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Colin Meloy's avatar

FYI Ruthie's last name is "Baumbaum," for reasons I cannot for the life of me remember or fathom, but I'm keeping it.

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Samuel's avatar

Mini book like The Grevious Ddmise of Mr. Whitley Rackham????

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Samuel's avatar

Or, you know, that spelled correctly?

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Don Koenig's avatar

Thank you Colin for a wonderful birthday present (1/12).

And Happy New Year.

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Miguel Tejada-Flores's avatar

Just a quick (and positive!) reaction after reading Chapter One of Ruthie-- something (I'm not quite certain what, exactly) about both the language, the characters and the storytelling 'voice' (aka the Narrator) reminded me of one of the favorite books of my childhood, Carl Sandburg's 'The Rootabaga Stories'. Perhaps it is the sense of entering into a land where fables - and the fantastic - will occur, and affect both the characters in the story... and myself, the reader.

Short version: what a great beginning. I'm hooked :)

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Eric Belair's avatar

wildwood made me love reading again so i’m really looking forward to this 😊

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Deborah's avatar

Love to see a photo of the poster if you have it. So looking forward to your story . It inspires me!

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Chelsea Autrey's avatar

What a gift to kick off 2024! Thanks and looking forward to diving into Ruthie's world.

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Cedric Reuter's avatar

I'm curious to hear what your (Colin) feelings are about these type of unfinished projects. Do they frustrate you? Stick in your craw and nag you? Or can you simply let them go and be free with "making for the sake of making" mantra as a salve?

I'd guess that, like me, your feelings on it might wax and wane. I occasionally feel disappointed in looking at all of my "mid-sentence" ideas. Then I do try to not let that fear keep me from starting up with a new idea when it's purpose is still unclear. Maybe as a "professional" creative you have made your peace with this by now?

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viktor's avatar

AHHHH!!! so excited!+

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C C's avatar

So looking forward to this!! Thank you for sharing it with us!

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Patti's avatar

Yay! Looking forward to this!

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Mickaela Walenciak's avatar

Oh I'm so excited about this!!!

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Mark's avatar

Looking forward to this, Colin. Thank you.

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WS Wiist's avatar

Oh, VERY cool!

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Liz Barosko's avatar

Awesome! I'm excited!

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Katherine's avatar

I have never looked more forward to your Substack installments. 🤩

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