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Today’s interview guest is Jerry Craft, who creates comic book characters all about African American culture in his series Mama’s Boyz. When my husband Jerry and Jerry Craft met each other, it was bromance at first sight. I began teasing them both, and Craft was an excellent target, because he doesn’t take any guff from me, as evidenced in the photo below. Check out who he signed it to…

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

In this episode you’ll hear about

• bad reviews and how to deal with them
• a present for first time commenters
• great podcast recommendations
• how to make money by linking to my blog
• a great way to figure out your story, through a scrapbooking webinar SCRAPINAR
• a Take5 Marketing Tip from Dianne de Las Casas: DIY Book Tours
• a review from Julie Falatko: Strange Place to Call Home by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Ed Young

• how he got syndicated (you’re never too old to intern)
• working with Barbara Slate on comics with Archie, New Kids on the Block
• Yuppies from Hell graphic novel
• his products
• prejudice at book festivals
• Disney’s Doc McStuffins
• how to write characters who are of a different heritage and culture than you
• King Printing
• self-publishing symposium