January 29, 2025 • 22 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:50):
Legs and gentlemen, lay I have your attention. Leaves in
the shows starts is righty seven six shoot gool.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. I want to welcome you guys to
another episode of Up Close and Personal with Angela on
behalf of as far As an Authore magazine. I want
to thank all those that have been hanging in there
with me. I tell you it's been a week. It's
been a week already and it's just what Wednesday. But
yet we press, yet we press. I am excited yet
(01:43):
again another opportunity to showcase one of these amazing authors
that's a part of the one hundred Authors to Watch
for twenty twenty five presented to You magazine. I'll tell
you you truly have been an honor and a privilege
to be able to showcase these individuals, to give you
an opportunity to get up close and personal with them,
(02:05):
to get to know them and to share some of
the things that they have going on in twenty twenty five.
So I'm gonna move on not the way, because y'all
know I can talk. So I'm going to move on
not the way because it's not about me. I'm going
to allow my guests for tonight to come on in
and introduce himself, to tell you a little bit about hissell.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Ur. Come on in. I'm fine, how are you.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Welcoming you to the show tonight? If you please tell
those that are tuned in and those that will hear
the replay a little bit about you, mister Irvin, if
you would just introduce yourself.
Speaker 4 (02:50):
Hello, everyone, my name is Irvin Costin. I'm originally from
New York, but I reside in North Carolina, and I
was a playwright still not was still I am a playwright,
and I decided to branch into something different and went
into children's book writing because the plays I did, I
(03:13):
used to work with a lot of children, especially teenagers.
At the time, I used to be a youth worker
in my church and I kind of never got away
from that. So I just continue to work with teens,
and now I work with younger youth. It's kind of
love of mind. So I decided to write a children's
book about it. And I had an experience with a
(03:36):
dog that was truly a true story on the first book,
and I was just praying about it if I should
make it the book, and the ideas just flowed came
with me, and so I decided to write one book
and fell into another book and looking forward to writing more.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
I'm a.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
Little bit of a actors sometimes, but I kind of
start in my star but play in my own place
sometimes whenever there's a shortage of people.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
But I developed the love for playwriting.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
But it now it's chunneled into my children's book and
trying to have children as far as to have a
love of reading, because I used to take my children,
not well they do it on their own. Now take
my children to the library and allow them to pick
a book like each week.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
So it developed a skill for my children as far
as they're reading.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
I mean whenever they read outloud in school or anywhere,
it's like they have no problem with reading. And a
lot of our children that you today have a problem
with reading out loud. So I thank god I'm in
the kind of perfection that I'm into because of I
developed a love for reading.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Wow, and I hear you say that you started out playwriting,
and usually a lot of people they start out writing
books and then they look to doing something else with
their books, trying to find another stream of income, and
they go turning it into plays and turning it into movies.
So you took a different route. A lot of people
(05:12):
are gonna be reaching out to you, want to connect
to you just because you was a playwright, because you
have that experience, like to my first I'm not an actress,
but I dabbled with monologues. I had my first experience
a couple of years ago during the pandemic. Because everything
(05:32):
went virtual, I had an opportunity to be in several monologues.
So I've had an experience to be able to do that.
So that's something that I have grown accustomed to and
loved doing. So if you would please tell us a
little bit about your children books.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
The first children book I wrote Bear the Junkie Yard Dog.
It was based on a truth, actually a true story.
It was a dog that my mother in law had.
He would pull a lot of junk out in the backyard.
He would pull like a lot of the children's little playpool.
He would pull it out flower pots. He would not
(06:09):
trash over and he thought it was the greatest thing
to have so much trash and junk inside his backyard.
