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October 12, 2007 by Betsy Bird

I’ma Gonna Done Write a Book

October 12, 2007 by Betsy Bird   15 comments


Don’t believe me?  Well the proof is in the pudding.  The pudding, in the particular case, being an announcement made on the ALA Editions blog.  It’s non-fiction, so don’t get too excited.  Library-related non-fiction.  Still, it will be fun to get it done.  And after that, who knows?

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About Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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About Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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  1. Brenda Ferber says

    October 12, 2007 at 6:16 am

    Congratulations Betsy! What a fantastic resource for librarians and teachers!

  2. celerysoda says

    October 12, 2007 at 7:23 am

    Very cool! I look forward to checking it out. (The whole Winged Girl of Knossos thing ticks me off because none of the libraries in our consortium owns it, and I don’t want to read it *quite* badly enough to have it shipped in from elsewhere…)

  3. Susan T. says

    October 12, 2007 at 7:37 am

    Congratulations! That sounds like a fun–and handy–book.

  4. Jen Robinson says

    October 12, 2007 at 8:13 am

    Congratulations, Betsy! I think it sounds like a great book. And I loved what she said about appreciating your voice, because I agree that it’s fun and distinctive. Enjoy the process.

  5. rams says

    October 12, 2007 at 8:57 am

    Whoot!

  6. Miss Erin says

    October 12, 2007 at 12:19 pm

    CONGRATULATIONS! Yay!

  7. Gwenda says

    October 12, 2007 at 12:59 pm

    This is so very exciting — yay!

  8. Robin Brande says

    October 12, 2007 at 4:10 pm

    Oh, for heaven’s sake–when will your coolness end??? That’s fantastic! Congratulations! And they picked you for all the right reasons–especially your ability to both read so much and still make it to all the parties.

  9. Elizabeth Fama says

    October 12, 2007 at 6:10 pm

    Being that you’re the perfect person to write this book…it’ll be awesome.

  10. Fuse #8 says

    October 12, 2007 at 8:21 pm

    Aw. Thanks, guys. Fingers crossed as to whether I can put my writing to any kind of practical use.

  11. Becky at Farm School says

    October 14, 2007 at 7:41 pm

    Congratulations!

    Erm, does this mean you might be able to prevail upon NYRB to add Winged Girl to their NYR Children’s Collection? Please?! (I have dim memories of reading it in my old elementary school library.)

  12. Fuse #8 says

    October 14, 2007 at 8:09 pm

    I’m doing what I can for it, but it’s like pulling teeth. I think I should just make t-shirts with the image of the book and the words REPUBLISH MEEEEEEEEE!!!! Other than that, I’m running out of ideas.

  13. Stephanie Ford says

    October 14, 2007 at 10:02 pm

    Congratulations Betsy. That is the BEST news!

  14. Alkelda the Gleeful says

    October 14, 2007 at 10:11 pm

    Congratulations, Betsy! I’m very happy for you.

  15. laura says

    October 15, 2007 at 12:21 pm

    Congrats! Great News…Looking forward to it! -Laura (HamFish)

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