Kidlitchat Transcript – November 24
| 8:00 pm | bonnieadamson: | TOPIC: Gobble, Gobble! What personal connections within the kidlit community are you most grateful for? How do you give back? #kidlitchat |
| 8:00 pm | EgmontUSA: | Aah! It’s 9. How is it already 9? #kidlitchat |
| 8:00 pm | jeanie_w: | @carolgrannick Glad it finally sunk in. My relatives begin arriving tomorrow. #kidlitchat |
| 8:00 pm | gregpincus: | Let’s get this #kidlitchat rolling…. |
| 8:00 pm | kidlitchat: | TOPIC: Gobble, Gobble! What personal connections within the kidlit community are you most grateful for? How do you give back? #kidlitchat |
| 8:01 pm | TrishDoller: | I am most grateful for @DaphneUn and my crit. partners. #kidlitchat |
| 8:01 pm | kellylight: | grateful for “pay it forward” attitude of the kid lit world #kidlitchat |
| 8:01 pm | rillajaggia: | Gosh where to start…SCBWI, critique groups…OK let’s start there. #kidlitchat |
| 8:01 pm | catesfolly: | Oh well THAT’S easy: @bonnieadamson without whom I would not twitter, nor blog, nor perhaps even keep writing stories. #kidlitchat |
| 8:01 pm | jlpowers: | #kidlitchat I’m really grateful for my writing group. Not only do they give me great feedback but they’re friends, too. |
| 8:02 pm | gregpincus: | TOPIC: Gobble, Gobble! What personal connections within the kidlit community are you most grateful for? How do you give back? #kidlitchat |
| 8:02 pm | peg366: | @elanaroth I know that feeling. Ex-wife did the poor me, I have no where to go. Coming here now. #kidlitchat |
| 8:02 pm | jlpowers: | #kidlitchat I give back by doing a lot of free or cheap events…. |
| 8:02 pm | Leaheps: | so far, media bistro online has been a great place to take writing classes–the people I’ve met there #kidlitchat |
| 8:02 pm | pippinmathur: | encouragement and inspiration by the bucketload #kidlitchat |
| 8:02 pm | carolgrannick: | The incredible, unbelievably supportive and non-competitive community of children’s writers…First known to me as IL-SCBWI.. #kidlitchat |
| 8:02 pm | gregpincus: | @DelilahSDawson Whoa. I remember AOL chats, too. This is… different  #kidlitchat |
| 8:02 pm | Leaheps: | SCBWI last year made me nearly cry with delight–it was so helpful, since I just started last year writing for tweens/teens #kidlitchat |
| 8:03 pm | jeanie_w: | I’m grateful for @bonnieadamson and @gregpincus for getting #kidlitchat going. |
| 8:03 pm | amyknichols: | @bonnieadamson I’m grateful for the kidlit people I met this summer at SCBWI. Friendly, helpful. Made this newbie feel at home. #kidlitchat |
| 8:03 pm | peg366: | I use my blog to highlight new talents, like some have done for me. #kidlitchat |
| 8:03 pm | EgmontUSA: | I am grateful for all of the connections I get to make via forums like this one. #kidlitchat |
| 8:03 pm | kellylight: | Ultimately creating for kids-so I started to donate art to kid’s hospitals to give back. #kidlitchat |
| 8:03 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful to @rillajaggia for helping to keep me on track! #kidlitchat |
| 8:03 pm | Brent_Watson41: | @elanaroth #kidlitchat Ah..ok. Read an article in TIME a few weeks ago about Detroit. Since you’re from the city, I’ll stop there. |
| 8:03 pm | KellyDHouse: | crit groups . . . mine shares not only great insights but also fab. networking connex. and helps brainstorm pub. venues #kidlitchat |
| 8:03 pm | carolgrannick: | @Leaheps Yes, SCBWI is amazing… #kidlitchat |
| 8:03 pm | jeanie_w: | I’m also grateful for my critique group and SCBWI and all its wonderful volunteers. #kidlitchat |
| 8:03 pm | elanaroth: | It’s obvious, but I’m grateful for my clients. #kidlitchat |
| 8:03 pm | rillajaggia: | Great blogging friends full of advice and tips and support #kidlitchat |
| 8:04 pm | amyknichols: | @carolgrannick I second that. Surprisingly non-competitive and so supportive. #kidlitchat |
| 8:04 pm | peg366: | I often do critiques for others that are new to writing. I think I can give back something that way. #kidlitchat |
| 8:04 pm | katrinagermein: | @bonnieadamson My mum, husband & best friend believed I could B a writer long before I ever did. I’m really grateful to them #kidlitchat |
| 8:04 pm | peg366: | RT @kellylight: Ultimately creating for kids-so I started to donate art to kids hospitals to give back. #kidlitchat |
| 8:04 pm | bonnieadamson: | @catesfolly Okay, well there went MY first one! @catesfolly: reader; prodder; cheerleader; dog-story-trader extraordinaire #kidlitchat |
| 8:04 pm | gregpincus: | I’m grateful to Lin Oliver, in specific, for bringing me into the SCBWI world… where I’ve had mentors galore! #kidlitchat |
| 8:04 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful to the #torkidlit group (founded by @claudiaosmond); we meet every month now to share news & encouragement. #kidlitchat |
| 8:04 pm | Georgia_McBride: | @bonnieadamson Grateful for you and @gregpincus who inspired me to start @#yalitchat Rest is history #kidlitchat |
| 8:04 pm | RebeccAgent: | Hi all. Can’t stay long tonight, but wanted to join for a bit #kidlitchat |
| 8:04 pm | Leaheps: | agree @EgmontUSA twitter is an amazing connector–and facebook. Everyone in kidlit so friendly & accessible #kidlitchat |
| 8:04 pm | rillajaggia: | Me too. connections like you–RT @EgmontUSA: I am grateful for all of the connections I get to make via forums like this one. #kidlitchat |
| 8:04 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful to @bonnieadamson and @gregpincus for starting #kidlitchat! #kidlitchat |
| 8:04 pm | jlpowers: | #kidlitchat I’m also grateful that writers for kids tend to be nice people, less clique-ish than the world of writers for adults. |
| 8:04 pm | peg366: | RT @jeanie_w: Im also grateful for my critique group and SCBWI and all its wonderful volunteers. I agree. #kidlitchat |
| 8:04 pm | Donna_Earnhardt: | #kidlitchat thankful for my two crit groups: mudskippers & shortstuff & the chance to give back helping the upcoming write2igntie conference |
| 8:05 pm | DelilahSDawson: | Wow, #kidlitchat moves really quickly! I’m grateful to find so many helpful agents on Twitter, bc it’s scary for the unpubs. #kidlitchat |
| 8:05 pm | carolgrannick: | @peg366 I like that, Peg… #kidlitchat |
| 8:05 pm | catesfolly: | Also: SCBWI Carolinas’ talented 10-page critique-ers for cheap! (see their website for more) #kidlitchat |
| 8:05 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful to @Georgia_McBride for #yalitchat & for being so generous with sharing market info. #kidlitchat |
| 8:05 pm | KellyDHouse: | @Donna_Earnhardt ’bout time to see you here! #kidlitchat |
| 8:05 pm | bonnieadamson: | I have to thank all the SCBWI-Carolinas folks who were so welcoming to a newbie. #kidlitchat |
| 8:05 pm | Leaheps: | thankful also to my few but dear writer friends in my town who read and critique! I give back by reading & critiquing theirs #kidlitchat |
| 8:05 pm | amyknichols: | @gregpincus Where you’ve become a mentor, if I may add. You’ve certainly helped and inspired me. Thank you. #kidlitchat |
| 8:06 pm | rillajaggia: | @debbieohi Grateful to inky elbows for support, laughs, and keeping my butt in my chair. #kidlitchat |
| 8:06 pm | Donna_Earnhardt: | @KellyDHouse well, you kept saying the water was great, so I decided to jump in! #kidlitchat |
| 8:06 pm | gregpincus: | I, of course, do not believe in giving back to the community , so I’ll pass on that part of the question #kidlitchat Oh, wait…. |
| 8:06 pm | bonnieadamson: | Also to my critique group, the Reedy River Writers: the first book’s for you guys! #kidlitchat |
| 8:06 pm | EgmontUSA: | I’m also grateful every day that I get to find great stories and help bring them to the world, and that I get to do what I love. #kidlitchat |
| 8:07 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful to my MiGwriters’ critique group, incl. @katefall & @ChristinaFarley; the others aren’t on Twitter yet. #kidlitchat |
| 8:07 pm | KellyDHouse: | RT @bonnieadamson: I have to thank all the SCBWI-Carolinas folks who were so welcoming to a newbie.<– ditto! #kidlitchat |
| 8:07 pm | Georgia_McBride: | Amen. RT @catesfolly: Also: SCBWI Carolinas’ talented 10-page critique-ers for cheap! (see their website for more) #kidlitchat |
| 8:07 pm | literaticat: | Helloooooo! #kidlitchat |
| 8:07 pm | peg366: | Grateful to ICL, Verlakay and CBI Clubhouse board members and the time and effort they’ve given to me in my writing journey. #kidlitchat |
| 8:07 pm | Georgia_McBride: | Amen. RT @bonnieadamson: I have to thank all the SCBWI-Carolinas folks who were so welcoming to a newbie. #kidlitchat |
| 8:07 pm | jeanie_w: | I’m grateful for agents, editors, art directors who share wisdom with aspiring writers & illustrators via blogs & twitter #kidlitchat |
| 8:07 pm | YolaRamunno: | I am grateful to connect with people who love the craft of writing as much as I do. #kidlitchat |
| 8:08 pm | catesfolly: | And for the agents and editors who join us here after hours after doing this work all day. #kidlitchat |
| 8:08 pm | bonnieadamson: | Mostly to all of you here, starting with Greg. The best people, the best place to be. What more can you ask? #kidlitchat |
| 8:08 pm | africanpenguin: | Hi there, can anyone recommend a great kidlit agent in the States? #kidlitchat |
| 8:08 pm | rillajaggia: | I’m grateful to my hubby who is the first reader of all my work and doesn’t mince words when critiqueing. #kidlitchat |
| 8:08 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful to @MahtabNarsimhan for her critiques & recent encouragement. And for her addictive walnut coffeecake.  #kidlitchat |
| 8:08 pm | Leaheps: | grateful to bloggers who share their insights re. kidlit…really helpful. #kidlitchat |
| 8:08 pm | rillajaggia: | RT @jeanie_w: Im grateful for agents, editors, …who share wisdom with aspiring writers & illustrators via blogs & twitter #kidlitchat |
| 8:08 pm | KellyDHouse: | @Donna_Earnhardt Can’t believe the other Mudskippers are sraggin’ their feet . . . #kidlitchat |
| 8:08 pm | kellylight: | Extremely grateful for getting an agent this year! #kidlitchat |
| 8:08 pm | YolaRamunno: | @peg366 I am grateful for the ICL as well. #kidlitchat |
| 8:08 pm | catesfolly: | And: @Georgia_McBride for hosting #YAlitchat and for pulling me up out of the bummers last Wednesday. #kidlitchat |
| 8:09 pm | literaticat: | Oh we’re saying what we’re grateful for? I am grateful for my BRILLIANT CLIENTS. *love* And that I get to have such a fun job! #kidlitchat |
| 8:09 pm | peg366: | RT @bonnieadamson: Mostly to all of you here, starting with Greg. The best people, the best place to be. What more can you ask?) #kidlitchat |
| 8:09 pm | Georgia_McBride: | Grateful to @editorialdept for making me a better writer and believing in me when no one did #kidlitchat |
| 8:09 pm | Donna_Earnhardt: | @KellyDHouse @ bonnieadmason – Amen about the SCBWI Carolinas! #kidlitchat |
| 8:09 pm | EgmontGal: | I’m grateful there have been so many great books to read this year! I’ll say it again, we are living through a golden age in YA #kidlitchat |
| 8:09 pm | bonnieadamson: | RT @jeanie_w: I’m grateful for agents, editors, art directors who share wisdom via blogs & twitter <–YES!!! #kidlitchat |
| 8:09 pm | amyknichols: | RT @catesfolly And for the agents and editors who join us here after hours after doing this work all day. << Agree! Thank you! #kidlitchat |
| 8:09 pm | RebeccAgent: | Grateful that I work somewhere that values children’s and YA as much as adult publishing #kidlitchat |
| 8:09 pm | Leaheps: | grateful for my dysfunctional family for providing many years of material–KIDDING–(sort of) #kidlitchat |
| 8:09 pm | PattyJMurphy: | I’m grateful to teachers/professors/editors/fellow writers/familymembers for love, support, encouragement. My mom was my #1 fan. #kidlitchat |
| 8:09 pm | rillajaggia: | I’m grateful to th staff at SCBWI-L.A. who make working for SCBWI so much fun! #kidlitchat |
| 8:09 pm | RebeccAgent: | grateful for great colleagues #kidlitchat |
| 8:10 pm | EgmontGal: | @literaticat No, *I’M* grateful that I get to have such a fun job! And grateful for the funny, book-loving people I work with #kidlitchat |
| 8:10 pm | RebeccAgent: | great clients #kidlitchat |
| 8:10 pm | gregpincus: | So, do we as folks writing/illustrating for kids have an added responsibility to give back on that level? #kidlitchat |
| 8:10 pm | Georgia_McBride: | Grateful for @debbieohi and @inkyelbows for always supporting and encouraging #kidlitchat |
| 8:10 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful to @CherylRainfield for encouraging my writing & coaxing me out of the doldrums after a recent rejection. #kidlitchat |
| 8:10 pm | KOrtizzle: | I’m grateful for having the best mentors this past summer ::ahem:: @elanaroth #kidlitchat |
| 8:10 pm | rillajaggia: | I’m grateful to all the authors, agents, and editors who present and critique at national and regional SCBWI events. #kidlitchat |
| 8:10 pm | elanaroth: | I’m grateful for awesome interns with bright futures like @kortizzle who is stalking us now #kidlitchat |
| 8:10 pm | KellyDHouse: | Grateful to my hubby for being willing to put up with my brainstorming plot points in the middle of the night! #kidlitchat |
| 8:10 pm | bonnieadamson: | @katrinagermein So true. Where would any of us be w/o family? #kidlitchat |
| 8:11 pm | pippinmathur: | I’m grateful for the feeling that we’re all in this together. #kidlitchat |
| 8:11 pm | peg366: | I’m grateful for first crit group that talked me out of quitting. I was done but they made me stay. Thanks Wild Blue Yonders. #kidlitchat |
| 8:11 pm | catesfolly: | [Well, doesn't all this spreading thankfulness actually feel quite nice?] #kidlitchat |
| 8:11 pm | debbieohi: | I try to give back by helping to promote fellow authors in my tweets and my blog, by sharing info. #kidlitchat |
| 8:11 pm | carolgrannick: | @gregpincus I think we have a responsibility as people to give back…don’t know about specifically because we’re writers/illus. #kidlitchat |
| 8:11 pm | WriterRoss: | We need to start a new band here tonight. Move over Rock Bottom Remainders. Hello to “The Grateful Read.” :} #kidlitchat |
| 8:11 pm | bonnieadamson: | RT @pippinmathur: I’m grateful for the feeling that we’re all in this together. <–Well said! #kidlitchat |
