Celebrating FanS
Even as far back in our infancy as The Dullard’s Bane, we were always curious about who the fans of John Bellairs and Brad Strickland were, or how John and his characters were being remembered. We’d take off into the trenches - finding web pages and reviews where John’s name was mentioned - and more often than not come back with something to show for. If we felt what we found merited an announcement, or at best some sort of public acknowledgement, we’d drop a note through our mailing list about the up-and-coming author or illustrator, musician, book collector, teacher, historian, film maker, web designer...whoever, whatever...the list goes on. As technology changed so did our ways of communicating – a website, a blog, a forum or two, twitter, and so on.