Podcasts about ak turner

As part of my summer podcast replay series, I'm excited to share this week's episode with my good friend Amanda Turner (writing as AK Turner). In this episode, she shares how her family travels two to four months a year—all while running a business and writing New York Times best-selling books. Amanda's Vagabonding with Kids series was inspirational for me as we were dreaming of moving to Thailand way back when I was pregnant with my oldest child. As kindred travel and writing souls, we had a lot of fun in this episode talking about our travel experiences and what we've learned about the book-writing process. Amanda shares so many great pieces of advice! If you've ever wanted to travel the world or write a book—or both—you won't want to miss this episode. Learn more about Amanda: Join her Facebook group for writers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/255224582360857/ Access her free video series: https://www.bookwrite.org/getting-started-book Check out her excellent and inspiring Vagabonding with Kids series: http://vagabondingwithkids.com/ Follow me on: Instagram @stacyennis Facebook @stacyenniscreative LinkedIn Youtube @stacyennisauthor Learn more about my Idea-to-Draft Accelerator and Author Mentorship program here. To submit a question, email hello@stacyennis.com or visit www.stacyennis.com/contact and fill out the form on the page.

You can still hit the NY Times Best Seller list, even if it takes a year or two. AK Turner shares her journey of publishing and how she hit the list.

In this conversation with Amanda Turner, who writes as AK Turner, we discuss the challenges of managing and protecting our personal time as moms, how to become a bestselling author, and how to travel around the world with kids for less than it costs to stay home. Amanda is the New York Times bestselling author of This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store, Hair of the Corn Dog, the Vagabonding with Kids series. She wrote 7 books in 7 years and travels the world with her husband and two daughters as a part-time digital nomad family.

I'm joined this week by two-time New York Times bestselling author Amanda Turner (writing as AK turner). We discuss her unconventional life, including traveling the world two to four months every year with her husband and two kids, and how she finds time to write so many books (nine to date). We dig into the writing process, author mindset, and more. Learn more about Amanda's upcoming master class: www.bookwrite.org/masterclass Join her Facebook group for writers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/255224582360857/ Access her free video series: https://www.bookwrite.org/getting-started-book Check out her excellent and inspiring Vagabonding with Kids series: http://vagabondingwithkids.com/ Connect with me and send your questions for a future episode at http://stacyennis.com. Follow me on Instagram @stacyennis and on Facebook @stacyenniscreative.

In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Amanda Turner, who writes under the name AK Turner. Amanda is a writing coach and completes an average of two books each year, while also managing to travel for four months of every year as a part-time digital nomad. Together with her husband and two young daughters, their travels have taken them from her home in Idaho to Australia, Alaska, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Scotland, Ireland, and Thailand. Amanda is The New York Times bestselling author of the Vagabonding with Kids series (Brown Books) as well as This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store, Mommy Had a Little Flask, and Hair of the Corn Dog. In our discussion, Amanda and I talked about: The importance of your book cover and title to capture attention from the beginning Understanding your audience and getting your message in front of the right audience Focusing your writing on one reader and in building a connection with that one reader Listen to the podcast to learn more. Show Notes and Blog The Podcasts

One of the best things for me about doing VVV is talking to all these amazing people whom I would otherwise never meet...AK is one of those amazing people, funny, smart and living a life of adventure!  Enjoy.  :-). AK Turner is The New York Times bestselling author of the Vagabonding with Kids series (Brown Books) as well as This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store, Mommy Had a Little Flask, and Hair of the Corn Dog (Fever Streak Press). Her works have received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, an IPPY Award for Humor, and been named in BookLife’s Top 5 Indie Books of 2014. AK Turner has traveled to Greece, Ireland, France, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, Finland, and Italy, and completed extended trips (two months or more) to Russia, Palau, Vanuatu, Mexico, Morocco, England, Spain, Australia, and Brazil. She is a contributor to the anthologies Leave the Lipstick, Take the Iguana (Traveler’s Tales), Little White Dress (Mill Park Publishing), I Just Want to Be Perfect and I Just Want to Be Alone (Throat_Punch Books). Her work has been featured online at Scary Mommy, In the Powder Room, The Huffington Post, Nickmom, Felicity Huffman’s What the Flicka?, and Artocratic, among others, and in a variety of print publications. She is a former humor columnist, founded “The Writers’ Block” on Radio Boise, serves on the board of the Idaho Writers Guild, and speaks at conferences and in live comedy events. A former Writer-in-Residence for the City of Boise and Idaho State Parks, she lives in Idaho with her husband and two children, but travels frequently as a part-time digital nomad. AK Turner Vroom Veer Stories Grew up in Maryland, studied Russian, even visited Russia at age 15 Studied Russian through college, and suddenly fell out of love with Russian Met her husband (to be at the time) on a trip to Cabo, then moved to California Waited tables and scrubbed toilets while "trying to be a writer" Husband figure out he hated his dream job in one month...that was quick Hubby started a new gig working on boats for movie shoots around the world Landed in Boise, finally got some traction talking to an editor from Penguin The penguin deal fell through after two years of talk (groan) Self-published This Little Piggy went to the Liquor Store, and is New York Times Best Seller Continues to travel; Vagabonding with Kids is a book series, blog, and a lifestyle. AK Turner Links Vagabonding with kids

