Research on book bios

Your book bio is to sell. Think of it like a party flyer, our promo card. It speaks about who you are, what you offer and why should you and your books matter. A good intro of who you are is to start broad and go narrow, grab them with a hook. Then step number 2 is what you offer, what are you selling, your book, explain it how you wish. What inspired you to write it? What is it about? Explain how you need too.  Step number 3 is the road that got you here not too much, but be genuine. "People by the dreamer, before they buy the dream". people buy your offers by sharing your humanness, if they read this far down they want details to be engaged into which ways they can take up your offer always put your website, your Facebook, your Instagram on your author page your about me is placed everywhere your book is selling . Its your first story which readers get a glimpse of your style. Remember when you're writing it, Start with the hook, add the dream and then the journey, tell your story to convey Passion, background does not have to be in the writing, convey Passion how can people support your dream or follow your journey. It doesn't have to be written in 1st person but 3rd person is for formal format. Create your bio for selling, be genuine people don't care master degrees. Just the story, build a brand, built around your creativity.
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Xoxo~ Kayle Jo


















Cali The Carny copyright 2017

Fourth attempt at writing an about the author

How do you achieve your dreams? Hard work and determination to think "that happens all the time". My dream was to publish my first children's book I've always loved writing and it has lead my life in many directions so I'm glad I finally get to share this with everyone .
As a child I grew up with my grandparents and parents out on the carnival we always had a Hometown in between traveling where my mom would raise us on the week days then on the weekends we traveled to the carnival which just as much home because it was our grampa's  and gramma house, and where we grew up. So coming from a rural mountain town in California I guess you could say our life was pretty adventurous. when I was 13 my parents started a pizza place in Clear Lake where we grew up working with them. After I graduated from high school I left to Nashville for a few years to try my hand at songwriting. That's where I learned the art of pursuing your dreams while working for your means. My road has led me back to Shasta Lake California where I operate a small pizza place in our family and work closely with our local historical society creating a "dam museum". In the midst of all of that at work I decided to write this Cali the Carny book. I'm inspired by the stories and memories of the carnival. I hope and intend to turn this book into an adventure book series for children. I started because I couldn't find a carnival stories to share with my nieces and I thought our old lifestyle and adventures were amazing and fun. My childhood was truly magical thanks to my parents, grandparents, older brothers, and carnival family so here is to them may we enjoy the ride.
#CaliTheCarny #NoGutsNoGlory #LEDLegacy #PimpinJoy #CaliforniaCarny



Xoxo~Kayle Jo





















Cali The Carny copyright 2017

Third attempt at writing an about the author.

I was born and raised on the carnival with my lovely family . I believe my first job was ripping tickets and my paychecks consisted of cotton candy and stuffed animals . My grandparents Cecil and Anita and my parents Chris and Tina Worked out on the carnival . They taught me with hard work and determination anything is possible . I started writing these books because I wish to share with my friends and family the joy of being part of the carnival family. I also wanted a way to introduce to my growing family my grandparents and parents lifestyle. My gramma and grampa have both inspired me in unexplainable ways and through this book I hope their joyful legacy can live on. May you learn to adventure and enjoy the journey. Live life without any what if's.
#CaliTheCarny #NoGutsNoGlory #LEDLegacy #PimpinJoy #CaliforniaCarny


Xoxo~ Kayle Jo



















Cali The Carny copyright 2017

Second attempt at about the author.

Growing up on a carnival one would save that life was pretty magical and also a lot of hard work . My grandparents Cecil and Anita managed a carnival unit and my parents Chris and Tina owned a food wagon they use to take us everywhere with them on the road. We settled down in a rural town in northern California where me and my brother went to school then on weekends our parents would take us to the carnival to visit with our family and stay with grandparents. Where we got to have childhood advneture on carnival lots.
After graduating high school I decided to move to Nashville Tennessee to pursue the dream of being a songwriter, I learnlearned a lot in Nashville. I learned with hardwork and determination, you can make your dreams a reality, "it happens all the time." After living in Nashville for a few years I moved to Shasta Lake to operate a pizza place in our family business, I also work closely with our historical society designing a "dam museum ". Meanwhile I was inspired to write this Cali the Carny story after many years of trial and error I get the honor of introducing Cali the Carny to you. May we enjoy together, enjoy the ride.
#CaliTheCarny #NoGutsNoGlory #LEDLegacy #PimpinJoy #CaliforniaCarny

Xoxo~ Kayle Jo



















Cali The Carny copyright 2017

First attempt at about the author.

