Kidlitchat Transcript – December 29

kidlitchat: TOPIC: What are your writing/illustrating/editing/agenting resolutions for the new year? #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: TOPIC: What are your writing/illustrating/editing/agenting resolutions for the new year? #kidlitchat

adamselzer: Buckling down for #kidlitchat , syncing up ipod with a million new playlists.

GinaRitter: Glue sticks are so last week. #kidlitchat starts now ;0) PS: I’ll be posting mostly under @Gina_Chat so I don’t drown my readers.

lyonmartin: RT @BonnieAdamson: TOPIC: What are your writing/illustrating/editing/agenting resolutions for the new year? #kidlitchat

elanaroth: @EgmontGal Not the dark, chocolatey kind fo beer I drink… #kidlitchat

adamselzer: My goal is to take every chance I can get my hands on and not screw this up #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @kidlitchat My resolution is to write a new book (already have the outline done). #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @elanaroth Chocolatey? Mmmm. #kidlitchat

GinaRitter: TOPIC: What are your writing/illustrating/editing/agenting resolutions for the new year? #kidlitchat

Shelltex: To keep better submission records. Write more, submit more, remember where I put my submission records… #kidlitchat

carolgrannick: To persist with the work I love and value; to value myself in the journey. #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: I’ve got to start submitting. Easier said than done. #kidlitchat

elanaroth: My goals are many… #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @adamselzer Worthwhile goal. #kidlitchat

emilytastic: My goals for 2010 are to get an agent and sell both my finished YA and finished PB, and to finish writing at least one more YA. #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @Shelltex Good point–record-keeping is difficult. #kidlitchat

RaynaReads: Mine is simple: get a full-time job in publishing as either an editorial assistant or an assistant at an agency. #kidlitchat

elizaosborn: My goals: complete revisions & submit them, complete fresh project, & support writer friends in their work. #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @kidlitchat I’d also like another book deal #kidlitchat

jeanie_w: To improve. RT @BonnieAdamson: TOPIC: What are your writing/illustrating resolutions for the new year? #kidlitchat

shimes06: 2010-submit to at least 3 agents work on rewrites hone craft as much as possible #Kidlitchat

SarahDarerLitt: My goal is to finish proposal for SuperSekrit Project. This may take a while, cause I need to write part of 1st book to do it. #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @NathalieMvondo I know the exact story arc. #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: darn 5 min late, what was the topic? #kidlitchat

Shelltex: Oh yeah, selling some stuff along the way would be nice, too. #kidlitchat

elizaosborn: Oh, and to not go blind in the process. Reading on screens is really killing my eyesight, I think. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: Some of mine:have our authors know they are well-published, Greg, Alison, Regina and I ALL To find something we LOVE and acquire #kidlitchat

elanaroth: First goal: sell all my as-yet-unsold clients. #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: My goals for 2010 are to sell a freaking book. Nothing more, nothing less.#kidlitchat

blayze316: 2010 writing resolutions: finish my 2 wips and go from there. with any luck double my output #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @KatGirl_Studio TOPIC: What are your writing/illustrating/editing/agenting resolutions for the new year? #kidlitchat

SarahDarerLitt: Another goal is to be less neurotic abt the pub. business but somehow think finishing proposal will be easier. #kidlitchat

adamselzer: And to feel productive. 3 books came out this year, and 2-3 more written, plus a movie& websites, but I still feel like a bum #kidlitchat

emilytastic: @Shelltex I can’t wait for the conference, hopefully that will help us sell some stuff! #kidlitchat

emilytastic: @EgmontGal I <3 Egmont. Just FYI. #kidlitchat

MyraMcEntire: I want to learn more about taking my writing to the next level – stretch, grow, reach – even if it hurts. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: I would love to find something I am super duper, even more than usual excited about–don’t care who at Egmont acquires it. #kidlitchat

literaticat: I am here! #kidlitchat

tehawesomersace: @adamselzer I think that’s pretty awesome. Now I feel like a bum O_o #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @elizaosborn Yeah I think I’m about to pay the optometrist’s kid’s tuition for next semester. #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: to get an agent, to send out my first book dummy to publishers, are two off the top of my head #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @adamselzer The opposite. That’s fantastic. #kidlitchat

gothicmangaka: @BonnieAdamson Find a (publishing) home for the “Hopeless” story. Finish page art for same. Cover work in YA (Scholastic)… #kidlitchat

skodobah: I want to feel my characters even more… breathe as they do. #kidlitchat

elanaroth: Second: break through a few houses I haven’t sold to yet. #kidlitchat

KarenMusings: Ooh, my first kidlit chat! My goal is to finish revising my novel and get it ready for submission #kidlitchat

emilytastic: @literaticat *confetti and balloons!* #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: My agent loves my writing.I have kick butt, high concept ideas… It shouldn’t be that hard, right? #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @adamselzer Good grief. I want to be that kind of bum. #kidlitchat

quirkywriter: RT @bonnieadamson: TOPIC: What are your writing/illustrating/editing/agenting resolutions for the new year? #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: Everyone has such good goals! I would LOVE to have at least one of our authors really “break out” #kidlitchat

elizaosborn: @sharifwrites @shelltex I really noticed my vision deteriorate this year. I do fear it’s from computer-reading. #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @NathalieMvondo I had fun with the outline, so I can’t wait to write it. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @elanaroth I am ok with Elana breaking through to other houses as long as we see everything first! (Kidding, kind of) #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @emilytastic Hope something good comes of that conference. Well, I know some fun will come from it but connections would be good #kidlitchat

literaticat: Oh we are doing goals? Hm – well, sell all my unsold clients stuff. Obviously. #kidlitchat

NathalieMvondo: @literaticat Helloooo! Welcome! #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: @literaticat and I am so glad you are! #kidlitchat

kristinlgray: @emilytastic I like your goals. #kidlitchat

Selestial: Find an agent who loves Pretty Souls as much as I do. Finish a draft of the sequel (& edit). (cont) #kidlitchat

emilytastic: @MyraMcEntire Me too! RT I want to learn more about taking my writing to the next level – stretch, grow, reach-even if it hurts. #kidlitchat

elanaroth: @EgmontGal Yes! I would love to have some sold authors finally break out. Especially my Egmont ones #kidlitchat

tehawesomersace: @EgmontGal I just finished The Dark Divine yesterday. It was incredible, for what it’s worth. #kidlitchat

literaticat: @EgmontGal But can that really be a goal for YOU? I mean – that is an awesome hope, but it is an achievable goal? #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @elizaosborn I already have a high prescription, can’t imagine deteriorating, but the cross-eyed feel lingers. #kidlitchat

Selestial: Write several shorts and at least one more novel (& edit them). Plus edit Pretty Souls for aforementioned agent #kidlitchat

Selestial: Write several shorts and at least one more novel (& edit them). Plus edit Pretty Souls for aforementioned agent #kidlitchat

SarahDarerLitt: @adamselzer Gosh, you slacker! #kidlitchat

literaticat: @Selestial I love the TITLE! #kidlitchat

emilytastic: @EgmontGal Can I vote for Kristin Venuti? I am almost finished with her book and it is making me SO HAPPY. #kidlitchat

NathalieMvondo: @elizaosborn Could you have one of those screen’s filter? To lessen the impact of the lighting? #kidlitchat

elanaroth: Third: sell next books for existing clients. They have some stellar stuff getting ready to go. #kidlitchat

elizaosborn: @sharifwrites That’s the way it’s been with the WIP that’s waiting for attention. It was fully formed, outlining wasn’t hard. #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: #kidlitchat 2010 goals: finish PB art by deadline. Get dummy 4 new PB ready 2 submit. Revise 3 WIPs. Reconnect w/ agent who has manuscript.

skodobah: YES! RT @teribrownwrites: My goals for 2010 are to sell a freaking book. Nothing more, nothing less.#kidlitchat #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: My ideal is that each book I edit gets all the time + attention from me, designer, copyeditor, marketing, + author that it needs #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: @EgmontGal What a coincidence, Elizabeth! One of my goals is to be a breakout Egmont Author! The mind boggles! #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @emilytastic we have a sequel from Kristin coming fall 10. it’s even better than Bellweathers #1. #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: finish one of the two YA wips i’m working on #kidlitchat

skodobah: Oh, a dose of patience is always a good thing to have. #kidlitchat

emilytastic: @EgmontGal I CANNOT WAIT. #kidlitchat

shimes06: And to follow up with current agny who has my ms. Politely of course #Kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @teribrownwrites I bet Myra McEntire would like to be an Egmont breakout author, but her 1st book comes out in ‘11. #kidlitchat

pattyjansen: complete/try to sell some unusual projects for kids 1. space-based SF, 2. horror involving zombies #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: Anyone have any tips about remaining accountable to these goals? #kidlitchat

geekwriter1: My resolution is to finish my new book, and then return to the 2nd book in my Midian series. #kidlitchat

literaticat: @EgmontGal PS: I’m finally on SCONES & SENSIBILITY (So pretty I bought it in hardback even tho I’ve an ARC) – SO FUNNY, LOVE! #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: RT @skodobah: YES! RT @teribrownwrites: My goals for 2010 are to sell a freaking book. Nothing more, nothing less.#kidlitchat

elanaroth: I’m psyched for all of my 2010 client releases. A goal is to promote the hell out of them. #kidlitchat

elizaosborn: @NathalieMvondo My Mac has a dimming key that I use a lot. Does the filter work differently? #kidlitchat

adamselzer: See, I don’t feel productive as soon as the project is over or during down-time. #kidlitchat

emilytastic: @jamieharrington That sounds fab – I love a good supervillain! #kidlitchat

navahw: My goal for 2010: Acquire and edit some really fantastic manuscripts. #kidlitchat

onbeyondwords: My list – Be more productive both writing and painting. Submit short stories to literary mags, complete my new novel, submit pb #kidlitchat

RaynaReads: I’d also like to see a project through from query to finished book (as an overall goal) #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @navahw Yes! New Year resolutions. #kidlitchat

NathalieMvondo: @navahw yes, writing/illustrating/editing/agenting goals for 2010. Welcome! #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: Writing buddies! RT @BonnieAdamson: Anyone have any tips about remaining accountable to these goals? #kidlitchat

elanaroth: @bonnieadamson I used to make monthly lists…I’ve lagged. #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: I’d also like to learn the art of publicity. #kidlitchat

BriannaSayres: To make more time for my writing!. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @emilytastic #kidlitchat lol I hope EVERYONE loves a good kick ass teenage super villain

mgbuehrlen: One resolution: to get the hang of Twitter enough so it doesn’t become procrastination station. #kidlitchat

SarahDarerLitt: @sharifwrites Me too! Authors need to do so much of their own PR these days. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @literaticat Jen, it means a lot to me that you love Scones and Sensibility. Thank you! #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @elanaroth I’m a great list-maker–but, like Ross Perot, once I’ve made a list, I think it’s done. #kidlitchat

emilytastic: Another goal: figure out a thing or two about magazine writing for kids/YAs #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: @EgmontGal I hope Myra does it too:) I hope I do, too;-) #kidlitchat

GinaRitter: RT @bonnieadamson: Anyone have any tips about remaining accountable to these goals? #kidlitchat

adamselzer: @sharifwrites I, too, want to learn a lot more about publicity. See goal one: not screwing this up #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @SarahDarerLitt They do, so I’m trying to learn as much as possible before my release. #kidlitchat

onbeyondwords: Re managing goals – I have a spreadsheet with all my WIPs listed – a bit overwhelming but helpful to have as a reference #kidlitchat

tehawesomersace: Yes. Why is this so hard? RT @emilytastic: Another goal: figure out a thing or two about magazine writing for kids/YAs #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @jamieharrington I’m sorry to be all Egmont-y, but given what you just wrote, you gotta read Rise of Renegade X #kidlitchat

