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The question I most get having now written 5 books together with my kids is not about the characters or the dog or the castle or if Lu will ever stop eating fries.* No. The question I get from parents is, "How in the world did you manage to do a creative project with your kids, how did it go, and h…

Bradley Charbonneau

  • Dec 17, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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Afterword

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2020 0:41


I would say “I can’t believe I finally did it.” except that I can believe it.

Ch. 39: Questions for Parents

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020 1:41


Stuff is going to happen.

Ch. 38: Spark Campfire

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 2:35


If there are marshmallows, we might even get Li & Lu to visit.

Ch. 37: How would your own kid sell his own book?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 3:47


Best Ways to Promote your Book

Ch. 36: Make money, teach your kids math, and clean the house…at the same time.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2020 9:22


In fact, some days, any of those alone seem impossible.

Ch. 35: Loss leaders, sales, flea markets and 12-year olds who want new shoes.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2020 9:46


I still haggle. You have to. That's the point of a flea market.

Ch. 34: How to instill creativity in your children in three not-so-easy steps.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 5:22


Challenge: he doesn’t wanna.?

Ch. 33: Part VI: Introduction: Matches

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2020 4:22


I’ve been working on this book for the past four years.

Ch. 32: Linda

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020 2:46


Music has always been a huge part of my life.

Ch. 31: Keep it legal, but keep it real

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 4:33


Let’s take a trip back to the pasta restaurant off Highway 80.

Ch. 30: Don’t talk about the project. Start the project.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 3:56


Tell no one. Tell everyone. You choose.

Ch. 29: Brad

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 2:46


Brad was just asking for trouble.

Ch. 28: How to make friends and influence…your kids

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 3:56


Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

Ch. 27: Want to truly learn something? Learn it through your kids.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 7:16


Learn through what your kids learn.

This is me sparking motivation into you to write that nonfiction book

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020 10:03


It's time to get your own book done--or that of someone else you know.

Ch. 26: Meg

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020 2:56


Here’s Meg with the play by play of how it went down.

Ch. 25: Create a Conflict

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2020 4:36


Houston, we need a problem.

From CREATE | Give the Gift of You

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2020 2:17


I gave them something only I could give.

Ch. 24: Halfway will never finish

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 1:14


The trick, the joke, the bad news comes when you realize that halfway will never get to the finish line. Sure, at the end, the distance will be microscopic, but by definition, he’ll never make it.

Ch. 23: Replace Car Engine in Two Steps

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2020 2:52


It was basically a comedy hour. The two guys were so funny it didn’t matter what they were talking about.

Section V: How: Introduction: Sparks

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2020 1:57


This is the section where I explain how to do it.

Lorena

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 4:24


When I asked her where the story was today, the pain and regret were evident in her voice.

Lizz

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2020 2:47


She’s here so we can root her on.

Ch. 19: Rich

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2020 3:21


As much as I don’t like the “threat” of It’s Now or Never, it really comes down to…It’s Now or Never.

Ch. 18: It’s Now or Never

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2020 3:23


Your future self is going to thank (the present) you.

Ch. 17: Part 4: When: Introduction: Kindling

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2020 1:50


This section is called When. For me, the answer to that question is simple: now.

Ch. 16: Arlene

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2020 2:42


Do you ever have it where your kid’s school has a program or an event but it sounds so good you’d like to do it yourself?

Ch. 15: Create more than you consume

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 4:23


Consuming is easy. Too easy.

Ch. 14: Craig

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 4:19


Where words fail, music speaks.

Focus, Fergus

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020 2:49


We all could use a little Fergus in our lives.

Create + Spark = Give the Gift of You

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 3:22


Visiting the SPARK world from the latest book, CREATE, here’s Chapter 14. When you think you don’t have anything to give, you can still give this.

Creating Breeds More Creating

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 2:45


Even more reason to get going.

Build your confidence when 8-years-old. Oh, it might also help you get into university.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 1:12


It's never too late--or too early--to create.

SPARK Student Highlight: “Random Acts of Kindness” by Dede Charbonneau

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 9:52


What effect might your action have today on someone years from now?

The Dog Ate My Homework: How Things Might go While at SPARK Campfire

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 1:44


Co-creating at its worst. Oops, then improve.

Ch. 13: The Great Unknown

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 2:42


It’s an experiment. We don’t know the outcome.

While much of the world is shutting down, maybe it’s time to start up.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 5:10


Cue the woodpecker.

“Grandma, how do you make fried chicken?” My 81-year-old student narrates a chapter of her (audio)book

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 5:17


How's your audiobook going?

Transforming reader, parents, and kids into writers with Craig Tuch from HiddenGemsBooks

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 17:21


Including my secret plan to take over the world.

Seems like the time is ripe for another SPARK Campfire

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 3:24


Time to get sparkling.

Would you like to earn some extra cash? Become a Spark affiliate.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 4:01


Become an ambassador for Spark and earn 40% of the sale price. Take the course, Publish a book (with your/a child), Request “affiliate” status, Share your special link with your friends, You can even offer them a 25% coupon to sweeten the deal, Rake in the cold, hard cash. I know, crazy, right?

I know an 8-year-old girl who has her name on the cover of a published book. If she can do it, so can you.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 5:15


Not 8 decades old. 8 years old.

Ch. 12: It’s an Experiment

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 1:37


We're not going to call it a test or a project. It's an experiment.

Annual Autobiographies

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 6:29


A short story, written by your kids, every single year.

Who will you be next?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2020 3:42


You get to choose--your kids, too.

The other side of your fear

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 3:49


At the scene of a crime--or a dream.

This month in the life of your child is only going to happen once and it’s only going to happen right now.

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 3:20


“Next year will be different.”  It’s not really about better or worse. It’s about now and then.  Maybe your kid is just about the same from 12 to 13. Maybe. Maybe not. Let’s capture the voice in their hearts right now.  If next year is better, great, let’s do it again.  “My dog is as […]

SPARK opening doors March 1, 2020

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 5:36


Time to write that book.

8-year-old Cassie Akers talks about her first published book

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2020 14:47


It's about flowers, happiness, and a spark of a start to 2020.

Spark alumna Madeline Dines talks confidence, world domination, and what it means to write a book when you’re a 17-year-old girl

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2019 16:08


Yeah, I have a book on Amazon.

Nicole Akers, no, wait, Cassie Akers, and “Flowers Make Me Happy”

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 16:18


When an 8-year-old girl becomes an author.

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