So with writing a children's book I had to write and about me I'm finding it a little bit difficult because I don't really know what to say . Here is my 1st rough draft of my about the author.
Wright Rhodes was born into the carnival lifestyle her family ran a food establishment while her grandparents managed a carnival unit . Rhodes' family settled into a small mountain town in northern California where the family opened a pizza business. Rhodes grew up working side-by-side with her family and learning anything is possible. After graduating high school rhodes moved to Nashville to pursue songwriting there she learned the art of words and determination, chasing your dreams to reach success and this book Cali The Carny is her dream. "to be able to share family stories and memories. I tell you my carnival lifestyle really made my childhood amazing and I had the weirdest imagination which I hope to translate through these children stories." says Wright Rhodes, the author "this is my first published book but I couldn't be more excited to share the joy of Cali the Carny with you all."

Building a brand #1

When publishing a book series you're building a brand and it seems that a brand is built upon the  books and author. So that means I have to be an author, and truth be told I completely have the fake it till you make it mentality . When building a brand you are marketing your books, a brand speaks volumes. It's designing and redesigning your books to leave an unforgetable mark. A brand brings people back to your books without needing to market again, a brand leaves a legacy, a brand leaves a memory.

#CaliTheCarny #NoGutsNoGlory #LEDLegacy #PimpinJoy #CaliforniaCarny

Xoxo~Kayle Jo (Wright Rhodes)


Cali The Carny copyright 2017

How to write a children's book.

Steps on how to create a children's book for me it started with my childhood memories, so I got pretty lucky but for others it's just going to be what inspires you. Something that inspired you yesterday can be just as inspiring as something that inspired you 10 years ago . My childhood memories inspired me to write Cali the carny, I grew up out on the carnival with my grandparents and my parents so to be inspired for me was rather easy. My stories come from a unique, genuine, fun loving point of view and place . I had a hard time deciding how my story was going to be written who was going to be the voice? Was it gonna be a 3rd person or 1st person narrative and I focused on Cali being the narrator of her adventures on the carnival. She has such a child like point of view such an innocent way of looking at the world and that is how I wished it to be . After I had my idea a book didn't just fly out of my mind. I had to brainstorm and I brainstormed a lot of different ideas, a lot of different titles, a lot of different memories. I kind of settled on the first book as one that introduces the carnival and the carnival lifestyle and the way of life. The words, also adding in some words that we use out on the carnival that aren't typical in your everyday conversation. so I had to introduce those words in the first book . Even after I settled on an idea for the first book it didn't just come pouring out onto the page. I still brainstormed how did I want it to go? what did I wanted to say and I actually fell into the rhyming pattern. I really really wanted this one to rhyme and there were certain points of view and things that I wanted to say which I luckily tied them all into my first Cali the Carny book . I have about 5 copies of my firat rough draft of Cali the Carny, I re-read it time after time, and I wasn't happy so I rewrote it and then I re wrote it 4 more times in this process. I'm going to say that took about 4 months because just in between reading it I had to set it down and let the work sit there until the project until I could be creative enough to finish the project. Finally I edited it into the version that I wanted to publish and I looked for illustrators. I thought this was gonna be the easiest part, you just gotta find somebody that could draw . Turns out that that's not exactly how it is, you have to find somebody that draws the style that you wish to see your book in and for me because it's a carnival and I love my characters I had to find somebody that could draw and like a caricature style. After year and a half of up's and down's and going through 4 different illustrators, I found the perfect illustrator in Sean Mooney. I can't imagine doing this project with anybody else and I'm really excited at what 2018 has in store for the Cali the Carny book . Sean and I are working on a collaboration agreement and hes working on the rough sketches for Cali the Carny. we hope to have a rough sketched completed by may 2018 and our first Cali the Carny book published before Christmas of 2018 . It's  definitely been a long hard road that led to here, lots of work, lots of creativity and imagination, lots of the networking and determination, and there is still a long hard road ahead of us. Together we will enjoy it, so enjoy the Ride.

