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Offline Vonna

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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #30 on: September 17, 2012, 07:08 PM »
I saw the announcement on PM today and thought, What a fun story!
Congratulations!  :partytime

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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #31 on: September 17, 2012, 07:21 PM »
Big congrats, Laura!
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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #32 on: September 17, 2012, 07:32 PM »
:yay Congrats!!
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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #33 on: September 17, 2012, 08:05 PM »
Fantastic! :yay
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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #34 on: September 17, 2012, 09:44 PM »
Congratulations!!!! So happy for you!!!   :broccoli

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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #35 on: September 18, 2012, 12:05 AM »
Wonderful! Well done... but I can't find the pinch smiley...  :crossedfingers


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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #36 on: September 18, 2012, 12:56 AM »
Again, congratulations, Laura! Looking forward to reading it someday!

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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #37 on: September 18, 2012, 07:06 AM »
:cheerleader :cheerleader :cheerleader :cheerleader Congrats!

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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #38 on: September 18, 2012, 08:31 AM »
Wonderful! Wonderful! So happy for you.

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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #39 on: September 18, 2012, 09:31 AM »
Exciting news, Laura! Yippee!

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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #40 on: September 18, 2012, 11:46 AM »
Wow~! Zonderkidz! Impressive!

Congrats  :phat

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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #41 on: September 18, 2012, 12:18 PM »
Wonderful!

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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #42 on: September 18, 2012, 12:37 PM »
This is fantastic. What a great publisher!
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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #43 on: September 18, 2012, 09:37 PM »
Yay, Laura!  What exciting news!!  :drumroll  And with Zonderkidz!  Huge congratulations to you!
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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #44 on: September 18, 2012, 10:04 PM »
Yay!!! That sounds like so much fun.  Celebrate!!!

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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #45 on: September 18, 2012, 11:56 PM »
Yay!!!! Congrats to you, up there on cloud 9!

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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #46 on: September 19, 2012, 08:51 AM »
Hooray!  :phat
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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #47 on: September 19, 2012, 09:03 AM »
Thank you all.  Persistence and passion.  Two key ingredients.   :artist1:
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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #48 on: September 19, 2012, 09:16 AM »
Congratulations, and funny concept!
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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #49 on: September 19, 2012, 10:03 AM »
Exciting news ! Congrats !

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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #50 on: September 20, 2012, 05:17 AM »
Congratulations! So exciting!  :hurrah
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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #51 on: September 20, 2012, 08:55 AM »
That's wonderful.  Congratulations!
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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #52 on: September 20, 2012, 03:59 PM »
What a cool concept for a bedtime story! Congratulations!

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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #53 on: September 21, 2012, 01:07 PM »
Yea!!!! Loud Cheers and Celebration!!!
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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #54 on: September 21, 2012, 02:04 PM »
ooooooooooooo - Congratulations!!!! That's very exciting! So happy for you! :yay :turtlego: :turtlego: :whitebunny :whitebunny :mouse :mouse :chickendance :chickendance
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Re: First PICTURE BOOK contract for me!!
« Reply #55 on: September 21, 2012, 02:24 PM »
Congrats!!  :yay
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