Episode 258 -- Ashley Wall -- How A Mom Built A Kids Book Brand From Scratch

About this episode

Ashley Wall discusses her journey from teacher to children's book author and entrepreneur.

A lot of people say they want to write a children’s book. Ashley Wall actually did it and then kept going until it became a business. She joins us to talk about the surprising path from middle school math teacher to stay-at-home mom to children’s book author and co-founder of Mama Bear Books, and what it takes to build a real author brand without losing yourself in the process. We get practical about self-publishing and indie publishing: the learning curve, the mistakes that cost money...

People in this episode

Guest: Ashley Wall

Topics covered

• children's books
• self-publishing
• entrepreneurship
• author brand
• education

Keywords

• children's book
• self-publishing
• indie publishing
• author brand
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mama Bear Books

Books & works: children’s book

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