| 8:11 pm | zoe_walton: | Grateful for awesome authors and colleagues who make my job fun. #kidlitchat |
| 8:11 pm | Georgia_McBride: | @TheBookExplorer @EscapeInABook for supporting new authors when they could easily ignore us! #kidlitchat |
| 8:11 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful to @PattyJMurphy for making me feel so welcome at my Very First SCBWI-LA conference. #kidlitchat |
| 8:12 pm | Idaho_Laurie: | Grateful for writers like Linda Urban who post great stuff about process. For Beth Kephart whose blog is like no other. #kidlitchat |
| 8:12 pm | katrinagermein: | Grateful for the chocolate that gets me through! #kidlitchat |
| 8:12 pm | peg366: | RT @debbieohi: I try to give back by helping to promote fellow authors in my tweets and my blog, by sharing info. and you do. #kidlitchat |
| 8:12 pm | amyknichols: | @gregpincus I think so. Still trying to figure out how to give back exactly, but I think the responsibility is there. #kidlitchat |
| 8:12 pm | bonnieadamson: | RT @WriterRoss: We need to start a new band here tonight. Move over Rock Bottom Remainders. Hello to “The Grateful Read.” :} #kidlitchat |
| 8:12 pm | rillajaggia: | @elanaroth Grateful for agents who come to forums like this and answer dumb questions without laughing.OK w/o laughing out loud. #kidlitchat |
| 8:12 pm | catesfolly: | RT @WriterRoss: We need to start a new band here tonight. Move over Rock Bottom Remainders. Hello to “The Grateful Read.” :} #kidlitchat |
| 8:12 pm | carolgrannick: | @gregpincus No question that those who have meaningful lives are those who give back to something bigger than themselves… #kidlitchat |
| 8:12 pm | jlpowers: | @africanpenguin #kidlitchat I’m sure others are giving you names…but I just had to say, as an African historian and y.a. writer, welcome! |
| 8:12 pm | EgmontGal: | 1 of most satisfying parts of my job? Giving straight advice, seeing it go “click” then the ms comes back better than I imagined #kidlitchat |
| 8:12 pm | catesfolly: | @Idaho_Laurie Link to Beth’s blog? #kidlitchat |
| 8:12 pm | CynthiaCWillis: | Phew! I made it, although late. Busy baking. Looks like a great topic! #kidlitchat |
| 8:13 pm | Donna_Earnhardt: | grateful for kids who let me read them stories over and over again…even though I’ve only made minor changes. #kidlitchat |
| 8:13 pm | Brent_Watson41: | @jacjac1 hopefully, I never have to say that again under those circumstances. #kidlitchat |
| 8:13 pm | elanaroth: | @rillajaggia Thanks #kidlitchat |
| 8:13 pm | debbieohi: | @peg366 Thanks, Peg. #kidlitchat |
| 8:13 pm | literaticat: | @rillajaggia Well – we might laugh out loud, but you can’t hear us. #kidlitchat |
| 8:13 pm | amyknichols: | Thank you @debbieohi for making me feel so welcome at my Very First SCBWI-LA conference! #kidlitchat |
| 8:13 pm | PattyJMurphy: | @gregpincus: Walter de la Mare said: “Only the rarest form of best is good enough for the young.” We owe our readers–our best:) #kidlitchat |
| 8:13 pm | EgmontGal: | Grateful that there’s still one more book in The Hunger Games trilogy to go #kidlitchat |
| 8:13 pm | zoe_walton: | Grateful to discover Twitter for its community of ppl who love children’s books. Everyone is so sharing and encouraging. Yay! #kidlitchat |
| 8:13 pm | RebeccAgent: | give back in informational interviews and trying to find great talent jobs in publishing so they can enjoy what they do like me #kidlitchat |
| 8:14 pm | bonnieadamson: | I’m feeling all warm and fuzzy! #kidlitchat |
| 8:14 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful to the busy editors & agents who take the time to share tips & info with writers via Twitter and blogs. #kidlitchat |
| 8:14 pm | elanaroth: | I’m grateful for all the editors and agents I know better now because of a silly thing called Twitter. #kidlitchat |
| 8:14 pm | rj_anderson: | I’m grateful to my agent for being so sincerely excited and encouraging about my work, and so pumped about submitting it. #kidlitchat |
| 8:14 pm | AuthorTaraKelly: | Hi all! #kidlitchat |
| 8:14 pm | EgmontGal: | If I could pick one thing: Grateful for incredible, enormous support shown to Egmont authors this year. Online and in person #kidlitchat |
| 8:14 pm | amyknichols: | RT @carolgrannick No question that those who have meaningful lives are those who give back to something bigger than themselves. #kidlitchat |
| 8:14 pm | debbieohi: | @amyknichols #kidlitchat |
| 8:14 pm | RebeccAgent: | grateful that I have been able to tell authors I love their books in person #kidlitchat |
| 8:14 pm | MissusM: | Grateful that I haven’t seen a part of my query posted as a joke on an agent’s tweet feed. #kidlitchat |
| 8:14 pm | peg366: | I am grateful for all the different types of chats found here. I’m learning so much. #kidlitchat |
| 8:14 pm | KatGirl_Studio: | what’s this weeks topic(s)? #kidlitchat |
| 8:14 pm | zoe_walton: | But can we have it NOW?! RT @EgmontGal: Grateful that theres still one more book in The Hunger Games trilogy to go #kidlitchat |
| 8:14 pm | AuthorTaraKelly: | I’m grateful for my first review ever. It was splendid! #kidlitchat |
| 8:14 pm | katrinagermein: | @zoe_walton I’m with you Zoe. This is fun. #kidlitchat |
| 8:14 pm | rillajaggia: | @literaticat Oh I know you’re laughing Still grateful you’re here…! #kidlitchat |
| 8:15 pm | literaticat: | Hi @authortarakelly – we are saying what we’re grateful for etc – I ALREADY SAID YOU. #kidlitchat |
| 8:15 pm | tinahoggatt: | I’m grateful for a kickass NW SCBWI chapter modeling excellence and inclusiveness. #kidlitchat |
| 8:15 pm | WriterRoss: | I love the art of paying forward & give what I can. (Grateful for less $ woes this yr; hard to pay forward when broke) #kidlitchat |
| 8:15 pm | Donna_Earnhardt: | @gregpincus Yes, I think we should give back. if everyone gave back – the giving would never stop. #kidlitchat |
| 8:15 pm | EKokie: | Hey all. Thankful for many things…most of all for timely, sound and honest advice along the way. Try to pass on the same. #kidlitchat |
| 8:15 pm | Georgia_McBride: | @literaticat @DeidreKnight @wolfsonliterary @elenaroth @sjaejones Because it’s not always about what you can get from someone #kidlitchat |
| 8:15 pm | KellyDHouse: | RT @debbieohi: Grateful to the busy editors & agents who take the time to share tips & info with writers via Twitter and blogs. #kidlitchat |
| 8:15 pm | rj_anderson: | I’m grateful to all the folks in the US who took the time to track down my book and read it even though it wasn’t in the chains. #kidlitchat |
| 8:15 pm | jeanie_w: | Give back in critique group, volunteer w SCBWI, RT good advice, buy more books than I can afford… #kidlitchat |
| 8:15 pm | EgmontGal: | @EgmontUSA I know that you give thanks every day for your wonderful, brilliant, sensitive, inspiring bosses #kidlitchat |
| 8:15 pm | planetalvina: | Hi all! I’m here, was about to leave work but thought I’d pop in for the chat for a bit before packing up! #kidlitchat |
| 8:15 pm | hatbooks: | sorry for delay…so grateful for SCBWI and opportunity to be SCBWI Tokyo RA #kidlitchat |
| 8:15 pm | africanpenguin: | @jlpowers thanks #kidlitchat… never done this before… its 4 a.m. in South Africa… everyone sleeps |
| 8:15 pm | tiffanytrent: | I too am grateful for my awesome agent who rocks my world. #kidlitchat |
| 8:16 pm | Leaheps: | forgot to say how grateful I am to all the amazing writers whose work inspires me–john green, e lockhart, tons more! #kidlitchat |
| 8:16 pm | AuthorTaraKelly: | @literaticat Gaw. Well I’m grateful for my kick-butt agent too. Otherwise, there’d be no book to review! #kidlitchat |
| 8:16 pm | PattyJMurphy: | @EgmontGal: You are right about upcoming Book 3…and Whitney’s voice. Oh man, she’s lost her pipes. (She just sang on DWTS) #kidlitchat |
| 8:16 pm | EgmontGal: | @rj_anderson hear, hear! Let’s hear it for the indies and what they do to support us all. #kidlitchat |
| 8:16 pm | rj_anderson: | I’m grateful to my fellow Debut 2009 authors (www.feastofawesome.com) for being such a supportive & informative group. #kidlitchat |
| 8:16 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful to @oodja for not mocking me for being so far behind him in my #NaNoWriMo wordcount. #kidlitchat |
| 8:16 pm | EgmontUSA: | Grateful that Egmont authors are so nice and never make me cry. #kidlitchat |
| 8:16 pm | mytweendom: | I’m grateful for authors who take risks and the houses that publish them! #kidlitchat |
| 8:16 pm | Georgia_McBride: | @ColleenLindsay for #askagent and getting agents to interact more with writers via twitter. Communication and education is key. #kidlitchat |
| 8:16 pm | CynthiaCWillis: | What I’m grateful for… Wow, where to begin. I’m grateful that I LOVE writing. To begin with. #kidlitchat |
| 8:16 pm | EgmontGal: | @PattyJMurphy I KNOW My mom and I are watching. At least Whitney looks great. But still, crack don’t help the chords, baby #kidlitchat |
| 8:16 pm | planetalvina: | I’m grateful for my job, for the honor of creating books for children, for all of the people I’ve met in the business. #kidlitchat |
| 8:16 pm | tiffanytrent: | @AuthorTaraKelly I saw that review, Tara! Congrats! #kidlitchat |
| 8:16 pm | PageTurnersBlog: | AGREED CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!! RT @EgmontGal: Grateful that there’s still one more book in The Hunger Games trilogy to go #kidlitchat |
| 8:17 pm | elanaroth: | I’m grateful for @egmontusa publishing my first client’s first book on their first list. #kidlitchat |
| 8:17 pm | rillajaggia: | I’m grateful to everyone on kidlitchat who answer questions and participate in community…feeling fuzzy with @bonnieadamson #kidlitchat |
| 8:17 pm | Georgia_McBride: | @EgmontGal for active participation and availabilty to us all #kidlitchat |
| 8:17 pm | rj_anderson: | I’m grateful for my fantastic editor, Catherine Onder at HarperCollins Children’s, for helping me find the heart of my books. #kidlitchat |
| 8:17 pm | Leaheps: | grateful for Barry Lyga. #kidlitchat |
| 8:17 pm | jlpowers: | @africanpenguin #kidlitchat I miss it. Was just there in April & May for research for one of my books….and always hard to call my husband. |
| 8:17 pm | AuthorTaraKelly: | @tiffanytrent Thank you! #kidlitchat |
| 8:17 pm | Scribblerati: | I’m grateful to all the writers who’ve joined Scribblerati.com in the last month! They’re helping a start-up to lift off! #kidlitchat |
| 8:17 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful for organizations like SCBWI & CANSCAIP for info, support, & networking opportunities for writers. #kidlitchat |
| 8:17 pm | planetalvina: | I’m grateful for SCBWI regions in amazing places like Japan and Hong Kong! #kidlitchat |
| 8:17 pm | hatbooks: | How I give back…being SCBWI RA and running events for writers and illustrators, some free school visits, talks, workshops #kidlitchat |
| 8:17 pm | EgmontUSA: | @elanaroth I hear that Pam was a star at NCTE. #kidlitchat |
| 8:18 pm | rillajaggia: | RT @EgmontGal: Grateful that theres still one more book in The Hunger Games trilogy to go #kidlitchat |
| 8:18 pm | ThtsWhatSheRead: | Grateful that my job makes it okay, not creepy, that I mainly read books about teenage girls. #kidlitchat |
| 8:18 pm | Idaho_Laurie: | Yes!!! @mytweendom RT I’m grateful for authors who take risks and the houses that publish them! #kidlitchat |
| 8:18 pm | nandinibajpai: | Grateful for signing with a fabulous agent the week of Thanksgiving!! #kidlitchat |
| 8:18 pm | PattyJMurphy: | @EgmontGal: Not sure what happened to her voice. Loved her. PS Get Mom a laptop. I have a Sony Vaio…and it’s great:) #kidlitchat |
| 8:18 pm | CynthiaCWillis: | I’m grateful for all the fabulous books out there. I always know there’s another wonderful read to dive into. #kidlitchat |
| 8:18 pm | elanaroth: | @EgmontUSA I heard! I wanted to go, but I had to teach Hebrew School…boo. #kidlitchat |
| 8:18 pm | jlpowers: | @EgmontGal Yay. I agree! Indies are the best–publishers & bookstores alike. #kidlitchat |
| 8:18 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful for Ginger Knowlton: my incredibly patient, wise & encouraging agent. #kidlitchat |
| 8:18 pm | Buffyandrews: | Grateful to agents and editors who accept queries. #kidlitchat |
| 8:18 pm | tiffanytrent: | @planetalvina I used to live in Hong Kong! So glad to hear they’ve got an SCBWI chapter! #kidlitchat |
| 8:18 pm | YolaRamunno: | I’m grateful for all the critiques I have been given. #kidlitchat |
| 8:19 pm | elizaosborn: | Grateful for industry pros who make themselves accessible and build community in order to make writers better. #kidlitchat |
| 8:19 pm | cuppajolie: | I have to piggyback @hatbooks thoughts: #SCBWI and the opp. to be RA in WA has brought me so very much to be grateful for! #kidlitchat |
| 8:19 pm | helainebecker: | I’m grateful for the chance to do what I love +(maybe) inspire children to learn, to grow, to laugh #kidlitchat |
| 8:19 pm | skodobah: | I am so late – hello everyone! #kidlitchat |
| 8:19 pm | marybrebner: | I’m grateful there are so many fantastic, supportive people and resources out there for writers and authors! #kidlitchat |
| 8:19 pm | EgmontGal: | Grateful we have a Swedish espresso bar 2 blocks from the office so we can get all our work done. #kidlitchat |
| 8:19 pm | rillajaggia: | Grateful for all the brave, lonely, strong, smart, funny…protagonists who keep me and my characters company every day. #kidlitchat |
| 8:19 pm | RebeccAgent: | I am grateful to Al Roker and the Today Show for choosing @pacylin for December’s book club #kidlitchat |
| 8:19 pm | planetalvina: | @tiffanytrent It’s an amazing one! #kidlitchat |
| 8:20 pm | africanpenguin: | @jlpowers shame man… the time diff is always tricky! #kidlitchat |
| 8:20 pm | Buffyandrews: | Grateful to authors who build worlds for me to travel in. #kidlitchat |
| 8:20 pm | Scribblerati: | I’m grateful to Free-Expressions, the company that runs Donald Maass’ workshops, for affiliating with Scribblers University #kidlitchat |
| 8:20 pm | Leaheps: | grateful to Francine Lucidon @voraciousreader for her bookstore & bringing authors to our town! #kidlitchat |
