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Angela Taylor Hylland

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Angela ventured into the world of book writing to fulfill a promise to her beloved mother-in-law, Sue, whose bright light was extinguished by breast cancer. When Angela isn't writing or navigating the great unknown of parenting, she's juggling two entrepreneurial businesses, planning her next adventure, crafting up a storm, and squeezing in a little gaming time. Professionally, she's most well known for her editorial work with game companies, including Cranium, Bungie, Hasbro, Disney, Xbox, Sanrio, Funko Games, Wizards of the Coast, Ravensburger, Ubisoft, Goliath, and more. She's the dream chaser behind My Castle Heart Publications and owner of Syntax Sorceress LLC, where she works her wordsmithing magic for clients like Target, Microsoft, ...more

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Angela Taylor Hylland I have some advice particular to writers considering self publishing.

I knew I would be a one-woman marketing, sales, and distribution team. I was fine…moreI have some advice particular to writers considering self publishing.

I knew I would be a one-woman marketing, sales, and distribution team. I was fine with that. Heck, I do marketing for other people and their products for a living, so why not? But oddly enough, it’s one thing to market other people’s products and quite another to stand up, wave your hands, and yell (again and again) “Hey, look over here at me and what I made!” It feels really really odd and uncomfortable sometimes (at least for me).

But when I hit those walls, I just remember all of the time, work, and passion I put into making The Denim Jungle and keeping my promise to make it. Why go to all that effort, if you’re not going to share it? I know there are people out there yet to enjoy it and its message. That helps push me through.

Also, there isn’t one big finish line to work toward. It’s helpful, instead, to think of publishing as a lot of little finish lines: book in hand, book launch party, book in stores, readings, reviews, etc. It’s essential to make little goals to keep motivating yourself forward. And by all means, celebrate those accomplishments! A lot of people say they want to make a book. Every step you take after just saying it is monumental and something to be proud of.(less)

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Angela Taylor Hylland When my son was little, he mentioned to his mom, Sue, that he felt like he was living in a Denim Jungle, surrounded by adult jean-clad legs. She held …moreWhen my son was little, he mentioned to his mom, Sue, that he felt like he was living in a Denim Jungle, surrounded by adult jean-clad legs. She held onto the idea, convinced it would make an imaginative children’s book. She then passed the idea along to me, the writer in the family. As such things go, we both talked about it a lot, though purely in “what ifs” and “somedays.”

Then, five months after my daughter was born, Sue lost her 14-year battle with breast cancer. Before she died, I promised her I’d make her book, for her and for her granddaughter.

I can’t begin to convey the healing and hope that’s come from fulfilling that promise. I like to think I’ve helped continue her legacy in some small way. And I know that I’ve set a good example for my kids. Dreams can come true with imagination, hard work… and each other.(less)

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Story Time: Kindness

Surprise! I have another story time for you. This one is about something really important in these challenging times: KINDNESS.

Whether you need some kindness today or you know someone who could use a smile, these two books offer ideas of little ways you can make a big difference. Included below the video are some follow-up ideas to try, too.

Who knows? Your kindness and imagination could snowball

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True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart

by Tara Brach (Goodreads Author)

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Angela’s Quotes

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.”
― Joseph Campbell

tags: action, belief, faith, follow-your-bliss, life

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“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.”
― Joseph Campbell

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“Somewhere, everywhere, now hidden, now apparent in what ever is written down, is the form of a human being. If we seek to know him, are we idly occupied”
― Virginia Woolf

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“This is what I believe: That I am I. That my soul is a dark forest. That my known self will never be more than a little clearing in the forest. That gods, strange gods, come forth from the forest into the clearing of my known self, and then go back. That I must have the courage to let them come and go. That I will never let mankind put anything over me, but that I will try always to recognize and submit to the gods in me and the gods in other men and women. There is my creed.”
― DH Lawrence

tags: atheism, courage, creed, god, religion, soul

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“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”
― John Holmes