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Jamie Gagnon’s first book, Imagine My Love (an illustrated children’s book), was released in September 2022. With a degree in early childhood education and preschool teacher certification, it makes sense that she'd write a children's book.
But it was ultimately the love for her two children (combined with an "interesting" experience that showed her the power of words to young children) that compelled her to write this wonderful book.
In this episode of the Write the Damn Book Already podcast, we talked about the process of writing a children's book as well as the importance of recognizing the season of your life that you're in and not forcing yourself into others’ definition of success or opinions on how you “should” market your book.
[3:55] The root of her reason to write this book (what her 2nd grade and 6th grade teachers taught her about the power of words)
[5:17] How she found that “motherhood made an incredible mess of her” and compelled her to find a way to lead her own kids with her love
[10:40] Industry standards for children’s books (and how Jamie avoided getting hung up not knowing exactly how to adhere to them)
[11:30] How Jamie found a children’s book writing mentor (and who
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