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Today's guest is award winning author, Maria Dismondy. Maria has a background in early education and has published 8 children's books! Her first book, "Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun" has sold over 26,000 copies in just six months. She talks with Stacy about how she became a successful author and how she built her empire.   "Did people expect you to write a book?" At minute 1:31 Maria explains how writing her first book was not something she had planned. She explains her background in early education and what made her take the leap into becoming an author.     "How are you doing this?" At 3:25 Maria talks about how she built her empire. She describes starting off in business doing one-on-one coffee dates to share her story and how that has now turned in to consulting.   "I wish I would have known..." At minute 4:31 Maria talks about how being an author turns you into a business owner.   She goes in to detail about the planning, marketing and execution of a successful book launch.   She also talks about building c