I went to North Carolina and all I got was this major award nomination

[rj_anderson]

This past Thursday I flew down to the AASL (American Association of School Librarians) conference in Charlotte, NC to meet some fellow debut2009 authors, hang out with my agent, drive up to visit cesario, and maybe, if all went well, get to sign a few of my books at the AASL PitStop. Those were my expectations, and they were modest and practical ones, and I had no

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[lkmadigan]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

[rj_anderson]

*grabs your hands and jumps up and down*

BTW, I was moaning to Jenny on Saturday night about how much I want to read FLASH BURNOUT. I'm delighted to see it attracting so much good attention!

[alawston]

Congratulations!

Knife has been generating consistent buzz in the UK ever since its publication, I'm really not surprised it's starting to attract prestigious award nominations.

[rj_anderson]

Well, that is lovely to hear, since very little of the buzz reaches me on this side of the pond. I am dependent on kind souls like yourself to let me know!

(And your icon cracks me up every time.)

[alawston]

Well, I always enjoy passing on good news!

My sister made the icon for me, tragically some people have managed to recognise me IRL just from that image...

[lydaclunas]

That's completely amazing. Congrats!!

[rj_anderson]

YATTA!!!!!

[dolorous_ett]

You were nominated for a Carnegie? That's incredible! But also incredibly well deserved.

[rj_anderson]

Thank you! *beams*

[jenny_moss]

Ditto, ditto, ditto.

Congratulations, Rebecca!

[serenasnape]

That's absolutely amazing, congratulations!

[rj_anderson]

Thanks!