268. Brave Writer's 25th Anniversary (Part 1)

Brave Writer

Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley

Books, Arts, Education For Kids, Kids & Family, Education

4.8 • 904 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

It started with editing church materials and swapping advice on 1990s internet message boards. Today, Brave Writer has served thousands of families, helping them transform their relationship to writing and each other.

In this episode, we walk you through the history of Brave Writer.

Take a listen as Julie explains why she started the business and how she grew it. Her story is unique, but similar to many homeschool moms’– discovering knowledge and skills that you didn’t even know you had.

The conversation is full of so many good stories, we decided to do a Part 2 next week!

Resources:

Start a free trial of CTCmath.com to try the math program that’s sure to grab and keep your child’s attention
Sign up for our new Substack: Brave Learning with Julie Bogart
Check out the Brave Writer Practice Pages
Find Julie's books in the Brave Writer Book Shop
Learn more about the Brave Writer Literature & Mechanics programs
Read all Brave Writer class descriptions
Sign up for our Text Message Pod Ring to get podcast updates and more!
Send us podcast topic ideas by texting us: +1 (833) 947-3684

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0:00.0	Looking for a great math program?
0:05.0	CTC Math provides online video tutorials that make learning math easy and effective
0:11.0	by using creative graphics and animation that are sure to grab and keep your child's attention.
0:18.0	Here's a great testimonial from Lori.
0:20.0	She said, one day, my 10-year-old was in tears over math.
0:24.6	I tried my best to help, but I ended up in tears as well.
0:28.6	That very night, I received an email offer for CTC Math.
0:33.6	The following Monday, we reviewed the curriculum together.
0:36.6	She was willing to give it a shot, and we have never looked back.
0:41.5	Start your free trial today by visiting cTCMath.com.
0:51.5	Well, happy new year, Julie.
0:54.3	Happy New Year, Melissa.
0:56.1	I'm laughing because we're recording this in December, but it's going to air on New Year's Day.
1:02.6	I know. And what a New Year's Day it is. It is a date that will forever remain precious to me in the remainder of my life.
1:15.0	It is a really big milestone for Brave Rider. What's so special about January 1st, 2025?
1:23.0	Well, ironically, I started Brave Rider January 1st of 2000. And the big joke for me is that I picked a very easy date to remember because I don't do well with dates. But over the Christmas break, I had completed my very first written manual called The Writer's Jungle. And it was on New Year's Day that I decided that I was going to offer a little online class
1:51.7	that would be similar to the email list that I used to build the writer's jungle.
1:58.8	And so it was kicked off right at that point. I was taking
2:02.8	registrations right up to January 1st. And I think we started the class on January 2nd. So that was
2:08.7	the official beginning of what was a different name at the time, but the beginning of my company.
2:15.9	What was it called when it first launched?
2:18.6	This is so funny.
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