{"id":1740,"date":"2017-11-01T13:35:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T18:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.dfw.wordcamp.org\/?p=1740"},"modified":"2017-11-01T13:35:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T18:35:44","slug":"wcdfw-speaker-spotlight-elisha-and-elyssa-fernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfw.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wcdfw-speaker-spotlight-elisha-and-elyssa-fernandez\/","title":{"rendered":"WCDFW Speaker Spotlight: Elisha and Elyssa Fernandez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Topic:\u00a0How to Turn Your Blog into a Book in 60 Days or Less<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elisha and Elyssa are homeschooled 15 and 14 year-old sisters, best-selling authors, artists, entrepreneurs, and public speakers. They live in Fort Worth, TX with their family and they love spending time with them. They wrote I Love ME! at ages nine and ten, because they loves helping other kids become bully-proof, love themselves, and be the best they can be. They teach children and teens to love themselves and have self-confidence through their books, blog posts, and artistic expressions. Learn more about them at WhollyART.com<\/p>\n

How did you get involved in WordPress?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We started using WordPress back in 2012, when we re-launched our website and transferred it from a static to a WordPress website. It was very different and took some time for us to get used to, but it quickly grew on us and we have learned to use it effortlessly.<\/p>\n

What do you do with WordPress?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are bloggers, so we use WordPress to run our website. We couldn’t be happier with how amazingly simple it is to use and how it helps us follow our passion of writing and being creators.<\/p>\n

What has your experience with the WordPress community been like?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have attended (and spoken at) various WordCamps around the U.S. and we love spending time with fellow geeks. In addition, we also belong to a WordPress meetup near us and we love going and learning more, and offering up our expertise and input.<\/p>\n

Why did you want to speak at WordCamp DFW?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have spoken at WordCamp DFW before (yay!) and we really love the community here. The people are amazing and we always get a wonderful audience that is responsive and interact with us as well. We are very happy to be back.<\/p>\n

Why did you decide to speak on turning a blog into a book?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We decided to speak about writing a book because we are authors. We believe that there are many creators out there that are doing wonderful work with their content, and packaging it into a book can really take it into a new level. Not many people these days are looking at how to connect the dots between their blog (or website) and a book, so we want to help others see why it’s important and how they can do it.<\/p>\n

What do you hope the audience gets from your talk?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We really hope to give the message that anyone can write a book, and that we all make excuses that get in the way of our dreams. We’ve learned through experience that you should never limit yourself, we all have the potential to do more than we can imagine. We hope the audience can learn practical tips they can use so they can not only create their book, but benefit from it as well and make a difference in the world with it.<\/p>\n

Tickets are now on sale<\/a>\u00a0for this year\u2019s WordCamp DFW held on Nov. 11-12. There are also plenty of opportunities to\u00a0sponsor the event<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0help run it<\/a>. We hope to see you there!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Topic:\u00a0How to Turn Your Blog into a Book in 60 Days or Less Elisha and Elyssa are homeschooled 15 and 14 year-old sisters, best-selling authors, artists, entrepreneurs, and public speakers. They live in Fort Worth, TX with their family and they love spending time with them. They wrote I Love ME! at ages nine and … <\/p>\n

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