Today I am leaving for a weekend on the beach.
I am going to Long Beach for the SCIBA Book Awards.
The Marbury Lens is up for an award. It is very flattering just to be there as a finalist, sitting among all those real writers. I would name the names of people I am in awe of who will be in attendance, but that would be too fan-boy-ish.
Who needs that?
Just know that there are some pretty impressive real writers hanging out this weekend.
I will be alone, lurking, and on my meds.
I always end up going to these things alone.
And people say to themselves, Who is that creepy guy?
I got a letter this week from a kid in Texas, which is another reason why I am now planning on showing up at one of the three huge book events in Texas this coming year. Yes, that's right. I am finally going to Texas.
Alone.
I will be the guy without a Stetson, who looks like a hobo.
This is the letter I got:
Mason Parker Dunn's class is doing a project associated with this book they're reading. The project involves writing letters to "famous" people.
He said he would send me an autographed baseball card from his Little League Team if I replied.
That is quite an offer.
Of course I sent Mason Parker Dunn a reply.
I am waiting for my card.
4 comments:
I saw that on Facebook. Cool kid.
And I think I'm going to start calling my flask of whiskey meds too.
Yay, you're famous!
What does that pay?
I think I told you this once, but I was talking celebrity with the boy. I said I wasn't A list or even B list, I was maybe J list. He said, no, no: you're ampersand. You're all the way down in the punctuation.
Ooooo, flask talk. I'm learning the code.
I'm exasperated with you guys. You are awesome. You do stuff that matters.*bangs head on wall* I go all fangirl all the time. This is a happy thing. All copies of all Michael Grant and Andrew Smith books are checked out by kids who bring them back and want more. If this makes you ampersands, then I think the world needs more ampersands.
For the record you made him the cool kid because his famous person responded to his letter. Thanks Andrew.
Post a Comment