Comments on: Starting out http://www.avi-writer.com/blog/2012/10/starting-out/ Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:22:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Colleen Kelly Mellor http://www.avi-writer.com/blog/2012/10/starting-out/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Colleen Kelly Mellor Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:05:42 +0000 http://www.avi-writer.com/blog/?p=676#comment-384 ‘Starting out’ is appropos for me, in that I’m at that point. Well…not really. Been putting together our books since last year, and we are currently beginning #3 in the series. Pretty blistering pace (I hear from knowledgeable sources in traditional pubbing-world.) As teacher of 30 years, I found it remarkable that folks used to race to news stands to get Dickens’ latest installment of “Great Expectations”..long, toothy tomes that took so much audience investment. Now, you’re right: They want “Slam…Bang…Thank you, ma’am, and don’t let the door hit you on the way out.” And you better give them that. I’m one of the fastest-growing demographics right now–the Indie writers. Our books, Grandpa and the Truck, hope to get market share and we’ll be one of OOIDA’s Landline mag’s “Cool Gifts” for Nov., going out to 200,000 truckers and their families.But we’re not just for truckers…we teach lots of things (geog. figures prominently as kids learn other-than-GPS knowledge of America, while tracking the big rig’s movement across America.) So, I like your books and your website; I salute your success; and I hope to emulate some of what you do…

]]> By: Avi http://www.avi-writer.com/blog/2012/10/starting-out/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Avi Wed, 31 Oct 2012 01:48:57 +0000 http://www.avi-writer.com/blog/?p=676#comment-377 Enjoyed meeting you, too!

]]> By: Cherie Colburn http://www.avi-writer.com/blog/2012/10/starting-out/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Cherie Colburn Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:08:20 +0000 http://www.avi-writer.com/blog/?p=676#comment-374 LOVE all things Madeleine and appreciate the many doors she opened for my family as we read together. I’m excited to swing wide those portals for my grandchildren now, with both Meg Murray and Charlotte Doyle as able guides on our adventures.

Enjoyed meeting you and hearing your corny squirrel stories at the TX Monthly bash. And keep planting those seeds of hope! c:

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