{"id":1374,"date":"2010-08-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1374"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:33:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:33:02","slug":"ala-red-carpets-writecons-and-bits-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1374","title":{"rendered":"ALA Red Carpets, WriteCons, and Bits of Random"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day when Fuse#8 was pointing out<\/a> that she’d been Frogger-ized<\/a> by Jim Averbeck, Kristin Clark Venuti & the crew on the ALA Red Carpet Interviews page, I had a brief spasm of memory… Hey! They asked me to play, too!<\/i> (Hi, Jim!)<\/p>\n

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You gents will have to excuse that peal of completely disbelieving laughter when Kristin said, “Sensitive men.” I do believe they exist. No, seriously: THEY EXIST. Just… Look, I was tired, all right? It was hot, or it was dark or I was full or hungry or sleepy. And wearing heels. Or something.<\/p>\n

I’m in Odds & Ends<\/a>, too, but surely you don’t just want to see me –! You’ve got to look at the fashion section – Ellen Hopkins’ husband, John, designed and sewed her dress<\/i>. What a great retirement project! And of course, Liz Burns was there, looking awesome. And don’t forget to take a gander at New Books<\/a> — you’ll get a chance to see Holly Cupola and hear a bit about Alchemy and Meggy Swan<\/i> by Karen Cushman, and hear other authors try to describe their new releases in five second soundbytes. There are some great things coming out, too – makes me anxious for September.<\/p>\n

Look – you might as well just check out all of them<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oh, wow – this week my S.A.M. is being highlighted<\/a> at Casey McCormick’s Literary Rambles<\/i>. If you aren’t aware, Ms. Casey is one of the writers responsible for this month’s WriteOnCon — which is a “free, interactive experience, designed to give writers many of the features of a writer\u2019s conference, but in an online environment.” It looks like there’s a combination of live chat, transcripts and web forums so there’s a lot of give and take, discussion and feedback. This is such a cool concept – you might want to keep an ear to the ground<\/a>, follow their Twittering, and check them out next session.<\/p>\n

Things That Make Me Happy This Moment:<\/b>
The pillowfight that erupted on a Lufthansa flight from Tel Aviv to Frankfurt<\/a>, dancing bottlenose dolphins — on a beach in Belgium<\/a>, and Sylvia’s alfajores recipe.<\/a> Yum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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