Hi everyone!

My name is Cassi Friedman. About 6 years ago I lost my best friend
from age 2 1/2 on to Leukemia. She was a first grade teacher and
was very open and honest with her students throughout her
treatment. Her wish was to write a children's book to help kids
going through treatments be less frightened. Unfortunately, she ran
out of time. It took me several years, but I finally sat down to
write this book for her. In September, I sent it out to several
publishers. A very small, but legitimate, publisher is interested
in the story! However, they can only budget half the money, and
told me to look for a sponsor - possibly the Leukemia Society. So
far, I have been unsuccessful in contacting the right person. Does
anyone have any contacts within the society they could recommend?
In addition, I will have to help promote the book myself and I am
trying to build a mailing list to send postcards to when the book is
published. If you would be interested in being on the mailing list,
please email me privately with your address at
jonquilsandtulips@.... I guarantee that your address would
only be used in connection with this book. Put Mailing List in
subject line, please.
I am only looking for opinions here, but I thought who better to ask
than you: I am toying with the ideas of trying to raise some of the
money myself by selling "IN HONOR OF ...." and "IN MEMORY OF..."
listing on my dedication page. Do you think anyone out there would
be interesting in buying such a thing? Thanks for your input.

Also, I would love to hear some of your stories, particularly
regarding bone marrow transplant. I wrote the story about a bone
marrow transplant, but having not had one myself I'd considering it
a huge favor and extra research to make sure I have great info in my
final draft. I would also be happy to share my story for critique
with anyone interested in giving me feedback on accuracy.

Thanks so much. I hope to hear from some of you soon!

Cassi Friedman