If you have any questions, contact me at meredithandthemeangirls@gmail.com
Hey I looked at your website and it was interesting!!!
Hi, Maddie. I have a question. You know I want to be published someday, but I’m afraid to show my stories/books to anyone who might critize them, escecially my parents. I know that is not the way to get published AT ALL, but its hard for me!!!
Do you have any tips???
Thank you!!!
Katie
hey maddie it’s jessica lisen i love coming on your website. it is sooo cool. i dont have an email but i always go on here so this can be the place where we can chat. also i just got my ears pirced!!!!! =) now i don’t have to say to my friends that i do not have my ears pirced and they all be soo shocked. but still. i dont get my email till chrismas or nexted summer! so exited about middle school but kind of scared.whatcif i get bullied like i did in fifth grade! that would be hard.don’t you think. it kind of gets not very fun. if you get this messege write back
-jessica
k
who is john and katie?
you have a brother!!!!! i didn’t know that.
yea, when i herd about it i was kind of mad but when i learned that some people are getting fired then i was mad.
but are some teachers getting fired at walton too?
will you be at this weeks?
cooleo =)
am going to the 7:20 show
yes you do there is both mattews that r in our grade jonden s. georga hagy
toy story 3 here i come!!! =D
i know.
at the end it was sad.
but sweet
sorry! i just love chatting with you.
on thrus. i think it is a home meet.
having fun 4 today!!!
at the meet we have a color (to wear) but i don’t know what the color is for this weeks meet.
maddie,very fun thing to tell i wish you can hear it but this is the best i can do.(in a very spainch person talking in english) HELLO IS YOUR REFRIGER RUNNING YOU BETTER GO CECH IT!!!!! =)
hey maddie. the summer legde season is over. so no more swim meets. i just wanted to chat.
hay hoo waz up party peoples!!!!!!! = )
hello?!?! are you coming on anymore? if you are coming back tell me. k. i’m going 2 camp i just want 2 tell you take so if i i’m not coming back for a wille so ya. i gess this is it. see ya or if you get red of this website then bye see you at middle school. i gess this is that is the only time we can talk at school. but if you keep this website then we can talk here and at school!!!! see ya!!!! =)
hey maddie school is going great and i just wanted to say hi.
Hey! I haven’t checked your website in FOREVER! Actually, I just found my copy of Meredith and the Mean Girls and my sister’s room and it reminded me to check the site!!! I was wondering how the sequel was going, when it will be out (or if it is out now), ect. Thanks!!!
I love meredith and the mean girls. You are my age right now and you totally impressed me by your writing!! good job!!
hi maddy,
I LOVE WRITING! i am 10 in fifth grade and i admire you for getting your book published! i have wanted to be an athor from the day i entered this world!! i am going to send you an email with my not yet finshed story – would you mind editing it for me?
sarah
Hi Maddie!
I have a quick question for you. What did you do about the contract when you published your book? Did you sign it? Your dad?
Thanks,
Isaac
you will get far don`t worry!!
January 16, 2010 at 11:52 pm
I, like you, was someone who was picked on relentlessly in school (I’m homeschooled now, thankfully) mainly because I wasn’t, and am still not, someone who likes to shop for clothes in expensive stores, but would rather shop for books at my local Borders, I’m into things that aren’t popular (not exactly) I like thigns such as Anime and Manga and I was teased for that, and for my appearence too, I’ve lost alot of weight since my school days, I’m fourteen, I’ve written three and a half books, and like you, I’ve taken my bad experiences and used them to my advantege by polishing my skills as a writer, the more people said I couldnt’ do it, or that I was weird, the harder I pushed, I’m on the verge of getting published but I’m trapped, I have my books ready, I’m even doing a reading at Borders this year, but I can’t seem to find a publisher, every turn I take is a scam or too expensive, how did you do it? How did you get published especially at your age? Please help me out, I can’t write about my personal experiences like you can; I’m not emotionally strong enough to dredge up that pain and re-live it for the sake of a story, instead I’m a fiction writer; I write romance/fantasy and I just want to tell someone else’s story, I want someone to look up to one of my charectors the way I’ve looked up to the charectors of some of my own favirote books, any help on getting published would be great, thank you -Alexa AKA Asagi
January 17, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Well, Alexa, thanks so much for commenting here. It sounds like you have had a very horrible time dealing with mean girls. I am very sorry.
If you want to publish your books (which you should), you should first of all try to send it to an editor or literary agent to see if they’d like to publish it. I got some great feedback from Andrew Clements. If they say no, you should search self-publishing accounts. We used CreateSpace, which works for Amazon, but that didn’t work out too well.
There are great places that I know of such as LuLu and iUniverse, if you’d like that.
Also, my mom and I believe it’s a great idea for you to start a blog about your mean girl experiences as well. Just go to wordpress.com and click start blogging here (or something like that). I believe you will have a fun time and lots of people will read it.
I hope I answered all your questions and concerns.
Good luck with your writing! You’d be a good one!
January 18, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Actually, I think you’re best off using CreateSpace. It did have a few flaws, but that’s probably your best bet.
January 18, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Thank you for the information and also for the tips, I’ll try contacting Andrew Clements, since self-publishing keeps leading me to dead ends, I’ve never thought of making a blog about my experiences, but I will now, thank you!
June 3, 2011 at 2:12 am
i love to write !