rachelnseigel It's time for #Mglitchat! Tonight's topic:
Books that break the mold. -7:00 PM Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone Are we talking about mg novels that create a
new genre? #mglitchat -7:00 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @matt_janacone That's definitely part of it-
groundbreakers, trail blaizers... #mglitchat -7:01 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel I'd say, for example, that Brian Selznick's
books definitely break the MG mold! #Mglitchat -7:01 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @rachelnseigel @matt_janacone and maybe books
that straddle genres, too? #MGlitchat -7:02 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @elissacruz @matt_janacone Books that take
existing genres and morph them into something else! #MGlitchat -7:02 PM Nov
8th, 2012
michaelascotto Very interested in tonight's #mglitchat -7:03
PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel #Mglitchat I love it when publishers take a
chance on something really unique and different. -7:03 PM Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone How about this - authors who break into the mg
novel from writing for many other ages/audiences? #mglitchat -7:03 PM Nov 8th,
2012
ixtumea #mglitchat -7:04 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @matt_janacone That's definitely
ground-breaking for the author- and happening a lot more! #mglitchat -7:04 PM
Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea Ooh, to me books that break the mold include those
hybrid MGs that I found while a @cybils panelist #mglitchat -7:05 PM Nov 8th,
2012
ilanawaters @elissacruz Putting your children and/or job
before twitter...for SHAME!! #mglitchat -7:05 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ixtumea @cybils Like what? #mglitchat -7:05
PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @rachelnseigel I love how Brian Selznick has
captured both illustrations and text to tell a story. I hope to see more of
those! #MGlitchat -7:05 PM Nov 8th, 2012
CDaleyAuthor @rachelnseigel Agree :) #mglitchat -7:05 PM Nov
8th, 2012
matt_janacone @rachelnseigel I only hope authors are not
doing it just for the money or switching to the market that selling. #mglitchat
-7:05 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea @rachelnseigel The ones that combined
text/illustrations. Not quite graphics novels and yet not straight novels
either. #mglitchat -7:06 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @elissacruz I see a lot more hybrid or
illustrated novels now- like Wimpy Kid even! #MGlitchat -7:06 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @rachelnseigel OMG, yes. Combining illustration
and text the way he did...amazing! #mglitchat -7:06 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @ilanawaters I KNOW! I should punish myself. ;)
#MGlitchat -7:06 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters Amen! RT @rachelnseigel: #Mglitchat I love it
when publishers take a chance on something really unique and different. -7:06
PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ilanawaters And his art is so incredible!
#mglitchat -7:07 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea Son's 11 yrs old so I'm seeing MG from his POV .
#mglitchat -7:07 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters *shakes head in disgust* Don't worry,
@elissacruz--I'll think of something. ;-) #mglitchat -7:07 PM Nov 8th, 2012
coachhays64 @rachelnseigel Without a doubt Selznick's books
break the mold. I would also throw @OrigamiYoda 's books in as mold breakers.
#mglitchat -7:07 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea Let's just say hybrid MGs are a huge hit here and
with son's friends. #mglitchat -7:08 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel #Mglitchat Seven series from @orcabook is
seven novels, seven different authors, all characters grandsons of same man.
It's huge in CA! -7:08 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @ilanawaters @rachelnseigel Haven't looked at it
yet, but doesn't The Search for WondLa have text & illustrations?
#MGlitchat -7:08 PM Nov 8th, 2012
BiblioCrunch Hey #MGlitchat, I can't stay too long but
wanted to jump in. Anyone doing #NaNoWriMo? -7:08 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @elissacruz @ilanawaters Not like Hugo Cabret.
It doesn't do the same thing. #MGlitchat -7:09 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea Saw books that broke mold while @cybils panelist.
One fun part of being with them! #mglitchat -7:09 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ixtumea @cybils I'd love to be an @cybils
panelist- though I imagine there r tons of ppl who apply! #mglitchat -7:09 PM
Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea Also loving how more books are adapted for graphic
novel format like THE RED PYRAMID. #mglitchat -7:09 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ixtumea the Teacher Librarians I deal with
love it! Any books adapted to graphic actually. #mglitchat -7:10 PM Nov 8th,
2012
elissacruz @rachelnseigel I figured that was so, but I still
wondered how much the illustrations played a part. Guess I should read it.
#MGlitchat -7:10 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea Also love the free verse style of some recent MGs.