#CaliTheCarny #NoGutsNoGlory #LEDLegacy #PimpinJoy #CaliforniaCarny

Xoxo~Kayle Jo

Cali The Carny copyright 2017

Dedication page for Cali the carny

Writing the dedication page for Cali the Carny was pretty easy it came out quicker than anything I could have imagined and I'm pretty OK with it from the beginning without making any changes or Adaptions .

-To those who have inspired, encouraged and helped me along the way. I thank you.

-To Cecil, Anita and Dennis may your love live on.

-To Chris and Tina thank you for the roots and the wings.

-To the hystericals I met you when I needed you the most. Thank you.

-To moms and dads may you be the nurturing, love and guidance that allows your child to love, live and grow. You are their inner spirit, their courage and fearlessness. Pick your battles and let them be young learn from their courageous, inquisitive souls. 

The dedication page for the first Cali The Carny Book. 

Xoxo~Kayle Jo. (Wright Rhodes)

Cali The Carny copyright 2017

Cali The Carny Checklist

Things to do before I publish, I need to finish the copyright for my books. I need to secure my Web page domain as www.CaliTheCarny.com. I need to send a copy of my 1st book off to my book mentor to be edited. I have already completed a collaboration agreement and hired an illustrator. Waiting for rough drafts of sketches. I'm deciding whether I should go through Lulu or createspace to publish my books and leaning more towards createspace. The illustrator and I have set a deadline for the rough copy of Cali The Carny to be later the summer of 2018. I have sent pictures of the character sketches I have drawn for Cali The Carny, and I have done character descriptions. I have also done family relations and ties, so that I can better understand how the family of the book series is related. I have looked into writing "about me's" but I'm having a difficult time writing about the author, I'm having a difficult time coming to terms with the fact that I am an author. I am trying to decide if I should start a kickstarter campaign because I'm learning all about social media and trying to utilize all platforms of social media for marketing. I for one suck at social media because I suck at talking about myself and being vulnerable. I'm a 110% genuine, I just hate being vulnerable . Cali The Carny is about to take us on a wild ride in 2018 and I cannot wait. I have been writing these and working on this for far too long and with the determination that I have I know that 2018 we will succeed in publishing our first book. Together we will enjoy it, so enjoy the ride.

Main character Cali the carny : Pepper.

Pepper age 9.
Tall, awkard and linky, long red Auburn hair, Hazel eyes.
Clothes: jean pants, purple shirt and black converse type shoes.
Adjectives: leader, brave, mean, selfish, self centered, "only child syndrome", shallow, materialistic, lazy, manipulative, narcissist, jealous, envious, directs what is going on around her.
Likes: stuff, materialistic things, shiny, big things, has a crush on Thinny.
Dislikes: Animals, listening, working, being outside, and adventuring.
Her family her cousins are Cali Nickels and Rubi, her mom is Lynn her dad is Tim her grandma is Anita her grampa is Cecil her aunts are Anna and Tina her uncles are Chris and Bryce

Main character Cali the carny: Nickels

Nickels age 8.
Tallish but kind of stocky, Brown hair in a bowl cut, with Hazel Brown eyes.
Clothes: cargo jean shorts with a red "racing" shirt black and red high top sneakers.
Adjectives, nervous, shy, planner, over thinker, smart, brave, cautious, joyful, funny, quite.
Likes: diesel trucks, racing cars, working, family, friends, his beat friend Thinny.
Dislikes: crowds, people, Cali disappearing, road trips because he gets carsick.
Family is his mom Tina, dad Chris, gramma Anita, grampa Cecil, little sister Cali, Bestie Thinny.

Main character Cali the carny: Thinny

Thinny age 9.
Tall, linky and skinny with dirty blond shaggy hair and blue eyes.
Clothes are cargo khaki pants, Olive green shirt that says "explore more" and flat black converse type shoes.
Adjectives: spontaneous, adventurous, smart, brave, rebel, wild child, funny, caring, loving, "macgyver like".
Likes: adventuring, reading, road trips, exploring, playing, outside.
Dislikes: Pepper liking him, girls they have cooties.
His family is mom krissy, dad Mitch, older brother Dillard Who is 17 and his best friend is Nickels, Cali and Rubi.

