author Keith Garity for inspiring stories, writing tips, and a peek at the new Waddlewerth family adventure

2 months ago

https://keithgarety.com/
The Waddlewerth Family's
Big Adventure
Welcome to the adventurous snowy landscape where the Waddlewerth penguin family live. Follow the family on their journey to find the Magical Snowflake Garden! Along the way, they find new friends, travel across dangerous terrain and experience the wonders their journey has to offer.
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00:35Hey guys, it's me, Yaya Diamond

00:37What's up, peoples? How you doin'?

00:39This is a great day and I'm so very excited to be here

00:42Yes! Alright, we have an author

00:44Duh! I mean, come on! Authors, musicians, people going after their dreams, their hopes, their businesses, finances

00:50All the good stuff is right here on Dream Chasers

00:53Why? Because we are chasing our dreams until we get put six feet under

00:57I know that sounds morbid, but that's the truth, right?

01:00You have to live your life

01:02We want to inspire you to do that

01:04And that's what we're doing today

01:06By bringing you a children's author

01:08I mean, come on

01:09What is the next generation gonna do?

01:11They're going to learn

01:12And they're gonna learn from us

01:14And we have to be the catalyst by which they learn

01:17And that is what Keith Garrity is doing

01:19And I want to welcome him to the show

01:21Thank you so much for joining us

01:23Great, thank you for having me, Yaya

01:26No problem, I know

01:28Too much coffee, it's just

01:30It's okay

01:31It was wonderful, thank you for having me on

01:34Thank you

01:35I did tell you I had too much coffee

01:37So, we have water to, you know, dilute all of that

01:41But I wanted to find out what inspired you to start writing children's books instead of for like a general audience or adults or things like that

01:49Well, how did that happen?

01:51Well, I've always had a big imagination growing up and I love to be creative

01:56I've always been drawn to genres such as like sci-fi or fantasy when I was young

02:02And my parents used to read me books such as like the Berenstain Bears or the Smurfs, Barbara Popper, the Critters, those types of books back in the day

02:12And it just really appreciated, you know, the value that some others brought, you know, such as like family values and learning lessons and adventures that they did together

02:23So, you know, that safety, kindness, adventure aspect, I really appreciated and loved

02:29And I continued to read as I got older, fictional pieces such as like, you know, additional horror, sci-fi, adventure books as well

02:38And I found that those kept my imagination going

02:42I've always had a huge imagination when I was a kid and still today I've always had that creative bug to come up with different things and different ideas

02:52Wow

02:53And that, yeah, so back in the, just aside, back in the 80s and 90s, I believe it was a lot harder to get your, as far as writing

03:04To get your story out there, just because we didn't have the platforms and such today that we do

03:10You know, the marketing, you were looking at, you know, you had to buy your own books to sell them

03:15Or, you know, the publishing was hard, you had to go through the publishing companies directly themselves

03:23Yeah

03:24Whereas today you have a lot of opportunity through independence and a lot of websites for sales and marketing like Amazon

03:30And some great avenues for, you know, getting to know the authors such as your channel, which is wonderful

03:36And I appreciate new artists up and coming, so thank you for that

03:40Oh, I love this, this, I love this, this is amazing

03:43So, okay, so you have your imagination

03:46I mean, most people, when they hit about 25, imagination goes down the drain

03:51Okay, mine never stopped, obviously yours didn't stop either

03:55But how did you begin to compose the characters, compose the ideas?

03:59How did you come up with that so perfectly for children?

04:02Well, it kind of like goes back to what I said previously about like, as I was growing up, you know

04:08Seeing those family situated fictional books about adventures, you know, like Berenstain Bears

04:14Even today, you got big names like Bluey or Peppa Pig and those things

04:19Which my daughter, who's seven by the way, she watched and appreciates too

04:24So, it's that, I guess that family type of situation

04:28And I wanted to use animals instead of just regular people

04:32Because it's, I just find you can get a bit more of a cartoony experience

04:36Out of, you know, animals and the way they might move

04:39Like for this example with my latest book that's coming out

04:42The Weddleworths, you know, the family of penguins, right?

