Teenage Author
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Jami McDaniel 

Has First Book Published 

 

 

It’s hard to keep a secret – especially from a vivacious, inquisitive teenager. But it happened.

 

Jami McDaniel loves to write. In fact she has been writing for years, expressing her love for words and ideas and releasing her boundless creativity.

 

Big deal? Scores of people have been doing the same thing for centuries so why the excitement?

 

Jami is only 16!

 

This Wawasee High School sophomore has scads of pages filled with poetry, adventure stories, dreams, and personal thoughts. She not only thinks about writing – she writes – and saves her what she has written.

 

Self discipline and a strong work ethic is evident to those who know Jami McDaniel. It is it not unrewarded.

 

Her parents, John and Sheri McDaniel, believed in her talent and have encouraged her to pursue her interest in writing. It was her dad who acted on the idea of a special gift for Jami’s sixteenth birthday.

 

John McDaniel’s creativity was evident when he called Baker Trittin Press, a Winona Lake, Indiana publisher. “My daughter has written a book, and I’d like to talk with someone about having it published for her 16th birthday.”

 

“About 20,” was his response when asked how many copies he was interested in.

 

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Paul Trittin, publisher, initially voiced skepticism, but agreed to meet. He was in for a surprise. When You Don’t Clean Your Room was far more than he expected from a teenager. In fact it was better than some books already in print.

 

When You Don’t Clean Your Room was reviewed with Dr. Marvin G. Baker, Editor-in-Chief at Baker Trittin Press. “This book is marketable,” was his evaluation, and a decision was made.

 

Baker Trittin Press scrambled to get the 20 copies ready for Jami’s birthday. When they were ready ahead of schedule, Jami’s birthday party was rescheduled because it was too difficult to keep the secret.

 

The next week Jami and her parents met with Dr. Baker and Mr. Trittin and the deal for the publication and distribution of Jami’s first book was arranged.

 

At the homeschool convention in Plano, Texas, When You Don’t Clean Your Room was the very first book sold to homeschool parents! Jami McDaniel is not only an author. She is a published author – and her book has been purchased by out-of-state customers.

 

Congratulations, Jami McDaniel. We are proud to be your publisher!