| 8:20 pm | CynthiaCWillis: | @EgmontGal Swedish expresso bar? Now I’m out of grateful and into envious. #kidlitchat |
| 8:20 pm | EgmontUSA: | @EgmontGal We would have no books without FIKA. I am doubly grateful for infamous coffee orders. #kidlitchat |
| 8:20 pm | 1LeslieGarrett: | You inspire my kids! RT @helainebecker: I’m grateful for the chance to …(maybe) inspire children to learn, to grow, to laugh #kidlitchat |
| 8:20 pm | rj_anderson: | How I give back… giving advice & encouragement to new authors, being vocally enthusiastic about books I love. #kidlitchat |
| 8:20 pm | ThtsWhatSheRead: | Grateful to @carrieryan, the first author to ever thank me in her acknowledgements, and for the amazing book preceeding it! #kidlitchat |
| 8:20 pm | skodobah: | Grateful for the millions of books to read… and the time to read them. #kidlitchat |
| 8:21 pm | RebeccAgent: | I am grateful for librarians and libraries! #kidlitchat |
| 8:21 pm | EgmontGal: | Grateful my parents never undermined my decision to go into this biz, even tho’ I was offered a better paying job than Viking #kidlitchat |
| 8:21 pm | rj_anderson: | Also, I support my local indie bookstore by buying through them and placing my special orders there as often as I can! #kidlitchat |
| 8:21 pm | Leaheps: | grateful to Heather from Media bistro for suggesting we read SAVE THE CAT, a screenwriting book that helps with structure #kidlitchat |
| 8:21 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful to @HGausman & @joankremer for the free events, info & promo they provide for writers in Second Life. #kidlitchat |
| 8:21 pm | catesfolly: | Grateful for the time to write. And lord how I squander it! #kidlitchat |
| 8:21 pm | bonnieadamson: | yes, grateful for my ever-expanding stack of must-reads. #kidlitchat |
| 8:21 pm | planetalvina: | Are we supposed to post how we give back, too? I missed the actual topic. #kidlitchat |
| 8:21 pm | katrinagermein: | Have to dash but thanks for having me at #kidlitchat Hope to be back next time. |
| 8:21 pm | rillajaggia: | Grateful for all the incredible people I’ve met and worked with through being editor of SCBWI regional newsletter. #kidlitchat |
| 8:21 pm | skodobah: | Grateful for the law of attraction and what it brings to me. #kidlitchat |
| 8:21 pm | PattyJMurphy: | I am Swedish and I’ve never had Swedish expresso. I must remedy this. #kidlitchat |
| 8:21 pm | helainebecker: | I’m also grateful for the writer friends I’ve made who make me realize I’m not a freak–I’m a kids writer! #kidlitchat |
| 8:22 pm | kellylight: | truly grateful for the friends I’ve made since entering the kidlit world-none of which live near me!:) #kidlitchat |
| 8:22 pm | Scribblerati: | Scribblerati is @LiaKeyes‘ way to give back to a community that supported her own writing efforts. #kidlitchat |
| 8:22 pm | Buffyandrews: | Grateful to my family who thinks I speak another language with hoot and tweet and hashtag and……. #kidlitchat |
| 8:22 pm | Idaho_Laurie: | Grateful for MG writers like Barbara O’Connor, Patricia Reilly Giff, Frances O’Rourke Dowell, & Colleen Paratore. #kidlitchat |
| 8:22 pm | nandinibajpai: | Grateful for awesome teachers and librarians that inspire kids to read #kidlitchat |
| 8:22 pm | jlpowers: | @EgmontGal #kidlitchat yay for parents who tell us to follow our dreams–mine, too….always encouraging, never questioniong the “call” |
| 8:22 pm | Leaheps: | I also give back by buying books galore! and blogging, tweeting, etc. about them! #kidlitchat |
| 8:22 pm | KOrtizzle: | Grateful for my awesome YA client @Jaime_Reed #kidlitchat |
| 8:22 pm | EKokie: | Honestly? I thankful this week of being thankful is almost over – it’s starting to bug me. ; } #kidlitchat |
| 8:22 pm | skodobah: | Absolutely! RT @RebeccAgent: I am grateful for librarians and libraries! #kidlitchat |
| 8:22 pm | CynthiaCWillis: | Giving back. Does giving away books count? I love, love, love to give away books. #kidlitchat |
| 8:22 pm | Leaheps: | @PattyJMurphy me too! 1/2 Swedish, and I’ve never heard of swedish espresso. #kidlitchat |
| 8:23 pm | amyknichols: | RT @helainebecker I’m also grateful for the writer friends I’ve made who make me realize I’m not a freak–I’m a kids writer<Yep! #kidlitchat |
| 8:23 pm | PattyJMurphy: | I’m grateful that I met @inkyelbows, @egmontgirl, @joypreble…and others at @SCBWI LA. Lucky me:) #kidlitchat |
| 8:23 pm | rj_anderson: | Grateful to my father for reading the Narnia books and LotR to me as a child and sparking my lifelong love of fantasy. #kidlitchat |
| 8:23 pm | Scribblerati: | @LiaKeyes is grateful to her wonderful agent, Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Lit #kidlitchat |
| 8:23 pm | YolaRamunno: | I give back by purchasing books and encouraging friends to do the same. #kidlitchat |
| 8:23 pm | bonnieadamson: | Grateful for the husband who bought me my first drawing table and never asked when I was going to start making money! #kidlitchat |
| 8:23 pm | tiffanytrent: | @planetalvina I won’t derail #kidlitchat, but at some point I hope to hear a report about this. *is fascinated* |
| 8:23 pm | skodobah: | Grateful this is not last year, when I was wondering if I had thyroid cancer. #kidlitchat |
| 8:23 pm | Donna_Earnhardt: | @rj_anderson Indie pubs and bookstores rock! Very thankful for the chance they give us all #kidlitchat |
| 8:23 pm | rillajaggia: | Grateful for all the books that kept me company when I was a kid and let me dream… #kidlitchat |
| 8:23 pm | helainebecker: | I think much of being a kids’ writer is about giving, sharing, teaching –kids and each other. That’s one reason I luv it so #kidlitchat |
| 8:23 pm | jlpowers: | #kidlitchat and thankful, too, for a spouse who never tells me to go out and get a job that pays more money |
| 8:23 pm | EgmontGal: | @jlpowers oh, mine questioned! But they weren’t going to stop it. And it was all I wanted to do. Later they got w/ the program #kidlitchat |
| 8:23 pm | KellyDHouse: | grateful for those who gave me the courage to give value to being “a writer” vs. being “an author.” #kidlitchat |
| 8:23 pm | Scribblerati: | is grateful to @nancy_lamb for agreeing to be Chancellor of Scribblers University #kidlitchat |
| 8:23 pm | skodobah: | Wonder if they have that at IKEA? RT @Leaheps: @PattyJMurphy me too! 1/2 Swedish, and Ive never heard of swedish espresso. #kidlitchat |
| 8:24 pm | jlpowers: | @EgmontGal lol, well, we can’t have everything but at least they’re supportive now….#kidlitchat |
| 8:24 pm | africanpenguin: | I am grateful when I see a kid reading my book and saying “Look mummy, that’s my lighthouse” #kidlitchat |
| 8:24 pm | EgmontGal: | Everyone, you must try Fika (Swedish espresso bar) on 28th and Park. It will leave you homeless and penniless, but worth it #kidlitchat |
| 8:24 pm | jeanie_w: | Me too RT @bonnieadamson: yes, grateful for my ever-expanding stack of must-reads. #kidlitchat |
| 8:24 pm | peg366: | RT @rillajaggia: Grateful for all the books that kept me company when I was a kid and let me dream…Me, too. #kidlitchat |
| 8:24 pm | RebeccAgent: | I am grateful for my 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Barber, who instilled a love of reading in me yrs & yrs ago #kidlitchat |
| 8:24 pm | michellewitte: | I want to give more back to kidlit community, so if any of you write kids nonfic, let me know. I have an opportunity for you. #kidlitchat |
| 8:24 pm | PattyJMurphy: | @Leaheps: Wonder if I can get this at Starbucks? Or maybe, when I go to @SCBWI NY. Anyone going? Still on fence. #kidlitchat |
| 8:24 pm | catesfolly: | @EgmontGal We might need you to send us all some Swedish espresso so we can experience its wonders! #kidlitchat |
| 8:24 pm | skodobah: | Grateful that my neighbor loaned me a book last year that kicked my butt into gear. #kidlitchat |
| 8:24 pm | jlpowers: | #kidlitchat and grateful for a spouse who doesn’t complain that I’m out of town so much… |
| 8:24 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful to hubby @jridpath for always being so supportive of my writing. #kidlitchat |
| 8:24 pm | elanaroth: | I’m grateful for my first internship and first job that led me into this whole children’s book mess. #kidlitchat |
| 8:24 pm | amyknichols: | @bonnieadamson That’s awesome. #kidlitchat |
| 8:24 pm | africanpenguin: | I am grateful to all the mum’s who tell their friends… “get that book” #kidlitchat |
| 8:25 pm | Scribblerati: | @LiaKeyes is grateful to the father who told her she’d never amount to anything and giving me a love of challenge. #kidlitchat |
| 8:25 pm | Leaheps: | @EgmontGal if they have peppar cookies (gingersnaps), I’m there! #kidlitchat |
| 8:25 pm | PattyJMurphy: | @michellewitte: I write fiction and non-fiction for children. Let’s discuss. #kidlitchat |
| 8:25 pm | KellyDHouse: | @skodobah what was the book? #kidlitchat |
| 8:25 pm | RebeccAgent: | I am grateful that Ursula Nordstrom lived in this world & published all those masterpieces #kidlitchat |
| 8:25 pm | carolgrannick: | @RebeccAgent There’s something about 4th grade, isn’t there? So many in the business recall that year as significant… #kidlitchat |
| 8:25 pm | Leaheps: | @PattyJMurphy I’m going to NY SCBWI it was so great last year–and we can get swedish espresso! #kidlitchat |
| 8:25 pm | skodobah: | Grateful to all of the publishing professionals who teach writers what to do… and what not to do. #kidlitchat |
| 8:25 pm | EgmontUSA: | @Leaheps They have lots of Swedish treats. #kidlitchat |
| 8:25 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | Thankful for family who let us disappear for weeks at a time… then welcomes us home like we’ve never been gone. #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | amyknichols: | Like @bonnieadamson, I’m grateful for my hubby who holds down the fort while I’m cloistered away, writing #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | ThtsWhatSheRead: | @EgmontGal Mine still ask me when I’ll “get to be” an editor, but theyre happy I have a job that’s easy to explain to friends:) #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | PattyJMurphy: | RT @RebeccAgent: I am grateful that Ursula Nordstrom lived in this world & published all those masterpieces. <<Amen. #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | jlpowers: | @elanaroth it’s a beautiful mess, isn’t it? #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | michellewitte: | The one thing I’m really grateful for is that I have two days off this week. #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | CynthiaCWillis: | RT @RebeccAgent: I am grateful that Ursula Nordstrom lived in this world & published all those masterpieces–Yes indeed! #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | bonnieadamson: | @elanaroth So, was the career accidental or deliberate? #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | Idaho_Laurie: | @catesfolly Link to Beth Kephart’s beautiful blog: http://beth-kephart.blogspot.com #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | rillajaggia: | Great letters too! RT @RebeccAgent: I am grateful that Ursula Nordstrom lived in this world & published all those masterpieces #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | Scribblerati: | Grateful to JK Rowling for giving serious kudos to publishing for children #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | RebeccAgent: | @carolgrannick how can you forget the yr you read Bridge to Teribithea & Tuck Everlasting? #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | Grateful for writer friends who understand the ups and downs, and have our backs. #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | planetalvina: | I’m thankful that I have health insurance and dental insurance (got two cavities filled today)…wish everyone could. #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | Georgia_McBride: | Grateful for everyone one of you. Happy Thanksgiving. #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | elanaroth: | Seconding @RebeccAgent on teachers. Definitely grateful for Mr. Linder my 12th grade Shakespeare teacher. Taught me to write. #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | WriterRoss: | Grateful for HIGHLIGHTS 4 CHILDREN in waiting rms. Went w/ with dad to his podiatrist when I was little. Taught myself to read. #kidlitchat |
| 8:26 pm | skodobah: | @KellyDHouse Sort of embarrassed – Twilight. I thought “well, if she can write a book.” #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | EgmontGal: | Speaking of grateful. Thanksgiving Day is my 2nd year anniversary at Egmont. It is the job of my dreams #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | EgmontUSA: | @carolgrannick Really? I don’t have fond memories of 4th grade at all! Teacher stole my science project! #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | debbieohi: | RT @Scribblerati: Grateful to JK Rowling for giving serious kudos to publishing for children #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | elanaroth: | @bonnieadamson Little from column A, little from column B. #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | hatbooks: | so grateful to Lee Bennett Hopkins whose critique got me to tighten up my verse lines #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | Scribblerati: | RT @EllenHopkinsYA: Thankful for family who let us disappear for weeks… then welcome us home like we’ve never been gone. #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | jeanie_w: | Grateful for friends and family members who share my interest in books. #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | debbieohi: | RT @EllenHopkinsYA: Grateful for writer friends who understand the ups and downs, and have our backs. #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | planetalvina: | @tiffanytrent http://snipurl.com/terex [www_scbwi_org] #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | DDHearn: | I’m grateful that I”ve found so many new companions on twitter. #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | RebeccAgent: | I am grateful for remembering the day Twilight sold and seeing the phenomenon unfold up close… #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | marciamarcia: | As I write nonfiction for adults, my 5yro thinks I’m writing something worthy of #kidlitchat. Grateful for you who are. Thank you. |
