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CONGRATS Beth (and I am FINALLY buying the hardcopy of the book today, yay!...the bookstore I work at didn't have them on order, so I requested they get 10 and they are in!!)
Love the Bookanista's dancing, I do...but, Maggie, oh Maggie you da bomb sweet thing!
Hey you.<br />Thank you.<br /><br />And congratulations to dear Farida and to the others you list here.<br /><br />But.<br /><br />Also.<br /><br />CONGRATULATIONS to you. Progress!!!!
Love all the good news on a Friday!<br />I finished my final revisions this week, that made me pretty darn happy! Next step is agent research and writing the query...
Love all the good news on a Friday!<br />I finished my final revisions this week, that made me pretty darn happy! Next step is agent research and writing the query...
Vivian--<br /><br />Thanks for passing along all the good news. Just stopping by to wish you a wonderful 2010...belatedly. I have you have a grand year.
I'm thrilled for Tanita, too. It's wonderful to have that kind of external validation.<br /><br />My good news: I recently had a short story published online. <br /><br />I miss you, HWM, and am glad that this comment challenge is getting me back into the swing of regular visits.
I'd have a chance if I could finish my revisions, but somehow, life is getting in my way. Imagine that. The children are on Day 2 of Summer Vacation and I fear my appearance will be spotty for awhile, what with negotiating peace and preventing hostile takeovers, while keeping my sanity to write. Of course, you know that once I publish this post, I'll start thinking of other things to post, right?
I've lost focus during the Summer Revision Smackdown, and got caught up with a new manuscript. The working title still remains a mystery, yet, the first draft is almost done. Now it's time for me to stop procrastinating and finish PB, my YA historical novel. This has been a challenging project and I'll be thrilled when I can say it is finished and in an agent's hands.
For now, dear friends, I need to concentrate on my work. This is the summer my life will change.
What are your summer plans?
23 Comments on Summer Vacation and Writing Angst, last added: 6/30/2009
Yay for the summer that will change your life. Good luck with negotiating siblings, and patience, and concentration, and finishing those projects. I have a novel I hope to finish by August. So here's a wave from my screen porch where I'm getting back to work. And a tip of ice tea (which needs more ice).
I spend a lot of time negotiating peace and preventing hostile takeovers as well, only I couldn't have said it as perfectly as you!<br /><br />I'm looking forward to reading Nothing but Ghosts (if the mailman would just hurry up!), doing some revising, finishing my WIP and enjoying a week in Hawaii. <br /><br />Still debating SCBWI...
A summer immobilized by achilles surgery = FINISH REVISIONS<br /><br />I'm starting this week at a chapter a day. Hoping for 1 1/2 or 2 next.<br /><br />Then charge into the next project -- new or the other revision????
Good luck! I will keep my fingers crossed. I've wanted to write a novel for about 5 years now, but never seem to get around to it. I am the queen of procrastination, I guess.<br /><br />Funny how the one post often leads to more, isn't it? I've noticed that as well.
My plan for the summer, at least in part, is to cheer you on. The world needs your books. <br /><br />I will hope that all need for all prevention of hostile takeovers and similars melts away, like ice in the bottom of a cup.<br /><br />Thank you for this, Vivian.
What!!! A new project??? When does FFW get to know about this or have I just been living in a hole?<br />Don't let your life change too much! I love you just the way you are :)
"It will come" -- YES. And in the meantime, it's amazing that you've got another manuscript drafted. Good luck with your writing this summer!
We can only fight the projects/ideas that come to us so much. And we shouldn't, perhaps, fight them THAT much! I'm so impressed by your attitude and your postiive strength. :)
Good luck on finishing your historical novel. Summer is tough to get my blogging and writing done. Kids are at home and too many fun summery things to do!
