Mary E. Pearson's Blog, page 21

Tuesday quick snips . . .

1.  The disinegration of a marriage is not entertainment.  And if it is, will we be throwing people into a ring with lions next?  When will TV go back to hiring real writers to write real shows?  Enough already.

2. kazdreamer  has a post wondering about POV and tense.  Interesting because I was just wrestling with this myself.  I don't think there is any right pov or tense.  I really believe each story calls for its own telling and there is one best way for that story to be told, but sometimes it

YOUR favorite eats . . .

I've had a lot of fun on this road trip tour so far. No flat tires yet, and only one soda spilled on the front seat.  It looks like the first leg of the tour is complete with all four ARCS reporting in.  We've visited . . . 

Libraries in Longview,  dairy pastures in Vermont, seals in Seal Beach, and haunted houses in Miami.  It has been great to see all of your miles.  And the gas tank is still full--now that's my kind of road trip.

But while we're waiting for The Miles Between to make it's next

And the 4th ARC . . .

has checked in!  It's traveled all the way to . . .

Longview, Texas!  And is in the good hands of Chaney Bennett, the YA librarian at the Longview Public Library.  Chaney doesn't have a blog so she sent this picture for me to post.



I am thrilled to see her reading THE MILES BETWEEN in the library--in the teen section no less!  Chaney offered these very kind words about Miles:

"I just finished reading the ARC for The Miles Between, Mary E. Pearson's latest book, which is scheduled to be published i

Another stop!

Where in the world is THE MILES BETWEEN now?



The road trip has cruised into . . .

Well, I won't tell you, but it is fun.  (Who would have guessed that ARCS could be sad?)

And this is definitely the place to keep the top down on the car.

I am so there!  Check it out!

Where in the world . . .

We have another stop on the road trip!

Where in the world is The Miles Between  now? 

Here!

I'm ready to pack up and drop in for a surprise visit.    Too beautiful.

More miles . . .

I loved reading sartorias 's post yesterday and seeing the pictures of Seal Beach.  It brought back so many memories.  I grew up just a few miles from Seal Beach and that sleepy little beach town is where I spent a lot of time during my teen years--first surfing, first romance, first car dent (sorry Mom).  Before we could drive, my dad used to drop us off with all of our surfboards at the crack of dawn (best waves) and we would spend the morning surfing and the afternoon walking up and down Main

Where in the world . . .

We have our first stop on the road trip!

Where in the world is The Miles Between now? 

Right here!

It couldn't be more fun--or more quirky!

sartorias has stirred up so many memories for me--it is one of my old haunts!

 

Woot!

I found this out about a month ago, but couldn't say anything until they announced it on their website, but now I just saw the news is up so I can spill! 

The Adoration of Jenna Fox has won the  Distinguished Work of Fiction Award  from the Children's Literature Council of Southern California.  Hooray!!

And fellow Henry Holt author, Hope Anita Smith, won the Myra Cohn Livingston Award for Poetry!  Hooray again!!

Check out the other award winners  -  Cheers to all!

Getting there!

Since we are in the middle of a road trip, I thought we should know WHERE we are going, right?  Bone up on our geography!  So, if you dare. . .  take the test, and post your scores! (and see if you're smarter than a fifth grader)


 
Sadly, I think most fifth graders will do better than me.  My scores for locating the states were:

78% correct
49 miles average error
457 seconds

That means almost 1/4 of the time I will be getting us lost!  Or at least 49 miles off course!

Whoever has the best score will be

Question of the Day

How do you find a worm on a tomato bush?



Hypothetically speaking, of course, but it might me useful for one to know how a worm that is eating enough to feed a whole freaking cow (and leaving droppings to match) could hide on one little tomato bush. 

It's the million dollar question.  Any ideas?