When I started writing books

Name: When I started writing books
Uploaded: 2024-08-04T16:00:15+00:00
Duration: 30 s
Channel: Ryan Maloney
Description: Ryan Maloney started writing children's books at 30 after reading picture books to his kids every night. Rhymes stuck in his head, so he wrote Turtle…

4 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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Ryan Maloney started writing children's books at 30 after reading picture books to his kids every night. Rhymes stuck in his head, so he wrote Turtle Without a Shell and self-published it online. Early sales kept him going, though he still doubts himself.

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When did you find interest in writing books? I was 30 years old, 7 years ago. So when I had kids and I started reading them picture books, I would wake up the next day and these rhymes would be in my head. I made Turtle Without a Shell, was one of my first books, and I didn't have any confidence in it. I thought the drawings were bad. I thought the story didn't work, but I just told myself, I'm just going to make it, finish it, and put it up online. And then people started to buy it, so I started to make more. And it's still a struggle to this day, but I just keep on going. I like to hear people's reactions from what I create.