tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post8042337213324779442..comments2024-01-05T05:32:54.346-05:00Comments on S.A. Larsen, Award-winning author of middle grade & young adult fiction: GRAFFITI WALL: Kari Lee Townsend, Author of The Samantha Granger Experiment: FUSEDS.A. Larsenッhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241633272588383935noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-22452624219905058912011-05-13T22:39:24.297-04:002011-05-13T22:39:24.297-04:00Thanks so much!
texas_gal45(at)hotmail(dot)comThanks so much!<br />texas_gal45(at)hotmail(dot)comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773944329596956618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-15529803456022677452011-05-09T22:59:17.519-04:002011-05-09T22:59:17.519-04:00Kari, it was nice meeting you! I sure know about b...Kari, it was nice meeting you! I sure know about being open minded. A person would have to be if s/he ever wanted to get ahead in life!<br /><br />Great interview, S.A.<br /><br />Take care!<br /><br /><a href="http://elizabethmueller.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">♥.•*¨Elizabeth¨*•.♥</a><br />Can Alex save Winter from the darkness that hunts her?<br />YA Paranormal Romance, <a href="http://www.authorelizabethmueller.com/" rel="nofollow"><i>Darkspell</i></a> coming soon!Elizabeth Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06028099814857743134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-14001646777493394422011-05-09T22:54:28.938-04:002011-05-09T22:54:28.938-04:00Congratulations on your books and possible movie, ...Congratulations on your books and possible movie, Kari. I enjoyed reading about your road to publication.<br /><br />Very nice interview. Would love to win the book.<br /><br />Beverlysmcclure(at)aol(dot)comBeverly Stowe McClurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176195451841801819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-2206298233947078322011-05-09T22:40:52.554-04:002011-05-09T22:40:52.554-04:00Sheri, what a wonderful interview. I really enjoye...Sheri, what a wonderful interview. I really enjoyed it. Kari is such an inspiration. What an amazing author. I'd love to win her book. Sounds great. I'll visit her site, too. <br /><br />I'm here from Margo's blog. I like your site.LynNerdKelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167392990015741278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-73477601243062839492011-05-09T21:04:56.713-04:002011-05-09T21:04:56.713-04:00Great interview! Thanks for the giveaway. ;)
laur...Great interview! Thanks for the giveaway. ;)<br /><br />laurabdiamond@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-87145245365985732832011-05-09T20:23:30.735-04:002011-05-09T20:23:30.735-04:00Hi Sheri. I'm your newest follower (and I'...Hi Sheri. I'm your newest follower (and I've been an MMGM blogger since last November!). What a fun interview. The book sounds great. Count me in for the giveaway (JoanneRFritz@gmail.com). I've added a link to your post on my blog (My Brain on Books).<br /><br />And Kari, I'm so impressed with your perseverance. Glad it paid off for you.Joanne R. Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076959910493197255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-88733832345082944972011-05-09T19:22:27.656-04:002011-05-09T19:22:27.656-04:00really great interview, Sheri. Thanks!really great interview, Sheri. Thanks!mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-77132083817141022342011-05-09T19:10:58.172-04:002011-05-09T19:10:58.172-04:00That BIG HOOK/HIGH CONCEPT thing is killing me and...That BIG HOOK/HIGH CONCEPT thing is killing me and my quiet book...(sorry, had to get that off my chest). Thanks for the interview, really!<br />erica<br />ericao75(at)hotmail(dot)comerica and christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074820593371226159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-11452777247656957372011-05-09T18:07:28.711-04:002011-05-09T18:07:28.711-04:00Great interview. So right about soda--should say w...Great interview. So right about soda--should say water, but can't!<br /><br />Thanks for the giveaway :)<br />rivkarno1(at)hotmail(dot)comRiv Rehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385226727864037794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-54135997905260492062011-05-09T14:45:35.485-04:002011-05-09T14:45:35.485-04:00OMG Ellie, I still have my Brother, too :-) And ye...OMG Ellie, I still have my Brother, too :-) And yeah, um, the manuscript I typed on it in 1989 will NEVER see the light of day! But I still have such fond memories of loving something so much I would type away, then rip out the paper, crumple it up, and toss it in the trash, only to load another sheet of paper and start over.<br /><br />Hee hee....what we do for the love of the written word :-)Kari Lee Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11120605314368256963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-69832444764868655892011-05-09T14:39:48.501-04:002011-05-09T14:39:48.501-04:00It sounds like a great read. Thanks for the interv...It sounds like a great read. Thanks for the interview, Sheri.<br /><br />sixbird(at)msn(dot)comSharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05184772057308479564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-2161298674334318672011-05-09T14:05:26.050-04:002011-05-09T14:05:26.050-04:00Nice to meet you and thanks for this great intervi...Nice to meet you and thanks for this great interview!! A lesson in persistence (and patience)! LOVE this: "You never know what you might enjoy doing or be good at unless you are open to trying new things." SO TRUE!Christina Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01799776834213400246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-28100628032999736232011-05-09T13:32:51.061-04:002011-05-09T13:32:51.061-04:00Fantastic interview - thank you Kari and Sheri!
