Go Kekla!!!!!!! TWM & CHICKS ROCK are sooooo proud of you! Happy Birthday & Congratulations!!
June 28, 2010 at 11:25 PM
[Image]Well, as of this weekend I've officially crossed the threshold from 20s into 30s! I always planned to throw a big party for myself on my 30th birthday, but as it happened this year, the American Library Association decided to throw one for me!
Okay, not for me, exactly, but I came to their annual conference determined to get my little piece of the celebration and festivities. On Saturday I signed copies of The Rock and the River in Simon & Schuster's booth at the ALA conference expo. Then I hung out with friends from Vermont College of Fine Arts who surprised me with an Alumni Achievement Award (I cried) followed by a yummy restaurant dinner complete with key lime pie and a pink candle!
Yesterday I attended an awards banquet, where I found myself surrounded by well-known and up-and-coming YA and children's authors. Strangest of all, I began to truly feel that I could count myself among them! Which brings me to the real reason I'm here at the ALA conference: because my book was selected to receive the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent!
[Image]Tomorrow morning, at the frightening hour of 7am (!!!! I am such a night person, people. It goes against nature to expect me to function normally before the double digit hours of the morning....but for the CSK Breakfast, I will muster!), I will receive my award, and have my moment to thank the Academy...errr, the CSK selection committee. It's so exciting!
All in all, my 30th weekend did not go as I orginally expected, but I certainly feel the occasion has been extraordinarily well-marked.
posted by Kekla Magoon at 10:14 AM on Jun 28, 2010
"The BIG 3-0!"
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WOOT WOOT! Break out the party streamers and champagne!
Glad to hear you enjoyed your milestone =)
June 28, 2010 at 7:24 PM
Go Kekla!!!!!!! TWM & CHICKS ROCK are sooooo proud of you! Happy Birthday & Congratulations!!
June 28, 2010 at 11:25 PM