The Chris Voss Show - The Chris Voss Show Podcast – RUBY WARRIORS: Saving Arth by Jeya Carmichael

Episode Date: July 29, 2026

RUBY WARRIORS: Saving Arth by Jeya Carmichael Jeyacarmichaelauthor.com https://www.amazon.com/RUBY-WARRIORS-Saving-Jeya-Carmichael/dp/B0CNF6XYPX In their quiet suburban neighborhood, three friends stumble upon an antique ruby amulet and are transported to a parallel Earth teetering on the brink of destruction. Arth, a world steeped in myth and legend, holds a desperate secret—the return of merciless Marauders, threatening to plunge the realm into darkness. But Arth has a glimmer of hope in its most unlikely heroes: Aurora, Lizzy, and Lance. Prophesied in the sacred Book as the royal children destined to save Arth, they discover that they are the royal grandchildren of the legendary Sophia, a magical guardian who once protected the realm. As the Ruby Warriors, the children embark upon a perilous quest to fulfill the prophecy and thwart the Marauders’ sinister plans. Their journey takes them through a fantastical world filled with enchanted forests, towering giants, and mythical creatures. Along the way, they must face their deepest fears, including a treacherous forest infested with giant spiders and the foreboding Serpent Mountain. With bravery, wit, and the newfound magic of their amulet, the Ruby Warriors must send the Marauders hurtling back into the depths of space. But the path to victory is fraught with challenges. Will Aurora, Lizzy, and Lance fulfill their destiny and save Arth from certain doom? Join them on this magical journey, where the bonds of friendship are tested, the forces of darkness are confronted, and the legacy of their great ancestor Sophia lives on. About the author Greetings! I’m Jeya Carmichael, a retired educator with a passion for nurturing young minds and fostering a love for reading. I have a Master’s Degree in Education., and I have always enjoyed teaching and imparting some of my own cultural journey with my students. I am from Malaysia, a tropical peninsula where my family still resides and I miss them. I’m so blessed to be a mother, grandmother and a great-grandmother. I enjoy my family and love spending time with them. My husband and I love playing board games and reading aloud to our great-grandchildren. My husband is retired Air Force, and I am retired from Public School for over 27 years.. We now live in Lower Michigan. In the summer, my husband loves riding his motorcycle. He’s also a whiz with putting puzzles together and doing his Sudoku. i love to make quilts and patch different pieces together to make beautiful blocks for quilts. I find this very therapeutic, where I can quietly enjoy piecing and sewing gifts for my family without any pressure.

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With expert publishing to strategic marketing, they help authors reach their audience and maximize their book's success. It's an amazing young lady on the show. We're going to be talking to her about her books. We're going to lead off with a book that's the second one in her series. And it is entitled Ruby Warriors, Saving Arth by Jaya Carmichael. We're going to get into with her, final of the deeds, final of the story of her life. and she's written six books, so she's pretty durn prolific, and she's got a lot for you to read and buy.

So let's get into it with Jaya. Jaya is a retired educator with 27 years of experience nurturing young minds and helping children develop a love for reading. She holds a master's degree in education and is passionate about supporting families as they guide their children's early learning journey. Originally from Malaysia, she brings rich cultural perspective to her storytelling, often weaving themes of friendship, family, bravery, kindness, relationships, love, and family into her work. Now living in Lower Michigan with her husband, a retired Air Force veteran, she spends time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, especially reading out loud and creating meaningful memories together.

Oh, welcome the show, Jay. How are you? Thank you so much, Chris. I'm so happy to be here. I'm delighted in your show is pretty big. I was really, really, really thankful that I could be. your show. We've been doing this once or twice. We've done this about three times now or so. Over 20 years. Give us a dot com's websites. Where do you want people to get to know you better? You know what? That is the thing that I didn't do. It's the call the author website and it

they have written it out as my whole name. It's long. It's Jay Amani, Carmichael. It's It's at J.Money, I believe at author.com. Okay. We'll have a link for that on the Chris Fosho, so that people can get that. So give us a 30,000 over you. What's inside this book? Oh, what's inside this book?

