How did you manage to attract the initial OBBs who have been so eager to share their stories with you? -Monica H.
When I first started researching my book in 2005, I did what most journalists do: I put a call out to my network of writing colleagues across the country to see who had great stories to share. I'd followed a few stories on the Kvetch boards on Indiebride and contacted those folks directly. A couple of the brides featured in the book were people I knew personally, but most of them are stories that I found through research and networking.
When I launched the website in January 2007, the profiles were originally just my way to give a bit more background on the brides featured in the book. I quickly realized that there were other folks who might want to share their stories and set up the questionnaire so that blog readers could submit their weddings.
These days, there are so many weddings submitted that there's no way I could feature them all … even with Megan posting four or five a week!
Do you ever get tired of talking about weddings? -Karolynn
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