Wow, I go away for a couple of days, and you're all here! <br /><br />Jeannine,<br />Yes, to the iced tea! Unfortunately, I don't have a porch; however, I'll write along with you from my dining room! Good luck with your novel.<br /><br />Adrienne,<br />Thanks. I'll definitely keep the sweets nearby for sustenance. Great idea!<br /><br />Priya, <br />Thank you!<br /><br />Sherrie,<
Sarah,<br />Thanks! Methinks it is the start of a title. Hope all is well. <br /><br />Jim,<br />Good luck with your revisions! And wishing you a speedy recovery!<br /><br />Aerin,<br />I like the way you think. Enjoy your summer!<br /><br />Sheila,<br />Go write your novel! If I can do it, you can, too! <br /><br />Kelly,<br />Looking forward to hearing your stories!
Jolie,<br />Yay! for the Smackdown! I will persevere and cheer you on, too!<br /><br />Beth,<br />Thank you, thank you, thank you! Hope your book release week turned out great! <br /><br />PJ,<br />This is new and I didn't tell anyone about it. The MG protagonist just started talking to me one day and I had to start writing so I could capture her voice. I'll submit this next time around
Amy,<br />Thank you! And best of luck with your writing this summer!<br /><br />Becky,<br />You said that so well. Yes, the Muse commanded me on this one and I had to obey--I want to be sure she'll come back again! Thank you and Happy Writing!<br /><br />Kelly,<br />Good luck to you, too! Enjoy your summer!
Have you heard about book blogger <a href="http://www.myfriendamysblog.com/2009/06/nothing-but-ghosts-book-drive-yes-there.html" rel="nofollow">My Friend Amy's book drive for Nothing But Ghosts</a>?
Just keep at it. You will get it done. One day you'll just feel inspired and knock a lot out.<br />As for me, no big summer plans. I'm in a bit of a holding pattern due to some issues. Short trip in August, that's about it.
Vivian, I have vowed the same. I think of the last line of Rilke's poem <a rel="nofollow">Archaic Torso of Apollo</a> where the last line, "You must change your life" ("Du musst dein leben andern") catches me in surprise.
I've been up since 2 in the morning and haven't been able to sleep.
All I could think about was what it must be like, to be Barack Obama, taking charge on this day. For his family, most particularly his daughters, whose lives are forever changed.
And what what it must be like to be George Bush, leaving his legacy behind.
Two different men, two different paths, and yet meeting today. One to leave office, the other to take his place.
It's sunny in Washington, D.C. (at least it looks like it is on tv) and the crowds are cheering! Waving, cheering, chanting and ever hopeful.
I am grateful to witness this momentous event. Tissues are at hand and hope is in my heart.
May God be with these two families as they transition in their new lives. And for our nation, weary from our troubles and troubled with an uncertain future, may God bless and protect America.
President Obama, my hope is with you.
6 Comments on What a Momentous Day This Is!!!, last added: 1/23/2009
I hope that this time will encourage more of us to be active participants in changing things for the better. Obama isn't perfect, but I think this president will actually listen to us when we have dissenting opinions.
Vivian,I felt like keeping my kids home to watch it with me! I tivoed it instead. I'll probably cry again when I watch it with them later. So much joy and hope that man can inspire -- his speeches are incredible. I know he' not perfect, but I think he's very smart and he's surrounded himself with intelligent people. I'm looking forward to the next four years.
I watched this with a bunch of friends and as soon as the old call sign came on we were all, "Oh my god, I remember that!" Oh PBS, you were my childhood.
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Finally is right.But what is it then? My son's 6th grade advanced math class is almost all boys. The kids had to take a test to get into it, and I know that at our elementary school, at least, every kid in the class took the test--even those not going to that school! Are some schools not doing that--letting teachers, parents, and kids decide whether a student even tries the test? I'm so lousy at
I've been forced to reflect more on math now that I'm HSing all three of my kids. We use a math program that emphasizes the "complex problem solving" those researchers found lacking in today's school math and it has really improved MY math skills. Still, I find it very disheartening when we're at a store and the clerk can't do the math when I say "Here, can I give you a quarter and you give me
I turned 38! And I deep in revisions and loving it!