04:46And just picturing them, even in the name, waddling along

04:49And so you get that little bit of cuteness or humor right out of the gate with that too, so

04:55Definitely, I love the illustration that you have here

04:58Do you, I mean, how important is the illustration to you?

05:01And do you do it yourself? Do you collaborate with illustrators?

05:05Great, thank you for bringing that up

05:07So I wanted to give a shout out to Kira Alston

05:11She is the illustrator for this, as well as my prior book

05:15I can mention it later on as well

05:17But she's a wonderful illustrator

05:19I've been working with her for all my books that I've done thus far

05:23And hopefully we'll continue to have that partnership

05:26She also has her own books and material out there as well

05:31She creates, so I invite you to check out Kira Alston

05:35If you ever get the opportunity or feel free to contact me

05:39And I'm happy to introduce you as well

05:41She's a very talented illustrator and I always look forward to working with her

05:45Well definitely, definitely, what I'm going to say is

05:47If anybody does need an illustrator, go ahead and put it in the comment section on YouTube

05:51Because that's where Keith is going to be keeping his eye out on

05:55Because all the other places, it's just too many places to look

05:57But on YouTube, if you have any questions

05:59Or you want to get in contact with the illustrator

06:01Go ahead and make a comment below

06:03He'll keep his eye out on those comments there

06:05You know, I mean, I feel like it might be hard

06:09Maybe not, I don't know

06:11But for me, it's difficult to find that medium to write for children

06:17You know, and come up with the text and the verbiage

06:21I mean, is that difficult for you?

06:23Is it easier for you?

06:25Well, like you mentioned

06:27If you're comparing a book to like, you know

06:29Your target audience being children, right?

06:31You know, the young age of, you know, toddler

06:3510, 11 or whatnot

06:37And then you got the comparison of like, maybe a teen or an adult

06:41The challenge, I guess, is with the younger children

06:44You want to, I guess the saying goes less is more in this case, right?

06:48Where you're using a lot of the illustration to tell the story

06:52And help broaden the imagination

06:55Using less words, you know, make it, you know

06:57The action across simple, simplistic enough

07:00So that the child understands what's going on

07:03Or is being read to

07:05But has that picture image to help make their imagination grow

07:08And continue the story in their head

07:10In between the pages

07:11And I think that's the thing to keep in mind

07:13Like obviously if I'm writing a chosen book

07:15I can't write anything like Conan the Barbarian style

07:19Or anything like that

07:21But yeah, it's really fun

07:23And also the thing with younger audiences too

07:25In my opinion anyways

07:27Is they're not at that age yet

07:29Where they may become jaded with overall real life stuff

07:32So their imagination is just wide open

07:34To take on an adventure, so

07:36Definitely, definitely

07:37You know, I find that it is

07:39It may be difficult for me

07:41But some other people don't have that difficulty, you know

07:44And I mean, but with your latest book

07:46And we're going to

07:47I'm going to go ahead and put that on the screen right now

07:48So that people can see it

07:50Because I know that people, you know

07:51The parents

07:52They really want to get books that

07:54Actually resonate with their children

07:56And educate them

07:58So regarding your latest book

08:00You have the Waddleworth

08:02Or Waddleworth

08:04Family, right?

08:05Yeah, Waddleworth

08:07Yeah, tongue twister

08:08Yeah, it is

08:09Do you have any specific goals

08:12You want to accomplish with this story?

08:14I do, yeah

08:16So just to start off with

08:18With the actual

08:19This particular story itself

08:21Is, you know

08:24It focuses a lot

08:25Not just on the adventure

08:26Which is the big piece of it

08:27They're in search of this snowflake garden

08:29This magical snowflake garden

08:31That it's been

08:32Along the way they meet different friends

08:33And learn different lessons together

08:35And, you know

08:36Have different fun times and tasks

08:39But also they teach

08:41You know, we try to teach a few lessons in this too

08:43About safety

08:44About the importance of

08:46Family

08:47And care

08:49And helping others too

08:50So I think that's

08:51You know, if you can get something like that

08:53In the children's book as well

08:54Besides the, you know

08:55The fun part of the story

08:57Right

08:58I think that can help kids, you know

08:59Learn a lot

09:00And still having fun, right?

