rachelnseigel #MGLitchat Hey everybody. Time for MGLitchat. Tonight we talk about experimenting with format. -9:00 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk It's 9pm here, time to start #mglitchat. woo hoo! -9:00 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MGMafioso Go for it guys! #MGlitchat -9:01 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk So what kind of formatting shall we discuss. What are you curious about? #mglitchat -9:01 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel #MGlitchat So @Scholastic in particular has put out some cross-platform books in the last few years like 39 Clues and Skeleton Creek. -9:01 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel 39 Clues is still on my list to read! #MGlitchat -9:02 PM Dec 15th, 2011
elissacruz Not really sure what experimenting with format is, but I would suspect that Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck do it. #MGlitchat -9:02 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel #Mglitchat and in the spring, @EgmontUSA has a YA book from Michael Grant that will cross over many platforms. -9:02 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MelissaRoske Hi all! Is there a faster way (i.e., a link) to make the chat replies go faster. I'm in slo-mo here! #mglitchat -9:03 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MGMafioso @MelissaRoske Tweetdeck! #mglitchat -9:03 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @elissacruz Yes- that's a good example. By format I mean anything that is more that is unique. #MGlitchat -9:03 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel Jane Friedman just posted a link to an interview she did regarding the future of authors, and multimedia #Mglitchat -9:03 PM Dec 15th, 2011
elissacruz @MelissaRoske Are you using Tweetchat or Tweetdeck? Mine is slow, too, it might just be Twitter. #MGlitchat -9:04 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @MGMafioso @MelissaRoske Tweetdeck is great, but sometimes the chats go too fast! You could try tweetchat. #mglitchat -9:04 PM Dec 15th, 2011
kellandrewsPA Helen Frost's Hidden had a novel verse format #MGlitchat -9:04 PM Dec 15th, 2011
KDuBayGillis @rachelnseigel @elissacruz Novels in verse? #mglitchat -9:04 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @KDuBayGillis @elissacruz Sure- I'd say that's a unique format #mglitchat -9:04 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MGMafioso I see a lot of books that have "handwriting" in them: Wimpy Kid, Popularity Papers, etc. Is that part of it? #MGlitchat -9:04 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MelissaRoske RT @AnshaKotyk: It's 9pm here, time to start #mglitchat. woo hoo! -9:04 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @KDuBayGillis @elissacruz Or how about "Chasing Vermeer" or "Artemis Fowl" that have codes #mglitchat -9:04 PM Dec 15th, 2011
KDuBayGillis @kellandrewsPA Just read that. Loved. #mglitchat -9:05 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @MGMafioso Yes! It is certainly a popular format. #MGlitchat -9:05 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk I suppose we have two ways of looking at formatting. Physical = book style/type. And media format. #mglitchat -9:05 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MGMafioso @KDuBayGillis Codes are definitely cool. #mglitchat -9:05 PM Dec 15th, 2011
elissacruz @KDuBayGillis Yes, verse novels would be an interesting format to try. There are a ton of them out there, actually. Even in MG. #MGlitchat -9:05 PM Dec 15th, 2011
elissacruz @MGMafioso I would think so. Not that I know what I'm talking about... #MGlitchat -9:06 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel #Mglitchat and then there are books like "Frankie Pickle" or "Splurch Academy" which are hybrids of graphic novels and novels. -9:06 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MelissaRoske @elissacruz I have to admit that I'm not sure which chat I'm using. I'm a techno troglodyte! #mglitchat -9:06 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @elissacruz I don't think my brain could handle creating verse AND plot lol #MGlitchat -9:06 PM Dec 15th, 2011
elissacruz True -->RT @AnshaKotyk: I suppose we have two ways of looking at formatting. Physical = book style/type. And media format. #MGlitchat -9:07 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk @elissacruz A couple of years ago, Robert Paul Weston did a novel all in rhyme called Zorgamazoo. It was incredible! #MGlitchat -9:08 PM Dec 15th, 2011
elissacruz @AnshaKotyk Me either, tbh. I can write verse, but verse WITH a story? Not likely. #MGlitchat -9:08 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk Jane Friedman's discussion was on how emerging authors need to look at different media as ways to reach readers. #mglitchat -9:08 PM Dec 15th, 2011
kellandrewsPA I'd say Wimpy Kid started a format trend #mglitchat -9:08 PM Dec 15th, 2011
LaurelSnyder Hey all! #mglitchat -9:08 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung Hi everyone, I'm just dropping in for a few moments. What's the topic? #mglitchat -9:08 PM Dec 15th, 2011
michaelascotto My only experimentation in the past year has been with a tried-and-true form: the epistolary #mglitchat -9:08 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk I couldn't get the app for 3:15 to work on my phone, but @patrickcarman has been really innovative in that respect. #mglitchat -9:08 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jimhill I'm working on a scene where the m.c. passes notes to a friend in class. 90% of the scene will be told through the notes. #mglitchat -9:08 PM Dec 15th, 2011
