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Yesterday I had the unnerving pleasure of filming a tv show! It was so fun, but I admit to being extremely anxious. It was for a local cable show called OFF THE PAGE. It's an author interview show sponsored by the Mamie Doud Eisenhower Public Library and the show will air on KCCB Channel 8 Broomfield sometime in July. It'll also run on other cable networks throughout Colorado. The lovely hostess, Stacy McKenzie, is a business reference librarian and she hosts these interviews once a month. This month's focus was on young adult literature. Of all the wonderful YA authors in CO, I was thrilled that she contacted ME for an interview. I was actually the second vic, er, guest. The first interviewee was Amy Hadley, an amazing manga artist. She's written the Fool's Gold series for Tokyo Pop and also the upcoming Madam Xanadu for D.C. Comics. Her artwork was stunning and Amy herself was adorable, smart, quirky and humorous. I really enjoyed meeting her and will be reading her books from now on. I also hope to have her guest at my own library sometime. After watching her interview I became even more nervous because I didn't want to look bad after she did so well! Once I got miced up we were off and running. My palms were sweating! And it feels very unnatural to look straight at one person when there's so many other things going on around you. Fortunately, twenty minutes or so later, we were all done and Stacy told me I was "smooth!" Whew! I took that as a high compliment. Stacy asked me some great questions about Breaking Up Is Hard To Do and Sleepless. She also asked me how my job as a librarian and writer influence each other, how I might face criticism that my books have mature content that may be too old for some teens and what was coming next for me. She was a great interviewer and hopefully I did the questions justice. Confession: what I said is rather a blur. LOL. I'm supposed to get a DVD of the interview and I think they're going to help me get the interview on Youtube. If that happens you can be sure I'll post a link. Pics, behind the cut, provided by my wonderful hubby.   </div>

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In this episode, we read a a listener submitted review and our daughter Lucy tells us about one of her current favourite authors.

Books reviewed:

• Kapow! and Ker-splash! reviewed by Kris Ehmen
• Dial-a-Ghost, Monster Mission, The Beasts of Clawstone Castle, The Secret of Platform 13 and Which Witch? reviewed by Lucy (8)
  

We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Send your MP3 recorded or type-written review in email to [email protected], or phone it in to our listener feedback line (206-350-6487).

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