Summer Blog Blast Tour–with me!
Posted in Promotion of Self and Others, Writerliness on 05/17/2010 09:42 pm by Jessica
It’s a blast–a summer blog blast tour! As a fan of America’s Next Top Model (yes, you can judge me now), I can’t help but think of New Cover Girl Lash-Blast Mascara when I hear the words “Summer Blog Blast Tour.” But I should really put some new association to those words, because on Wed-niz-day, I am going to appear on said tour! Yep. That’s right. Writer nirvana.
The Summer blog blast tour consists of some of kidlit’s most thoughtful, provocative bloggers interviewing writers. I’m pasting the line-up below so you can see that I mean what I say: some serious pith will be offered up.
The cherry on the sundae–the lengthen of the lashes–is that I got to answer interview questions from my much-esteemed grad school friend Gwenda of Shaken and Stirred fame. (Doesn’t her blog have the best name? I wish I had a cool last name so I could give this blog something equally rich, but sadly, there’s nothing cool about–oh, wait. I do have an extremely cool last name. But all cognates–Leader of the Pack; Follow the Leader–sound obnoxious when applied to myself.)
I so digress! My point is, I hope you’ll stop by these blogs and read the interviews throughout the week. And for goodness’ sake, don’t be a lurker! Comment to show the love! And thanks to Gwenda for looping me in on the coolness. I can feel my eyelashes growing longer and thicker already!
Monday, May 17
Mac Barnett @ Fuse #8/ School Library Journal
Hazardous Players @ Finding Wonderland
Tuesday, May 18
Mary Jane Beaufrand at The Ya, Ya, Yas
Rita Williams-Garcia at Fuse Number 8
Jennifer Hubbard at Writing & Ruminating
Charise Mericle Harper at Shelf Elf
Holly Schindler at Little Willow
Wednesday, May 19
Michael Trinklein at Chasing Ray
Nick Burd at Fuse Number 8
Sarah Darer Littman at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
Tom Siddell at Finding Wonderland
Jessica Leader (that’s me!) at Shaken & Stirred
Thursday, May 20
Matthew Reinhart at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Jenny Boylan at Fuse Number 8
Lisa Mantchev at Writing & Ruminating
Tara Kelly at Shaken & Stirred
Donna Freitas at Little Willow
Friday May 21
Julia Hoban at Chasing Ray
Stacy Kramer at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
Nancy Bo Flood at Finding Wonderland
Paolo Bacigalupi at Shaken & Stirred
Sarah Kuhn at Little Willow