tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post7899011865695963667..comments2023-12-25T00:38:19.500-08:00Comments on Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): The Weekend Word: The Perks of Being a YA AuthorSarah Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-32024866963617098682014-06-21T14:45:18.865-07:002014-06-21T14:45:18.865-07:00@Jen H.: Heh. There were people with tutus, as wel...<b>@Jen H.:</b> Heh. There were people with tutus, as well, and I just... well, I wondered if it was just an average day or for the parade, or what... so hard to tell.<br /><br /><b>@Sarah:</b> TRULY homogenous in some areas - more in terms of class, though, which was a little upsetting - most of the people who looked to be poorer were clearly minorities. Our friends told us that the realtor asked them if they wanted to see houses <i>in the Asian section</i> when they went to buy a house... so... some challenges there, as everywhere, I think.<br /><br /><b>@Susan T:</b> From someone I'd just met, I thought her "John Green story" was going to be that she'd heard him read somewhere or something. This was much cooler.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-83068576655678343422014-06-21T09:26:08.108-07:002014-06-21T09:26:08.108-07:00I love this story, Tanita. The unexpectedness of i...I love this story, Tanita. The unexpectedness of it, especially! I thought your friend was going to talk about the TFIOS movie, but, no, something completely different.Susan T.http://www.chickenspaghetti.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-20263359366213925642014-06-20T20:05:13.312-07:002014-06-20T20:05:13.312-07:00Hahaha, Jenn! Seriously.
I don't know if thi...Hahaha, Jenn! Seriously. <br /><br />I don't know if this has changed since I was last there (maybe 5 years ago), but Portland also struck me as being very racially homogeneous. I like Portland, though.<br /><br />I, too, am terrible at self-promotion. I got a haircut yesterday, and I was talking to the guy at Hair Masters (yes, I get cheapo haircuts) about books and stuff (because it came up that I'm a writer--god, I hate hair salon small talk) and I totally failed to give him one of my bookmarks. Doh!Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-52146213157071085142014-06-20T18:02:42.648-07:002014-06-20T18:02:42.648-07:00If you get tired of saying, "I'll be ther...If you get tired of saying, "I'll be there with bells on," you can now say, "I'll be there with a flamingo on my head."Jennifer R. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03408588432492354248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-75229516446495946562014-06-20T15:14:44.787-07:002014-06-20T15:14:44.787-07:00@Jen: What!? I suck at self-promotion!? Jen, you&#...<b>@Jen</b>: What!? I suck at self-promotion!? Jen, you're not supporting my evasiveness and mumbling here, and I'm not sure how I feel about that... Srsly, though, Tech Boy is EMBARRASSING. But, that's his job. He says I'm setting him up for early retirement... *snort*<br /><br /><b>@Susan Brody</b>: Hiya, Susan! Too much can be SO MUCH TOO MUCH, can't it? And yet, there's got to be something other than me vs. that... will look into alternatives... ;)tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-50998252959933869042014-06-20T13:09:23.418-07:002014-06-20T13:09:23.418-07:00Hi Tanita! I want to thank you for the laugh, and ...Hi Tanita! I want to thank you for the laugh, and for being the kind of person who errs on the side of too little self-promotion rather than TOO MUCH BY A FACTOR OF A TRILLION. I want kids to experience the thrill of discovering through their own explorations the books and authors that are meaningful to them. So sue me!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736019203704382525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-79366574486772901392014-06-20T12:08:18.548-07:002014-06-20T12:08:18.548-07:00This post made me laugh and laugh. And yes, you ar...This post made me laugh and laugh. And yes, you are pretty bad at self-promotion :-) But I would be, too. And Tech Boy should know that's it's his job to speak proudly of your published books and where to to buy them. <br /><br />Seriously, though, so funny!Jen Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343476550309656223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-70214316036619644702014-06-20T08:01:22.458-07:002014-06-20T08:01:22.458-07:00@Anamaria: The whole weekend was kind of hilarious...<b>@Anamaria</b>: The whole weekend was kind of hilarious for us (there was a nude bike ride/protest thing, and we kept seeing signs for it, and going the opposite way), but the "do you know John Green" line - with movie-poster buses rolling past - was such a hoot. For me, dealing with the media glut over John Green with humor is a reminder that "This, too, shall pass..."tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-62168567427797044082014-06-20T04:52:43.313-07:002014-06-20T04:52:43.313-07:00This made me laugh--before you even got to the Hav...This made me laugh--before you even got to the Have you heard of John green? part, even. And you're absolutely right--the rest of you, you, are writing awesome books, too.Anamaria (bookstogether)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10361389598002568007noreply@blogger.com