From the outset, Rhonda Goodall\u2019s goal was to help children discover happiness, love and kindness through her books. The award-winning children\u2019s author and illustrator will discuss her journey and advise other authors in her presentation \u201cSecrets to Writing and Marketing a Successful Children\u2019s Book Series\u201d at the Ponte Vedra Writers meeting at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 25. The group will meet in the Media Room at the Ocean Grove Condominiums, 1 Arbor Club Drive, Ponte Vedra Beach.<\/p>\n
Using her \u201cFrizzle\u201d series as an example, Goodall will explain how she became a children\u2019s book author and illustrator, describe the publishing options and discuss the use of social media to market her books.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll explain that the number one thing they should take from my talk is to define what success means for each of them personally,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd to realize that if they ever stop loving what they\u2019re doing, it may be time to readjust.\u201d<\/p>\n
A resident of Jacksonville Beach, Goodall\u2019s first books, \u201cMy Pancreas Needs Glasses\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cFrizzle\u201d \u2014 the first title in the\u00a0\u201cFrizzle & Friends\u00a0series\u201d \u2014 were created to help children better understand complex medical issues, whether they are experiencing them personally or supporting a friend, while celebrating the importance of family in all its forms.<\/p>\n
After a long hiatus to care for her large family, Goodall found renewed inspiration after the loss of her mother to return to her \u201cFrizzle\u201d series, creating stories that foster kindness, imagination and emotional understanding in her readers.<\/p>\n
Learn more at https:\/\/rhondagoodallauthor.com.<\/p>\n
The Ponte Vedra Writers group is affiliated with the Florida Writers Association, a statewide membership organization dedicated to the support of both aspiring and published writers in any genre. The April 25 meeting is free and open to members and non-members alike.<\/p>\n
For information on FWA, go to www.floridawriters.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From the outset, Rhonda Goodall\u2019s goal was to help children discover happiness, love and kindness through her books.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-244621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-jacksonville","9":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","10":"tag-jacksonville-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}