michaelascotto I would have to agree. RT @kellandrewsPA: Id say Wimpy Kid started a format trend #mglitchat -9:09 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @jimhill I like that! #mglitchat -9:09 PM Dec 15th, 2011
michaelascotto @LaurelSnyder Welcome! #mglitchat -9:09 PM Dec 15th, 2011
LaurelSnyder @rachelnseigel I'm really interested in trying to do something with this formal. Dragonbreath! My kids love that. #mglitchat -9:09 PM Dec 15th, 2011
elissacruz @kellandrewsPA And then Invention of Hugo Cabret took it in an entirely different direction, and then came 39 clues... #MGlitchat -9:09 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @Mike_Jung Experimenting with Format #mglitchat -9:09 PM Dec 15th, 2011
LaurelSnyder I'm reading a YA right now where the MC has these "imagined" scenes that read as screenplays #mglitchat -9:10 PM Dec 15th, 2011
KDuBayGillis @LaurelSnyder Hi! Glad you're here! #mglitchat -9:10 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jimhill @rachelnseigel Thanks! It #mglitchat -9:10 PM Dec 15th, 2011
EgmontUSA @rachelnseigel It's decidedly YA, but BZRK is FANTASTIC!!! #mglitchat -9:10 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MGMafioso Interestingly, I have yet to come across MG books that have a lot of texting-speak in them. Or tweets. #MGlitchat -9:10 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel #Mglitchat Anybody read Kate Klise novels? Regarding the... series and "33 Old Cemetary Road".. All told in letters, e-mail & newspaper art. -9:10 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jimhill @rachelnseigel it's an experiment, and may not make the cut, but it felt right for the tension, focus and immediacy #mglitchat -9:10 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung Thanks @AnshaKotyk! Ah, format, good topic. #mglitchat -9:11 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @LaurelSnyder Dragonbreath is really popular with my customers! You should try Frankie Pickle with your kids too- they'll love it #mglitchat -9:11 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @jimhill I think it's worth trying.... #mglitchat -9:11 PM Dec 15th, 2011
QueenReading Hey #mglitchat #sharethewealth bought kindle & earned $20 free from #superpoints. I have invite codes on my blog http://t.co/KwocLzx6 -9:11 PM Dec 15th, 2011
elissacruz @MGMafioso I think that's because many MG kids still don't have cell phones or twitter accounts. My 8yo doesn't. Or my 10yo. #MGlitchat -9:11 PM Dec 15th, 2011
kellandrewsPA @LaurelSnyder Cool -- I think that technique is used in one of my faves, Criss Cross? #mglitchat #mglitchat -9:11 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jimhill @MGMafioso I'd be concerned with dating the piece with "tweets". It's jarring to see references to MySpace in anything now #MGlitchat -9:11 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel I need a new book list I think! #mglitchat -9:12 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MelissaRoske @jimhill Similarly, I'm doing a lot with back-and-forth letters, a la Beverly Clearly's Dear Mr. Henshaw #mglitchat -9:12 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MGMafioso @rachelnseigel Is Frankie Pickle Mg, or chapter book? #mglitchat -9:12 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jimhill @Mike_Jung Hey Dangerpants! #mglitchat -9:12 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jsmlina I think The Strange Case of Origami Yoda also played with format, i.e. what/who can be a main character #mglitchat -9:12 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @MGMafioso Kind of in between. Early Middle Grade. #mglitchat -9:12 PM Dec 15th, 2011
karenrivers There's an #mglitchat? Why didn't I know? Obviously haven't been tweeting enough. [races over to #mglitchat] #mglitchat -9:12 PM Dec 15th, 2011
michaelascotto @MGMafioso And even outside of MG, where I've seen it used, it never read "true" to me #mglitchat -9:12 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung @jimhill @MGMafioso It's also gotta partly be that MG-age kids aren't ON Twitter. #mglitchat -9:12 PM Dec 15th, 2011
kellandrewsPA @elissacruz @mgmafioso I have a novel with some texts in it. #mglitchat #mglitchat -9:13 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MGMafioso @jimhill Excellent point. #MGlitchat -9:13 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @jsmlina yoda also on my to read list. #mglitchat -9:13 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung @jimhill What up, superstar? :) #mglitchat -9:13 PM Dec 15th, 2011
KDuBayGillis @rachelnseigel Haven't, but sounds like MOON OVER MANIFEST w/newspaper ad/columns and letters #mglitchat -9:13 PM Dec 15th, 2011
LaurelSnyder Maybe when we say format, we mean how the book is arranged, mechanically. When we say FORM we mean what it seeks to accomplish. #mglitchat -9:13 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MelissaRoske @jimhill @MGMafioso Same with Facebook - some MG titles refer to it euphemistically as Buddiez or BuddyPage, etc. #mglitchat -9:13 PM Dec 15th, 2011
elissacruz @karenrivers Welcome! We've been around for a good six months or so, but we're glad you found us! #MGlitchat -9:13 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @EgmontUSA I can't wait to read that! Sounds so cool! Love Michael Grant! #mglitchat -9:13 PM Dec 15th, 2011