#mglitchat -7:10 PM Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone I always find it interesting how readers
interpret books differently. #mglitchat -7:10 PM Nov 8th, 2012
JenniferCEstes Hey, #mglitchat ! Will be popping in and out
tonight, but what's the topic? #late -7:11 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea RT @rachelnseigel: @ixtumea the Teacher Librarians I
deal with love it! Any books adapted to graphic actually. #mglitchat -7:11 PM
Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea I deal with MGs now as an educator too. I homeschool
sixth grade son. #mglitchat -7:11 PM Nov 8th, 2012
michaelascotto @BiblioCrunch I'm throwing my hat in this
year...never tried it before #mglitchat -7:11 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @BiblioCrunch Not me. I'm knee-deep in revisions.
#MGlitchat -7:11 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @elissacruz Still good fantasy. Liked the HC
edition better though. #MGlitchat -7:11 PM Nov 8th, 2012
BiblioCrunch And #MGlitchat I ask about #NaNoWriMo because
we are sponsoring and offering some nice perks http://t.co/NYoMzHJa -7:11 PM
Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @JenniferCEstes Topic is books that break the
mold. #MGlitchat -7:11 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel #mglitchat I think the 39 Clues series is
certainly a mold-breaking series. Nothing like it really existed prior to it's
release. -7:12 PM Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone Are rhyming novels ground-breaking wnough?
Just wondering. #mglitchat -7:12 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @ixtumea Can you define "hybrid MG?"
#mglitchat -7:12 PM Nov 8th, 2012
JenniferCEstes @elissacruz Excellent, thanks! *puts on
thinking cap* #mglitchat -7:12 PM Nov 8th, 2012
coachhays64 @rachelnseigel An oldie, but goodie, mold
breaking book. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster. #mglitchat -7:12 PM Nov
8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ilanawaters @ixtumea I see it as part novel,
part illustrated or graphic story. #mglitchat -7:13 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea @ilanawaters It's a novel that is part text and the
other part illustrations. Not quite graphic novel or pure novel. #mglitchat
-7:13 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz One book that I think breaks the mold is Matthew
Kirby's The Clockwork Three. I'm still not sure which genre it is! #MGlitchat
-7:13 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea @JenniferCEstes Boys love them. Heck, I love them.
#mglitchat -7:13 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @coachhays64 My favourite since I was a kid!
I've read it so many times. #mglitchat -7:13 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @elissacruz Wasn't it kind of Steampunkish?
#MGlitchat -7:13 PM Nov 8th, 2012
michaelascotto RT @coachhays64: @rachelnseigel An oldie, but
goodie, mold breaking book. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster. #mglitchat
-7:13 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @coachhays64 Gosh, I love that book. #MGlitchat
-7:13 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea Also seeing more paranormals out there for MG.
#mglitchat -7:14 PM Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone RT @ilanawaters: @ixtumea Can you define
"hybrid MG?" #mglitchat -7:14 PM Nov 8th, 2012
CDaleyAuthor Lemony Snicket books? Don't know if they're
mold breaking, but he breaks so many writing rules brilliantly, I think.
#mglitchat -7:14 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @rachelnseigel But with fantasy elements, and a
mystery, and some historical fiction thrown in to boot... #MGlitchat -7:14 PM
Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone @ilanawaters @ixtumea Now that's a great
question! #mglitchat -7:14 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ixtumea Whatever is popular in YA eventually
works it's way down to MG I think. #mglitchat -7:14 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea I get the @scholastic book club catalogs. See lots
of cross overs going on lately. #mglitchat -7:14 PM Nov 8th, 2012
JenniferCEstes @ixtumea Me too! #mglitchat -7:14 PM Nov 8th,
2012
PippaBayliss Hi everyone! I'm here but not really with it
... :) #mglitchat -7:14 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @CDaleyAuthor I think they do break the mold-
speaking of which, I read Pseudnonymous Bosch (sp) revealing his identity Sun.
#mglitchat -7:15 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea Loved recent DRAMA from the author of SMILE.
#MGLITCHAT -7:15 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @ixtumea @rachelnseigel Ah, thank you both. Now
all I need's an MFA in illustration. *headsmack* #mglitchat -7:15 PM Nov 8th,
2012
rachelnseigel @ilanawaters @ixtumea I know! I have no
drawing talent though. :-( #mglitchat -7:15 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea This year though I'm on the YA Sci-Fi/fantasy panel.
