Comments on: Love the book, love the author/ No like the author . . .

By: robin

robin — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:48:58 +0000

Alkelda, if you think you might like me, then come to the conference! I’ll be there to play! And ask your buddy Clare to come!

By: Alkelda

Alkelda — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:45:51 +0000

Robin, Robin, Robin!
Also: Denise Fleming (I’ve heard her speak, and she’s a hoot)
Stephenie Meyer
John Green
Neil Gaiman
Clare Dunkle (but then, we’ve corresponded and I KNOW I like her)

Deceased:
Elizabeth Enright
Trina Schart Hyman (though I’d want her to point her cigarette downwind)
Ursula Nordstrom
Edward Eager

By: robin

robin — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:20:06 +0000

Yeah, Liz, I feel the same way about Lost–come and sit over here by me and let’s chat it up.

By: Liz B

Liz B — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:16:04 +0000

Anytime I read that the author watches the same TV I do, I think BFF. Seriously.

Because I firmly believe I can love the book, hate the writer; or love the writer, hate the book;

But anyone who also loves Buffy or Veronica Mars or My So Called Life or Jericho… well, you get the picture. We have stuff to talk about beyond, “love your book” “love your blog.” PLUS, if authors value how those TV stories get told, then I believe they like to also tell stories like that…no, not with vampires silly but with great characters and plot and story and oneliners.

By: robin

robin — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:58:55 +0000

Mother Reader, “comedy gold” is right. That’s why you deserve a bumper sticker.

Thanks, Vivian, for including me on a list like that! I’ve met one of your people–Stephenie Meyer–very nice woman.

By: Sara Holmes

Sara Holmes — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:24:33 +0000

MR: You are on for lunch! And I want a bumper sticker.

By: Vivian

Vivian — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:36:22 +0000

Robin without a doubt
Liz Garton Scanlon
Stephenie Meyer
Meg Cabot
Markus Zusak
Justine Larbalestier
Justina Chen Headley
Lorie Ann Grover
PJ Hoover
Lisa Yee
and on and on and on…

By: MotherReader

MotherReader — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:34:19 +0000

Two things first. One, thanks for the “dang funny.” I mean “retract the restraining order,” c’mon that’s comedy gold. Two, LOL at the tag “MotherReader Gets It.” I’m going to have bumperstickers made.

Now on topic. You, should go without saying, BFF. Rebecca Stead, the author I wrote about, I’m totally going to invite her to your blogger party. Sara, once you crank this book out, let’s do lunch.

I don’t usually get the New Best Friends feeling with picture book authors, because there generally isn’t enough “voice” for me to latch onto. Mo being the notable exception. And it was only after I heard one of his talks, that I knew that we should totally hang out. Now if I could just convince him…

But that whole New Best Friend thing is why is was so fun - and pretty amazing - to run into three of my YA top choices, namely John Green, M.T. Anderson, and Cecil Castelucci. Let’s add a middle-grade assortment of Lisa Yee, Wendy Mass, and Jon Scieszka. Okay, I’ll stop there or I’ll go on forever. Wait, Jenni Holm too!

By: robin

robin — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:40:12 +0000

Thanks, Heather and Molly. Too sweet.

Sara, I like your idea of having dead authors read to you in heaven. I’m totally stealing that for my afterlife.

Beth, I still haven’t read Janet. I need to! Molly and Sara, great lists!

By: Heather Harper

Heather Harper — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:28:27 +0000

You.

(And I typed that before reading the above comments. )