mswinchell @elissacruz Not so sure abt that. Just about every junior high student I've had has had a cell phone.No Twitter, tho #MGlitchat -9:13 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @KDuBayGillis That's on my list to read. #mglitchat -9:13 PM Dec 15th, 2011
LaurelSnyder Like, you could have two books that share the FORM of verse-novel, but are formatted differently. #mglitchat -9:13 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jimhill @MelissaRoske Sunds great, Love epistolary works #mglitchat -9:14 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung Lotsa good examples of graphic novel hybrids. ORIGAMI YODA; ELLIE McDOODLE; HERBERT'S WORMHOLE; HENRIETTA, THERE'S NO ONE BETTER. #mglitchat -9:14 PM Dec 15th, 2011
LaurelSnyder @KDuBayGillis Countdown did this too. #mglitchat -9:14 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel #Mglitchat one I read last year was decidedly YA, but iDrakula told Dracula in tweets and text messages. Was really popular -9:14 PM Dec 15th, 2011
mswinchell @patrickcarman experiments with format, successfully, quite a bit. SKELETON CREEK series great example. #MGlitchat -9:14 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MelissaRoske @jimhill Thanks! Hope it's as great as it sounds. Nearing second draft now. #mglitchat -9:15 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @Mike_Jung Before Ellie McDoodle was @Annemazer 's Abby Hayes. #mglitchat -9:15 PM Dec 15th, 2011
elissacruz @mswinchell Yes, but jr high kids are reading YA, not MG. MG is for upper elem kids, and not as many of those have cell phones. #MGlitchat -9:15 PM Dec 15th, 2011
michaelascotto @LaurelSnyder Good point. To wit: my book's form is epistolary; format is found objects (physical letters and postcards, emails) #mglitchat -9:15 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @elissacruz @mswinchell Too many do! You ever see the stats that Aladdin Mix gathered to promote their imprint? #MGlitchat -9:15 PM Dec 15th, 2011
mswinchell @elissacruz Not true. My junior high kids read a lot of MG. #MGlitchat -9:15 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jimhill The True Meaning of Smekday plays with format too, mixing comic scenes in to provide J.Lo's POV #mglitchat -9:15 PM Dec 15th, 2011
karenrivers Am sure it's just a matter of time before upper elementary kids have cell phones though. Technology spreads dizzyingly fast. #mglitchat -9:16 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung @rachelnseigel Thanks, I didn't know about Abby! I'll have to check it out. #mglitchat -9:16 PM Dec 15th, 2011
KDuBayGillis @LaurelSnyder Been meaning to read COUNTDOWN for awhile. Love historical fiction! #mglitchat -9:16 PM Dec 15th, 2011
kellandrewsPA @LaurelSnyder I loved Countdown but I found some of the documentary info intrusive - that's a danger of novel format #mglitchat #mglitchat -9:16 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @jimhill That's one of my favourite novels! Can't wait to read his new one. #mglitchat -9:16 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jsmlina @jimhill agreed! loved that book. #mglitchat -9:16 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @KDuBayGillis @LaurelSnyder It got a lot of buzz last year and didn't get the recognition I thought it would. #mglitchat -9:16 PM Dec 15th, 2011
karenrivers I have an MG coming out next year that's written in the format of an encyclopedia. So am hoping that quirky formats are popular! #mglitchat -9:17 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jimhill @Mike_Jung Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze has brilliant, emotional scenes that mingle comics with traditional narrative #mglitchat -9:17 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MGMafioso @elissacruz @mswinchell I know a lot of Jr. High kids who read middle grade. Middle grade is a wide spectrum. #MGlitchat -9:17 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @kellandrewsPA I suppose that's always an issue, the format has to enhance not detract from the story. #mglitchat -9:17 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @karenrivers Personally, I love quirky format books and handsell them. #mglitchat -9:17 PM Dec 15th, 2011
mswinchell @elissacruz And the upper elementary kids I've come across all have cells. It's a new world. Weird to see it, but true. #MGlitchat -9:17 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung I don't know that it's a full-blown FORMAT thing, but full illustrations in otherwise solid text pages is big in MG novels, neh? #mglitchat -9:17 PM Dec 15th, 2011
elissacruz @rachelnseigel Yes, many do. I didn't say they didn't, just that more teens than MG kids have them. #MGlitchat -9:17 PM Dec 15th, 2011
kellandrewsPA Speaking of intrusive format, does format sometimes pull you OUT of the story? I do find that happening #mglitchat #mglitchat -9:17 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @karenrivers Though Quirky YA is sometimes a bit harder. #mglitchat -9:17 PM Dec 15th, 2011
elissacruz @mswinchell That's good to know. Not at my kids' school, where even the 10yos are on to YA. #MGlitchat -9:18 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @kellandrewsPA I sometimes have trouble with alternating voices- if the voices aren't distinctive enough. #mglitchat #mglitchat -9:18 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung ELLIOT & THE GOBLIN WAR, for example. Or N.E.R.D.S. Or *cough* my book *cough* #mglitchat -9:18 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @Mike_Jung N.E.R.D.S. Is funny! And popular. @ABRAMSbooks Do some really great MG fiction! #mglitchat -9:18 PM Dec 15th, 2011
