DanyelleLeafty Welcome to #mglitchat everyone! The topic for today is short stories. :) -9:00 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @DanyelleLeafty you beat me to it! I can't type fast enough. :) #mglitchat -9:00 PM Mar 15th, 2012
EgmontUSA Hi everyone. #mglitchat -9:00 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @AnshaKotyk I blame Tweetdeck. O:) #mglitchat -9:01 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @NatalieCMarkey What short story was it? #mglitchat -9:01 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk Okay I'll blame tweetdeck too. #mglitchat -9:01 PM Mar 15th, 2012
NatalieCMarkey Can a MG short story really help you get noticed by agents and how do you get 1 published? I won a contest w/ one yrs ago. #MGlitchat -9:02 PM Mar 15th, 2012
NatalieCMarkey #MGlitchat That contest win is what made me want to be an author in the first place. Now I'm turning the short story into a novel. -9:02 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kitgrindstaff Hi everyone, I may be like @sjnija last week and lurk for a while... #mglitchat -9:02 PM Mar 15th, 2012
elle_strauss Hi, I hope I'm not late. #mglitchat -9:02 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @NatalieCMarkey congratulations on winning a contest! That alone can help in a query letter. #MGlitchat -9:02 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @NatalieCMarkey I've heard that Duotrope is an awesome place to research the short story market. #mglitchat -9:02 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty RT @AnshaKotyk: Does anyone have any favorite short stories they'd like to talk about, and why? #mglitchat -9:04 PM Mar 15th, 2012
sjnija @NatalieCMarkey congratulations on your win! #mglitchat -9:04 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @DanyelleLeafty (thanks) #mglitchat -9:04 PM Mar 15th, 2012
deegarretson don't know much about recently pubbed collections of MG short stories, did find some older books of scary ones by Alvin Schwartz #mglitchat -9:04 PM Mar 15th, 2012
NatalieCMarkey @kingdomofpatria #MGlitchat I was in HS and my teacher said writing wasn't a real career. Now as an author I'm revisiting this story. -9:04 PM Mar 15th, 2012
_TimothyPower Where are MG short stories published? I'm assuming Highlights is a younger aud. (Going to Duotrope soon...) #MGlitchat -9:04 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @deegarretson Were those the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark? #mglitchat -9:05 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk Highschool english classes introduced me to a number of my fave short stories. #mglitchat -9:05 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @_TimothyPower There's online magazines as well. If you write horror lite, Underneath the Juniper Tree is awesome #mglitchat -9:06 PM Mar 15th, 2012
_TimothyPower Chris Priestley's Tales of Terror series are short stories, but I think of them as novelized collections. #MGlitchat -9:06 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk Can we talk about how short stories influence longer fiction? Like Shirley Jackson's The Lottery and The Hunger Games? #mglitchat -9:06 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KatherineBook Speaking as a bookseller, kids almost never ask for short stories, but they come w/teacher assignments for reading one. #mglitchat -9:06 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria I'm also interested in marketing venues for MG short stories. Also, are publishers interested in collections of MG short stories? #mglitchat -9:06 PM Mar 15th, 2012
deegarretson @DanyelleLeafty yes! he had 2 more, More Scary Stories and Scary Stories 3-ghost stories seem a good fit for middle grade #mglitchat -9:06 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @deegarretson I remember those! Scared the daylights out of me, but I loved it! #mglitchat -9:06 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KristineAsselin Lurking in #mglitchat -9:07 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @KristineAsselin hugs. #mglitchat -9:07 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @kingdomofpatria I could be wrong, but the short story market (publishers/bookstores) is a hard sale. #mglitchat -9:07 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @KatherineBook So kids don't ask for shorts... only novels? #mglitchat -9:07 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria ...or are only novelized collections of MG short stories going to sell? #mglitchat -9:07 PM Mar 15th, 2012
Mike_Jung Hi everyone. Gotta tweet & run, but Bruce Coville's written some terrific MG short stories. I'm partial to "The Giant's Tooth." #mglitchat -9:07 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KristineAsselin My favorite short story: All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury. heartbreaking. I'd call it Middle Grade. #mglitchat -9:08 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty I loved Vivian Vande Velde's The Rumplestiltskin Problem. #mglitchat Collection of short stories. -9:08 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @Mike_Jung Bruce Coville is awesome! #mglitchat -9:08 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DiamondLB Hi! Just dropping by to check out #mglitchat ! :) -9:08 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KristineAsselin @AnshaKotyk :) #mglitchat -9:09 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @KristineAsselin Ray Bradbury is one of my all time faves for short stories. #mglitchat -9:09 PM Mar 15th, 2012
EgmontUSA One place where I think short stories might break through is with digital singlets. #mglitchat -9:09 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @AnshaKotyk Yes. You don't see many short story collections, esp. in kidlit. #mglitchat -9:09 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @KristineAsselin Ray B. also said the short story is the best way to learn the craft #mglitchat -9:09 PM Mar 15th, 2012
EgmontUSA Kids feel like they're getting more of content they already have a connection to. #mglitchat -9:09 PM Mar 15th, 2012
coachhays64 Took short story class as a jr. in high school. SHORT = EASY for my dumb-jock self. Was hooked for life on the form from Day 1. #mglitchat -9:09 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf Any of Ray Bradbury's I'd consider excellent. #MgLitchat -9:09 PM Mar 15th, 2012
_TimothyPower What is the word length for an MG short story? Yes, I am asking all the beginner questions! :) #MGlitchat -9:09 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @EgmontUSA I agree. Digital books are perfect for short stories. #mglitchat -9:10 PM Mar 15th, 2012