KrisYankee: I’m arriving late! Will have to catch up. #kidlitchat

navahw: I’d love to fall in love with a fantastic YA or MG science fiction manuscript in 2010. #kidlitchat

carolgrannick: @bonnieadamson Besides wonderful crit group, I have a weekly online “accountability” group. We check in for support & feedback. #kidlitchat

geekwriter1: And for 2010, find an agent and get a book deal. Setting my sights low, I realize. #kidlitchat

geekwriter1: And for 2010, find an agent and get a book deal. Setting my sights low, I realize. #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: I’d like to have a year free of clients that dine and ditch #kidlitchat

RaynaReads: @jamieharrington Especially me! #kidlitchat

elizaosborn: The problem with resolving to make sales for unpubbed authors is that it’s easy to get impatient w yourself. #kidlitchat

hipwritermama: @ixtumea Keep writing and sending out your work. You will have a great year, Kim. #kidlitchat

adamselzer: Oh, and write more funny songs. I need more of those #kidlitchat

mgbuehrlen: 2nd resolution: find an agent. #kidlitchat

KrisYankee: Are we talking goals for 2010? #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @KatGirl_Studio What is a dine and ditch client, I ask stupidly? #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: @GinaRitter You just keep working and writing. No fancy system is going to take the place of work. #kidlitchat

elanaroth: I guess all my goals really do stem from moving those unsold names into the sold column… #kidlitchat

SarahDarerLitt: @adamselzer we all need more funny songs! #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: @adamselzer you could make a sing along blog =^.^= #kidlitchat

carolgrannick: @bonnieadamson Re: accountability to myself, I try to set goals that I can control; so much of the business not in my control. #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @adamselzer @NathalieMvondo I’ve read some helpful blogs, but I need to be prepared. #kidlitchat

marybrebner: Goals include getting an agent, selling novel, finishing new WIP, developing series…wow! That’s a lot. High bar! #kidlitchat

MyraMcEntire: @EgmontGal You bet your sweet bippy I would. Lotsa work ahead… #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @RaynaReads #kidlitchat haha what ever would I do without you!?!?

elizaosborn: In 2009, I learned to be patient with myself. I don’t want to waste readers’ time w a book that isn’t ready. So hard, though! #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: @elizaosborn yes, but I am published. So I resolve to sell more books this year. #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: @EgmontGal those that commission work and disappear of the face of the earth. #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: Reading about resolutions is always inspirational. #kidlitchat

brian_ohio: I’m hoping one of these agents who gave me the editorial letters will love this revision. Sending it out the 4th. #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: I need concrete things that I can control. You know: adress 3 envelopes today; drive to P.O. #kidlitchat

mgbuehrlen: RT @elizaosborn: In 2009, I learned to be patient. Dont want to waste readers time w a book that isnt ready. < Me too! #kidlitchat

SarahDarerLitt: RT @carolgrannick: I try to set goals that I can control; so much of the business not in my control. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @EgmontGal #kidlitchat I do? I am still waiting on another book I ordered on your recommendation… food, girls…

onbeyondwords: Sobering! RT @teribrownwrites @GinaRitter You just keep working and writing. No fancy system is going to take the place of work. #kidlitchat

Selestial: @RaynaReads I’ve read parts of @jamieharrington ‘s supervillain novel. It’s fun #kidlitchat

hipwritermama: @EgmontGal I’m looking forward to Beth Kephart’s new book. She is incredible. #kidlitchat

marybrebner: At the moment, I’m only accountable to myself, though my cheerleaders do help me stay on track. #kidlitchat

marybrebner: At the moment, I’m only accountable to myself, though my cheerleaders do help me stay on track. #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: i’ve sadly had 3 or 4 this year #kidlitchat

elanaroth: @literaticat Something like that #kidlitchat

carolgrannick: @elizaosborn Hard to do, but so good that you were able to. #kidlitchat

GinaRitter: YES!!!! How to do it in 5 minute chunks around house and boys… RT @BriannaSayres: To make more time for my writing!. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: As a younger editor, my goal was always to acquire.Now I want the company to succeed,and I don’t care which editor brings it in! #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @Selestial lol @RaynaReads has read the whole thing #kidlitchat

elizaosborn: @teribrownwrites Awesome, then! For those of us still learning, patience w self is really a virtue! #kidlitchat

KrisYankee: I too need concrete goals – finish all wips, start book 2 of series, etc. #kidlitchat

literaticat: @elanaroth Me too – I have a whiteboard and everyone is colorcoded – BLUES BECOME PURPLES PLEASE. #kidlitchat

SarahDarerLitt: @carolgrannick That’s such an important thing to remember – that much of this is out of our control. Otherwise it’s crazymaking. #kidlitchat

Donna_Earnhardt: good evening, peeps! #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @hipwritermama The Beth Kephart is extraordinary. We are so proud to have her on the list. It’s called Dangerous Neighbors. #kidlitchat

Selestial: I want to read more for fun too – make it a priority instead of something that gets tacked on to the end of the day. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @EgmontGal #kidlitchat renegade X isn’t out yet! I have to wait until MAY!

Selestial: @jamieharrington @RaynaReads Thanks now I’m all jealous and stuff #kidlitchat

GinaRitter: Me too! …RT @bonnieadamson: @elanaroth I’m a great list-maker–but, like Ross Perot, once I’ve made a list, I think it’s done. #kidlitchat

navahw: @EgmontGal My goal is still to acquire! I want to bring in fabulous, wonderful, exciting books. #kidlitchat

navahw: @EgmontGal My goal is still to acquire! I want to bring in fabulous, wonderful, exciting books. #kidlitchat

literaticat: @EgmontGal OMG I ADORE BETH KEPHART. *adore* **ADORE** – ask her about me, she’ll tell you I adore her! #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @Selestial Me. too–I have a huge backlog already–and know there are more amazing books coming out this spring . . . #kidlitchat

emilytastic: @hipwritermama I LOVE her, too. I’m rooting for Nothing But Ghosts for a Printz. #kidlitchat

amy7a: Is the topic New Year’s Writing Resolutions? #kidlitchat

elanaroth: @literaticat I have a spreadsheet. Most are in the sold column right now, but those last 5 are bugging the crap out of me. #kidlitchat

mitaliperkins: RT @kidlitchat: TOPIC: What are your writing/illustrating/editing/agenting resolutions for the new year? #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @RaynaReads ohhh Rise of Renegade X does sound interesting #kidlitchat

emilytastic: brb, y’all. I’ll be back in a bit. #kidlitchat

marybrebner: @Selestial With you on the reading for fun part. Like to make it a priority again esp. with all the awesome books out in 2010! #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @carolgrannick Exactly! Only goals I can control . . . #kidlitchat

Selestial: @elanaroth Those are impressive stats though. Congrats for only having 5 in the “other” column #kidlitchat

elizaosborn: @amy7a Yep! #kidlitchat

mgbuehrlen: 2010 is reserved for the submission process. Anything I get done above that will be a bonus. #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @amy7a yes, writing/editing/illustrating/subbing resolutions. #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @amy7a yes, writing/editing/illustrating/subbing resolutions. #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: @BonnieAdamson #kidlitchat the list isn’t finished till you cross everything through!

KrisYankee: @mitaliperkins Thanks for the topic! #kidlitchat

laurielyoung: Hi all, sorrry to be late–computer crash, ugh! #kidlitchat

edithcohn: I resolve to write an awesome book & sell it. Go me! #kidlitchat

mitaliperkins: My goal for 2010? Write my first MG fantasy and/or my first picture book. #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: Trail and error RT @Gina_Chat: How to find dedicated one(s)? #kidlitchat

geekwriter1: @agentrobert @LynnRush re: setting sights low, I wasn’t going for richer than the Queen. We writers are a sarcastic bunch, eh? #kidlitchat

hipwritermama: 2010 Writing Goals: I will finish revisions on my YA & submit to agents. Then on to finish WIP. It’s going to be a good year #kidlitchat

laurielyoung: My resolution is to write REGULARLY, and finish my novel. Easy, right? #kidlitchat

KrisYankee: I like remembering that I can only work on things on list that I can control. #kidlitchat

elanaroth: 2010 is the year of DOUG-DENNIS AND THE FLYAWAY FIB. My pie-in-the-sky goal is to make Doug-Dennis a household name. #kidlitchat

EllenHopkinsYA: @literaticat #kidlitchat A wise decision! You’re doing great, Jenn… I’ve been totally impressed with you this year.

DDHearn: Hi everyone. I just got on the computer. Is it about New Year’s goals? #kidlitchat

carolgrannick: @bonnieadamson Hard to do sometimes, but I pull myself back (frequently) to what I can do: write & revise & make it shine. #kidlitchat

dawnbonnevie: To collect more rejections ‘cause that would mean I’m subbing more #kidlitchat

Shelltex: I have a great crit group for PBs but think I need another for my YA stuff. Guess that may become a goal as well. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @Selestial actually, @RaynaReads pulled my book out of the slush pile. She’s the reason I am agented!#kidlitchat

Donna_Earnhardt: @NathalieMvondo Hello, Miss Nathalie! #kidlitchat

marybrebner: @Jenni_James Nice–congrats on reaching your 2009 goals! That gives me hope. Just what I needed. #kidlitchat

edithcohn: @mitaliperkins Whoa! Neat-o! #kidlitchat

amy7a: @DDHearn Yes. #kidlitchat

EllenHopkinsYA: @literaticat #kidlitchat And jsut BTW… $1,000,000 has never been a goal for me… surprised how close I’m coming, though.

houndrat: Goals: To revise my WIP until it sparkles,giving it the best chance possible at both an agent and a book deal. #kidlitchat

jmartinlibrary: @BonnieAdamson #kidlitchat Goal? Not to get an agent or publisher, but to learn enough to write a book worthy of one.

navahw: @DDHearn It is! Kidlit-related New Year’s Resolutions. #kidlitchat

houndrat: Also, to continue growing and learning as a writer. #kidlitchat

literaticat: @EllenHopkinsYA Aww thanks, Ellen. I have great clients and colleagues, that helps! #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @edithcohn And buy a coat you don’t have to climb out of. That Tweet made me laugh earlier today. Thanks #kidlitchat

Selestial: @jamieharrington I can still be jealous since you stopped posting it in OWW #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @RaynaReads ahh yeah, I ordered food, girls, but it hasn’t come yet #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: Another goal: Settle in with new crit group. Other two didn’t work out. Maybe third is the charm. #kidlitchat

adamselzer: Oh! And to figure out how to revolutionize the ebook field. Step 1.? Step 2: Profit plan there, but I’m gonna do it! #kidlitchat

KrisYankee: I think the biggest thing for 2010 is to keep believing in myself as a writer. So hard to do with so much rejection. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: Honestly, my goal is that Egmont grow and succeed next year, and that the staff are excited and empowered. #kidlitchat

DDHearn: I want to get back into the game in 2010. Submit my PB to my agent, hopefully sell it. Maybe illustrate a book. I’m available! #kidlitchat

literaticat: @EllenHopkinsYA It just seems like a nice round number. #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @DDHearn Hi, Diane! #kidlitchat

amy7a: There’s nothing thats NOT on my resolution list this year: read more,start a new WIP… #kidlitchat

edithcohn: @houndrat Good one. Me too! RT: Also, to continue growing and learning as a writer #kidlitchat

EllenHopkinsYA: #kidlitchat Just to keep this real… the $1M figure was NOT for ONE year…

jamieharrington: @Selestial ahhh yeah lol I do need a beta reader for the latest revisions #kidlitchat

amy7a: …my first book launch,search for agent,submit new book… #kidlitchat

EllenHopkinsYA: @EgmontGal #kidlitchat Also impressed with Egmont and what you’ve accomplished, Elizabeth!

houndrat: One more: To learn to turn off my internal editor while getting the first draft down. #kidlitchat

marybrebner: @adamselzer Have you read JA Konrath’s blog? He’s big on ebooks and sounds like he’s making a profit, too. V. Interesting #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @bonnieadamson HI Bonnie. If I forget later, happy New Year! #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: Okay, serious now: Finish my WIP and be more patient… don’t stalk editors who have my book. Crazy making! #kidlitchat

NathalieMvondo: @marybrebner Thanks for the info. Noted. #kidlitchat

laurielyoung: Yeah! RT @edithcohn: I resolve to write an awesome book & sell it. Go me! #kidlitchat

YARebels: Loving all the goals for 2010! #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @lyonmartin Wish it were that easy. #kidlitchat

KarenMusings: @sharifwrites I want to find a great critique group too. Where are you looking? #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @Selestial haha! I love when people want to read my book!!! #kidlitchat

edithcohn: @Shelltex Ha! Yes, perfect coat mission continues. All the winter clothes shopping is taking me away from my writing. boo! #kidlitchat

amy7a: @teribrownwrites “be more patient!” Me too. Let me know how you accomplish that! #kidlitchat

KateMessner: Writing goal for 2010 – Learn from each project and make every new book better than the last. #kidlitchat

mgbuehrlen: @houndrat That one’s very difficult for me #kidlitchat

emilyreads: Writing annual reports for church and studying for finance quiz is keeping me from #kidlitchat

mitaliperkins: I meet 4x each year with a writer buddy to set goals for writing and marketing, trying to stay on the academic quarter system. #kidlitchat

EllenHopkinsYA: @adamselzer #kidlitchat Understanding future technologies, to encourage writers to strive for traditional publishing.