karenrivers @rachelnseigel Don't I know it. :) Or am learning it now. #mglitchat -9:18 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung @jimhill Oy, I still haven't read MILO, but that's what I hear. And SMEKDAY is the king of comic-book integration, yes! #mglitchat -9:19 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jimhill @Mike_Jung You have illustrations? Must-see-this-book! #mglitchat -9:19 PM Dec 15th, 2011
LaurelSnyder @rachelnseigel The sequel should be out next year, right? #mglitchat -9:20 PM Dec 15th, 2011
KDuBayGillis @kellandrewsPA Yes. Skipped over several title recently b/c format didn't appeal. I like sparse integration of unique format. #mglitchat -9:20 PM Dec 15th, 2011
mswinchell This indie press called Seven Footer Press has a new technology to tell a story. Like a lens to put over page for hidden messages #MGlitchat -9:20 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung @rachelnseigel Indeed. :) @ABRAMSbooks does MG really well, I agree. #mglitchat -9:20 PM Dec 15th, 2011
karenrivers I think sometimes the unusual formats make the MG novels look more appealing to kids:more white space, fewer blocks of pure text. #mglitchat -9:20 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @Mike_Jung @jimhill Did you read Bruce Hale's Underwhere series? Also gr8 hybrid. #mglitchat -9:20 PM Dec 15th, 2011
michaelascotto One series with a great format is the Origami Yoda books. Presentation is part of the story's meaning. #mglitchat -9:20 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @LaurelSnyder I'll have to check on that. Maybe in the summer or fall. #mglitchat -9:20 PM Dec 15th, 2011
mswinchell @rachelnseigel @kellandrewsPA Yeah, I don't like the alternating POV/narrators thing. Confusing to me. #MGlitchat -9:20 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jimhill @Mike_Jung I think MILO is on of the best books of the past few years. So much humor with depth and gut wrenching emotion. #mglitchat -9:21 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @jimhill @Mike_Jung I love Milo! It's nominatted for a CDN provincial award. I think it'll win. #mglitchat -9:21 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @jimhill adding MILO to the to-read list. #mglitchat -9:21 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @mswinchell @kellandrewsPA I think it's hard to do well. #MGlitchat -9:21 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung @jimhill Yeah, a couple per chapter, done by @mikemaihack, a really good comic book artist. He also did the cover. #mglitchat -9:21 PM Dec 15th, 2011
LaurelSnyder @karenrivers Yes, but can also distract from the writing, get in the way. Needs to be related to content, form. Not a gimmick #mglitchat -9:21 PM Dec 15th, 2011
mswinchell @rachelnseigel @Mike_Jung @ABRAMSbooks Yes, Abrams nails MG boy stuff...problem is they are overloaded with it. No room for me :) #MGlitchat -9:21 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk @jimhill Read his other novel- Pond Scum as well! That was really funny! #mglitchat -9:22 PM Dec 15th, 2011
michaelascotto @karenrivers I used the same trick when working as a screenwriter, haha. More white space = perceived easier read #mglitchat -9:22 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jsmlina @karenrivers And I think that's especially true in the digital age. Unique formats seem to work well with e-readers and etc. #mglitchat -9:22 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jimhill @AnshaKotyk Have kleenex handy. And be ready to laugh. #mglitchat -9:22 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung @rachelnseigel Haven't read the Underwhere series, but I have huge respect for Bruce Hale. #mglitchat -9:22 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @mswinchell @Mike_Jung @ABRAMSbooks Never enough MG boy! #MGlitchat -9:22 PM Dec 15th, 2011
karenrivers @LaurelSnyder Agreed! #mglitchat -9:22 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @Mike_Jung He's one of the funniest MG writers out there- and so clever! Loved his picture book too. #mglitchat -9:23 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jimhill @rachelnseigel It's on my list. The ver growing, never ending list. #mglitchat -9:23 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @Mike_Jung I keep hoping for Chet Ghecko to make a comeback. #mglitchat -9:23 PM Dec 15th, 2011
mswinchell @rachelnseigel @Mike_Jung @ABRAMSbooks Well, tell them that. ;) #MGlitchat -9:23 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung @rachelnseigel @mswinchell @ABRAMSbooks Agreed, bring on the MG boy books! #mglitchat -9:23 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @jimhill I know how you feel! #mglitchat -9:23 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jimhill @Mike_Jung Love the cover. #mglitchat -9:23 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung @rachelnseigel He's also one of the best speakers on the conference circuit. #mglitchat -9:23 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @Mike_Jung Never heard him, but would like to! #mglitchat -9:24 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MelissaRoske @karenrivers Or sometimes there's too much going on, and the format looks comic booky (i.e., the Amelia books) #mglitchat -9:24 PM Dec 15th, 2011
LaurelSnyder @Mike_Jung I just read WONDER. Very very good MG boy MC. #mglitchat -9:24 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @MelissaRoske @karenrivers I have mixed success with Amelia. Some love it, some can't figure it out. #mglitchat -9:24 PM Dec 15th, 2011