_TimothyPower Good band name! RT @EgmontUSA: One place where I think short stories might break through is with digital singlets. #MGlitchat -9:10 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AlisonsBookMrks @katherinebook The only short story books my son(9) ever read were the GUYS READ books. Otherwise, he rejects them. #mglitchat -9:10 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @EgmontUSA good thought about digital singlets. I assume you mean on Kindle, etc. As one who markets ebooks that intrigues me. #mglitchat -9:10 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf Dandeline Wine Something Wicked This Way Comes The Illustrated Man Etc. #MgLitchat -9:10 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty I also liked Brothers Grimm and Sisters Weird. Collection of fractured fairy tales. #mglitchat -9:11 PM Mar 15th, 2012
coachhays64 @AniProf Some of the very best. #mglitchat -9:11 PM Mar 15th, 2012
EgmontUSA @kingdomofpatria I mean ebook in any format. Kindle, Nook, iPad, PC, Sony Reader, whatever. #mglitchat -9:11 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KatherineBook The exception is the Guys Read books... I think the tags of "funny" and "thriller" help there. Kids can be talked in to that. #mglitchat -9:12 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf @_TimothyPower Digital singles; do you think they'll make it, like music singles? #MgLitchat -9:12 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty As a kid, I found a lot of authors I grew to love through anthologies. #mglitchat -9:12 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford Coming in late, gotta catch up, but HI! #mglitchat -9:12 PM Mar 15th, 2012
EgmontUSA @KatherineBook I think that's a great example! #mglitchat -9:12 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @KateMilford Welcome! :) #mglitchat -9:12 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty So do you think the packaging matters when it comes to MG short stories? #mglitchat -9:13 PM Mar 15th, 2012
EgmontUSA @AniProf I think right now it depends on the franchise. 39 Clues has short digital books. Those will sell because it's 39 Clues. #mglitchat -9:14 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf SciFi shorts are often far superior to novels. Asimov was another genius in this genre length. #MgLitchat -9:14 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kitgrindstaff Anyone ever read shorts by Saki, aka Hector Hugo Munro? Brit writer, for adults, but I loved them as a kid #mglitchat -9:14 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk I do agree that while a tough sell through traditional routes, the short stories are making a comeback in e-format. #mglitchat -9:14 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KatherineBook The other place I see short stories sell regularly to kids is "scary stories" & "ghost stories". #mglitchat -9:14 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @aniprof Just got as far as your Bradbury comment and shrieked in agreement. #mglitchat -9:14 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf @KateMilford Welcome! #mglitchat -9:14 PM Mar 15th, 2012
EgmontUSA But if Jo Schmo just wanted to publish a singlet I think, depending on price point and promotion, it could be harder. #mglitchat -9:14 PM Mar 15th, 2012
deegarretson I've heard of some YA authors contributing to anthologies to come out later in the year, haven't heard much about MG #mglitchat -9:15 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @AniProf SciFi and fantasy have such a rich history with short stories. #mglitchat -9:15 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @EgmontUSA @AniProf you mean 39 Clues short stories? shorter than the novels? My son is devouring the novels now.. #mglitchat -9:15 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @KateMilford Flowers for Algernon, one of my all time favorites! #mglitchat -9:15 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty RT @KateMilford: @AniProf SciFi and fantasy have such a rich history with short stories. #mglitchat -9:15 PM Mar 15th, 2012
EgmontUSA @kingdomofpatria Yup. #mglitchat -9:15 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf Agreed! RT @KateMilford: @AniProf SciFi and fantasy have such a rich history with short stories. #mglitchat -9:15 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @AniProf As was, of course, Phillip K. Dick. #mglitchat -9:15 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf Of course. RT @kingdomofpatria: @AniProf As was, of course, Phillip K. Dick. #mglitchat -9:16 PM Mar 15th, 2012
coachhays64 @AniProf SciFi shorts are a great way to introduce MG/YA to the genre. #mglitchat -9:17 PM Mar 15th, 2012
Becky_AS To repeat @_TimothyPower - what word count is considered "short story". When does it become too long? #mglitchat -9:17 PM Mar 15th, 2012
_TimothyPower Chris Priestley's Tales of Terror From the Dark Ship is one of my all-time faves. #MGlitchat -9:17 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf For MG writers, there are numerous online outlets for shorts. #mglitchat -9:17 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk What did you have in mind?RT @DanyelleLeafty: So do you think the packaging matters when it comes to MG short stories? #mglitchat -9:17 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KDuBayGillis Hi everyone....sorry to be late. Long story, which isn't the topic tonight. : ) #mglitchat -9:17 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AlisonsBookMrks I'm sure the comfort of already loved authors help. Riordan, Kinney, Sciezcka etc. Kids will take chance. #mglitchat -9:17 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford Specifically, how to use shorter content to support forthcoming books, even in MG. THis is my project for this summer. #mglitchat -9:17 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @KDuBayGillis bwahaha! Glad you could come! #mglitchat -9:18 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @Becky_AS @_TimothyPower I think you'd probably need to check submission guidelines, because each place might be different. #mglitchat -9:18 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria I'm liking the idea of an interconnected set of MG short stories, published digitally. Seems like the best marketing route, too. #mglitchat -9:18 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KristineAsselin I've just started writing shorts here and there. For writers, it's nice to help with character development for a longer piece. #mglitchat -9:18 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @KateMilford That sounds like a brilliant topic- using shorts to support your novel length works. #mglitchat -9:18 PM Mar 15th, 2012