| 8:27 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | Totally grateful to have a career that pays my bills and allows me to do what I love- #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | catesfolly: | @Idaho_Laurie Thanks for link! #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | carolgrannick: | @RebeccAgent But it seems to also be the year that many writers first heard, “You should be a writer when you grow up.” #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | CynthiaCWillis: | RT @Georgia_McBride: Grateful for everyone one of you. Happy Thanksgiving.–Right back at you! : ) #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | rillajaggia: | Yes! RT @planetalvina: Im thankful that I have health insurance and dental insurance…wish everyone could. #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | zoe_walton: | @rillajaggia Yes, loved reading Ursula’s letters! Lots of post-its stuck into my copy to mark the best bits. #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | ThtsWhatSheRead: | Grateful that I took an internship at Penguin instead of CosmoGIRL! during college, and now work with books, not nail polish. #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | YolaRamunno: | I’m grateful to my father who was the first one to encourage me to finish writing my first novel. He loved my character’s name. #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | jeanie_w: | @EgmontGal Happy anniversary! #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | skodobah: | Grateful for the agent who signed me this month! #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | Leaheps: | @elanaroth grateful to teachers for difft. reason–I write to get back at my mean english teacher mr. snow, who demoted me. #kidlitchat |
| 8:27 pm | RebeccAgent: | …and that I know Ms Genevieve Gagne-Hawes who discovered it in the slush #kidlitchat |
| 8:28 pm | africanpenguin: | @michellewitte I write true children’s stories with a great dollop of magic – suburban legends… lets say #kidlitchat |
| 8:28 pm | Candace_xoxox: | #kidlitchat I’m thankful for my new agent and the editor a HarperCollins for taking the time to read my full. |
| 8:28 pm | rillajaggia: | @EgmontGal Congratulations! Here’s to many more! #kidlitchat |
| 8:28 pm | KathyBuckworth: | RT @helainebecker: I’m grateful for the chance to do what I love +(maybe) inspire children to learn, to grow, to laugh #kidlitchat |
| 8:28 pm | CynthiaCWillis: | @EgmontGal Happy anniversary! That’s fabulous! #kidlitchat |
| 8:28 pm | PattyJMurphy: | @carolgrannick: My 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Adler rocked. My 4th grade teacher, not mentioning names: MISS HAMMOND was a meanie. #kidlitchat |
| 8:28 pm | carolgrannick: | Grateful, so grateful, for the way one connection leads to another, and ideas flow, doors open. #kidlitchat |
| 8:28 pm | Scribblerati: | Grateful for the bag of M & M’s peanut that I’m saving for my midnight chocolate craving! #kidlitchat |
| 8:28 pm | KellyDHouse: | @skodobah Ha! You’re not the only one! #kidlitchat |
| 8:28 pm | planetalvina: | @RebeccAgent Ditto! (re TWILIGHT). Oh, and I am grateful to TWILIGHT for keeping my company healthy in this rough economy. #kidlitchat |
| 8:28 pm | gregpincus: | Mentors – I’m curious how folks found their mentors (if they have them, that is) #kidlitchat |
| 8:28 pm | EKokie: | Congratulations. Heck of a 2 years. RT @EgmontGal Thanksgiving Day is my 2nd year anniversary at Egmont…job of my dreams #kidlitchat |
| 8:28 pm | elanaroth: | @ThtsWhatSheRead I did the same thing in my choice as editorial assistant. Parenting Magazine v. Parachute. FTW. #kidlitchat |
| 8:28 pm | PattyJMurphy: | @Leaheps: You need to gift your Mr. Snow stories to your books:) #kidlitchat |
| 8:29 pm | Scribblerati: | CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! RT @skodobah: Grateful for the agent who signed me this month! #kidlitchat |
| 8:29 pm | jeanie_w: | @planetalvina from your lips to the Senate’s ears. #kidlitchat |
| 8:29 pm | kinksgem: | Thankful for the third grade teacher that said “you know if you write down all your lies, it can be a story?” #kidlitchat |
| 8:29 pm | RebeccAgent: | @planetalvina DITTO back at ya #kidlitchat |
| 8:29 pm | Leaheps: | grateful to Judy Blume & Robin Brancato for Something Left to Lose & yes, K. P. for Bridge to Terabithia– #kidlitchat |
| 8:29 pm | jlpowers: | @Leaheps jerk teacher….#kidlitchat |
| 8:29 pm | carolgrannick: | @PattyJMurphy Alas, for every rule, an exception! But still around the same developmental time, no? #kidlitchat |
| 8:29 pm | WriterRoss: | Grateful I stood up to Mrs. Mansfield in 7th grade who did not believe I could write “like that” and accused me of plagiarism! #kidlitchat |
| 8:29 pm | rillajaggia: | How many people can say this…RT @KathyBuckworth: RT @helainebecker: Im grateful for the chance to do what I love #kidlitchat |
| 8:29 pm | skodobah: | @KellyDHouse Really? This is good to hear! See, Twilight was useful. #kidlitchat |
| 8:29 pm | michellewitte: | I’m grateful I get to work in publishing. Where else would I get paid to read about pirates & magic & artists & cookies? #kidlitchat |
| 8:29 pm | melissacwalker: | oh man, i took the magazine editor route and now do books too. magazines are ok! #kidlitchat |
| 8:29 pm | RebeccAgent: | I am grateful that my boss is Amy Berkower- a genius and maverick when it comes to the business of kids & YA books #kidlitchat |
| 8:29 pm | Scribblerati: | @gregpincus I found my mentors at the Big Sur Childrens Writers Workshop – now they’re family #kidlitchat |
| 8:29 pm | ThtsWhatSheRead: | @elanaroth Ever try to imagine BizzaroYou if youd gone the other way? Freaks me out. #kidlitchat |
| 8:30 pm | steveschatz: | My manuscript, Grandpa Died, 1000 words, pictures, for a parent to read a child.Kid’s POV. For query -What age? What category? #kidlitchat |
| 8:30 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | Thankful for readers that anxiously await my next book and ask me every other day when it will be released. #kidlitchat |
| 8:30 pm | DDHearn: | I’m grateful to my childhood library that was a real haven for me, where I first found so many wonderful books. #kidlitchat |
| 8:30 pm | Leaheps: | @PattyJMurphy I like that–Mr. Snow stories. He was having an affair with the French teacher… #kidlitchat |
| 8:30 pm | skodobah: | @planetalvina That’s right! Twilight is like a mega dose of vitamin C! #kidlitchat |
| 8:30 pm | jlpowers: | @gregpincus #kidlitchat I WANT a mentor! Jealous of writers with one! I have vague mentors–writers whose books help me–but not official. |
| 8:30 pm | RebeccAgent: | I am grateful that my intern who feel in love with Where the Mountain Meets the Moon has been my assistant for almost a yr #kidlitchat |
| 8:30 pm | bonnieadamson: | Grateful to Raven Tree Press for taking a chance on a very slim portfolio. #kidlitchat |
| 8:30 pm | peg366: | RT @DDHearn: Im grateful to my childhood library that was a real haven for me, where I first found so many wonderful books. #kidlitchat |
| 8:30 pm | elanaroth: | @ThtsWhatSheRead I’d probably have just gotten laid off when my magazine was shut down. This is much better. #kidlitchat |
| 8:31 pm | hatbooks: | where do we find mentors? SCBWI has provided me with an enormous, worldwide community of mentors #kidlitchat |
| 8:31 pm | cvaldezmiller: | I’m grateful for the ability to write what I can’t seem to put into words when speaking. #kidlitchat |
| 8:31 pm | Scribblerati: | YEAH!!!! RT @michellewitte: Grateful I get to work in publishing. Paid to read about pirates & magic & artists & cookies… #kidlitchat |
| 8:31 pm | helainebecker: | Hear Hear! RT: @EllenHopkinsYA Grateful for writer friends who understand the ups and downs, and have our backs. #kidlitchat |
| 8:31 pm | rillajaggia: | My “mentor” is the leader of one of my critique groups. #kidlitchat |
| 8:31 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful to Ray Bradbury, whose writing first made me aware of the power of voice. #kidlitchat |
| 8:31 pm | DDHearn: | I’m grateful for second chances. I know they are possible, and I’m just waiting for mine to come around. #kidlitchat |
| 8:31 pm | rj_anderson: | @gregpincus I met my mentors Pamela Dean and Patricia C. Wrede on the FidoNet WRITING echo back in pre-Internet days! #kidlitchat |
| 8:31 pm | amyknichols: | @gregpincus My mentor is James Sallis, (crime writer). I took his novel class. He took me under his wing. #kidlitchat |
| 8:31 pm | planetalvina: | I found my mentors through work–including my first full-time boss in publishing, Megan Tingley. Who is a genius. #kidlitchat |
| 8:31 pm | RebeccAgent: | I am grateful I saw that ARC of HIGHER POWER OF LUCKY and emailed Matt Phelan right away #kidlitchat |
| 8:31 pm | YolaRamunno: | @cvaldezmiller I understand that statement completely. #kidlitchat |
| 8:31 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | Kick my butt if you must, but definitely thankful for readers who don’t give a squat about vampire love… #kidlitchat |
| 8:31 pm | EgmontGal: | @debbieohi Ray Bradbury was a big obsession of mine in middle school. #kidlitchat |
| 8:31 pm | melissacwalker: | Totally! RT: @EllenHopkinsYA Grateful for writer friends who understand the ups and downs, and have our backs. #kidlitchat |
| 8:32 pm | debbieohi: | RT @DDHearn: Im grateful for second chances. I know they are possible, and Im just waiting for mine to come around. #kidlitchat |
| 8:32 pm | planetalvina: | other mentors: the amazing Jennifer Hunt, Liza Baker, and Andrea Spooner. #kidlitchat |
| 8:32 pm | skodobah: | Grateful I don’t have to edit chiropractic magazines anymore. They’re not what they are cracked-up to be. Ha ha. #kidlitchat |
| 8:32 pm | rillajaggia: | Not grateful for horrible porn tweets from non-followers! #kidlitchat |
| 8:32 pm | Leaheps: | grateful to Phyllis Shalant who taught my first children’s writing class at Voracious Reader! Love her! #kidlitchat |
| 8:32 pm | DDHearn: | I”m grateful for my mom and dad, who always, always encouraged me to draw and write. #kidlitchat |
| 8:32 pm | EgmontGal: | @DDHearn Oh goodness, yes. Second chances happen all the time. So do third chances. #kidlitchat |
| 8:32 pm | kellylight: | Yes! grateful for librarians everywhere-even the mean old ones I remember from NJ when I was a kid! #kidlitchat |
| 8:32 pm | nandinibajpai: | Grateful for writing buddies who critique, advice, sympathize, and send me great stuff to read #kidlitchat |
| 8:32 pm | RebeccAgent: | give back by hosting a monthly book club 4 editors and agents in kids/YA pub attended by many younger publishing professionals #kidlitchat |
| 8:32 pm | Scribblerati: | That’s what we provide! RT: @EllenHopkinsYA Grateful for writer friends who understand the ups and downs, and have our backs. #kidlitchat |
| 8:32 pm | EKokie: | @gregpincus No real mentors, but colleagues and crit partners through SCBWI and Absolute Write, and a few RL connections. : } #kidlitchat |
| 8:32 pm | skodobah: | Ditto. RT @rillajaggia: Not grateful for horrible porn tweets from non-followers! #kidlitchat |
| 8:32 pm | WriterRoss: | RT @debbieohi RT @DDHearn: grateful for second chances. I know they are possible, and Im just waiting for mine to come around. #kidlitchat |
| 8:33 pm | ThtsWhatSheRead: | Grateful that the only HIGH IMPORTANCE emails I send are about leftover meeting food in the conference room. #kidlitchat |
| 8:33 pm | PattyJMurphy: | @Leaheps: Definitely YA. My 7th gr. SS teacher + LA teachers were playing footsies during my P/T conference! My mom caught them! #kidlitchat |
| 8:33 pm | rj_anderson: | @EllenHopkinsYA LOL, me too! Because I could never write a vampire novel. They just don’t interest me. #kidlitchat |
| 8:33 pm | peg366: | RT @rillajaggia: Not grateful for horrible porn tweets from non-followers! I agree. #kidlitchat |
| 8:33 pm | Leaheps: | RT @rillajaggia: Not grateful for horrible porn tweets from non-followers! hah! #kidlitchat |
| 8:33 pm | rillajaggia: | I’m very grateful for the amazing people in the child-lit listserv out of Rutgers. #kidlitchat |
| 8:33 pm | EgmontGal: | I’m very grateful to @literatichat for supporting brand new YA author @allenzadoff! Thank heavens for the YA community #kidlitchat |
| 8:33 pm | CynthiaCWillis: | I’m grateful for editorial feedback and revision letters. Crazy? Nah. #kidlitchat |
| 8:33 pm | skodobah: | You had great parents! RT @DDHearn: I”m grateful for my mom and dad, who always, always encouraged me to draw and write. #kidlitchat |
| 8:33 pm | debbieohi: | @EgmontGal Ray Bradbury’s books made a huge impact on me as a young writer. #kidlitchat |
| 8:33 pm | DDHearn: | LOL RT @skodobah: Grateful I dont have to edit chiropractic magazines anymore. Theyre not what they are cracked-up to be. Ha ha. #kidlitchat |
| 8:33 pm | helainebecker: | @michellewitte Ding dong! kids nonfic is me #kidlitchat |
| 8:33 pm | Scribblerati: | Grateful to @EllenHopkinsYA for being a member of Scribblerati.com #kidlitchat |
| 8:33 pm | tiffanytrent: | @DDHearn I second you on the library gratitude. #kidlitchat |
| 8:33 pm | africanpenguin: | I’m grateful to my illustrator for her ability to understand exactly what I want… and to actually make it happen… #kidlitchat |
| 8:34 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | @skodobah don’t blame you… and I don’t miss freelancing too often. Although it sometimes provided perspective. #kidlitchat |
| 8:34 pm | planetalvina: | I am grateful that I can go home from work now. Good night, all! #kidlitchat |
| 8:34 pm | hatbooks: | the SCBWI Nevada mentorship program led to my amazing mentor Esther Hershenhorn #kidlitchat |
| 8:34 pm | Leaheps: | @PattyJMurphy funny! the affairs that go on in schools could fill a—book! Hey, an idea. #kidlitchat |
| 8:34 pm | helainebecker: | Me 3 RT: @peg366 RT @rillajaggia: Grateful for all the books that kept me company when I was a kid and let me dream…Me, too. #kidlitchat |
| 8:34 pm | carolgrannick: | Esther Hershenhorn, former RA of IL-SCBWI, believed in me as fiction writer & one who could help other writers learn resilience. #kidlitchat |
