| Contest Winner for February can be viewed here the entire month of March & April 2008 |
Rebecca Carr
| How to laugh like a nerd Due out in winter 2008 |
Becky prefers to stay in the
background and let the
lobster gang take center
stage
background and let the
lobster gang take center
stage
Becky aka Mussel Bound would love to chat with you.
What projects are you working on?
What are you goals, and what if anything is holding you back?
What is your wildest dream as a writer and/or illustrator?
Anything else on your mind? Drop HER an email.
What projects are you working on?
What are you goals, and what if anything is holding you back?
What is your wildest dream as a writer and/or illustrator?
Anything else on your mind? Drop HER an email.
children's author & web designer
"In the spotlight" contest Archives.
February 2008 Donna McDine
February 2008 Donna McDine
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| Lobster Dude |
| bound |
| Shrimp Louise |
Crab Leggs
| Callie Mari |
| halfshell |
clammy hans
| The head crustacean unofficially He is often misjudged, because of his appearance. One time, someone dropped a $20 bill and didn't realize it. scared at his leather and piercings that they threw their whole wallet at him and ran screaming. |
| Oycifer halfshell The whole Lobster Dude gang looks up to show it by trying to behave, and they all fight for rides on his watercycle |
| mussel bound is lobster dude's best tried to follow it, but it would stop every time he got close. Distracted, he spilled his butterless popcorn all over himself, and Mussel Bound been best buddies ever since. |
| is complex. Her make up alone takes an hour. Her shell must be polished, and each claw gets a custom manicure every morning. |
| Shrimp Louise has a secret crush on clammy hans and he has one on her Shrimp Louise has a soft spot for Clammy Hans likes her for her brains and her cute rostrum. |
| the Waterside Wassup Clammy Hans isn't much for playing sports; he just likes writing about them. Playing would involve interacting with others and he prefers the safe distance writing allows him. |
| Callie Mari a surgery assistant the best school in the entire ocean, psychology because she loves analyzing the other shellfish. |
find a way to let them out, as I am not an artist. Some are based at
least in part on my friends. But they also have their own
personalities and ways of thinking, that they tell me about.
generate a lot of traffic?
The games draw a lot of traffic,
and a lot of repeat traffic. They
also greatly increase the amount
of time people stay at the site;
dozens stay for at least a half
hour, and many for at least an
hour or more.
I started the web site in 2006. In
the month of February, it
averaged 290 visits a day.
The games draw a lot of traffic,
and a lot of repeat traffic. They
also greatly increase the amount
of time people stay at the site;
dozens stay for at least a half
hour, and many for at least an
hour or more.
I started the web site in 2006. In
the month of February, it
averaged 290 visits a day.
Who is your favorite character and why?
lot there when you take the time to get to know
him. Unfortunately, I'm also about as
physically strong as he is.
lot there when you take the time to get to know
him. Unfortunately, I'm also about as
physically strong as he is.
In the past you’ve expressed that you want to self
publish, why?
Many reasons. First, the characters came to me before the
stories did, and most traditional publishers want to choose
themselves if someone went and modified them.
Also, you have to do all of your own marketing anyway, so
what is the point of paying 90- to 95 percent of your profits
to someone else?
publish, why?
Many reasons. First, the characters came to me before the
stories did, and most traditional publishers want to choose
themselves if someone went and modified them.
Also, you have to do all of your own marketing anyway, so
what is the point of paying 90- to 95 percent of your profits
to someone else?
honest, because the books aren't out yet.
But more and more people are finding the
books driving the characters and quite
successful once things are really rolling.
But more and more people are finding the
books driving the characters and quite
successful once things are really rolling.
| Chatting with becky the lobster dude website & Characters |
| Becky aka Mussel Bound |