VS Grenier ~ Award-Winning Author, Speaker & Podcaster

 Join Host Virignia S Grenier as she talks with Halo Publishing's debut children's book author Aaron Chokan. Dr. Chokan has been a successful, practicing foot and ankle specialist for 10 years.  Currently, he is owner and founder of Ohio Foot and Ankle Center with 4 locations in Northeast Ohio.  He lives in Hudson, Ohio with his loving wife and 5 children: Hunter, Reece, Finlay, Calais and Lucia and their dog Paisley.  Dr. Chokan is an avid golfer and tennis player. You can find out more about Dr. Aaron Chokan, his picture book series and World of Ink Author/Book Tour at  http://tinyurl.com/clmogvy Follow Dr. Aaron Chokan at http://tinyurl.com/clmogvy Facebook http://facebook.com/lailaiandchubchub The Adventures of Lai-Lai and Chub-Chub is a sweet picture book series about friendship and growing up. ISBN-10: 1612441505 ISBN: 9781612441504 Hardback Written by Dr. Aaron Chokan Illustrations by Amy Rottinger Genre: Picture Book Halo Publish...

Dr. Chokan has been a successful, practicing foot and ankle specialist for 10 years.  Currently, he is owner and founder of Ohio Foot and Ankle Center with 4 locations in Northeast Ohio.  He lives in Hudson, Ohio with his loving wife and 5 children: Hunter, Reece, Finlay, Calais and Lucia and their dog Paisley.  Dr. Chokan is an avid golfer and tennis player. VS: I want to thank you for being my guest here on The Writing Mama today. What do you do to help balance your writing life with your family life? Chokan : In my life, I have such a wonderful wife who is able to care for our children and keep our life in order. She is the glue to our whole family. My writing life seems to be able to keep it separate since it does not consume me. My kids are my palate and my template that I follow and without them, I have no stories. VS: How long have you been writing? Chokan: About a year. VS: What inspired you to write your book? Chokan: My inspir...

Lai-Lai Meets Chub-Chub is a cute picture book my girls really enjoyed reading with me. They loved the illustrations and how they had a chance to help shout out names to Lai-Lai for her to think about when deciding what to name her new puppy. My youngest really loved talking about each nature scene and different sense used to illustrate the idea or name Lai-Lai thought about before looking for a new name, while trying to name her new puppy. What I really liked about the book was how it teaches young children they are able to do things they sometimes wait or even expect an adult to do for them. It teaches self-confidence and empowerment at a very simple level. About the Book: The book Lai-Lai Meets Chub-Chub is a book about a young preschool girl (mirrored after my daughter Calais) who struggles to find the "perfect" name for her new puppy. She spends her day outside learning how nature can truly give her ideas for a name. She also asks for listener participati...