Ask the Author: Ben Cooper
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Ben Cooper
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
Ben Cooper
I want to read the new Mr. Rogers Neighborhood book.
Ben Cooper
Vacationing with the family at Disney World with three young children, the crowd was thick with tourists. You attend to the youngest child's needs and turn around to find fine your daughter missing.
Ben Cooper
It was really great to see the finished book and hold it. But that pales in comparison when a reader contacts you and tells you how much the book meant to them. That is priceless!
Ben Cooper
You can read about it in my blog below, but basically it was a passing comment made by one of the people that endorsed my book years later. That comment just lodged in my brain and never left.
Ben Cooper
My gears are turning all the time, especially when I am doing less complicates work like mowing the grass. Menial tasks free up my mind to think and process more. But ironically, it is when I am least likely to have a paper and pen close by. :0)
Ben Cooper
I am kicking around the idea of writing something that requires more thought in how God responds to Job when Job Thought he was abandoned.
Ben Cooper
Don't start off trying to write War and Peace. Start with short stories about things that motivate you: hobbies, family, history or poetry. Each book starts by picking up the pen and paper and writing something.
Ben Cooper
My writing took place when I had more time during the winter months and stretched over 3 years. The only deadline I was under was my self established goals. They were realistic. Sometimes the words flowed faster than I could write them. Other times it took a bit longer to get it.
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