And on each side of the fence there was more dogs,
and so the dogs would come to the fence to
play with him, but he would bring all the junk
to the fence and the dogs were like turn their
heads like it was like almost human like to a
pointment is that I don't want that junk. And so
(06:31):
it kind of inspired me to write this story about him,
like Veah, he's a junkyard dog as far as his
just like having your room or your house junkie. And
I pertained it towards children to a point that they
could be responsible for chores and cleaning up behind themselves
and being responsible for other things and not looking down
upon what other people have. All your other friends may have,
(06:54):
and so that kind of inspired me and I just
went from there with that book, and that guy just
ran the idea with me, and then the second book,
Bear and Gary the Great.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
I wrote that book in two hours, and that was amazing.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
It was it was a blessed gift by God because
I was actually proctering a test one day at my
kids school and I was just sitting there doodling with
the paper and the idea came up because a lot
of children are being bullied inside of school and I
don't like bullies. Of course, I don't think anybody does,
but still and it inspired me to write the story
(07:33):
about Bear and Gary the Great, which the Gary the
Great is a great Dane, and you know how the
dogs are when they're coming up. Great Danes are usually
big in the head and slimming the legs. And I
guess it took me a point of saying that there's
some kind of humor in that as far as you
can make fun of someone.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
So Bear he takes up for his friend to a.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
Point, but he doesn't take up in a mean way
where everybody would say fight, fight, you know, but he
didn't take that route of fighting. He took a route
of lis to use your God given talent to do
something to beat these guys in like a game or sport,
and you know, everything prevailed for them, and he came
out to a point where he had more friends. And
also it's a part of forgiveness because Gary forgave the
(08:16):
guys who are making fun of them and give them
the opportunity to said we can be friends. But you know,
you can read the story and trying now, they refused him,
but he still came out conquer because of the gift
of God given gifts he had, but he didn't realize
his gift he had until his friends, you know, inspired
him to use it.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Wow, I can tell your books are amazing. They're teaching
kids lessons without putting stereotypes and things to it, because
oftentimes when you're using animals, there's nothing to you know,
no sex to it, no no no color to it.
It's just amazing how how you're just taking those animals
(08:58):
because I can rememb member a time when I used
to work with kids. That's that's how I got started
doing everything that I'm doing, working with kids doing it.
I used to run a summer program, in after school program,
and my babies used to tell me all the time
they could relate to those books. Because I had a
mixed class. You know, a lot of people used to
donate different books, so most of them, majority of them
(09:20):
were catered towards the other race, and I didn't have
a lot that reflected So I enjoyed getting those books
that were non reflective some of the things that we
went through, some of the things that we experienced. So
I'm loving this. I'm loving this. So how can we
follow you and how can we grab some of these books?
(09:44):
Because these sound like some books that if you have kids,
you have youth, they need to be in your library,
your own personal library at your home.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
Yes, well, you can follow me on in various ways.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
I have the once website is urbancostanbooks dot com and
also you could follow me on on Instagram It's urbancoston
Books dot com. And you can also purchase it on
Amazon as well or Bonds and Nobles. But as far
(10:21):
as the follow me, you could get in touched me
through Urban Constin Books or Instagram. I'm my thing is
not private, is open, and I just want people to
feel free to contact me or to write a review
about the book of how they feel. Yeah, everything is
either Urbancostin urbancostanbooks dot com and they could I'm easy,
(10:44):
I'm open, you know. I wanted to make it easy
accessible for hearing everyone's opinion on how they felt about
the book or when they purchased the book, to make
it easy accessible.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
So what I always like to tell the authors that
are a part of the platforms that I'm a part of.