I can tell you what I've seeing there but this is MG. #mglitchat -7:16 PM Nov
8th, 2012
BiblioCrunch @elissacruz Good luck! #MGlitchat -7:16 PM Nov
8th, 2012
jjhoutman @rachelnseigel 39 Clues seemed like a marketing
gimmick to me. What was mold-breaking about it for you? #mglitchat -7:16 PM Nov
8th, 2012
ilanawaters @michaelascotto @coachhays64 @rachelnseigel
That's on my TBR! #mglitchat -7:16 PM Nov 8th, 2012
NatalieLorenzi #mglitchat HOLES was a mold-breaking MG
novel--love that Sachar goes on the assumption that kids are smart enough to
handle plot twists! -7:16 PM Nov 8th, 2012
BiblioCrunch @michaelascotto Well we are offering some perks
http://t.co/NYoMzHJa and if you need some motivation we are doing 10 min
sprints #mglitchat -7:17 PM Nov 8th, 2012
JenniferCEstes RT @NatalieLorenzi: #mglitchat HOLES was a
mold-breaking MG novel--love that Sachar goes on the assumption that kids are
smart enough to handle plot twists! -7:17 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @jjhoutman The fact that it so heavily is
connected to the online component. Same as Skeleton Creek with the videos.
#mglitchat -7:17 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz I suppose Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a mold
breaker...with a mold eater in it. #badjoke #MGlitchat -7:17 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea Here's the latest @scholastic December Arrow book
order: http://t.co/H4fjjfuY #mglitchat -7:18 PM Nov 8th, 2012
CDaleyAuthor @rachelnseigel @ilanawaters @ixtumea I think
Jeff Kinney proved drawing talent isn't a prereq :) #mglitchat -7:18 PM Nov
8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ilanawaters @michaelascotto @coachhays64 U
haven't read Phantom Tollbooth yet? Run out and buy it now!!!!! #mglitchat
-7:18 PM Nov 8th, 2012
JenniferCEstes RT @elissacruz: I suppose Diary of a Wimpy
Kid is a mold breaker...with a mold eater in it. #badjoke #MGlitchat -7:18 PM
Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @CDaleyAuthor @ilanawaters @ixtumea LOL! True
enough. #mglitchat -7:18 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea Also potty humor is huge. I don't get it but then
again I'm not a 11 yr old boy. #mglitchat -7:18 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters *groan* But that joke grew on me. RT
@elissacruz: Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a mold breaker...with a mold eater in it.
#badjoke #MGlitchat -7:19 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @CDaleyAuthor @ilanawaters @ixtumea What's
amazing is how many series have mimicked him and are successful. #mglitchat
-7:19 PM Nov 8th, 2012
NatalieLorenzi @elissacruz Ha! :-) #mglitchat -7:19 PM Nov
8th, 2012
CDaleyAuthor @elissacruz Yes and yes, lol! #mglitchat -7:19
PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea @ilanawaters Uh, don't tell my son that. #mglitchat
-7:20 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @CDaleyAuthor @rachelnseigel @ixtumea Ha-ha! But
I think his is like, good drawing made to "look" bad, you know?
#mglitchat -7:20 PM Nov 8th, 2012
NatalieLorenzi Also think that HUGO and WONDERSTRUCK are
also unusual--especially the fact that HUGO won the Caldecott...#mglitchat
-7:20 PM Nov 8th, 2012
CDaleyAuthor @rachelnseigel @ilanawaters @ixtumea Indeed!
It's like he created a subgenre by himself. #mglitchat -7:20 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ilanawaters @CDaleyAuthor @ixtumea I did hear
somewhere once it takes a lot of talent to make them look that crude.
#mglitchat -7:20 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @CDaleyAuthor @ilanawaters @ixtumea I think
Diary format wasn't new, but something he did just clicked! #mglitchat -7:21 PM
Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @rachelnseigel @michaelascotto @coachhays64
*dashes out the door* *forgets scarf* *runs back in* *dashes out again*
#mglitchat -7:21 PM Nov 8th, 2012
CDaleyAuthor @rachelnseigel @ilanawaters @ixtumea Like
Picasso :) #mglitchat -7:21 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea @rachelnseigel Kids 'get' the Wimpy Kids books. By
the way the latest one is coming out next week! #mglitchat -7:22 PM Nov 8th,
2012
ilanawaters @rachelnseigel @CDaleyAuthor @ixtumea I think
that's it. Like if UR a prof. singer, it's actually hard 2 pretend to sing
off-key. #mglitchat -7:23 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @CDaleyAuthor @rachelnseigel @ixtumea
Bwha-ha-ha-ha!! #mglitchat -7:23 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ilanawaters @CDaleyAuthor @ixtumea Exactly!
