe cleaner flower craft, which you can check out on Hands On As We Grow if you would like (here).

The idea for this craft came to me while I was organizing some of our art supply bins. The sunflower seeds were just a fun addition to use up some pickle-flavored sunflower seeds I had at home.

Ever since publishing Pickles, Pickles, I Like Pickles, finding pickle-flavored items has been kind of a joke in my family. So when I saw these pickle-flavored sunflower seeds at Dollar Tree, I decided to purchase them.

Interestingly, even though my book is titled Pickles, Pickles, I Like Pickles, I don’t think I have ever actually liked the flavor of any pickle-flavored food I have tried. I like bread and butter pickles, but not pickle-flavored sunflower seeds. And since the rest of my family didn’t plan to eat the rest of the seeds, we decided to use them for our flower craft.