kellandrewsPA A lot of unique formats seem expensive - illustrations, more paper, app programming. Who pays? Author royalties same? #mglitchat #mglitchat -9:24 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @LaurelSnyder @Mike_Jung I'll have to look for that one. Just started Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt. #mglitchat -9:25 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung @LaurelSnyder I don't know that one, who's it by? #mglitchat -9:25 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel #Mglitchat and just to say- if you haven't read Boneshaker yet by @KateMilford You must! Brilliant book! -9:25 PM Dec 15th, 2011
elissacruz I've wondered if any of you have known MG kids who have enjoyed transmedia adventures such as Skeleton Creek? Is it working? #MGlitchat -9:26 PM Dec 15th, 2011
karenrivers @kellandrewsPA The publisher, and yes. In my experience, anyway. #mglitchat -9:26 PM Dec 15th, 2011
mswinchell @kellandrewsPA This is true. Too much for the risk too, pubs say. #MGlitchat -9:26 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @kellandrewsPA Unique formats do add cost for publishers. I had an agent tell me my book couldn't be in the format I wanted too$$ #mglitchat -9:26 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @MelissaRoske @karenrivers Kids have a different tolerance level. #mglitchat -9:26 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MGMafioso @rachelnseigel You're blowing my TBR pile up to Everest like proportions, Rachel. #Mglitchat -9:26 PM Dec 15th, 2011
mswinchell @rachelnseigel @KateMilford Is BONESHAKER MG? #MGlitchat -9:26 PM Dec 15th, 2011
kellandrewsPA I have always wonder about Origami Yoda. How much was licensing for the characters? #mglitchat #mglitchat -9:26 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung @rachelnseigel THE BONESHAKER's one of my favorite MGs of the past few years. Can't wait for THE BROKEN LANDS! @KateMilford #mglitchat -9:26 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AniProf Boneshaker ... steampunk? #mglitchat -9:26 PM Dec 15th, 2011
michaelascotto @kellandrewsPA In my personal case, no. Money's the same...I did have more of a hand in illustrator/designer's work than usual #mglitchat -9:27 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @elissacruz Yes! They are totally working. We are always sold out of them and his new book- 3:15. Really cool! #MGlitchat -9:27 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @Mike_Jung @KateMilford Me neither! Hope it's soon! #mglitchat -9:27 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @mswinchell @KateMilford Yes- sophisticated MG. #MGlitchat -9:27 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @MGMafioso You should see my pile! ;-) Bigger than Everest! #Mglitchat -9:27 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung This topic is also interesting because I also think a solid book that's nothing but a book is enough all by itself, yanno? #mglitchat -9:28 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MelissaRoske @rachelnseigel @karenrivers This may also be related to reading ability, but not always. #mglitchat -9:28 PM Dec 15th, 2011
nardinisisters Hi All, just joined in. What's the topic tonight? #mglitchat -9:28 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @Mike_Jung agreed. a Good book is a good book. #mglitchat -9:28 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk @kellandrewsPA You need a publisher with big bucks to spend. @Scholastic Always seems to be at the forefront of this. #mglitchat -9:28 PM Dec 15th, 2011
Mike_Jung I gotta run, MG people, thanks for the chat! #mglitchat -9:28 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jimhill @Mike_Jung Agreed. Read peter Nimble and Hi Fantastic Eyes for the truth of that. #mglitchat -9:28 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @Mike_Jung glad you could stop by! #mglitchat -9:28 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @jimhill @Mike_Jung Loved that book! Gr8 Fantasy. #mglitchat -9:29 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @nardinisisters Experimenting with Format is our topic tonight #mglitchat -9:29 PM Dec 15th, 2011
kellandrewsPA Yes!RT @Mike_Jung: I also think a solid book thats nothing but a book is enough all by itself #mglitchat -9:29 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @jimhill @Mike_Jung Thanks for reminder- Added it to my list of boys books to present at a conference in Feb. #mglitchat -9:29 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @MelissaRoske @karenrivers R ur kids good readers? #mglitchat -9:29 PM Dec 15th, 2011
nardinisisters @AnshaKotyk Okay, thanks. #mglitchat -9:30 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AniProf Trends? What MG trends do you see on the horizon? #mglitchat -9:30 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @AniProf Um, I see more authors experimenting with format? *giggle* #mglitchat -9:31 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AniProf I think there will be more of the multi-platform books coming out. #mglitchat -9:31 PM Dec 15th, 2011
kellandrewsPA Truer words never typed ;) RT @rachelnseigel: @AnshaKotyk @kellandrewsPA You need a publisher with big bucks to spend. #mglitchat #mglitchat -9:31 PM Dec 15th, 2011
_TimothyPower WILDWOOD not only has beautiful illustrations, but color plates. COLOR PLATES! The only MG book I've ever seen with such glory. #mglitchat -9:31 PM Dec 15th, 2011