#mglitchat -7:23 PM Nov 8th, 2012
Bec_AS Eek! Almost forgot the chat! *waving hi* #mglitchat
-7:24 PM Nov 8th, 2012
CDaleyAuthor Going back a little further, but The Lion, the
Witch, and the Wardrobe was pretty ground breaking. #mglitchat -7:24 PM Nov
8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @Bec_AS Hi! *Waves Hi Back!* #mglitchat -7:24
PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel #Mglitchat you can always tell the
ground-breaking books by how many similar books follow after. -7:25 PM Nov 8th,
2012
coachhays64 @ilanawaters @rachelnseigel @michaelascotto A
few "dots' with all those "dashes" & you'd have sent out a
SOS with that last tweet #mglitchat -7:25 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @Bec_AS Glad you remembered eventually! ;)
#MGlitchat -7:26 PM Nov 8th, 2012
Bec_AS Just throwing this out: do kids (who love reruns!)
want mold-breaking, or do adults that are tired of the same-old, same-old?
#mglitchat -7:26 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel #Mglitchat like how Percy Jackson kind of
defined mythological fantasy for middle-grade. -7:26 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ixtumea @rachelnseigel I love how Percy Jackson shows ADHD
in a positive light and not a cliche like some recent TV shows. #mglitchat
-7:26 PM Nov 8th, 2012
Bec_AS @elissacruz I'm nothing, if I'm not usually late (and
forgetful). #mglitchat -7:26 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @Bec_AS Interesting question. I think it's a
circle- adults get excited by the new, excitement makes kids excited, and so
forth. #mglitchat -7:26 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @coachhays64 @rachelnseigel @michaelascotto
Uh-oh...you mean no one has realized I'm stuck on the island? *sends up flare*
#mglitchat -7:27 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ixtumea Yes! It's a very positive portrayal.
As Hank Zipzer does for dyslexia. #mglitchat -7:27 PM Nov 8th, 2012
Bec_AS @rachelnseigel True, I do think it's the adults who
push the "new" #mglitchat -7:27 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @Bec_AS I do see kids start to get tired of
the same old too! ;-) #mglitchat -7:28 PM Nov 8th, 2012
Bec_AS @rachelnseigel It's hard to get used to your new
profile pic (and actually seeing *you*). :) #mglitchat -7:29 PM Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone Are there many mg novels written by
middle-graders? #mglitchat -7:29 PM Nov 8th, 2012
love8rockets Ooo #MGlitchat !! -7:29 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @Bec_AS LOL! It's definitely a much more
accurate likeness of me! #mglitchat -7:29 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @rachelnseigel @Bec_AS And some just haven't
clicked with the usual, so new ways of doing things can be a good thing for
some. #MGlitchat -7:30 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @matt_janacone There was the one a few years
ago- Swordbird I think it was- written by a pre-teen girl. #mglitchat -7:30 PM
Nov 8th, 2012
love8rockets RT @coachhays64: @elissacruz @rachelnseigel
Whew! It's Books That Break the Mold on #mglitchat tonight, not Books That
Break Out With Mold. #MGmicrobiologist -7:30 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @Bec_AS @rachelnseigel I may have had a little
something to do with that, ahem. *takes credit and runs* #mglitchat -7:30 PM
Nov 8th, 2012
jjhoutman RT @coachhays64: @elissacruz @rachelnseigel Whew!
It's Books That Break the Mold on #mglitchat tonight, not Books That Break Out
With Mold. #MGmicrobiologist -7:31 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @elissacruz @rachelnseigel @Bec_AS Some readers,
I mean. ;) #MGlitchat -7:31 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ilanawaters @Bec_AS That's true- Ilana made
me tinker with the picture until she could properly see me! ;-) #mglitchat
-7:31 PM Nov 8th, 2012
love8rockets RT @ilanawaters: @ixtumea Can you define
"hybrid MG?" #mglitchat -7:31 PM Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone @rachelnseigel Was it written in the first
person, by any chance. Just curious. #mglitchat -7:32 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @elissacruz @Bec_AS Every time something new
and exciting comes along, it's another opportunity to capture the non-readers.
