Comments on: Nan Ondra: Garden Writer and Garden Blogger http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-35666 Kathy Purdy Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:08:25 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/#comment-35666 Wow, your husband reads my blog . . . I'm impressed. I'm a big fan of inter-library loan myself, and sometimes my local library will order the book after they've seen it come for me. Wow, your husband reads my blog . . . I’m impressed. I’m a big fan of inter-library loan myself, and sometimes my local library will order the book after they’ve seen it come for me.

]]> By: kerri http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-35616 kerri Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:40:33 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/#comment-35616 Kathy, I'm glad I went back to this post and read your interesting interview with Nan. It was fun learning more about her. I agree that 'getting to know' the person behind the book is a real bonus and should be very helpful toward sales and promotion. My husband read this post when you wrote it and promptly ordered 'The Perennial Gardener's Design Primer' from our Mid-York Library system. It was a lovely surprise for me :) I'm thoroughly enjoying the book! Kathy, I’m glad I went back to this post and read your interesting interview with Nan. It was fun learning more about her. I agree that ‘getting to know’ the person behind the book is a real bonus and should be very helpful toward sales and promotion.
My husband read this post when you wrote it and promptly ordered ‘The Perennial Gardener’s Design Primer’ from our Mid-York Library system. It was a lovely surprise for me :) I’m thoroughly enjoying the book!

]]> By: Pam/Digging http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-33579 Pam/Digging Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:47:25 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/#comment-33579 Oh, I get comment envy big-time too, Kim. And I just wanted to second Carol's comment about being more likely to buy a book because of knowing the author through her blog. In fact I bought "Grasses" for that reason. Well, that and the beautiful cover photo. Oh, I get comment envy big-time too, Kim. And I just wanted to second Carol’s comment about being more likely to buy a book because of knowing the author through her blog. In fact I bought “Grasses” for that reason. Well, that and the beautiful cover photo.

]]> By: Kim http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-33565 Kim Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:15:13 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/#comment-33565 Kathy, that makes me feel a lot better... I didn't want to admit to my own "comment envy," but since you did, I will, too! :) And every comment really is still a thrill for me, too, in that Sally-Field-at-the-Oscars way: "You like me! Right now, you like me!" Kathy, that makes me feel a lot better… I didn’t want to admit to my own “comment envy,” but since you did, I will, too! :)

And every comment really is still a thrill for me, too, in that Sally-Field-at-the-Oscars way: “You like me! Right now, you like me!”

]]> By: Nan Ondra http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-33512 Nan Ondra Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:48:09 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/#comment-33512 How can I ever thank you all for the warm welcome you've given me and the others at Gardening Gone Wild? It's been great making so many new friends. Carol really pinned down the appeal: the thrill of making connections with other obsessed gardeners. In traditional publishing, there's a tendency to think oh, so-and-so just published an article or book on that subject, so I can't do that. But in the blogging world, one person can inspire dozens or hundreds of other bloggers to write about the same topic at the same time, which creates an amazing energy and makes for lots of great reading! How can I ever thank you all for the warm welcome you’ve given me and the others at Gardening Gone Wild? It’s been great making so many new friends. Carol really pinned down the appeal: the thrill of making connections with other obsessed gardeners. In traditional publishing, there’s a tendency to think oh, so-and-so just published an article or book on that subject, so I can’t do that. But in the blogging world, one person can inspire dozens or hundreds of other bloggers to write about the same topic at the same time, which creates an amazing energy and makes for lots of great reading!

]]> By: debra http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-33488 debra Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:52:55 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/#comment-33488 Loved reading your interview with Nancy Ondra. I LOVE her Grasses book and last summer I reviewed her gorgeous Foliage book for The American Gardener's July-Aug 07 issue. Here is the link: http://www.ahs.org/publications/the_american_gardener/07/07/reviews.htm#2 Good stuff, Kathy & Nancy! xoxodkp Loved reading your interview with Nancy Ondra. I LOVE her Grasses book and last summer I reviewed her gorgeous Foliage book for The American Gardener’s July-Aug 07 issue. Here is the link: http://www.ahs.org/publications/the_american_gardener/07/07/reviews.htm#2
Good stuff, Kathy & Nancy! xoxodkp

]]> By: Carol http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-33441 Carol Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:33:30 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/#comment-33441 What a great interview. I love the stories behind the books, to know more about the authors of the books I'm reading. Hey, maybe I'll win the door prize at the spring fling? Nan... As a result of reading this interview and Kathy's review, plus reading your blogs, I'm much more likely to buy one or more of your books. You are making connections with others in a way that is different from when someone "just" reads your book. Carol, May Dreams Gardens What a great interview. I love the stories behind the books, to know more about the authors of the books I’m reading. Hey, maybe I’ll win the door prize at the spring fling?

Nan… As a result of reading this interview and Kathy’s review, plus reading your blogs, I’m much more likely to buy one or more of your books. You are making connections with others in a way that is different from when someone “just” reads your book.

Carol, May Dreams Gardens

]]> By: comm0nweeder http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-33426 comm0nweeder Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:12:22 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/#comment-33426 Kathy, Thank you for introducing me to Nan. I will look for her books. And like Nan I have to say that one of the most astonishing things is to get comments on my blog, or to have people email me. Especially when they are from people I don't know! My blog is very new and I treasure every comment. Kathy,
Thank you for introducing me to Nan. I will look for her books.
And like Nan I have to say that one of the most astonishing things is to get comments on my blog, or to have people email me. Especially when they are from people I don’t know! My blog is very new and I treasure every comment.

]]> By: jodi http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-33361 jodi Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:41:16 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/#comment-33361 Well, for heavens sake! I'm feeling right some stunned...I've been trying to figure out why Nancy's name seemed so familiar to me, and I thought it was just from reading her blog, maybe a magazine article or something. I HAVE The Perennial Gardener's Design Primer, and love it, though I haven't looked at it in a few months (I get dozens of books to review, and some I keep, and some pass along.) This is a terrific interview too, Kathy, so thanks for doing it! Well, for heavens sake! I’m feeling right some stunned…I’ve been trying to figure out why Nancy’s name seemed so familiar to me, and I thought it was just from reading her blog, maybe a magazine article or something. I HAVE The Perennial Gardener’s Design Primer, and love it, though I haven’t looked at it in a few months (I get dozens of books to review, and some I keep, and some pass along.) This is a terrific interview too, Kathy, so thanks for doing it!

]]> By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-33355 Kathy Purdy Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:58:06 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/01/29/nan-ondra-garden-writer-and-garden-blogger/#comment-33355 Kim, the thrill has never gone away for me. I think I suffer from comment addiction (that post has been up for [fill in amount of time] now, how come no one has commented yet? Where is everybody?) and comment envy (How come she gets more comments than me?) So I'm glad you took time to comment! Kim, the thrill has never gone away for me. I think I suffer from comment addiction (that post has been up for [fill in amount of time] now, how come no one has commented yet? Where is everybody?) and comment envy (How come she gets more comments than me?) So I’m glad you took time to comment!

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