Authors Speak
A VOICE FOR THE CHILDREN By Cortland Jones I have had the privilege of meeting and engaging with children’s book author, Kim Adams, on Instagram for over a year now. We met through me extending an invitation to her to allow me to interview her on my Instagram IG LIVE talk show Ask Me A Question. Since that time Kim has been a tremendous supporter of what I do within the IG community and we mutually support each other’s work as authors. I find her content to be humorous, honest, and engaging as she posts incredible heartwarming images of children who become a part of her author family, humorous reels documenting her highs and lows of being an author, and she shows up regularly for my IG LIVE segments often commenting and contributing to the dialogue sharing positive feedback with me about the content of the topics shared. Kim is a true author friend and great supporter and was the first person who came to mind to highlight as a guest author for Authors Speak. I welcome and introduce to you children’s book author, Kim Adams: Thank you for agreeing to this interview Kim. Cortland Jones (CJ): Besides being a children’s book author, who is Kim Adams and what else does she do besides writing content for children? Kim Adams (KA): Besides my passion for writing, I also advocate for early childhood literacy. Most importantly I am a loving mother of three amazing children and a wife of fifteen years. I left a senior position of 20 years in corporate America to be a full-time stay-at-home mother, teacher, and personal assistant to my family. The truth is, I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world. CJ: When did you realize, or discover, your passion to write for children? KA: I fell in love with poetry as a child. My earliest and fondest memory was being asked to silently read a poem in my 4th-grade class. Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out, by Shel Silverstein. I memorized the entire poem by the end of the school day. The rhyming, predictable pattern, and phrases stayed with me. It ignited my passion for writing. Vision & Purpose Community Magazine 43