T...Fantastic interview - thank you Kari and Sheri!<br /><br />The bit about the Brother word processor made me laugh. I had one (still do) and wrote three chapters of a terrible sci-fi book on it in the late 1990s. It's in the attic because I can't bring myself to throw it away!<br /><br />Here's my email: ellie@littlewanda.eclipse.co.uk<br /><br /><a href="http://www.elliegarratt.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Ellie Garratt</a>Ellie Garratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03731071128348213067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-64898306187296351422011-05-09T12:54:34.311-04:002011-05-09T12:54:34.311-04:00I love to read how writers move from one genre to ...I love to read how writers move from one genre to another in their careers. Very interesting. Thanks, Sheri and Kari.cleemckenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456109243453726483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-7901920458278709002011-05-09T12:11:44.836-04:002011-05-09T12:11:44.836-04:00Thanks guys, you're the best! This business is...Thanks guys, you're the best! This business is so hard, but so worth it :-) It can be crazy at times, but I am enjoying every minute of it.<br /><br />Good luck to you all!Kari Lee Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11120605314368256963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-83223931422136041482011-05-09T11:25:32.408-04:002011-05-09T11:25:32.408-04:00Great interview! And what an awesome road to publi...Great interview! And what an awesome road to publication. I'm pushing year 2 with my agent and still no sale, and am almost finished with a new book. So I can relate. :)Tabithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420910182752981979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-22411197098762049142011-05-09T10:37:33.127-04:002011-05-09T10:37:33.127-04:00Omigosh, 14 years is some serious perseverance!! W...Omigosh, 14 years is some serious perseverance!! What a great story! I remember seeing that cover somewhere before. Knowing the story behind how it got on shelves makes me even more interested to read it. Thanks for sharing!Sherrie Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11670339498152684137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-9107962527563264022011-05-09T09:52:16.751-04:002011-05-09T09:52:16.751-04:00Great interview to both of you! Fourteen years, wo...Great interview to both of you! Fourteen years, wow that's crazy. I hear stories like this and just hope I can keep going for fourteen years. Best of luck to you both and I look forward to Samantha ;).<br /><a rel="nofollow">bethfred.com</a>Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09962862566388212238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-36142226323022350662011-05-09T09:41:25.968-04:002011-05-09T09:41:25.968-04:00Thank, Lydia!!
Ciara - it's so great that yo...Thank, Lydia!! <br /><br />Ciara - it's so great that you kept going after your first genre didn't work out. Perseverance. :)S.A. Larsenッhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241633272588383935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-75380832714553121562011-05-09T09:36:42.379-04:002011-05-09T09:36:42.379-04:00Oh, and I put you on my sidebar.
Lydiaykang (at) ...Oh, and I put you on my sidebar. <br />Lydiaykang (at) gmail (dot) comLydia Kanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484415427764822386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-34382820923159305492011-05-09T09:35:16.000-04:002011-05-09T09:35:16.000-04:00Thank you both for sharing the journey. Both sets ...Thank you both for sharing the journey. Both sets of books look fabulous! Congrats, Kari, on your wonderful success!Lydia Kanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484415427764822386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-68989152609692258162011-05-09T09:32:23.020-04:002011-05-09T09:32:23.020-04:00I love your line about you never know what you'...I love your line about you never know what you'll enjoy writing. That is so true. I started out writing Christian Fiction. That didn't work out. I found my calling in YA and adult fantasy. LOVE it. Your book sounds great. I have a middle school child, so I'll check it out. Good luck!Ciarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15628488753277495111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-72559807487035548172011-05-09T09:27:07.942-04:002011-05-09T09:27:07.942-04:00LOL I was at a plotting workshop this weekend thro...LOL I was at a plotting workshop this weekend through the RWA. If I hadn't been, I wouldn't have known the black moment = the climax.<br /><br />Great interview. That would be frustating to hope to see your book on the self, only for it to trickle into the the stores a few weeks later. :(Stinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415189347501942340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-10399380084129325372011-05-09T09:13:23.335-04:002011-05-09T09:13:23.335-04:00What a great inspiration to writers everywhere. I ...What a great inspiration to writers everywhere. I love hearing success stories like these.<br /><br />Kanonei at gmail dot comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01737620211363427992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513702670120363707.post-26669455077818895852011-05-09T08:31:54.641-04:002011-05-09T08:31:54.641-04:00Yay for Kari and her persistence finally paying of...Yay for Kari and her persistence finally paying off! It reminds you that if you keep plugging away and keep learning you WILL eventually get there. It just takes a little longer for some than others, but if you give up, you'll never get there!Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03726858055689145824noreply@blogger.com