Oh, boy. The box. Yeah. There are three wonderful children who've been friends for years. And they spend weekends together. their parents are good friends. And these kids are really, really good kids and nice to know kind of thing. Kids.

And they bring with them a whole set skills or superpowers that they are going to need. And so we learn about those superpowers. Aurora now, she makes, she could probably teach leadership skills, a leader. And belief in oneself. because she had experienced that herself. So believing in oneself actually gives you a great deal of confidence. Yeah. And I like to remind children all the time, believe in yourself, dream big, and do it.

Because whatever goal you set, you need to try to meet it. Slowly, that's fine as long as you meet it. Some of the characters in the book, what are they up to? some of your protagonists? Oh, the protagonist, like I said, Aurora. And then I have Lizzie. She's a fun character. I call her my boho girl.

What is a boho girl? Should I be asking that on? Yeah. She loves fun and laughter. She brings joy to the team. She kids are like fun. Like a cheerleader, maybe? Could be. Yeah, she is. All for you are good cheerleaders. They encourage each other very much.

There you go. Yeah. So that is another lesson you learn in there too. We must celebrate the experiences to get to their goal. Well, they are. And then we have Lance, my scientist. He's curious, loves, loves, loves to study bugs. And any kind of question that they have that deals with science, you know, they call Lance to help them out. And there he is. And he will study them.

He studies, he loves to collect soil samples from space and study that too. Saving Earth is actually my first Ruby Warriors. The first attempt at writing a book for children. And then the other one. is the epic journey to space. Yes, the second one. So these three guys are my protagonists. And, yeah.

What are some of the adventures that are taking place? Where is the setting set for the book and the scenarios? Okay. Earth is a parallel world to Earth. If you notice, Earth is Earth without the E. Ah. R-T-H. There's no ease in that world.

So anyway, it closely resembles Earth. Oh. Our Earth. However, the fantasy wall building comes in because of the other beings that live there. Elves, trolls, and huge spiders. Huge spiders? Yeah. What do you do if I'm afraid of spiders?

That's me. That's why I have that. I suppose that's maybe a good way to overcome that fear is familiarization. Yeah. Yeah. So you guys go on this adventure now. Do you have this is a series, right? There's two books in the series so far. Yes.

And then what are the, do you have a future for this? Some people just do a three as a trilogy and rapid or some people do it's unlimited. What is your vision that you have right now? I've started on the third book, and I would like to, I'm not sure if I want to write any more books in this level, because I really need to write some for the third and fourth grade. Oh. And one-age group is this series of books for? This is a high fourth grade, fifth grade, okay? Please, don't just assume that if you're a fourth grader, you need to be reading at a fourth grade level.

That's not true, okay? Just don't assume that. Read where you're comfortable. Okay. You're reading for fun, but yet you are reading for learning, too, like, for learning. And you have a lot of grandkids and I believe great grandkids? I have three grandkids. Two are adults.

One is going to be graduating from high school this year. And I think he wants to go in the Navy, he told me. He is the one that was with me a lot when he was growing up. So I'm very attached to him, too. And then I have two great grandchildren, both boys, Elijah and Hunter. And Hunter loves to do puzzles. And he doesn't mind reading. He's my reluctant reader, I say.

Reluctant leader. You're going to read your books, right? I haven't, yeah, the ones that I made for the younger kids, he does. And we read it together. So they're young. So they love to spend time. So would you categorize their environment as like a science fiction environment, like spaces, or I can see some different, like, spacesuits and,

different things on the cover. Yes, that is book two. That's a different one. Yes. Here they're taking, once they get into ours, they've told the truth about their birthright. All three children are royalty. They love that.

And so once they go on into space, yeah, you get all these different. They're hit by debris, certain acts. the actions, you know, before them. So they overcome it and move on. So, yeah. Wow. You've got pretty much a, what would you call it, a focus group with all your

grandchildren and great-grandchildren where you can test run different stories and books by them and stuff like that. Plus, you spent many years as an educator, dedicated and nurturing young minds. So how is some of that background that you have influenced the way you approach storytelling? You've got a great test kitchen, too, where you can be like, hey, do you guys like this story? If they really love it, then you can turn in a new book. Actually, my inspiration for writing Ruby Warriors is for my middle-grade children.

