How I Wrote a Children’s Book in 15 Minutes a Day
While also practicing law, raising four kids, teaching, and producing movies, in a pandemic
One year ago I was writing a book on reinventing yourself. The only time I could carve out to research and write was 15 minutes early in the morning.
Fifteen minutes a day. That’s it.
The rest of my workday was filled with drafting legal documents, reviewing the tax code, analyzing intellectual property issues, and answering clients. Plus, I had a wife and four kids, taught at a law school, produced movies, and wrote articles online.
You might be thinking the same thing that a good friend told me: “That book will take you 10 years to write — if you’re lucky.”
My friend was right. My book on reinvention would take years to finish at that pace. I believed in the book, but I needed to pivot. I decided to create a story that I could publish in less than 12 months using only those 15 minutes that I carved out in the morning.
A new book took center stage. An unexpected book. It’s a story that I told my kids one night, and they kept asking to hear it. My nonfiction book on reinvention that would share how myself and others have reinvented their lives took a back seat to my silly adaptation…
