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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Please you're on with Mario Lopez.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
What's up?
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Mario Lopez joining me now on Zoom. Author and og
spice Girl Jerry Hallowell Horner, Welcome to the show. Jerry's
nice to see you again and.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
You and you thank You're getting regular, aren't we.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
I love her.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
We're becoming quite chummy. Congratulations on your new book, Rosie
Frost and the Falcon Queen. For those are not familiar,
please tell us about it.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Well, that's all I want to say.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Thank you so much to all the amazing American people
out there that have been so welcoming and brilliant and
embracing me and her, so I'm truly grateful.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
It's been epic, So thank you.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
And for those who don't know about her, Rosie Frost,
she's like a new hero, an ordinary hero, someone that's
not perfect, and it's about finding the courage you never
knew had. It's a big adventure flooded with history conservation,
but it's quite It's for every age, It's for every age.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
So yeah, it's doing well, so check it out.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
I read you've been working on it for about nine years.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
What well, I would say seven and the time I
gave it to the publisher and then they have to do.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
All their bits and bobs on it.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Did you base these characters on people in your own
life or did you find inspiration elsewhere?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Well, everything is copy right, so certain things I think, Oh,
and what it's like being a magician or a chef.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
So I think I take a bit of you. You might,
you might make Rosie number two, right, I love it.
I think there should be a little bit of lopid
than there we go, right, okay, yeah, any fair.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
And what you do is you take a bit of
that person that person and mix them together.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
I do that.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
But then there's certain scenes that you know that I've
experienced myself. For example, the opening scene of Rosie, like,
so she loses her her mother, right, and this story
is quite a very modern day story in the sense
it's not airbrushed, so you experience the feelings that she
has in a very real way. And the opening scene
(02:14):
is her at this school it's set in modern day
and she's told that her she's pulled out of class
and she has to go to the head mistress office
and she's told that her mum is dead, right, and
that's what happened to me, but it was it was
my father, so I sort of use that experience, so
to speak. There's there's all different things in there. Grief,
(02:37):
there's bullying, there's standing up for yourself, there's finding out
who you are, and there's a little bit of like
have you ever seen squid Game? Yes, right, imagine that,
but not as obviously that was very violent and aggressive.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Imagine that turned the volume down on it.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
The Queen Games, and she enters from Queen Games, which
are quite challenging, so to speak.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
And sometimes when we do things out of our comfort.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Zone, you're sort of your self worth goes up and
you find out who you are and who your friends are,
so to speak about.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
So it's quite a page turner.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
And people who by the book and also download two
original songs, are those connected to the story or that's
just a fun bonus.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Definitely connected the song because but they're definitely connected to
the story because basically the school that she gets sent
to is called Heaverbridge and it's.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Built five hundred years ago by Queen Elizabeth I.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
And for those who don't know much about English history,
but basically she was born from the daughter of Henry
the Eighth, who had six wives, and her mother was
Amberln and Amberlin got her head chopped off.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
She was executed by Henry the Eighth, So that's her dad.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
And and she's quite a smart woman, and so Queen
Elizabeth I when she's becomes queen, she builds this school
in honor of her mother. And she says, you know what,
I'm not going to get married my heirs. My heir
will be the ideas of the students. They're polymaths. And
five hundred years later, so really this school really celebrates Amberln. Right,
(04:25):
five hundreds five hundred years later, Rosie gets sent there
and she gets locked in what's called the Falcon Queen Galleries.
Imagine is an epic gallery, and it's got all paintings
of amazing women like Amelia Earhart that the air pilots
first me she was American Frida Carlo, Queen Elizabeth first,
(04:47):
all these amazing women.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
But she gets locked in by a mean girl. I'm
three am.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
She comes face to face with the ghost Queen of Amberleyn,
who ends up helping her. Right, So the reason why
will bring this up because this ghost queen helps her
with this rule book four rules, and she applies these
rules to her life, to stand up to the bullies
and make changes, all these sorts of things.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
But the point is the song A Ghosts in the
House is.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
In the book Wow, and it's sort of like reflecting
of that this ghost is coming with her all the
way through the story. That helps her. But you could
use the four rules. I think you apply them anyway.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
I can use a lot of things. So I'm sure
those four russ.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
All like there's sort of empowering rules. The one is
one is have courage.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
It's a bit like you going, do you know what,
I'm going to leave saved by the belt and I'm
going to become the.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Greatest presenter ever.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Right. That's have courage, take the chance you fear the most.
That took a bit of courage, right. Second one united
we stand.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Do you know what? We're in this together. I can't
do it without you and you can't do without me.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Number two, number three, this is probably the most potent
one when it says it says be of service, right,
be the light, serve your kingdom, and you'll win your fight.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Basically.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
So therefore, for example, you know when you show up
for something, you think about, Okay, yeah, you want to
be a success.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
But if you think.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
I'm doing it for all those amazing kids out there,
they're going to look at you and go, I can
see hindu it.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
I can do it too. That makes sense. If you've
got an extra.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Purpose for doing something. That's the third one and the
fourth one is definitely you. It says to thy known self,
be true. If you don't like these rules, make up
your own.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
And that is Shakespeare which you are doing.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
You are like, yeah, I'm doing this, I'm doing this,
I'm slaying it, but I'm doing it my way.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Jerry, I love you, and I love those rules.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
She uses the rules, stands up bullies, and she helps
the conflict and saves the animals on the island.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
But you could use the rules. Does that make sense?