I'm a middle school teacher, so with my middle-grade children. because from my experience, I noticed that children can be two to three years behind their grade level. So I don't leave these children behind. I make sure to show them how to select books. And very easy, five, if they get a nice paragraph or 100 words in a page, they have to read it, all and close one finger every time they couldn't say a word, pronounce a word, didn't know a word, didn't know how to sound it, they had to close a finger. So five of them are closed and you are a fist, that book is not for you. Many of my kids want to do that, and I was happy about that. Maybe they

didn't read that in the classroom because some of them were embarrassed, but they did it at home and I had children who increased their progress by two grade levels. So that's a win-win. That's a celebration. They've made progress. And I would let them know right away. And when I looked at the students I had, and I picked all the students I had, did a three, like a three-year study kind of thing, I looked at all the grades they had done in the state tests.

And I noticed that these kids of mine all made progress. Were they perfect and come to grade level? No. Some of them did. But many of them moved up a grade level. Oh, wow. So I was really happy. And it's so important that in kindergarten, they get the best education with the

letters, sounding letters, that sort of thing. When I taught kindergarten, all my kids went to first grade reading. Reading. And people were surprised. You don't usually get 100% going into another grade reading. Yeah. But that was my mission to make sure they read. And I had several things in my classroom to give them a,

chance to put up their names to show that they're making progress. So they love that. Yeah. Yeah. Why is it important to you or what what are the what are the benefits of of teaching kids to read and make sure they can read well and then giving them stories like this that can that can help help seed a garden for their imagination? It's important to me, very important to me that all children have an opportunity to have a book in hand that they can read. And I believe that all children can learn. They have to find their special book now so that they can read.

I have two different kinds of readers. One of the students who are lagging behind for whatever reason, they must have missed kindergarten or they must not have cards. all the teachings there. It may have been absent a lot. And two, I have my reluctant readers, I call them. Because as they get older, their books get thicker and thicker. And they can't finish it. They hold on to it. And they can't finish it. So instead of struggling through that, I'll tell them, get a shorter book. Get a shorter book. So this is why I am writing short books at developmentally appropriate grade level books. Yeah.

Yeah, so that they can read it and not worry about it. They can finish it in the weekend and move on. Yeah. Because they like to master stuff, so they repeat a lot of stuff. They'll watch the same video or read the same book over. And then you, yeah, you want it quick and easy. You're not trying to war. I can't imagine I'm trying to read war in peace when I was a first grader.

Or now, actually. But yeah, you've got to get them started right. And they've got such short attention spans, too, at that age because everything's new. It's a wonderful place to be in life. You get old, you're just like, seen that 50 times. But no, and then the great thing is these books give a great opportunity for parents to read to their children. And we're big proponents on that on the Christmas show, reading to your children. Because otherwise they grow up.

Very important. Yep. Otherwise they'll grow up and make it on America's Funniest Home Videos. or hold my beer videos. I don't know why I'm picking up here. You know, the people that, hey, watch me jump off this roof and see what happens. You're like, yeah, it's not going to end. Well, but you don't want to end up in them like that.

So are you going to just cap this series at the two books then? No, I have one more book coming out. Okay. Okay. And is that in the series? Is that in the series? Yes, that's in the series. and I need to think, think this through and see if I want to write Ruby Warriors for

third and fourth grade or second through fourth and have different. It'll be shorter than this, but the kids will read it. That's my goal. I want them to read it. And you want the whole world to read. I think you were telling me something before we started about how, Your goal is to dominate the world with your books or something like that. Give us your version.

Okay. Actually, I want everyone, even adults, globally, to pick up a book. My book is great, but if they want to pick another book, that's fine, too. The main thing is they must enjoy. It's the joy of reading and finishing what you started. and understanding what the theme of the book was and what did they take away from that book? That's why it's important. And this crosses all cultural levels.

We celebrate differences because when we go into Earth, we see all these different cultures, but they're all beings. I'm talking about the aliens and the other beings that are there, how the Ruby Warriors respect them and have our friends with them. So I want them to see that it's no different here in the present to bond with friendships. Different cultures. It doesn't matter who it is.

