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Brave Writer

An Inspiring Young Author | with Mason Lawler

Brave Writer

Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley

Books, Education For Kids, Kids & Family, Arts, Education

4.8927 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2017

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest, Mason Lawler, is 14-years-old and recently self-published his first book, How the Chameleon Got Its Colors.

2016 was a rough year – Mason went through surgeries and long recoveries – so his mother focused on a big project that would lead to a satisfying outcome. They decided to write a book.

We discuss...

  • self-teaching the self-publishing process
  • commissioning illustrations
  • and why there is a grain of truth behind all good fiction.

You can download show notes for the podcast here: http://blog.bravewriter.com/category/podcasts/

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0:00.0

Welcome to season three of the podcast A Brave Writers Life in Brief.

0:05.4

I'm Julie Bogart, your host.

0:08.0

Hey everyone, we're back brave writer is getting ready to launch season three of the

0:17.1

podcast I'm calling this season brave shift it takes a paradigm shift to homeschool, to move from a traditional model of

0:27.0

schooling to a lifestyle of learning with your family. Some families take the

0:31.7

flexibility of homeschooling to the limit.

0:34.0

They travel the world while educating their children.

0:37.0

They hop in a mobile home and drive around the United States or Australia.

0:42.0

Others have to find a way to homeschool through

0:44.9

surprises like chronic illness or breast cancer or even grief. The choice to

0:51.1

homeschool is one that challenges each of us to be new better versions of ourselves

0:56.9

even while it tests our limits of patients and self-discipline.

1:01.1

So this season, I decided I wanted to talk to a slew of home educators a self-titled

1:07.0

accidental guru of the homeschooling movement my very best friend who was my

1:11.9

homeschool mentor

1:13.4

and parents who are in the trenches as well as those who've

1:16.6

graduated from homeschooling, whose kids are grown and flown the coop.

1:21.6

I chose to interview a bunch of people in my life that I've known

1:25.8

intimately who have been companions and role models to me, both inspiration and

1:31.6

support.

1:33.0

Whatever version of family you bring to the homeschool table,

1:36.0

this season of the podcast

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