Hi everyone,
I received news yesterday that Holiday House is making an offer for my 100th book. It’s a book for the very young about how the body works. I wrote it a year ago tailored to the needs of an editor at a different publisher. He never responded to follow-up queries over the next eleven months.
One month ago I finally notified him that I needed to hear something by the end of that week or I would try somewhere else. No response. I went to Holiday House, where an immediate expression of interest was signaled. And first thing yesterday morning I got the glad word.
I’m happy the wait is over! Well … now of course I’m waiting for #101. (:>
Children's Author David L. Harrison's Blog 
WooHoo, David! Congratulations! What a terrific milestone.
Thank you, Rosi!
Wow, that first editor missed the boat! Congrats from Colorado, David!
Thanks so much. I sent the first editor a note to tell him the story sold elsewhere. No response.
Congratulations on this milestone, David!!!! Whoo!
Hey Renee! Thank you for coming over to visit. I miss you.
Indeed, congrats on #100!
Good morning, Matt. Thank you. And on we go.
Woo hoo!
One hundred books
Is quite a lot!
from Boy with Drum
to book for tots!
Keep writing ’cause
Your job’s not done,
we cannot wait
for 101!
Congrats, David!!
Thank you, dear Susan! I might have a few more left.
LOL!! Of course!
Hooray!!! #100!!! What an accomplishment! (and here’s to many more!)
Jane, thank you very much. I have one going to committee today that just might be #101. I hope to know later in the day or at least soon.
Wow! Congratulations.
Hi Melanie! Thank you very much. That’s just water in the glass I posed with, but I did a little better later.
Great reminder to us all to never give up! (And to editors to keep track of the jewels on their desk!) Congratulations, and I can’t wait to read this one to my grandson!
I’m smiling, Vicki. I was tempted to send a nanner nanner nanner to the first editor but somehow managed to control the urge.
Congratulations! Wonderful news!
This would shoo away any blues.
Now keep it coming, tell your muse.
Hi Susan, and thank you for the poetic encouragement. I’ll let my muse know immediately!
So pleased for you David! Now with 100 under your belt, practice is over 😉
Thank you, Janine. Now I’m ready, coach. Send me in.
A hundred congratulations, David!
And a hundred thank-you’s, Michelle!
David on his Hundredth
Huzzah, huzzah,
You won the race,
you stayed the course,
picked up the pace.
You didn’t fall
down on your face.
And what is more,
t’was done with Grace. *
*for those who don’t know–that’s the name of the editor!
xxxJaneY
Ho ho, Jane, and thanks! Off to a luncheon where I will think Grace.
XO
CONGRATULATIONS! Looks like we are going to have a lot to add to your site.
Thanks, Kathy. I’m working on it!
In one sentence, How does the body work?
While I was a nun, I tried getting books for my 3rd grade class, about how babies were made. It was a Catholic elementary school and my Mother Superior had to rescue me. Was the 1960’s and the age of Aquarius…….
Ha! Those were the days, my friend, we thought they’d never end. I chose to tell this story by showing a body in action and explaining in simple terms how each part contributes.
How WONDERFUL, David!
100! And you’re just getting started.
Keep them coming. But before immersing yourself in BOOK 101, a ‘Holiday’ might be in order. — on the ‘HOUSE’ perhaps!
Good point, Cory! I’ll say Grace over it right away! Thank you for your kind words. I’ve had a very nice day.
BIG, BIG CONGRATS! A terrific milestone!
Thank you, Tina. It was a long time coming. Now it feels pretty special.
You’re just incredible. Maryann
Throwing you a kiss. Thank you.
Many, many congrats, David!
Hi, Charles. Thank you!