Hey there-

Thanks to all of you who came out to see me at Borders last Monday. It was a lively event - and I even got to read from my boy-crazy journal from junior year of high school. I read the actual guys' names, too! I wonder what would happen if one of them ever knew I was reading about them? Did they know I had a crush on them? Would I be humiliated? Probably.

Some exciting news here:

1. Tomorrow (Tuesday) night, I'm taking part in the Readergirlz 31 Flavorite Authors for Teens. It's my night, everyone! That means between 8-9pm EST, I'll be chatting live on Readergirlz Myspace group forum. To visit, click here or go to http://www.myspace.com/readergirlz and follow the directions. Hope to see you tomorrow!

2. I just found out today that Guyaholic has been nominated for an ALA Best Books for Young Adults. Keep your fingers crossed! We find out in January.

3. Women's eNews ran a huge lead story on censorship in teen lit today and guess who is featured as a big banned author? Wow. Check it out here. If you didn't already feel strongly about reading banned books, you will now.

Speaking of: yay for J.K. Rowling's revelation that Dumbledore is gay. May this teach tolerance, acceptance....and also show how much freakin' backstory an author writes that never actually appears in a book.

Love,
Carolyn