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Fan Mail Wednesday #93 (blog post #500!)
There are days when I question this blog — why I do it, if it’s worth the time and energy — and, with less frequency but much more sting, I question if what I do for a living has been a colossal...
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JUSTIN FISHER: Recommended for the Read-Aloud Classroom
Though I published my first book in 1986, it wasn’t until recently that I experienced book reviews. Despite a crazy assortment of books, plus forty titles in the Jigsaw Jones series, the books were...
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This Week’s Greatest Thing Ever: XTRANORMAL Turns Text Into Movies!
I just discovered xtranormal, a wildly fun, easy-to-use, possibly addictive website that allows you to create animated movies on your computer. As they put it, “You type. The 3D actors speak. It’s that...
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“One of my go-to funny books for boys.”
Thought I’d share a few reviews for my middle grade novel (grades 3-5), Justin Fisher Declares War! Thanks to anyone who picks up this book and gives it a try. When I first wrote it, I thought of...
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Ends & Odds & All Sorts of Crazy Good Times
I’m headed off across the wild tundra for three days of school visits in the vast, icy wasteland of Westchester, NY. You’ll have to find somewhere else to kill your valuable time. And to that end, I...
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Fan Mail Wednesday #96
Dear Mr. Preller, My son bought your Along Came Spider book at the school bookfair. At first I thought he chose it for the cover art, but he assured me he had read the back and the story sounded...
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Congratulations, Jackson Murphy: Kid Movie Critic Is Set to Appear on “The...
In the Acknowledgements section of my 2010 book for middle-grade readers, Justin Fisher Declares War!, I credited an inspiring young man for, well, inspiring me: - - The boy’s name was Jackson Murphy....
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Fan Mail Wednesday #111 (Re: Book Titles)
- Don’t you love the icon that I use for every Fan Mail Wednesday? A word of explanation for younger readers: It’s an illustration of something we used to call “a letter.” You see, long ago, we used...
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Justin Fisher . . . Illustrated
The huge success of The Wimpy Kid series was soon followed by a spate of copycat publishing. This kind of “borrowed idea” publishing happens after every bestseller and it’s pointless to complain. But...
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Thank You, Arizona Library Association!
Good News! I received an email from Kerrlita Westrick and Shirley Berow, co-chairs of the Grand Canyon Reader Award, organized by the Arizona Library Association. Instead of telling you about it, you...
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FAN MAIL WEDNESDAY #226: Word from an Aspiring Author
- Here’s a kind note from an aspiring writer. Hi! My name is ___ and I am a fifth grader from Sacandaga Elementary school. I was sick when you came and I was so sad. I love to write and your books...
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