DDHearn: @EgmontGal Is Egmont doing any picture books? If so, I’m available for illustration. (another resolution is to sell myself more) #kidlitchat

BriannaSayres: @GinaRitter I have the same issue with finding time around my boys! Working on trade with to get 2 uninterrupted nights a week. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @KarenMusings ahhh yes, great crit groups are SO hard to find! #kidlitchat

literaticat: My other goal for 2009 was to get a pub to reissue the classic LIZARD MUSIC – got offer just under the wire last week. Whew! #kidlitchat

Devas_T: Hello, what’s the word? #kidlitchat

Selestial: @jamieharrington Hehe I just remember what I read being fun and light. I’m a fan of fun & light in YA #kidlitchat

edithcohn: @teribrownwrites haha, don’t stalk editors who have my book, funny. *I* never do that. *shames* #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @edithcohn Write and essay about climbing out of that coat in the middle of restaurant. Funny stuff. #kidlitchat

EllenHopkinsYA: @NathalieMvondo #kidlitchat The IRS thinks it’s impressive, too… smiles…

YARebels: The YARebels are hoping to (a) have a great time, (b) make sure everyone else has a great time and (c) vlog with abandon! #kidlitchat

justkeepreading: Can I say my goal is just to finish the story I’m writing since I’m no where close to being a published author?!? . #kidlitchat

marybrebner: RT @KateMessner: Writing goal for 2010 – Learn from each project and make every new book better than the last. <-GREAT goal! #kidlitchat

mitaliperkins: @KateMessner As usual, a high-minded and noble goal, keeping the big picture in sight. I like you, Kate. #kidlitchat

myrrr: agenting goals: sign edgy YA authors whose work I fall in love with…and sell sell sell! #kidlitchat

laurielyoung: @mitaliperkins What a great idea! #kidlitchat

Selestial: @literaticat Congrats! #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: @DDHearn i think we all could use that as a goal =^.^= #kidlitchat

navahw: @literaticat Nicely done! That’s a book that should see the light of day again! #kidlitchat

_rachelsimon: My goal for 2010 is to be happy, to be healthy&to figure out that its ok not to know what you want to do (when youre in college) #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @junegoodwin Poor attendance, tardiness to name a few problems. In one group I was the only YA author (wasn’t feeling it). #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: Another one is to appreciate my agent more and not make her crazy with my own craziness! Amy Tipton rocks! #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @Devas_T We’re talking New Year’s resolutions tonight. #kidlitchat

elanaroth: I could go for a good auction in 2010, but would be happy with just selling everything to the best editor for the book. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: I feel like I should have better writing goals for the new year… hmmm #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @literaticat Congrats on LIZARD MUSIC deal. #kidlitchat

EllenHopkinsYA: @literaticat #kidlitchat Thanks, Elizabeth… they’re out there. And I’m happy to send potential breakouts your way.

tinahoggatt: Hello all. I can see the new year is leading us to goal setting. I would say: be stern about my practice, completey WIP rewrite. #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @NathalieMvondo I did an online for a few months, didn’t get a lot of helpful input. I’m joining one from my local SCBWI. #kidlitchat

geekwriter1: And probably my biggest goal for 2010 is to just learn and get better, because writing is WHAT I love/want/need to do. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @Selestial #kidlitchat I totally agree! I love upbeat funky YA!

adamselzer: See, I don’t think ebooks are the same as trad books. Or they don’t HAVE to be. It’s a new & dif. medium waiting to be defined. #kidlitchat

DDHearn: I hope this will be the year I finally write that fantasy novel. Commandment to self. “Make it so.” #kidlitchat

KrisYankee: @teribrownwrites Me too – with my agent. Christine Witthohn is the bomb! #kidlitchat

KateMessner: And I’d also better finish up that middle grade mystery to help a little with @literaticat‘s goal… #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: My crit group has 2 openings for MG authors. RT @KarenMusings: @sharifwrites I want to find a great critique group too. #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: to have something to actually present for all the classes I’ve been asked to this next year #kidlitchat

MyraMcEntire: @BriannaSayres I have two boys – worked a trade a year ago with DH. He got a dog and I got two writing nights a week! It worked! #kidlitchat

KrisYankee: @lyonmartin Is your crit group online? #kidlitchat

onbeyondwords: Two more goals for 2010 – use my journalism background to query YA magazines re story ideas – and send out more submissions #kidlitchat

mitaliperkins: @DDHearn You and I can hold each other accountable when it comes to fantasy. Check in with me, okay? #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @adamselzer I love reading traditional books on an ereader though. It’s nice to not have the bulk of a book #kidlitchat

RaynaReads: Next year, I want to improve as much as I did this year. #kidlitchat

Devas_T: My goal for 2010: I have one, possibly two books which will publish. So my goal is to promote the heck out of them. #kidlitchat

Selestial: @jamieharrington Sequel as a goal? (Is there going to be a sequel?) #kidlitchat

edithcohn: @Shelltex Good scene for a winter YA novel. Puffer coat gone bad. Boy lost #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @MyraMcEntire HA! That’s the best trade EVER! #kidlitchat

camoulton: My Goals: finish my edits for my shiny new editor and write the first drafts of two novels! #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @lyonmartin @NathalieMvondo I have a good feeling about this third one. #kidlitchat

EllenHopkinsYA: @adamselzer #kidlitchat It’s defining itself, refining itself… But I think too many writers use it as an excuse not to refine themselves.

Devas_T: And sell at least one picture book manuscript through new agent…#kidlitchat

NathalieMvondo: would like to attend a novel’s retreat in 2010. #kidlitchat

innaj: Writing goals: keep telling the stories I most want to tell, find joy in telling them, & make each book better than the last. #kidlitchat

Selestial: Definitely. I’ve learned so much this year. RT @RaynaReads: Next year, I want to improve as much as I did this year. #kidlitchat

geekwriter1: @houndrat Turning off that internal editor – When you figure it out PLEASE share! #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @Selestial there are THREE sequels… ohhh yeah It’s a four parter. Cause that’s just how I roll. #kidlitchat

myrrr: Ditto! RT @elanaroth: I could go for a good auction in 2010, but would be happy selling everything to the best ed for the book. #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @mitaliperkins That sounds like a plan. #kidlitchat

elanaroth: I want to learn to read more efficiently in 2010… #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @EllenHopkinsYA now, I agree with that. Ebooks shouldn’t be an opportunity to publish without improving your craft #kidlitchat

theravendesk: Goals for 2010: finish up two first drafts, and make at least one draft super super shiny. #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: Yes. RT @KrisYankee: @lyonmartin Is your crit group online? #kidlitchat

laurielyoung: Me too! RT @elanaroth: I want to learn to read more efficiently in 2010… #kidlitchat

edithcohn: @_rachelsimon Go you! Shiny new wip! Hoping for some sparkle motion myself. #kidlitchat

Selestial: @jamieharrington Then there is your goal – book 2. Or 3 if 2 is done #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: My 2010 Writing Goal is to sellmy book, and make enough from it to take my kid to Disney World #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: @sharifwrites hope it works out for you. #kidlitchat

EllenHopkinsYA: @onbeyondwords #kidlitchat Why not use your journalism background to write nonfiction for kids? I started exactly that way.

EllenHopkinsYA: @onbeyondwords #kidlitchat Why not use your journalism background to write nonfiction for kids? I started exactly that way.

nkrell: For 2010, I would like to hear back from one of four agents reading my manuscript. #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @camoulton I also have to be mindful of the time-line for the edits happening next year. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @Selestial #kidlitchat I’m working on another story right now though

KatGirl_Studio: to maybe find a crit group #kidlitchat

mitaliperkins: It would be nice to earn a bit more money in 2010 so that @ellenhopkinsYA isn’t the only one putting rice in our agent’s bowl. #kidlitchat

DDHearn: If I’m going to accomplish anything, I need to get better time management skills. Maybe not as much twitter… #kidlitchat

literaticat: For 2010, my goals: Have more patience. Be calmer. Read more for fun. Sell more this year than last year. Sell the unsold! #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @myrrr I just saw you’re at Carol Mann. I’m in that building every week for therapy! I will stop by and say hi. #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @edithcohn Hey, even a PB. Wow you could get so much mileage out of that evil coat. #kidlitchat

MyraMcEntire: @jamieharrington I’m a cat person, but our lab is a sweetie! She stays up with me when I write. She’s good for brainstorms. #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @KarenMusings I’m in SCBWI, so I looked at the crit groups they posted. #kidlitchat

Selestial: @jamieharrington Then goal = finish & edit it #kidlitchat

laurielyoung: I am hoping by this time next year, I am submitting a kick ass novel and taking names of everyone who is dying to publish it! #kidlitchat

KrisYankee: @nkrell I’d like to hear back from the editors that have my manuscripts too! But I have no control over that… #kidlitchat

houndrat: @geekwriter1 HA–definitely! I need to buy it a little muzzle and blindfold, lol…. #kidlitchat

marybrebner: @EllenHopkinsYA @onbeyondwords Great advice. Teachers are always looking for interesting, well-written nonfiction. #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @KarenMusings I believe some of them accept non-members You can check the site for your state. #kidlitchat

EllenHopkinsYA: @mitaliperkins #kidlitchat Patience, m’dear… it’s coming your way!

KatGirl_Studio: to make an instruction book for digital painting so i don’t have to explain the same things to people at shows #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: We need a follow-up to goal-setting: maybe quarterly, a la @mitaliperkins, to judge progress? #kidlitchat

YARebels: @camoulton And to vlog like a rockstar, right? RIGHT? #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: I also want to go to one major conference this year… anyone have any ideas?#kidlitchat

myrrr: @EgmontGal You definitely should! #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: She’ll read ANY book you tell her this year! I love it ! http://is.gd/5G6JU (expand) #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @junegoodwin It was a waste of time. I’d love to sit with a group of serious people. #kidlitchat

elanaroth: I don’t know exactly HOW I can read more efficiently…but I will guess it has something to do with watching less TV. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @NathalieMvondo #kidlitchat haha yeah

Shelltex: @jamieharrington Disneyworld paid for with sold writing was friend’s goal for 2009. She made it! #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @DDHearn Just on Tuesday nights, right? #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @laurielyoung Nice goal! Gang, I had to write a list of editorial strategies and goals for my boss at end of year. Exhausting! #kidlitchat

mgbuehrlen: I want to make time to read more in 2010. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @NathalieMvondo #kidlitchat I have the WORST management skills.. it’s SO bad!

onbeyondwords: Ha ha! Absolutely – RT @geekwriter1 @houndrat Turning off that internal editor – When you figure it out PLEASE share #kidlitchat

NathalieMvondo: @EllenHopkinsYA Do you know yet if you would ever write non-fiction again? Just curious… #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: @BonnieAdamson #kidlitchat I have a chat room we can meet in.

