Multi-generational Writing Advice from Award-Winning Author and Publisher Karl Beckstrand

Seeds of Sunshine - A mother-daughter podcast

Season 2, Episode 77
Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn how you can improve your writing and how to self-publish your books by following our award-winning author guest Karl Beckstrand's advice.
Karl Beckstrand is a college media instructor, as well as the best-selling author/illustrator of twenty-seven multicultural/multilingual books, and 65 ebooks. Beckstrand has received great reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, The Horn Book, and School Library Journal).
Raised in San Jose, California, he has lived abroad, earned a B.A. in journalism, an M.A. in conflict resolution, and a broadcast & film certificate. His western novel To Swallow the Earth won a 2016 International Book Award and was a Laramie Award finalist.
Beckstrand loves volleyball and singing (in rock bands or choirs). His young adult stories, e-book mysteries, biographies, Spanish/bilingual books, and STEM books feature diverse characters—and usually end with a twist.
On this Seeds of Sunshine:

• Learn the difference between traditional and self-publishing and which one is better.
• Why marketing is best done by the author and how to market.
• Learn about our cultural differences and why they are our gifts.
• The difference between memoir and autobiography.
• Why reading both fiction and non-fiction will make us better writers and will enhance our intellect.
• Beckstrand's best writing advice.

To connect with Karl Beckstrand and buy his books, please go to:
https://kidsworldbooks.com/book-author-beckstrand
Karl Beckstrand (@karlbeckstrand) • Instagram photos and videos
Amazon.com: Karl Beckstrand: books, biography, latest update
(20) Kids World Books by Premio (@KidsWorldBooks) / X (twitter.com)
Kids World Books by Premio Publishing - YouTube

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