{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"205 Melinda Long","description":"Comments or Questions? Email me at nick@underthecrossbones.com&amp;nbsp;or join us on&amp;nbsp;Facebook&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;Twitter. Melinda Long had written books before but when she discovered that at the time there were very few children's books about pirates, she decided to write one.&amp;nbsp; About the same time her book was to come out, Disney released Pirates of the Caribbean.&amp;nbsp; Talk about being in the right place at the right time. In this episode: How Melinda got her book published The process of writing a children's book How her work took on a life of it's own via a sequel and a play Thank you so much for tuning in (or back into) the show, this is my first episode as host of this wonderful ship that Phil Johnson built.&amp;nbsp; While he has provided so much support and training to have me take over the show, this first effort has all the marks of &quot;what is this guy thinking?!?&quot;&amp;nbsp; But we have to start somewhere.&amp;nbsp; The interview is lovely, Melinda couldn't have been a better first guest for me, I hope you tune in to listen to this and all upcoming episodes as I get better at this. Today's show is sponsored by:  Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast&amp;nbsp;- The best in pirate talk and music!&amp;nbsp;Get to listenin'!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com &amp;nbsp; Important Websites:    Melinda Long https:\/\/www.melindalong.com\/  &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;  &amp;nbsp;  &amp;nbsp; Comments or Questions? Email me at nick@underthecrossbones.com &amp;nbsp; Additional Show Notes:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.UnderTheCrossbones.com\/205 &amp;nbsp; Support the show!:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.UnderTheCrossbones.com\/support&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Subscribe to Under The Crossbones on Apple Podcasts:  https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/under-the-crossbones-the-pirate-podcast\/id1039621331 &amp;nbsp; Visit&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.UnderTheCrossbones.com&amp;nbsp;for all the episodes. &amp;nbsp; Facebook -&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/underthecrossbones Twitter -&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/undercrossbones &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Under the Crossbones The Pirate Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.underthecrossbones.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/12652358\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/61805123"}