From southeast Ohio, welcome children’s literature author Kathy S. Elasky. A retired school teacher, Kathy has a lot of fans! She is the author of the award-winning Pudgy Possum book series and has a third book in the works for 2023.
Welcome, Kathy!
GM: Tell us about your new book…
KE: My second book is Pudgy
Possum the Brave. It is about daring to take a chance especially if it
helps others. It’s also about being able to do big things even if you are
little.
GM: Who is your niche market?
KE: I am super excited about how well my books
have done. They are geared toward three year-olds through 3rd grade but I think
anyone who loves wildlife would enjoy them. I personally don’t think you are
ever too old for picture books.
GM: Which is easier – writing, illustrating, editing,
or marketing?
KE: I honestly don’t know which is more fun,
writing my stories or illustrating them. It is a challenge to get what is in my
head on paper in a way that is interesting. I love trying to make my creatures
too adorable to resist.
GM: What are you currently writing?
KE: My new book Pudgy Possum Discovers
Peppermint: A Pudgy Possum Mystery [working title] is about Pudgy
discovering a problem. The solution to the problem is not what Pudgy expects it
to be.
GM: Who is your favorite author?
KE: My favorite author is Laura Ingalls
Wilder. She didn’t start publishing until she was 65 so she has always been an
inspiration for me to never give up. By reading her Little House series
I feel like I grew up on the frontier.
GM: Do you have advice for novice writers?
KE: My advice for new writers is to write
about what you love. Share it with others in any way you can. Write for the joy
of it even if you never publish your stories. Then if you do get published it
will be icing on the cake.
GM: Authors usually enjoy writing, tolerate
editing, but say marketing is the worst. What is your marketing secret?
KE: I would agree that marketing is hard but
rewarding. I have made contact with many people from my past and met many new
friends. I have had the best luck with Facebook and inquiring in person at
places that sell books. It’s hard for me to ask but super rewarding when people
want to put my books in their stores.
GM: List 10 things your fans may not know
about you…
KE: 1. I have had and always will have a
dog.
2. I am afraid of heights.
3. I have been to Nicaragua at least ten times
on mission trips.
4. Green has always been my favorite color.
5. I always wanted to live in a cabin in the woods,
which I pretty much do now.
6. I have three children and eight grandkids.
7. Scotland and Ireland are my favorite
countries to visit
8. I’m a certified Lay Speaker for my
denomination which means I’m like a substitute pastor.
9. I love going to fill in for pastors of
different churches.
10. I have never been able to roll my r’s so
I’m not very good at Spanish.
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