EgmontUSA I think it's interesting that short stories don't nec. thrive as you'd expect given how many become part of school curriculum. #mglitchat -9:18 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @kingdomofpatria I'm going to be experimenting with this shortly. #mglitchat -9:18 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @AnshaKotyk Packaging: tags, themes--that kind of thing. #mglitchat -9:19 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf Go to http://t.co/OqvWrOsd and scroll to near the bottom for a word count chart. #mglitchat -9:19 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @Becky_AS @_TimothyPower I've written some humorous short stories on my site at about 2,000 words. http://t.co/xl9qaL79 #mglitchat -9:19 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @EgmontUSA I find that fascinating too. Especially if they're short you'd think kids would enjoy to shorter time commitment #mglitchat -9:19 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kitgrindstaff @KristineAsselin I've found the same thing. Great to write a 10p or so backstory. Can unearth amazing stuff about yr characters! #mglitchat -9:20 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @KateMilford what do you mean? #mglitchat -9:20 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @EgmontUSA But it's easy to understand how short stories end up in curriculum, some are brilliant in their brevity #mglitchat -9:20 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @KateMilford That sounds awesome! #mglitchat -9:20 PM Mar 15th, 2012
deegarretson I think it's hard to write good short stories and keep them short, the adult ones I'm working on end up 8-10 K #mglitchat -9:20 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @AnshaKotyk I'm going w idea that what'll make shorts exciting to mg readers is bringing them out alongside bks they relate to #mglitchat -9:21 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @DanyelleLeafty Me, too. Already have some posted at http://t.co/xl9qaL79. good luck! #mglitchat -9:21 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @AnshaKotyk @EgmontUSA I think you kind of have to be brilliant to write solid short stories. #mglitchat -9:21 PM Mar 15th, 2012
elissafield @AnshaKotyk @EgmontUSA MG kids like getting lost in a story. They get bored by superficial storytelling. #MGlitchat -9:21 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @anshakotyk Rather than putting the stories out afterwards, trying to extend the life of the series, if that makes sense #mglitchat -9:21 PM Mar 15th, 2012
coachhays64 Poe for upper middle grade (read-aloud especially). Washington Irving's shorts for language changes over time comparisons. #MGlitchat -9:21 PM Mar 15th, 2012
Becky_AS @AnshaKotyk But this is the same age group that loves series books, where they can stick with the characters they love. :) #mglitchat -9:21 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @KateMilford Kind of like sidebars to the big story? I like that. #mglitchat -9:22 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @kingdomofpatria Thanks! You too. :) #mglitchat -9:22 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf I'm still toying with the idea of editing a self-pubbed MG SciFi anthology. Any takers? Could be a great way to test the waters. #mglitchat -9:22 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford So that they give clues and extra info that readers can draw upon to enhance reading of the next bk. #mglitchat -9:22 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @elissafield @AnshaKotyk @EgmontUSA I think this is true regardless of length. Short =/= superficial to me. #mglitchat -9:22 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk RT @coachhays64: Poe Washington Irving excellent examples.. #MGlitchat -9:22 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KatherineBook Kids tell me often that they need longer books b/c they can't part w/characters so soon. Want long term relationships #mglitchat -9:22 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @AnshaKotyk Exactly. The one for this September acts as a bridge between The Boneshaker and The Broken Lands. #mglitchat -9:23 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KDuBayGillis RT @KateMilford: So that they give clues and extra info that readers can draw upon to enhance reading of the next bk. #mglitchat -9:23 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @AniProf If I could wrap my head around SF, I'd be in. :p #mglitchat -9:23 PM Mar 15th, 2012
elissafield @elissafield @AnshaKotyk @EgmontUSA Wait - not say shstories are superficial... just surprised the long complicated books MG love #MGlitchat -9:23 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @KateMilford @AnshaKotyk you mean tie-ins to your own books? #mglitchat -9:23 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @DanyelleLeafty I agree. Short stories are so much harder, I think. #mglitchat -9:23 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @KatherineBook That's exactly why I love longer novels and series. #mglitchat -9:23 PM Mar 15th, 2012
annrich7 RT @gregpincus: Links to some great examples of revision (before and after): http://t.co/5ogvndDO #mglitchat #yalitchat #kidlit -9:24 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @KateMilford Definitely! It's hard making every word count and do the work of ten. #mglitchat -9:24 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @KatherineBook I think that's a great argument toward partnering them w larger works, or writing a collection of related stories. #mglitchat -9:24 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @KateMilford I love the idea of the challenge in creating a short story. you have to be concise but get the feelings across. #mglitchat -9:24 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KatherineBook So, giving them a short story of more info on a character they already love will always sell. Always (see Demigod Files) #mglitchat -9:24 PM Mar 15th, 2012
elissafield @DanyelleLeafty @AnshaKotyk @EgmontUSA (yes, laughing at myself - did you see me correct my own tweet?) #MGlitchat -9:24 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf Jim Butcher recently came out with a ss anthology for his Dresdn Files series. Not MG, but a good example of how to make it work. #mglitchat -9:24 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @kingdomofpatria I guess, sort of? HOw do you define a tie-in? #mglitchat -9:25 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria Speaking of faves, I read P.G. Wodehouse's comic short stories aloud to my kids and they roll on the floor in laughter. #mglitchat -9:25 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @KatherineBook Those are my favorite kinds of short stories. :D #mglitchat -9:25 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @AnshaKotyk It's like writing poetry, which I also suck at. #mglitchat -9:25 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @KateMilford @KatherineBook these are good points #mglitchat -9:25 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KatherineBook But stand alone short stories, with very few exceptions(Guys Read, from beloved authors) will be the land of school curriculums. #mglitchat -9:25 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AlisonsBookMrks @KatherineBook totally agree! familiarity of author and/or characters def help. #mglitchat -9:26 PM Mar 15th, 2012