I love for them to send them to Amazon, but
I like for them to go over to Amazon look
at it, and then I like for them to go
to your website and order it from you so that
they can get an autograph copy, they can get that
personalized feeling, so they can get that personal connection, and
(11:16):
then that way they can build that personal relationship because
who knows what you're coming out with next, and they
can keep abreast of what you're doing and what you
got coming up. Because I would love to see some
of these books. I would love to see them animated
at something. I mean, I just look you started talking
(11:38):
about it. I just jumped over there and went to
Amazon and just pulled it up and just looked at it,
and I'm just like, this need to be some kind
of animating. This can be something our kids and watching
on Saturdays or watching on YouTube. You know how we
always want to give them some kind of device to
look at while we're doing something. This can be something
(11:59):
that they can download and look at and learn.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
A lesson, right, Because Yeah, because I wanted I wanted children,
I guess, to come up with some kind of moral
upbringing because I know back in my day we had
a moral upbringing to a point of things you can
do and cannot do. And I don't want kids to
guess like and nowadays you see them they kind of
they don't have any boundaries. I guess when it shows
children is I guess teaches them lessons and give them
(12:23):
some boundaries of how to act. And you know, because
when I'm coming up my mother, mother used to tell
me you better have some MAC right. So, uh, I
was just wanted to keep these kids in some kind
of boundaries, to let them have some MAC right when
they're coming up.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
If we didn't have no act right whoever we came
in contact with, to get us right like it is today,
like it is today, you can't look at my kids.
You can't touch my kids. You can't because see back
then they put down the lock and they had permission
to correct us if we got out of line.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Uh huh, you definitely. I love what you are doing
and I appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
What can we expect a little more from you.
Speaker 4 (13:04):
In twenty five when I'm looking to have another book.
I'm trying to get a book every every year to
keep the series going. Uh, there's one coming down the pike.
I guess I have another one. The idea that God
has given me another idea to keep us to keep
a moral standard and also teach them something in that
(13:25):
moral standard. There's different festivals I will be at in
my area. I'm looking forward to get out in the
community and also like show them and teach them or
tell them that we hear, tell them that the kind
of books that we're writing, and as far as to
build a fan base to a point where the children
(13:45):
know the book, The children know the character, the children
know the moral of the story, they know what boundaries
or what kind of lessons are being taught in these books.
So I'm trying to get myself out more into the
community and let them know that it's this is this
is a book that can teach their children more than
just have them sit down and read a book and
(14:06):
then walk off.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
This is something that's going to stay in their mind
and they can use.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
In life, right right, right, Wow, that's amazing that that
is amazing what you're doing, and I applied to you.
I tell you a lot of people don't like to
recognize people. But I want to give you your flowers
while you're here, and I'm going to give you a
hand clap of praise because you definitely deserve that. You
(14:32):
are doing something that a lot of people should be
doing in their homes. But we've gotten away from trying
to break.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
For God.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
You definitely deserve it, so let's give him. Please, Yes, yes, yes, yes,
I thank you, thank you, Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
I appreciate that, thank you for the opportunity.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Because you are definitely doing something amazing. You're definitely doing
something that can help so many and the next generation
that's coming behind us in generations to come, just to
truly be a blessing. So I'm excited for you. A
couple of questions I want to ask, so when what
(15:23):
inspired you to join the one hundred Author movement? How
did you hear about it?
Speaker 4 (15:30):
I have some author friends and there's a friend of
mine that she's a part of the one hundred Authors
to Watch. She nominated me, and I think she's been
a long time family friend. She's pretty much family as well.
My name is ROLANDA.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Pole.
Speaker 4 (15:49):
She's in the program as well, and she wrote for
books herself, and uh, it's just like a book writing
community kind of situation, like those who are one may
know something and put the other one on and make
those who may know what's going on will inform each other.
So I appreciate her that she she's she's got me
(16:10):
into one hundred Authors to watch and uh and if
anything I get, I would put her on. But I
appreciate her for for for you know, she's older than me,
some kind of like a little brother.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
I can say that she has definitely been a lesson
to me. The visionary I met her, I've not personally
met her, but we have South Carolina ties from South Carolina,
so we actually met through two other people we were
connected to. But she has contributed to several magazines her poetry.
(16:46):
She has contributed to several anthologies that I have compiled.
So she's definitely been a voice and have been an
outlet to share and to invite other authors to be
a part of the things that we do. And that's
what it's all about. This community is all about. It's
about connecting, collaborating, and about community. Because at the end
(17:08):
of the day, we are the change that we desire
to see in this world. And we don't begin to change,
we're not gonna see change. So I tell people change
start and ends with me, and that's our mentality. So
I'm grateful to have you a part of this on
one hundred Authors movement. And what are a couple of
(17:30):
things that you would love to take away from.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
Being a part of this movement, seeing other authors as myself, to.
