she's so high…
get prepared for a Monster post about ala midwinter,
my lovely readers!! this one was quite different than
my first in chicago, as i basically went as a fellow fangirl
of books. and since it was in my hometown, i could take
as many arcs as i'd like. i was on an arc buzz high for
days!! some of the best moments were meeting fans of
Silver Phoenix as well as librarians who told me how much
their teens adored my book. that truly means the world to an
author. i hope you enjoy the fotos! =)
the harperchildren's booth with a glimpse of jordyn
from ten cent notes. Fury of the Phoenix
arc is somewhere in this foto. i'm among author friends. =)
i heard there was a stampede when the exhibit hall opened on
friday night at 5.30pm. by the time it was 6.30, the scene had
calmed down some what. but i did the majority of my YA arcs
snagging that night. (i had a list on my iphone, hehe!)
i ran into alex bracken at the random house booth!
yes, she is like twenty and gorgeous! and just so happens
to be the the debut author of Brightly Woven which was
one of my five star reads from last year. i recommend it!
on saturday morning, one of the first things i wanted to
do was hit two author signings. I've heard great buzz for
sarah jamila stevnson's The Latte Rebellion and was lucky
enough to get a signed copy at the flux booth.
then i went to fellow deb lee's signing for her
new novel The Princess of Las Pulgas. congrats, lee!!
was lucky enough to run into mary kole on the
exhibit floor, as she couldn't do dinner together that
evening.
one of the funnest parts of going to ala is being
stalked by awesome YA librarians and bloggers. =D
sarah from green bean blog saw me on friday night
but had put her Fury arc away. she promised to bring
it to get it signed on saturday. and she found me! so we
got a foto together. i signed the arc to the teens at her
library. i hope they enjoy it–and sarah too!
steve from greenwillow books arranged this
very official author foto in the harpercollins
children's booth and also played photographer. =D
thanks, steve! it's my new profile foto on facebook!!
i also saw lessa a few times during my brief time at
ala. she was the one that won the first rare Fury arc by
creating the wonderful gardens of the golden palace scene
from Silver Phoenix. she's a fellow writer, newly-married, and
just totally cool. we geeked out on arcs at the hyperion booth. =)
saturday night, i went to dinner with sophie, jill
and martha. i had taken my fantabulous editor and
steve to extraordinary desserts for lunch–then went
back again for dinner. TWICE in one day. i didn't mind.
haha! we had a lovely three hour dinner talking books
and publishing and everything else. it was just a wonderfully
fun time. as was lunch!
finally, a look at all the arcs i picked up. not including some
adult titles and middle grade ones for my sweet pea.
um, amazing, right? and uh, good thing i had those shelves
built at christmas. ha!
arcs that i'm looking forward to reading that i hadn't
heard about until the ala convention:
Chime by franny billingsley
Tempest Rising by tracy deebs
The Midnight Palace by carlos ruiz zafon
Falling for Hamlet by michelle ray
how's that for a post of awesome? now, i'm
really geared up for ala in new orleans! i've never
visited before and Fury of the Phoenix will be out then.
so exciting!