Nowheymama said, on 4/28/2008 11:32:00 AM
I cleaned out the garage this weekend! :)
HipWriterMama said, on 4/28/2008 2:05:00 PM
PJ-Happy Birthday! Love King Tort! Can't wait to see how your revisions turn out--I bet awesome.----nowheymama,Congrats on having a clean garage. We need to do that soon.
Christine M said, on 4/28/2008 6:26:00 PM
I finally have some good news to share on a Monday - my husband got a job offer - and accepted it. He starts next Monday!
HipWriterMama said, on 4/28/2008 7:05:00 PM
Chris,I am so happy for you!! Congrats to your husband.
PJ Hoover said, on 4/28/2008 8:39:00 PM
Ditto, Chris! I am so happy for you guys!!!!!
Stella said, on 4/29/2008 6:39:00 AM
On april 17, my students and I set balloons up with poems attached to it with the hope that someone will receive it! Yesterday we received a letter in our school from a family that lives an hour away! One of our balloon poems landed in her yard! How cool is that?
keri mikulski :) said, on 4/29/2008 8:41:00 AM
I landed a small fun new writing gig!
HipWriterMama said, on 4/29/2008 10:00:00 AM
Stella,That is definitely cool. Your students must have been thrilled!----Keri,Congrats! Best of luck.
MotherReader said, on 4/29/2008 1:10:00 PM
My good news? After a slightly scary evening yesterday, it looks like my daughter's hamster is not going to die. I was pretty freakin' worried, especially given that we just got the hamster on Friday and my girls already love her. She had a touch of "the runs" which is often fatal in hamsters, but today she seems better, Thank God.
HipWriterMama said, on 4/29/2008 4:25:00 PM
MotherReader,Oh man. Glad the little hamster is getting better. This is what I'm worried about, if we get another pet for the kids. Here's to good health for your hamster!
Alkelda the Gleeful said, on 4/29/2008 9:50:00 PM
How common is it for hamsters to get the runs? I once had one who had diarrhea and he died. Whoops, this is supposed to be about tooting one's own horn, not dwelling on sad things.... let's see, I'm getting a lot of sunflower seeds to sprout indoors. Yay! I had planted lots directly outdoors, but then it SNOWED, so they probably got chilled. I'm seeing other seedlings pop up that may well not be
I've been a bit overwhelmed this past week and need some good news to get me motivated. Nothing like having to finish up taxes when your manuscript, a new idea, and a busted stove are calling your name. And the last thing you want to do is go through old receipts and financial records. This year, I vow to organize as everything comes in. Really.
Does anyone have any good news? Anyone?
13 Comments on Inspiration Monday: Share Your Good News, last added: 4/18/2008
No overwhelmingly good news, but we are having nice weather here. And we'll be mailing the invitations to my son's First Communion party today (one thing off the to do list.)
HipWriterMama said, on 4/15/2008 7:42:00 AM
Chris,The nice weather helps, doesn't it? The kids have a half day of school today, so we've planned lots of outdoor fun. Have a great day!
PJ Hoover said, on 4/15/2008 9:18:00 AM
I quit my day job this past Friday. Yesterday was my first day as an official "writer". Did I write? No, not until the normal after bed writing time :)
Cloudscome said, on 4/15/2008 10:36:00 AM
Everything is bursting into bloom here and we have warm sunny weather. Nothing else seems to matter...Hope you get some of this soon!And congratulations pj hoover! Go 'head girl!
PJ Hoover said, on 4/15/2008 11:01:00 AM
Thanks, Cloudscome!
MotherReader said, on 4/15/2008 11:17:00 AM
I survived my 9yr old's first sleepover party of four girls. They were so silly and bouncy that it felt like 9 girls at a 4yr old's first sleepover. At the time it was frustrating, annoying, and exhausting. With a couple of days rest, it seems pretty funny. Oh, and my daughter loved her present. Yes, we're getting her a hamster like she has wanted for two years.
coloredsock said, on 4/15/2008 1:13:00 PM
um...my first book just came out! hee. thanks for sharing all your bloggy inspiration.