Speaker 4 (17:40):
To get knowledge from them, to get as far as
like insight, how they did their story, how they walk
through their story, how.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
They built their the fan bases, Just to learn from
from other authors.
Speaker 4 (17:54):
I would like to to see who has done that
before me, who's went before me, and who's behind me.
Where I could even teach or tell someone else to
or inspire them to become one of the one hundred
authors to watch as well.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
And that's what we're trying to do over here, is
to share information, to share insight. And that's what I
was sharing with one of the group leaders. I was
telling her it does me no good to get all
kind of accolades if those that I am trying to
push or not getting accolades either. So I tell her,
I say, every time somebody see me with something posted
(18:30):
on my wall, you better believe inside that group I've
told somebody how to get it, how they can go
and get the same accolade, because I truly believe in
taking somebody along with me. I don't believe in going
by myself. And everybody that's ever been a part of
anything that I know, they know that about me. I
was down on yesterday. It hurt me so bad that
I had to miss those interviews. But I'm grateful that
(18:53):
I'm able to be back on today and God is
strengthening my voice. I'm almost back at one hundred percent.
So I'm just because we have so much work to do.
We have so much work to do, and I'm telling you,
if you just stick close and just hang around, there's
so much to learn because you have so many individuals
that come from different walks and they have different experiences,
(19:14):
different backgrounds, and I feel that we all can pull
and take from one another because one area that I
may be weakend you may be strong, and somebody else
may be stronger, and we all can come together and
work together. That's where I am with that. I want
you to tell the listeners that are tuning in if
(19:36):
they follow this movement, what unique voice would you like
to bring? What would you like for people to remember
you by? It's a part of this movement.
Speaker 4 (19:47):
I don't like them to remember me as I guess
the guy who had a heart for children and the
guy who always had a lesson in his books. As
far as to be that there's a moral lesson in
the book. It's not just a book to have fun with,
but there's always something that take in life with you
(20:09):
down the road, even as you get older. You know,
as far as myself as someone who's going to give
you a nugget that's going to carry you through life
and say, you know I needed that. I always want
to be that guy who's you could still have a
smile with yourself and then say, you know that that
was a good lesson. He taught a good lesson to
us all. He gave us a good nugget. He gave
us a good information. I wanted to know as the
(20:32):
guy who has a moral lesson that sticks with your heart.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Amen. Amen, what I definitely appreciate you for stopping by
and sharing with us on today. I truly have been
blessed by getting a chance to meet you and I
look forward to working with you and sharing your work
around the world. So again, please tell them where can
they connect with you?
Speaker 3 (20:55):
Connect with me at Urbancostonbooks dot com. You can go
to Urban Costan Books on Instagram.
Speaker 4 (21:01):
I'm not a technical savvy guy, but Instagram, if you
reached me there, I would definitely reach back out.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
And also if you wanted to gmail me. You could
do that.
Speaker 4 (21:13):
At the Adventures of Bear at gmail dot com. You
can reach me and we could talk.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
And yes, and I believe that, Yes, that's my connection suggests. Amen.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
Amen, Well, I definitely have enjoyed you on today, and
I thank you for taking time to stop by and
share with me. I hope you guys will stay connected
to the one hundred Others movement and see what all
he has in store. Y'all go over to Amazon, check
out his book, and then go back to his website,
purchase one for your kid, put it inside of your
(21:47):
personal library. You get it autographed, and he'll probably put
a special message just for you. Yes, So y'all go
over and support. Go over and support, and thank you
guys for tuning in. We had We have two more
authors on for today, y'all. Y'all get an opportunity to
meet two more authors, So stick around. I'll see y'all
(22:07):
back at seven o'clock. Y'all be blessed and thank you
for tuning.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
Thank you, Ezela, Thank you. Have a good night, you too.