LaurelSnyder @Mike_Jung RJ Palacio, out in March #mglitchat -9:31 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MelissaRoske @rachelnseigel @karenrivers Mine is a super-avid reader. Gobbles up books like Halloween candy! (She's my beta reader too) #mglitchat -9:31 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jsmlina @melissaroske Alternative formats can be great for ESL students especially when the pictures really work in tandem with the text. #MGlitchat -9:32 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @_TimothyPower Color plates you say? Adding to my list. #mglitchat -9:32 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @_TimothyPower I'm a sucker for books like that. Liesl & Po, Breadcrumbs, Wildwood... Gee....all same publishing house Funny eh? #mglitchat -9:32 PM Dec 15th, 2011
kellandrewsPA @_TimothyPower Helps to be a celebrity who will sell outside the MG readership - less risky #mglitchat #mglitchat -9:32 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MelissaRoske @jsmlina Yes, I can see that it would be extremely helpful #mglitchat -9:32 PM Dec 15th, 2011
karenrivers @MelissaRoske @rachelnseigel My son struggles (but loves books, just struggles with reading itself). Daughter will be voracious. #mglitchat -9:32 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk @_TimothyPower Very Cool book. Didn't Castle Corona by Sharon Creech have colour plates in 1st printing? #mglitchat -9:33 PM Dec 15th, 2011
coachhays64 @Mike_Jung Agree. If the extra formats are forced or out of place, why have them? #mglitchat Good unique formats fit book like a glove. -9:33 PM Dec 15th, 2011
kellandrewsPA @_TimothyPower The Night Fairy has color plats -- younger MG though #mglitchat #mglitchat -9:33 PM Dec 15th, 2011
NicoleZoltack Just got here! #MGlitchat -9:33 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @karenrivers @MelissaRoske Maybe it does take a better reader to handle interesting print types. #mglitchat -9:33 PM Dec 15th, 2011
_TimothyPower I would have LOVED color plates of Louise Fitzhugh's illustrations for her books. Sigh. #mglitchat -9:33 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @NicoleZoltack Welcome, we're chatting about experimenting with format #MGlitchat -9:34 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AniProf I'm thinking more with enhanced internet content like video or audio component. Like @patrickcarman 3:15 Stories. #mglitchat -9:34 PM Dec 15th, 2011
nardinisisters RT @rachelnseigel: @karenrivers @MelissaRoske Maybe it does take a better reader to handle interesting print types. #mglitchat -9:34 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AniProf So we're talking about allowing the format to fit the book, not the reverse. #mglitchat -9:34 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MelissaRoske @karenrivers @rachelnseigel My daughter is a book gobbler, yet she loved the Amelia books. She likes texty formats too Go figure. #mglitchat -9:34 PM Dec 15th, 2011
NicoleZoltack @AnshaKotyk Thanks! #MGlitchat -9:34 PM Dec 15th, 2011
jimhill Gotta run. Thanks for the format chat and titles for the TBR pile #mglitchat -9:35 PM Dec 15th, 2011
karenrivers @rachelnseigel Yes, think kids have to have really strong comprehension skills to be able to follow stories told out of sequence. #mglitchat -9:35 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @karenrivers Which is why there is still a need for straightforward books! #mglitchat -9:35 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MelissaRoske @_TimothyPower You had me at "Louise Fitzhugh." I am a CRAZY fan! Remember Suzuki Beane? #mglitchat -9:35 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk @_TimothyPower 3D #mglitchat -9:35 PM Dec 15th, 2011
michaelascotto Absolutely. Story 1st, format is support RT @AniProf: So were talking about allowing the format to fit the book, not the reverse. #mglitchat -9:36 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MelissaRoske @karenrivers @rachelnseigel I'm thinking When You Reach Me. Even I had trouble with that one at times! #mglitchat -9:36 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @MelissaRoske @karenrivers I loved it, but it is complicated. Sometimes books like that are hard to explain. #mglitchat -9:36 PM Dec 15th, 2011
karenrivers @MelissaRoske Oh, I love that book. So so so so so much. #mglitchat -9:37 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AniProf Maybe I'm a fuddy-duddy, but isn't allowing books to creep towards multi-media risking losing their textual impact? #mglitchat -9:38 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MelissaRoske @karenrivers Yes, one of my favorites. Rebecca Stead came to speak at my daughter's school. A wonder! #mglitchat -9:38 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @karenrivers @MelissaRoske I never liked science in school, but Quantum Physics fascinates me! #mglitchat -9:38 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @MelissaRoske Perhap. When is a book no longer a book? #mglitchat -9:38 PM Dec 15th, 2011
_TimothyPower I've had kids tell me they appreciated me calling a chapter "Meanwhile, at a school in the city..." 1/2 #mglitchat -9:39 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MelissaRoske @rachelnseigel @karenrivers My daughter loved When You Reach Me. She read it first; then we read it together as a read aloud #mglitchat -9:39 PM Dec 15th, 2011
LaurelSnyder @AniProf I think we need both. Challenge is to interest kids in static/simple text when the world is full of pictures. #mglitchat -9:39 PM Dec 15th, 2011