Wait, there’s choice involved? Of course not! We travel where circumstances lead us or any place we can set up a home exchange. We’re not picky! New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads and lifestyle entrepreneurs.

Travel fosters compassion, gratitude, perspective, adaptability, and a sense of wonder, all good arguments for getting yourself and your children out into the world. New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads and lifestyle entrepreneurs. 

Chapter 18 – Mourning the Loss of Personal Space: Nothing is sacred with a family crammed in tight quarters, but focusing on the benefits (ie, how you’re less likely to lose a child if she’s constantly in your face) makes it all worthwhile. New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads and lifestyle entrepreneurs. 

Chapter 17 – Let It Be Over: Handling homesickness and hostiles when you’re counting down the days. New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads and lifestyle entrepreneurs. 

Chapter 16 – Language Barriers: Why everyone should learn the basics in the language of their host country and how body language, sign language, kindness, and smiles go a long way. New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads and lifestyle entrepreneurs. 

Chapter 15 - When Visitors Come Knocking: The benefits of traveling with the in-laws (as long as they are people you genuinely like), even if you occasionally have to see them naked. New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads and lifestyle entrepreneurs. 

Chapter 14 – Holidays Abroad: O Christmas Lamp, O Christmas Lamp and other means of handling holidays overseas. New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads and lifestyle entrepreneurs. 

Chapter 13 - Dealing with Children’s Milestones: There’s never a perfect time to travel, so don’t put off a trip because your child is potty training. How to react when someone tells you that you can’t do something. (Hint: prove them wrong). New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads and lifestyle entrepreneurs. 

Chapter 12 – Stranger Danger: Be aware and safe while traveling, but stay shy of paranoia (and try not to assault subway cops). Stranger danger discussions with children. New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads and lifestyle entrepreneurs.

Chapter 11 – Remote Working: Productivity abroad, timesaving tips, work-life balance, and the benefits of tag-team parenting. New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads and lifestyle entrepreneurs.

There is a phenomenon that parents are facing today, with the vast number of cross-currents around what they're expected to do for their children, in terms of their physical and emotional well being. Parents also face having increasingly fewer resources today, when it comes to both time and a network of family and friends to help them.  There have been a number of books written about these difficulties and today we have the author Amanda Turner on the show with us. She has approached this dilemma from a different angle with the publications that she's written, one of which is called Vagabonding With Kids. She even refers to parenting as an extreme sport!  Listen in now, to find out more about Amanda's humorous approach to parenting and travelling with kids.   Amanda writes under the name A.K.Turner. She has already written a parenting humour series and she's currently writing her travel parenting humour series, which is Vagabonding With Kids. She also writes a blog and has her own podcast. Amanda loves to connect with readers and parents and with anybody who is interested in parenting as a multicultural pursuit. Listen in to find out more about Amanda and the fabulous books she writes.   Show highlights:   Amanda explains what prompted her to start writing her books. How Amanda sees her children as a real benefit in her life. How travelling is an important priority for Amanda's family. Dealing with the discomfort of relocating your family to another country for a few months. The wonderful effect that all the travelling has had on Amanda's children. What prompted Amanda to start writing her Vagabond Series. Some encouragement and tips to get aspiring writers going. Some advice from a seasoned family traveller about taking an extended trip with your family. How the travelling lifestyle really works for Amanda's family. The mindset you need to have in place to really benefit from travelling. Adapting to a travelling lifestyle. Steering clear of a conventional lifestyle and finding your own best way with your kids.     Links:   Amanda's website: www.vagabondingwithkids.com   Amanda on Twitter: @vagabondingkids   Resource mentioned:   Book: Vagabonding by Rolf Potts  

Amanda "AK" Turner is The New York Times bestselling author of the Vagabonding with Kids series (Brown Books) as well as "This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store", "Mommy Had a Little Flask", and "Hair of the Corn Dog" (Fever Streak Press). Her works have received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, an IPPY Award for Humor, and have been named in BookLife’s Top 5 Indie Books of 2014.

