Fan Mail Wednesday #81 (Thursday Edition)
Thursday, March 11th, 2010 Posted in Fan Mail, the writing process | No Comments »Woo-hoo, it's Fan Mail Wednesday! Wait, no. Today is Thursday. It can't be Fan Mail Wednesday. Can it? That's impossible. No recurring feature on an author's blog could possibly be so powerful that it transcends the laws of time and ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #78-80 (Thursday Edition)
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Posted in Family, Fan Mail, Jigsaw Jones, Uncategorized | No Comments »My apologies -- bloggy weirdness going on with my typeface below, but I've already spent too much time trying to fix it. The truth is, I'm not good at letting these things go (I like my i's dotted and my ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #77
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Posted in Bystander, Fan Mail, the writing process | No Comments »Let's cut the preamble and get right down to it. Dear Mr. Preller, I am an English Major. Your novel, Bystander was brought back by my professor as a 'prize" when she attended an annual English Teacher Conference. I didn't get the ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #76 (Tuesday Edition)
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 Posted in Fan Mail, Uncategorized | No Comments »A few things first. 1) This is my 400th post since I started this massive distraction blog back in May 2008. Wow, that's an average of 3.67 blog posts per day! Oh, wait . . . 2) I'm heading off to Seneca ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #74-75
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Posted in Fan Mail, Uncategorized | No Comments »I'm feeling pushed these days -- mostly in a good way -- so it's hard to get to these letters. The demands of standard mail can be time-consuming and expensive. I'll admit it: sometimes I get behind and never catch ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #73
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 Posted in Fan Mail | No Comments »Here's a quick one . . . Dear James Preller, My name is Justin W. and this is my friend Dan S. We are sixth grade boys and we would like to compliment you on your book Six Innings. We read it ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #72 (Monday Edition)
Monday, January 18th, 2010 Posted in Fan Mail, Jigsaw Jones, the writing process | 1 Comment »Forgive my sporadic postings of late, it's been a hectic time, and deadlines loom. This week I'll be away for three full days on school visits. Always a positive experience that definitely helps keep the wolf from the door, but ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #71
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 Posted in Bystander, Fan Mail | No Comments »I'm gong to interrupt my interview with Deborah Kovacs -- click here for Part One -- because "Fan Mail Wednesday" is upon us. Come back tomorrow for Part Two of the interview. This one isn't exactly fan mail -- it's more ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #70
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 Posted in Fan Mail, Justin Fisher Declares War! | No Comments »It's snowing in upstate, New York! Time to break out the snow plow, because we're still looking at a 9:40 dentist appointment for Gavin. Bummer. Let's reach into the big barrel and see what we come up with today . ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #69
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 Posted in Fan Mail, Jigsaw Jones | 1 Comment »Yikes, I'm getting behind on my fan mail -- I can only marvel at how Santa must feel! How in the North Pole does he keep up with it? I know! Santa has those eager little helpers. I've got to get me ...