Susan Albert's 2007
Cottage Tales Blog Tour

Nov.5 / Nov.6 / Nov.7 / Nov.8 / Nov.9 / Nov.12 / Nov.13 / Nov.14 / Nov.15 / Nov.21

Susan was a guest at the following blog sites. Each post offered something new an interesting about the Cottage Tales. Check them out!

Date: Monday, November 5
Blog: Poe's Deadly Daughters
Topic: The Tale of the Talking Animals. Susan writes about the challenges and pleasures of including talking animals in The Cottage Tales.

Date: Tuesday, November 6
Blog: The Page 69 Test. To find out what the "Page 69 test" is all about, go here.
Topic: Page 69 in The Tale of Hawthorn House. Read the page and Susan's comments to see what mysteries it holds.

Date: Wednesday, November 7
Blog: Storybook Woods
Topic: The Bunny Books: The Further Adventures of Miss Beatrix Potter. Did you know that Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit was turned down by so many publishers that she gave up and published it on her own? For the story behind "the bunny books," read Susan's post.

Date: Thursday, November 8
Blog: Mysterious Musings

Date: Friday, November 9
Blog: Fairiebees
Topic: Miss Potter's Doll House. Did you know that Miss Potter had a doll house? In this post, Susan will tell you about it, and what the doll house tells us about Beatrix Potter's interest in interior furnishings.

Date: Monday, November 12
Blog: Nature Woman
Topic: Beatrix Potter's Lake District. Visit with Susan as she shares some of her photos of the Lake District, taken on her visits there.

Date: Tuesday, November 13
Blog: Book of Days
Topic: Susan chats with homeschoolers Barb and Josh Wright about the fun of learning through fiction.

Date: Wednesday, November 14
Blog: Blog Book Tours
Topic: Susan and Dani Greer chat about the wide range of Beatrix Potter's art. You might also check out Dani's SockQueen blog to see a picture of the hat Susan knitted with Herdwick wool. Cool!

Date: Thursday, November 15
Blog: Straightfromhel
Topic: Susan posts about the narrator of the Cottage Tales, whose distinctive voice and "old-fashioned" narrative interventions makes this series unique.

Date: Wednesday, November 21
Blog: Blog Book Tours
Topic: Susan and Dani Greer chat about the experience of doing a blog tour. If you're an author thinking of developing your own tour, you'll want to check this out!



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