09:02Yeah

09:03I think that's an important piece

09:04But my goal to answer your question though

09:05My goal is to actually

09:07Turn this into a series

09:09Like once again

09:10Going back to like

09:11The Berenstain Bears days

09:12Wow

09:13And if I can

09:14If I'm successful

09:17Continue to be successful with this series

09:19You know

09:20I already have a couple other

09:21Next stories in line

09:23For this particular family

09:24So I really like to share them

09:26And get a collection out there

09:28That's nice

09:29That's nice

09:30You know, I find that writing books

09:32I wrote only a couple

09:34And believe me

09:35I'm not looking to

09:36I don't have time to expand upon them

09:39But, you know

09:40When it comes to writing books

09:41It actually does take you to a different place

09:43In your mindset

09:45Do you find yourself like

09:47Experiencing the adventure

09:49While you're writing the adventure

09:51And laughing and stuff?

09:52Because I do

09:53And I think that's weird

09:54For me at least

09:56No, it's funny

09:57And I agree with you

09:58There's times where I'll be

10:00Writing a piece

10:01And say for example

10:04If there's a

10:05Without spoiling it too much

10:07There's a part in this book

10:08Where the family

10:10Is, you know

10:12Sliding down this ice river

10:14And on their flippers

10:16And they're just having a blast

10:17With each other

10:18And I'm thinking to myself

10:19You know, back in the days

10:20When I was a kid

10:21You know

10:22Just sliding along ice

10:23Or even going like

10:24Skidooing

10:25Or snowboarding

10:26Or whatever

10:27Skiing down a hill

10:28With my young friends

10:29And just having fun

10:30You know, falling off

10:31And rolling into each other

10:33And that sort of thing

10:34So yeah, I do think about that

10:35Sort of thing

10:36Sort of thing

10:37And also

10:38It also brings back

10:39Some memories too

10:40Right?

10:41Like, you know

10:42Having the

10:43Some wonderful parents

10:45Loving parents

10:46I grew up with

10:47In my family

10:48And having siblings as well

10:50And extended family members

10:52Having that general love

10:54You know, brings back

10:55Some different scenarios

10:57That had taken place in my life

10:58So it's comforting

11:00You know, do you find that

11:03Your imagination is growing

11:06With each moment that you write

11:09Each page you write

11:11I mean, is it really coming back to you?

11:13Are you really, really like

11:15Staying a kid in your mind

11:17Because of these books?

11:19I kind of look at it as

11:22Not necessarily a kid

11:23A kid at heart, I guess

11:24But almost put myself

11:27Like the fly on the wall

11:28So to speak

11:29Or part of the character

11:31And so for example

11:32You know, with this family

11:34If I was traveling

11:35Towards the Snowflake Garden

11:36With this family

11:37And you know

11:38With all the characters

11:39And I'm part of their

11:40And experiencing their situation

11:42I'm thinking, okay

11:43We've gotten this far

11:44Where is it going to lead to next?

11:46I kind of put myself

11:47In their flippers

11:48So to speak

11:49Yeah, so experience

11:54I mean, we're at this piece

11:55In the story now

11:56Okay, family

11:57Where are we going to go next?

11:58Right?

11:59You know, we see something

12:00Ahead up in the horizon

12:01What's going to happen

12:02When we get to that point

12:03In the story?

12:04And just kind of

12:05Using your imagination

12:06Putting yourself in the shoes

12:07And that goes back

12:08To the illustrations as well

12:10I mean, having a child

12:12See these

12:13Some of these wonderful illustrations

12:15And you know

12:16Kind of picturing

12:17Kind of picturing

12:18Okay, what's going to happen next?

12:20What would happen

12:21If I was watching

12:22A cartoon version of this?

12:23Right

12:24So I think that's

12:25It's a big part of the imagination

12:27Yeah, definitely

12:28Definitely

12:29Which character

12:30Is you in this book?