DDHearn: Oh, and I’d like to redo my website a bit. Maybe start up a blog. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @myrrr Do you get in early? I’ll be there next Tuesday and free at 9:10. #kidlitchat

houndrat: @camoulton WOOT! #kidlitchat

EllenHopkinsYA: @marybrebner #kidlitchat Yes, and there’s a hungry market for kid’s nonfiction. It needs voice, too. And can help pay the bills.

elanaroth: I also want to break 2000 Twitter followers in 2010 That’s where you guys come in as part of my plan for world domination. #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: Stopping in late. Looks like a good topic, but not sure WHAT it is! #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @bonnieadamson Yes, kidlitchat is definately a good use of time. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @Shelltex she did! AWESOME! It makes me SO happy to know it’s do-able! #kidlitchat

dawnbonnevie: I’d like a crit group for MG/YA don’t want to give up the pb group. Keeping up w/two groups will be too much #kidlitchat

EllenHopkinsYA: @sharifwrites #kidlitchat Nevada SCBWI (I’m an RA) has online crit groups that you can join.

nkrell: I plan on writing more. I guess I’ll give up some TV as well. BUT NOT GLEE!!!! Must have my fix. #kidlitchat

sandyalonzo: @teribrownwrites How ‘bout the SCBWI national conference in L.A., sometime in the summer. #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: @DDHearn i have a great site for you to check out then #kidlitchat

onbeyondwords: This is terrible -the list keeps growing! But another goal – be more diligent about writing my blog. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: I would love for 2010 to be the year kids and ya nonfiction starts to “move” at B+N so we don’t get so much retail resistance #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @elanaroth Book people dominating the world–I like this! #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @NathalieMvondo #kidlitchat I just really really love writing

jamieharrington: @NathalieMvondo #kidlitchat but I hate cleaning… so I write instead

Gwenda: Finish new book (almost there), revise old book, write something completely new and challenging. Go to retreat in tropics. #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @lyonmartin That might be fun, seriously. #kidlitchat

jeanie_w: @Becky_Levine Writing resolutions for 2010. #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @EllenHopkinsYA I’m hoping to get further into kids nonfiction next year, along with everything else! #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: I’d like to get over my crush on Edward Cullen in 2010! Time to move on. Maybe even to a human. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @_rachelsimon #kidlitchat that’s awesome! email me! jamie@totallythebomb.com

bonnieadamson: @Becky_Levine New Year’s resolutions! #kidlitchat

Selestial: Glad to know I’m not the only one RT @jamieharrington: @NathalieMvondo #kidlitchat but I hate cleaning… so I write instead #kidlitchat

EllenHopkinsYA: @teribrownwrites #kidlitchat Yes! SCBWI LA…. best conference ever

_rachelsimon: @EgmontGal I’m reading Charles+Emma right now (YA nonfic).. Wish there was more for the genre. #kidlitchat

laurielyoung: It’s about time! RT @Becky_Levine: @elanaroth Book people dominating the world–I like this! #kidlitchat

edithcohn: @onbeyondwords Diligence on the blog is a good one. I want to do more author interviews. #kidlitchat

KrisYankee: @EgmontGal But a human would probably let you down! EC is delish! #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @EgmontGal Yes, but are humans the next “thing”? #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: Resolutions: Is “balance” just too general? #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @EgmontGal see, I got over my Edwad Crush when Jacob Black ripped that shirt off. Hell-O! #kidlitchat

marybrebner: @jamieharrington Oh, it’s so worth a few dust bunnies to get more words down on the page, isn’t it? Love, love writing, too! #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: @DDHearn I’ll dm it to you #kidlitchat

jeanie_w: @EgmontGal I’ve been seeing a lot of Egmont books at local B&Ns and Borders #kidlitchat

SarahDarerLitt: @ellenhopkinsYA Interesting to hear that, because had non-fiction idea the other day. Will have to pursue. #kidlitchat

geekwriter1: @houndrat I’m afraid if I lock the internal editor away, the page will look like 1000 monkeys banged on a keyboard. #kidlitchat

DDHearn: Another goal. Full out rebellion against the tyranny of the urgent. Those dust bunnies will just have to wait. #kidlitchat

MyraMcEntire: @EgmontGal No. Just no. Keep the dream alive. #kidlitchat

innaj: @Gwenda (Go to retreat in tropics.) I keep thinking I should resolve to only set books places I want to go for research. #kidlitchat

YARebels: @EgmontGal Wouldn’t we all? #kidlitchat

LaurelSnyder: I’m late to the party, but have been reading al your goals!!! #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @marybrebner #kidlitchat haha yes! Who needs a clean kitchen when you can have a beautiful manuscript!

hipwritermama: @ixtumea Thanks, Kim! It’s such an intense project and worth all the work. Can’t wait to finish! #kidlitchat

innaj: @Becky_Levine Balance is huge, imho. #kidlitchat

edithcohn: @EllenHopkinsYA @teribrownwrites I second that. SCBWI LA best conf eva! #kidlitchat

EllenHopkinsYA: @jamieharrington #kidlitchat Without “loving writing,” children’s publishing is doomed. Love writing!

navahw: @Gwenda I wouldn’t mind a retreat in the tropic in 2010 either. #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @jamieharrington I hate cleaning so much I’ve even written about that! #kidlitchat

houndrat: RT @jamieharrington: @EgmontGal see, I got over my Edward Crush when Jacob Black ripped that shirt off. <—-Amen to that! #kidlitchat

KayCassidy: Chiming in really late today. Hope everyone is having a great last few days of 2009! #kidlitchat

NathalieMvondo: RT @EllenHopkinsYA: Yes! SCBWI LA…. best conference ever. I second that! Great experience! #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: #kidlitchat 2010 goal: to make a living wage via wrting/illustrating kid lit

navahw: Hmm. Maybe my goal should be to organize an editorial retreat in the tropics… #kidlitchat

HeidiRKling: RT @EllenHopkinsYA: @jamieharrington #kidlitchat Without “loving writing,” children’s publishing is doomed. Love writing!

DDHearn: @KatGirl_Studio THanks so much. #kidlitchat

carolgrannick: @Becky_Levine Not too general…leaves you lots of room for specific “balancing” things to try. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: I am going to break my blogging goals up. I will blog every day for the month of January, and then go from there… #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @LaurelSnyder HI, Laurel. Happy New Year! #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @KrisYankee yes, humans can disappoint. But they have the advantage of not being fictional. #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: This year, as I finished NF book, I committed 2 an hour of fiction each a.m., b4 moving to NF. Want to get back 2 that in 2010. #kidlitchat

laurielyoung: Yet, the hardest thing . . .RT @innaj: @Becky_Levine Balance is huge, imho. #kidlitchat

mitaliperkins: @BonnieAdamson Quarterly goal-setting is good over coffee. We take stock of what we did and share hopes with grace and laughter. #kidlitchat

EllenHopkinsYA: #kidlitchat Okay, hubbie has managed dinner. Fingers croseed… love y’all

elanaroth: @navahw Can an agent come too? #kidlitchat

emilytastic: Did I miss anything? #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @EllenHopkinsYA I completely agree! Plus, these kids NEED us to show them writing is just as fun as all that other stuff! #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @KayCassidy Hi! Goal-setting tonight. #kidlitchat

quirkywriter: I’d like to make & stick to a writing schedule (as much as a mom with 2 little ones can). #kidlitchat

KateMessner: Still a goal for 2009- review on Fuse8’s blog. I’d love it if you’d vote for BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z. http://bit.ly/4Ua0TC (expand) #kidlitchat

jeanie_w: Balance is good. Balance is hard to achieve. RT @Becky_Levine: Resolutions: Is “balance” just too general? #kidlitchat

houndrat: @geekwriter1 Lol. I quote Cindy Pon when I say, “Give yourself permission to write utter poo.” I think it’s sound advice. #kidlitchat

marybrebner: @navahw If you do, I wanna come! Tropical retreat=mai tais #kidlitchat

mgbuehrlen: @briaquinlan Hey! When did you start coming to #kidlitchat?

jamieharrington: @Shelltex #kidlitchat ha! Just sat down and wrote about how much cleaning sucks… LOVE it

sandyalonzo: RT @EllenHopkinsYA: @jamieharrington #kidlitchat Without “loving writing,” childrens publishing is doomed. (Yeah!) #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @innaj Yes. Not easy–any tricks that work for you, to share? #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @EllenHopkinsYA I joined SCBWI recently, wish I joined sooner. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: You guys should have heard our managing ed when Jacob showed up at Emily’s with his shirt back ON. “Why?” asked Nico. #kidlitchat

nkrell: @jamieharrington I totally agree with you on that! When Jacob turned into a wolf, I turned into a cougar.#kidlitchat

KrisYankee: @EgmontGal That is true! But ficitional characters can be bent so easily, whereas humans, not so much. But a good kiss beats all #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: @lyonmartin ya that’s mine too! #kidlitchat

KateMessner: @mitaliperkins I love the idea of quarterly goal-setting w/ a group of writer friends! #kidlitchat

adamselzer: Ah, see, there’s the rub! That’s why I don’t feel productive. Book X still isn’t in Store Y, etc. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: RT @nkrell: @jamieharrington I totally agree with you on that! When Jacob turned into a wolf, I turned into a cougar.#kidlitchat

houndrat: @geekwriter1 Of course, that’s only on the first draft, and I don’t believe Cindy ever writes poo, but still…. #kidlitchat

LaurelSnyder: My writing goal this year is to write more carefully. Not to rush to the finish line! And to sell the “quiet” picture book. #kidlitchat

olugbemisola: @edithcohn i’m dying to go one of these days! @edithcohn @EllenHopkinsYA @teribrownwrites I second that. SCBWI LA best conf eva! #kidlitchat

camoulton: @YARebels THAT’S RIGHT! We should a parody “Vloggin’ like a rockstar…” #kidlitchat

myrrr: @EgmontGal Sure! That would be fun. We’re on the 18th floor. (What a small world.) #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: @EllenHopkinsYA I would love to go to that one… I’m in Portland, so it’s not out of the question… good editor #kidlitchat

KrissiDallas: Hey, guys! In 2010, my goal is to finish the sequel to my 1st novel & take Phantom Island to the next level… #kidlitchat

innaj: Actually, if I’m honest, I totally want to retreat somewhere like Antarctica/McMurdo Station. Because I’m weird that way. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @KayCassidy me too! I didn’t realize I needed to put my goals down until this chat! A to the Men! #kidlitchat

writermomof5: @Becky_Levine Is it hard for you to switch back and forth from f to nf? #kidlitchat

Gwenda: @navahw Really, you can’t go wrong in the tropics. #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @junegoodwin I feel better having found a children/MG/YA group finally. #kidlitchat

onbeyondwords: @EllenHopkinsYA Thanks, Ellen – I’m thinking about writing non-fiction for kids now – it seems a natural step from journalism #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @KateMessner @mitaliperkins Quarterly–that’s a good idea. Might have to talk with my crit group & see what they think. #kidlitchat

