Happy Teen Read Week!
When I used to work at a PR firm, we had this big ol' book that listed alllllll the specialty "weeks" that went on around the country.
Literally, there's an event for every week and every month of the year. National Grandparents Day, National Kids Day, Stuffed Sausage week, Dye Your Hair month. You name it and there's something celebrated.
As good little PR flacks we were supposed to make sure our clients weren't missing any media tie-ins. Of course, most of the media could care less about Tie Your Shoe Day or some such, still you get in where you fit in with public relations.
Well this week was made just for us YA writer-types. It's Teen Read Week and libraries all over the country are celebrating by doing fun activities for their older readers. What's awesome about TRW is that it flies in the face of those who believe teens don't read.
While it's true that teens are faced with an increased amount of homework and many juggle a social schedule that Paris Hilton would envy, many of them still read. And love doing so, to boot. It's a YA author's dream, walking into a library full of young teens eager to discuss characters, plots and all that other how-to jazz of writing.
I will live the dream five times over between tomorrow and next Thursday. I'm on a mini-road tour visiting the branches of Baltimore County.
I'm hyped and ready to roll. Those poor kids won't know what hit them. I have an Extreme Author Challenge planned.
That's right folks - the best library visits make the participants do all the work. Shhh...don't tell the kids I said that.
Anyway, should you be in the area code, stop by the Randallstown (4 p.m.) or Catonsville (7 p.m.) branches tomorrow. The Resistertown (3 p.m.) and Woodlawn (7 p.m.) libraries Thursday. Or the Cockeysville (4 p.m.) and Pikesville (7 p.m.) branches next Thursday.
I can't promise how fresh I'll be by next Thursday, but I'll have my game face on!
Literally, there's an event for every week and every month of the year. National Grandparents Day, National Kids Day, Stuffed Sausage week, Dye Your Hair month. You name it and there's something celebrated.
As good little PR flacks we were supposed to make sure our clients weren't missing any media tie-ins. Of course, most of the media could care less about Tie Your Shoe Day or some such, still you get in where you fit in with public relations.
Well this week was made just for us YA writer-types. It's Teen Read Week and libraries all over the country are celebrating by doing fun activities for their older readers. What's awesome about TRW is that it flies in the face of those who believe teens don't read.
While it's true that teens are faced with an increased amount of homework and many juggle a social schedule that Paris Hilton would envy, many of them still read. And love doing so, to boot. It's a YA author's dream, walking into a library full of young teens eager to discuss characters, plots and all that other how-to jazz of writing.
I will live the dream five times over between tomorrow and next Thursday. I'm on a mini-road tour visiting the branches of Baltimore County.
I'm hyped and ready to roll. Those poor kids won't know what hit them. I have an Extreme Author Challenge planned.
That's right folks - the best library visits make the participants do all the work. Shhh...don't tell the kids I said that.
Anyway, should you be in the area code, stop by the Randallstown (4 p.m.) or Catonsville (7 p.m.) branches tomorrow. The Resistertown (3 p.m.) and Woodlawn (7 p.m.) libraries Thursday. Or the Cockeysville (4 p.m.) and Pikesville (7 p.m.) branches next Thursday.
I can't promise how fresh I'll be by next Thursday, but I'll have my game face on!
posted by Paula at 9:08 AM
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