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Sep 13Liked by Sharon McMahon

*Very* here for BTS content like this 😍

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Sep 13Liked by Sharon McMahon

What an interesting look at the process. Your team sounds very thoughtful and knowledgeable…just like you.

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Sep 13Liked by Sharon McMahon

Thank you for sharing this! It was interesting to see the process. Naming a book seems like naming your child, you really want to get it right because it’s going to, likely, be forever. It’s a lot of pressure!

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Plus you have to sell your child. People have to want to buy your attractively named child.

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Sep 13Liked by Sharon McMahon

Uh oh, “knit pick?” Did your editor actually write that or was it the knitter in you coming out?😂 Thanks for the hilarious look behind the scenes at the sausage making involved in coming up with a great book title and congrats for avoiding the how-to section! I very much look forward to diving in as soon as my copy arrives.

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Haha! I thought the same thing.

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Sep 13Liked by Sharon McMahon

So do you have more unsung Americans waiting for your next edition!!! ✍️

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Sep 13Liked by Sharon McMahon

Love this BTS, as well. We, the readers, ( unless we are also writers ), nonchalantly walk into a bookstore or online book site, “oh that looks interrsting”... Look at cover. Appealing. Read the Title. Resonates. Read the back cover. Ok. Flip to synopsis/reviews. All of 2-3 minutes and decide. 3 minutes of decisions. To your years and hours of creating. 😂 You nailed it!

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It’s both intriguing and hopeful. Reading “small and mighty“ as a descriptor of each individual person gives hope that we all have an opportunity to make a positive difference.

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Sep 13Liked by Sharon McMahon

That was a great trip through how a book gets it's title.

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Sep 13Liked by Sharon McMahon

I’m a “how it works” gal and this was fascinating to me! Thanks for sharing. I cannot wait to read it!!

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Sep 13Liked by Sharon McMahon

Thanks for this BTS! I think the title is perfect, and I haven't even read the book yet!

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Sep 13Liked by Sharon McMahon

It really did make me laugh out loud 😂🤣

I love this content. Thank you so much for sharing this ❤️❤️

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Sep 13Liked by Sharon McMahon

As always, your thought process is human and gives us creatives hope! And I love the pics!! ;)

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Sep 13Liked by Sharon McMahon

What a treat to see the collaborative effort; I appreciate you sharing this dialogue with us!

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Sep 13Liked by Sharon McMahon

So now we know that all the awful book covers with mountains and people staring over valleys and looking at mountains or almost falling off mountains was your fault for first suggesting that title 😜. This is a great story. Thanks for sharing!

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Sep 13Liked by Sharon McMahon

And I thought the BTS of the covers was entertaining 🤣

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Sep 13Liked by Sharon McMahon

I enjoyed this so much! My daughter is a writer with her first children’s book to come out next year and she went through something like this with her publisher & agent when picking the title of her book

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