by Rebecca | Jun 8, 2012 | authors, AWESOMENESS, BEA booty, book publishing, characters, middle grade, talking about writing
Thursday was my lucky day, and I got to pop by BEA to spend a couple hours on the floor. I timed it so I could check out a panel: “Writing Strong Female Characters In Middle Grade Books” with Lauren Oliver, Sharon Creech(!),* Judith Viorst, and Shannon...
by Rebecca | Jun 6, 2012 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, authors, BEA booty, book publishing, gushing, IRL, libraries, Why YA
I can sum up Teen Author Carnival 2012 in one word: fantastic. So fantastic, in fact, that while I was enjoying listening to all the wonderful authors speak, I neglected to take notes about the panels. Doh. I did take some pictures, though: The Keeping it Realistic...