Legs and gentlemen, lay I have your attention. Leaves in
the shows starts is righty seven six shoot gool.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. I want to welcome you guys to
another episode of Up Close and Personal with Angela on
behalf of as far As an Authore magazine. I want
to thank all those that have been hanging in there
with me. I tell you it's been a week. It's
been a week already and it's just what Wednesday. But
yet we press, yet we press. I am excited yet
(01:43):
again another opportunity to showcase one of these amazing authors
that's a part of the one hundred Authors to Watch
for twenty twenty five presented to You magazine. I'll tell
you you truly have been an honor and a privilege
to be able to showcase these individuals, to give you
an opportunity to get up close and personal with them,
(02:05):
to get to know them and to share some of
the things that they have going on in twenty twenty five.
So I'm gonna move on not the way, because y'all
know I can talk. So I'm going to move on
not the way because it's not about me. I'm going
to allow my guests for tonight to come on in
and introduce himself, to tell you a little bit about hissell.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Ur. Come on in. I'm fine, how are you.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Welcoming you to the show tonight? If you please tell
those that are tuned in and those that will hear
the replay a little bit about you, mister Irvin, if
you would just introduce yourself.
Speaker 4 (02:50):
Hello, everyone, my name is Irvin Costin. I'm originally from
New York, but I reside in North Carolina, and I
was a playwright still not was still I am a playwright,
and I decided to branch into something different and went
into children's book writing because the plays I did, I
(03:13):
used to work with a lot of children, especially teenagers.
At the time, I used to be a youth worker
in my church and I kind of never got away
from that. So I just continue to work with teens,
and now I work with younger youth. It's kind of
love of mind. So I decided to write a children's
book about it. And I had an experience with a
(03:36):
dog that was truly a true story on the first book,
and I was just praying about it if I should
make it the book, and the ideas just flowed came
with me, and so I decided to write one book
and fell into another book and looking forward to writing more.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
I'm a.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
Little bit of a actors sometimes, but I kind of
start in my star but play in my own place
sometimes whenever there's a shortage of people.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
But I developed the love for playwriting.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
But it now it's chunneled into my children's book and
trying to have children as far as to have a
love of reading, because I used to take my children,
not well they do it on their own. Now take
my children to the library and allow them to pick
a book like each week.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
So it developed a skill for my children as far
as they're reading.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
I mean whenever they read outloud in school or anywhere,
it's like they have no problem with reading. And a
lot of our children that you today have a problem
with reading out loud. So I thank god I'm in
the kind of perfection that I'm into because of I
developed a love for reading.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Wow, and I hear you say that you started out playwriting,
and usually a lot of people they start out writing
books and then they look to doing something else with
their books, trying to find another stream of income, and
they go turning it into plays and turning it into movies.
So you took a different route. A lot of people
(05:12):
are gonna be reaching out to you, want to connect
to you just because you was a playwright, because you
have that experience, like to my first I'm not an actress,
but I dabbled with monologues. I had my first experience
a couple of years ago during the pandemic. Because everything
(05:32):
went virtual, I had an opportunity to be in several monologues.
So I've had an experience to be able to do that.
So that's something that I have grown accustomed to and
loved doing. So if you would please tell us a
little bit about your children books.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
The first children book I wrote Bear the Junkie Yard Dog.
It was based on a truth, actually a true story.
It was a dog that my mother in law had.
He would pull a lot of junk out in the backyard.
He would pull like a lot of the children's little playpool.
He would pull it out flower pots. He would not
(06:09):
trash over and he thought it was the greatest thing
to have so much trash and junk inside his backyard.
