1KHO 528: At Some Point, You Just Need to Start | Melissa Ferguson, Our Friendly Farmhouse

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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What happens when you spend ten years chasing a dream—only to face rejection again and again? Melissa Ferguson did just that. In this hilarious and heartfelt conversation, Melissa shares how she went from writing secretly in a Walmart-adjacent extended stay to becoming a bestselling author with multiple book-to-movie deals. She’s a homesteading mom of four, a romantic comedy writer, and now a children’s book author with Our Friendly Farmhouse, a stunning family-authored picture book rooted in real life. Melissa and Ginny dig into what it means to pursue creativity as a mom, why calculated risks matter, and how to build a life (and a farmhouse) one bold step at a time. From publishing realities to auction-day adrenaline to raising your neighbor's rabbits, this episode is both wildly entertaining and quietly motivating. Whether you’re waiting for permission to chase a dream—or already chasing one—this is your nudge to keep going. 🔗 LINKS: Melissa’s new children’s book: Our Friendly Farmhouse — Buy it here Melissa’s novels and rom-coms: Melissa Ferguson’s Author Page Follow Melissa on Instagram: @ourfriendlyfarmhouse Learn more: melissaferguson.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.7	Here we go.
0:28.5	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside Podcast.
0:30.8	My name is Ginny Urich, and I have a guest on today who has such a cool story, just like built a farmhouse.
0:37.8	She's an author, just came out with her first kids book, Melissa Ferguson.
0:40.8	Welcome.
0:41.8	Hi, thanks for having me on.
0:44.3	Okay, this is such a cool story.
0:45.9	It is so cool that you basically did your autobiography into a kid's book.
0:50.7	That is really unique.
0:51.9	The book is called Our Friendly Farmhouse.
0:53.5	Now, this is on the
0:54.3	tail of several novels that you've written and that are turning into movies. So I mean, people always want to know about authors. What's your author story? Oh, wow. Well, that is a long story. I'll try and keep it short. But, uh, you know, the super short version is 10 years. No, no, this is long. We got time. Everybody wants to know it.
0:53.2	Okay. Well, if I had is long. We got time. Everybody wants to know it.
1:12.2	Okay.
1:12.8	Well, if I had a tagline for my life story, it'd be 10 years of rejection, now semi-successful.
1:19.9	Yay, you know.
1:22.4	But if we're like...
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