{"id":2482,"date":"2020-12-22T09:57:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T09:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-486734-1655966.cloudwaysapps.com\/?page_id=2482"},"modified":"2023-05-04T21:21:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T21:21:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amybabin.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id_d93beb-40{margin-top:90px;margin-bottom:50px;}.kb-row-layout-id_d93beb-40 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id_d93beb-40 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > 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class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_20a4e5-0d, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_20a4e5-0d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_20a4e5-0d\"]{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_20a4e5-0d mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_20a4e5-0d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_20a4e5-0d\"] mark{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h5 class=\"kt-adv-heading_20a4e5-0d wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_20a4e5-0d\">My Story<\/h5>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_7f0aa7-43, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_7f0aa7-43[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_7f0aa7-43\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_7f0aa7-43 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_7f0aa7-43[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_7f0aa7-43\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading_7f0aa7-43 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_7f0aa7-43\">I\u2019m just a person, a lot like you. I have a story, hopes, dreams, and a family; some of it beautiful and some of it not.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Over time, I\u2019ve realized that it\u2019s my perspective of the outcome that drives it to be good or bad. As my fellow Cajuns would say, \u201cWe make do.\u201d Life is what you make of it, so you might as well enjoy it. It took me a long time to realize the truth in that statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most days you\u2019ll find my husband and I on the back patio, drinking beer (him, yuck) and wine (me, yum), blaring country and a little bit of rock-n-roll. If we\u2019re really feeling it, we hype it up with Eminem and lil Boosie. And we\u2019re cooking, every weekend, and most weekdays. We both work a lot though, so sometimes we dig into the leftovers. That\u2019s if the man-child who still lives with us hasn\u2019t devoured them first.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column_57ffc3-ff, .kt-inside-inner-col > .kadence-column_57ffc3-ff:not(.specificity){margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}.kadence-column_57ffc3-ff > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;}.kadence-column_57ffc3-ff > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_57ffc3-ff > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_57ffc3-ff > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_57ffc3-ff{position:relative;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column_57ffc3-ff inner-column-2\"><div 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https:\/\/amybabin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_7330-750x1000.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_e91892-c4, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_e91892-c4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_e91892-c4\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;font-family:'Mellony Dry Brush';}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_e91892-c4 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_e91892-c4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_e91892-c4\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_e91892-c4 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_e91892-c4\">my heart&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">No Cajun worth their cayenne would dare put business before what really matters. I&#8217;m passionate about my family, friends, and home. 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I\u2019m short too few credit hours in Journalism to justify not obtaining my Bachelors, but I chose to start my family instead. Still, it gave me a solid foundation to help authors turn their passion into a business. <br\/><\/p><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-learnmore-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-learnmore\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column_e26cba-8e, .kt-inside-inner-col > .kadence-column_e26cba-8e:not(.specificity){margin-top:0px;margin-right:15px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;}.kadence-column_e26cba-8e > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.kadence-column_e26cba-8e > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_e26cba-8e > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_e26cba-8e > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_e26cba-8e{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_e26cba-8e, .kt-inside-inner-col > .kadence-column_e26cba-8e:not(.specificity){margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column_e26cba-8e inner-column-2\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kt-info-box_31d045-be .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap{border-top:1px solid #eeeeee;border-right:1px solid #eeeeee;border-bottom:1px solid #eeeeee;border-left:1px solid #eeeeee;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;background:rgba(242, 242, 242, 0);padding-top:50px;padding-right:50px;padding-bottom:50px;padding-left:50px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}.kt-info-box_31d045-be .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap:hover{background:rgba(242, 242, 242, 0);}.kt-info-box_31d045-be .kt-info-svg-icon, .kt-info-box_31d045-be .kt-info-svg-icon-flip, .kt-info-box_31d045-be .kt-blocks-info-box-number{font-size:150px;}.kt-info-box_31d045-be .kt-blocks-info-box-number{font-weight:bold;}.kt-info-box_31d045-be .kt-blocks-info-box-media{color:rgba(167,219,219,0.24);background:transparent;border-color:#444444;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.kt-info-box_31d045-be .kt-blocks-info-box-media-container{margin-top:-20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;}.kt-info-box_31d045-be .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap:hover .kt-blocks-info-box-media{color:#f8f9fc;background:transparent;border-color:#444444;}.kt-info-box_31d045-be h4.kt-blocks-info-box-title{font-size:24px;line-height:24px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:-95px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:37px;margin-left:0px;}.kt-info-box_31d045-be .kt-infobox-textcontent .kt-blocks-info-box-text{color:var(--global-palette3, #1A202C);}.kt-info-box_31d045-be .kt-blocks-info-box-text{font-size:17px;line-height:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:30px;margin-left:0px;}.kt-info-box_31d045-be .kt-blocks-info-box-learnmore{color:#1900e6;background:transparent;border-color:#555555;font-size:14px;line-height:14px;letter-spacing:1px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.kt-info-box_31d045-be .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap:hover .kt-blocks-info-box-learnmore{color:#1900e6;background:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:#444444;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-info-box_31d045-be .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap{border-top:1px solid #eeeeee;border-right:1px solid #eeeeee;border-bottom:1px solid #eeeeee;border-left:1px solid #eeeeee;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-info-box_31d045-be .