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November 15, 2016 by Colby Sharp

#33 Gertie’s Leap to Greatness Unravelled (S2 E4)

Colby: I’m excited to share our last episode of Season 2. I have really enjoyed following debut author Kate Beasley’s road to publication. It is pretty wild to think that we first starting working on this season over a year ago. In today’s episode Kate talks about Gertie’s Leap to Greatness. I loved listening to […]

October 30, 2016 by Travis Jonker

#32 Kate & Cassie Beasley (S2 E3)

Travis: The second season of The Yarn is all about the middle grade novel Gertie’s Leap to Greatness. Today, in episode 3 we head down to the Beasley farm in Georgia and hear from Kate Beasley’s mom and sister, Circus Mirandus author Cassie Beasley. https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/32-kate-cassie-beasley-s2-e3 If you missed the first two episodes of this season, […]

October 15, 2016 by Colby Sharp

#31 Grace Kendall (S2 E2)

Colby: We’re excited to bring you Episode 2 of Season 2. In today’s episode we tell the story of Gertie’s Leap to Greatness editor Grace Kendall. https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/31-grace-kendall-s2-e2   If you missed Episode 1, subscribe below and you can catch up on all of our episodes. Click here to subscribe to The Yarn Newsletter

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