| 8:34 pm | rillajaggia: | @debbieohi For me it was Tolkien and Asimov and Sutcliff. #kidlitchat |
| 8:34 pm | bonnieadamson: | Oh, GROSS! Everyone please block & report the nasties tonight! #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | jeanie_w: | Third! RT @tiffanytrent: @DDHearn I second you on the library gratitude. #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | @planetalvina bu-bye Alivina! Get some well deserved rest. #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | rillajaggia: | @planetalvina Good night #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | RebeccAgent: | grateful that I can say you can build a career off of a major in English! #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | Scribblerati: | Grateful to @rj_anderson for being a member of Scribblerati.com. #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | IllustratorErin: | I’m grateful for this conversation (which I came very late to) & all I’ve learned from the generous #kidlitchat people I’ve been following. |
| 8:35 pm | KrissiDallas: | Hello, all! I think I’ve picked up on our topic pretty quickly… things we’re thankful for?? #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | skodobah: | @EllenHopkinsYA I still freelance here and there. Woo-hoo! #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | WriterRoss: | RT @CynthiaCWillis: I’m grateful for editorial feedback and revision letters. Crazy? Nah. #kidlitchat Not crazy at all– Pamela |
| 8:35 pm | Idaho_Laurie: | @RebeccAgent I’m glad you saw HP, too! Illos are so wispy & beautiful. My daughter finished it last nite & is a Lucky lover, too #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | helainebecker: | Kids often ask me “what books inspired you as a kid?” I say “all of them!” #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | rillajaggia: | @bonnieadamson Yup already reported two. #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | happybluejess: | Grateful for editors, agents, & writers taking time to guide and inspire me & to my tireless, insightful agent & crit group. #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | DDHearn: | @skodobah You are right. I was very blessed to have parents who “got it”. If they doubted, they never let me know it. #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | elanaroth: | @EgmontGal What do I have to do for a shout out too? #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | carolgrannick: | @hatbooks Yes, Esther is an amazing human being, isn’t she? Her new book, too, S IS FOR STORY, is fabulous… #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | wendytoliver: | grateful to have a career that allows me to be home with my 3 little guys #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | skodobah: | @planetalvina Nighty-night! #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | Scribblerati: | Tolkien, Tolstoy and George Bernard Shaw here! RT @rillajaggia: @debbieohi For me it was Tolkien and Asimov and Sutcliff. #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | PattyJMurphy: | RT @CynthiaCWillis: Im grateful for editorial feedback and revision letters. Crazy? Nah. <<–It’s one way we can get better:) #kidlitchat |
| 8:35 pm | nandinibajpai: | Grateful for my previous life as a computer geek. Systems analysis is good training for outlining novels #kidlitchat |
| 8:36 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | @hatbooks And we are so thrilled for your success, Holly! You are so talented…. #kidlitchat |
| 8:36 pm | debbieohi: | @rillajaggia I enjoyed Asimov’s books, too. But I worshipped Ray Bradbury. Still have a note he wrote to me. #kidlitchat |
| 8:36 pm | skodobah: | Thankful for merlot. #kidlitchat |
| 8:36 pm | Leaheps: | RT @wendytoliver: grateful to have a career that allows me to be home with my 3 little guys #kidlitchat |
| 8:36 pm | jeanie_w: | My daughter will be glad to hear that RT @RebeccAgent: grateful that I can say you can build a career off of a major in English! #kidlitchat |
| 8:36 pm | hatbooks: | grateful to my dad who wouldn’t let me use words like VERY #kidlitchat |
| 8:36 pm | ChristineTB: | RT @wendytoliver: grateful to have a career that allows me to be home with my 3 little guys (me too – my 2 big gals!) #kidlitchat |
| 8:36 pm | CynthiaCWillis: | @WriterRoss Ahh, thank you. I was wondering if I’d be the only one grateful for revision letters, etc. #kidlitchat |
| 8:36 pm | KrissiDallas: | I am SO thankful for my supportive students who act as my cheerleaders in the world of writing and publishing! #kidlitchat |
| 8:36 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | @skodobah I still freelance for one magazine… cuz it’s gorgeous, and they let me do local history…. #kidlitchat |
| 8:36 pm | michellewitte: | I’ll @reply a link with info to everyone who’s interested in the nonfiction opportunity in just a minute. @ me if you want link. #kidlitchat |
| 8:36 pm | rillajaggia: | @debbieohi What? Ray Bradbury wrote you??????? #kidlitchat |
| 8:36 pm | africanpenguin: | I’m grateful to my editor for her ability to just slot in … in the right tone and just get involved.. all her bright ideas #kidlitchat |
| 8:36 pm | B_A_Bookworm: | I’m grateful my children r grateful that I taught them 2 read so young they grew 2 love reading & don’t remember any different #kidlitchat |
| 8:36 pm | PattyJMurphy: | I am also sooo grateful to my all the amazing illustrators and photographers in my books. Picture books need pictures:) #kidlitchat |
| 8:36 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful to Lee Wardlaw for being an early mentor, and for introducing me to her agent (now my agent). #kidlitchat |
| 8:37 pm | Scribblerati: | Grateful to @carolgrannick for being a member of Scribblerati.com #kidlitchat |
| 8:37 pm | RileyCarney: | RT @helainebecker: Kids often ask me “what books inspired you as a kid?” I say “all of them!” #kidlitchat |
| 8:37 pm | B_A_Bookworm: | I’m also grateful that my husband is not so sick anymore & I’ve been able to get to know him all over again #kidlitchat |
| 8:37 pm | ChristineTB: | Nope – I’m grateful for revision letters too. It means I’m working and someone appreciates the prose. #kidlitchat |
| 8:37 pm | DDHearn: | @Idaho_Laurie I LOVED The Higher Power of Lucky. Gotta read Lucky Breaks soon. #kidlitchat |
| 8:37 pm | debbieohi: | @rillajaggia I sent Ray Bradbury a gushing fan letter & request for an autograph. He wrote back a very sweet short note. #kidlitchat |
| 8:37 pm | rillajaggia: | RT @RileyCarney: RT @helainebecker: Kids often ask me “what books inspired you as a kid?” I say “all of them!” #kidlitchat |
| 8:37 pm | bonnieadamson: | RT @RileyCarney: RT @helainebecker: Kids often ask me “what books inspired you as a kid?” I say “all of them!” #kidlitchat |
| 8:37 pm | PatEsden: | I met my mentors Orson Scott Card through Hatrack writing forums and Caleb Warnock at Writing InDepth–online. #kidlitchat |
| 8:37 pm | B_A_Bookworm: | And grateful that my blog has been so successful, so quickly & how it’s become a part of me I’m very proud of #kidlitchat |
| 8:38 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | @hatbooks “very” and “verse” only have three letters in common. #kidlitchat |
| 8:38 pm | EgmontGal: | @elanaroth I’m still getting over the fact that Candor is the first book you ever repped! #kidlitchat |
| 8:38 pm | KrissiDallas: | I’m also grateful for people who take the time to write authors just to encourage and compliment… I don’t remember doing that? #kidlitchat |
| 8:38 pm | cambriascorner: | Be sure to check out Cambria’s Corner to read new children’s stories and submit your own! http://cambriascorner.ning.com/ #kidlitchat |
| 8:38 pm | RebeccAgent: | grateful to Lauren Tarshis author of Emma Jean Lazarus who told me to send a resume to her BFF at Writers House 8 yrs ago #kidlitchat |
| 8:38 pm | drkshadow17: | RT @EllenHopkinsYA: Kick my butt if you must, but definitely thankful for readers who don’t give a squat about vampire love… #kidlitchat |
| 8:38 pm | EgmontUSA: | I’m grateful that @Egmontgal is a great mentor and is incredibly supportive AND that she keeps me laughing. #kidlitchat |
| 8:38 pm | Scribblerati: | That’s wonderful! RT @B_A_Bookworm: Im grateful my husband is not so sick anymore -been able to get to know him all over again #kidlitchat |
| 8:38 pm | hatbooks: | @EllenHopkinsYA Thanks, Ellen! And thanks so much to SCBWI Nevada. It was a long way from Japan, but so worth it!! #kidlitchat |
| 8:38 pm | carolgrannick: | @Scribblerati Thanks, Lia! #kidlitchat |
| 8:38 pm | WriterRoss: | RT @ChristineTB: Nope – Im grateful for revision letters too. It means Im working and someone appreciates the prose. #kidlitchat |
| 8:38 pm | skodobah: | I’m grateful that we have chat forums like this. #kidlitchat |
| 8:38 pm | rillajaggia: | @debbieohi Did you get the autograph too? #kidlitchat |
| 8:38 pm | jlpowers: | @debbieohi I wrote to Madeleine L’Engle three times. She wrote back all 3 times. #kidlitchat |
| 8:38 pm | PattyJMurphy: | RT @B_A_Bookworm:Im grateful that my husband’s not so sick anymore & Ive been able to get to know him all over again<–So sweet! #kidlitchat |
| 8:38 pm | peg366: | Grateful for parents teaching me to work hard for what I want… and I want all of this. I’m living my first part of my dream. #kidlitchat |
| 8:39 pm | happybluejess: | And for those personalized rejections and detailed revision notes that kept (and keep) me trying. #kidlitchat |
| 8:39 pm | elanaroth: | @EgmontGal Not bad, huh? But I’m more grateful for you taking a chance on a debut author. #kidlitchat |
| 8:39 pm | jlpowers: | @debbieohi #kidlitchat um, I was 8, 9, and 10 years old… |
| 8:39 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | Thankful for a brilliant design artist, Sammy Yuen Jr., who does my covers and figures out how to deal with my verse. #kidlitchat |
| 8:39 pm | skodobah: | @EllenHopkinsYA Lucky ducky! Man, chiro pubs are brutal. #kidlitchat |
| 8:39 pm | rillajaggia: | @jlpowers Wow…that’s a bit of a problem when you mainly read dead authors…  #kidlitchat |
| 8:39 pm | IllustratorErin: | @skodobah: much like your chiropractic magazines, I am grateful not to have to art direct a clinical lab products mag anymore! #kidlitchat |
| 8:39 pm | circulating: | @EllenHopkinsYA is there a reason why we have to chose one? can we give a squat about vampire love and your books too?… #kidlitchat |
| 8:39 pm | whitneymiller: | Grateful for my fabulous agent @literaticat for plucking me out of the slish slosh slush! #kidlitchat |
| 8:39 pm | bonnieadamson: | RT @peg366: Grateful for parents teaching me to work hard for what I want… and I want all of this. Im living my . . . dream. #kidlitchat |
| 8:39 pm | debbieohi: | @rillajaggia The autograph was part of the note. He included lots of exclamation marks in gentle fun because I used so many! #kidlitchat |
| 8:40 pm | RileyCarney: | I’m so thankful for my supportive family and this supportive writer community. #kidlitchat |
| 8:40 pm | ThtsWhatSheRead: | @elanaroth Holy crap, Candor was the FIRST book you ever sold?? Way to set the bar, dude. #kidlitchat |
| 8:40 pm | WriterRoss: | Speaking of rejection letters, grateful for my first personal rejection from HIGHLIGHTS when I was a LITTLE kid. Encouraged me. #kidlitchat |
| 8:40 pm | skodobah: | Grateful for Hershey’s cocoa. #kidlitchat |
| 8:40 pm | Scribblerati: | Grateful to my Irish Red and White Setter hound, Ivy, who patiently works round my crazy writing schedule. #kidlitchat |
| 8:40 pm | amyknichols: | Me, too. RT @skodobah I’m grateful that we have chat forums like this. #kidlitchat |
| 8:40 pm | ChristineTB: | I’m grateful to be asked to teach at Highlights Chautauqua in 2010. Anyone joining us? #kidlitchat |
| 8:40 pm | DDHearn: | Grateful to Dr. Seuss as a kid and Dostoevsky as a teen. #kidlitchat |
| 8:40 pm | B_A_Bookworm: | I’m grateful that to be a success the only letters I need after my name are MOM #kidlitchat |
| 8:40 pm | cvaldezmiller: | RT @happybluejess: And for those personalized rejections and detailed revision notes that kept (and keep) me trying. #kidlitchat |
| 8:40 pm | debbieohi: | @jlpowers I wish I had written Madeleine L’Engle! I wrote to Zenna Henderson (People series) & she wrote back a full letter. #kidlitchat |
| 8:40 pm | rillajaggia: | @debbieohi Fabulous!!!! #kidlitchat |
| 8:40 pm | Donna_Earnhardt: | #kidlitchat grateful for writing buds all over the country whom I’ve never met in person grateful to VKay for introducing us all #kidlitchat |
| 8:40 pm | elanaroth: | @ThtsWhatSheRead Yeah, I’m a real prodigy #kidlitchat |
| 8:40 pm | carolgrannick: | @ChristineTB I’m exploring… #kidlitchat |
| 8:40 pm | EgmontGal: | I just want to say, my mother still calls my kindle “twitter” maybe getting her a computer is going to be harder than I thought #kidlitchat |
| 8:41 pm | jlpowers: | @rillajaggia lol, yeah, it is.,..well, you could still WRITE to ‘em. Could be an interesting book idea? Letters to Author XLYLZ. #kidlitchat |
| 8:41 pm | whitneymiller: | Grateful for the always fierce @marthaflynn @kid_lit @alieslavin @iepaulson aka YA, That’s Why! (Publish or Die) #kidlitchat |
| 8:41 pm | gregpincus: | I am grateful to my group of friends who, 20ish years ago, pooled all their money to buy me a 40 MB hard drive! #kidlitchat |
| 8:41 pm | CynthiaCWillis: | RT @DDHearn: Grateful to Dr. Seuss as a kid and Dostoevsky as a teen. #kidlitchat |
| 8:41 pm | Scribblerati: | Grateful to 16 yr old published author sensation @RileyCarney for being a member of Scribblerati! #kidlitchat |
| 8:41 pm | skodobah: | @IllustratorErin Oh God, did you work for the same media group?? #kidlitchat |
| 8:41 pm | Leaheps: | @DDHearn me too–grateful for Dr. Seuss #kidlitchat |
| 8:41 pm | debbieohi: | @rillajaggia Also have Isaac Asimov’s autograph. He just sent his autograph, no note. But I was still grateful. #kidlitchat |
| 8:41 pm | whitneymiller: | Grateful for my writing mentor Josh Mohr & the SF Writers Salon #kidlitchat |
| 8:42 pm | bonnieadamson: | @debbieohi I was too shy to write to authors–did write to Edwin Land, once (Polaroid Land). Was a science geek. #kidlitchat |
