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July 14

About Me:: 2007 Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year, Mary Ellen Courville strives to build connections with students. Empathy motivates her writing as well. Her voice is heard locally through regular parenting articles in BRParents magazine.

Fiction is Mary Ellen's first love, however. In 2007 a short story "Breathe," inspired by the aftermath of the Louisiana hurricanes, appeared in an anthology. The companion Y/A novel tracks the lives of three teens as they face life after destruction and rebuild. It is currently in the revision phase.

Elementary children have received most of Mary Ellen's writing attention recently as her first children's book "The Pilgrim's Basket" awaits release in 2008. As both a teacher and a writer, Mary Ellen listened as she heard about a class of Louisiana children who grew a garden and donated the vegetables to hungry families. "The Pilgrim's Basket" is a fiction children's story based not on the lessons the learning project meant to teach, but the unexpected outcome that taught the most. Check out its journey through the publication process at http://writethroughme.blogspot.com/.

At 7:57am on July 14, 2009, Freya R said…: Hi Mary

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At 10:26am on August 30, 2008, Connie Arnold said…: Hi Mary Ellen, it's great to see you here! My children were born in Slidell, LA, and I'm sure your new novel will be good.
Connie

At 11:45am on July 25, 2008, Marvin D. Wilson said…: Hi, Mary Ellen-

Blog tours work well if you plan them well ahead, solicit/select bloggers who have lots of traffic to their blogs in the demographics of your desired target audience. I usually have some gifts I give away (sample first chapters to all commenters, a grand prize of a free book for one lucky person, etc.) and also offer reciprocal favors to all the hosts. I did two tours with Owen Fiddler - one in Jan when the ebook came out, that was a string of interviews with me the author. Then when the trade paperback came out I put my main character, Owen Fiddler on tour, with HIM being interviewed - it was a cool twist that allowed me to get a double whammy on the same book. I've found that a monthlong tour is too long, 1 to 2 weeks with features every other day seems best. Best to you and your promotions!

At 9:12am on July 13, 2008, JaWar said…: Good to meet you. The forums have some great discussions and is an excellent place to network with other writers and self-publishers.

Congrats on your success thus far.

At 9:21pm on July 9, 2008, Holly said…: PS Im guessing you teach elementary since that is your writing focus- I taught music for grades K-8 in Arizona before moving here. I loved it!

At 9:19pm on July 9, 2008, Holly said…: You're right- BTR doesn't really count as Acadiana. I wrote that and then looked at where you are located. Its a long drive to Eunice! Where and what do you teach? I teach at LSUE- Im in the education department.

At 7:57am on July 9, 2008, Stephanie Fish said…: Hi Mary Ellen!
I love to read KJV based devotionals for women/teen girls (for my dd) and wanted to know if anyone here needs my support.

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