Please welcome author Leslie Eva Tayloe to the show today! In this episode we talk about inspiration, patience, community, and more. Enjoy!!🎧🎧🎧

Some Highlights:

Stories developing from one sentence.

Inspiration from life experience.

Finding strength and connection through community.♥️📚

Staying in motion, keep going–if you face an obstacle, work on another aspect of author life.

Learning to write in new genres.

“I think forming a story is a type of craft.”

Developing patience–it’s crucial as a writer but also so hard!

Don’t hit the send button too soon!!🔘

A rejection letter 3 years after submission.😮

Picking, plucking, and pulling invasive vines off trees.🌲

Spooky attic doors.👻

Links Mentioned🔗:

Leslie’s website

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)

The 12x12 Picture Book Challenge

Inked Voices

Children’s Book Insider

Book Recommendations📚:

I’m Fishing with Pop-Pop Today by Leslie Eva Tayloe, illustrated by Austen MaCauley Team on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop

Save the Trees by Leslie Eva Tayloe, illustrated by Lintang Pandu Pratiwi on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop

The Attic Door by Leslie Eva Tayloe, illustrated by David Barrow on Amazon

Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Grandpa and The Kingfisher by Anna Wilson, illustrated by Sarah Massini

Thank you, Leslie, and thank you, listener! Stay tuned for your next regularly scheduled podcast interview with author-illustrator Meg Auchenbach.💃💃💃💃