| 8:42 pm | PattyJMurphy: | I am grateful that my Dad urged me to take a typing class in high school. Thought he was crazy…but I did it. #kidlitchat |
| 8:42 pm | helainebecker: | I don’t know if opportunity is numbered. There are bazillion chances every day, not all work out RT: @DDHearn re second chances.#kidlitchat |
| 8:42 pm | debbieohi: | @gregpincus Nice friends! #kidlitchat |
| 8:42 pm | WriterRoss: | I wrote to Catherine Woolley. She wrote me back. Wish I could find that lovely note.l #kidlitchat |
| 8:42 pm | rillajaggia: | @jlpowers Now you’re talking…I have the plot outlined already–I’m grateful to people who give me great ideas #kidlitchat |
| 8:42 pm | HeidiRKling: | I’m grateful for my kids, my awesome husband, that I have a book coming out and for all my friends. It’s been a great year! #kidlitchat |
| 8:42 pm | ThtsWhatSheRead: | @elanaroth Try to avoid the inevitable child prodigy downslide into drugs and porn #kidlitchat |
| 8:42 pm | jlpowers: | @debbieohi #kidlitchat Wish I’d written to others besides L’Engle but L.M. Montgomery, my other “author” when I was 11 or 12, was long gone. |
| 8:42 pm | emilytastic: | Hey guys! What are we discussing tonight? #kidlitchat |
| 8:42 pm | HeidiRKling: | @emilytastic I think gratefulness. #kidlitchat |
| 8:42 pm | debbieohi: | @bonnieadamson Heh. I also wrote to Bill Gaines and others at MAD magazine. #kidlitchat |
| 8:42 pm | DDHearn: | @helainebecker I’ll take any chance in any order that wants to come my way. #kidlitchat |
| 8:42 pm | EgmontGal: | @WriterRoss Catherine Woolley wrote you a letter! You’re my idol! #kidlitchat |
| 8:43 pm | ChristineTB: | @carolgrannick: They’re hoping more people will apply for the scholarship program. It’s a good time to apply. #kidlitchat |
| 8:43 pm | nandinibajpai: | Have to go! Good night and happy Thanksgiving everyone! #kidlitchat |
| 8:43 pm | Idaho_Laurie: | Grateful for Kurt Vonnegut. Poo-tee-weet. #kidlitchat |
| 8:43 pm | Scribblerati: | Grateful to the talented artist @debbieohi for keeping us smiling and for being a member of Scribblerati #kidlitchat |
| 8:43 pm | bonnieadamson: | @emilytastic Gratitude! #kidlitchat |
| 8:43 pm | DDHearn: | @PattyJMurphy Oh yes! Thank God for my required typing class in high school. #kidlitchat |
| 8:43 pm | jlpowers: | @rillajaggia I want to see rough drafts…:-) #kidlitchat |
| 8:43 pm | elanaroth: | @ThtsWhatSheRead Only after one of the books goes platinum, I swear. #kidlitchat |
| 8:43 pm | WriterRoss: | @EgmontGal Were you Team Ginnie or Team Geneva? <g> #kidlitchat |
| 8:43 pm | helainebecker: | The trick, it seems, is to stay in the game until one opp does go your way. Luck means being a stubborn bugger #kidlitchat |
| 8:43 pm | EgmontUSA: | Grateful that mom and and dad never said no at the bookstore. #kidlitchat |
| 8:43 pm | rillajaggia: | @debbieohi Ionly started my autograph collection since I joined SCBWI. I’m thankful for all the authors and illustrators who do. #kidlitchat |
| 8:43 pm | skodobah: | Grateful to the peeps who inspired my stories. #kidlitchat |
| 8:43 pm | debbieohi: | @WriterRoss I hope you find her note! That was nice of her. #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | africanpenguin: | @gregpincus good friends! #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | carolgrannick: | @ChristineTB Thanks, Christine…Exactly what was on my mind…Wanted to see faculty, but not on site… #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | debbieohi: | @Scribblerati Aw, thanks. #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | B_A_Bookworm: | I’m grateful for my kids, my awesome husband, that I have a book coming out and for all my friends. RT @HeidiRKling <-Awesome! #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | KrissiDallas: | I’m really thankful for you book bloggers out there who help spread the word about cool new books… #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | Leaheps: | Grateful to Sal Fisher at Girl Scout Camp–first book I read as a kid that made me want to be a writer–no clue why #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | swolfdoggy: | first time on #kidlitchat and it’s a little overwhelming. grateful for Maniac Magee and Roald Dahl |
| 8:44 pm | HeidiRKling: | I’m grateful that my unemployed (laid off) friend got a job at Dreamworks! Dream come true. #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | rillajaggia: | @nandinibajpai Happy Thanksgiving to you too…hope you’re making turkey biryani. I want a taste. #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | Scribblerati: | Grateful to T.H. White for The Once and Future King #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | whitneymiller: | Grateful for Not Your Mother’s Book Club (@nymbc) and all the amazing writers & readers I’ve met there. #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | bonnieadamson: | RT @EgmontUSA: Grateful that mom and and dad never said no at the bookstore.<–grateful for parents who READ. #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | Leaheps: | grateful that my parents never censored my reading! #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | Thankful that @liakeyes (@scribblerati) will be my roommate for SCBWI NY this year. #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | CynthiaCWillis: | Happy Thanksgiving to all! I’m grateful to everyone on kidlitchat, but I’ve got to go. Gobble-gobble! #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | DDHearn: | RT @helainebecker: The trick is to stay in the game until one opp does go your way. Luck means being a stubborn bugger #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | HeidiRKling: | @KrissiDallas Yeah me too! #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | africanpenguin: | Thanks to Shakespeare and Dr Seuss, they are my fuel, they are my juice #kidlitchat |
| 8:44 pm | rillajaggia: | @jlpowers You got it! #kidlitchat |
| 8:45 pm | cvaldezmiller: | I’m grateful for the thumb-sucking girl who lent me Encyclopedia Brown which helped me learn English & learn to love reading. #kidlitchat |
| 8:45 pm | gregpincus: | @debbieohi @africanpenguin I was speechless. And I said to myself “who will ever fill up 40 MB??!!” Simpler time! #kidlitchat |
| 8:45 pm | debbieohi: | Grateful to my dad for taking us to the library every wk. We couldn’t afford new books but came back with piles of borrowed bks. #kidlitchat |
| 8:45 pm | PattyJMurphy: | I wrote presidents, movie stars, authors, athletes + my POW on my bracelet:) I’ve quite a collection (Dr. Welby, Waltons, etc.) #kidlitchat |
| 8:45 pm | nandinibajpai: | @rillajaggia You too!! Will think of you as we eat our biryani … #kidlitchat |
| 8:45 pm | WriterRoss: | @debbieohi I was sooo young (and so in love with her books). It could show up one day…I pray. {{}} #kidlitchat |
| 8:45 pm | IllustratorErin: | @skodobah yikes!! We may have. Yay for finding creative freedom far from the world of x-ray films & mammo machines. #kidlitchat |
| 8:45 pm | DDHearn: | @swolfdoggy Oh this week is a slow one. Last week went by at warp speed. #kidlitchat |
| 8:45 pm | literaticat: | RT @whitneymiller Grateful for Not Your Mother’s Book Club (@nymbc) and all the amazing writers & readers I’ve met there. YAY! #kidlitchat |
| 8:45 pm | carolgrannick: | RT @helainebecker: The trick…is to stay in the game…Luck means being a stubborn bugger > I would add: learning resilience. #kidlitchat |
| 8:45 pm | jlpowers: | #kidlitchat Grateful for you all but have to go now. Until next week… |
| 8:45 pm | CherylRainfield: | Grateful for such a wonderful, supportive #kidlit & #YA writing community. #kidlitchat |
| 8:46 pm | Idaho_Laurie: | Grateful for Zusak. Please write another book. #kidlitchat |
| 8:46 pm | Scribblerati: | @EllenHopkinsYA Awww, thanks!!! I feel the same way! Can hardly wait. #kidlitchat |
| 8:46 pm | whitneymiller: | Grateful for all the amazing connections I made at the AB Lit Big Sur Conference in March. I’ll be back in 2009! #kidlitchat |
| 8:46 pm | aquafortis: | #kidlitchat Just tuning in for a sec to say that I’m incredibly grateful for my blogging friends and the online kidlit community… |
| 8:46 pm | EgmontGal: | @EgmontUSA Grateful for Moms and Dads who didn’t say no at the bookstore this fall! #kidlitchat |
| 8:46 pm | zoe_walton: | @DDHearn Yes, very grateful for typing class! #kidlitchat |
| 8:46 pm | ChristineTB: | RT @CherylRainfield: Grateful for such a wonderful, supportive #kidlit & #YA writing community. (Bravo!) #kidlitchat |
| 8:46 pm | rillajaggia: | I’m grateful for the Internet that allows to share such community. #kidlitchat |
| 8:46 pm | happybluejess: | (Sorry!) For SCBWI Midsouth folk for the incredible conferences they put together & for their encouragement and camaraderie. #kidlitchat |
| 8:46 pm | emilytastic: | @literaticat I so want to start a YA book club at my store! #kidlitchat |
| 8:46 pm | debbieohi: | @gregpincus Ha. I remember being excited over my 16K Macintosh! #kidlitchat |
| 8:46 pm | ThtsWhatSheRead: | Grateful for Amazon Prime, the solution to and source of the majority of life’s problems. #kidlitchat |
| 8:46 pm | HeidiRKling: | @B_A_Bookworm Thanks! I got lucky this year. #kidlitchat Well, I also worked hard and survived two pregnancies, but… |
| 8:46 pm | rillajaggia: | @jlpowers G’Night. #kidlitchat |
| 8:46 pm | whitneymiller: | Grateful for all the amazing connections I made at the AB Lit Big Sur Conference in March. MAKE THAT 2010 #kidlitchat |
| 8:46 pm | jlpowers: | @rillajaggia Cool. Gonna hold you to it. #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | carolgrannick: | Honestly? In this economy, grateful for my 8 year-old Dell that still works great! Here’s hoping for a Mac this year, though! #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | KrissiDallas: | I’m always grateful when I get a new book-something about the smell and feel of fresh paper and cover…no ebook can compare! #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | skodobah: | @illustratorerin Ascend? #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | CherylRainfield: | I’m grateful for all the wonderful books that took me places, helped me to dream & to survive my childhood. So many treasures. #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | WriterRoss: | @gregpincus When I bought my first computer in 1988 (40 mb HD), clerk said I “would never need anything more.” Pfulush! #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | amyknichols: | Yes! Ditto. RT @Idaho_Laurie Grateful for Zusak. Please write another book. #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | elanaroth: | Grateful for Shel Silverstein, Norton Juster, Judy Blume, Tamora Pierce, J.K. Rowling and all authors I devoured over the years. #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | ThtsWhatSheRead: | @Idaho_Laurie New Zusak in Fall 2010. Cannot WAIT. #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | Scribblerati: | Grateful to the fusty, old-fashioned, Hogwarts style school in England that let me read anything I wanted in the Griffin Library #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | EgmontGal: | @zoe_walton @DDHearn I acknowledged my Mom on Cynsations blog because she MADE me take typing! #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | Idaho_Laurie: | Grateful to librarians (way back when) who book-talked WRINKLE IN TIME and FROM THE MIXED UP FILES…. #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | KrissiDallas: | RT @ThtsWhatSheRead: Grateful for Amazon Prime, the solution to and source of the majority of lifes problems. –> LOL! True. #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | rillajaggia: | @debbieohi I was so excityed that my first computer had a whole MB of hard drive space! #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | @circulating Lots of people do… #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | Scribblerati: | Grateful to my venerable Jaguar that never breaks down. #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | DDHearn: | Grateful for all of you and tonight’s topic for getting me into the right frame of mind for Thanksgiving. #kidlitchat |
| 8:47 pm | EgmontUSA: | @bonnieadamson Curling up while Dad read through all of Oz probably made me a reader. #kidlitchat |
| 8:48 pm | amyknichols: | @ThtsWhatSheRead Woohoo for new Zusak!  #kidlitchat |
| 8:48 pm | YolaRamunno: | @KrissiDallas I have to agree. #kidlitchat |
| 8:48 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | @helainebecker Now zombies who can’t commit are a whole different breed… #kidlitchat |
| 8:48 pm | B_A_Bookworm: | I just wrote a post about a cool way to collect & share what your friends/family are thankful for http://cli.gs/babkwrm #kidlitchat |
| 8:48 pm | KrissiDallas: | @carolgrannick I hope you get a MAC!! Been using them exclusively since 2003 – I’ll never go back to PCs! Don’t give up. #kidlitchat |
| 8:48 pm | rillajaggia: | RT @DDHearn: Grateful for all of you and tonights topic for getting me into the right frame of mind for Thanksgiving. #kidlitchat |
| 8:48 pm | africanpenguin: | I’m grateful to publisher who was interested in my first book, (for next year), she gave me the shove i needed to get on with it #kidlitchat |
| 8:48 pm | Leaheps: | happy thanksgiving everyone! Look forward to more chats! Good night. #kidlitchat |
| 8:48 pm | aquafortis: | #kidlitchat …AND I am grateful, dizzy, jumping-up-and-down to @fluxbooks for taking a chance on me. |
