Gotten via library_grrls: A Hipper Crowd of Shushers

Okay, I'm going to get up on a soapbox for a moment.

( free yourself from the stereotypes! )

So, this article did not make my day. But what does, you ask? del.icio.us. I had heard about it at the YALSA preconference during Midwinter 2007, and meant to look into then, but I never got to it. But recently, with moving and having only one of my two computers with me, I decided to check it out as a way to manage bookmarks. And oh my goodness, it's so great! I know there's the whole social networking aspect to it, and it can be interesting to see how many other people have bookmarked something that you have. But what I love is that I can have access to all my bookmarks, from any computer. It's fantastic. So I highly recommend del.icio.us; I'm already thinking of setting up another account as a way to manage links on MPOW's teen site.

After a whirlwind, action-packed weekend in New Orleans, I'm back from ALA. Highlights include:
--having dinner with some PPYA folks and meeting Shannon Hale. And finding out that Shannon Hale is an enormous geek, too, and thus nerding out over TV and comics.
--having very productive meetings with the PPYA subcommittees I'm on.
--conducting my last meeting as chair of Youth Participation.
--rooming with lizzb and cedarlibrarian.

Lowlights:
--only having two days for the conference--I only got to do committee meetings and a quick trip to the exhibits.
--having all my flights take off late, and nearly missing my connection in Charlotte on the way home.

While I was away, some cool things happened! First, Uglies has been optioned by 20th Century Fox. Woo-hoo!!!!

Secondly, my article in The Edge of the Forest has been published. Check out the feature on Clash of the Titans: Sports Novels for Middle Grade and YA Readers. Let me know what you think--I'd love to get some feedback!