And on each side of the fence there was more dogs,
and so the dogs would come to the fence to
play with him, but he would bring all the junk
to the fence and the dogs were like turn their
heads like it was like almost human like to a
pointment is that I don't want that junk. And so
(06:31):
it kind of inspired me to write this story about him,
like Veah, he's a junkyard dog as far as his
just like having your room or your house junkie. And
I pertained it towards children to a point that they
could be responsible for chores and cleaning up behind themselves
and being responsible for other things and not looking down
upon what other people have. All your other friends may have,
(06:54):
and so that kind of inspired me and I just
went from there with that book, and that guy just
ran the idea with me, and then the second book,
Bear and Gary the Great.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
I wrote that book in two hours, and that was amazing.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
It was it was a blessed gift by God because
I was actually proctering a test one day at my
kids school and I was just sitting there doodling with
the paper and the idea came up because a lot
of children are being bullied inside of school and I
don't like bullies. Of course, I don't think anybody does,
but still and it inspired me to write the story
(07:33):
about Bear and Gary the Great, which the Gary the
Great is a great Dane, and you know how the
dogs are when they're coming up. Great Danes are usually
big in the head and slimming the legs. And I
guess it took me a point of saying that there's
some kind of humor in that as far as you
can make fun of someone.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
So Bear he takes up for his friend to a.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
Point, but he doesn't take up in a mean way
where everybody would say fight, fight, you know, but he
didn't take that route of fighting. He took a route
of lis to use your God given talent to do
something to beat these guys in like a game or sport,
and you know, everything prevailed for them, and he came
out to a point where he had more friends. And
also it's a part of forgiveness because Gary forgave the
(08:16):
guys who are making fun of them and give them
the opportunity to said we can be friends. But you know,
you can read the story and trying now, they refused him,
but he still came out conquer because of the gift
of God given gifts he had, but he didn't realize
his gift he had until his friends, you know, inspired
him to use it.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Wow, I can tell your books are amazing. They're teaching
kids lessons without putting stereotypes and things to it, because
oftentimes when you're using animals, there's nothing to you know,
no sex to it, no no no color to it.
It's just amazing how how you're just taking those animals
(08:58):
because I can rememb member a time when I used
to work with kids. That's that's how I got started
doing everything that I'm doing, working with kids doing it.
I used to run a summer program, in after school program,
and my babies used to tell me all the time
they could relate to those books. Because I had a
mixed class. You know, a lot of people used to
donate different books, so most of them, majority of them
(09:20):
were catered towards the other race, and I didn't have
a lot that reflected So I enjoyed getting those books
that were non reflective some of the things that we
went through, some of the things that we experienced. So
I'm loving this. I'm loving this. So how can we
follow you and how can we grab some of these books?
(09:44):
Because these sound like some books that if you have kids,
you have youth, they need to be in your library,
your own personal library at your home.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
Yes, well, you can follow me on in various ways.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
I have the once website is urbancostanbooks dot com and
also you could follow me on on Instagram It's urbancoston
Books dot com. And you can also purchase it on
Amazon as well or Bonds and Nobles. But as far
(10:21):
as the follow me, you could get in touched me
through Urban Constin Books or Instagram. I'm my thing is
not private, is open, and I just want people to
feel free to contact me or to write a review
about the book of how they feel. Yeah, everything is
either Urbancostin urbancostanbooks dot com and they could I'm easy,
(10:44):
I'm open, you know. I wanted to make it easy
accessible for hearing everyone's opinion on how they felt about
the book or when they purchased the book, to make
it easy accessible.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
So what I always like to tell the authors that
are a part of the platforms that I'm a part of.