| 8:48 pm | bonnieadamson: | @EgmontUSA Yay for parents who read, to their children, to each other, to themselves. #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | debbieohi: | @rillajaggia Hard drive space? I remember how grateful I was when hard drives replaced cassette tapes as storage media! #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | ChristineTB: | @Scribblerati Can’t say the same about a Mercedes #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | elanaroth: | Grateful for my mom, who read every Laura Ingalls Wilder book out loud to me when I was beyond the age of needing reading to. #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | lchardesty: | RT @EgmontUSA: @bonnieadamson Curling up while Dad read through all of Oz probably made me a reader. Me, 2, but mine was Willow #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | Idaho_Laurie: | Screeeeeeeam! ThtsWhatSheRead RT New Zusak in Fall 2010. #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | CherylRainfield: | And I’m grateful for friends. For kind people. For connections with others that matter. #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | Scribblerati: | Grateful to my brothers, one dead, one living, for always being with me in spirit. #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | carolgrannick: | @KrissiDallas Never! #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | helainebecker: | @jeanie_w I was a history major! have earned $$ since 1986 from writing! Yikes! #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | CherylRainfield: | And i gotta say–I’m grateful that I’m being published! #kidlitchat #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | HeidiRKling: | Grateful that I’ve learned how to revise and am not afraid to rip out the chain saw and get gritty! #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | Shelltex: | Just joining. Grateful for the conferences & workshops I’ve attended and/or signed up for this year. #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | skodobah: | Grateful for Eucerin when my hands get really dry. #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | PattyJMurphy: | @Idaho_Laurie: Grateful to librarians who are amazing resources for new story ideas, info on current needs…they buy books! #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | CherylRainfield: | RT @bonnieadamson: @EgmontUSA Yay for parents who read, to their children, to each other, to themselves. #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | I am waaaaaaaaaaaaaay thankful for my mom (in heaven now), who loved literature, and inspired that love in me, too. #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | Donna_Earnhardt: | grateful my oldest girl is asking for books for Christmas #kidlitchat |
| 8:49 pm | elanaroth: | Grateful for my dad who made up a tune to the song the Missing Piece sings, which I still employ when reading it out loud. #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | debbieohi: | @rillajaggia I feel like this could be a Monty Python sketch. (old lady voice) Yeah, well I remember when FORTRAN was TWO-TRAN! #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | rillajaggia: | @debbieohi yeah, well I was grateful when punch cards went out of style! #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | DDHearn: | I must run. My sister is down from NYC, but I couldn’t help sneaking away to my #kidlitchat pals. Night and Happy Thanksgiving #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | aquafortis: | #kidlitchat Jeez, I’m just full of grate…grateful also for my Mom who made me love reading/writing, and my writing pal-for-life Tanita. |
| 8:50 pm | swolfdoggy: | @Idaho_Laurie LOVED Mixed-up Files. Still imagine it whenever I walk into the Met #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | KrissiDallas: | Thankful for a mom who taught by example to read for fun and for critical thinking. Great dialogue growing up in our home. #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | EgmontUSA: | And now, grateful for Dad who reads every Egmont book. #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | helainebecker: | Yes! RT: @Idaho_Laurie Grateful to librarians (way back when) who book-talked WRINKLE IN TIME and FROM THE MIXED UP FILES…. #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | lchardesty: | RT @Shelltex: Just joining. Grateful for the conferences & workshops Ive attended and/or signed up for this year. Ooh – good one #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | debbieohi: | Woohoo! — RT @CherylRainfield: And i gotta say–Im grateful that Im being published! #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | rillajaggia: | RT @HeidiRKling: Grateful that Ive learned how to revise and am not afraid to rip out the chain saw and get gritty! #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | Brent_Watson41: | I am thankful for the Wimpy Kid series and the Bluford series for keeping my students occupied during silent reading time. #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | skodobah: | I’m going to cut out of here. This was a great chat! I’m grateful for it. #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | KrissiDallas: | @EllenHopkinsYA Very cool about your mom. #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | rillajaggia: | @debbieohi OK, I’m waiting for the cartoon strip pronto. #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | carolgrannick: | @Scribblerati Nothing like that closeness. Grateful for my sibs, so close-feeling and good since recent death of our mom. #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | PattyJMurphy: | @elanaroth: Grateful that my mom read Ingalls, Nancy Drew, and so many books to me and always encouraged my writing. Thanks, Ma! #kidlitchat |
| 8:50 pm | HeidiRKling: | @elanaroth My mom did that too! We used to play ‘covered wagon’ in our striped, 70’s style chaise lounges! #kidlitchat |
| 8:51 pm | ChristineTB: | @rillajaggia Uh Hmm. We don’t have to admit to knowing what punch cards are do we? #kidlitchat |
| 8:51 pm | hatbooks: | grateful that the sun has come out and I can go for a run before tackling my verse novel WIP… thanks for the chat all! #kidlitchat |
| 8:51 pm | rj_anderson: | @debbieohi We used to dream of living in a corridor! It would ‘ave been a palace to us! #kidlitchat |
| 8:51 pm | debbieohi: | @rillajaggia My computer science class in high school had a single keypunch machine. Heaven help anyone who dropped their cards! #kidlitchat |
| 8:51 pm | B_A_Bookworm: | I’m grateful 2 publisher interested in my first book 4 next year~Gave me the shove i needed 2 get on with it RT @africanpenguin #kidlitchat |
| 8:51 pm | bonnieadamson: | @helainebecker Yes–I had the same librarian: put Wrinkle in Time aside for ME! #kidlitchat |
| 8:51 pm | debbieohi: | @rillajaggia #kidlitchat |
| 8:51 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | Thankful, on a communal level, for everyone realizing success, especially after years of hard work. #kidlitchat |
| 8:51 pm | helainebecker: | Still grateful for all the hardworking teachers and librarians who build #literacy + promote childrens books every day #kidlitchat |
| 8:51 pm | emilytastic: | I’m thankful for all the mentors in the Austin kidlit scene. So many amazing people here! #kidlitchat |
| 8:51 pm | whitneymiller: | Grateful to my mom, who always said I would be a writer. To which I shook my head, rolled my eyes, and went “Yeah right, MOM.” #kidlitchat |
| 8:51 pm | ChristineTB: | Grateful that my husband indulges my book fetish and I return the favor. #kidlitchat |
| 8:51 pm | Shelltex: | @ChristineTB So glad I’m not the only one who remembers punch cards… And main frames… #kidlitchat |
| 8:51 pm | Scribblerati: | @carolgrannick Glad you have that closeness, too! Sorry about your mum. #kidlitchat |
| 8:52 pm | RebeccAgent: | grateful working in publishing introduced me to kids & YA books pub’ed after I was a teen that I wouldn’t have read otherwise #kidlitchat |
| 8:52 pm | KrissiDallas: | @skodobah Oh, girl, I hear you about the Eucerin. #kidlitchat |
| 8:52 pm | Brent_Watson41: | @elanaroth #kidlitchat Reading aloud to kids is so important. My students are 8th graders, and I still read to them at least 20 min a day. |
| 8:52 pm | gregpincus: | @ChristineTB I learned to program Fortran on punch cards! Though I was a kid….#kidlitchat |
| 8:52 pm | rillajaggia: | @ChristineTB Be proud of them punch cards…we’ve come a long way! #kidlitchat |
| 8:52 pm | OnLocustStreet: | Grateful to my kids for giving me a chance to remember/reread some of the books I loved when I was a kid. #kidlitchat |
| 8:52 pm | bonnieadamson: | @rillajaggia Oh, you guys aren’t old enough to remember punch cards! I remember field trip to see Univac: room-size computer! #kidlitchat |
| 8:52 pm | debbieohi: | @rj_anderson A corridor? LUXURY! We used to live in a box & scratch out our binary code on an old rock! #kidlitchat |
| 8:52 pm | PattyJMurphy: | @HeidiRKling @elanaroth: My mom made me a pioneer girl outfit for Halloween…and let us put on plays for the neighborhood:) #kidlitchat |
| 8:52 pm | HeidiRKling: | @whitneymiller That’s awesome. #kidlitchat |
| 8:52 pm | carolgrannick: | @Scribblerati Thanks…she had a long and active life! #kidlitchat |
| 8:52 pm | aquafortis: | @whitneymiller I’m pretty sure my mom said something similar…and I said something similar in reply! #kidlitchat |
| 8:52 pm | CherylRainfield: | Yes! RT @EllenHopkinsYA: Thankful, on a communal level, for everyone realizing success, especially after years of hard work. #kidlitchat |
| 8:52 pm | fullofstars: | I’m grateful for Del Steele, the librarian who told others it was okay to let the 9yrold check out thick scifi books #kidlitchat |
| 8:52 pm | Scribblerati: | RT @EllenHopkinsYA: Thankful, on a communal level, for everyone realizing success, especially after years of hard work. #kidlitchat |
| 8:52 pm | debbieohi: | RT @ChristineTB: Grateful that my husband indulges my book fetish and I return the favor. #kidlitchat |
| 8:52 pm | lisa_schroeder: | I am SOOO grateful to Rick Riordan who has made my reluctant 12 YO reader LOVE to read this year. #kidlitchat |
| 8:53 pm | ChristineTB: | @Shelltex And Fortran IV and PL1. Sigh. MIT nerd forever. #kidlitchat |
| 8:53 pm | EgmontGal: | You want to know hard? I used to type telexes for Deborah Brodie that were half in Hebrew and send them Haifa. #kidlitchat |
| 8:53 pm | WriterRoss: | So glad kids in school traded with me: my lunch for a Nancy Drew book. Priorities. Don’t tell mom I never ate her sandwiches. #kidlitchat |
| 8:53 pm | debbieohi: | @bonnieadamson You make me laugh. I actually wasn’t kidding when I said my high school class shared ONE keypunch machine. #kidlitchat |
| 8:53 pm | michellewitte: | I will also be grateful when the craziness is over and I can relax. Hmm. Does that ever happen? #kidlitchat |
| 8:53 pm | IllustratorErin: | @skodobah Medical World. I worked on 3 different mags out of Providence RI, but HQ was in L.A. #kidlitchat |
| 8:53 pm | Scribblerati: | Woohoo! RT @lisa_schroeder: I am SOOO grateful to Rick Riordan who has made my reluctant 12 YO reader LOVE to read this year. #kidlitchat |
| 8:53 pm | RebeccAgent: | for an office with a bookshelf the length and height of the wall with a ladder to the top. Dream come true! #kidlitchat |
| 8:53 pm | ChristineTB: | But can you imagine having to type a book into the system using Fortran. I’m daft enough to have considered it. #kidlitchat |
| 8:53 pm | helainebecker: | Esp. Here in Canada! We’re HOT! RT: @CherylRainfield Grateful for such a wonderful, supportive #kidlit & #YA writing community. #kidlitchat |
| 8:53 pm | rj_anderson: | @debbieohi 10 PRINT “I MISS MY COMMODORE PET”; 20 GOTO 10 #kidlitchat |
| 8:53 pm | rillajaggia: | @bonnieadamson yeah! I saw a room-sized computer too and froze to a popsicle in the process. #kidlitchat |
| 8:54 pm | carolgrannick: | @EgmontGal Oh! I love that… #kidlitchat |
| 8:54 pm | KrissiDallas: | RT @lisa_schroeder:I am SOOO grateful to Rick Riordan who has made my reluctant 12 YO reader LOVE to read->same for my students! #kidlitchat |
| 8:54 pm | debbieohi: | @ChristineTB My favourite computer language was LISP. I’m a big fan of parentheses. I still struggle to overcome that obsession! #kidlitchat |
| 8:54 pm | CherylRainfield: | @debbieohi Thanks, Debbie. (grinning at you) #kidlitchat |
| 8:54 pm | HeidiRKling: | I’m grateful that I can tell my son: nobody gets it right the first time–not even mommy. Let’s try again. He sees me work hard. #kidlitchat |
| 8:54 pm | elanaroth: | @EgmontGal That’s awesome!! #kidlitchat |
| 8:54 pm | Scribblerati: | Grateful to people struggling in this economy who never give up hope for a better world. #kidlitchat |
| 8:54 pm | ChristineTB: | @rillajaggia, @gregpincus That means you’re both class acts too! #kidlitchat |
| 8:54 pm | lisa_schroeder: | I’m very thankful for how supportive the kidlit community it is. All for one and one for all!! #kidlitchat |
| 8:54 pm | EllenHopkinsYA: | And quite grateful for the smell coming from the kitchen, so off I go in search of sustenance… thanks for great conversation. #kidlitchat |
| 8:54 pm | rillajaggia: | @RebeccAgent I need one of those…ladder and all, my books are piled to the ceiling…no earthquake yet! #kidlitchat |
| 8:55 pm | MyraMcEntire: | Already teary bc of the Rockettes “Christmas In New York” – drop into #kidlitchat at intermission and see all the thankfuls! *sniffs* |
| 8:55 pm | CherylRainfield: | @helainebecker (laughing) We are wonderful here. But I think it spans continents. Lots of US & Aussie YA writers been fab to me #kidlitchat |
| 8:55 pm | PattyJMurphy: | @WriterRoss: Love Nancy Drew. My mom used 2 read it to us + then stop at really exciting part. Prob Y I do that when writing… #kidlitchat |
| 8:55 pm | helainebecker: | That is SO huge RT @EgmontUSA:-grateful for parents who READ. #kidlitchat |
| 8:55 pm | debbieohi: | @rj_anderson !!! LOL !!!! You have me giggling here in my home office. (ahem) Not that I *giggle*, of course. #kidlitchat |
| 8:55 pm | HeidiRKling: | @PattyJMurphy We used to do that too! I am one of three girls-like the Ingalls- so we had the parts DOWN. #kidlitchat |
| 8:55 pm | ChristineTB: | @debbieohi Now I’m on a voice activated Mac and just bought a “Droid.” I’ve come a long way! #kidlitchat |
| 8:55 pm | amyknichols: | @HeidiRKling Aww. Love that. #kidlitchat |
| 8:55 pm | debbieohi: | @CherylRainfield You’re welcome. #kidlitchat |
| 8:55 pm | carolgrannick: | RT @HeidiRKling: Im grateful that I can tell my son: nobody gets it right the first time–He sees me work hard. > Yes, so great! #kidlitchat |
| 8:55 pm | RebeccAgent: | I am not grateful that I have to go clean my apt and then pack. Happy Thanksgiving all! #kidlitchat |
| 8:55 pm | jeffmsampson: | @literaticat You should come to Verla’s or open up your own chat, I have an hour to kill and Twitter chat makes me seize! #kidlitchat |
