Summary: [Ep 208]<br> <br> <a href="http://annkroeker.com/?attachment_id=27542" rel="attachment wp-att-27542"></a><br> <br> Today I’m chatting with Sharon Stohler, author of the nonfiction children’s biography Affectionately Yours: The Devoted Life of Abigail Adams, a charming and inspiring picture book released in June 2019.<br> <br> As you’ll learn in the interview, Sharon and I met years ago when we both started home educating our very small children, so we’ve known each other for decades. I was privy to her idea for this book years ago when she shared it with me as a friend. Later, we worked together when she brought me on for more official coaching.<br> <br> Sharon’s path to publishing was long and required vision, flexibility, patience, and perseverance. Pursuing traditional publishing revealed insights that led her to eventually land on self-publishing Affectionately Yours. And anyone who has poked around at self-publishing or pulled it off knows to do it well you undertake a long list of new steps and stages.<br> <br> She did it. She pulled it off.<br> <br> <a href="http://annkroeker.com/?attachment_id=27547" rel="attachment wp-att-27547"></a><br> <br> I hope you find her story instructive and motivating.<br> <br> Though the process was long and complicated, time-consuming and expensive, she said that the moment she held that book in her hands, it was all worth it.<br> <br> <a href="http://annkroeker.com/?attachment_id=27544" rel="attachment wp-att-27544"></a><br> <br> Sharon Stohler has a B.S. in Early Childhood Education from the University of Delaware and a Masters of Education from West Chester University. She has taught children ages four through 12 in private, public, and homeschool classrooms. Sharon currently teaches 3rd grade in a hybrid homeschool classroom and often finds herself delighted by her students and their brilliant minds. Aside from her own family room, she feels most at home in a library. She and her adventurous husband live in Indianapolis, where they cater to the needs of their Siamese cat, Gigi. They have three grown children.<br> Resources<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.sharonstohler.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sharon Stohler's website</a><br> * <a href="https://amzn.to/2y275rt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Affectionately Yours: The Devoted Life of Abigail Adams</a> (affiliate link)<br> * <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tiny.boat/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tiny Boat</a>, collaborative publisher and illustrator Daron Benson<br> * <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChildrensBookAuthorsIllustrators/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Children's Book Authors and Illustrators</a> Facebook page<br> * <a href="http://www.biggerdot.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bigger Dot</a>, printer for Affectionately Yours<br> * <a href="https://taralazar.com/2009/02/22/picture-book-construction-know-your-layout/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tara Lazar's sample children's book layout & dummy construction</a><br> * <a href="https://amzn.to/2SwXd22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Adams biography</a> by David McCullough (softcover edition, affiliate link)<br> * <a href="http://annkroeker.com/category/podcast/podcast-interviews/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">All podcast interviews</a><br> * <a href="http://annkroeker.com/podcasts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">All podcast episodes</a><br> <br> <a href="http://annkroeker.com/?attachment_id=27543" rel="attachment wp-att-27543"></a><br> <br>
