Our very first author is Lorie Ann Grover. She will be speaking on the panel Readergirlz: Making Literacy Hip and Relevant for Todays Teens!
Mark your planner for: Thursday, April 2, 2-2:50 p.m.
Have you attended TLA before? If so, what advice do you have for new authors?
I never have attended TLA before, but I can't wait! I mean, you have a Tall Texans Desert Reception. At 6 feet tall, I should fit right in!
What is your preferred method of writing and why -- laptop, longhand, typewriter?
Usually I haul my laptop around, but if I'm stuck, I'll write on paper, even on the back of receipts, if necessary.
Favorite books of the past year:
Oooo. I loved Looks by Madeleine George. And then Justina Chen Headley's North of Beautiful which was just released!
Favorite books from your YA years:
I'd have to say my fav was House of Stairs and then Interstellar Pig. I loved introducing my daughters to both!
Finish this sentence. The perfect vacation is...
the one where everyone leaves the cottage until evening so that I can write in silence!
MySpace or Facebook?
Both! And Twitter, of course.
BBQ or Tex-Mex?
Someone show me! What's Tex-Mex, exactly?
Finish this sentence. Libraries are…
amazing because they are air-conditioned and smell really, really good. And they have books for free, free, free!
Do you have a blog, website, or other online presence that you would like to share with us?
Ha! Yes:
http://lorieanngrover.blogspot.com,
http://readertotz.blogspot.com,
http://readergirlz.blogspot.com,
www.myspace.com/lorieanngrover,
www.myspace.com/readergirlz,
http://groups.myspace.com/readergirlz,
www.readergirlz.com,
www.lorieanngrover.com,
http://twitter.com/lorieanngrover,
and you can find me on Facebook as well as a site for the readergirlz divas!
