tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post5490760874617190199..comments2024-03-13T08:24:28.018-07:00Comments on Wendelin's Blog: For SamanthaWendelin Van Draanenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02534698736990684819noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-9668799377802512792011-03-12T15:30:19.172-08:002011-03-12T15:30:19.172-08:00I don't know what to say to Ginngle11, But I T...I don't know what to say to Ginngle11, But I Think I'm going to have some competition if I'm gonna be your #1 fan!<br />I don't know if this is me being over emotional about books or what but when something bad happens i feel like I'm the character( i feel sad,happy,and excited).Please don't call me crazy.When people say to put themselves in the characters shoes i guess i do!<br />thanks a bunch for all the books that you write.when i found out the book 'runaway' was about Holly I freaked out and jumped up and down impatiently to tell my sister (the one who got me hooked on Sammy Keyes)that that's what it was about.I absolutely Looooooooooooooooooooove that series i really want to be the first one to read it!AHH!I cannot wait! i think Ginngle11 has a point about Casey.Or maybe i just don't want the Sammy Keyes series to end!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-29892613726106553032011-01-22T09:43:08.721-08:002011-01-22T09:43:08.721-08:00After finding your blog yesterday I started to rea...After finding your blog yesterday I started to read some of your past post. It was so sad to read what had happened to Samantha. I obviously didn't know her but my heart still broke for her. I lost my grandfather to cancer less than a year ago. It was something he battled for 15 years before it finally took his life.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11177031527572496831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-43404060356294662032011-01-11T07:42:56.710-08:002011-01-11T07:42:56.710-08:00Thank you Ginngle11--I definitely read the comment...Thank you Ginngle11--I definitely read the comments -- I don't always have time to give an adequate comment back, but know I read and appreciate them! Thank you for the nice things you said about me :) -- You'll have to wait for the last book (18) to hear from Casey directly...but you will. And that's all I'm sayin' :)Wendelin Van Draanenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02534698736990684819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-28871250212656233572011-01-09T15:04:41.740-08:002011-01-09T15:04:41.740-08:00Dear Wendelin,
I LOVE THE SAMMY KEYES SERIES! I w...Dear Wendelin,<br /> I LOVE THE SAMMY KEYES SERIES! I was wondering, since Casey is such a HUGE character now if you'd ever thought about writing something like a side book about how Casey sees things! I think it would be a big success and if you do decide to, I think you should do it on the Wedding Crasher! It would be really cool to know how Casey had felt after he had gotten the "letter" that was supposedly from Sammy!=] I was also wondering when the New book Sammy Keyes and the Night of Skulls was coming out! I've heard it was coming out in October, but i'm not to sure. Yesterday I finished Wedding Crasher and i'm soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobummed that it is the most recent book!(They are SO good!) So anyway I just wanted to tell you how amazingly GENIUS you are! Thanks for being my role model and sorry for the long message. Please write back!=] <br /> YOUR FAN,<br /> ginngle11ginngle11https://www.blogger.com/profile/05495530328774307270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-34696110065184659772011-01-09T14:49:59.208-08:002011-01-09T14:49:59.208-08:00I'm so sorry about Samantha! She sounds like s...I'm so sorry about Samantha! She sounds like she was a wonderful person!ginngle11https://www.blogger.com/profile/05495530328774307270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-77935227134753749802011-01-07T22:32:21.786-08:002011-01-07T22:32:21.786-08:00I just want to say that I really appreciate this &...I just want to say that I really appreciate this "community" of commenters -- thank you for your kind, caring thoughts.Wendelin Van Draanenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02534698736990684819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-50704531831835071922011-01-05T19:48:54.734-08:002011-01-05T19:48:54.734-08:00just preordered trd. very excited.just preordered trd. very excited.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11025992139310705940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-38698608345612735182011-01-04T17:53:12.397-08:002011-01-04T17:53:12.397-08:00Wow, that's really sad. You're right, some...Wow, that's really sad. You're right, sometimes life isn't fair. But you know what? It's the struggles and the heartbreaks that give us the strength to go on. Sure, nobody ever expects it. Even if they know it could be right around the corner, but it's those times when life catches you by surprise that make you stronger. When life gives you a shock, it makes you stronger. When life gives you a test, it makes you smarter. When life challenges you, it makes you wiser. It all happens for a reason; whether or not we want it and are ready for it. It'll still happen and we'll still get through it. (Gosh, don't I sound like a fortune cookie? I seem to have these fortune cookie moments.... cookie....i want food....)<br /><br />I seriously do want food. But I can't have much of it do to my wonderful sickness. I think it's the flu or something. But gosh am I STARVING! But I can barely eat anything! Ok, I'm not gonna complain about how miserable I feel. I'm not. I'm seriously not.<br /><br />So anyways.....yeah. Since I've been sick I haven't been able to sing. (Which is really bugging me since singing/songwriting is one of my favorite daily pastimes.) Before I got sick I was going crazy with writing all these songs! I wrote....probably about 5? 6 maybe? Something like that. But I.....wait. I'm ranting on again aren't I? What is my problem these days? I have managed to knock over every glass of water I have set down. And now I'm ranting on and on about things you could probably care less about. But that's just me I guess....<br /><br />Adieu for now! (That is goodbye, right?) -Lexa *cough, cough*Alexahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08390227947369450237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-75994269375028877302011-01-04T17:19:09.179-08:002011-01-04T17:19:09.179-08:00that's.....so..sad.. i hope samantha's hap...that's.....so..sad.. i hope samantha's happy for you and your new book. i hope she'd be proud of you,too. =]Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14855775653603180307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-7433880281024287462011-01-04T12:47:31.944-08:002011-01-04T12:47:31.944-08:00awwww :'( that was so sad ! and like sam said,...awwww :'( that was so sad ! and like sam said, (one of the commenters!) she would definetly be proud of you! :)Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00821622098898695970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-13377497838940985332011-01-03T19:38:21.251-08:002011-01-03T19:38:21.251-08:00I feel like crying. She sounded so much like my fr...I feel like crying. She sounded so much like my friend Martin that passed away last December, also due to cancer. and i'm so sorry you found out like that, wendelin. it must have been horrible to hear that over the phone, because it makes it so.... final. i would've had my heart bottomed out, and i would've cried on the spot. especially because of the cheerfulness she conducted herself with, even though she lost half her limb and battled cancer. just like martin. God, he was only 13...... i need a tissue.<br /><br />Live on, Samantha, through Chloe. Live on.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11025992139310705940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-37779114129785573822011-01-03T18:24:55.392-08:002011-01-03T18:24:55.392-08:00Oh my gosh that is soo sad.
Gosh.. that must have...Oh my gosh that is soo sad. <br />Gosh.. that must have been a huge shock.. if I knew her even not that well I would cry. <br />Great and touching post.Pooja Dimbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10169294345567108340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-41893619002104162011-01-03T17:38:39.505-08:002011-01-03T17:38:39.505-08:00When I was younger, I lost a friend to cancer afte...When I was younger, I lost a friend to cancer after a long battle. Despite many attempts at contact, I hadn't spoken to him in several years, and though I was fully aware of his illness, his death was a shock. No matter how well you know someone, and the danger they're in, I'm not sure it ever feels real that they could die, until they do.<br /><br />I hope that Samantha's family likes your book.Madelyn Glymourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18322688169632881400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-74054222930954232862011-01-03T14:00:39.004-08:002011-01-03T14:00:39.004-08:00if samantha was alive, she'd be really pround ...if samantha was alive, she'd be really pround of you for writing a great book. (and possibly super happy you put her ond the Acknowledgements page :])Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250958138367364854noreply@blogger.com