Hey! I got a question! Can you give me some tips on writing?
Soumya

I have loved your books forever. I have two copies of Ella Enchanted because the first one got so worn. I met you once at my school, years ago, and even had you're autograph on a book mark that I've since lost. Your work has always been inspirational to me. I've been writing pretty much since the first time I picked up a book. I was just wondering around your site and thought I would leave a comment.

I got your book Writing Magic for Christmas when I was in 6th grade. I love it and have used it so many times that I'm surprised it hasn't disintegrated!

I just wanted to say that I first read Ella Enchanted when I was either 7 or 8 (can't remember!) and it was instantly my favorite book and you are my favorite childhood author ever. I also read all your Princess short stories, Dave at Night, and The Two Princesses of Bamarre, but I continued to read Ella Enchanted over and over again through to middleschool, and soon everyone knew it was my favorite book because it was always with me- I even recited a few pages of it for my speech sixth grade speech project and won first place in the whole school. When Fairest came out my parents bought it for me and I read it many times as well. I'm fifteen now, and I love writing. My first novel was a two hundred page fairytale that still sits on my shelf with my other books. I haven't read a fairytale or written one in a long time, because eventually I got into realistic fiction, but this week I just decided to read Ella and Fairest again for fun, and was reminded of how much I loved them, and how I don't think I would be the writer I am, or a writer at all, if it weren't for your books. I try to get my sister, now 8, to read them, but it's difficult to get her to read anything that's more than a hundred pages. I hope you read this because I really want you to know how much your books mean to me and the impact they had on me as a little girl who became a writer because of it.
Sincerely, Summer Joy

Thanks to all for the kind comments!

Kat--There are many books about getting published.

Ruth--If you'll copy your question over to my blog (click on the tab), I'll put it on my list of questions, and I'll get to it in a blog post, although that may take a while and I can't swear I'll solve the problem.