AnshaKotyk Welcome everyone to tonight's chat on Sports in
MG #mglitchat -9:00 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelgrinti Hi everyone! #mglitchat -9:00 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk Hey everybody! :-) #mglitchat
-9:01 PM Aug 9th, 2012
HoppingReads Hi! I'm Louise, 6th gr teacher looking forward
to talking sports - books that is! #MGlitchat -9:01 PM Aug 9th, 2012
elliefalcone I've got my pom-poms. And I'm settin' 'em on
fire. Raw-raw-burn! Wait, what? #mglitchat -9:01 PM Aug 9th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel I have a confession. I haven't
read many mg's with sports in them. #mglitchat -9:02 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk I've read some- when it's about a
sport I'm interested in! ;-) #mglitchat -9:02 PM Aug 9th, 2012
kurtisscaletta Guess I'll take a break from this baseball
story to join #mglitchat. Let the games begin! #mglitchat -9:02 PM Aug 9th,
2012
elliefalcone For serious, Hi, everyone. #mglitchat -9:02 PM
Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk In Jr. High I loved a series
called "Cheerleaders". Was high-school drama centered around
cheerleading. #mglitchat -9:03 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @kurtisscaletta Who's playing? #mglitchat
#mglitchat -9:03 PM Aug 9th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel I was in band. I don't recall much
MG about bandcamp back when I was 14. :) #mglitchat -9:04 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel #Mglitchat Who r some authors who write about
sports that you all enjoy? (Other than Matt Christopher or Mike Lupica? -9:04
PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk Everytime I hear the word Bandcamp
I think of "American Pie". #mglitchat -9:04 PM Aug 9th, 2012
HoppingReads John Feinstein! Last Shot! Terrific sports
mystery. #MGlitchat -9:05 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelgrinti In my library's juvenile fiction section, we
have 4 categories shelved apart from -- animals, sci fi, mystery, sports.
#mglitchat -9:05 PM Aug 9th, 2012
deegarretson Hi everyone, back on Twitter after a summer
absence, but just lurking and taking notes. #mglitchat -9:05 PM Aug 9th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel I know right? #mglitchat -9:05 PM
Aug 9th, 2012
elliefalcone I don't read many books with sports in them but
I have an idea for one. So, my questions will be about how to handle things.
#mglitchat -9:06 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @rachelgrinti Seems like there's no shortage
of sports novels, but I find most focus on the same few sports. #mglitchat
-9:06 PM Aug 9th, 2012
kurtisscaletta @rachelgrinti My book The Tanglewood Terror
could be on all four of those shelves! #mglitchat -9:06 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelgrinti I've been trying to read more books from the
sports section because I know it's one I'm less familiar with #mglitchat -9:06
PM Aug 9th, 2012
ilanawaters @rachelnseigel Does fencing, dragon-slaying, or
using crossbows count? #mglitchat (not really here, just checking in. Hi!)
-9:06 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ilanawaters Why not? Who r we 2 say that
Dragon-slaying isn't a sport? ;-) #mglitchat -9:07 PM Aug 9th, 2012
kurtisscaletta @rachelnseigel That's true and I get asked
why there are no books about LaCrosse/Field Hockey/etc. #mglitchat -9:07 PM Aug
9th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel @KristineAsselin has a YA focused
on Golf which I think is a bit different. #mglitchat -9:07 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @kurtisscaletta Matt Christopher did a
Lacrosse one. (or two) #mglitchat -9:07 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop Standing by to see who's up to bat. Feel like a
spectator distracted by a digital screen in my hand, but it's a multitask
night. #mglitchat -9:07 PM Aug 9th, 2012
elliefalcone @rachelnseigel baseball, basketball, football,
and hockey? #mglitchat -9:07 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @elliefalcone Largely yes! #mglitchat -9:07 PM
Aug 9th, 2012
elliefalcone @ilanawaters If you break a sweat then I
declare it a sport. #mglitchat -9:08 PM Aug 9th, 2012
HoppingReads Tangerine is a wonderful novel about a legally
blind soccer goalie who has a real jerk of an older brother. Riveting.