deegarretson @kingdomofpatria that's great to hear, love P.G. Wodehouse! #mglitchat -9:26 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @KateMilford bwhaha. I wrote one poem I'm proud of, then I quit while I was ahead. ;) #mglitchat -9:26 PM Mar 15th, 2012
deegarretson I'd like to see some new collections of ghost stories and other scary stories #mglitchat -9:27 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @KateMilford your own work. I understand now what yr getting at. A story that develops characters of your own from longer work #mglitchat -9:27 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk For those interested I found a few short story contests on line today #mglitchat -9:27 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf @AlisonsBookMrks Why just for school curriculums? I say we need to change this. Shorts are often much more satisfying than novels #mglitchat -9:27 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KDuBayGillis For those writing short stories related to longer MG...do you find any of them actually make it into longer novels? #mglitchat -9:28 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf Yes!!! RT @deegarretson: Id like to see some new collections of ghost stories and other scary stories #mglitchat -9:28 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KristineAsselin I wrote tons of poetry in HS. Tons. RT @KateMilford: @AnshaKotyk Its like writing poetry, which I also suck at. #mglitchat -9:28 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @deegarretson In my poor, hubristic, horribly inadequate way I've been taking him as a model for my own MG writing. #mglitchat -9:28 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @KDuBayGillis I tend to organize my short stories into mosaic-type novels. #mglitchat -9:28 PM Mar 15th, 2012
ixtumea @EgmontUSA Short stories are a part of school curriculums? What grades? #mglitchat -9:29 PM Mar 15th, 2012
sean_hill @EgmontUSA I've had success with my short story project @VeryShortStory #mglitchat -9:29 PM Mar 15th, 2012
ixtumea I love short stories. I buy all the YA anthologies. Been asked a couple times for a submission. But I have a 'fession. #mglitchat -9:29 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @ixtumea I remember working on short stories from various authors throughout Middle school and High school. #mglitchat -9:29 PM Mar 15th, 2012
EgmontUSA @ixtumea I certainly remember reading a lot of them throughout school. I was just basing on experience. #mglitchat -9:30 PM Mar 15th, 2012
ixtumea I think my short stories are sucky. Need to work on that. #mglitchat -9:30 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @AniProf That's true, but kids like to commit to characters and worlds. That's why they still gravitate to series. #mglitchat -9:30 PM Mar 15th, 2012
_TimothyPower In a way, the best chapters in MG novels are like short stories...beginning, middle, and end. Prolly can't stand alone tho. #MGlitchat -9:30 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DsBSC There is a short story contest to become an antholgy used by kids sick in hospital http://t.co/BtJNcbIm #mglitchat #kindlesforkids -9:30 PM Mar 15th, 2012
coachhays64 @KDuBayGillis Yes. Almost every longer piece I write comes to life as a short story. Short story 1st, let it incubate and grow. #mglitchat -9:30 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @sean_hill @EgmontUSA @VeryShortStory do explain #mglitchat -9:30 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kitgrindstaff @aniprof I'd love that! (ghost stories) #mglitchat -9:31 PM Mar 15th, 2012
ixtumea @EgmontUSA My fifth grader son has more shorts that are poetry/bios/science/soc. studied related. #mglitchat -9:31 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk RT @DsBSC: There is a short story contest to become an antholgy for kids sick in hospital http://t.co/Pc3A1ETO #mglitchat #kindlesforkids -9:31 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf @KateMilford But an antho could all be about a given "world." Think Martian Chronicles, or I, Robot. #mglitchat -9:31 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @_TimothyPower Good point. I think for MG readers a short story's gotta be a complete adventure. Not necessarily so for adults. #mglitchat -9:31 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf @kitgrindstaff So? Let's work together to create one! #mglitchat -9:31 PM Mar 15th, 2012
deegarretson @kingdomofpatria you picked a good model! #mglitchat -9:31 PM Mar 15th, 2012
coachhays64 @_TimothyPower Steeping stones in the bigger story. #mglitchat -9:32 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kitgrindstaff @AniProf :) #mglitchat -9:32 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @AniProf I haven't read I, Robot, but The Martian Chronicles doesn't give much in the way of characters to follow through the bk. #mglitchat -9:32 PM Mar 15th, 2012
ixtumea I think short story anthologies would be great for upper Elementary school kiddos. #mglitchat -9:33 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @aniprof This isn't a judgment--I LOVE the Martian Chronicles. But I do think that works against them for mg readers. I think. #mglitchat -9:33 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress Chiming in to say short stories can be an important option for reluctant readers, part of why we loved the Guys Read idea #mglitchat -9:33 PM Mar 15th, 2012
ixtumea What I'm seeing with fifth graders? Interest in non-fiction and more fantasies. Son loves ghost/horror tales. #mglitchat -9:33 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty Wanted to note that I'm running a short story contest as part of my #kindlesforkids: http://t.co/e6P5hrxo #mglitchat -9:34 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @aniprof This is all guessing on my part. But it is why my husband (avid scifi reader) dislikes short stories. #mglitchat -9:34 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria It occurs to me that the Sherlock Holmes and Father Brown mysteries were (almost all) shorts. My 11 year-old son loves 'em. #mglitchat -9:34 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KristineAsselin RT @WaldenPondPress: Short stories can be an important option for reluctant readers, part of why we loved Guys Read #mglitchat -9:34 PM Mar 15th, 2012
