Description:
This episode with Sally Lloyd-Jones originally aired on November 21, 2017, and it's one of Andrew's favorite conversations from the show. Sally spent years working as an editor for other people's books, certain that writing her own wasn't really an option — until, in her forties, everything changed. She and Andrew talk about the fear that kept her editing instead of writing, the moment she finally decided to find out if she could do it, and how that decision eventually led to books like The Jesus Storybook Bible, which has since sold millions of copies.
Thought-Provoking Quotes:
“The idea was the seed. I already have the idea, and it’s up to God what the harvest is, but my job is to show up.” - Sally Lloyd-Jones
“We judge our stories halfway through our story... you never judge a novel halfway through a novel. It’s only in looking back that you can see the pattern.” - Sally Lloyd-Jones
“If you make it excellent, it will reach everyone. If you don’t make it excellent, you won’t, because that’s just how it works—excellence removes all the barriers.” - Sally Lloyd-Jones
“If you trust what makes you laugh or what moves you, that’s what you have to write... you’ll be original without trying, because you’ll be you.” - Sally Lloyd-Jones
“Find the thing that brings you alive, because the world needs someone who’s come alive.” - Sally Lloyd-Jones
“You break through the author barrier and you get out of the way, and it becomes about the story.” - Sally Lloyd-Jones
Links, Products, and Resources Mentioned:
The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Baby Wren and the Great Gift by Sally Lloyd-Jones
How to Be a Baby, by Me, the Big Sister by Sally Lloyd-Jones
His Royal Highness, King Baby: A Terrible True Story by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Handbag Friends by Sally Lloyd-Jones
*Watch this interview on Andrew’s YouTube channel!
*All episode music is by Andrew Osenga.
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*The Pivot is produced in conjunction with Four Eyes Media.
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