Twelve things I learned at ALA that were not in the program guide
1. John Green is a lot taller than I remember him being. But he's my age and 30 is awfully late for a growth spurt, so maybe I was just wearing higher heels when I first met him in 2005.
2. If a publisher is not going to send you an author for your panel, they will not tell you this.
3. When at a publisher's cocktail party where they're giving away stuffed Pigeon (yes, kittengirly, that Pigeon) and Knuffle Bunny plushies, you'd better be prepared for a stampede.
4. Before heading to the Little, Brown booth to get your Twilight Saga tote bag because you are a good sister and you KNOW Michele would love one, make sure you're wearing comfortable, well-fitting shoes so you can beat out all the other librarians who are running to the booth to get their bags because those bags are in quite limited supply.
5. Never, never, never turn down meal invitations if publishers are hosting. I almost didn't go to the Scholastic Brunch on Sunday and I would have missed Suzanne Collins reading from The Hunger Games, which was truly the highlight of my entire conference.
6. If you're supposed to have a meeting with someone you've never met before, and you're meeting in a high-traffic area of a convention hotel, make sure at least one of you has the other's cell phone number.
7. Hearing an author speak will always make you want to read his or her book. Except for the one author who gave a bad speech.
8. Lifting weights is not just good for your general health, but it's the absolute best thing you can do for yourself if you plan to hit the exhibits. Galleys galore! (and are the ones I shipped from the exhibit floor post office EVER going to get here?)
9. You will not have time to work on your spn_summergen submission, regardless of the amount of scheduling you do.
10. Google Calendars might be the best invention ever.
11. The Blue Bayou is every bit as good as I remember it being.
12. California is a nice place to visit, but I never want to move back there.
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In other news, my spn_summergen fic is not going well at all, and I'm panicking. I look at all my things to do and think, "Why is it that I don't have the time to get everything done that I need to get done, yet I keep taking on new projects and never feel like I'm doing enough?"
2. If a publisher is not going to send you an author for your panel, they will not tell you this.
3. When at a publisher's cocktail party where they're giving away stuffed Pigeon (yes, kittengirly, that Pigeon) and Knuffle Bunny plushies, you'd better be prepared for a stampede.
4. Before heading to the Little, Brown booth to get your Twilight Saga tote bag because you are a good sister and you KNOW Michele would love one, make sure you're wearing comfortable, well-fitting shoes so you can beat out all the other librarians who are running to the booth to get their bags because those bags are in quite limited supply.
5. Never, never, never turn down meal invitations if publishers are hosting. I almost didn't go to the Scholastic Brunch on Sunday and I would have missed Suzanne Collins reading from The Hunger Games, which was truly the highlight of my entire conference.
6. If you're supposed to have a meeting with someone you've never met before, and you're meeting in a high-traffic area of a convention hotel, make sure at least one of you has the other's cell phone number.
7. Hearing an author speak will always make you want to read his or her book. Except for the one author who gave a bad speech.
8. Lifting weights is not just good for your general health, but it's the absolute best thing you can do for yourself if you plan to hit the exhibits. Galleys galore! (and are the ones I shipped from the exhibit floor post office EVER going to get here?)
9. You will not have time to work on your spn_summergen submission, regardless of the amount of scheduling you do.
10. Google Calendars might be the best invention ever.
11. The Blue Bayou is every bit as good as I remember it being.
12. California is a nice place to visit, but I never want to move back there.
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In other news, my spn_summergen fic is not going well at all, and I'm panicking. I look at all my things to do and think, "Why is it that I don't have the time to get everything done that I need to get done, yet I keep taking on new projects and never feel like I'm doing enough?"