Episode #194: Revisiting Early Success vs. Late Success

Grace and Alvina revisit a very early discussion they had on early success vs late success, and realized what they really wanted to discuss was sustained success. 

Our 200th episode is coming up! The book friends would like to get 200 ratings on Apple Podcasts!

How have you been?

Grace was recently in Maryland at the Enoch Pratt Free Library to attend the Imagination Celebration featuring Once Upon a Book!

Grace’s daughter is trying to work on the salamander crossing for Girls Scouts! The book friends also talk about the school shooting in Nashville.

Alvina has new office changes and is training for a half-marathon!

Revisiting Episode #11! “Early Success vs. Later Success”

Grace talks about early success vs. late success vs. sustained success. Does your work stay relevant? Sustained success is something she would really like to accomplish. What is success….more profitable or best seller? Alvina mentions the Jennifer Lynn Barnes example about later success from her book, The Inheritance Games. Oge Mora is also mentioned as an example of early success.

Fortune Cookie: Banning Tik Tok

Grace and Alvina discuss the congressional hearings about banning Tik Tok because it is a Chinese company. Alvina loves Tik Tok because it is a platform for sharing news and ideas. Twitter is good for instant news but Tik Tok is great for reporting and having conversations.

Alvina saw Sophie Blackhall recently.

If you’re a patron, don’t forget to check out this week’s Random Questions feed! Authors MT Anderson and Grace Lin answer the random question, What’s something you always wanted to do as a child but never got to do it? Click here to listen! If you’re not a patron already, join today!