#MGlitchat -7:32 PM Nov 8th, 2012
jjhoutman @coachhays64 Ha! As a microbiologist myself, I
usually think of the fungus first when I see the word mold. #mglitchat -7:32 PM
Nov 8th, 2012
Bec_AS @elissacruz @rachelnseigel True, some need a
different approach, but mg readers usually love series, etc,-- they love
repetition! #mglitchat -7:32 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @matt_janacone I don't think so. It was
allegorical though- based on a dream if I'm remembering right. #mglitchat -7:32
PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @Bec_AS @elissacruz They do, but I find even
series eventually wear out their shelf-life (proverbially) and interest wanes.
#mglitchat -7:33 PM Nov 8th, 2012
coachhays64 @Bec_AS Kids do like the familiar, but
word-of-mouth, adult gatekeepers & finding something eye catching works for
new books. #mglitchat -7:33 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @Bec_AS @rachelnseigel Also true. Once they find
something they love, they want it again and again and again and again.
#MGlitchat -7:33 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @rachelnseigel @Bec_AS *Nods* As my mother
always said, "let the world see your face!" Usually b/c my hair was
in mine. #mglitchat -7:34 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @elissacruz @Bec_AS Which is also why copycat
series of things like Wimpy r so successful! #MGlitchat -7:34 PM Nov 8th, 2012
NatalieLorenzi @rachelnseigel @elissacruz @Bec_AS So true,
Rachel. I'm an elementary school librarian, and I see this happening all the
time. #mglitchat -7:34 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ilanawaters @Bec_AS Good advice! #mglitchat
-7:34 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters MT @rachelnseigel: @Bec_AS Every time something
new/exciting comes along, it's another opportunity 2 capture non-readers.
#MGlitchat -7:34 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @jjhoutman @coachhays64 It just means you're
green at all this #mglitchat stuff. ;-) #groan -7:35 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @NatalieLorenzi @elissacruz @Bec_AS We have to
keep redefining genres, and keeping it exciting. Kids will get bored
eventually. #mglitchat -7:35 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @NatalieLorenzi @elissacruz @Bec_AS Though I
confess I thought the interest in Wimpy Kid would have faded away a while ago.
#mglitchat -7:36 PM Nov 8th, 2012
Bec_AS Unless you're really ugly. Then let your hair hang...
RT @rachelnseigel: @ilanawaters @Bec_AS Good advice! #mglitchat -7:36 PM Nov
8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @Bec_AS @ilanawaters There's that too! ;-)
#mglitchat -7:36 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz Earlier we mentioned books that are a fresh take
on a genre. Do you think Savvy was one of those? Such a unique take on magic!
#MGlitchat -7:36 PM Nov 8th, 2012
coachhays64 @ilanawaters @jjhoutman Nothing grows on you
quite like microbial humor. #mglitchat -7:37 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @elissacruz I loved Savvy! It is unique, but I
think it was more a variation on a genre. Still fresh though. #MGlitchat -7:37
PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @elissacruz I wish I'd been able to sell it to
customers. Our TL's get very hung up on page count. #MGlitchat -7:37 PM Nov
8th, 2012
elissacruz I also think The Penderwicks, though not really
breaking molds, re-invigorated that "quiet book" genre that was
supposedly dead. #MGlitchat -7:38 PM Nov 8th, 2012
CDaleyAuthor @rachelnseigel @elissacruz Yes, and her unique
voice. #mglitchat -7:38 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @rachelnseigel I know what you mean. My boys,
when picking books for school, choose the one with the smallest pagecount. #ack
#MGlitchat -7:38 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @elissacruz Kind of a MG Cobble-Street
Cousins. Or dating back farther- Little Women. #MGlitchat -7:39 PM Nov 8th,
2012
rachelnseigel @elissacruz It's a shame- sometimes format
makes it really hard. Big print inside, but so thick! #ack #MGlitchat -7:39 PM
Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @coachhays64 @jjhoutman Hey, I made a version of
that joke earlier! :-) Then again, you are quite the "fun-gi."
#mglitchat -7:39 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @Bec_AS @rachelnseigel ROTF! Thank GOD I'm using
someone else's bio pic. #notreally #maybe #mglitchat -7:40 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @elissacruz Which is still considered dead, quite
honestly, though many people still love those "quiet" books.