GinaRitter: RT @EgmontGal: I’d like to get over my crush on Edward Cullen in 2010! Time to move on. Maybe even to a human. #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @literaticat Wait, how do I join the coven? I wanna go to Hawaii! #kidlitchat

zerbinetta: (Pulls off @YARebels mask) For me 2010 means finishing WIP, making it pretty & shiny so @Ginger_Clark has more awesome from me! #kidlitchat

emmapetersen: RT @nkrell: @jamieharrington I totally agree with you on that! When Jacob turned into a wolf, I turned into a cougar.#kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @writermomof5 Not if I do the fiction first. Hard to leave it sometimes, but then it pulls me back the next session. #kidlitchat

edithcohn: me too! It sounds lovely. @KateMessner @mitaliperkins I love the idea of quarterly goal-setting w/ a group of writer friends! #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @junegoodwin #kidlitchat haha I hope so anyway…

geekwriter1: RT @houndrat: (THAT needs a RT) I quote Cindy Pon when I say, “Give yourself permission to write utter poo.” sound advice. #kidlitchat

camoulton: @junegoodwin Thanks! I’m so excited to call all this sitting in my pj’s writing *real* work XD #kidlitchat

Gwenda: @literaticat OMG, that would be the greatest. I LOVE Hawaii. #kidlitchat

KayCassidy: My goals are to wrap up TCS book 2, write another book I’ve been itching to write, and launch my debut w/o losing my sanity. #kidlitchat

KrissiDallas: Also planning to leave teaching for awhile so I can focus fully on writing, promoting, speaking & starting new writing projects. #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: Writing NF first, even when it needs to be done, is more procrastination, based on my fear fiction won’t be good enuf! #kidlitchat

dlschubert: Hello, all! Darn it, I was lost in writing a blog post. Topic??? #kidlitchat

zerbinetta: @camoulton @YARebels Oh we SO will. #kidlitchat

navahw: @elanaroth @marybrebner @gwenda Let’s have a kidlit retreat in the tropics in 2010. I think this is a good plan. #kidlitchat

KateMessner: @innaj I would go to Antarctica with you. I am weird that way too. Plus, penguins are so cute. #kidlitchat

camoulton: @zerbinetta Girl, you invented awesome. #kidlitchat

mamakitty729: RT @emmapetersen: RT @nkrell: @jamieharrington When Jacob turned into a wolf, I turned into a cougar. [ROFL! Ditto!!] #kidlitchat

hipwritermama: @emilytastic I loved Nothing But Ghosts. So glad to find another Beth Kephart fan. #kidlitchat

LizaWiemer: @squaredreviews R cool, talented teens who have started a book blog. Help them have a fabulous new year & #Follow them. #kidlitchat plz RT

edithcohn: @olugbemisola Your wings await you! #kidlitchat

GinaRitter: Seeing Edwards wonky nipples cured me. RT @jamieharrington I got over my Edwad Crush when Jacob Black ripped that shirt off. #kidlitchat

houndrat: RT @nkrell: @jamieharrington I totally agree with you on that! When Jacob turned into a wolf, I turned into a cougar.#kidlitchat #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @Becky_Levine Agree. A quarterly round-up sounds like a good idea. #kidlitchat

Gwenda: @literaticat I love Hawaii almost as much as I hate tents. It would balance. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @KayCassidy Nice goals, Kay! I will help at least with goals 1 and 3, and that should make 2 easier I hope. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: Can one of my writing goals be to get on some super secret ARC list? #kidlitchat

mitaliperkins: @edithcohn Okay #boskidlit, we’ll have to set up a goal-setting gathering full of grace and glee … over pie. #kidlitchat

innaj: @KateMessner Penguins and glaciers and icebergs and … yeah. Lets plan on it. #kidlitchat

HeidiRKling: @literaticat If you do that, I’m totally stowing away. #kidlitchat

adamselzer: Guys…dating a vampire isn’t just wrong…it’s dead wrong. http://www.ikissedazombie.com #kidlitchat

zerbinetta: BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA. Yes. RT @camoulton: @zerbinetta Girl, you invented awesome. #kidlitchat

navahw: @KateMessner @innaj If The White Darkness taught me anything, it was that I never ever want to go to Antarctica ever. #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @dlschubert New Year’s resolutions! #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @hipwritermama We’re going to need you guys when Kephart’s Dangerous Neighbors launches. So much prejudice against “historical” #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: I also want to firm up plans to start my literacy nonprofit for at risk teen next year. #kidlitchat

innaj: @Becky_Levine I’m still struggling with that one (balance) myself, alas. #kidlitchat

camoulton: @Zerbinetta @YARebels We should do this in our security blanket forts wearing gangsta sunglasses and gold and diamond grillz #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @KrissiDallas Where I am, can’t take a leave of absence to work on another profession. #kidlitchat

elanaroth: @Becky_Levine I’m going to Iceland in February!! #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @hipwritermama I just picked up a book of Kephart’s at the library. Can’t remember which, but the first for me. #kidlitchat

RaynaReads: @jamieharrington If there is one of those, I want in too. Absolutely. #kidlitchat

innaj: (Debates whether to confess I’ve also long wanted to do a writing retreat in a tent, if only I could work out laptop issues) #kidlitchat

mgbuehrlen: @briaquinlan I love goals too. I love the wind on my face as they whiz by, laughing at me. #kidlitchat

houndrat: @zerbinetta HA! Like we couldn’t spot you a mile away, even under that @YARebels guise…. #kidlitchat

navahw: @teribrownwrites That’s a really admirable goal. #kidlitchat

Gwenda: @innaj You should talk to Karen Fowler abt Antarctica; she went with her daughter on a scientific expedition. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @camoulton I’m in for the gangsta party! #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @EgmontGal “When” is Dangerous Neighbors. And why/who prejudiced against historicals?! #kidlitchat

mitaliperkins: We set goals for both writing and marketing, mind you. #kidlitchat

innaj: @Becky_Levine Funny thing: I wound up originally going to Iceland because my spouse was going to a writing conference there! #kidlitchat

dlschubert: @bonnieadamson Thanks, Bonnie! Mine: To sell my first book in 2010!! #kidlitchat

navahw: @innaj We could bring a generator! Or several. #kidlitchat

DDHearn: I can’t neglect the illustration either. Hope to punch up the old portfolio. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @RaynaReads haha it’d be the coolest list evar! (Super Secret Gets to Read Every Arc List) #kidlitchat

innaj: @innaj And then I was the one who wound up with a book set there. #kidlitchat

zerbinetta: @houndrat What? I WAS TOTALLY INCOGNITO! #kidlitchat #kidlitchat

justkeepreading: @KrissiDallas I’m a teacher too-So jealous. Wish I could do that. I should probably get published first tho! #kidlitchat

HeidiRKling: To sell my next novels, debut SEA in June, and if all goes according to plan, stow away in @literaticat suitcase & crash retreat #kidlitchat

KrissiDallas: @KayCassidy Sanity is overrated. Ha! Aren’t some of the best writers slightly crazy anyway? #kidlitchat

KayCassidy: @EgmontGal It’s a deal. And can I just say… YAY BREE!!!! (sorry for the all caps – can’t be helped) #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @elanaroth Oh, jealous. Where in Iceland? You should talk BIG Time to @innaj–she’s been. I was there for just a week–Loved it! #kidlitchat

Gwenda: @literaticat No, seriously, the tents would be great. It balances b/c of warmth and excellence of locale. #kidlitchat

Selestial: Another goal – meet up with more of my twitter-writer-friends this year #kidlitchat

jemifraser: My goal is to create at least 4 more magical hours in the day just for me! Kinda stumped on how though… #kidlitchat

edithcohn: *heart* RT @mitaliperkins Okay #boskidlit, we’ll have to set up a goal-setting gathering full of grace and glee … over pie. #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @innaj That’s a writing conference I want to go to. #kidlitchat

SarahDarerLitt: Ha Ha! Know the feeling!RT@mgbuehrlen @briaquinlan I love goals too. I love the wind on my face as they whiz by, laughing at me. #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: @DDHearn I just need the ability to put all the things from this year in my portfolio #kidlitchat

innaj: @Gwenda Ooooh … I know I once tried to get an NSF grant to go, but never tried joining an expedition … #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @KayCassidy yes, you can say, YAY BREE! C’mon, Dark Divine! #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: @EgmontGal So much prejudice against “historical” #kidlitchat Could you explain that?

elanaroth: @Becky_Levine It’s basically a long weekend…so just Reykjavik mostly. #kidlitchat

_rachelsimon: @RaynaReads The book that changed my life was A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith (also guilty bc it is favorite book) #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @DDHearn Ah, yes. This is supposed to be the year I find an illustration focus. #kidlitchat

BriannaSayres: @MyraMcEntire What a wonderful trade! So glad to hear it worked for you. (Hopefully next year I’ll have a sucess story too!) #kidlitchat

camoulton: @Zerbinetta @YARebels Our f-finger bling rings have to have DEATH on one hand and REBEL on the other. All in diamonds. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @ajackwriting haha I hope that too #kidlitchat

tommydonbavand: In 2010 I finish writing my Scream Street series (‘tho last book is out in 2012) – and I plan to develop/sell my next series. #kidlitchat

MardouLedger: Same here! (with 1!) RT @quirkywriter: I’d like to make & stick to a writing schedule (as much as a mom with 2 little ones can). #kidlitchat

KayCassidy: Also dedicated to getting balance and harmony back in 2010. Struggled this year with letting writing take over my life. #kidlitchat

houndrat: @zerbinetta Yeah, right—about as incognito as Jacob Black’s abs….. #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: @jemifraser i recommend 11pm-3am it works for me #kidlitchat

innaj: @elanaroth Oh, have fun! I want to go back! (Been twice.) #kidlitchat

dlschubert: My 2010 resolution: To become a better writer. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @literaticat I can sleep 4 people in my apt. Have been thinking of hosting some kind of get together here. #kidlitchat

RaynaReads: @edithcohn glee and pie? can I come? #kidlitchat

jeanniebrett: yes!RT @mitaliperkins: We set goals for both writing and marketing, mind you. #kidlitchat

zerbinetta: @teribrownwrites @EgmontGal Really? that worries me. #kidlitchat

geekwriter1: @teribrownwrites I like a local SCBWI conference or the BEA Writer’s Digest conference. #kidlitchat

RaynaReads: @Selestial absolutely! #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @EgmontGal @literaticat #kidlitchat you guys can all come to Texas! We have hats, and cowboys… yum.