ixtumea Also at son's satellite school, fifth and even younger loving HUNGER GAMES. Now that surprises me. #mglitchat -9:34 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KatherineBook You know what short story collections I wished existed? Sports. Most common reluctant reader description at store. #mglitchat -9:34 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford Although prob my husband would not like my equating his reading preferences with those of middle-school kids. #mglitchat -9:34 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford Still...if the shoe fits... #mglitchat -9:34 PM Mar 15th, 2012
ixtumea I homeschool through a charter school so I'm hearing and seeing more #MG than I usually do. #mglitchat -9:35 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk Giggle* RT @KateMilford: Still...if the shoe fits... #mglitchat -9:35 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kitgrindstaff @WaldenPondPress Good point. Seems to me (via friends' kids) more kids struggle w/ADHD these days, so good for that too. #mglitchat -9:35 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KatherineBook We are constantly told "he'll read Matt Christopher b/c sports & short". Why not short stories? #mglitchat -9:35 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @KatherineBook The Sports Pages is the next title in our Guys Read series - we read your mind :) #mglitchat -9:35 PM Mar 15th, 2012
ixtumea Relucant readers LOVE graphic novels. The anthologies I get to review, son loves. #mglitchat -9:35 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @KatherineBook interesting point! #mglitchat -9:36 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KristineAsselin LOVE! RT @WaldenPondPress: @KatherineBook The Sports Pages is the next title in our Guys Read series - we read your mind :) #mglitchat -9:36 PM Mar 15th, 2012
ixtumea I hate when ppl say graphic novels aren't books. That's what motivated my son to want to read more. #mglitchat -9:36 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf @DanyelleLeafty I'm in! I'll send a sub fairly soon. #mglitchat -9:36 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @kitgrindstaff Definitely - that's a good point. A S.S. collection allows a kid to read a bit more non-linearly #mglitchat -9:37 PM Mar 15th, 2012
sjnija @kingdomofpatria True, Sherlock Holmes stories were first published as shorts in magazines #mglitchat -9:37 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @AniProf Thanks! That would be awesome. :D #mglitchat -9:37 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @KatherineBook Why not short stories- perhaps there's a preconception of what they'll get? Like curriculum style short stories #mglitchat -9:37 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AlisonsBookMrks happy!! “@WaldenPondPress: @KatherineBook The Sports Pages is the next title in our Guys Read series - we read your mind :) #mglitchat” -9:37 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kitgrindstaff @ixtumea me too as a kid. Reading is reading...anything that hooks a 'reluctant reader' in. #mglitchat -9:37 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @KristineAsselin Aw, I'm so glad - can't wait to share it with you! #mglitchat -9:38 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty Agreed! RT @kitgrindstaff: @ixtumea me too as a kid. Reading is reading...anything that hooks a 'reluctant reader' in. #mglitchat -9:38 PM Mar 15th, 2012
word_working #mglitchat Just asked my 10-y-o reading fiend & co-blogger if she would be as int in s. stories as novels & she nodded: 'I love all stories' -9:38 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @alisonsbookmrks - Yay :), Can't wait to share it with you too! #mglitchat -9:38 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AlisonsBookMrks @ixtumea we love graphic novels in our house (both my 7 and 9 y/o) but they also read novels, series, and short story anth. #mglitchat -9:38 PM Mar 15th, 2012
_TimothyPower Hear, hear! RT @kitgrindstaff: @ixtumea Reading is reading...anything that hooks a reluctant reader in. #MGlitchat -9:38 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf @sjnija Sherlock Holmes is a interesting case. This was back in the day when story mags were VERY popular. #mglitchat -9:39 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @word_working That's awesome! #mglitchat -9:39 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk @EgmontUSA L8 2 the party, but I never liked Short Stories- never satisfying. #mglitchat -9:39 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kitgrindstaff @DanyelleLeafty In London yrs ago a school defended letting its teens read music mags on those grounds. Got me thinking... #mglitchat -9:39 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @sjnija But I guess the point is that Sherlock was a series. MG kids love series and mystery. Might work for a shorts collection? #mglitchat -9:39 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KristineAsselin I'm pretty sure Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game started as a short in a magazine. #mglitchat -9:40 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @AniProf @sjnija Yes. I wonder if that's part of why they aren't as popular to day (MG) because expectations have changed. #mglitchat -9:40 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel Really? Not even The Lottery or Flowers for Algernon, or All Summer in a Day? No short caught your attention? #mglitchat -9:40 PM Mar 15th, 2012
_TimothyPower Imagine if the Harry Potter books had come out a chapter at a time ala Dickens! #MGlitchat -9:40 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @AniProf I loved those as a kid, too, and a lot of my love had to do with loving Holmes and Watson and their London. #mglitchat -9:40 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kitgrindstaff @DanyelleLeafty ...after all, they were reading, which was the point :) (and these were kids who were behind with that) #mglitchat -9:41 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @kitgrindstaff That is awesome! The most important thing is to reach the kids in the first place. #mglitchat -9:41 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @AniProf @sjnija so true. I think the contemporary analogue would be epubbed stories. #mglitchat -9:41 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk Loved Flowers 4 Algernon. Thought of that as novel. Is it novella? #mglitchat -9:41 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @rachelnseigel As an adult I felt the same way until I read CATHEDRAL by Raymond Carver (slight non-kidlit aside :)) #mglitchat -9:41 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty RT @kingdomofpatria: @AniProf @sjnija so true. I think the contemporary analogue would be epubbed stories. #mglitchat -9:41 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AlisonsBookMrks @rachelnseigel what if the ss are connected, like Olive Kitteridge? I know it's adult, but 1st example that popped into my head #mglitchat -9:41 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf Would have worked IMHO. RT @_TimothyPower: Imagine if the Harry Potter books had come out a chapter at a time ala Dickens! #mglitchat -9:41 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel Ah, okay you got me prolly a novella. ;) #mglitchat -9:41 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @WaldenPondPress ooh, I remember Cathedral! #mglitchat -9:42 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kitgrindstaff @TimothyPower whoa! Imagine indeed...and to wait a whole week, like Dickens readers had to! #mglitchat -9:42 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @AlisonsBookMrks Do like interconnected short stories- like Sideways Stories from Wayside School. #mglitchat -9:43 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @WaldenPondPress I think that's what fascinates me about SS, they are the ones that have stuck with me since childhood. #mglitchat -9:43 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @kitgrindstaff @TimothyPower It would def. have been interesting to see how that worked. #mglitchat #amanimpatientreader O:) -9:43 PM Mar 15th, 2012
ProfessorBoris RT @ixtumea: I hate when ppl say graphic novels aren't books. That's what motivated my son to want to read more. #mglitchat -9:43 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @kitgrindstaff @TimothyPower JK Rowling had us waiting for entire books like Victorians waited for chapters! #mglitchat -9:43 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @WaldenPondPress I have even gone through phases of only wanting to read thick novels. Short stories just get started #mglitchat -9:43 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @rachelnseigel @AlisonsBookMrks Awesome book! #mglitchat -9:43 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf @kitgrindstaff Kit? Follow me so we can DM. #mglitchat -9:44 PM Mar 15th, 2012
ProfessorBoris Me TOO! RT: @ixtumea I hate when ppl say graphic novels aren't books. That's what motivated my son to want to read more. #mglitchat -9:44 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @WaldenPondPress and are over! ;-) Enjoyed some of the "Guys Read" stories though. #mglitchat -9:44 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kitgrindstaff @DanyelleLeafty As a music buff, I thought so! Why should it be "academic"? Graphic novels, roll 'em on! #mglitchat -9:44 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AlisonsBookMrks @rachelnseigel oh, LOVE Wayside School! Are they considered ss? #mglitchat -9:44 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kitgrindstaff @kingdomofpatria TRUE! #mglitchat -9:44 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @rachelnseigel - I can completely relate, I have always said the exact same thing - I want to be invested in the characters #mglitchat -9:45 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @kitgrindstaff I think sometimes we (adults) forget to think outside the box. #mglitchat -9:45 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kitgrindstaff @AniProf Oky doke will do #mglitchat -9:45 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KatherineBook Eep. My contributions can't be called encouraging to debut authors tonight. "Have beloved characters or be a beloved author" #mglitchat -9:45 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @rachelnseigel And can't be with a short story. #mglitchat -9:45 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @AlisonsBookMrks @rachelnseigel They have the feel of it, to me at least. #mglitchat -9:46 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AudryT Heck yeah. Huge portion of our manga audience was reluctant readers. RT @ixtumea: Relucant readers LOVE graphic novels. #mglitchat -9:47 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kitgrindstaff @DanyelleLeafty Strange but true, esp. when you think that we can create the wildest worlds, but are blind to the obvious. #mglitchat -9:47 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @WaldenPondPress Exactly. I think writing a short story is incredibly difficult to do well. #mglitchat -9:47 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @rachelnseigel If fiance had not read the Cathedral stories aloud, I never would have touched them, but then I was hooked! #mglitchat -9:47 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria Short stories are a taste that combines our love of narrative with our love for lyric poetry. #mglitchat -9:47 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KatherineBook But Wayside School is a great example. THAT is the type of short story collection you can sell to a kid. #mglitchat -9:48 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @WaldenPondPress I will look for those. Sounds like I should read some of them! :-) #mglitchat -9:48 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @AnshaKotyk - It's a great one, highly recommend it! #mglitchat -9:48 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @kitgrindstaff I think it's easy to get caught up in "This is how it's done" thinking, esp. when busy. #mglitchat -9:48 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @AnshaKotyk I never really read short stories as a kid/teen, but I do remember the ones that were read aloud to me, they stuck :) #mglitchat -9:48 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @AlisonsBookMrks I think they sort of are- each one is a different story, but they are all connected. #mglitchat -9:48 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @WaldenPondPress I have become hooked on several things from my husband reading them aloud. So much fun. #mglitchat -9:48 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @AnshaKotyk - I think I'm seeing the power of read-alouds here - PSA: Read-alouds are important at any age! #mglitchat -9:49 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kitgrindstaff G'night all, it was fun not lurking after all, but dinner's burning (hubby always complains about my long-distance cooking lol!) #mglitchat -9:49 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @WaldenPondPress @AnshaKotyk I did like Edgar Allen Poe. His short stories were effective. #mglitchat -9:49 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @KateMilford I must try this husband-reading thing. Although hubby