{"id":699,"date":"2013-09-13T14:13:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T14:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/improvingourworld.winonastateu.com\/?p=699"},"modified":"2022-04-05T16:52:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T16:52:51","slug":"if-you-provide-passion-wsu-provides-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/2013\/09\/13\/if-you-provide-passion-wsu-provides-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Provide Passion, WSU Provides Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Klecker-Sailor<\/a>

Klecker-Sailor reads her first book, Patient Leaf<\/em>, to children in Red Wing, MN.<\/p><\/div>\n

Being an English major, I have often wondered if I\u2019d be able to write and publish a book.\u00a0 I could write for children, young adults, maybe even special elderly novels, whatever that would entail (heck, I could create the genre). But I\u2019ve always found the stigma of self-publishing one that is hard to overcome, and the fact that WSU is not known for producing a large line of famous authors.<\/p>\n

Luckily, there is hope.\u00a0 Children\u2019s book author Michele Klecker-Sailor has just published a second book.\u00a0 A second one.\u00a0 A self-published second book.<\/p>\n

Max <\/i>is focused on how, according to Klecker-Sailor, \u201cfriendship trumps all social barriers: sexual orientation, age, sex, economic class, education etc.\u201d<\/p>\n

Klecker-Sailor describes Max<\/i> as, \u201cA children’s book about a bunny who gets befriended by Junk Yard Dog when he is left alone in a community garden. Because
\nnobody has ever told Max that bunnies and dogs do not make good friends, Max and Junk Yard Dog become best friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Klecker-Sailor wants to inspire her readers to branch out, break stereotypes and make friends with a variety of people they like, instead of feeling socially pressured to stay in one friend circle.<\/p>\n

Klecker-Sailor graduated from WSU in 1994 and was, interestingly enough, a Mass Communications Advertising Emphasis major with a Sociology minor. And according to her, that Mass Communications major is what really helped her in the world of publishing, \u201cI use the skills that I obtained at WSU to write press releases, get television, radio and newspaper interviews.\u201d<\/p>\n

Writing was always a passion of Klecker-Sailor though. She described a moment in elementary school when she wrote a \u2018get better\u2019 note to one of her teachers who was out sick. Her teacher was brought to tears by the kind gesture. Klecker-Sailor then understood the power of words, \u201cI knew right there that’s what I wanted to do, write. The knowledge that I had the power to evoke emotion from the reader just confirmed it for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The key to becoming successful, then, is knowing how to market yourself. \u201cI have many people come up to me and say, \u2018I have written a book, but I haven’t sold any copies, how do I do that?\u2019 The difference is marketing yourself and your product,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Klecker-Sailor\u2019s story has reminded me that your major should not stop you from pursuing something you\u2019d like to do. If you have a passion for something and get into the right circles and know how to market yourself, you can graduate from WSU with the ability to do what you love!<\/p>\n

P.S. You can get a copy of Max <\/i>by emailing Klecker-Sailor at kleckermklecker@aol.com<\/a>. The book cost $8, including tax. The book will also be available soon on Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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