12:34I'd have

12:35Hmm

12:37If back when I was a kid

12:39I would say Pippa

12:41The inquisitive one

12:44But I would say

12:46Now being a dad myself

12:48The father

12:49Henry

12:50And you know

12:51Henry being

12:52You know

12:53Wanting to

12:54A kid at heart

12:55Wanting to take the adventure on

12:56And excited with his

12:57With his children

12:58To be able to bring that adventure on

13:00But also that caution for safety

13:02And also the opportunity

13:04To learn some things along the way

13:05Yeah

13:06Yeah

13:07I got you

13:08I got you

13:09We do change

13:10Isn't it amazing how

13:11How you change from being the kid

13:13To being the parent

13:14All in one lifetime

13:15You know

13:16When you think about your book

13:18And you think about the children

13:20That may read

13:21That may read it

13:22But what about the parents

13:23That may read it

13:24To their children

13:25What are they going to get out of this?

13:26I would hope to get a bonding experience

13:30And they can maybe relate

13:31To some of the scenarios

13:33Or the bonding that placed in the book

13:36With themselves and their family too

13:37Yeah

13:38There's

13:39You can obviously see

13:40There's a lot of love and care

13:41When you go to read this book

13:43Between the family members

13:45Yeah

13:46And also that sense of fun

13:47So you know

13:48If the parent can take away

13:49And not just from that real time

13:51Reading the book to their child

13:53And having fun

13:54And watching their imagination run loose

13:56But also saying

13:57Hey you know

13:58Johnny or Susie

13:59This kind of reminds me

14:00That time when we went to the park

14:02And you know

14:03Went skating

14:04Or you know

14:06We were talking about safety

14:07Or you know

14:09Just spending some time at home

14:10Watching a TV show

14:11But all cuddle up

14:12On our warm little blankets

14:13Right?

14:14That sort of thing

14:15So real time relating

14:16But also enjoying in the moment

14:17Right?

14:18Because

14:19Yeah

14:20Wow wow

14:21Well you do have your website

14:22So it's KeithGarrity.com

14:25I have that below

14:26Over there

14:27Underneath you

14:28Okay

14:29But also where can people

14:30Find this book?

14:31Yeah

14:32So this particular book

14:34Is tended to be released

14:35In late November

14:37Okay

14:38So this one

14:39Along with my prior book

14:41My Puppy Buddy Dougie

14:43Is

14:44Can be also found on

14:45Amazon.com

14:47Amazon.ca

14:48Amazon.uk

14:50Can also be found in Barnes & Noble

14:51Wal-Mart U.S.

