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<p>Listen along as The Story Seeds Podcast host Betsy Bird chats with Chris Grabenstein (author of T<i>he New York Times </i>best-selling <i>Mr. Lemoncello's Library </i>series). They go behind the scenes and talk about what it was like growing Jasper’s giant story seed about Zeta Zingone, the 74 foot tall boy detective on Episode 3, “The View From the Top.” </p><p>On this bonus episode, Chris shares tips and exercises on getting your imagination unstuck. He also talks to Betsy about his writing career: starting from the school newspaper, to his jobs in advertising creating commercials for Burger King with his buddy (and boss at the time) James Patterson, to finally becoming the best-selling author of books for kids. </p><p>Books and Media mentioned in this episode:</p><ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/39OwHZ7">Mr. Lemoncello’s Library series</a> by Chris Grabenstein</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/2JRlSLa">Donna Cody: A Tall Tale</a> by Jeanie Murphy</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3...