328: How Janae Marks Went From Side Hustler To Full Time Best Selling Children’s Author

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4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This week I sat down with Janae Marks, the critically acclaimed author of middle grade novels From the Desk of Zoe Washington and A Soft Place to Land. We get to hear about her journey from writing as a side hustle to becoming a full time author. Now, her best selling book is soon to be a Disney Original movie, produced by Kerry Washington!

In episode 328 Janae shares:

How impactful and important her novels are for young Black kids
How to get started as a new author and the reality of how long the process all takes
The pros and cons of self-publishing vs pitching a publishing house
How Disney Channel picked up her novel to become an original movie, executive produced by Kerry Washington

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Links mentioned in this episode

Tufts University: https://www.tufts.edu/
The New School Masters Program: https://www.newschool.edu/writing/
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators: https://www.scbwi.org/
Simon and Schuster: https://www.simonandschuster.com/
Harper Collins: https://www.harpercollins.com/

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Janae’s Website: http://www.janaemarks.com

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0:00.0	Hey, friends. Hey, I'm so excited to announce that sidehouse approach is officially part of the HubSpot podcast network family
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0:27.4	I am so excited to be a part of the network you guys. So check out all of these shows and more at HubSpot.com slash podcast network
0:37.4	You're listening to side hustle pro the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your side hustle from passion project to profitable business
0:46.2	And I'm your host Nikaela Matthews of Komey. So let's get started
0:50.6	Hey, guys. Hey, welcome. Welcome back to the show. It's Nikaela here and today in the guest chair
1:01.0	I have Janay marks Janay is the critically acclaimed author of middle grade novels from the desk of Zoe Washington
1:09.4	A soft place to land and on air with Zoe Washington which releases on February 14th 2023
1:17.4	Today is also part of the middle grade anthology hope wins edited by Rosebrook and her novels have been named
1:24.8	Best Book of the Year by parents magazine Chicago Public Library the Boston Globe the bank street college of education and others
1:33.4	And from the desk of Zoe Washington is currently in development with Disney branded television to become an original movie
1:41.6	Executive produced by Kerry Washington
1:44.2	Janay grew up in the New York City suburbs where she loved to read and write and she holds a B.A.
1:49.4	In English literature from Tufts University and a master of fine arts and writing for children from the new school
1:56.7	So Janay actually met through her cousin Marlena who is my line sister and
2:02.2	Just my dear friend who has always shared with me bits and pieces of Janay's journey and of course we've seen each other at
2:09.4	Gatherings and I've always been inspired by a from afar and followed along and once the books came out
2:15.1	I was so excited about them and to actually see them in the store on bookshelves and more and more
2:20.9	I've wanted to feature an author on the show
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