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Age: 42
Favorite project: “Herby Gets a Life” by Joe Eckstein
“I made up these stream-of-consciousness-type of stories, and wherever my mind took me, that’s where they went,” Wiegand said. “They loved it because they saw themselves as characters in the book, too. I told them the stories in a way they would be able to identify with the characters.”
These stories inspired Wiegand to start writing his own stories when he retired five years ago, leading to “The Martian Menace.”
When Wiegand started writing in 2018, he knew he had to have illustrations for his children’s book. He decided to go onto Nextdoor to see if any artists in the area would be willing to work with him on the book.