Saturday, March 15, 2014

BEFORE THEY WERE THE PRESIDENTS - My first e-book!

About seven years ago I had an epiphany of sorts.  I realized that I could only recite the first three presidents' names before I became unsure of who was next.  This bothered me. Actually, it made me feel dumb and I don't like to feel dumb so I decided to write a song that would help me learn all of the presidents' names. And guess what?  The song worked!  I was surprised and sort of proud of myself too for learning all of their names.  I recorded that song (called These are the Presidents) in my home studio and then another song idea came through. Eventually I had a complete CD's worth of songs so I recorded them all and released the CD on my own label (Music 2 Educate).  The CD is called Remember the Presidents. I have since released three more educational CD's for kids. Every now and then someone will download one or more of my songs and it's always a thrill when this happens!

One of the songs that I wrote was called Before They Were the Presidents.  I wanted to know what each of the presidents did before they went into office and I thought that others might like to know too. I also thought it might make a fun song. Even though all of the presidents had more than one occupation prior to their terms I chose one that was unique or different.  For instance Harry Truman was a haberdasher and George W. Bush owned a sports team.

I wasn't very surprised to discover that many of the presidents were lawyers before being elected.

Recently I cracked the code for creating e-books.  It really wasn't as difficult as I thought it might be. Once I got through the imaginary roadblocks I was able to start producing my own e-books and help others with theirs too.

And so, without further adieu, I'd like to invite you to read a sample of my new book, Before They Were the Presidents, inspired by the song I wrote of the same name several years ago. (the song or the book can be purchased for just 99 cents.)  Just click on one of the links below.