You need to reach out. Yeah. There's so many great experiences that you can have. There's so many great things you can learn from other people. Being open-minded, growing up with tolerance and being able to... As was in Abraham Lincoln, he had this saying that said, encapsulated it. He said, he said, I don't like that man. He was speaking about another politician.

And he said, so I'm going to get to know him better. That's right. There's a great way to say, I want to learn about people. That's why I love doing this show for audiences. I love learning about people. Everybody comes on the show and brings me different perspectives. those different data, even if they tell me something I already know, usually they have a perspective or spin on it, that maybe I haven't looked at it from that angle.

And they deepen my knowledge of stuff. There's so much you can learn when you have your mind open, when you're closed off to certain people or other biases, and I don't want to hear what that person's about, people have great stories, great stories and great journeys of life. And I think learning that from a young age that you learn that there's this vibrant world of stories and educations. People are interesting. The choices they make, the things they choose to do, it's always curious to me, because I don't maybe do what they do. And I'm like, oh, what made you want to do that? And I'm like, wow, that's pretty cool. Maybe I would have

shouldn't have done that. I don't know. It's fun. And so you get to live through some different lives, too, when you read books. Oh, yes. Yeah. Now, you've got your other four books, are their children's books. Do we want to maybe talk a little bit about some of them? I have Billy visits the North Pole, a fun book for Christmas. And then I have Bella's visit to the Singapore Botanical Gardens. This was basically about the environment, check your environment and don't break any of the flowers, pick them up, and keep your environment. but don't destroy your environment. Then I have, oh, one more.

This is for real young children. I took the, I can't remember it now, but it's, they go on. Mama, may I go play? Yes, but don't go too far. Okay, Mama. And this is repeated every time as you go. They invite another friend, and another friend asks, Mama, the same thing.

Mama, may I go? Okay, but don't go too far. And the children go, okay, Mama. And why this repetition? Children from a very young age. Birth on, you can read this to them. And the toddlers will repeat this. As soon as it comes to that, they'll go,

Mama, may I go and play? And then they will also say what Mama says. You may, but don't go too far. Don't go too far. Uh-huh. Okay, Mama. So this is a fun book for the younger ones, and I love doing that, but that was a difficult book to do.

I know it's a very short book. It's for very young children, toddlers, but believe it or not, writing for toddlers is very difficult because if you're going to have something like that, you need to be really not be wordy, you've got to be very precise, you've got to use words maybe they're familiar with in their environment. And children always love repetitive books. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

That's how they learn is by repetition. Yes. Repetitions of Mothermore Mal Mastery is Anthony Robinson. Yeah. And we have nursery rhymes. The best way to learn. You're listening to the sounds. This is a major thing that I love to teach children, the nursery rhymes.

And they hear the words and the repetition. And they pick it up really fast. And so that put with what they're learning with the alphabet, we have a winner. We have a winner, ladies. Pretty much the ages groups the same on all four other books. The two books, Ruby Warriors, okay, they can be for fifth grade on up, okay? Because that is pretty much written.

They say that the newspaper is written at a fifth grade level, I'm not sure, but that's what the average person they found reads at a fifth grade level. And so that's the fifth grade book. but it doesn't mean that only fifth graders should read it. There's a sixth grader who's struggling. Pick up that book. The seventh grader who's struggling, pick up that book. Because once you learn these words and move on, you will start reading developmentally appropriate books for your age group.

Eventually, you will come and level up. But right now, you're back here. So you need to go slowly. So I teach children from where they're at, not from what they tell me to teach them to do and go from there. I never teach middle of the road and go on. I don't teach just the average kid and move on because I'm leaving a whole bunch of kids behind. And then there's the other end.

There are maybe a couple of kids who are, learn the higher learning level kids. I can't forget them. Yeah. But that really wears me out because I have to prepare for these kids here, these children here, and those children there. I've done it and yeah, it wears you down, but I love it. I want them to learn. Yeah. The great thing about teachers. My mom was a teacher for about 20 years or so. My sister was a teacher. You guys really changed the world. And you see it too when people approach my mom and at the store and be like, oh, Mrs. Foss.