reads mostly financial non-fic... sigh. Where's the romance? #mglitchat -9:50 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @KateMilford @WaldenPondPress It's funny how reading aloud can do that. Not change the story, per se, but make it different. #mglitchat -9:50 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @WaldenPondPress @AnshaKotyk here! here! One regret of my kids growing up is that we don't read aloud like we used to :( #mglitchat -9:50 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @KateMilford Same here :) Books I never would have read come alive. I've tried many new genres after listening to him read. #mglitchat -9:50 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @kitgrindstaff Thanks for stopping by, hope we didn't burn dinner! #mglitchat -9:50 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @kitgrindstaff Have a great night, and thanks for stopping by! :) #mglitchat -9:50 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @rachelnseigel There's great value in collections of related stories. Kids can seek links & parallels, bigger story, etc. #mglitchat -9:51 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @rachelnseigel - I completely agree - with so little time and space to flesh out a character, they can be very challenging #mglitchat -9:51 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @kingdomofpatria @WaldenPondPress @AnshaKotyk I used 2 love reading aloud 2 the kids I babysat 4. Then they wanted 2 read alone #mglitchat -9:51 PM Mar 15th, 2012
sjnija reading aloud is great at any age, hope i can do it more #mglitchat -9:51 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @WaldenPondPress He's reading me @naominovik's Temeraire books on our drives these days. WONDERFUL read-alouds. #mglitchat -9:52 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel One of my conflicts is that during #mglitchat hubby gets to read to the kids before bed. -9:52 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @KateMilford That's an excellent point. I like the familiarity of the world & characters. #mglitchat -9:52 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @rachelnseigel I think the best SS focus on powerful moments #mglitchat -9:52 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty RT @WaldenPondPress: @rachelnseigel I think the best SS focus on powerful moments #mglitchat -9:52 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @rachelnseigel - moments you can give more detail to B/C you aren't propelling a full MS #mglitchat -9:52 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @WaldenPondPress Yes. Some of our school clients were focusing on teaching "small moment" writing. Very focused. #mglitchat -9:53 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @KateMilford What a great idea - I'm going to have to look into those. We do a lot of read alouds on drives as well :) #mglitchat -9:53 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @WaldenPondPress @rachelnseigel I love the small moment magnified. #mglitchat -9:53 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @WaldenPondPress What's funny is I used to write short stories all of the time when I was younger. #mglitchat -9:53 PM Mar 15th, 2012
deegarretson Oh, I just remembered my sixth grade teacher reading some of Kipling's short stories to us-that was a long time ago :) #mglitchat -9:53 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk @WaldenPondPress Picture Books do it very well. #mglitchat -9:54 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria Good night all. Going to go read Hunger Games which believe it or not haven't yet read. Good discussion! #mglitchat -9:54 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf @DanyelleLeafty Good SS arcs are short, highly focused, and crystal-like. #mglitchat -9:54 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @WaldenPondPress They're like Jane Austen plus Patrick O'Brian plus DRAGONS!! #mglitchat -9:54 PM Mar 15th, 2012
word_working @DanyelleLeafty Thanks! I think she does love any & all great stories, short or long (you may enjoy her book reviews on our blog) #mglitchat -9:54 PM Mar 15th, 2012
_TimothyPower Yes! RT @AnshaKotyk: @WaldenPondPress @rachelnseigel I love the small moment magnified. #MGlitchat -9:54 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @kingdomofpatria Enjoy! Thanks for contributing tonight! #mglitchat -9:54 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @kingdomofpatria - I think it's hard as your kids get older, but it's definitely something they could come back to as adults #mglitchat -9:55 PM Mar 15th, 2012
deegarretson @KateMilford yes, those are fabulous! both my husband and I loved them #mglitchat -9:55 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @WaldenPondPress @kingdomofpatria Mem Fox suggested reading 2 older kids while they do chores- like dishes. #mglitchat -9:55 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @AniProf Yes. A whole different ballgame than longer works. Hard, but beautiful. #mglitchat -9:55 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @danyelleleafty @KateMilford I completely agree - and you get the benefit of another person's interpretation. #mglitchat -9:55 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford Can I be evil, before everyone leaves, and be selfish? #mglitchat -9:55 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf Dumb suggestion, but ... Given we all write MG, shouldn't we be following each other? #mglitchat -9:55 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel That's a great idea! #mglitchat -9:55 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @word_working Will definitely check it out. Could you send me the link? #mglitchat -9:56 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AlisonsBookMrks @rachelnseigel @kingdomofpatria @waldenpondpress read aloud to my boys every night... Need Carhedral in lineup! #mglitchat -9:56 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KDuBayGillis I think we should add read-alouds to our #mglitchat topic list for the spring... -9:56 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @AniProf Elissa started a public mg group. #mglitchat -9:56 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @rachelnseigel @kingdomofpatria @AnshaKotyk That's a sad moment! #mglitchat - not looking forward to that when I have kids :( -9:56 PM Mar 15th, 2012
susankayequinn RT @DanyelleLeafty: Wanted to note that I'm running a short story contest as part of my #kindlesforkids: http://t.co/e6P5hrxo #mglitchat -9:56 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford Since we're talking about short works. I'm compiling a mailing list of folks to update about the novella project over the summer #mglitchat -9:56 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @KDuBayGillis That's a great topic idea! #mglitchat -9:56 PM Mar 15th, 2012