Carnivorous flies, overseas medical care, and why you shouldn’t freak out when your child is sick. New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads and lifestyle entrepreneurs.

Crime is as worldwide as street food, so don’t let a newspaper headline close you off from the world. Just because Australia is known for deadly animals doesn’t mean you’ll encounter any. Also, ice cream is excellent at determining the seriousness of playground injuries. New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads and lifestyle entrepreneurs.

It’s worldwide, delicious, no riskier than your local McDonald’s, and a great way to experience culinary culture. New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads

Don’t let small children pack their own bags, skip the vanity items, and what to do when you find yourself stranded on an island in Alaska with a breast infection. New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads

The idea that removing children from traditional education is both outdated and wrong. Adopting hybrid forms of education and the benefits of travel for both kids and adults. New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads

Chapter 5 – A New Perception of Home: Home exchanges, camper vans, and accepting the fact that ownership of things is less important than experiences. New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads

Making Plans (Without Overdoing It): My husband likes to wing it. I like to micromanage our itinerary. Finding balance and staying sane on the road. *** New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads

AK Turner Jaime Jay welcomes AK Turner to today’s podcast. AK is a New York Times bestselling author, and has received stark reviews and awards for her writings. Tune in to know about her books and about how she makes time to do what she loves! Born Out of Traveling Amanda, known as AK Turner, is primarily a humor writer. She has been traveling with her family, and so decided to write the acclaimed humor series based on their experiences. When you have kids there’s this thinking that you have to learn how to bake cookies, join the PTA, and travel only on school breaks; we just decided that it didn’t need to be the case.” -AK Turner Their family lives mostly in Idaho. Roughly 4 months every year they exchange their home for some other place to travel and explore. Favorite Place with Family AK and her husband have always been travelers. They used to work in movies and tv, where they worked at different locations around the world. Tazmania is one of her favorite places to travel with her family. AK shares how they spent 2 months in Australia. She loved visiting the old prison ruins as well as the animals that only existed there. The Road Less Traveled AK and her husband wanted something different, something out of the ordinary way of living life. For this, they decided to take the family to a test trip in Mexico. They spent a month just trying to see how everything would work. We get a little more adventurous each time.” -AK Turner They spent 3 months in the same place the following year. Afterwards, they decided to go and explore somewhere unfamiliar. Since then they’ve visited exciting places, such as Australia, Micronesia, and Brazil. Hear the rest of the story of AK Turner and be inspired to make time for your passion as well. Connect with her at amanda@akturner.com. Remember to let AK know you heard about him on Stop Riding the Pine! AK Turner's website Vagabonding with Kids website Idaho Writers Guild Facebook Twitter YouTube Google Plus Read AK Turner's books: Vagabonding with Kids This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store Mommy's Little Flask Hair of the Corn Dog Here are the highlights of my conversation with AK Turner if you are in a hurry: Who is AK Turner? ([4:18]) Favorite place to travel to with family? ([8:56]) How the idea on traveling came about? ([11:16]) Challenges didn't realize? ([13:40]) About homeschooling? ([16:18]) How kids adjust? ([18:25]) AK’s Breakaway Moment? ([24:30]) AK’s piece of advice? ([29:51]) Special Mentions: (iTunes Shout Out) Jody Women Taking the Lead Thank you to Alexis Ayala, for providing the incredible editing for this episode. If you need to find an audio editor, send Alexis an email at lex@slapshotstudio.com. Thank you to our awesome sponsor, Interview Valet, A professional concierge guest booking podcast service for hosts and guests - You be the Guest, We do the Rest! Check out their new website at InterviewValet.com. This episode of Stop Riding the Pine Podcast was brought to you by DoneForYouWP.com Stop Riding the Pine is a lot of fun and we love sharing the shows we've done. We would greatly appreciate your assistance in helping us grow this show by not only downloading the episodes but also sharing them. Leave comments and rate our show so we can make the show even better.