Either she taught them or maybe she taught someone in their family and they knew her from school. And it was just amazing how people come up. I wish I would bump into my son of teachers, but I always live in different states than I grew up in. It's just like I do that on purpose to avoid them. Are you? Some of them, I probably was the best kid in class. And so I probably am avoiding them because they probably have hit men out for me. No, I'm just kidding.

I'm sure they're wonderful. But no, teachers really change the world. And I've seen people talk about how much the impact that my mom made in their lives and stuff. And it's just we need more teachers. We need more people, you know, helping, especially at a young age. When you're at that age, you're so volatile, insecure, you're trying to figure out who you are. There's this big bad world and all sorts of weird stuff is happening. happening, you're trying to find a place in it, and understand it. And it could be overwhelming.

And so having some of the teachers, having some that helps you can just make all the difference in the world. So, yeah, that's all right. Yeah. I've had parents, you know, bump into me and say, praise me for what I've done for their kids. And it feels good. It's rewarding. And I've had kids who come in and had a high school praise me a few times. And And then he bumped into me at McDonald's with my husband. And he told my husband, your wife changed my life. Wow. That is wonderful.

I was really happy. And then I had a child when I was in a Mexican restaurant. He was all grown up and tall, but I thought, he looks familiar. And he came up to me and he said, I am so sorry for being a rotten kid in your classroom. That's what I, I guess that's what I'm avoiding. I'm going to apologize. I told him, that's okay. We made it.

You are fun to have in the classroom. And he's a smart kid and he's a missionary. So that's probably what prompted him to come up to me. I was like, oh, my gosh. Some teachers, maybe they didn't like me or I didn't like them. But sometimes years later, I still had a respect for them because they put up with me. Or they stood up to me sometimes and said, We're not going to have your little ilk in here, Chris.

So you come from Malaysia's your background. Yes. That carries a rich cultural notion. Were there elements of your heritage or personal experiences and influenced the world building of art? Where the beings, the different beings, the culture. Because growing up in Singapore and Malaysia, it's a cosmopolitan country.

So many different races. When I was growing up, I tell you, the friendship between the races was just wonderful. You know, kids were playing with other kids and adults. But all of a sudden, the world has changed. And it's not like that anymore. And I'm so sad because, like I said, when I grew up, it was so wonderful. I had so many friends of different cultures. And in Malaysia, it's like a tradition that when, see, I celebrate Christmas.

I'm a Christian. So when I celebrate Christmas, my friends come and visit me. So if I had 30 or 40 friends in the classroom, they'll all come at different times. And our parents will have food for them, and they'll have them prepared in the morning at 5 o'clock and have it all the way until about 7. And so when they have their Deepavali, then I return the gesture by going there. Oh, wow. That's wonderful. Yeah, and Chinese New Year when you go visit them, they give you a red packet,

which is called Umpow. And inside that red packet, they put money in it. Definitely going that one. Yeah. So is Malaysia, is that part of, do they have a Chinese holiday there? Is that? We have the Malays, okay? And they celebrate Ramadan and then, yeah.

I like having all those holidays because then you're just partying all year around. I know. The only problem is you're probably eating all year long and all those parties. It's more eating than drinking because they don't really serve alcohol. Oh, okay. And, yeah. I can only do Thanksgiving once a year. That's, and I have to spend the rest of the year working it off, all that food.

Yeah. Malay celebrate Harry. The Indians who are Hindus celebrate Deepa Wali. Those who are. Sounds like a full schedule, man. I never have to, I could just party all year round down there. Christmas and, yeah, that's a lot. Yeah.

I'm moving to Malaysia. I don't know if they do it anymore, but. Yeah. That's what I said the world has changed. It really has. Isn't Malaysia the one under military control now and issues? I didn't hear that. Maybe I'm thinking of a different country that is like Malaysia. So I may not be right on that.

