You know someone in Teen Vogue!
Maybe I’m the only one who’s star-struck enough to feel this way, but I got actual verifiable chills yesterday at Walgreens when I opened up the November issue of Teen Vogue and flipped to their section “People Are Talking About” (page 100, to be exact) and saw that they featured only two novels, and one of them was written by your friend and mine, Barry Lyga.
The book, of course, is The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, which was also highlighted a few weeks ago in USA Today.
And I’m not kidding. It truly amazes me that I know someone who first of all has written a novel, second had it published, and third is now getting all this press from major national publications. I know I’ve already accomplished two out of three of those myself, but it’s so recent for me, too, that sometimes I still don’t quite understand that it’s true.
Even though I’m friends with Barry and have been around to see every step over the last few years that led him to this point, there’s still this separate part of my brain that thinks, “Wow, you know a celebrity.” Feel free to tell me I’m a geek, but I hope the day never comes when I’ll be so jaded that I won’t get a thrill from hearing reviewers say wonderful things about my friends and what they create.
So if you happen to be near a drugstore or bookstore in the next few weeks (and face it, from wherever you’re standing right now there’s a Walgreens approximately fifty feet away), then treat yourself to a little thrill and open up Teen Vogue to page 100 and think to yourself, “I know that guy!”
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I want to tell you that guys in their thirties look creepy reading Teen Vogue.
I’ll have to hide it in a copy of Woman’s Day or something.
When I went to buy the magazine, the woman at the register looked at me like I was a child molester or something. YA authors, hear me — this is the secret pitfall of writing for teens: When you go to buy teen magazines and music and stuff like that, everyone thinks you’re a freak!
Ha! Never thought of that. Being a girl myself, I could even buy Tiger Beat if I wanted to. Wait a minute–does that still exist?
barry, barry, barry, if the shoe fits… seriously i know what you mean. when my ya daughter and i saw “pippi” (the play) a couple weeks ago, a solo 50 something gentleman sat next to us. he was quick to inform us that his daughter was part of the production crew. on the way out my daughter questioned whether he really had a daughter working that gig or was just a weirdo, to which i repiled, “what does that make us.” quite the double standard. however, i draw the line barry on you getting a subscription to teen vogue.
ps “tiger beat” was the grooviest magazine ever, i hope it still exists.
Congrats, Barry!
Robin, do you always read W Teen Vogue?
I can state with some confidence that Tiger Beat does, in fact, still exist. It was on the same rack as Teen Vogue.
God, I never thought I’d say this, but… Teen Vogue. I get it for the articles.
Barry, you should have just looked her right in the eyes and said “It’s Ok, I’m a Republican.”
BJ, it’s not nice to make fun of me, but thanks for pointing out my typo–I fixed it.