March 21, 2025 • 4 mins
Danielle Lawrence and LS Kirkpatrick introduce the episode with highlights from a recent book launch, sharing stories of perseverance through technical difficulties and celebrating success in the new release. They offer insights into the diverse group of contributors, emphasizing the importance of age diversity in storytelling. LS Kirkpatrick opens up about the profound impact her autistic grandson has had on her work and underscores the significance of supporting new writers. The episode wraps up with final thoughts and closing remarks, reflecting on the journey and the importance of community in the writing world.
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(00:12):
Oh, lord.
To what?
TGIF.
TGIF.
Oh, man.
I'm I'm just thankful to God.
Yes.
I've been having the the tower, they were doingwork on it, so they would be 10:00.
Started my my my book launch.
And Oh, which book which book launch is this?
(00:34):
I'm doing volume number four of the givingbook.
Oh, I like that.
Yeah.
We've got 52, contributors in it.
And I have to say contributors because some ofthem have artwork that are in there.
It's not all just stories.
And and it's just been one thing after another.
The tower went down halfway through.
(00:56):
Fortunately, the other people on there kept itgoing.
I couldn't connect my phone to this.
I couldn't get a signal on my phone in here.
And went outside, and I had to get my coat on.
So I finished the the Zoom outside, thateverybody was real troopers.
Just
You were per you was persevering, miss Patrick.
You was persevering through the storm.
(01:17):
That's what it's about.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
And I just and then I just, someone sent me amessage on Facebook saying, did you know the
price is at $9.99?
Supposed to be a dollar 99.
Hasn't even been twenty four hours.
And I'm like, what?
So I went in there, and I made sure my price isokay, and it was.
I go back all of a sudden.
(01:37):
It's a $1.99 again.
So it's like, I've got people praying rightnow.
That's it.
That's it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
This is just crazy.
It's gonna all work out, though.
It will.
It's all good.
It's all good.
We did get to number one in new release for theteen category, so that was really good.
(02:02):
That is awesome.
So you work with youth as well?
No.
It's just this book has such really greatthings in it that and it's and I wouldn't say
half, but probably a third of the book iswritten by teenagers.
I love that.
It's like, wow.
That's just amazing.
(02:24):
I love that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And I've always had had it's like between, thefirst book, I think, had had two on it that
were nine and ten years old and, you know, upto, I think, one in there was was 70 something.
And then the second book, similar thinghappened.
(02:47):
This one, it's more of the same.
It's just
Now are these different there's there aredifferent authors in the book?
Yeah.
Yeah.
So with the authors being different so the athe ages range differently?
Yep.
Yeah.
Oh, that is amazing.
That has to be some type of book.
Oh, man.
Because you have it
(03:07):
from the ones that are still in the immatureprocess of life to the ones that actually went
through the process of life to have theexperience and the wisdom.
Yeah.
And and they all put something different.
My grandson's autistic, and so he does hisanime work in there.
And he went to bed in there, and he was like,wow.
(03:28):
Yeah.
So I asked him if he wanted to do it again thistime.
He goes, absolutely.
So it's a real confidence boost.
Get them active young.
Get them active young.
That's where
Yeah.
I like that.
Yeah.
And it's just so many good things come fromthis book, no matter which volume it is.
I've got, three people who had never writtenanything.
(03:50):
They were too afraid to write.
Couple of them wrote in two of the books.
One of them actually wrote in in all all fourof them now.
And they actually went on to write their ownstories and publish their own book.
And it's like, that just fills my heart.
Well, it's always good when you could be, like,the help for someone to find what they wanna
(04:15):
do.
Yeah.
Because there's so many people that don't knowwhat they wanna do.
Yeah.
So when you can help someone kinda get a gripor at least some type of vision on what they
wanna do, that's always, rewarding.
Thank you for joining us.
We'll see you next time on reading between thewords.
Oh, lord.
To what?
TGIF.
TGIF.
Oh, man.
I'm I'm just thankful to God.
Yes.
I've been having the the tower, they were doingwork on it, so they would be 10:00.
Started my my my book launch.
And Oh, which book which book launch is this?
(00:34):
I'm doing volume number four of the givingbook.
Oh, I like that.
Yeah.
We've got 52, contributors in it.
And I have to say contributors because some ofthem have artwork that are in there.
It's not all just stories.
And and it's just been one thing after another.
The tower went down halfway through.
(00:56):
Fortunately, the other people on there kept itgoing.
I couldn't connect my phone to this.
I couldn't get a signal on my phone in here.
And went outside, and I had to get my coat on.
So I finished the the Zoom outside, thateverybody was real troopers.
Just
You were per you was persevering, miss Patrick.
You was persevering through the storm.
(01:17):
That's what it's about.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
And I just and then I just, someone sent me amessage on Facebook saying, did you know the
price is at $9.99?
Supposed to be a dollar 99.
Hasn't even been twenty four hours.
And I'm like, what?
So I went in there, and I made sure my price isokay, and it was.
I go back all of a sudden.
(01:37):
It's a $1.99 again.
So it's like, I've got people praying rightnow.
That's it.
That's it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
This is just crazy.
It's gonna all work out, though.
It will.
It's all good.
It's all good.
We did get to number one in new release for theteen category, so that was really good.
(02:02):
That is awesome.
So you work with youth as well?
No.
It's just this book has such really greatthings in it that and it's and I wouldn't say
half, but probably a third of the book iswritten by teenagers.
I love that.
It's like, wow.
That's just amazing.
(02:24):
I love that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And I've always had had it's like between, thefirst book, I think, had had two on it that
were nine and ten years old and, you know, upto, I think, one in there was was 70 something.
And then the second book, similar thinghappened.
(02:47):
This one, it's more of the same.
It's just
Now are these different there's there aredifferent authors in the book?
Yeah.
Yeah.
So with the authors being different so the athe ages range differently?
Yep.
Yeah.
Oh, that is amazing.
That has to be some type of book.
Oh, man.
Because you have it
(03:07):
from the ones that are still in the immatureprocess of life to the ones that actually went
through the process of life to have theexperience and the wisdom.
Yeah.
And and they all put something different.
My grandson's autistic, and so he does hisanime work in there.
And he went to bed in there, and he was like,wow.
(03:28):
Yeah.
So I asked him if he wanted to do it again thistime.
He goes, absolutely.
So it's a real confidence boost.
Get them active young.
Get them active young.
That's where
Yeah.
I like that.
Yeah.
And it's just so many good things come fromthis book, no matter which volume it is.
I've got, three people who had never writtenanything.
(03:50):
They were too afraid to write.
Couple of them wrote in two of the books.
One of them actually wrote in in all all fourof them now.
And they actually went on to write their ownstories and publish their own book.
And it's like, that just fills my heart.
Well, it's always good when you could be, like,the help for someone to find what they wanna
(04:15):
do.
Yeah.
Because there's so many people that don't knowwhat they wanna do.
Yeah.
So when you can help someone kinda get a gripor at least some type of vision on what they
wanna do, that's always, rewarding.
Thank you for joining us.
We'll see you next time on reading between thewords.
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