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. “There are some people who want to self-publish,” Royston says. “And they want to do it on their own, but they want to do it right the first time.” The author has written in excess of 80 titles that range from self-help workbooks to science fiction, urban fiction, murder mysteries, and, of course, children’s books..
“God, they were ripping and running,” Royston says. “It was a wonderful experience, the energy . . . in the room was just incredible. I’m like, you know, if we could bottle this and sell this energy? Yes! But it was just over-the-top.” Ramona Gaines sat at a table overflowing with merchandise, themed durags, shower caps, floaties, hair bows, blankets, towels, pillows, etc. You name it, Gaines was selling it. She noticed visiting students picking up books above their grade level but with themes they identified with.is a collection of stories written about growing up with my grandmother. That’s what I call her: ‘Nanny’. And so I introduced the stories for my nieces and my nephews because I wanted them to know how we grew up.
One of her books is a devotional of words and wisdom she picked up from her grandmother but never totally understood. “My grandma kept talking to me in riddles. Like, ‘Treat people with a long-handled spoon,’ or ‘You don’t believe fat meat is greasy.’ But I was like, what is she really saying? And some things I’m still unpacking as an adult.
Oddly enough, it was a stint as a corrections officer, a job he hated, that encouraged him to write children’s books. In that position, he saw that many of the inmates weren’t necessarily in prison for a specific crime they committed but because of how they reacted to how someone else made them feel. Some people were incarcerated for a few years, but many were imprisoned for life. Austin saw it so much that it got to him.
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