I spend too much of my day getting emails from authors in one of the professional organizations I belong to whining about not getting enough out of their school visits, the government or their rapidly disappearing traditional children's publishers.
I'm forwarding this link to them - hopefully to provide an optimistic, entrepreneurial outlook that they can all look up to.
Congratulations on your success and may you have many more peas in your pod.
Jan 08, 2008 Rating
Impressed in multiple ways by: Steve B.
Elaine, there is so much about your story that I love.
First, I'm always happy to hear about people who have self-published more than once. What better proof can there be that your first experience was a positive one!
Second, I'm thrilled to hear about your personal growth. Overcoming your fear of public speaking, moving on to do much of the illustrating yourself...it's inspiring!
Finally, I like your website better than most! It has a great design (it looks appropriate to the children's book market) and it says more than, "Buy my books." It seems welcoming too.
Congratulations. And how about coming back to the site and writing another page when you've published Ghost Over Boulder Creek? It looks to me like it's going to be more chapter book than picture book. Maybe you can tell us how the experience differed!
