Registering teenage voters at high schools
I spent today registering and pre-registering high school students to vote during their walkout and lunch period. In California and some other states, you can pre-register at 16 and be automatically registered when you turn 18. You can do it online here. Please spread the word to eligible teenagers or parents of eligible teenagers you know.
We registered or pre-registered about 40 students, and then ran out of registration forms and their lunch period, pretty much simultaneously. However, I spoke to the principal and intend to return. This is something you might be able to do at high schools in your area. It's worth asking.
In between the walkout and lunch, I lurked in the library as it was pretty cold and windy outside. When I sat down in a convenient chair, I spotted my novel Stranger
in the spinner right in front of me. It was such a funny coincidence that since I'd had to explain to the librarian what I was doing there, I mentioned it to her. She opened it, saying I should autograph it, and said, "This is the wrong book."
I looked inside. The book had the cover of my book, and the contents of Maggie Stiefvater's Blue Lily, Lily Blue, which is book three in a series in a different genre from mine. The librarian grabbed the book with that cover from the shelf, and found mine inside. She had accidentally switched the covers. Despite this, both books had been checked out several times. I am still wondering what in the world the hapless readers thought if they began to read without checking the title page. (I personally am not typically in the habit of ascertaining that I'm reading the correct book before I begin to read.)
Crossposted to https://rachelmanija.dreamwidth.org/2190433.html. Comment here or there.
We registered or pre-registered about 40 students, and then ran out of registration forms and their lunch period, pretty much simultaneously. However, I spoke to the principal and intend to return. This is something you might be able to do at high schools in your area. It's worth asking.
In between the walkout and lunch, I lurked in the library as it was pretty cold and windy outside. When I sat down in a convenient chair, I spotted my novel Stranger
in the spinner right in front of me. It was such a funny coincidence that since I'd had to explain to the librarian what I was doing there, I mentioned it to her. She opened it, saying I should autograph it, and said, "This is the wrong book."
I looked inside. The book had the cover of my book, and the contents of Maggie Stiefvater's Blue Lily, Lily Blue, which is book three in a series in a different genre from mine. The librarian grabbed the book with that cover from the shelf, and found mine inside. She had accidentally switched the covers. Despite this, both books had been checked out several times. I am still wondering what in the world the hapless readers thought if they began to read without checking the title page. (I personally am not typically in the habit of ascertaining that I'm reading the correct book before I begin to read.)
Crossposted to https://rachelmanija.dreamwidth.org/2190433.html. Comment here or there.