AK  is a New York Times bestselling humorist and author of the Vagabonding with Kids book series, in which she demonstrates with no-holds-barred humor and stranger-than-fiction stories, that a working family can take to the road for extended travel, keeping marriage, children, and sanity intact along the way. Sponsors DesignCrowd: Post your design project on DesignCrowd today and get a special $100 VIP offer! Visit DesignCrowd.com/fire and enter the discount code FIRE when posting your project!

Passports, vaccinations, visas, language learning, technology vetting, and a five-year-old with an unfortunate habit of appearing stoned in her passport photos. ** New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads

People assume long-term travel is reserved for the wealthy, but that’s not the case. Tips on saving money, from airline miles to home exchanges, and why you shouldn’t go shopping to prepare for a trip. ### Vagabonding with Kids: How One Couple Embraced an Unconventional Life to Work Remotely and Show Their Kids the World by AK Turner – Book 1 Audio – Unabridged - Read by the Author New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads and armchair travelers alike, with advice on remote working, affording extended travel, making the lifestyle change, education on the road, and staying sane through it all.

We swore we’d never take long plane rides with young children, but now we can’t imagine any other life. How we fell into vagabonding through work and the decision to keep it going as a family of four. ### Vagabonding with Kids: How One Couple Embraced an Unconventional Life to Work Remotely and Show Their Kids the World by AK Turner – Book 1 Audio – Unabridged - Read by the Author New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads and armchair travelers alike, with advice on remote working, affording extended travel, making the lifestyle change, education on the road, and staying sane through it all.

New York Times bestselling author AK Turner kicks off the Vagabonding with Kids series with a free podcast version of the book. Hilarious adventure blends with tips (often learned the hard way) on extended travel with children. Perfect for digital nomads and armchair travelers alike, with advice on remote working, affording extended travel, making the lifestyle change, education on the road, and staying sane through it all.

AK Turner is The New York Times bestselling author of the Vagabonding with Kids series (Brown Books) as well as This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store, Mommy Had a Little Flask, and Hair of the Corn Dog (Fever Streak Press). Her works have received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, an IPPY Award for Humor, and been named in BookLife’s Top 5 Indie Books of 2014. AK Turner has traveled to Greece, Ireland, France, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, Finland, and Italy, and completed extended trips (two months or more) to Russia, Palau, Vanuatu, Mexico, Morocco, England, Spain, Australia, and Brazil. She is a contributor to the anthologies Leave the Lipstick, Take the Iguana (Traveler’s Tales), Little White Dress (Mill Park Publishing), I Just Want to Be Perfect and I Just Want to Be Alone (Throat_Punch Books). Her work has been featured online at Scary Mommy, In the Powder Room, The Huffington Post, Nickmom, Felicity Huffman’s What the Flicka?, and Artocratic, among others, and in a variety of print publications. She is a former humor columnist, founded “The Writers’ Block” on Radio Boise, serves on the board of the Idaho Writers Guild, and speaks at conferences and in live comedy events. A former Writer-in-Residence for the City of Boise and Idaho State Parks, she lives in Idaho with her husband and two children, but travels frequently as a part-time digital nomad. AK Turner Vroom Veer Stories Grew up in Maryland, studied Russian, even visited Russia at age 15 Studied Russian through college, and suddenly fell out of love with Russian Met her husband (to be at the time) on a trip to Cabo, then moved to California Waited tables and scrubbed toilets while "trying to be a writer" Husband figure out he hated his dream job in one month...that was quick Hubby started a new gig working on boats for movie shoots around the world Landed in Boise, finally got some traction talking to an editor from Penguin The penguin deal fell through after two years of talk (groan) Self-published This Little Piggy went to the Liquor Store, and is New York Times Best Seller Continues to travel; Vagabonding with Kids is a book series, blog, and a lifestyle. AK Turner Links Vagabonding with kids  

Amanda "AK" Turner is The New York Times bestselling author of the Vagabonding with Kids series (Brown Books) as well as This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store, Mommy Had a Little Flask, and Hair of the Corn Dog (Fever Streak Press). Her works have received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, an IPPY Award for Humor, and have been named in BookLife’s Top 5 Indie Books of 2014.

Today we are joined by author, AK Turner! AK and her husband traveled extensively before having kids. They have the same idea as so many others, to continue traveling just as often, even after the kids were born. They currently are based in the States and take several extended trips per year to different parts of the world, usually 1-3 months at a time.