#MGlitchat -7:40 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @elissacruz I loved those kinds of books when
I was a kid. #MGlitchat -7:40 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @rachelnseigel Yes, I had to sit down with my
boys and show them the font sizes in two books before they'd pick up Savvy. #MGlitchat
-7:40 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @elissacruz Had the same problem with Septimus
Heape. #MGlitchat -7:41 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @rachelnseigel Though now Savvy/Scumble are the
favorite titles around my house. And these are non-book-loving boys! #MGlitchat
-7:42 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @elissacruz I loved those books too! Still do. I
wonder if it's more about society's problem w/introverts. #mglitchat The
squeaky... -7:42 PM Nov 8th, 2012
Bec_AS @elissacruz @rachelnseigel And then there's my dd,
who thinks bigger is better cuz it will last her longer... #mglitchat -7:42 PM
Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @elissacruz ...extroverted wheel seems to get
all the grease. Ironic, since I imagine many readers are introverts. #mglitchat
-7:43 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker Hi! And me too :)"@rachelnseigel:
#Mglitchat I love it when publishers take a chance on something really unique
and different." -7:43 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @Bec_AS @elissacruz That was me- I dismissed
books cause they were too short! #mglitchat -7:43 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker That's me! "@matt_janacone: How about
this - authors who break into the mg novel from writing for many other ages/audiences?
#mglitchat" -7:43 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @Bec_AS @rachelnseigel Ha! That is totally me!
The bigger, the better.... #MGlitchat -7:43 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @helainebecker Hi! Glad u could join in! I'm
completely blown away by the success of "Seven" this fall. #Mglitchat
-7:44 PM Nov 8th, 2012
Bec_AS @ilanawaters And many authors/writers, too...
#mglitchat -7:44 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker @matt_janacone @rachelnseigel #mglitchat well
we do need to make a living. But like to try new things, grow as a writer too
-7:44 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker RT @ixtumea: Let's just say hybrid MGs are a
huge hit here and with son's friends. #mglitchat -7:45 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker RT @rachelnseigel: #Mglitchat Seven series
from @orcabook is seven novels, seven different authors, all characters
grandsons of same man. It's huge in CA! -7:45 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @Bec_AS @ilanawaters Had that conversation
with a publisher about that- reminded me that not all authors r extroverts!
#mglitchat -7:45 PM Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone @helainebecker Hi, Helaine :) That's me, too.
I've gone from novels to scripts to adapting novels/picture books to scripts.
#mglitchat -7:45 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker RT @rachelnseigel: @ixtumea the Teacher
Librarians I deal with love it! Any books adapted to graphic actually.
#mglitchat -7:45 PM Nov 8th, 2012
coachhays64 @elissacruz @rachelnseigel My kind of boys! I
was exactly the same. I REFUSED to read Little Women in 8th grade and got an
"F'. #mglitchat -7:45 PM Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone RT @helainebecker: @matt_janacone
@rachelnseigel #mglitchat well we do need to make a living. But like to try new
things, grow as a writer too -7:45 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @helainebecker @matt_janacone I get bored if I
don't open myself up to new things. The familiar is comfortable, but we have to
#mglitchat -7:46 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @helainebecker @matt_janacone challenge
ourselves as readers and writers. #mglitchat -7:46 PM Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone @helainebecker I've found blogging enjoyable
when I'm not writing feature scripts. :) #mglitchat -7:46 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker RT @rachelnseigel: @ixtumea Whatever is
popular in YA eventually works it's way down to MG I think. #mglitchat -7:46 PM
Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @coachhays64 @elissacruz I hated assigned
reading. #mglitchat -7:46 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @Bec_AS Sigh. *looks down at bellybutton* It's
so HARD being an innie. #mglitchat -7:47 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @coachhays64 It's been tough to find books they
love, but when they do they REALLY LOVE them. #MGlitchat -7:47 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker @rachelnseigel @ixtumea #mglitchat and adult
works down to YA... -7:47 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker RT @NatalieLorenzi: #mglitchat HOLES was a
mold-breaking MG novel--love that Sachar goes on the assumption that kids are smart
enough to handle plot twists! -7:47 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @rachelnseigel @Bec_AS I'd be surprised if the
majority were. #mglitchat -7:47 PM Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone @helainebecker @rachelnseigel I know one thing
- I never thought I'd be a blogger. Always been a fiction writer. #mglitchat
-7:48 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker I am def an 11 yo boy in my head.