Speaker 1 (06:57):
It does? It makes total sense. You got me fired
up now to so.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
You know what. I think they're American rules kind of
it's America. Like.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
It's very empowering, isn't it. Yes, you go for it,
go for it, go for your dreams, think big.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
That's it should be that way, and I think it
needs to be that way all around the world. People
should go for what they love and what they're passionate about.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
I love Lefast alone.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
So that's just alone, Yes, Sylvester, just alone. I just
saw his documentary was something about that. I love that,
you love history, I love the rules.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
And you have kids?
Speaker 2 (07:30):
How many? Now?
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Well three, you've got three?
Speaker 1 (07:33):
What are the ages?
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Got a seventeen year old okay, Loue Bell, and then
I've got my stepdaughter, she's Olivia, Okay, she's ten.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
And then I've got Monty who's six, my son. And yeah, so.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
We're in England at the moment. I was meant to
do the bedtime Sorry, it was quite cross. You've got kids,
haven't you. Are they quite like specific about what they
want at bedtime?
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Yes, my thirteen year ol daughter wants to be left alone.
And both of my boys want my wife to stay
with them in their beds, and they battle over her,
which is fine. I get to have my own bed
to myself.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Okay, she deals with it. Thirteen year old daughter called.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Her name is Gia.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Gia, so Gia would enjoy Rosie Frost. She's thirteen and.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
She loves to read the Age of Power.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Yeah, you could read it because my husband read it,
but Gia can read it.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
And then you'd have something in common.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Okay, I like that. Well, I need many things to
have in common with her because she's at that age
right now, you that.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Age getting a bit spiky. Yes, exactly, her own power.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Exactly. You've been there, you know what I'm talking about.
So yeah, such a pleasure to talk to you, and
I appreciate you taking the time. And everyone listen, go
buy Rosie Frost in the Falcon Queen wherever you get books. Jerry,
thanks so much for hanging out.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Thank you so much. And one thain, I want to
say thank you to America.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
You've been amazing, amazing to me. Thank you. That's awesome.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
I hope I get to see you get in person.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Okay, my slot, Bye bye
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Bye with Mario Lopez
Please you're on with Mario Lopez.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
What's up?
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Mario Lopez joining me now on Zoom. Author and og
spice Girl Jerry Hallowell Horner, Welcome to the show. Jerry's
nice to see you again and.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
You and you thank You're getting regular, aren't we.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
I love her.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
We're becoming quite chummy. Congratulations on your new book, Rosie
Frost and the Falcon Queen. For those are not familiar,
please tell us about it.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Well, that's all I want to say.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Thank you so much to all the amazing American people
out there that have been so welcoming and brilliant and
embracing me and her, so I'm truly grateful.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
It's been epic, So thank you.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
And for those who don't know about her, Rosie Frost,
she's like a new hero, an ordinary hero, someone that's
not perfect, and it's about finding the courage you never
knew had. It's a big adventure flooded with history conservation,
but it's quite It's for every age, It's for every age.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
So yeah, it's doing well, so check it out.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
I read you've been working on it for about nine years.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
What well, I would say seven and the time I
gave it to the publisher and then they have to do.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
All their bits and bobs on it.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Did you base these characters on people in your own
life or did you find inspiration elsewhere?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Well, everything is copy right, so certain things I think, Oh,
and what it's like being a magician or a chef.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
So I think I take a bit of you. You might,
you might make Rosie number two, right, I love it.
I think there should be a little bit of lopid
than there we go, right, okay, yeah, any fair.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
And what you do is you take a bit of
that person that person and mix them together.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
I do that.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
But then there's certain scenes that you know that I've
experienced myself. For example, the opening scene of Rosie, like,
so she loses her her mother, right, and this story
is quite a very modern day story in the sense
it's not airbrushed, so you experience the feelings that she
has in a very real way. And the opening scene
(02:14):
is her at this school it's set in modern day
and she's told that her she's pulled out of class
and she has to go to the head mistress office
and she's told that her mum is dead, right, and
that's what happened to me, but it was it was
my father, so I sort of use that experience, so
to speak. There's there's all different things in there. Grief,
(02:37):
there's bullying, there's standing up for yourself, there's finding out
who you are, and there's a little bit of like
have you ever seen squid Game? Yes, right, imagine that,
but not as obviously that was very violent and aggressive.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Imagine that turned the volume down on it.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
The Queen Games, and she enters from Queen Games, which
are quite challenging, so to speak.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
And sometimes when we do things out of our comfort.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Zone, you're sort of your self worth goes up and
you find out who you are and who your friends are,
so to speak about.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
So it's quite a page turner.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
And people who by the book and also download two
original songs, are those connected to the story or that's
just a fun bonus.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Definitely connected the song because but they're definitely connected to
the story because basically the school that she gets sent
to is called Heaverbridge and it's.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Built five hundred years ago by Queen Elizabeth I.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
And for those who don't know much about English history,
but basically she was born from the daughter of Henry
the Eighth, who had six wives, and her mother was
Amberln and Amberlin got her head chopped off.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
She was executed by Henry the Eighth, So that's her dad.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
And and she's quite a smart woman, and so Queen
Elizabeth I when she's becomes queen, she builds this school
in honor of her mother. And she says, you know what,
I'm not going to get married my heirs. My heir
will be the ideas of the students. They're polymaths. And
five hundred years later, so really this school really celebrates Amberln. Right,
(04:25):
five hundreds five hundred years later, Rosie gets sent there
and she gets locked in what's called the Falcon Queen Galleries.