I'm just kind of. Yeah, it could be. I'm going to see stories like the ones you write often reflect real struggles in symbolic ways. Tell us about the marauders and the challenges face on Arth to represent real. or obstacles young people face. They were once citizens of art. But Prince Roger, he did not agree with his brother's way of running the country.

And he didn't like that his brother gave him a job, but would oversee and make sure that the job was done right. Basically, that is not a problem. Shouldn't be a problem. But for Rajul, it was. He wanted things his way. He wanted to run everything his way. So here, then he gathered several people who were dissidents to, and they move to space.

And he lives somewhere out in space with his family, his wife and son. But they come back to get some precious metals. that they can melt and use as fuels. So they need Earth. They come back for food. See, these guys are pirates and all that, and they really don't bother to see if they can grow their own vegetable and fruit garden. So they just steal it?

They come and steal it. Oh, that's not good. Yeah, because Arthur provides the, two communities in space, food, pantry food and rice and things like that, they take it to space. So when the Morales take it, they're taking it out of the mouths of these people who live in these two colonies. That's why we had to take him down. Ah, yeah, I got to take them down. As we round out the future of the books, do you have a date on the first of the books?

Do you have a date on the and a forthcoming works that you were talking about? I think you were talking about maybe doing some another book. Any timeline? I am writing right now. So I have for a lot to figure out how to write. And again, it's not a book I can just write a letter to go. I have to make sure the words are appropriate for the kids. And so it's a bit, like I said, doing the kids book, being precise,

language-wise. So then I have to send it to an editor and have the covers made. That's all in the works. But I have seven more books. It's just that doing these books with editors and everything else costs money. So, you know, there's a halt on those books. Yeah. And I've got Joseph and Goliath coming out, story for very little. Oh, really? Joseph and Goliath. Now is that kind of set around? I'm sorry, not Joseph and Goliah. David? David and Goliath.

Throw Joseph in there. He can be the same thing. Yeah, in the mix. Right? Yeah, he's like the hand solo to Luke Skywalker. That's right. Luke Skywalker David or something. And then go up against Goli.

You got to have somebody hand the rocks to David so that he can do that. What was the thing called the Sing Shot? Yes, sing shot. Yeah. My struggle in writing some of the. books is the humor. I wish I could do a lot more humor in these books, but I think I'm a serious person. I don't know. So humor doesn't come very easily to me. Really? Yeah. You seem fun for the moment we picked up the line. You've been fun and you're so happy and joyful. You're better at humor than you

give yourself credit for. Thank you. What an encouragement. I will celebrate that. It will be my new superpower. You laugh so much and you smile so much and you're just a joy. I'll just make you psychic on the show. I'll be happy on the side.

But no, I'm sure you probably, there's some different scenarios and stuff. Oh, yeah. Adults are hard to make laugh, especially if they're in a funk or they've got something going on or whatever. Kids are usually pretty easy. I can do a lot of jokes in front of kids and they'll, laugh at me. Mostly they laugh at me because I look funny because I'm ugly, but in fact, but they're still laughing, so I'll take what I can get. I am more comfortable in front of children in a classroom than talking to adults. I don't know. I don't know. Yeah, adults are kind of

annoying. Kids, you can really love their imagination. And the things they come up with, they come up to you and they go, this is a spaceship in your life. What does it look like one, but it hit his head, this is a great story. I like kids too, as long as I'm not screaming, crying around me. That's the man. I'm not a big fan of the screaming. When I go into restaurants, there's kids screaming in there. I'm like, oh, wow.

But that's probably the parents. The part of the kids, usually those kids are screaming restaurants and get out of control. Those are parents who don't read to their kids. So don't be those kind of parents, folks. We're up our books today, so you can keep her kids from screaming in the restaurant. So, Jay, as we round out the show, give people a final pitch out to pick up your books, your dot-com, and all that good stuff as we round out. Okay. I'm just not sure about my dot-com.

Buy the books, damn it, or all haunt you and there's to leave. That's what I do to my own. No. Go on a journey with Aurora Lizzie and Lance. Journey with them and see new places and new cultures. learn about the new world and move on. And there's also danger. Spiders as huge as a five-year-old.

