Storad's strategy: built on the foundation of desert life
The Barberton Herald, my hometown newspaper, wrote about children's author Conrad Storad (pictured, and whom we always knew as "Top" back in high school -- I never knew why). In the article Storad says he'll be writing children's books full-time after he retires in five years from his present job at Arizona State University, where he gathers together information on desert life and natural science from ASU researchers, and repackages the information for kids and teachers. This information is hosted at his Web site, Chain Reaction. He has what I think (from a distance, anyway) is one of the coolest jobs in the world, and when he retires from that he'll be an entrepreneur. So I asked him about it. [The answer hasn't come back yet, but when it does it'll be posted here. :-)]
What I asked him was (1) has full-time children's book-writing always been his plan? (2) will he still be as prolific after he's out of ASU and away from the direct contact with researchers he's enjoyed up to now? and (3) is that kind of expertise necessary for anyone who wants to write children's books? Stay tuned.Labels: diversions
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