Gwenda: @literaticat Part of me just wants to move there now! #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @elanaroth I’m going to Cambodia in January! #kidlitchat

zerbinetta: @camoulton @YARebels I can so make that happen. #kidlitchat

elanaroth: @innaj Thanks! I’m psyched. #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @dlschubert I think it will happen. #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @bonnieadamson Me too, Bonnie. At my age one would think I would have figured out my true illustration style. #kidlitchat

dlschubert: @elanaroth That’s where our friends that I mentioned live. Again, SO JEALOUS!!! #kidlitchat

jeanie_w: Me too RT @BonnieAdamson: @DDHearn Ah, yes. This is supposed to be the year I find an illustration focus. #kidlitchat

camoulton: @Zerbinetta @YARebels Wait Wait. Right hand says REBEL, we tattoo 4 on our foreheads, then left hand says LIFE. Genius. #kidlitchat

KrisYankee: I’m dedicating more time to writing in 2010. #kidlitchat

zerbinetta: @houndrat *lick* #kidlitchat

sandyalonzo: 2010 goals: Find an easy way to do book promotion. Any ideas? #kidlitchat

dalywriter: I LOVE A Tree Grows in Brooklyn #kidlitchat

elanaroth: @EgmontGal Whoa, that’s big! For how long? #kidlitchat

innaj: @Becky_Levine Don’t think they’re still doing the conference, alas … it was focused on science fiction, fantasy, and poetry! #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @elanaroth If you can get to Pvingveiller (sp?!) even for half a day, it’s incredible. Or Gullfoss waterfalls. #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: @_rachelsimon Tree is one of my favorites too! #kidlitchat

laurielyoung: Speaking of conferences, does anyone have an opinion about the Highlights workshops? #kidlitchat

camoulton: @Zerbinetta @YARebels Excellent. You’re calling Diddy in the morning? He can hook us up. #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @EgmontGal I think you should host retreats all year long. You could rotate us all in. I’ll cook the whole time I’m there. #kidlitchat

nkrell: RT @EgmontGal: @KayCassidy yes, you can say, YAY BREE! C’mon, Dark Divine! #kidlitchat

innaj: @elanaroth If you have time to get out of the city for a few hours, I found Thingvellir pretty amazing. #kidlitchat

elanaroth: Okay, I now have a very short-term goal of finding out what smells in my otherwise clean kitchen. Annoying… #kidlitchat

RaynaReads: @_rachelsimon Don’t feel guilty- that just makes it double-great! #kidlitchat

innaj: @Becky_Levine @elanaroth Heh, crossposted about Thingvellir! #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @sandyalonzo I think book promo (especially in YA) can be done a lot with online networking–these kids live on their computers! #kidlitchat

KrisYankee: @EgmontGal Egmont is letting you leave?!?!?!? On Vacation?!?!?!? #kidlitchat

jemifraser: @KatGirl_Studio I’ve tried it – but I keep falling asleep when I’m teaching #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @DDHearn @jeanie_w Haha. I thought it was just me. My portfolio is all over the place. #kidlitchat

onbeyondwords: This #kidlitchat has been very productive – a dress rehearsal for making my resolutions. Going to make the list as soon as we’re done here!

KayCassidy: @KateMessner @mitaliperkins I do that with my writer buds as well except we’re not local. Would be so much nicer to be local. #kidlitchat

DDHearn: I want this to be the year of full out rebellion against the tyranny of the urgent. Those dust bunnies will just have to wait. #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @EgmontGal @elanaroth Okay, guys, I’m hoping for 2 days in Gold Country this summer. Stop making me jealous! #kidlitchat

edithcohn: @jemifraser Oh yeah! I need more hours in the day too. What to give up? Sleep? Showers? Hmm… #kidlitchat

elanaroth: @innaj @becky_levine I shall write both of those suggestions down. #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: @DDHearn #kidlitchat But that would mean we’d have to stop experimenting and lose the challenge of the “new”.

innaj: @navahw A generator and tent retreating in Hawaii? (For tent retreating I do kinda want somewhere warm …) #kidlitchat

nkrell: I hate it when I forget to type #kidlitchat.

EgmontGal: @Shelltex you’ll cook? when can you come? food emporioum across the st, wine one block away #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @innaj Another reason to finish this WIP so I can get started on the fantasy ideas. If not Iceland, OTHER fantasy conferences! #kidlitchat

dlschubert: @EgmontGal Good for you – care to share the reason for the trip? #kidlitchat

RaynaReads: @EgmontGal That sounds amazing! #kidlitchat

Selestial: @RaynaReads Are you planning on attending any cons this year? DM me #kidlitchat

quirkywriter: Hey @MardouLedger , Maybe we should have a hashtag for moms who write kidlit. #kidlitchat

jeanie_w: @DDHearn @BonnieAdamson I need to get illo promo materials together. #kidlitchat

emilytastic: @innaj How about Texas? If it rains I can just pile people on top of each other in my apartment. #kidlitchat

KayCassidy: @nkrell Excellent! #kidlitchat

houndrat: Hmm…can a goal be to get my abs in a tenth of the shape of Taylor Lautner’s? It’s quasi writing-related, yes? #kidlitchat

KrissiDallas: @sharifwrites If I wait for the right time & financial setup, it’ll never happen! Sometimes we just have to jump &not look back #kidlitchat

innaj: @Becky_Levine Have you heard of Sirens? Am trying it for the first time next year. #kidlitchat

camoulton: @Zerbinetta @YARebels Riiight. You know Snoop has a voiceover for Tom Tom GPS? omg it’s the most amazing thing ever. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @quirkywriter I think there’s a lotofus #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: Re.”prejudice” against historical.Libs say “hard to get my kids to read it.”Reps say “historical doesn’t sell as well” challenge #kidlitchat

KateMessner: @KayCassidy Online crit groups are great, but I love to see people. So excited to be attending Jan.retreat w/ two crit buddies! #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: @_MirandaWrites I live in Portland, Oregon. #kidlitchat

jemifraser: @edithcohn Yup – it’s hard to prioritize Sleep is always the one to go! #kidlitchat

edithcohn: @elanaroth Check under the sink. I once found a potato there. Unbelievable smell. Oh & the spice cabinet for old garlic #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @emilytastic that’s what I’m saying! The place to be is Texas! #kidlitchat

marybrebner: All the travel chat reminds me to add travel to my goals–visiting friends (Chicago, Houston), some place foreign… #kidlitchat

innaj: @Becky_Levine http://www.sirensconference.org/ (They have a different theme every year–couldn’t pass up this year’s!) #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @lyonmartin I don’t know. When you think of your favorite illustrators, don’t you see a distinct style? That’s what I need. #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @EgmontGal Don’t get excited yet. I mentioned I don’t clean up after I cook right? We’ll need someone to wash dishes. #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: Maybe we can egg each other on to focus portfolios? RT @BonnieAdamson: @DDHearn @jeanie_w portfolio is all over the place. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @elanaroth will be gone 2 1/2 weeks Also diving in thailand. I would love to see iceland, though. #kidlitchat

zerbinetta: @camoulton @YARebels No, but I love you even more for knowing that. #kidlitchat

sharifwrites: @KrissiDallas I’m waiting for the safety net of literary success to take time off, but I see your point. #kidlitchat

KayCassidy: @KateMessner You’re so lucky! I’m doing an outing with three author buds before the RWA nat’l conf, but not a retreat. #kidlitchat

emilytastic: @jamieharrington All the coolest people either are here or wish they were! #kidlitchat

DDHearn: RT @jeanie_w: @DDHearn @BonnieAdamson I need to get illo promo materials together. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @KrisYankee Egmont supports employee roundedness. They are a European company, after all. Very into work/life balance. #kidlitchat

jeanniebrett: ditto!RT @DDHearn: @bonnieadamson As an artist, I’m a bit of a chameleon. I think it can confuse editors. #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @EgmontGal Re historicals not selling/being read. They were my favs as a kid, and I still love MG/YA historicals. #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: @DDHearn ya a portfolio group would be good #kidlitchat

innaj: @Becky_Levine @elanaroth Þingvellir (why yes, I have installed Icelandic keyboard support on my computer …) #kidlitchat

elanaroth: @EgmontGal That sounds fantastic–and a well-deserved break for you! #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @emilytastic ha! yes! we turn Texas into a YA mecca! #kidlitchat

hipwritermama: @EgmontGal Beth knows how much I love her work. She’ll join us on @readergirlz blog chat 1/6 6pm PST/9pm EST #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: And when I say they support “employee Roundedness” it’s not my boss’s fault I eat more candy and ice cream than I should. #kidlitchat

jeanie_w: And then send them out RT @DDHearn: RT @jeanie_w: @DDHearn @BonnieAdamson I need to get illo promo materials together. #kidlitchat

KayCassidy: @EgmontGal Is it straight historical or with a para bent? I read two para historicals this fall that I really enjoyed. #kidlitchat

myrrr: Also on my list of goals is to attend a few YA confs. Is the SCBWI in NYC at end of Jan a good conf for agents to attend? #kidlitchat

camoulton: @Zerbinetta @YARebels You have to Google it. It’s the greatest thing on the planet. he’s like “Reeeal nicccce…” when you turn! #kidlitchat

KrisYankee: @EgmontGal Wonderful! It’s good to work for a co that support their employees. #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: @EgmontGal Okay, officially worried… my high concept wip is historical! #kidlitchat

innaj: @emilytastic I actually totally want to get out to Armadillocon in Austin some year! (And then, of course, visit Bookppl too!) #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @DDHearn @jeanie_w Always thought “versatility” was good. But not having recognizable style is a drawback, for sure. #kidlitchat

jeanie_w: Good plan RT @lyonmartin: Maybe we can egg each other on to focus portfolios? RT @BonnieAdamson: @DDHearn #kidlitchat

laurielyoung: Thanks! @KarenMusings #kidlitchat

edithcohn: @RaynaReads Absofreakinlutely! @mitaliperkins is planner of all things Boston. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @quirkywriter haha excellent #kidlitchat

Brent_Watson41: @jamieharrington Texas seems likes a very supportive place for YA writers #kidlitchat #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @lyonmartin What’s hard is when you want to work in one style, and then the editor wants your other style. #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @innaj I need Bronte (see!) support on mine! #kidlitchat

elanaroth: @edithcohn I only keep cleaning supplies under there… #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @KayCassidy “Straight” historical. Dead sister. Set at Philadelphia Centennial. GORGEOUS, moving book. But a challenge 2 sell #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: So there are several of us “chameleon” illustrators . . . hmm. Maybe it’s a movement. #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @emilytastic That’s because we have the best margaritas. Oh yeah, and people, too. Especially if you drink enough margs. #kidlitchat

emilytastic: @innaj Armadillocon? What is this?! I want in! (I’m actually no longer w/ BP – long story(ish)) #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @Brent_Watson41 It really is, and the DFW area has the Coolest Writer’s Group! #kidlitchat

navahw: I have a soft spot for historical fiction taking place in 1940s, 50s and 60s. #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @lyonmartin If I was starting out I would work under several different “brush” names as an illustrator. Each name a style. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @myrrr you’re already in NYC, so I would go to SCBWI NY in a heartbeat. #kidlitchat

KayCassidy: @innaj What is Sirens? #kidlitchat

sandyalonzo: @innaj Hi, Janni!! Many thoughts of our rain deck, these days. Can’t wait for next year. #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: Okay, so real goals 4 2010. Market my crit-group book. Make HUGE progress on YA historical. Revise, revise, & revise PB. Sleep. #kidlitchat

emilytastic: @Shelltex Hahaha oh man, so true. #kidlitchat

happybluejess: Sorry so late! 1/ Finish YA; 2/ Get new PB picked up; 3/ Re-vamp website and develop print materials; 4/ Write more PBs. #kidlitchat

innaj: @Becky_Levine Sci-fi/fantasy with a feminist focus–librarians, readers, writers all talking to each other, essentially. #kidlitchat

carolgrannick: @navahw I do, too. Nice to know. #kidlitchat

Brent_Watson41: @jamieharrington Seems like the Austin area has quite a few groups too #kidlitchat #kidlitchat

lchardesty: @Shelltex I can totally wash dishes if someone else cooks! – Uh, there is a dishwasher, right? #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: But, yes–I’d love to discuss direction re portfolios. #kidlitchat

KayCassidy: @EgmontGal Sounds awesome. It’s a 2010 release? #kidlitchat

briaquinlan: @EgmontGal what about boy books with historic figure/event type historicals?#kidlitchat

KrissiDallas: I’m really jealous of you illustrators out there… That is one gift I WISH I had! My stick figures are kinda cute, I guess…:) #kidlitchat

nataliewhipple: Not sure if I’m setting writing goals this year, since what I really want is out of my control at this point (i.e. publication). #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @thebookbarr How historical? what era? Sluggers/Barnstormers HUGE challenge at S+S in spite of backing #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: Multiple protfolios? RT @DDHearn: What’s hard is when u want to work in one style, and then the editor wants your other style. #kidlitchat

dlschubert: @gwenito To be able to do my stories the most justice. Does that make sense? #kidlitchat

peg366: So sorry I’m late. Was working on a submission and lost track of time. #kidlitchat

dlschubert: @loiseMinning928 Thank you. #kidlitchat

jeanie_w: Maybe versatility is good once your reputation is well-established. RT @bonnieadamson: @DDHearn @lyonmartin @JenniferLMeyer #kidlitchat

