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Unread 04-16-2021, 10:54 AM
Melissa Balmain Melissa Balmain is offline
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Default my new book is a witch

My new little book, The Witch Demands a Retraction: Fairy-Tale Reboots for Adults, came out yesterday. I'm thrilled to report that it's now the #1 new release in humorous verse AND ranked just below such bestsellers as F Is for Fart and Gomer the Gassy Goat. I have arrived.

(Please note that Witch is *not* for kids, no matter how adorable the illos are. And they are damn adorable, thanks to artist Ron Barrett, whom you may know as the genius behind Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.)

Plug for **Humorist Books**: it's early days yet, but my experience with them has been very good so far, so keep them in mind if you've got funny manuscripts in search of a publisher.
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Unread 04-16-2021, 03:52 PM
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"This is an extremely irresponsible book — imprudent, unconscionable, certain to emotionally scar impressionable children for life. I highly recommend it." — Gene Weingarten, syndicated humor columnist, The Washington Post
LOL, don't go anywhere near the Seuss thread in General Talk, Melissa, or it will blow up again!

Warm congratulations, and I look forward to the book.
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Once upon a time, some of these poems were dangerously funny individually. Gathering a bunch of them in one volume looks like a sketchy enterprise at best. I've ordered a copy, of course, but sensible people might wanna keep their distance. Look elsewhere for happily ever after.
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Melissa Balmain Melissa Balmain is offline
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Thank you, Julie and Chris! Chris: since you've recklessly ordered a copy, please send me your address so I can ship you a signed bookplate. It might even rhyme. (The same offer stands for anyone who has the paperback: just message me at melissa.balmain@rochester.edu.)
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Congratulations, Melissa - it sounds like a lot of fun!
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Thank you, John!
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Congrats, Melissa! I'm ordering a copy and can't wait to read it.
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Honored, Martin! Please see bookplate offer above.
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I just received Melissa's new book and wrote a mini-review of it on Amazon. Here is the link:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-r...SIN=1954158068

Susan
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Unread 05-15-2021, 12:50 PM
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Congratulations, Melissa! Can't wait for some laughs!
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