Becky_AS @rachelnseigel Fabulous idea! Plus, they might do more chores? #mglitchat -9:56 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KristineAsselin We listen to books on CD all day, every day, instead of TV. #ReadAloud @rachelnseigel: @WaldenPondPress @kingdomofpatria #mglitchat -9:57 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @Becky_AS You can always hope! ;-) #mglitchat -9:57 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @rachelnseigel That's a great idea, I would love to go to a class like that! #mglitchat -9:57 PM Mar 15th, 2012
_TimothyPower Thanks, guys! So glad I made it this week and didn't space out like usual. :P #MGlitchat -9:57 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford It is going to be a slightly huge project, and I'll be needing some spread-the-word help come May-ish. #mglitchat -9:57 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AniProf My wife read stories to our kids and I created originsl oral tales. #mglitchat -9:57 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @KDuBayGillis Great Idea. #mglitchat -9:57 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @KateMilford I'd be happy to help. :) #mglitchat -9:57 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @WaldenPondPress I might not have minded doing stuff like that- remember listening to Robert Munsch on radio cleaning my roomm! #mglitchat -9:58 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @WaldenPondPress Was totally entrancing. #mglitchat -9:58 PM Mar 15th, 2012
deegarretson @AniProf I try to follow people I see here, sometimes I miss some though #mglitchat -9:58 PM Mar 15th, 2012
kingdomofpatria @KateMilford You can email me through my blog at http://t.co/xl9qaL79. OK...I'm GOING now! #mglitchat -9:58 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford If you are at all interested in being kept in the loop, email me at kate at clockworkfoundry dot com. #mglitchat -9:58 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @rachelnseigel You know you just reminded me that I did too, no joke. Never really read them, but wrote a lot of them. #mglitchat -9:58 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford THat was a lotta tweets for an annoyingly self-promotional message and I apologize and beg your patience. :) #mglitchat -9:58 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @rachelnseigel Were you a poetry fan? I read a ton of poetry as a teen #mglitchat -9:58 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @KateMilford count me in! It sounds like fun! #mglitchat -9:59 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty If I could sneak in a mention for #kindlesforkids. Working to raise funds for kindles for pediatric unit: http://t.co/c5vDPVzI #mglitchat -9:59 PM Mar 15th, 2012
dknippling @ixtumea My reluctant reader got sucked in with fairy tales: short stories indeed. #mglitchat -9:59 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @_TimothyPower Thanks for stopping by! #MGlitchat -9:59 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @WaldenPondPress I was! Started with Shel Silverstein and worked up. Wrote a lot of poems. #mglitchat -9:59 PM Mar 15th, 2012
deegarretson good night all, I'm off to work on a non kidlit short story set on the Titanic, just for fun #mglitchat -9:59 PM Mar 15th, 2012
sjnija lots of useful tidbits, thanks a lot :-) #mglitchat -9:59 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @DanyelleLeafty Thanks, Danyelle and Ansha! I appreciate it. #mglitchat -9:59 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @WaldenPondPress Loved Beauty & Beast tv show- had cassette of Ron Perlman reading poetry from show! #mglitchat -10:00 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @deegarretson Cool! Thanks for contributing tonight! #mglitchat -10:00 PM Mar 15th, 2012
charmaineclancy Didn't realise there was #mglitchat - how handy! :) -10:00 PM Mar 15th, 2012
coachhays64 @KateMilford @rachelnseigel Themed collections can give kids a view from many angles. Beauty of the short story collection. #mglitchat -10:00 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @rachelnseigel I love that - what a nice memory :) #mglitchat -10:00 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AlisonsBookMrks @rachelnseigel @waldenpondpress @kingdomofpatria I can see listening to audio w/older kids, b/c they'll get sick of my voice! #mglitchat -10:00 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @KateMilford Could you DM me the email address so I don't lose it? #mglitchat -10:00 PM Mar 15th, 2012
rachelnseigel @WaldenPondPress Got into Rilke & E.E. Cummings that way. #mglitchat -10:00 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @charmaineclancy We're just ending tonights topic of short stories. Join us next week! #mglitchat -10:00 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KristineAsselin @deegarretson That sounds like fun--anniversary and all coming up. :) #mglitchat -10:00 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford RT @DanyelleLeafty: Sneaking in a mention for #kindlesforkids. Raising funds for kindles for pediatric unit: http://t.co/kYWEx3m0 #mglitchat -10:00 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @charmaineclancy Hey! It's every Thursday at 9PM EST. #mglitchat -10:00 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @DanyelleLeafty Absolutely. #mglitchat -10:01 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @rachelnseigel Same here - was a bit Sappho fan - not sure how, but got really into her - yes ee cummings, definitely #mglitchat -10:01 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @KateMilford Thanks, on both counts. :D #mglitchat -10:01 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @rachelnseigel And of course Sylvia Plath #mglitchat -10:01 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KristineAsselin Great chat tonight all--good job @DanyelleLeafty and @AnshaKotyk #mglitchat -10:01 PM Mar 15th, 2012
KateMilford @rachelnseigel Oh, how I love Rilke... #mglitchat -10:01 PM Mar 15th, 2012
DanyelleLeafty @KristineAsselin Thanks! And thanks for stopping by. :D #mglitchat -10:01 PM Mar 15th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @KristineAsselin Thanks We'll have the transcript up momentarily. I'm off to pull it. ;) #mglitchat -10:01 PM Mar 15th, 2012
WaldenPondPress @AlisonsBookMrks That's a good idea - have you ever listened to audio with your sons? #mglitchat -10:01 PM Mar 15th, 2012
charmaineclancy Quick calculation for us Aussies and I'll join you guys next Thurs (Fri) 9pm (11am) :) #mglitchat -10:02 PM Mar 15th, 2012
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