Kids Books

I sometimes think I could write some awesome kids books. I get filled with ideas, but then something shiny comes along and I forget about it.

Yeah, I’m a goldfish.

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Anyway, on The Twitter this morning, we were bagging on the whole “You’re doing it wrong” thing, with myself being the one saying “You’re wrong.”

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Anyway, I was told to write a book about using social media right, so bam! Right there I’ve got the idea for a kid’s pop-up book using the delicious dessert known as Cake in social media: Photos of cake using different filters for Instagram. Talking about how delicious and moist the cake is on Twitter with hashtags of #moist and #delicious. Checking into the bakery to get the cake on Foursquare. Talking about your expertise on cake and cake-related industries on LinkedIn. Playing Cake-related games and tagging friends on your cake photos on The Book of Face. All in all, a nice beginners guide to social media.

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I’ve also been thinking about an alphabet primer book for kids about alcohol, talking about why their parents drink. “B is for Bourbon, which daddy drinks when you’re bad.” “V is for Vodka, which mommy uses to escape from your Vile ways.” “W is for Whiskey, which is needed when you’re Wicked.” I think it would be a very fun and educational book on why they hear Daddy snoring on the couch at 7PM and Mommy crying quietly in the bedroom. This one wouldn’t be pop-up, but instead using fun drawings to help show the difference between a shot glass and a wine glass, and to illustrate exactly how daddy sees the world after a bottle of Applejack (for when you’re at your Aunts.)

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These are just a couple of examples. I don’t want to put them all out there in case you try to steal my ideas. However, one day, you will see my work at your local book store. Or on Amazon. Or on the Million Mother’s site listing how horrid a person I am.

Then I WILL know I made it.

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Tony