HipWriterMama said, on 4/15/2008 9:58:00 PM
Colored Sock-Wahoo! Love hearing this sort of news. Congrats!----MotherReader,You are a brave woman. I haven't reached the hamster phase, but, I'm sure it's only a matter of time. Happy Birthday to your daughter!-----Cloudscome,I loved the sonnet! You did such an awesome job!-----Tricia,Congrats! You must be so thrilled! I wish you many productive writing days and great success with your
The Cole Mine said, on 4/16/2008 3:50:00 PM
My son's X-Ray came back "normal". A big sigh of relief being breathed here!
HipWriterMama said, on 4/16/2008 8:19:00 PM
The Cole Mine,So glad your little one is okay! Now go give him an extra hug and get some much deserved rest.
Alkelda the Gleeful said, on 4/17/2008 10:56:00 AM
Hi, Vivian. I've been dealing with a fevered daughter this past week, and the good news is that she seems to be on the mend. Good news in my sector is that the little pepper and sunflower plant starts I put by my window are actually coming up! Truly, I was skeptical after the fiasco of the make-shift greenhouse (or "cold front") from IKEA.
courtneywrites said, on 4/17/2008 3:55:00 PM
It is sunny and warm out today. I went to a cool event at Lincoln Center earlier this week. Passover is this weekend. Then my best friend and I are going to a Pat Benatar concert on Sunday. (Yes, it's true!)And congratulations, PJ, that is awesome!!!
jules said, on 4/17/2008 5:02:00 PM
SPRING!!Good luck getting everything done. Hang in there.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
-Theodore Roosevelt
I told myself I can't blog until I finish my taxes. It remains to be seen if I can stay strong on this one. Give me some
13 Comments on Inspiration Monday: Share Your Good News, last added: 4/3/2008
I installed my new dryer today and it actually works!Good luck with taxes. You're ahead of me on this one. Next week.
laurasalas said, on 3/31/2008 6:00:00 AM
My happy thought: Surely you're going to owe less money than I do!Good luck:>)
Sara said, on 3/31/2008 6:21:00 AM
I finally mailed all of mine. Ugh. They should hire a writer to make those forms readable!You saw my happy news at 7-imps, but I blogged about my awesome friend, Katie, and her Oprah Big Give project today. I'm so excited for her, and her plans to make a difference.
Becky Levine said, on 3/31/2008 9:09:00 AM
Taxes...blech! :) But how about at least putting Writer in that profession slot? Positive things. When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a writer. I always wanted to be a writer. And now, no matter what happens in terms of agenting or publishing, I am DEFINITELY a writer. So one dream come true--and it's important to keep reminding ourselves of that. If we're doing it, if we're not pushing it
Cloudscome said, on 3/31/2008 9:28:00 AM
My youngest child is potty trained YAY! The daffodils are out in my yard and I am taking tons of pictures of sunshine on petals. YAY! My taxes are done with Turbo Tax and it was pretty painless - filed online and rebate already spent to pay off the Visa. YAY! I just have to remember to do the darn local ones... Wishing you sunshine and smooth sailing in IRS waters.
Liz in Ink said, on 3/31/2008 2:27:00 PM
How about this, HWM:You "reward" yourself for doing your taxes by writing??? Win/win. At the end of the week, you mail off your taxes and your W.I.P. will be that much further along! I love me a little mind trickery...
The Cole Mine said, on 3/31/2008 3:37:00 PM
Good news here: It was sunny today despite a chilly forecast and our family enjoyed the warm sun and playing out side all morning!Best of luck with your taxes - Love that quote!
SamRiddleburger said, on 3/31/2008 3:46:00 PM
New personal high score on Addams Family Pinball - 117 million. Approx 10 percent of the real high score on that machine at the bowling alley.
Alkelda the Gleeful said, on 4/1/2008 10:10:00 AM
I can't believe Sam didn't post his good news about "Llama with a Hat." My good news is that I have a Children's Museum gig on the books now. Also, I found some blooming freesia bulbs at Trader Joe's and bought the pot. I planted freesia, but have no idea as to whether the flowers will actually come up.