:)"@ixtumea: Also potty humor is huge. I don't get it but then again I'm
not a 11 yr old boy. #mglitchat" -7:48 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ilanawaters @Bec_AS Writing is a fairly
solitary activity. Easy to get lost in your own head. #mglitchat -7:48 PM Nov
8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @helainebecker @ixtumea I sold out of a book
at the takeaway displays just because "poop" was in the title.
#mglitchat -7:49 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker RT @ixtumea: @rachelnseigel I love how Percy
Jackson shows ADHD in a positive light and not a cliche like some recent TV
shows. #mglitchat -7:49 PM Nov 8th, 2012
Bec_AS I can get lost there, even not writing.
MT@rachelnseigel @ilanawaters Easy to get lost in your own head. #mglitchat
-7:49 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker @ixtumea I pitched a series just before Percy
got big with special ed charactters and no one wld touch that then...
#MGlitchat -7:50 PM Nov 8th, 2012
MidlandiaPress LATASHA AND THE KIDD ON KEYS avail now on
Edelweiss: http://t.co/RLcNhfpm If you're in #mglitchat or #nerdybookclub
mention in request! -7:50 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @matt_janacone @helainebecker I've been told
my non-fiction writing is my strength, but I would like to write fiction.
#mglitchat -7:51 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker @rachelnseigel@Bec_AS #mglitchat we're all
human.Parents booksellers librarians want something diff not same old same old
no matter how good -7:51 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @Bec_AS @ilanawaters Tell me about it! My
internal GPS went on the fritz a long time ago! #mglitchat -7:51 PM Nov 8th,
2012
michaelascotto @MidlandiaPress Evening Toni--thx for the
plug #mglitchat -7:52 PM Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone @rachelnseigel @helainebecker Try it. You
might surprise yourself. :) Writing blog posts has defintiely surprised me. :)
#mglitchat -7:52 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @helainebecker @bec_AS The world would be a
really dull place if we stopped looking for new! #mglitchat -7:53 PM Nov 8th,
2012
rachelnseigel @matt_janacone @helainebecker I've tinkered.
I'm good at beginnings, and lose it somewhere in the middle. Someday I'll get
it. #mglitchat -7:53 PM Nov 8th, 2012
coachhays64 @elissacruz That's all they need. They will find
the books. Do they graze the library stacks just looking at books? I still do
it #mglitchat -7:53 PM Nov 8th, 2012
coachhays64 RT @rachelnseigel: @helainebecker @bec_AS The
world would be a really dull place if we stopped looking for new! #mglitchat
-7:53 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters LOL. Poor @rachelnseigel. She lacks direction in
life! #mglitchat @Bec_AS -7:53 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker RT @coachhays64: @ilanawaters @jjhoutman
Nothing grows on you quite like microbial humor. #mglitchat -7:53 PM Nov 8th,
2012
rachelnseigel @matt_janacone @helainebecker I have other
talents- a sense of direction just isn't one of them! ;-) #mglitchat -7:54 PM
Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ilanawaters @Bec_AS Groan! #mglitchat -7:54
PM Nov 8th, 2012
love8rockets RT @helainebecker: @rachelnseigel@Bec_AS
#mglitchat we're all human.Parents booksellers librarians want something diff
not same old same old no matter how good -7:54 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @coachhays64 Well I take them to the library and
let them wander. Who knows if they are looking at books or just passing time.
:) #MGlitchat -7:54 PM Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone @rachelnseigel @helainebecker Have you tried
writing outlines? I find that outlines are very helpful, a pre-rquisite for
scripts. #mglitchat -7:55 PM Nov 8th, 2012
MCavert RT @Mi_Schu: Great topic! RT @KDuBayGillis:
Tonight's #mglitchat topic: mentally/physically challenged MG characters. Hope
you can join us at 9 pm EST! -7:55 PM Nov 8th, 2012
Bec_AS @rachelnseigel Do you plot or outline? If not, this
is a really good reason to do it. #mglitchat -7:55 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @matt_janacone @helainebecker They r gr8! It's
just the flushing out part where I get stuck. #mglitchat -7:55 PM Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone @rachelnseigel @helainebecker Mine is
sometimes having too wild of an imagination. :) #mglitchat -7:56 PM Nov 8th,
2012
Bec_AS @MCavert Psst- that was last week! #mglitchat -7:56
PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @Bec_AS I have. I've just only ever written
short stories, and so find novel-writing really hard. #mglitchat -7:56 PM Nov
8th, 2012
helainebecker @rachelnseigel @matt_janacone #mglitchat the
infamous muddy middle -7:56 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @helainebecker @matt_janacone Yep! I knew how
to start, know how it has to end. Just had no idea how to get from A to B.