_TimothyPower because it helped them differentiate time/place. 2/2 #mglitchat -9:39 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel I'm with you on the Quantum Physics. What's up with that? #mglitchat -9:39 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AniProf That's a way of looking at it, but maybe it's a way of keeping a connection to a printed book. #mglitchat -9:39 PM Dec 15th, 2011
ElisabethDahl My debut MG will be out spring 2013 from Amulet/Abrams. Has character's narrative along with her blog posts and illustrations. #mglitchat -9:39 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnneMariePace RT @AniProf: Maybe I'm a fuddy-duddy, but isn't allowing books to creep towards multi-media risking losing their textual impact? #mglitchat -9:39 PM Dec 15th, 2011
karenrivers @AniProf I don't personally think so. Is room in the market for both. Multi-media may attract new readers to trad books, too. #mglitchat -9:40 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk schrodinger's cat #mglitchat -9:40 PM Dec 15th, 2011
_TimothyPower @ElisabethDahl Sounds awesome! #mglitchat -9:40 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @ElisabethDahl That kind of format does really well! We're selling the Blogtastic novels like mad! #mglitchat -9:40 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @karenrivers @AniProf I totally agree with you! #mglitchat -9:41 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AniProf @LaurelSnyder So we adopt a multi-media, non-linear model to attract kids to linear text. Seems counter-productive. #mglitchat -9:41 PM Dec 15th, 2011
yaytime RT @gregpincus: RT @PWKidsBookshelf: The Good, the Bad, and the Funny: Authors Talk Humor in Children's Books http://t.co/s0C1eWFr #kidlit #mglitchat -9:41 PM Dec 15th, 2011
nardinisisters @rachelnseigel Schrodinger's cat comment made my night! #mglitchat -9:41 PM Dec 15th, 2011
ElisabethDahl My 12-y-o and his friends seem to love both books with straight text and bks with more varied formats. #mglitchat -9:42 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @nardinisisters see I lost the reference... i need to learn about this cat! #mglitchat -9:42 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @nardinisisters LOL! #mglitchat -9:42 PM Dec 15th, 2011
coachhays64 How about using format of ads, newspaper articles, letter, etc. to shift time & place in MOON OVER MANIFEST by Clare Vanderpool? #mglitchat -9:43 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk @nardinisisters I've seen that premise in YA before, but this was a first for MG. #mglitchat -9:43 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @coachhays64 seriously my to read list growing tonight (although I think MoverM was on it already) #mglitchat -9:43 PM Dec 15th, 2011
KDuBayGillis @coachhays64 Mentioned that one, too! Loved! #mglitchat -9:44 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk @coachhays64 You'll have two open chat weeks in a row over the holidays to catch up! ;-) #mglitchat -9:44 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel Ah if only I could just read... #mglitchat -9:45 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel It's research, right? #mglitchat -9:45 PM Dec 15th, 2011
michaelascotto @rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk @coachhays64 That prospect makes me both happy and sad... #mglitchat -9:45 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk #MGlitchat wouldn't it be awesome if we could just freeze time long enough to read everything we want to read ? -9:45 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel I feel a sci-fi story line coming on... #MGlitchat -9:46 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MelissaRoske 'Night all; time to take my MG reader's flashlight away! :) #mglitchat -9:46 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk Of course- it's called building product knowledge...how I'm good at my job. #mglitchat -9:46 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AniProf Agreed. RT @michaelascotto: @rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk @coachhays64 That prospect makes me both happy and sad... #mglitchat -9:46 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @MelissaRoske Glad you could stop by. I have 2 under 5 who are still up! ;) #mglitchat -9:46 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk Thinking the same thing.... #MGlitchat -9:46 PM Dec 15th, 2011
_TimothyPower @rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk Freeze time AND live in a library ala MIXED UP FILES. #mglitchat -9:47 PM Dec 15th, 2011
nardinisisters @AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel I would read that sci-fi. #mglitchat -9:47 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AniProf @AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel And ... ? #mglitchat -9:47 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel a SF in multi-format... :) #MGlitchat -9:47 PM Dec 15th, 2011
yaytime @rachelnseigel Pausing time for more reading and writing is my ultimate dream. #mglitchat -9:47 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @yaytime Just watched "Midnight in Paris" tonight. A literature and art lover's dream! #mglitchat -9:48 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @yaytime I wonder if I would be inspired by Paris.... #mglitchat -9:48 PM Dec 15th, 2011
