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Thursday, March 22, 2007
Move on over
As of right now, I'm blogging at web.mac.com/thebillcochran
No offense to blogger, you're cool and all, but... well, just go to that site. All those links to the right will get you there.
No offense to blogger, you're cool and all, but... well, just go to that site. All those links to the right will get you there.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #94,537 in Books
Top 100,000... I think this is a record...for me. Not Steven King.
"He's Dog."
Wow. Yesterday was a pretty darn cool day in Forever Dog world. I had my first 2 "national" reviews. Both positive: The School Library Journal one is particularly "on the mark".
School Library Journal
March 2007
The deep friendship between a boy and his dog is lovingly portrayed in warm prose and appealing art. Corky, who “seemed to be built from other dogs’ spare parts,” and Mike are inseparable, and they plan to be “best friends forever.” Cochran gently leads readers through a difficult plot in which Corky dies, and Mike, with the help of his mother, comes to accept that the Forever Plan will have to work in a different way. In the satisfying conclusion, he lets the memory of his dog “all the way into his heart. And it felt warm inside.” Andreasen’s soft illustrations portray a heartwarming relationship and capture the changing mood of the story from joy and exhilaration to sadness and back again to a subdued happiness and understanding. This book has much to offer to children, not only because they love pets but also because of its sensitive treatment of loss.
Boy, I'd like to meet this Cochran guy...
And here's the conclusion from Kirkus...the rest is just book summary. But the cool thing is my publicist tells me that most of the reviews they've been receiving (they being HarperCollins) have been either negative or indifferent, so... what's up now?
Kirkus Reviews
March 2007
... A healing antidote for those who have lost a pet or any loved one.
The only thing that's sorta gone wrong is a typo on my amazon.com page. It's a small thing, but the blurb about the book reads:
No one knows exactly what kind of dog Corky is, but if you ask his owner, Mike, the answer is simple: "He's dog."
Uh, that should say "He's MY dog."
Mikey was never intended to be a doofus simpleton.
School Library Journal
March 2007
The deep friendship between a boy and his dog is lovingly portrayed in warm prose and appealing art. Corky, who “seemed to be built from other dogs’ spare parts,” and Mike are inseparable, and they plan to be “best friends forever.” Cochran gently leads readers through a difficult plot in which Corky dies, and Mike, with the help of his mother, comes to accept that the Forever Plan will have to work in a different way. In the satisfying conclusion, he lets the memory of his dog “all the way into his heart. And it felt warm inside.” Andreasen’s soft illustrations portray a heartwarming relationship and capture the changing mood of the story from joy and exhilaration to sadness and back again to a subdued happiness and understanding. This book has much to offer to children, not only because they love pets but also because of its sensitive treatment of loss.
Boy, I'd like to meet this Cochran guy...
And here's the conclusion from Kirkus...the rest is just book summary. But the cool thing is my publicist tells me that most of the reviews they've been receiving (they being HarperCollins) have been either negative or indifferent, so... what's up now?
Kirkus Reviews
March 2007
... A healing antidote for those who have lost a pet or any loved one.
The only thing that's sorta gone wrong is a typo on my amazon.com page. It's a small thing, but the blurb about the book reads:
No one knows exactly what kind of dog Corky is, but if you ask his owner, Mike, the answer is simple: "He's dog."
Uh, that should say "He's MY dog."
Mikey was never intended to be a doofus simpleton.
Monday, February 19, 2007
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