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Release Day Delivery – and Cell Phone Wisdom, Part 4!
The thing that no one mentions about release day is how, really, it’s kind of anticlimactic. Unless you happen to have particularly attentive loved ones, the day of your book’s publication in and of itself is not necessarily momentous.
UNLESS…your publisher happens to arrange it so that your author copies arrive on your doorstep THAT VERY DAY!
(In other words — guess what I got this afternoon?)
What Would My Cell Phone Do?
BCCB had this to say about the book: “Fresh and funny…Readers looking for a lighthearted rom-com to kick off their summer will find much to like here.” Well, thank you!
Aggie’s cell phone has more fun than she does, and thus, we are soliciting CELL PHONE WISDOM this week. Whose phone is doling out the brilliance today?
Melissa Walker, author of Small Town Sinners
My cellphone would ask me to please stop leaving it at airport security, dropping it on the subway stairs and losing it between the couch cushions. It probably needs a better life than I can give it.
Denise Jaden, author of Losing Faith
My cell phone desperately wants to be put to use. If it were up to said cell phone, we would spend all day long together doing more than just checking my email. We would make use of the other forty apps, texting, and even phoning friends once in a while. The possibilities are endless (at least that’s what my cell phone tells me!)
Daniel Ehrenhaft, author of Friend Is Not a Verb
My cell phone would do the following, in no particular order:
1) Chastise me for getting sucked into its seductive void
2) Pat me on the back for being both impulsive and wise for my mobile iTunes purchases, even when I have the songs on CD at home
3) Toilet train my child
Um, not so sure about that last one, Dan. Cell phones may be wise beyond their years, but even technology has its limits!
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!
And now for something completely different…
In all of the hoopla of BEA, the family release party, and holiday weekend revelry, I nearly forgot that OH MY GOODNESS, I HAVE A NEW BOOK RELEASING THIS WEEK!
What Would My Cell Phone Do?
Lose your cellphone, find yourself — who would have thought?
Aggie’s cellphone becomes a guru/conscience/lifecoach hybrid for her, which of course got me thinking of all of the ways that my cell could — and probably should — kick my butt into living large. So I polled some of your fave YA authors — what would YOUR cellphone say/do/command of you, if given the opportunity?! Fun, right?
I’ll be posting their responses all week long. Post a comment here and let us know what your cell’s dying to tell us, and you’re eligible to win a copy of WWMCPD, and — because, I mean, why not? — family.
*And in the meantime, while we’re talking prizes, the two lucky winners of the family giveaway are Aisha, and Nina LaCour! Nina – I’ll be in touch, and Aisha, shoot me an email with your contact info and I’ll get that material out to you.
Now, without further ado:
TODAY’S CELLPHONE WISDOM:
Kody Keplinger, author of The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend)
My cellphone would take advantage of the fact that I live in the greatest city in the world (NYC) and lead me on an adventure through every cool facet of SoHo, the Village, Chelsea, Midtown, the Upper East Side, and beyond.
Kirsten Hubbard, author of Like Mandarin
My cell phone would swear she’d call back all those people clogging her voice message field, but as soon as my back was turned, she’d get chai-drunk and go sprawl in some scenic park, enjoying the breeze on her loveworn OtterBox case and playing way too much Tiny Wings.
ZOMG, guys, how much would I LOVE to hang with your cellphones?! Thanks so much for playing along!
Chime in, readers — we’ll be here all week!