mswinchell @rachelnseigel @KateMilford Okay then. I'll have to check it out. The cover alone is a draw. Thanks. #MGlitchat -9:48 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk 3D Illustrations that pop out when you hold it up to a web cam! #MGlitchat -9:48 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel Okay that's just plain fun. :) #MGlitchat -9:48 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AniProf @rachelnseigel @yaytime Fantastic movie! #mglitchat -9:49 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @mswinchell @KateMilford I'm having a hard time convincing myself to give my copy away! #MGlitchat -9:49 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk Wouldn't it be awesome? #MGlitchat -9:49 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AniProf Yes! RT @AnshaKotyk: @rachelnseigel Okay that's just plain fun. :) #MGlitchat -9:49 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel Yes, I feel a co-authorship coming on #MGlitchat -9:50 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel Of course, we'd need an app, and a screenplay written. #MGlitchat -9:50 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk Totally! I think I need a co-writer. I just can't seem to flush out a plot on my own. #MGlitchat -9:51 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AniProf The threads in this chat, tonight, are making me dizzy. #mglitchat -9:51 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel Oh, and a book trailer to go along with both book and movie #MGlitchat -9:51 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk We'd write the screenplay too! ;-) #Ambitious #MGlitchat -9:51 PM Dec 15th, 2011
coachhays64 @AnshaKotyk It is very, very good. Plus, it has the extra added benefit of being set in Kansas and written by a Kansan. #mglitchat -9:51 PM Dec 15th, 2011
elissacruz I've mostly been lurking tonight, but I must sneak off a few minutes early. Happy December, everyone, we'll see you next year! #MGlitchat -9:51 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @AniProf Sorry for the tangent. Sometimes making fun of ourselves helps #mglitchat -9:51 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AniProf @AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel I'm in! And I'm a science prof too. #mglitchat -9:51 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AniProf @AnshaKotyk Awesome! You can be our science consultant. Make sure we get it right! ;-) #mglitchat -9:52 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MGMafioso Like @elissacruz, I've been a lurker. Now I'm being a shirker, and scooting off. Happy December, all. Bring on 2012. #mglitchat -9:53 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @elissacruz good night. See you next year! #MGlitchat -9:53 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @MGMafioso Scary it's the end of the year! #mglitchat -9:53 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AniProf @rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk Gladly! I've been a contributing editor fir Appleseeds three times.#mglitchat -9:54 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk @MGMafioso I don't know where the time has gone! Seems like July was yesterday.... #mglitchat -9:54 PM Dec 15th, 2011
michaelascotto @elissacruz @MGMafioso see you both on the other side! #mglitchat -9:54 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AniProf @AnshaKotyk Perfect! #mglitchat -9:54 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel I definitely feel like a formatting blog post is in my future. #mglitchat -9:55 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel #Mglitchat we've got 5 minutes left officially. Anyone have any more comments about format they want to throw out there? -9:55 PM Dec 15th, 2011
coachhays64 If you consider interactive sensory video game systems & 1st person gaming, kind of like being "in" a story? Can it go that far? #mglitchat -9:55 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk We joke, but I think we're not far off with 3D. #mglitchat -9:55 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @coachhays64 Well, there are the Choose Your Own Adventure books wriitten in the 2nd person. Is that what you mean? #mglitchat -9:56 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @coachhays64 I know there are authors out there that write those gaming stories... for the software developers #mglitchat -9:56 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @coachhays64 and it includes massive backstory that doesn't get included. #mglitchat -9:57 PM Dec 15th, 2011
MGMafioso @AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel Thanks for being such good moderators. Arrivederci #mglitchat -9:57 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @coachhays64 okay maybe not massive. #mglitchat -9:57 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @MGMafioso @AnshaKotyk #mglitchat Thanks for participating! -9:57 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk @MGMafioso Thanks for coming tonight. :) see you next year! #mglitchat -9:57 PM Dec 15th, 2011
AnshaKotyk alrighty I'm off to pull the transcript for #mglitchat -9:58 PM Dec 15th, 2011
nardinisisters Great chat all, except now I'm thinking our novel (simple text, few illus) might be boring to our readers. Yikes. Happy Holidays! #mglitchat -9:58 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel #Mglitchat Reminder to everybody that the next two weeks will be open chat as we break for the holidays! C u all in the new year! -9:58 PM Dec 15th, 2011
yaytime Sometimes a creative format can be a lot of fun in the beginning...then become a trap you can't get out of. ;) #mglitchat -9:58 PM Dec 15th, 2011
rachelnseigel @yaytime Good point! #mglitchat -9:59 PM Dec 15th, 2011
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