Emailing paper letters?
Okay, I'm a huge fan of real mail. I don't think I've gotten a letter from a friend in months, but I still adore them when they do trickle in... I know that girls still love the idea of hard-copy pen pals. Girls' Life magazine has a whole penpal section each month, which I think is a good sign.
Anyway, I just heard about this service called Postful where you can send an email to quickletter@postful.com with the mailing address in the subject line, write the letter in the email's message body, click send, and the email is printed and posted. You can even add photos to the letter! The cost? 99 cents for the first page and 25 cents for each additional page, which includes full-color printing, paper, envelope and first-class postage.
It's not a handwritten note on fancy stationery, but it's something!
Posted: April 26, 2007 | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Tags: girls life, letters, postful
From Russia with Love
Today I got a contract to sell my book to a publisher in Russia who'll translate it and put it on shelves in--hello!--Russia. How insane is that?! In the contract, I get four copies of the Russian version. Luckily, my high school boyfriend is a Rusophile (is that a word?) with years of study of all things Russian under his belt, so I'll have him check the translation for me.
See, it's good to stay friends with exes!
PS-The book cover isn't up on amazon.com yet, but you can see it at myspace.com/melissacwalker.
Posted: April 14, 2007 | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0)
Tags: amazon, russia, violet on the runway
Positive Thinking?
CosmoGirl! is going to excerpt Violet on the Runway! Yay! I am going to write this entire post with exclamation points as a tribute to CG!
I'm not saying Oprah's right about "The Secret," but hey, it totally worked here! (I am obsessed with Oprah!)
The end!
Posted: April 10, 2007 | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0)
Tags: cosmogirl!, violet on the runway
Okay, I'm a huge fan of real mail. I don't think I've gotten a letter from a friend in months, but I still adore them when they do trickle in... I know that girls still love the idea of hard-copy pen pals. Girls' Life magazine has a whole penpal section each month, which I think is a good sign. 