I love for them to send them to Amazon, but
I like for them to go over to Amazon look
at it, and then I like for them to go
to your website and order it from you so that
they can get an autograph copy, they can get that
personalized feeling, so they can get that personal connection, and
(11:16):
then that way they can build that personal relationship because
who knows what you're coming out with next, and they
can keep abreast of what you're doing and what you
got coming up. Because I would love to see some
of these books. I would love to see them animated
at something. I mean, I just look you started talking
(11:38):
about it. I just jumped over there and went to
Amazon and just pulled it up and just looked at it,
and I'm just like, this need to be some kind
of animating. This can be something our kids and watching
on Saturdays or watching on YouTube. You know how we
always want to give them some kind of device to
look at while we're doing something. This can be something
(11:59):
that they can download and look at and learn.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
A lesson, right, Because Yeah, because I wanted I wanted children,
I guess, to come up with some kind of moral
upbringing because I know back in my day we had
a moral upbringing to a point of things you can
do and cannot do. And I don't want kids to
guess like and nowadays you see them they kind of
they don't have any boundaries. I guess when it shows
children is I guess teaches them lessons and give them
(12:23):
some boundaries of how to act. And you know, because
when I'm coming up my mother, mother used to tell
me you better have some MAC right. So, uh, I
was just wanted to keep these kids in some kind
of boundaries, to let them have some MAC right when
they're coming up.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
If we didn't have no act right whoever we came
in contact with, to get us right like it is today,
like it is today, you can't look at my kids.
You can't touch my kids. You can't because see back
then they put down the lock and they had permission
to correct us if we got out of line.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Uh huh, you definitely. I love what you are doing
and I appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
What can we expect a little more from you.
Speaker 4 (13:04):
In twenty five when I'm looking to have another book.
I'm trying to get a book every every year to
keep the series going. Uh, there's one coming down the pike.
I guess I have another one. The idea that God
has given me another idea to keep us to keep
a moral standard and also teach them something in that
(13:25):
moral standard. There's different festivals I will be at in
my area. I'm looking forward to get out in the
community and also like show them and teach them or
tell them that we hear, tell them that the kind
of books that we're writing, and as far as to
build a fan base to a point where the children
(13:45):
know the book, The children know the character, the children
know the moral of the story, they know what boundaries
or what kind of lessons are being taught in these books.
So I'm trying to get myself out more into the
community and let them know that it's this is this
is a book that can teach their children more than
just have them sit down and read a book and
(14:06):
then walk off.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
This is something that's going to stay in their mind
and they can use.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
In life, right right, right, Wow, that's amazing that that
is amazing what you're doing, and I applied to you.
I tell you a lot of people don't like to
recognize people. But I want to give you your flowers
while you're here, and I'm going to give you a
hand clap of praise because you definitely deserve that. You
(14:32):
are doing something that a lot of people should be
doing in their homes. But we've gotten away from trying
to break.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
For God.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
You definitely deserve it, so let's give him. Please, Yes, yes, yes, yes,
I thank you, thank you, Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
I appreciate that, thank you for the opportunity.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Because you are definitely doing something amazing. You're definitely doing
something that can help so many and the next generation
that's coming behind us in generations to come, just to
truly be a blessing. So I'm excited for you. A
couple of questions I want to ask, so when what
(15:23):
inspired you to join the one hundred Author movement? How
did you hear about it?
Speaker 4 (15:30):
I have some author friends and there's a friend of
mine that she's a part of the one hundred Authors
to Watch. She nominated me, and I think she's been
a long time family friend. She's pretty much family as well.
My name is ROLANDA.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Pole.
Speaker 4 (15:49):
She's in the program as well, and she wrote for
books herself, and uh, it's just like a book writing
community kind of situation, like those who are one may
know something and put the other one on and make
those who may know what's going on will inform each other.
So I appreciate her that she she's she's got me
(16:10):
into one hundred Authors to watch and uh and if
anything I get, I would put her on. But I
appreciate her for for for you know, she's older than me,
some kind of like a little brother.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
I can say that she has definitely been a lesson
to me. The visionary I met her, I've not personally
met her, but we have South Carolina ties from South Carolina,
so we actually met through two other people we were
connected to. But she has contributed to several magazines her poetry.
(16:46):
She has contributed to several anthologies that I have compiled.
So she's definitely been a voice and have been an
outlet to share and to invite other authors to be
a part of the things that we do. And that's
what it's all about. This community is all about. It's
about connecting, collaborating, and about community. Because at the end
(17:08):
of the day, we are the change that we desire
to see in this world. And we don't begin to change,
we're not gonna see change. So I tell people change
start and ends with me, and that's our mentality. So
I'm grateful to have you a part of this on
one hundred Authors movement. And what are a couple of
(17:30):
things that you would love to take away from.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
Being a part of this movement, seeing other authors as myself, to.
