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!