The NYC Teen Author Festival Is Coming!
There are many things that make being an author a fantastic job.
1. Writing something and having it worked on, and then published, by incredibly talented people.
2. Having your work READ by incredibly talented people.
3. Getting to hang out with, talk to, interview, and otherwise corroborate with incredibly talented people.
And thanks to David Levithan, the Grand Poobah behind the New York City Teen Author Festival, I am going to get to celebrate both #1 and #2, AND participate in #3!
As a festival organizer myself, I know that putting together even just one weekend of events can be a handful. David and his crew manage to put together an ENTIRE WEEK of YA celebrations! Schools, libraries and bookstore are all involved. I’ve been a participant in this festival for the last several years, and I have to say that every year it gets bigger and better. (And the first year was SUPERFANTASTIC, to start with, so the whole thing is mindblowing, really.)
I’ll actually be presenting on Friday, March 30th with Stephanie Perkins, Jenny Han, and Elizabeth Eulberg, with Sarah Mylnowski moderating. The topic is “Being Friends with Boys.” I’m also part of the big multiauthor signing at Books of Wonder on Sunday, April 1st. But you can bet your booyah that I will be attending a lot more of these events. (See reason #3 of why being an author is fun.)
If you’re in the area, I hope you’ll join us!
Songs in my Head Upon Waking in the Past Week:
“After Midnight,” Blink 182; “Misery Business,” Paramore; “Pride (In the Name of Love),” U2; “Dreaming,” Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark; “World as I See It,” Jason Mraz; “Ghost In You,” Psychedelic Furs; “Hungry Heart,” Bruce Springsteen