You know you’re exhausted when someone sends you this link, and you just about fall off of your chair laughing.
Well, the house is a disaster, but I’m in, and will spend all moments not resting and being contemplative this weekend unpacking things. Happy Pesach, Easter, Spring or whatever you celebrate.
Meanwhile, a very fun surprise arrived today via email — as Americans living abroad, we get a weekly email from the U.S. Embassy in London. To be honest, it’s nothing to which I give much of my attention, but this week, the magic words “Young Adult Books” and “race” caught my eye. I clicked through and read an article about the author of Flygirl, Sherri L. Smith!!! You may know that I was privileged to be part of the duo who interviewed Sherri in February during her blog tour, and it was exciting to realize that the reverberations of the discussion we started are still shaking things up. This is really awesome!
Have you checked out The Enchanted Inkpot blog? Also, thanks to everyone who pointed me to Sheila @ Wands & World’s great post about the unsung, off-the-bestseller-list of YA speculative fiction. She’s encouraged us to sing out about the undiscovered gems we love. Go, on over and make an unsung suggestion for 2008 – and thank you, Sheila!
I had no idea – none – that a friend was struggling with the ethics of reviewing my book. She liked it. She felt that she probably wasn’t the best person to talk about it because we’re friends. And then, she decided, “my blog, my rules.” And I got a little sniffly reading what she said. Mille graize, Jackie.
It’s been raining, blowing, and otherwise threatening to revert to winter, but I’ve unpacked all my fleece blankets and am drinking lots of tea. Cheers!