Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Simply Awesome!









and look where she got the idea!!
Dear Janet,

You've inspired me! In early January, you blogged about Jennifer Jackson, calling her a "maassketeer." That name stirred up a creative fire, and the next thing I knew, I'd made a video.


(You may recognize a guest appearance from Lara Zielin, of "editing letter" fame.)

Anyway...enjoy, sing along if you like, and thank you for the inspiration.

Sincerely,
Margaret Yang




I feel exactly the same way I do when I open a client novel and see the acknowledgments page: THRILLED!!!

18 comments:

Lydia Sharp said...

LOLOLOLOL! Did she really throw those books? I yelped when I saw that. Haha. Wouldn't it be nice if Don really did have Maassketeers seeking us out like that?

Loverly video! Thanks for the laugh. :)

Alicia Gregoire said...

If my boss looked over, he would've thought something was amiss. I'm horrified in a totally awesome way.

Annette Lyon said...

CLASSIC!

annerallen said...

Forever let us hold our banner high! ROTFL

Marie R said...

This made me laugh, but in an uncomfortable way, as I think I'm a Maassketeer. They're extraordinarily helpful books, and if you try the exercises--whoops, there I go again. :)

Daryl Sedore said...

I watched this and had to let Don know. I emailed him the link. He watched it and emailed me back to let me know. Great job!

Margaret Yang said...

@Lydia Sharp,

No books were harmed in the making of this video.

Herrien said...

Nice post, thanks for sharing this wonderful and useful information with us.

Green Tea

Sharon Buchbinder said...

As a died-in-the wool Maasketeer, I found this video hysterical. Thanks for the laugh. I needed one today.

Margaret Yang said...

I have uploaded a sharper, HD version of Maassketeers

Ronda Laveen said...

You have THE most creative followers. Thanks for the smiles.

Debra L. Schubert said...

Pure awesomesauce. I've blogged about the religious transformation I experienced after reading The Donald's "Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook." He really has sacrificed himself for us lesser peasants and I, for one, thank him. (Please, sir, may I have some more?)

careann said...

Ooh, I'm so glad Margaret cleared that up!

Chris said...

Janet-you seem to like funny YouTube clips. Wondered if you'd seen the Parnell Hall video?
http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2010/04/kill-em-by-parnell-hall.html

Look forward to meeting you at Malice. I'll just look for the fin...

Chris York

Malia Sutton said...

Cute :)

KatieO said...

Laugh out loud funny. Thanks for sharing!

Ebony McKenna. said...

This is such a cute video! So much fun.

I've been pushing the cult of Donald for a while now because his book speaks to me and makes a lot of sense.

Uh-oh, there I go proselytizing again.

Kelly said...

Very funny-- thanks for posting it!