{"id":116,"date":"2026-03-08T18:59:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T18:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/bjohn183\/?p=116"},"modified":"2026-03-08T18:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T18:59:57","slug":"my-first-audiobook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/bjohn183\/2026\/03\/08\/my-first-audiobook\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Audiobook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As I said in my earlier blog post, I was going to be including audio here, and it has now been posted. Go listen to my first audiobook<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before you take that listen though I’m going to tell you how I created this story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you know, I’m a creative writing major, so I obviously create stories. I was taking an exile literature class last semester, where we talked about our ancestors and how they came to America. Everyone had great immigration stories, and I had basically nothing. All I knew was that my great-great-grandpa came over from Denmark in 1912. Someone in that class asked me about my story, and I had to say I don’t really know. All I knew came from a journal my great-great-grandpa had written before he died. At that time, I was also taking my first real creative writing class and didn’t have any idea what to write about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s when it hit me, I should write a story about my great-great-grandpa’s immigration story. So that’s what I did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story of Sevnd you are listening to comes from real events. Anna and Walter aren’t real; they are there to cause a bit of conflict in the story. However, everything else is a real event that happened. My great-great-grandpa did see the iceberg that sank the Titanic. I did have to do some research along with this story. I found the immigration documents and had to go to a lot of relatives to get Svend’s documents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story you are hearing is a bit of a first draft. I submitted the work as my final for my creative writing class. I would like to continue the story one day when I get the time. There is so much to Svend’s story that I want to write about. I hope that you enjoy Svend’s story! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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