Ep. 23: From the Classroom to the Bookshelf with Maria Dismondy

Whether you have aspirations of being an author or helping authors achieve their book publishing dream, the path to publishing is never a straight line.In this episode of the Pub Date podcast, Dr. Jen Dorsey and Vanessa Campos talk with Maria Dismondy on her journey to becoming a publisher. Maria started out in the classroom years before writing ten books. She loved getting powerful messages into the world through realistic fiction and saw a need to have more diverse books for children. So much that she began Cardinal Rule Press in 2015. There Maria uses her experiences as an award-winning author to work with writers on getting their messages into the world. She takes pride in mentoring Cardinal Rule Press authors and offering a customized marketing campaign that her team coordinates and implements.Learn more about Cardinal Rule Press here: https://cardinalrulepress.com/ Follow them on social media:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-Txy1Kgq4P_ZztrrQrqzg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cardinalrulepress/ _________________________________________________Produced by OC Talk Radio at UCI Beall Applied InnovationProducer: Paul Roberts, founder of OC Talk RadioExecutive Producer: Emily Carpenter-Pulskamp of Little Red Communications