Summary: In this episode, Aaron talks about his recent trip to Pixar Animation Studios and what he learned about his own writing from a brief observation of Pixar's way of doing things. Genny and Aaron talk about taking yourself seriously as a writer and what it does and doesn't mean to believe in yourself. Following the animation theme for episode 6, Aaron asks about the writing process while relating two different writing approaches to the animation concepts of Pose to Pose and Straight Ahead. Genny shares information on book proposals and the journey to publication for her book <a href="http://gennyheikka.com"><em>Finding Mommy Bliss</em>. </a>The episode concludes with an interesting conversation about multiple book submissions, tracking your relationships with publishers and how to interpret an editor's response. Mentioned in this episode: <a href="http://www.patriciamnewman.com">Patricia Newman</a>, <a href="http://www.erindealey.com">Erin Dealey</a>, <a href="http://cherylklein.com/">Cheryl Klein</a>, the new <a href="http://thesnippetapp.com">Snippet App</a> publishing platform, <a href="http://hallwaypublishing.com">Hallway Publishing,</a> and the <a href="http://scbwi.org">Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators</a>.
