You may be wondering why I chose to write a book about Bigfoot. Well, let me be honest, that wasn’t my original idea in the beginning! It took some serious brainstorming to land on the final story. Back when I chose to write and illustrate a children’s book for my capstone project in school, I…
Last week, we promised to share why we are parting ways with Amazon. ”A break up?” you ask. Gasp! Really, it’s not quite as juicy as it sounds. To be honest, like millions of others, our family has come to rely on Amazon’s unlimited options of products, low prices, and fast shipping (which really isn’t…
Hey guys! Hope here! It’s been a long time since I’ve worked on any publication projects here at Talya Press. It’s been a crazy (but amazing) past couple years full of learning for me. During my last two years of high school, I completed a two-year program at Alexandria College and earned my AAS degree…
Isn’t there just something about spring that brings a sense of hope and a promise of new things to come? This time of year I can start to feel the overwhelm of pushing through this last quarter of the school year. It’s also the time of year when I revamp our homeschool routine a bit…
Just the other morning, I shared on our Instagram feed that the first words out of my 3-year-old’s mouth were, “I want to go to the library.” Unfortunately, with COVID-19 keeping us all at home, that means no more weekly trips to the library. No more extracurricular trips to anywhere. Now is a great time…
Whether we like it or not, we are finding ourselves living in unprecedented times. In just a matter of weeks, words like pandemic, coronavirus, COVID-19, quarantine, and social distancing have become part of our everyday vocabulary. And whether we admit it or not, it’s likely that most of us have felt a certain degree of…
Today I’d like to talk about audiobooks because I’ve been on a bit of an audiobook cruise lately. They are one of my favorite ways to share a story together with my children, especially my teens. Lit 🔥 VS Lit 📚 Speaking of teens, I have to tell you about a funny conversation I had…
It’s been SIX WEEKS since the launch of Mr. Skandinoovy Takes an Exciting Trip to Florida, and I want to give a shout out to my book launch team. This launch team was made up of a group of people who kindly agreed to share the news and promote my story. We, at Talya Press,…
We received a gorgeous bouquet of flowers delivered to our home last week. Complete with a round, smiling emoji vase, yellow daisies and yellow roses, this bouquet was a delightful surprise at the end of a long day. Like icing on a cake, the small card tucked in an envelope in the plastic pic was…
What an eventful week for Talya Press! We officially have another published author in house! If you missed the news, Hope made her debut as an author and illustrator this week when we launched her first children’s book Mr. Skandinoovy Takes an Exciting Trip to Florida. The Launch Success After years of preparation and months…