14:53As well as the

14:56Friesian Press Bookstore

14:58Indigo Books

15:00Are some of the main ones

15:02As well as additional

15:03Supporting bookstores

15:04Online

15:05If you do a search

15:06Awesome

15:07And if you have any questions

15:08Or concerns

15:09Or confusion

15:10Just go to his website

15:11For sure

15:12Yeah

15:13We look forward to hearing

15:14Any kind of feedback

15:15Or it's always nice to hear

15:17From the fans

15:18And you know

15:20Answer any questions

15:21They might have

15:22Maybe perhaps promote

15:23A great idea

15:24That could be used

15:25In a future book

15:26So

15:27Definitely

15:28Definitely

15:29What kind of advice

15:30Do you give to people

15:31That want to write a book

15:32Or they want to do children's books

15:34Because I think

15:35Writing children's books

15:36Is a little bit different

15:37Than writing for teenagers

15:39And so on and so forth

15:40Well I think the first thing

15:42You want to do is

15:43You know

15:46Go for it

15:47That's half the battle there

15:48Right

15:49I always grew up

15:50With the saying

15:51That half the battle

15:52Is just putting your sneakers on

15:53Right

15:54And getting ready to run

15:55And then actually doing it

15:56So just having that mindset

15:57That you can do it

15:58And just do it

15:59Right

16:00Don't be afraid

16:01You know

16:02If you've got to pick at it

16:03Right

16:04Because there's been some projects

16:05In the past I've done

16:06Where I've picked out it here and there

16:07But I've always went back to it

16:08Right

16:09Goal mindset

16:10First

16:11And then as far as

16:12The actual process itself

16:13Talking about

16:14What I was speaking of earlier

16:16About the challenges back

16:17That would happen back

16:18In like the 80s

16:19And early 90s

16:2070s

16:21And so on

16:22Of not having the avenues

16:23That we have now

16:24For platforms

16:25It makes it a lot easier

16:26And it's attainable

16:27Right

16:28Whether you want to self-publish

16:29Or do a hybrid publisher

16:31Or still work with the classical

16:32Publishing companies

16:34It's

16:35You've got so many different options

16:36There's so many talented people out there

16:38For illustration

16:39And

16:40And you know

16:41Editing

16:42And such like that

16:44That can help

16:45And then the marketing

16:46Is very

16:47Open as well

16:48You know

16:49You can direct Amazon marketing

16:51Or other folks

16:52Online

16:53That can help you market

16:54There's just so many

16:55And with AI too

16:56Coming out now

16:57Yeah

16:58That broads the scale even more

17:00Right

17:01So it's so much easier

17:02Yeah

17:03Don't be afraid to do it

17:04Is my best advice

17:05And also know your audience too

17:07Earlier

17:08You know

17:09We were talking about

17:10The difference between

17:11Adult books

17:12Or teenager books

17:13And kids books

17:15Yeah

17:16Yeah

17:17Put yourself in the kids shoes

17:18Remember

17:19They got the big imagination

17:20And if it's

17:21Especially for a younger

17:22Children audience

17:23You know

17:24The pictures will do more

17:25The storytelling for you

17:26Than the words

17:27Most times

17:28Definitely

17:29Definitely

17:30Well Keith

17:31Thank you so much

17:32For being on the show

17:33Is there anything

17:34That we missed today

17:35You'd like to say

17:36No I just want to say

17:37Thank you for having me today

17:38Guy

17:39It was wonderful

17:40Being on your show

17:41I really appreciate

17:42Platforms such as yourself

17:43To help artists out

17:44Like myself

17:45To share our talents

17:48And get exposed

17:50To share our ideas

17:52With other folks

17:53So thank you for having me

17:54Oh well thank you

17:55For being on

17:56Because I wouldn't have a show

17:57If it wasn't for you guys

17:58He's sitting here all by myself

18:00What am I going to say

18:01Right?

18:02Oh please

18:03But thank you so much

18:04Keith for being on the show

18:05Listen guys

18:06Wherever you may be watching

18:07All of the information

18:08Is going to be

18:09In the description box

18:10Wherever that may be

18:11And on different platforms

18:13It can be anywhere

18:14However

18:15On YouTube

18:16If you need to make

18:17A comment

18:18Or a suggestion

18:19Or even a question

18:20That you have

18:21Keith is going to be

18:22Watching that

18:23And I'm going to give

18:24I'm going to make sure

18:25He has that link

18:26So he can keep his eye out

18:27So if you have any questions

18:28On YouTube only

18:29Please keep it

18:30To YouTube

18:31Ask your question

18:32In YouTube below

18:33And he will get

18:34Right back with you

18:35I'm not going to answer

18:36Any questions

18:37Because it's not my book

18:38But definitely

18:39Definitely you guys

18:40Want to go ahead

18:41The book of

18:43I'm going to say

18:44I'm going to say this right

18:45Wattleworth Family

18:46Big Adventure

18:47I think I said it right

18:48Yay

18:49You got it

18:50Wow

18:51I'm so used to saying

18:52Worth

18:53W-O-R

18:54That is W-E-R

18:56And so that kind of

18:57Drew me off a little bit

18:58But there you go

18:59I mean uniqueness

19:00The titles

19:01All of that stuff

19:02Makes a big difference

19:03And that's

19:04That's just wonderful

19:05Thank you so much

19:06Keith for being on the show

19:07I appreciate it

19:08Thank you for having me

19:09Thank you

19:10And thank you guys

19:11For tuning in

19:12Don't forget to

19:13And until next time guys

19:14Bye

author Keith Garity for inspiring stories, writing tips, and a peek at the new Waddlewerth family adventure

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