Main character, Cali The Carny: Rubi

RUBI, AGE 3.
Rubi is short and a toddler with curly blond hair which is up and pigtails and blue eyes. Clothes: a gingham red dress, think Dorothy wizard of oz, with red slide on flats and ruffled White socks.
Adjectives:funny, joyful, inquisitive, spastic, spunky, independent, fearful, nervous, "toddler like" Kind, caring and sensitive.
Rubi likes stuffed animals, sugary sweets, she loves following Cali and Thinny, she loves spending time in the office with her family.
Ruby dislikes loud sounds, things she's never experienced before, like livestock and monster trucks, big kid rides, pepper being mean.
Rubi's family her mom is Anna her dad is Bryce her grammar as Anita grampas Cecil, cousins are Cali, Nickels and Pepper her aunts are Tina and Lynn and her uncles are Chris and Tim.

Main character, Cali The Carny: Cali

Cali, age 5.
Short; curly blond hair with blue eyes.
Clothes: pink swing dancing dress, big yellow carnival apron, lucky cowgirl boots in cow print and little pearl necklace .
Adjectives: spunky; out going; brave; loving; kind; adventurous; rebel; playful; funny; wild child; independent; troublemaker by accident, and spontaneous.
Likes: family, fun, animals, adventures, late nights, sweets, stuffed animals, and working with family on the carnival.
Dislikes: dark, scary things, being told what to do, the word "no",  peppers attitude.
Family: mom is Tina, dad is Chris, gramma is Anita, grampa is Cecil, brother is Nickels, carnival family aunts and uncles cousins and friends, baby cousin is ruby older cousin is pepper aunt is aunt Lynn Uncle is Uncle Tim and they have pepper and aunt anna and Uncle Bryce have ruby.

Family ties and relations: Cali The Carny

I had to write this to get it out of my head but it's the family ties in the relations for Cali the Carny.
Cali is 5 and she likes to play with her brother.
Cali likes to adventure with Thinny.
Thinny is Nickels best friend Nickels is Cali's older brother.
Nickels doesn't enjoy adventuring.
Cali as more adventurous
while Nickels is cautious and scared, but thinny can talk nickels into anything.
Pepper is Cali's older cousin.
Cali is iffy about pepper because pepper is selfish and mean.
Pepper likes thinny, she has a crush on him. Thinny does not like pepper like that.
pepper only wants to be around when thinny is around, she kind of Stalks him.
Rubi is Cali is younger cousin, 3 years old. Rubi loves to follow Cali.
pepper gets jealous of rubi and Cali.
RubI loves hanging with the older kids. Nickels loves showing ruby around.
The main crew is Cali, Nickels, Thinny and Rubi and Pepper follows.
The leaders of the adventurers are Cali and Thinny. 

*think Rugrats, recess or the goonies*

#CaliTheCarny #NoGutsNoGlory #LEDLegacy #PimpinJoy #CaliforniaCarny

Xoxo~Kayle Jo

Cali The Carny copyright 2017

Taking back my blog...

First post in forever. I don't even know my login information I just went to the website and was still logged in? Yeah from like 2013, note to self learn login information. If you want to follow with all the fun stuff I have been up to please search on Facebook for Cali The Carny and like the page. Also on Instagram @CaliTheCarny and a list of has tags that has grown overtime, Hashtags: #CaliTheCarny #NoGutsNoGlory #LEDLegacy #PimpinJoy #CaliforniaCarny #BlessedWithTheBest #BeARebel #BeALady #BeProud #DamProud #California #NorCal #Inspired #Encouraged #Strong #Carnival #Humble #FightGrindRepeat #AppreciateYou #HipOkies #Cali #WorkHardPlayHarder #Fearless #VibeAttractsYourTribe #TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork #FollowYourArrow #FakeItTillYouMakeIt #Books #BeAnAuthor 

I told you a long list of hashtags. Now that you read through all of that I might as well add in the fact that I'm currently writing my first children's book which I hope to turn into a series! I'm really excited and just hired an illustrator, so hopefully sometime this coming 2018 we will have a published version of Cali The Carny. It's a dream of mine and I'm working hard and saving money to publish them. 

Xoxo~Kayle Jo