Mary Russel: A self portrait of a Children's Author
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Did Snoopy Ever Write a Best Seller?
Everytime I start to write a book my husband thinks he is funny when he says, "It was a dark and stormy night."
I tell him to stop disturbing the writer or she may put him in a book and kill him. As a murder/mystery writer I am fully capable of doing that in a wide variety of ways. I don't usually enjoy killing off characters that I have grown close to, but in his case, I may make an exception.
I wonder if Snoopy had to put up with such disrespect. Perhaps it helped to motivate him to finally write a best seller.
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Children's Books and Cozy Mysteries by Mary Russel
Waiting for the Publisher
I had promised myself I wasn't going to be counting the months until the publisher said those magic words, "Your release date will be..." I was wrong. It has been two months since I last heard anything from the publisher. I had at least expected the galley proofs by now, maybe a discussion about the cover art.
I have been trying to keep myself occupied with setting up my blog, a FaceBook page, a website, and a Twitter page. I completed another book and am working on two more.
It seems that signing the contract, exciting as that is, is the beginning of a long wait. With nothing happening toward the publication, it's difficult to see how anything is progressing toward that all important release date.
I have been trying to keep myself occupied with setting up my blog, a FaceBook page, a website, and a Twitter page. I completed another book and am working on two more.
It seems that signing the contract, exciting as that is, is the beginning of a long wait. With nothing happening toward the publication, it's difficult to see how anything is progressing toward that all important release date.
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Ericastanciu
Jan 7, 2012 @ 1:49 pm | delete
- I love that line, "Be quite or I'll put you in the book and kill you." I'll have to use that on my fiance wgen he is bugging me. Great kens. Really informative and I love it.
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SereneSea
Oct 2, 2011 @ 10:37 pm | delete
- A writer needs a lot of inspiration and imagination, a children's story writer is no different. I went through the lens of CruiseReady on Mary Russel too.
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maryrussel Oct 3, 2011 @ 10:11 am | delete
- Thank you, SereneSea. I really appreciate your dropping in and commenting. Sheila did such a great job of pulling all of the information together and I just love how she summarized each book.
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CruiseReady
Sep 29, 2011 @ 6:21 am | delete
- Finally did it, Mary. Sent a link via TSL PM
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maryrussel Sep 29, 2011 @ 4:58 pm | delete
- Woot! Thank you so much, Sweetie. I love it! What an amazing job you did!
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My Published Books
By Mary Russel
My children's books on Amazon. With these links, you'll be buying them directly from me. They can be autographed if you desire.
- Flickertail & Paint, Barnyard Sleuths [Paperback]
- Flickertail, the llama and Paint, the horse are peace keepers and peace lovers. They understand the value of teamwork, love, and friendship. They believe in helping others. Join in the fun and antics as they solve various barnyard mysteries and help their friends find solutions to a variety of problems in this anthology of heartwarming and often funny tales.
- Rudolph, a Child's Love Story
- From an adopted grandmother she never met, Becky learns about the importance of family, love, self-esteem and -- Rudolph.
- Sleuth & Scribe Book 1, The Cold Case
- In 1969, the body of a young woman was found at the bottom of a fire escape. It was Mike Holden's first case. The police decided it was an accident but Mike was never convinced it wasn't murder.
40 years later, an old memory causes Mike to reopen the case. Follow Mike as the Sleuth, Alice as the Scribe, and Mike's dog, Deke as they chase down old leads and historic memories of the Weather Underground, the Vietnam War, and the Peace Corps in Thailand. - The Car Lot, Sleuth & Scribe Book 2
- When Jane finds her father's crumpled body on the carpet in his office at the used car dealership, she is convinced he was murdered, although the police believe it was a heart attack. Jane hires a private detective; Mike; Deke, his dog; and Alice, a mystery writer, to prove her theory. All of the employees at the car lot, including Jane, have a motive and it's up to the sleuth and scribe to uncover which of them had a strong enough reason to kill the boss, if indeed he was killed.
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Children's Author and Mystery Writer, Mary Russel was born in 1948 and grew up in the U.S. in various foster homes and in an orphanage. She escaped in... more »
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