Jennifer said, on 4/1/2008 10:33:00 AM
Good news: It's over 60 degrees here today!! (Which means we just might be able to squeak by without filling up the oil tank again...) Okay, so it's raining, too, but things will green up faster. :-)
m. thompson said, on 4/2/2008 7:31:00 PM
Yay for the great weather. The kids enjoyed playing outside for a change.And an agent requested a full manuscript, so I'm very hopeful!
HipWriterMama said, on 4/3/2008 9:42:00 AM
Thanks, everyone, for sharing your encouragement and good news! And Sam, I'm with Alkelda, shame on you for not sharing your big news!
Nicole said, on 4/3/2008 6:59:00 PM
LOVE the quote! I needed it today along with all the comments and encouragement from everyone else. I am determined now to ponder a moment and give good news here... I guess I will say that I am just so fortunate to have 2 of the most beautiful and healthy children! Oh and my dad is an accountant and helps out with all that tax stuff!
Happy New Years everybody! I have a feeling that the flying cars and electronic shoes are just around the corner...I mean heck, if they aren't, then the movies I was raised on were lying to me...and I seriously doubt that. www.SoundsLikeBlue.com
2 Comments on 2008 The Future Is Now!, last added: 1/6/2008
In this short story collection, we get a new Eve Dallas story. Not terribly inspired, I think Roberts work is best in full length format. I am never as impressed with her shorter pieces. This one is about a vampire on a killing rampage (but of course he is not really a vampire). The other authors were all ones I was not familiar with and there stories were ok. We had one about time travel, another about a magic carpet ride, and a third one about time travel that is rather dark and disturbing. They were all………fine. I guess what it boils down to is I like full length novels. I always feel like I am not getting the whole story when I read short stories (even when the short stories are 100 pages sometimes). C’est la vie. Luckily it only took me about an hour and a half to read so no great loss.
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Matt Fuller is supposed to make a machine to calibrate electromagnetic forces, but instead he accidentally creates a time machine. He isn’t quite sure how it works, but he knows that each time he resets it, the machine sends you 12 times farther into the future. After doing some testing, Matt is anxious to test it out himself. He is sure that this will make his career. But in the process he accidentally kills someone, almost gets killed himself, finds himself in a world where the 2nd coming has just taken place and then out on the moon. It is a funny book about possibilities of what could happen to the world. IT reminds me a bit of Connie Willis’s work. The cover makes it seem as though it came out a long time ago, but it has in fact been just recently published. A science-fiction book that does not have too much of hte robots trying to take over hte world in it. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Lately I’ve read some very thought-provoking posts that I’ve wanted to comment on at length, but unfortunately I just don’t have time to do them each the justice they deserve right now. So here’s a starter pack to make you think about them instead.
“Ron Gardner, Contentdm specialist for OCLC, made the point that libraries are getting a lot more involved in the creation that goes on in libraries. It got me thinking that we are still a little fixated on what comes into the library (metadata creation, organization, even the library website) rather than caring as much as we should about what goes out.
In a profession full of humanists and expert researchers, is it time for us to be thinking even more about what people produce in libraries, rather than simply finding them the right resources and leaving them to their best devices? Could the library profession be a key player in the quality of information that with or without our help is going to wind up available to millions through search and discovery mechanisms that are not of our own flawless (ahem) design? We’re already playing a role in the production of mass digitization of our existing resources and the creation of digital portals for our unique resources. Isn’t the next logical step to be the stewards of the things that are created from access to those things?” [Hectic Pace]
My answer is an emphatic yes, although I believe Andrew is probably thinking about academic libraries in this context. I, however, read it as an extension of what I’ve been saying for years about public libraries. More on this soon, due in part to an interesting conversation I recently had with Taylor Willingham.