#MGlitchat -9:08 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelgrinti @rachelnseigel That's one reason I was drawn to
The Million Dollar Putt by Dan Gutman (golf, if you can't guess, heh)
#mglitchat -9:08 PM Aug 9th, 2012
kurtisscaletta @elliefalcone I'm guessing there are more
soccer books than hockey books. #mglitchat -9:08 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @elliefalcone I recently picked up a
mini-series about gymnastics. I don't see very many about that, so it's
different. #mglitchat -9:08 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @kurtisscaletta Not in Canada! It's all hockey
all the time! ;-) #mglitchat -9:08 PM Aug 9th, 2012
kurtisscaletta There are definitely "sports books"
but also "books with sports in them." #mglitchat -9:09 PM Aug 9th,
2012
elliefalcone @kurtisscaletta Yeah, that's true. #mglitchat
-9:09 PM Aug 9th, 2012
coachhays64 @AnshaKotyk Sports and competition is perfect
for MG. Drama, success, failure all there for the taking. #mglitchat -9:09 PM
Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop Have to send a shout-out to SHAKESPEARE BATS
CLEANUP by Ron Koertge. There's a sequel, too. Terrific character development.
#mglitchat -9:09 PM Aug 9th, 2012
HoppingReads @rachelgrinti Love gutman's baseball card
series - especially Honus and Me! #MGlitchat -9:09 PM Aug 9th, 2012
deegarretson Love this RT @rachelnseigel @ilanawaters Why
not? Who r we 2 say that Dragon-slaying isn't a sport? ;-) #mglitchat -9:09 PM
Aug 9th, 2012
rachelgrinti MC in The Million Dollar Putt is blind and
takes up golf, but needs a partner to coach his shots. #mglitchat -9:09 PM Aug
9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @PBWorkshop That's a great book. Though I
thought more YA? #mglitchat -9:09 PM Aug 9th, 2012
ilanawaters @elliefalcone Awesome. Carrying in my groceries
counts, people! #mglitchat #gokatniss -9:10 PM Aug 9th, 2012
elliefalcone @rachelnseigel I would've loved that as a
youngun. #mglitchat -9:10 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ilanawaters Put in a petition for the next
olympics! #mglitchat #gokatniss -9:10 PM Aug 9th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @coachhays64 Yes. All the makings of great MG.
#mglitchat -9:10 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel #Mglitchat in Ontario, we have huge demand for
Cricket, and it's scarcely covered. -9:11 PM Aug 9th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel Oh, are there books that include
olympic hopefuls. I would imagine that would be a great subject. #mglitchat
-9:11 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop @rachelnseigel MG age character, IMO- just
getting into the "crush" stage, & working out who he is if not a
baseball star. #mglitchat -9:11 PM Aug 9th, 2012
smozer There is a middle grade sports series called Jake
Maddox that has lots of different sports #mglitchat -9:12 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk The gymnastics series "Going
for Gold" is about competitive gymnasts who hope to get 2 olympics, but
not focus. #mglitchat -9:12 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @PBWorkshop I'll revisit that. I think I had
it shelved in teen. #mglitchat -9:13 PM Aug 9th, 2012
john_zeleznik I'd like to see a MG book about something
different: archery or something like that. #mglitchat -9:13 PM Aug 9th, 2012
HoppingReads @smozer Is that fiction? Do you know author?
I'm interested in expanding library. #MGlitchat -9:13 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop @rachelnseigel Back to Shakespeare- I checked,
the MC is 14, but it reads on the naive side to me, just a foot in the door of
YA. #mglitchat -9:13 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @john_zeleznik Thanks to popularity of HG,
Archery is suddenly cool. I wouldn't b surprised 2 c it in books eventually.
#mglitchat -9:14 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop @rachelnseigel Haven't read the sequel to it yet-
might read older as he ages up. #mglitchat -9:14 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @john_zeleznik P.S. I was on my high school
Archery team, and I'd like to see it! #mglitchat -9:14 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @PBWorkshop I haven't read sequel yet either.
