ALAN Convention in Boston? I'm there! YALSA in Austin? Cross your fingers!

Woohoo! Just submitted our proposal for YALSA 2014 in Austin, Texas! It's called, "Must You Use That Language? Authors of Gritty YA Speak Loudly". So: Selene Joy Castrovilla, Alison Ashley Formento, Elisa Nader, Christine Rhodeback Kohler, Eric Devine, and Steve Parlato, cross your fingers that our kick-ass proposal is accepted! Now I'm off to research for the handout we'll give out at the ALAN panel that I'm on next month in Boston with Shannon Delany, Jeri Smith-Ready, Ellen Hopkins, Selene Castrovilla, and Christine Kohler! BTW, readers, if you're going to ALAN & want to catch us there, the title of our program is: "Coming of Age, Then and Now: The Truth Remains the Same", and we're presenting on Monday, Nov. 25, around 11 AM or so.