“Many of us are in denial that we are in the age of digital natives. How many times have we walked by people whom we thought were crazy, only to find out that they have an earpiece attached to their cellphone? Watching someone using the Wii controller to jog around Second Life is even odder only because we’ve never exercised that way. Second Life is just another information place we can meet these people and serve them. It doesn’t have to be one world or another. We can straddle as many worlds as we want and be all the more information richer. We can even defeat a 12-year-old at a video game. It’s the same game, different skin. Second Life is the internet, in a different form. If we only set our minds to it we can free ourselves of our psychological barriers. If I can do it, you can do it too!”
While I agree with a lot of what Ann says, it’s more the attitude that I wanted to note, because more than the technical know-how, that’s what makes “librarian 2.0.” It’s the willingness to play, experiment, and learn. Had Ann decided Second Life wasn’t for her or her library, I’d still highlight this post. It’s the folks who write something off without even trying it (especially while telling others that “no one needs to do this” or who spend all of 10 minutes doing something and then are surprised when the end result isn’t stellar) who work against the best values of our profession. This is true for many things, not just Second Life or virtual worlds. After all, we had this kind of debate around allowing email in the library, too, not so long ago.
If you don’t care, that’s fine. But we now live in a permanent world of “and,” not “or,” and we can’t each do everything. Nor can we all do everything. So find your part of the “and,” and see what you can do with it. There’s a whole mess of digital honey out there to catch flies with.
If you haven’t already read Karen Schneider’s farewell post on the TechSource Blog - Sailing On, please do so now. She says a lot of the things that need to be said, and that’s me you see standing behind her, waving my hands in the air and singing “amen.” I can’t choose any one piece to quote, and there’s really nothing I can add.
I can, however, complement it with a link to Peter Brantley’s post about Libraries Re-shaping.
“The tiller of change is advancing on the field, the corn has been harvested, and the stalks will soon return to the soil. We better be thinking about the new crop, or the field will lie fallow.
I appreciate the severity of my suggestions. I think this is a conversation that libraries should have, openly and vigorously, because half-measures will not suffice. I may be wrong in my specifics; an out-of-step troubadour with atonal music and lyrics in an offensive language. That’s fine. Other and better learned troubadours must surely exist to play the music that will capivate.
Although the post focuses on academic libraries, I’m going to give away the ending because it’s applicable across the board. It’s also why I’m optimistic about libraries and librarians.
“Why effect these wrenching changes?
Because It’s Time. The librarians that I have talked with - admittedly, they self-select, although they represent a cross section of functions - are ready to move forward into the future. We know how much things have changed; we’re not kidding ourselves. We know there should be fundamental transformation, even if some of us necessarily and selfishly want its expression to come in just-a-few-more-years. Yet, a bright future beckons. It is exciting, and we can be part of it. We know it - we have a huge range of skills, and we’re bursting with new ideas.”
“Forgotten Futures is a data sculpture which visualizes 100 years of forward thought. Using web-crawls of Google News, Google Blog and Google Scholar, the phrase “in the future” was associated with key words and phrases which reveal previous though about the future of our world. The top 100 terms for each year were categorized using the Dewey Decimal system, and mapped onto a grid. Holes were drilled into sheets of plexiglass whose sizes correspond to their frequency. For example, “war” is the biggest hole in 1945. The prototype shown here is a sketch for a larger installation.” [via info aesthetics, via sudama]
This year’s Beloit College Mindset List (for the class of 2011) came out yesterday. I love these lists because they point out to me how much things have changed since I was a teenager. I think of myself as being somewhere around the age of 24, even though I’m well more than a decade past that, so it’s helpful for me to have reminders that my view of the world is shaped by different forces than those who come after me. Logically, I know these things, but the Beloit List always brings these thoughts to the forefront when I read facts like the following.
What Berlin wall?
They never “rolled down” a car window.
“Off the hook” has never had anything to do with a telephone.
Music has always been “unplugged.”
Most phone calls have never been private.
The World Wide Web has been an online tool since they were born. (I quibble a bit with this, but certainly they’ve grown up with it.)