I'll have to double check if he aged. #mglitchat -9:15 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelgrinti @rachelnseigel I'd like to see that, too. I
took archery classes for a few years. It's neat! #mglitchat -9:15 PM Aug 9th,
2012
deegarretson Anyone know of MG books about horse-racing, or
showing horses? sort of sport-like, right? #mglitchat -9:15 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel #Mglitchat one of my favourite recent reads
was Jordan Sonnenblick "Curveball: The Year I lost my Grip" about a
boy who -9:15 PM Aug 9th, 2012
john_zeleznik Chris Crutcher does some great books on
swimming. #mglitchat -9:15 PM Aug 9th, 2012
smozer @HoppingReads It's written by multiple authors. All
fiction. #mglitchat -9:16 PM Aug 9th, 2012
john_zeleznik More teen than MG though. #mglitchat -9:16 PM
Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel #Mglitchat injures himself at the end of 8th
grade and can't play ball anymore. I think dealing with injury should b a part
of sportlit. -9:16 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @rachelgrinti Challenging, but fun! #mglitchat
-9:16 PM Aug 9th, 2012
RosanneParry Great topic! My WIP is about sailboat racing.
I'm going to paddle the setting this weekend! #loveresearch #mglitchat -9:16 PM
Aug 9th, 2012
cyndyaleo @deegarretson old skool: National Velvet and
International Velvet. IV taught me everything I know about Olympics &
horses. #mglitchat -9:17 PM Aug 9th, 2012
JenniferCEstes Missing #mglitchat tonight. :( Sad because
sports books is what made DS *BECOME A READER*. Dan Gutman was first. Followed,
happily, by many. -9:17 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @cyndyaleo I thought I knew everything there
was 2 know about Figure Skating from Noel Streatfield "Skating Shoes"
but sport has #mglitchat -9:17 PM Aug 9th, 2012
JenniferCEstes That should have been "are what made
DS..." but I was so excited..... #mglitchat -9:17 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @cyndyaleo changed a lot, and was totally
different than in the book! ;-) #mglitchat -9:18 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelgrinti @rachelnseigel Yes, just talked to a 7th grader
today who can't play sports for 2 yrs due to surgery. #mglitchat -9:18 PM Aug
9th, 2012
deegarretson @cyndyaleo thanks! I don't think I've ever read
those (just seen the national velvet movie) #mglitchat -9:19 PM Aug 9th, 2012
JenniferCEstes DS's love of sports books opened doors for
him to other non-sports books. Non- "boy" books. So, yay! #mglitchat
-9:19 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @rachelgrinti I was watching a feature about
the 96 U.S. Women's gymnasts and Kerry Strug. Her injury ended her competitive
#mglitchat -9:19 PM Aug 9th, 2012
jodyfeldman Exactly RT@coachhays64 Sports and competition is
perfect for MG. Drama, success, failure all there for the taking. #mglitchat
-9:19 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop @john_zeleznik Agree (mightily) about Chris
Crutcher and sports, but if he isn't YA, no one is. Often even subject of
"bans". #mglitchat -9:19 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @rachelgrinti career- and she was only 15
years old at the time. #mglitchat -9:19 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @PBWorkshop Carl Deuker is good sports YA too.
But edgy. #mglitchat -9:20 PM Aug 9th, 2012
RosanneParry @john_zeleznik You hardly ever see a MG book
about target sports and I've never seen one about hunting either. Interesting.
#mglitchat -9:20 PM Aug 9th, 2012
john_zeleznik @PBWorkshop I meant he was probably closer to
YA. Robert Lipsyte too. #mglitchat -9:20 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @RosanneParry I've seen non-fiction about
hunting, but you're right- not fiction. #mglitchat -9:20 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop @rachelgrinti and kids are being pushed harder,
earlier, some have Tommy John surgery in HS from over pitching! #mglitchat
-9:20 PM Aug 9th, 2012
john_zeleznik @RosanneParry There's a couple of
series....I'm thinking of Matt Christopher....that are sports themed.
Football/baseball. #mglitchat -9:21 PM Aug 9th, 2012
coachhays64 @rachelgrinti The Four Horsemen of Middle Grade!