#mglitchat -7:56 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz So, any last mold-breakers I should be aware of?
Need recs! (Okay, not really NEED, just want.) #MGlitchat -7:57 PM Nov 8th,
2012
Bec_AS @rachelnseigel If it was easy, everyone would be
doing it. :) #mglitchat -7:57 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @helainebecker @matt_janacone If I ever
actually could commit to a block of time, I'd take a workshop. Work gets in the
way. #mglitchat -7:57 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @Bec_AS True! I just figure I read so much, I
ought to have a better idea of how to execute. Not so! #mglitchat -7:57 PM Nov
8th, 2012
coachhays64 I wonder, since it is the 165th birthdate of
Bram Stoker, if Dracula was a mold-breaking novel when it was released.
#mglitchat -7:58 PM Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone Man! Time is up already? #mglitchat -7:58 PM
Nov 8th, 2012
michaelascotto Yes, this: RT @elissacruz: So, any last
mold-breakers I should be aware of? Need recs! (Okay, not really NEED, just
want.) #mglitchat -7:58 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @coachhays64 It wasn't the first vampire
novel. But- Interview with a Vampire was groundbreaking years later. (Adult I
know) #mglitchat -7:58 PM Nov 8th, 2012
CDaleyAuthor @coachhays64 Definitely genre defining if not
mold breaking. #mglitchat -7:59 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @elissacruz And by mold-breakers, I don't mean
penicillin or bleach. #anotherbadjoke #MGlitchat -7:59 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @elissacruz It's a pre-requisite for MG
hostesses! ;-) #anotherbadjoke #MGlitchat -7:59 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker Skin-breaking."@coachhays64: I wonder,
since it is the 165th birthdate of Bram Stoker, if Dracula was a mold-breaking
novel. #mglitchat" -7:59 PM Nov 8th, 2012
michaelascotto @MidlandiaPress you should jump in earlier
next time! ;) #mglitchat -8:00 PM Nov 8th, 2012
Bec_AS @elissacruz Well, there goes my only suggestions....
:( #mglitchat -8:00 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker @rachelnseigel @matt_janacone #mglitchat
weekends? -8:00 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @Bec_AS @rachelnseigel "The hard is what
makes it great." -A League of Their Own. Also, there's no crying in
writing. ;-P #mglitchat -8:00 PM Nov 8th, 2012
jjhoutman @elissacruz penicillin is a mold, not a
mold-breaker. #mglitchat -8:00 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker RT @Bec_AS: @rachelnseigel If it was easy,
everyone would be doing it. :) #mglitchat -8:00 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @helainebecker @matt_janacone Weekends same
problem- inevitable something comes up as soon as I commit to a day. #mglitchat
-8:01 PM Nov 8th, 2012
coachhays64 @elissacruz Ha! More microbial humor. It's
contagious! #mglitchat -8:01 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz @jjhoutman Oh, true. There I go getting my
science mixed-up again. I blame the 5 hours of Parent-Teacher conferences I had
today. #MGlitchat -8:01 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel Wow! It's 10pm already! #mglitchat flew by
tonight. Thanks to everybody who participated! -8:01 PM Nov 8th, 2012
matt_janacone @helainebecker @rachelnseigel You mean writing
a novel on the weekends? #mglitchat -8:01 PM Nov 8th, 2012
CDaleyAuthor Lovely chat. Good night all :) #mglitchat -8:02
PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @matt_janacone @helainebecker I assumed she
meant workshop. I suppose I have to put a book down long enough to write. ;-)
#mglitchat -8:02 PM Nov 8th, 2012
ilanawaters @elissacruz Philip Pullman, The Jolly Postman
(title), Lissa Evan's Horten books. #mglitchat -8:02 PM Nov 8th, 2012
helainebecker Thx for hosting! "@rachelnseigel: Wow!
It's 10pm already! #mglitchat flew by tonight. Thanks to everybody who
participated!" -8:02 PM Nov 8th, 2012
elissacruz Thanks, everyone, for a fantastic chat. I hope
you'll come back next week! #MGlitchat -8:02 PM Nov 8th, 2012
rachelnseigel @helainebecker :-) #mglitchat -8:02 PM Nov
8th, 2012
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