Galley slave
Hey, gang, since I’m on extreme deadline to get my galley edits done this week, and since I spent approximately fourteen hours yesterday trying to get my Acknowledgments page just right (I wish I were exaggerating), I’m a little under the gun, which means I’m going to once again shamelessly steal links and direct you to people who can entertain you far better than I can today, or possibly ever.
Please follow Fuse #8’s link in this post to enjoy the story of the cat-headed poodle walrus. (I hope I grow up to be that funny some day.)
Then head over to Justine Larbalestier’s blog to learn how to talk to authors. Please pay particular attention to comment #3 by Maureen Johnson, which I particularly enjoyed.
And finally, take a look at this short but amazing film I found through JacketFlap and YPulse about why none of us will ever look as good as the models we see in magazines. (Except you, Patrick, of course.)
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November 1st, 2006 at 5:52 am
Would it make it easier to do acknowledgements if I said it was ok that my name be written in the same size and font as everyone else’s?
November 1st, 2006 at 6:51 am
Whew, Patrick. You just took a HUGE load off.
November 1st, 2006 at 9:28 am
Hehehe.
November 1st, 2006 at 1:36 pm
When you were writing your book, did it occur to you that bananas might not grow on trees?
Although the banana is a fruit, the banana tree is actually herbaceous. The psuedostem is not woody at all. The banana tree is a herb - the world’s largest herb plant? umm, evolution?
November 1st, 2006 at 2:14 pm
Oh great–now you tell me. Now I have to rewrite my whole book.
November 1st, 2006 at 6:16 pm
hi eferiboody (using uly’s accent, it’s german), i’m back. did anyone miss me or even notice i was gone? rehab went great and i’ll be twelve-steppin’ right here with all my bloggies. won’t that be fun? something we can all do toghether, but will still be all about me!
wow patrick, great to see that you continue to tap, and share, your apparently bottomless well of important information with those of us who have never studied for an appearance on “jeopardy.” can i make banana pesto?
November 1st, 2006 at 6:50 pm
Annette! Of course we missed you! Hope they didn’t have to shave you or anything. If so, please don’t tell us.