Speaker 4 (17:40):
To get knowledge from them, to get as far as
like insight, how they did their story, how they walk
through their story, how.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
They built their the fan bases, Just to learn from
from other authors.
Speaker 4 (17:54):
I would like to to see who has done that
before me, who's went before me, and who's behind me.
Where I could even teach or tell someone else to
or inspire them to become one of the one hundred
authors to watch as well.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
And that's what we're trying to do over here, is
to share information, to share insight. And that's what I
was sharing with one of the group leaders. I was
telling her it does me no good to get all
kind of accolades if those that I am trying to
push or not getting accolades either. So I tell her,
I say, every time somebody see me with something posted
(18:30):
on my wall, you better believe inside that group I've
told somebody how to get it, how they can go
and get the same accolade, because I truly believe in
taking somebody along with me. I don't believe in going
by myself. And everybody that's ever been a part of
anything that I know, they know that about me. I
was down on yesterday. It hurt me so bad that
I had to miss those interviews. But I'm grateful that
(18:53):
I'm able to be back on today and God is
strengthening my voice. I'm almost back at one hundred percent.
So I'm just because we have so much work to do.
We have so much work to do, and I'm telling you,
if you just stick close and just hang around, there's
so much to learn because you have so many individuals
that come from different walks and they have different experiences,
(19:14):
different backgrounds, and I feel that we all can pull
and take from one another because one area that I
may be weakend you may be strong, and somebody else
may be stronger, and we all can come together and
work together. That's where I am with that. I want
you to tell the listeners that are tuning in if
(19:36):
they follow this movement, what unique voice would you like
to bring? What would you like for people to remember
you by? It's a part of this movement.
Speaker 4 (19:47):
I don't like them to remember me as I guess
the guy who had a heart for children and the
guy who always had a lesson in his books. As
far as to be that there's a moral lesson in
the book. It's not just a book to have fun with,
but there's always something that take in life with you
(20:09):
down the road, even as you get older. You know,
as far as myself as someone who's going to give
you a nugget that's going to carry you through life
and say, you know I needed that. I always want
to be that guy who's you could still have a
smile with yourself and then say, you know that that
was a good lesson. He taught a good lesson to
us all. He gave us a good nugget. He gave
us a good information. I wanted to know as the
(20:32):
guy who has a moral lesson that sticks with your heart.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Amen. Amen, what I definitely appreciate you for stopping by
and sharing with us on today. I truly have been
blessed by getting a chance to meet you and I
look forward to working with you and sharing your work
around the world. So again, please tell them where can
they connect with you?
Speaker 3 (20:55):
Connect with me at Urbancostonbooks dot com. You can go
to Urban Costan Books on Instagram.
Speaker 4 (21:01):
I'm not a technical savvy guy, but Instagram, if you
reached me there, I would definitely reach back out.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
And also if you wanted to gmail me. You could
do that.
Speaker 4 (21:13):
At the Adventures of Bear at gmail dot com. You
can reach me and we could talk.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
And yes, and I believe that, Yes, that's my connection suggests. Amen.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
Amen, Well, I definitely have enjoyed you on today, and
I thank you for taking time to stop by and
share with me. I hope you guys will stay connected
to the one hundred Others movement and see what all
he has in store. Y'all go over to Amazon, check
out his book, and then go back to his website,
purchase one for your kid, put it inside of your
(21:47):
personal library. You get it autographed, and he'll probably put
a special message just for you. Yes, So y'all go
over and support. Go over and support, and thank you
guys for tuning in. We had We have two more
authors on for today, y'all. Y'all get an opportunity to
meet two more authors, So stick around. I'll see y'all
(22:07):
back at seven o'clock. Y'all be blessed and thank you
for tuning.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
Thank you, Ezela, Thank you. Have a good night, you too.
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