Imagine is an epic gallery, and it's got all paintings
of amazing women like Amelia Earhart that the air pilots
first me she was American Frida Carlo, Queen Elizabeth first,
(04:47):
all these amazing women.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
But she gets locked in by a mean girl. I'm
three am.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
She comes face to face with the ghost Queen of Amberleyn,
who ends up helping her. Right, So the reason why
will bring this up because this ghost queen helps her
with this rule book four rules, and she applies these
rules to her life, to stand up to the bullies
and make changes, all these sorts of things.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
But the point is the song A Ghosts in the
House is.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
In the book Wow, and it's sort of like reflecting
of that this ghost is coming with her all the
way through the story. That helps her. But you could
use the four rules. I think you apply them anyway.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
I can use a lot of things. So I'm sure
those four russ.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
All like there's sort of empowering rules. The one is
one is have courage.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
It's a bit like you going, do you know what,
I'm going to leave saved by the belt and I'm
going to become the.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Greatest presenter ever.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Right. That's have courage, take the chance you fear the most.
That took a bit of courage, right. Second one united
we stand.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Do you know what? We're in this together. I can't
do it without you and you can't do without me.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Number two, number three, this is probably the most potent
one when it says it says be of service, right,
be the light, serve your kingdom, and you'll win your fight.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Basically.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
So therefore, for example, you know when you show up
for something, you think about, Okay, yeah, you want to
be a success.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
But if you think.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
I'm doing it for all those amazing kids out there,
they're going to look at you and go, I can
see hindu it.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
I can do it too. That makes sense. If you've
got an extra.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Purpose for doing something. That's the third one and the
fourth one is definitely you. It says to thy known self,
be true. If you don't like these rules, make up
your own.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
And that is Shakespeare which you are doing.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
You are like, yeah, I'm doing this, I'm doing this,
I'm slaying it, but I'm doing it my way.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Jerry, I love you, and I love those rules.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
She uses the rules, stands up bullies, and she helps
the conflict and saves the animals on the island.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
But you could use the rules. Does that make sense?
Speaker 1 (06:57):
It does? It makes total sense. You got me fired
up now to so.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
You know what. I think they're American rules kind of
it's America. Like.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
It's very empowering, isn't it. Yes, you go for it,
go for it, go for your dreams, think big.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
That's it should be that way, and I think it
needs to be that way all around the world. People
should go for what they love and what they're passionate about.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
I love Lefast alone.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
So that's just alone, Yes, Sylvester, just alone. I just
saw his documentary was something about that. I love that,
you love history, I love the rules.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
And you have kids?
Speaker 2 (07:30):
How many? Now?
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Well three, you've got three?
Speaker 1 (07:33):
What are the ages?
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Got a seventeen year old okay, Loue Bell, and then
I've got my stepdaughter, she's Olivia, Okay, she's ten.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
And then I've got Monty who's six, my son. And yeah, so.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
We're in England at the moment. I was meant to
do the bedtime Sorry, it was quite cross. You've got kids,
haven't you. Are they quite like specific about what they
want at bedtime?
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Yes, my thirteen year ol daughter wants to be left alone.
And both of my boys want my wife to stay
with them in their beds, and they battle over her,
which is fine. I get to have my own bed
to myself.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Okay, she deals with it. Thirteen year old daughter called.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Her name is Gia.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Gia, so Gia would enjoy Rosie Frost. She's thirteen and.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
She loves to read the Age of Power.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Yeah, you could read it because my husband read it,
but Gia can read it.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
And then you'd have something in common.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Okay, I like that. Well, I need many things to
have in common with her because she's at that age
right now, you that.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Age getting a bit spiky. Yes, exactly, her own power.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Exactly. You've been there, you know what I'm talking about.
So yeah, such a pleasure to talk to you, and
I appreciate you taking the time. And everyone listen, go
buy Rosie Frost in the Falcon Queen wherever you get books. Jerry,
thanks so much for hanging out.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Thank you so much. And one thain, I want to
say thank you to America.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
You've been amazing, amazing to me. Thank you. That's awesome.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
I hope I get to see you get in person.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Okay, my slot, Bye bye
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Bye with Mario Lopez
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