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap{border-top:1px solid #eeeeee;border-right:1px solid #eeeeee;border-bottom:1px solid #eeeeee;border-left:1px solid #eeeeee;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-infobox kt-info-box_31d045-be\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap info-box-link kt-blocks-info-box-media-align-top kt-info-halign-left kb-info-tablet-halign-center kb-info-mobile-halign-center\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-media-container\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-media kt-info-media-animate-none\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-number-container kt-info-number-animate-none\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-number-inner-container\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-number\">02<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-infobox-textcontent\"><h4 class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-title\">Certified &amp; Trained<\/h4><p class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-text\">Yes! I am professionally trained in Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign, Premier,\u00a0Illustrator, and Scrivener. I\u2019ve also completed a number of online courses for publishing, digital marketing, content management, web and book cover design, SEO, and others.<\/p><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-learnmore-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-learnmore\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column_47417b-ab, .kt-inside-inner-col > .kadence-column_47417b-ab:not(.specificity){margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:30px;}.kadence-column_47417b-ab > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.kadence-column_47417b-ab > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_47417b-ab > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_47417b-ab > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_47417b-ab{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_47417b-ab, .kt-inside-inner-col > .kadence-column_47417b-ab:not(.specificity){margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column_47417b-ab inner-column-3\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kt-info-box_a6b569-44 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap{border-top:1px solid #eeeeee;border-right:1px solid #eeeeee;border-bottom:1px solid #eeeeee;border-left:1px solid #eeeeee;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;background:rgba(242, 242, 242, 0);padding-top:50px;padding-right:50px;padding-bottom:50px;padding-left:50px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}.kt-info-box_a6b569-44 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap:hover{background:rgba(242, 242, 242, 0);}.kt-info-box_a6b569-44 .kt-info-svg-icon, .kt-info-box_a6b569-44 .kt-info-svg-icon-flip, .kt-info-box_a6b569-44 .kt-blocks-info-box-number{font-size:150px;}.kt-info-box_a6b569-44 .kt-blocks-info-box-number{font-weight:bold;}.kt-info-box_a6b569-44 .kt-blocks-info-box-media{color:rgba(167,219,219,0.23);background:transparent;border-color:#444444;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.kt-info-box_a6b569-44 .kt-blocks-info-box-media-container{margin-top:-20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;}.kt-info-box_a6b569-44 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap:hover .kt-blocks-info-box-media{color:#f8f9fc;background:transparent;border-color:#444444;}.kt-info-box_a6b569-44 h4.kt-blocks-info-box-title{font-size:24px;line-height:24px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:-95px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:37px;margin-left:0px;}.kt-info-box_a6b569-44 .kt-infobox-textcontent .kt-blocks-info-box-text{color:var(--global-palette3, #1A202C);}.kt-info-box_a6b569-44 .kt-blocks-info-box-text{font-size:17px;line-height:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:30px;margin-left:0px;}.kt-info-box_a6b569-44 .kt-blocks-info-box-learnmore{color:#1900e6;background:transparent;border-color:#555555;font-size:14px;line-height:14px;letter-spacing:1px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.kt-info-box_a6b569-44 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap:hover .kt-blocks-info-box-learnmore{color:#1900e6;background:rgba(255,255,255,0);border-color:#444444;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-info-box_a6b569-44 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap{border-top:1px solid #eeeeee;border-right:1px solid #eeeeee;border-bottom:1px solid #eeeeee;border-left:1px solid #eeeeee;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-info-box_a6b569-44 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap{border-top:1px solid #eeeeee;border-right:1px solid #eeeeee;border-bottom:1px solid #eeeeee;border-left:1px solid #eeeeee;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-infobox kt-info-box_a6b569-44\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap info-box-link kt-blocks-info-box-media-align-top kt-info-halign-left kb-info-tablet-halign-center kb-info-mobile-halign-center\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-media-container\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-media kt-info-media-animate-none\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-number-container kt-info-number-animate-none\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-number-inner-container\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-number\">03<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-infobox-textcontent\"><h4 class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-title\">Experience\u200b<\/h4><p class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-text\">Over the years, I\u2019ve attended, led, taught workshops, hosted round tables, and consulted at many conferences. Some include, Ignite Book Summit, Allume (Relevant), Blissdom, She Speaks, A Woman Inspired, Writer\u2019s Craft, Inker\u2019s Con,\u00a0and Indy Writers.<\/p><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-learnmore-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-learnmore\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id_f8a93b-c8{margin-top:90px;margin-bottom:0px;}.kb-row-layout-id_f8a93b-c8 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id_f8a93b-c8 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id_f8a93b-c8 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1140px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id_f8a93b-c8 > 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I also speak and write using lots of Cajun jargon. I had to really hone it when I began writing. Genetically, I am Scots-Irish (maiden name&nbsp;is Grant as in&nbsp;Clan Grant), Acadian French (Cajun), and Canadian French. Going further back the Canadian French has Germanic roots and the Acadian French has Spanish, Orcadian, and Mi\u2019kmaq&nbsp;roots. Yes, I love genealogy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Also of interest: I have DNA from every continent (from 13% to 31% from each), except Antarctica. I\u2019m a child of the world. My ethnicity is Cajun (French), but I have red hair and green eyes. 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No tattoos though. I stay away from anything permanent. I like tats. I just haven\u2019t thought of one I could commit to. I\u2019m a rock-n-roll chick at heart. Though I listen to most genres, rock is definitely the music I drive to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a strange time in my life. I was recently divorced with three young boys and needed to figure out who I was. I enjoyed the fast pace of touring from venue to venue, but this is when I truly established my skillset as a graphic designer and marketer. 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