That's not good. I'll think a five-year-old over spiders. As long as he's not yelling, screaming the restaurant is good, in there. Yeah. And Aurora, while she flies over this forest, into it, oh, caught in a web. Oh.

Yes. So we'll go. Read it to find out what happens. Sounds like a racknophobia of the movie, too. Oh. The sequel. I can't even watch movies that have spiders or snakes. I can kind of do snakes as long as they're not.

The movies is fine, but if they're running around me, I don't want to say that. And I really don't like spiders. They like to nibble on me in the middle of the night. I don't like that. Yeah. Especially when they put them in a plane with you. In a plane? Yes, you have trapped.

Sounds like who's that one actor that says, well, he's, get these mofo snakes off these planes. Maybe he needs to make a sequel. Get these mofo black widows off my plane, eh? Can you imagine there's like all these? Yeah. I'm getting the hebi-jeebies and my hair starting to stand in, so we'll move along.

I think we may have gotten your dot com, but let's give it one last time as you wrap. Okay. I, I, where, could I just put it up somewhere? Yeah, well, it'll be on the show, so we'll have it for you. If you want, I'll read it off for you. I've got it here.

It's Jaya Carmichaelauthor.com. That's the one I was given. Is that sound right? Okay. Sounds right. Jayas spelled J-E-Y-A. Yes. And, of course, as always, there's a link to it on the Chris Foss.

You've got an Instagram, I think, too, do you? Yes, I have Instagram. I also have Twitter, but I never used them. And then I just went back on Facebook for the longest time I couldn't get in. So now I'm back in. You're back in? Facebook. Yeah.

LinkedIn. Oh, that's good. I ended it, but I'm back on LinkedIn. I've seen some people on LinkedIn that read at a fourth grade level that are CEOs. So I don't know what that's about. So it would be exciting to have you blossom and watch for your future. works and all that sort of good stuff. So congratulations and everything you're doing. I'm glad you're making a difference in the world. And the things you're doing in the world and teaching

people to read and teaching people and a bit better people, especially as a teacher, these are the things. What's that old line? Try and lead the world a better place than when you found it. I think you're doing a wonderful job, Jan. Thank you very much, Chris. And thank you for coming on the show. Oh, you're very welcome. Thank you so much for inviting me. I really, really appreciate it. You got it. Order up per book, wherever fine books are sold, folks. There'll be also linked for that on the Chris Vos show. Ruby Warriors

saving Arth. That's spelled A-R-T-H. You know what's really cool about your Malaysian background is you mentioned some of the names of the characters and stuff. It seems like you're able to really wrap stuff in some cool kind of off-the-beaten path names, right? And I think

that kind of gives them a little bit more savvy. Because if everybody's name Bob and Mark, it's like, But there's kind of a, it kind of adds to the element of fantasy, but with those names is what I'm trying to say. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

And on my website, too, they can click on it and it'll take them straight to Amazon. And they can purchase the books there. All right. Thank you very much for coming to the show. Thanks, John, us for tuning in. Order for Books, wherever fine books are sold. And please, we always advocate. your children. It's super important. And for some of you that I've seen with crying kids in the

restaurant, they're probably higher reading great than you are. So you need all the help you can get. Anyway. Yes. Reading to children is important. Reading along with children is also very important. So, especially if they're struggling to read, read along with them. Yes. Yes. It develops them in so many ways. And that imagination, the self-esteem they can grow from having knowledge and these stories. And they can help them through so many cathartic moments.

I remember reading science fiction with, oh, who's the, I remember reading Tolkien and fantasy. Oh, Dara Tolkien. Yeah, the sort of Chenera comes to my. Oh, my son, he read the whole series of that. Yeah, so did I. I think there's more books now, though. I think I read the first three. I think there's like a whole thing there.

And then eventually I went to Ellen Dean Foster and I went into science fiction. But those books can change your life. And sometimes home life is a little challenging when you're growing up. Everybody's kind of adults are busy doing their things. And you're trying to figure out your place. So it's great. Anyway, thanks for me for us for us fordress, Chris Voss. LinkedIn.com, Fortress, Chris Foss, Woff, Wong in the TikTok and all those crazy places.

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