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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Winner & BEA Best-of!

First, the winner of a signed copy of DRAMARAMA by E. Lockhart is JESSICA LOVE.

 
Next, better late than never and with apologies for my (typical) lack of picture-taking, here are a few "Guiness Book" experiences from BEA 2011:

1. Heaviest Arc - WHY WE BROKE UP by Daniel Handler (aka that Lemony dude) & Maira Kalman (aka awesome artist chic).  Boy that paper is fancy or maybe it's DH's signature that makes it so weighty! Look out for a giveaway of this one, soon!

2. Best Invented Word - "Kick-assery" with credit to Teen Author Carnival panelist/Angelfire author Courtney Allison Moulton.

3. Ultimate Swag Bags - a two-way tie:


Cutest-adopted by
Batman as a bunny
accessory

Most colorful

 
 4. Fangirliest (perhaps inventing my own word here) Moment - meeting romance author Anna DeStefano whose lecture on revision at the Surrey International Writers Conference (CA) a few years back was A HUGE HELP to me as I was writing/revising Audition.  You seriously would not believe how much (or how long) I gushed.  BTW, she was super-nice!

5. Yummiest Fun - Dinner with fellow Bookanistas Michelle Hodkin, Matt Blackstone, Kirsten Hubbard, Shana Silver and Gretchen McNeil.  (Sadly, they are ALL younger than me. Sighs.)


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5 comments:

  1. Courtney Allison MoultonJune 1, 2011 at 11:02 AM

    This post is full of so much kickassery I can't even handle it! <33

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  2. Jessica LoveJune 1, 2011 at 5:54 PM

    YAY! Thank you!

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  3. AlbaJune 1, 2011 at 5:58 PM

    lol! I love this post!

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  4. Anna DestefanoJune 1, 2011 at 6:30 PM

    It was great to see you again, too! Thanks for reminding me how we met and hanging out to chat. What an amazing day... And you were a hightlight, too ;o)

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  5. StasiaJune 1, 2011 at 7:10 PM

    Congrats, Jessica!
    Thanks for swinging by, Alba.
    And way jazzed by your comments, Courtney & Anna--what an incredible BEA!

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