Okay, here is PART I of my report on what it was like to attend my very first ALA conference. This post answers (or starts to answer) the following question
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I agree, ALA was interesting, from a writer's perspective. The marketing aspect, and listening to what the librarians want.
I've seen Eve Bunting three times now--at Chautauqua, in my hometown (she visited the Corona Public Library) and at ALA. In Corona, she told me that her daughter's name is Christine, too. I already knew that, because I saw her at Chautauqua with her mom. :>)
It was a while ago...1991. :>) That was the only year I could afford to go there. Yeah, it was a great learning experience and a beautiful setting. Two other people from that group were at ALA: Andrea Davis Pinkney (now a Scholastic editor) and Edith Hope Fine (signing at the Lee & Low booth).
Eve gave a talk at my local library in 1999. That morning, she said, she'd just sold her 200th book! I don't know how many she's got now.
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I've seen Eve Bunting three times now--at Chautauqua, in my hometown (she visited the Corona Public Library) and at ALA. In Corona, she told me that her daughter's name is Christine, too. I already knew that, because I saw her at Chautauqua with her mom. :>)
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Eve gave a talk at my local library in 1999. That morning, she said, she'd just sold her 200th book! I don't know how many she's got now.
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