Gwenda: Also, I want to blog more regularly (it will be like ye olde days, almost), and generally do other work smarter. #kidlitchat

onbeyondwords: @edithcohn Finding more time is a struggle – but you can write in your head while showering – those times are useful too #kidlitchat

sandyalonzo: RT @KatGirl_Studio: @DDHearn ya a portfolio group would be good (What’s a ya portfolio group? Interesting!!) #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @KayCassidy I’m losing the thread. Beth Kephart’s Dangerous Neighbors is Fall ‘10 if that’s your question #kidlitchat

LisaDez: @EgmontGal LOVED that book! #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @lchardesty Okay, you and I need to be on the same retreat to Lawsy’s. A cooker and a cleaner. We’re set. #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @dlschubert If that’s your goal, it makes beautiful sense! #kidlitchat

innaj: @KayCassidy Conference w/a sci-fi/fantasy/feminist focus–both YA and adult. (http://www.sirensconference.org/) #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: Alice’s Restaurant… RT @BonnieAdamson: So there are several of us “chameleon” illustrators . . . hmm. Maybe it’s a movement. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @teribrownwrites I can’t poss. comment on your WIP, but some eras/plots are just not in right now. Pendulum will swing back tho’ #kidlitchat

KrisYankee: RT @onbeyondwords: but you can write in your head while showering – those times are useful too (I DO THIS ALL OF THE TIME) #kidlitchat

KayCassidy: @EgmontGal Yep, that’s the thread. Will keep an eye out for it! #kidlitchat

Selestial: It’s been fun, everyone, but I need to bow out now and get to my writing for tonight. Happy 2010! May it be the best year yet #kidlitchat

onbeyondwords: Another practical goal for me this year is to send out an illustration postcard to art directors and selected editors #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @Shelltex I don’t cook OR clean… but I’m funny #kidlitchat

JenniferLMeyer: I think I would go with multiple portfolios over various “pen” names. @DDHearn @BonnieAdamson @jeanie_w @lyonmartin #kidlitchat

KayCassidy: @innaj Ah, gotcha. Thanks! #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @KrissiDallas But it’s hard to do both well. Illustrating a book takes so long I can’t do as much writing as I’d like. #kidlitchat

dlschubert: More goals: After sale, to get website up and running and to meet my awesome agent in person! #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @LisaDez Sorry, what book did you love? I have houseguests, it’s crazy here. #kidlitchat

peg366: RT @KrissiDallas: Im really jealous of you illustrators out there… That is one gift I WISH I had! My stick figur…: Me, too.) #kidlitchat

innaj: @KayCassidy I’ve never gone, but have heard amazing reports from those who have. Lots of good bookish conversation, essentially. #kidlitchat

laurielyoung: Thats all that matters! RT @jamieharrington: @Shelltex I dont cook OR clean… but Im funny #kidlitchat

Gwenda: @innaj I had no idea that con existed; interesting. I so love Wiscon. More sympatico cons can only be a good thing. #kidlitchat

hipwritermama: @EgmontGal I love historicals but have to admit if the book cover is old-fashioned, I’m less likely to pick it up. #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: #kidlitchat according to PW article 42% of teens read historical fiction 10-26-09

MyraMcEntire: @lchardesty @Shelltex RE: retreat – I can provide …. entertainment???? Okay, liquor. #kidlitchat

lchardesty: @jamieharrington @shelltex @egmontgal So we have a cooker, a cleaner, and a funny person. How’s that sound, Lawsy? #kidlitchat

marybrebner: @innaj The Sirens conference is on my birthday! That’d be a great b-day present…hum. #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @KrissiDallas Ditto re stick figures! And that’s without hands or feet! #kidlitchat

briaquinlan: @dlschubert Great point! I really need to do the website thing in 2010 also #kidlitchat

sandyalonzo: RT @EgmontGal: I have houseguests, its crazy here. (I love it. You do this AND have houseguests??) #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @lyonmartin Exactly. Multiple portfolios, each with a different name. For me, too late, since my several styles are published. #kidlitchat

navahw: Okay, I’m off for the night, folks. See you all next week! #kidlitchat

KrissiDallas: Gotta jet, but I sincerely hope each of you reaches your goals this yr! I look forward to following your successes! #kidlitchat

innaj: @Gwenda Wiscon is also on my one-day list. I think the two have subtly different vibes/structures, but hear good things aby both #kidlitchat

Brent_Watson41: I teach 8th grade and historical fiction doesn’t seem like something my students really go for. #kidlitchat #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @jamieharrington You’re in. We need to laugh, too. #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @jeanie_w I have found editors will peg you. You will be their “nature” artist, even if you can and want to do humorous fantasy. #kidlitchat

LisaDez: I already hit my 2010 goal in 2009–to sell my book. New goal: Try not to be a total pain in my editors backside. =) #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @lchardesty @shelltex @egmontgal #kidlitchat ha, and I’ve never really been up north, so I’ll be the wide eyed hick, too!

marybrebner: @KrissiDallas Hope you reach all your goals, too! And good luck with the teaching sabbatical. #kidlitchat

yachicka: Just jumping into the final kidlitchat of 2009! Maybe in the new year I will remember before 10pm!! #kidlitchat

JayJayCee1: RT @navahw: I have a soft spot for historical fiction taking place in 1940s, 50s and 60s. #kidlitchat —> so, have you read The Book Thief?

EgmontGal: @thebookbarr The Depression–always great. I am not raining on anyone’s premise parade, man. #kidlitchat

edithcohn: @onbeyondwords So true. I get tons of ideas in the shower. Too many. I need another lifetime to write them all. #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @lyonmartin @jeanie_w @DDHearn . . . anyone else want to talk portfolio re-structuring? DM tomorrow? On borrowed computer . . . #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @onbeyondwords I have written my whole book in my head…but there comes a time to get the darn thing on paper. #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: @DDHearn me too #kidlitchat

LadyHawkins: Totally agree w/@KayCassidy that 2010 is all about trying to balance things better, and hopefully not get so overwhelmed. #kidlitchat

emilytastic: I can cook and clean, but I prefer cooking. And my boyfriend cooks, too. My house is food heaven. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @literaticat #kidlitchat um, that’s kind of a cheap trip…

KateMessner: Loved this conversation tonight – I’m signing off but hoping all of your 2010 dreams and goals come true! #kidlitchat

houndrat: I’m out! Hope everyone reaches their goals in the coming year! #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: @bonnieadamson sounds good #kidlitchat

LadyHawkins: Also, I’d like to get through my debut year with maximum joy and minimum angst! #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @MyraMcEntire You’ll bring liquor? Lawsy, you’re gonna need a rollaway bed, too. Wait, are we supposed to write during this? #kidlitchat

jeanie_w: @DDHearn Must be sure not to include any nature art in my portfolio then #kidlitchat

dlschubert: @jamieharrington You need to hang out with us Yankees sometime. Rumor has it, we’re a lot of fun. #kidlitchat

marybrebner: @Brent_Watson41 Yep-mine (8th gr, too) have to be convinced historical’s worth reading! #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @DDHearn This is actually my big goal for 2010. I’ve fallen in love with WIP in head; I want to fall in love with it on paper! #kidlitchat

hipwritermama: @Becky_Levine Love your goals. You will do it. #kidlitchat

KrisYankee: Adios kidlitchatters! Can’t wait to see what happens in 2010! I really want to sell!!!! #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @sandyalonzo at the moment we are watching The office and listening to an 8 year old whine. Go to bed, Mia! #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @JenniferLMeyer Maybe. But the same editor might pick you for different styles if they thought you were different people. #kidlitchat

innaj: Okay, need to work on my remaining goal for 2009, which is to make significant headway into the book due in early 2010. Night! #kidlitchat

Gwenda: @literaticat They don’t call you amazing for nothing. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @dlschubert plus you have that super cool accent! #kidlitchat

KrissiDallas: @marybrebner Thx! Scary jump, I know… Just gotta find the right agent to hold my hand through it. We’ll see what happens! #kidlitchat

thewritingthing: Finding all the YA love on Twitter has been one of the best things in 2009 for me. #kidlitchat

teribrownwrites: @EgmontGal LOL Don’t worry, Elizabeth! I am pretty confident in my concept, okay, kinda, confident…#kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @Shelltex I have a trundle and a fold out sofa. And we can put sofa cushions on the floor for Bed #5. They are thick and firm. #kidlitchat

nkrell: @LadyHawkins I love the cover to Hex Hall! The cover gods were smiling on you. #kidlitchat

GinaRitter: Maybe my goal should be deciding on one thing and sticking to it instead of following my various loves. But will I be happy? #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @hipwritermama Thanks, Vivian! Wishing you a spectacular 2010, too! #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @jamieharrington The “wild-eyed hick with pink hair?” I think I just found your new online ID. hahahahaha #kidlitchat

JenniferLMeyer: @DDHearn I have been worried about being peg/pigeon holed. Is there anyway to get out of the hole after getting in? #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: photo shoot in afternoon. Eve? RT @BonnieAdamson: @jeanie_w @DDHearn . NE1 else want 2 talk portfolio restructuring? DM 2mro #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @thewritingthing oh I totally agree. Twitter makes writing notso lonely! #kidlitchat

LisaDez: Other goals: To get a website up and get real on FaceBook. Twitter is great, but I’m the one that put “fool” in it. #kidlitchat

Brent_Watson41: @marybrebner Some of my boy students will read the war stuff. #kidlitchat #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @Becky_Levine You might draw stick figures, but I’m still trying to figure out correct grammar,not to mention voice, plotting… #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: My goal is to read Hex Hall and Marcelo and the Real World in January. #kidlitchat

tinahoggatt: Peeps – you make a lovely community. I feel I’ve met an unanticipated goal in swimming with y’all. Dinner awaits. You all rock. #kidlitchat

dawnbonnevie: Keep dreaming. That’s where goals come from #kidlitchat

laurielyoung: I always feel so inspired after this chat! I can’t wait for the Dec 2010 chat to see how we all met our goals! Thanks, Bonnie! #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @Shelltex ha! I think you might be right! #kidlitchat

innaj: @emilytastic Armadillocon = SF/fantasy con in Austin in August. Will let you know if I head out there! #kidlitchat

emilytastic: @jamieharrington @thewritingthing DITTO! I don’t know how we did it without twitter. #kidlitchat

dlschubert: @Becky_Levine @OgdenStudios Thank you. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @thebookbarr At the moment, booksellers and lib’s a little more resistant to historical. but that will change, prob soon #kidlitchat

laurielyoung: Good night and good 2010 all! #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @DDHearn Yes, but I’m still figuring that out, too! Plus the stick figures! Son can write AND draw. Sigh. #kidlitchat

marybrebner: Hope everyone has a fabulous New Year! Looking forward to seeing us all reach our goals! #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @EgmontGal You better hush before you come back from Cambodia to a motley crew of guests. #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @EgmontGal I wonder is there is a place for a depression era PB that doesn’t have a happy ending. Probably not. #kidlitchat

dlschubert: @jamieharrington Ha! Mine’s now a mixture of NY, CO, CA, CT and PA – whatever that means!!! #kidlitchat

onbeyondwords: @DDHearn Ha ha! There could be a small bookshelf of my writing if it existed outside my head. We’re back to square one – write! #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @Shelltex That’s true. I want everyone to visit, but not the day I come home to huge jet lag and a work backlog! #kidlitchat

edithcohn: @EgmontGal I need to read Marcelo too. And like 3 million others. TBR stack about to take over my bedroom #kidlitchat

