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Release week and cell phone wisdom GRAND FINALE!
All good things, such as release weeks, must come to an end, sadly. But the good news is that, with What Would My Cell Phone Do out and roaming free in the world now, release week is never TRULY over. Oh, you lucky readers, you!
In the meantime, we’re finishing strong with some last words of cell phone wisdom!
From Nova Ren Suma, author of Imaginary Girls:
My cell phone would whisk me away to a deserted internet-free location—an island maybe, or a mountaintop—where it would force me to finish my novel. I’d like it to be strict and zap me with a shock if I didn’t write more than 2,000 words a day.
From Taylor Morris, author of the HELLO, GORGEOUS series:
My cell phone would stop texting and start calling. It’s amazing how much better of a conversation you can have with someone when you actually, you know, *talk* to them.
And last but never least, from David Ostow, illustrator of So Punk Rock: And Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother
I could hazard a guess as to what my cellphone would do but I’m sure I’d be wrong. As far as that phone’s concerned I’m wrong no matter what I say, although half the time I suspect it’s not even listening. I won’t even be halfway through a sentence before the thing starts in with its two cents, changing my “i”s to “I”s, my “hello”s to “help”s and my “you”s to “yui”s (which . . .uh . . . . what?).
My guess is that if it had its druthers, my cellphone would hit the town, crashing parties where it isn’t welcome, butting into conversations that are way over its head and alienating anyone who has the misfortune of crossing its path.One redeeming thing about my cellphone is its short-as-crap battery life. The thing would write a novel if it could, but it wouldn’t get halfway through the acknowledgments before its know-it-all butt powered down.
Cell Phone Wisdom, Day 3!
In which we hear from a whole NEW crop of YA authors and their cellular machines.
Lisa Schroeder, author of The Day Before
My cell phone would take me to Paris, because it’s tired of hearing me complain all the time about how I’ve never been there and want to go SO BAD!
Michael Northrop, author of Trapped
My cell phone would upgrade itself. It would be like, “Just look at me: I might as well have a rotary dial!” Then it would hop in its tiny car and burn rubber to Best Buy.
Sarah Darer Littman, author of Want to Go Private?
My cell phone would hop in a performance convertible and take a leisurely drive cross country to California, ending up in Napa, where it would hang out in a bed and breakfast, write in text messages all day and drink really good wine & eat delicious food in the evening. Hopefully my cellphone would get fewer speeding tickets on the cross country drive than I would.
Sounds like a plan! Cell phone road trip, anyone?
Cell Phone Wisdom, Day 2!
Oh, those cellular telephones…So wise, so knowing. What insights do they have for us today?
Elizabeth Scott, author of Between Here and Forever
My cellphone would actually be on, because I wouldn’t have let the
battery drain without noticing!
Jo Knowles, author of Pearl
My cell phone would be so happy to run away from boring old rural Vermont where there’s no cell coverage, it would never look back. It would go straight to the nearest city where, for the first time, all four bars would light up! Then it would text me a million times to prove that it actually CAN text, I’m just too clueless to know how.
Sara Bennett Wealer, author of Rival
My cell phone would actually be off, as in not powered up, not accepting calls. Its whereabouts would be a mystery to all but immediate family, who would know that said cell phone was either at the beach or somewhere in Europe having fun and not worrying about a darned thing.
Thanks for joining us, guys! And readers: swing by all week for more of your favorite YA authors — and their cell phones, of course!