First Round of ALA Photos

Whew! I spent an hour in the garden this morning (harvested some sugar snap peas, weeded, weeded, weeded, and admired my just-about-to-bloom hollyhocks), then started the post-conference paperwork and email,…

….and then I wrote – for an hour. ‘Twas heavenly.

There were a number of Random Author Sightings, people I saw from a distance, but didn’t get a chance to chat with or terrify.

Image and video hosting by TinyPic Bruce Coville

Image and video hosting by TinyPic Stephen Chbosky, who wrote Perks of Being a Wallflower

Image and video hosting by TinyPic Mo Willems (Knufflebunny) and Jackie Woodson (Feathers) who were in the receiving line because he received a Caldecott Honor and she a Newbery Honor for their awesome books.

Image and video hosting by TinyPic John Green, whose newest book Paper Towns (comes out in Sept.) is haunting me, because it’s that good.

Image and video hosting by TinyPic Ambassador Jon Scieszka

Image and video hosting by TinyPic I did not see David Lubar, but his books had ginormous posters.

Image and video hosting by TinyPic The brooding genius of Peter Sis, who also was awarded a Caldecott Honor.

More pictures tomorrow of the folks I played with, and my fangrrl drooling over an author who has been a huge influence on my work.

I’m diving back into my story. Have you done your 15 minutes yet?