Brent_Watson41: @EgmontGal Would love to visit Cambodia. I’m sure you’ll have a blast. ##kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @lyonmartin Yes–I’ll be late getting home, too–evening, or Thurs. AM prob best for me. #kidlitchat

Shelltex: My favorite era is the roaring twenties. Probably not the best for kidlit setting. #kidlitchat

LisaDez: @dlschubert If you find a good website person, send them my way. #kidlitchat

jeanie_w: @Becky_Levine Your son could make a radio out of coconuts like the professor on Gilligan’s Island. #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @Becky_Levine Let’s hold each other to getting that wonderful imaginary book onto paper. #kidlitchat

MardouLedger: @EgmontGal Marcelo in the Real World is amazing. I had to analyze it after, so I could try to learn the author’s methods. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @DDHearn I don’t know what would be good about a depression era PB with a sad ending, though?Who would want to read it to a kid? #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: @jeanniebrett Great! We’ll get a group together. #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @jeanie_w I think so. Wait, I haven’t shown him that episode yet! #kidlitchat

nkrell: I’m just going to throw this out there…Does anyone like Thomas Hardy? #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @DDHearn You got it! #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: My goal: to publish good books the very best way I know how, and help the whole team as they need me. #kidlitchat

dlschubert: @thebookbarr Poconos? Do tell!!! #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @JenniferLMeyer It’s so easy to get pegged. If you don’t want to do a style, drop it from the portfolio. #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: @BonnieAdamson Thursday around 11:30 am? (Central Time) #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: Must return computer to long-suffering inlaws. Thanks, everyone. Lovely chat. Happy New Year!!! #kidlitchat

Brent_Watson41: @EgmontGal Angkor Wat is on your agenda, I’m sure. #kidlitchat #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @lyonmartin Good idea. I’ve starred you so I”ll remember. #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @nkrell I’m reading Return of the Native right now! #kidlitchat

LisaDez: @dlschubert I’ve got you beat. CA, MA, NY, TX, CT! I’m the only one I know that says, “wicked, y’all” #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: @EgmontGal I think we’ll all celebrate your goal with you! #kidlitchat

jeanie_w: @bonnieadamson Good night, Bonnie! Thanks! #kidlitchat

MyraMcEntire: Off to read some more Sherlock Holmes. Amazed at how funny it is. Night all! #kidlitchat

peg366: Bye, Hope you get all your dreams in the new year. #kidlitchat

_MirandaWrites: @EgmontGal Sorry if you’ve said this before, but what’s on your wish list? #kidlitchat

nkrell: I think Thomas Hardy cornered the market on if anything can go wrong, it will go wrong. Tess of the D’ubervilles…how sad!!! #kidlitchat

fullofstars: My goal for 2010 is to get one of these damned drafts completed! At least I’ve finished some short stories. #kidlitchat

happybluejess: Night all! May we all exceed our goals in 2010! Until next year… Sorry, double tweeps – keep forgetting to put #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: #kidlitchat laptop out of juice, night all See you next year!

LisaDez: @EgmontGal Which you’ve been doing all along! =) #kidlitchat

onbeyondwords: Goodnight everyone. Happy New Year – and thanks for the motivation to work on these 2010 goals #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @laurielyoung YIPES! We have one week to meet all our 2010 goals?! Talk about pressure #kidlitchat

Brent_Watson41: @jamieharrington Hope you’re not a Longhorns fan. #kidlitchat #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: Hope everyone’s New Year is happy and all your goals are met. Greg will have transcript up soon. See you next year! #kidlitchat

quirkywriter: Thanks, @bonnieadamson. You are awesome. #kidlitchat

edithcohn: @Shelltex I think it would be awesome. Write teen Great Gatsby. The clothes, the partying, what’s not to love? #kidlitchat

peg366: Why is it that you all start tweeting about something interest when I have to get off. #kidlitchat

yachicka: Goal in 2010 is to spend less time online! #kidlitchat

nkrell: @EgmontGal I remember that from high school. There’s a reason people love Pride and Prejudice and Emma. #kidlitchat

KayCassidy: @LadyHawkins Exactly. There’s lots of overwhelm coming in March/April so it would be good to be able to roll with it more. #kidlitchat

elanaroth: @bonnieadamson Thanks! And happy new year! #kidlitchat

dlschubert: @LisaDez HA!!! That’s a more interesting mix. I’ve got no southern states mixed in to complicate things. #kidlitchat

fullofstars: Also, I *will* keep a regularly updated blog (and reviews!). I’ve been terrible this year. #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @laurielyoung OH, I just see you wrote DECEMBER 2010. Yes, it’ll be fun to see how we met those goals. #kidlitchat

thebookbarr: Little off topic – reading The Phantom Tollbooth aloud this month. Always good to return to a classic. #kidlitchat

tinahoggatt: Firefly web design has done right by me. http://www.a-firefly.com/#kidlitchat

sandyalonzo: @bonnieadamson Thanks, Bonnie. Happy New Year to you, too! #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @edithcohn I’d love it, just not sure of market appeal. #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @Brent_Watson41 naah, I’m in Denton… we don’t really do school spirit here #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @nkrell What connection are you drawing between Emma, P+P and Return of the Native? Hot guys? #kidlitchat

peg366: RT @fullofstars: Also, I *will* keep a regularly updated blog (and reviews!). Ive been terrible this year. Me, too. #kidlitchat

jeanie_w: Goodnight, everyone! Happy New Year! #kidlitchat

DDHearn: @EgmontGal Yeah. You’re right. Tell all the truth but tell it slant… #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @Brent_Watson41 yes, I’m going to Cambodia because I’m obsessed with seeing Angkor Wat. I’m only going to Siem Reap. #kidlitchat

bonnieadamson: Good night, all! #kidlitchat

dlschubert: @thebookbarr The Phantom Tollbooth – My FAVORITE childhood book! #kidlitchat

thebookbarr: Thanks to everyone in #kidlitchat – your goals inspire me. I look forward to helping you celebrate good news in 2010!

Brent_Watson41: @jamieharrington Good. I’m a Bama graduate. #kidlitchat #kidlitchat

RaynaReads: Leaving #kidlitchat for the night- thanks for the great goals, guys!

elanaroth: @thebookbarr I re-read that one regularly. #kidlitchat

Shelltex: Good night all. Happy New Year and Best wishes with all of your goals! #kidlitchat

EgmontGal: @_MirandaWrites editorial wish list: A few more authors “moving” to egmont, more mid grade, more traditional.maybe kid and dog? #kidlitchat

edithcohn: @Shelltex It’d be like The Luxe series. It would rock. #kidlitchat

peg366: @jeanie_w Happy New Year, too. #kidlitchat

dlschubert: @bonnieadamson Thanks for all you do for “us,” and Happy New Year to you, too! #kidlitchat

hipwritermama: Happy New Year, Everyone! Wishing you a fantastic 2010! #kidlitchat

peg366: @bonnieadamson Night. Happy New Year. #kidlitchat

LisaDez: Thanks for all the inspiration! Chat with you all again in 2010! #kidlitchat

DDHearn: The hour, like this whole year, has gone by too fast. Have a Happy New Year, everyone. #kidlitchat

KatGirl_Studio: @edithcohn Luxe? #kidlitchat

nkrell: @EgmontGal Very Funny! Mr. Darcy=YES! Return of the Native, not so much. Now if the protag in RofN had abs like Jacob Black…#kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @EgmontGal #kidlitchat you should do a blog!

peg366: @DDHearn You, too. #kidlitchat

Shelltex: @edithcohn Hmmm, now gotta read The Luxe series. Adding to my list. #kidlitchat

myrrr: I reread that over thanksgiving RT @thebookbarr Reading The Phantom Tollbooth aloud. Always good to return to a classic. #kidlitchat

adamselzer: Night, all! Back to work for me! #kidlitchat

peg366: RT @jamieharrington: @EgmontGal #kidlitchat you should do a blog! it would be cool if you did. #kidlitchat

dlschubert: @gwenito Thanks and good luck to you as well. May 2010 be a dreams-fulfilled year for us all! #kidlitchat

edithcohn: Nighty night gorgeous kidlit peeps! You have inspired me to keep my goals & make my manuscript sparkly. <3 #kidlitchat

Brent_Watson41: @jamieharrington @EgmontGal great call on the Cambodia blog! #kidlitchat #kidlitchat

dlschubert: @thebookbarr Thanks – I’ll check out the SCBWI Conf. retreat. #kidlitchat

beatricejclark: Want to see more parents & teens reading together. teens do buy for parents too.#kidlitchat

Brent_Watson41: @EgmontGal Even better than a blog, you should take me with you. I think I’d get more out of a trip than a blog. #kidlitchat

Becky_Levine: Good luck to everybody. See you all here in 2010. #kidlitchat

sandyalonzo: Here’s to a happy, book-filled 2010, everyone. May your dreams come true. #kidlitchat

peg366: Night. I have to finish the submission I was working on earlier. #kidlitchat

timkeetonwriter: Man! I missed it again #kidlitchat didn’t I? ;-{

elanaroth: Alright people…I’m out. Time for more Dexter. #kidlitchat

yachicka: Night all! May 2010 bring good news for us all! #kidlitchat

peg366: @elanaroth Night. #kidlitchat

LadyHawkins: @nkrell WORD on Thomas Hardy. I used to teach JUDE THE OBSCURE, and my kids were always like, “Really, Mrs. H? REALLY?” #kidlitchat

Brent_Watson41: @elanaroth night #kidlitchat

KayCassidy: Great chat! Off to start Hunger Games – I will be calling you if I can’t sleep b/c I’m too scared, @EgmontGal #kidlitchat

dlschubert: Happy New Year, everyone. Here’s to a 2010 filled with good health, hugs, laughter, and many, many dreams fulfilled. #kidlitchat

timkeetonwriter: 2010…This will be a great year for me. I feel it in my bones. #kidlitchat Nappy New Year all!

LadyHawkins: @KayCassidy I thought 2009 would drag, but now I’m SO glad I had nearly 2 years b/n sale and pub date. Needed that time!!! #kidlitchat

Brent_Watson41: @KayCassidy It’s not really scary. Just awesome #kidlitchat

myrrr: @elanaroth Mmmmmm….Dexter. #kidlitchat

quirkywriter: It’s official. If you’re trying to balance raising kids and writing for them, meet us on #mommyswriting for support. : ) #kidlitchat

cheriwilliams: Crud. I missed #kidlitchat. But–all the smoke detectors now have new batteries.

nkrell: @LadyHawkins THANK YOU! I think I’d like to rewrite Tess. Make it contemporary, not have Alec be such a pig, Angel such a wimp. #kidlitchat

nkrell: @KayCassidy You will love The Hunger Games!! #kidlitchat

maniaclibrarian: Yummmmm. Dexter. RT @elanaroth: Alright people…I’m out. Time for more Dexter. #kidlitchat

LizKorba: Great inspiration all. I call tell 2010 will be a banner year. #kidlitchat

teacher6th: RT @KateMessner: Still a goal for 2009- review on Fuse8’s blog. vote for BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z. http://bit.ly/4Ua0TC (expand) #kidlitchat

jamieharrington: @literaticat #kidlitchat aw! there’s no speakeasy tonight?

melodychamlee: RT @EgmontGal: My goal: to publish good books the very best way I know how, and help the whole team as they need me. #kidlitchat

lyonmartin: @BonnieAdamson How about 1-6-10? We can decide on time and announce during #kidlitchat

LJBoldyrev: RT @SistersinScribe #yalitchat #kidlitchat #amwriting #writing #ya When it seems to almost appear as… http://bit.ly/4qBx1K (expand)

vvjonez: Taking inspiration from #kidlitchat friends and @bobbychiu, I want to start connecting with artists #amdrawing

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