| 8:55 pm | whitneymiller: | RT @lisa_schroeder: I’m very thankful for how supportive the kidlit community it is. All for one and one for all!! #kidlitchat YES!! |
| 8:55 pm | WriterRoss: | @PattyJMurphy Always leave ‘em begging for more. <g> #kidlitchat |
| 8:56 pm | Scribblerati: | ROFL! Envy..RT @EllenHopkinsYA: And quite grateful for the smell coming from the kitchen, so off I go in search of sustenance… #kidlitchat |
| 8:56 pm | ChristineTB: | I am grateful for Scrivener. Mentor asked me to hand write a revision. I showed her the software. She said “never mind.” #kidlitchat |
| 8:56 pm | PattyJMurphy: | @HeidiRKling I was a little freaked about the older girl going blind. Sooo sad. #kidlitchat |
| 8:56 pm | RileyCarney: | @gregpincus The interview went well, thanks for asking! And thanks for the wonderful #kidlitchat ! Happy Thanksgiving! |
| 8:56 pm | jeanie_w: | Yes RT @lisa_schroeder: I’m very thankful for how supportive the kidlit community it is. All for one and one for all!! #kidlitchat |
| 8:56 pm | MyraMcEntire: | Best job ever, even if I haven’t made a dime. I love this community and I’m thankful for Y’ALL!! #kidlitchat |
| 8:56 pm | KrissiDallas: | Thankful for the positive chat tonight! Gotta jet- hope you all have a wonderful holiday! Until next time… #kidlitchat |
| 8:56 pm | CherylRainfield: | I’m so very thankful that Evelyn Fazio (editor) & WestSide Books took a chance on me and SCARS. #kidlitchat |
| 8:56 pm | debbieohi: | @rj_anderson I used to spend HOURS typing in Basic programs from games magazines. I had a Radio Shack TRS-80. #kidlitchat |
| 8:56 pm | rillajaggia: | RT @lisa_schroeder: Im very thankful for how supportive the kidlit community it is. All for one and one for all!! #kidlitchat |
| 8:56 pm | ThtsWhatSheRead: | ?It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.? ~Sir Arthur Conan Doyle #kidlitchat |
| 8:57 pm | YolaRamunno: | I’m grateful for the unlimited amount of stories that are still waiting to be told. #kidlitchat |
| 8:57 pm | rillajaggia: | @CherylRainfield Congratulations!! #kidlitchat |
| 8:57 pm | IllustratorErin: | Grateful for my first job out of college designing for niche NYC publisher of school & library distribution, non-fiction books #kidlitchat |
| 8:57 pm | helainebecker: | @CherylRainfield of course! I’m a transplanted Yank myself. couldn’t resist giving a very unCanadian plug 4the home team tho:) #kidlitchat |
| 8:57 pm | WriterRoss: | @HeidiRKling That’s a lovely “Pay it forward” moment, Heidi (and one we all can afford) #kidlitchat |
| 8:57 pm | zoe_walton: | Grateful to Ikea for Billy bookcases #kidlitchat |
| 8:57 pm | HeidiRKling: | @PattyJMurphy As the oldest, I always played Mary. #kidlitchat The stranded in the snow scared me the most. I’ve seen your early reader! |
| 8:57 pm | CherylRainfield: | @rillajaggia Thank you (grinning) #kidlitchat |
| 8:58 pm | africanpenguin: | Happy thanksgiving everyone, send my love to NYC(#mostmagicalplaceonearth)! Night everyone! #kidlitchat |
| 8:58 pm | PattyJMurphy: | @WriterRoss: That 2. But, I meant that I like to stop when it’s going well so I can come back to it the next day at that point! #kidlitchat |
| 8:58 pm | debbieohi: | LOL! –> RT @zoe_walton: Grateful to Ikea for Billy bookcases #kidlitchat |
| 8:58 pm | happybluejess: | Grateful for the peaceful feeling that comes with sharing bedtime books. #kidlitchat |
| 8:58 pm | jeanie_w: | Must get up early to pick up niece at airport. ‘Night everyone! Happy Thanksgiving! #kidlitchat |
| 8:58 pm | CherylRainfield: | @helainebecker (laughing) It’s good. It’s probably the Canadian in me that had to make sure everyone was included #kidlitchat |
| 8:58 pm | africanpenguin: | @B_A_Bookworm thanks for the RT #kidlitchat |
| 8:58 pm | Scribblerati: | Time for me to return to Scribblerati’s chat room. Happy Thanksgiving to all, and especially grateful to @gregpincus for #kidlitchat |
| 8:58 pm | timetoread: | RT @EgmontGal: Grateful that there’s still one more book in The Hunger Games trilogy to go #kidlitchat |
| 8:58 pm | Scribblerati: | RT @debbieohi: LOL! –> RT @zoe_walton: Grateful to Ikea for Billy bookcases #kidlitchat |
| 8:58 pm | rillajaggia: | I need many many more. RT @debbieohi: LOL! –> RT @zoe_walton: Grateful to Ikea for Billy bookcases #kidlitchat |
| 8:59 pm | helainebecker: | No! You have to MAKE it happen RT: @michellewitte I will also be grateful when the craziness is over.. Does that ever happen? #kidlitchat |
| 8:59 pm | bonnieadamson: | I’ll say it again–so thankful for all of you: God bless us, every one. Happy Thanksgiving! Travel safely, and pack a book! #kidlitchat |
| 8:59 pm | lynnekelly: | Joining #kidlitchat late: I’m thankful for my critique group Will Write For Cake; even when there’s no good news, we celebrate w/ dirt cake! |
| 8:59 pm | rillajaggia: | @CherylRainfield I’ll bet you are. And I’m grinning for/with you, too. #kidlitchat |
| 8:59 pm | rj_anderson: | @CherylRainfield POLITELY included. #kidlitchat |
| 8:59 pm | ChristineTB: | Ditto re: @gregpincus. What a gift you’ve given us! May it be returned a hundred fold. #kidlitchat |
| 8:59 pm | amyknichols: | @happybluejess And for hearing them beg, “One more chapter, pleeeeease.” #kidlitchat |
| 8:59 pm | gregpincus: | @Scribblerati Thanks for joining us! #kidlitchat |
| 9:00 pm | CherylRainfield: | LOL Yes RT @rj_anderson: @CherylRainfield POLITELY included. #kidlitchat |
| 9:00 pm | rj_anderson: | @debbieohi I remember the TRS-80! And GAMES magazine too. Loved those cryptograms. #kidlitchat |
| 9:00 pm | PattyJMurphy: | @HeidiRKling: Thx. I read 100s of pages of real live diaries, interviewed oodles of experts, and decided to write it a diary:) #kidlitchat |
| 9:00 pm | carolgrannick: | @bonnieadamson Thanks, Bonnie – and thanks to you and @gregpincus for #kidlitchat! Happy Thanksgiving… #kidlitchat |
| 9:00 pm | emilytastic: | @lynnekelly I ALSO WILL WRITE FOR CAKE. I think I need to come up with a name for my 2-person crit group. #kidlitchat |
| 9:00 pm | HeidiRKling: | Thanks! It’s true–he’s learning to read and its tough for him-I’m so glad he can see this concrete eg. of hard work paying off. #kidlitchat |
| 9:00 pm | rillajaggia: | RT @bonnieadamson: Ill say it again–so thankful for all of you: God bless us, every one. Happy Thanksgiving!..and pack a book! #kidlitchat |
| 9:01 pm | CherylRainfield: | @rillajaggia Thank you. (beaming) Another example, to me–the #kidlit and #YA community is SO supportive & wonderful! #kidlitchat |
| 9:01 pm | Scribblerati: | Grateful to @bonnieadamson for being a member of Scribblerati… and now I’m really going, promise. Really. Poof! #kidlitchat |
| 9:01 pm | Shelltex: | Definitely thankful for my online crit group w/ members all over US, in Israel and Australia. #kidlitchat |
| 9:01 pm | debbieohi: | @rj_anderson You remember the TRS-80 (fondly nicknamed Trash-80)? Your userpic looks way too young. #kidlitchat |
| 9:01 pm | WriterRoss: | I’m grateful for being able to block that Britney ___ spammer. (Enough already. Get a life!) #kidlitchat |
| 9:02 pm | ChristineTB: | I’m off to hug my kid for whom I’m grateful. Straight A’s, addicted reader, harsh critiquer. Could I ask for more! Ta ta for now #kidlitchat |
| 9:02 pm | Shelltex: | @LynneKelly Would love an in-person group I could eat cake with! #kidlitchat |
| 9:02 pm | CherylRainfield: | I like the sound of that! Only I want–I will write for chocolate RT @emilytastic: @lynnekelly I ALSO WILL WRITE FOR CAKE. #kidlitchat |
| 9:02 pm | bonnieadamson: | @Scribblerati Goodnight, Lia–thank YOU for Scribblerati! #kidlitchat |
| 9:02 pm | peg366: | Grateful that I got to sit through a full #kidlitchat with no interruptions. Must give an extra hug to boys. #kidlitchat |
| 9:03 pm | rillajaggia: | Thankful to another wonderful friend @katianovet who critiques and supports from over the seas. #kidlitchat |
| 9:03 pm | IllustratorErin: | Grateful for kids who dug up Uncle Wiggly Stories (from the 30’s) for me to read to them. Amazing how childhood transcends time. #kidlitchat |
| 9:03 pm | debbieohi: | Hey, stop talking about writing for cake. I’m getting hungry. #kidlitchat |
| 9:03 pm | elanaroth: | Have a great Thanksgiving, everyone. Signing off from the Motor City… #kidlitchat |
| 9:03 pm | rillajaggia: | @literaticat Good night — thanks for the laughs. #kidlitchat |
| 9:03 pm | CherylRainfield: | @Shelltex It’s *such* a good feeling when you’ve got a good in-person critique group. And…we serve lunch. #kidlitchat |
| 9:03 pm | debbieohi: | @HeidiRKling @WriterRoss That Britney spam drives me nuts. At least the userpic is easy to spot and block now. #kidlitchat |
| 9:04 pm | lynnekelly: | @CherylRainfield Oh, we had chocolate today too, and pumpkin bread. Kind of a pity party! #kidlitchat |
| 9:04 pm | WriterRoss: | @ChristineTB Mazel tov! One of my daughters received her first HIGH HONORS ROLL today. Only took a few years. <g> Happy 4 her! #kidlitchat |
| 9:04 pm | CherylRainfield: | @debbieohi (laughing) Me, too. And I have frozen cheesecake in my freezer which I am trying not to eat (so late at night) #kidlitchat |
| 9:04 pm | rillajaggia: | I’m grateful to Facebook IM that allows me to chat with kidlit friends in all parts of the world. #kidlitchat |
| 9:04 pm | HeidiRKling: | They were going to close the creative major in college. We made protest signs: WILL WRITE FOR A MAJOR. True Fax. #kidlitchat |
| 9:04 pm | helainebecker: | Grateful I wasn’t turned OFF books by elem sch librarian whose dress’ self-belt was her bra. Still makes me shudder #kidlitchat |
| 9:04 pm | CherylRainfield: | @debbieohi Oh, yes. The Britney spam grosses me out! Been getting a lot of it lately. #kidlitchat |
| 9:04 pm | rillajaggia: | @elanaroth HappyThanksgiving! #kidlitchat |
| 9:04 pm | WriterRoss: | @debbieohi Oh yes is that user pic easy to spot. Sticks out like a sore thumb. <g> Ahem. #kidlitchat |
| 9:05 pm | happybluejess: | And for my 6yo reading to me & my 4yo pretending to. RT @amyknichols And for hearing them beg, “One more chapter, pleeeeease.” #kidlitchat |
| 9:05 pm | PattyJMurphy: | @HeidiRKling: Thx. It’s all about the story + the writing no matter if u write fic/non-fiction. I am grateful I write both:) #kidlitchat |
| 9:05 pm | debbieohi: | HUGE thanks to @gregpincus and @bonnieadamson. I’m off to seek food & sleep… #kidlitchat |
| 9:05 pm | CherylRainfield: | @lynnekelly Chocolate’s always good! For consolation and for celebration. Sorry it was pity–hope good things come soon #kidlitchat |
| 9:05 pm | africanpenguin: | @jlpowers hope you get back here soon… or husband gets back there , nice to meet you, #kidlitchat is great, “I’lll be back” |
| 9:05 pm | helainebecker: | Seriously, Mrs. T freaked out my whole grade school. For YEARS #kidlitchat |
| 9:05 pm | RileyCarney: | Grateful to @Shelltex for generously donating to my nonprofit for literacy! #kidlitchat |
| 9:06 pm | CherylRainfield: | @helainebecker Er, wow. (Re librarian’s belt being bra…??) #kidlitchat |
| 9:06 pm | YolaRamunno: | Happy Thanksgiving. I have a novel to write:) #kidlitchat |
| 9:06 pm | CherylRainfield: | @HeidiRKling Yes, me, too! Drives me *nuts*! #kidlitchat |
| 9:07 pm | rillajaggia: | I’ll write 4 some good hot bread-Sourdough, preferred.RT @debbieohi: Hey, stop talking about writing for cake.Im getting hungry. #kidlitchat |
| 9:07 pm | gregpincus: | I am grateful for all y’all #kidlitchat folk… but I still must say goodnight! Happy Thanksgiving! |
| 9:07 pm | WriterRoss: | @HeidiRKling Britney is one determined Tweeter.. Oops, she did it again… <g> #kidlitchat |
| 9:07 pm | rillajaggia: | @gregpincus Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks! #kidlitchat |
| 9:07 pm | peg366: | RT @debbieohi: HUGE thanks to @gregpincus and @bonnieadamson. Im off to seek food & sleep… You rock! #kidlitchat |
| 9:08 pm | amyknichols: | @happybluejess My 6yo is reading to me now, too. I love it. As soon as she was born I couldn’t wait for her to read, LOL! #kidlitchat |
| 9:08 pm | helainebecker: | @CherylRainfield And I am so grateful for all the nice Canadians who finally stopped saying 2 me, “you are SO American!” #kidlitchat |
| 9:08 pm | IllustratorErin: | Agreed on both the thanks & sleep! RT @debbieohi: HUGE thanks to @gregpincus and @bonnieadamson. I’m off to seek food & sleep… #kidlitchat |
| 9:08 pm | WriterRoss: | @gregpincus Thanks to you and @bonnieadamson for bringing us all together #kidlitchat |
| 9:08 pm | amyknichols: | @gregpincus Good night, Greg. Thank you for everything. #kidlitchat |
| 9:08 pm | PattyJMurphy: | Pilgrim @gregpincus, I am grateful for you and Pilgrim @bonnieadamson..Thanks so much for all you do for #kidlitchat #kidlitchat |
| 9:08 pm | happybluejess: | Grateful for all of you! Happy Thanksgiving! #kidlitchat |
| 9:09 pm | rillajaggia: | RT @WriterRoss: @gregpincus Thanks to you and @bonnieadamson for bringing us all together #kidlitchat |
| 9:09 pm | WriterRoss: | Grateful for the internets. Where would I be Without You? #kidlitchat |
| 9:09 pm | CherylRainfield: | @helainebecker: LOL (Candns stopped saying “you are SO American!”) #kidlitchat |
| 9:10 pm | CherylRainfield: | Yes RT @rillajaggia: RT @WriterRoss: @gregpincus Thanks to you and @bonnieadamson for bringing us all together #kidlitchat |
| 9:10 pm | helainebecker: | So true–very diff from the “big. Kid” world RT: @jeanie_w RT @lisa_schroeder: how supportive the kidlit community it is #kidlitchat |
| 9:10 pm | CherylRainfield: | Goodnight, all. This was such a nice conversation. #kidlitchat |
| 9:10 pm | rillajaggia: | Happy Thanksgiving to all. Thankful for ya’ll and thankful for the trip I’m going on, but sad I’ll miss kidlitchat for a while. #kidlitchat |
| 9:11 pm | amyknichols: | I need to sign off, too. Thank you @gregpincus @bonnieadamson and everyone here. Good night. Happy Thanksgiving. #kidlitchat |
| 9:11 pm | rillajaggia: | @CherylRainfield Good night! Keep beaming. #kidlitchat |
| 9:11 pm | HeidiRKling: | @CherylRainfield I wonder why Twitter hasn’t stopped it? #kidlitchat |
| 9:11 pm | bonnieadamson: | Good night all you lovely people! #kidlitchat
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