So this got me thinking about what a Beloit College Mindset List focused on libraries for the class of 2011 might include. Adding to numbers 3, 4, and 6 above, here are a few broad strokes I came up with that we should take into consideration when re-examining our services (remembering that these don’t apply just to current freshmen).
Their cell phones have always let them access information, not just people, wherever they are.
Video games have always been a social activity.
They have always had to narrow down search results (rather than expand them).
They have always used a different medium to communicate with their friends than with adults.
They may never write a check. (I don’t think I need the “may,” but just in case.)
They think of communication in 160-character chunks.
Their default expectation is wireless access.
They have never started a search at an “advanced” screen.
They store information and documents on keychains.
They have always copied and pasted.
“.” is pronounced “dot,” not “period.”
I’ve expressed all of these ideas before here and as part of my “information shifting” presentations, and I know others have pointed these things out for years. But these behaviors/characteristics are becoming more and more pervasive every year. If you’re like me and you graduated from library school in the last century, this is a great jumping off point for thinking about specific behaviors (and changes in behaviors) that affect things like the reference interview, information foraging, search boxes, etc.
In a nutshell, this forward-thinking conference is looking beyond the "library world." To quote their blog, "We decided to seek out visionaries from all walks of life and bring them together with a small group of colleagues from our field to begin a discussion that will impact libraries well into the next decade. We imagined a morphing of information, inspiration, and imagination that will transform the way we look at our future. With such lofty aspirations, we recognized we also need to build a solid foundation that will serve as a concrete plan with which to move forward."
This conference also has multiple groups and states working together; it is sponsored by Delaware Division of Libraries, New Jersey State Library, PALINET, Pennsylvania Department of Education, Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Library Development and Services, and West Virginia Library Commission.
As a note to those of you from out of state: Atlantic City has a great airport.
Sadly, I will be unable to go (even tho I really, really, really, really want to) because of other commitments. Please, let us know if you'll be able to attend and please report back!
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In this short story collection, we get a new Eve Dallas story. Not terribly inspired, I think Roberts work is best in full length format. I am never as impressed with her shorter pieces. This one is about a vampire on a killing rampage (but of course he is not really a vampire). The other authors were all ones I was not familiar with and there stories were ok. We had one about time travel, another about a magic carpet ride, and a third one about time travel that is rather dark and disturbing. They were all………fine. I guess what it boils down to is I like full length novels. I always feel like I am not getting the whole story when I read short stories (even when the short stories are 100 pages sometimes). C’est la vie. Luckily it only took me about an hour and a half to read so no great loss.
This is so funny and sweet and amazing! What an incredible show of support :) (And nice moves, Shelli-the-Snake)
LOL, this was great! :)
What a great way to start a Friday!!
Yay Beth and Bookinistas!
Shelley
Love the kickass moves. My husband could learn a thing or two from this vlog. :)
You guys are all so awesome. What fun friends to have!
CONGRATULATIONS Beth! You rule and certainly deserve all the success.
Yay, Beth! So happy! Loving the snake, my dear. You're fabulous!
You all rawk the dance world! What an amazing show of support - go Beth!!! :-)
That was awesome! Congrats Beth!
CONGRATS Beth (and I am FINALLY buying the hardcopy of the book today, yay!...the bookstore I work at didn't have them on order, so I requested they get 10 and they are in!!)
Love the Bookanista's dancing, I do...but, Maggie, oh Maggie you da bomb sweet thing!
*tackles you in a hug* OMG YOU SWEET WONDERFUL PEOPLE!!!! I <3 YOU BOOKANISTAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Way to go Beth!! Love the support and dances of the Bookanistas!
Love the video!!!! Love the Beth too!
Awesome!!! Yay for Beth :)
LOVE this so much! You guys ROCK!
My life will never be the same now. You ladies rock! And congrats to Beth!
GREAT video!
I could watch it every day for the rest of my life!!!
This is such a great way to say congrats to a deserving person. I saw it earlier, and that song has been stuck in my head all day.
That was some awesome dancing! And I just finished Beth's book. It soooo deserves that spot on the list.
Awesomeness! Coolness! Greatness! Squeeness!