#mglitchat -9:21 PM Aug 9th, 2012
kurtisscaletta Guess I'll get back to writing about sports
instead of talking about writing about sports. ;-) Night all! #mglitchat -9:21
PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop @rachelnseigel Anyone else notice how many of the
Olympic "profiles" of young athletes include stories of horrific
injuries? #mglitchat -9:21 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @PBWorkshop When u realize some of these
current major league ball-players r only 19.... #mglitchat -9:21 PM Aug 9th,
2012
john_zeleznik @PBWorkshop Most little leagues have pitch
counts now. #mglitchat -9:21 PM Aug 9th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @kurtisscaletta Thanks for stopping by, happy
writing! #mglitchat -9:22 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @PBWorkshop At the leve they play, I'm not
surprised that they suffer major injury. #mglitchat -9:22 PM Aug 9th, 2012
vickijohnson Holler fellow band geek RT“@AnshaKotyk:
@rachelnseigel I was in band.I don't recall much MG about bandcamp back when I
was 14. #mglitchat -9:22 PM Aug 9th, 2012
elliefalcone I've gotta bounce, yo. Too much stuff to do
before tomorrow. #mglitchat -9:22 PM Aug 9th, 2012
john_zeleznik @RosanneParry Sorry, read your tweet
wrong...never mind. #mglitchat -9:22 PM Aug 9th, 2012
michaelascotto Checking in...sorry I'm late! #Mglitchat
-9:22 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop Matt Christopher is like Andrew Clements in that
he has various target audience title sets- some barely chapter books, some MG.
#mglitchat -9:22 PM Aug 9th, 2012
JenniferCEstes @john_zeleznik Nothing wrong with
"boy" books.! Just glad to see DS trying new things., and not
qualifying before he's tried. #mglitchat -9:23 PM Aug 9th, 2012
coachhays64 @elliefalcone @ilanawaters If you compete or
make a contest, it's sport. #mglitchat -9:23 PM Aug 9th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @vickijohnson I was in the flag squad... *giggle*
that's a sport, right? #mglitchat -9:23 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @PBWorkshop The publisher labels him the #1
selling sportswriter for kids. #mglitchat -9:23 PM Aug 9th, 2012
john_zeleznik @JenniferCEstes Okay, I'm just a crusader for
boy books. #mglitchat -9:23 PM Aug 9th, 2012
deegarretson @rachelnseigel I ran across one where MC knows
how to hunt-WILD LIFE by Cynthia DeFelice, don't know if it's out yet
#mglitchat -9:23 PM Aug 9th, 2012
RosanneParry @rachelnseigel And getting your hunting license
at age 12 is a HUGE right of passage in 70% of the country. So perfect for MG
#mglitchat -9:23 PM Aug 9th, 2012
KevinTCraig I have a WIP about hockey. #mglitchat
#CanadianStereotype ;-) -9:23 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelgrinti Other causes of tension in sports books --
grades/education vs. sports. Thinking of Stanford Wong Flunks Big-time by Lisa
Yee #mglitchat -9:23 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @RosanneParry Interesting point! #mglitchat
-9:24 PM Aug 9th, 2012
jodyfeldman Some may argue that books centered around the
less-populated sports may not have $$ success ... 1/2 #mglitchat -9:24 PM Aug
9th, 2012
jodyfeldman ...but it's all about the writing. Who'd think
that an Audubon novel would work? 2/2 #mglitchat -9:24 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @RosanneParry My customer base is mostly
interested in hockey, soccer, basketball. #mglitchat -9:24 PM Aug 9th, 2012
HoppingReads Anyone have any narrative nonfiction on sports
for example @suemacy1 Whole New Ballgame (ladies prof baseball). #MGlitchat
-9:24 PM Aug 9th, 2012
john_zeleznik I write mostly YA, so I think of that age
group when I say I think they're room for a MMA teen book. #mglitchat -9:24 PM
Aug 9th, 2012
sylvie_shaffer #mglitchat @rachelnseigel MG sports authors
pop w/my kids: @kurtisscaletta, John Feinstein, Chris Crutcher, WDMyers, Edward
Bloor -9:24 PM Aug 9th, 2012
KevinTCraig @RosanneParry seriously?! Kids do that in the
States?? So young? #Shocked #mglitchat -9:25 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @sylvie_shaffer Edward Bloor? I know Tangerine
was sort of sporty, but don't usually think of him for that! #mglitchat -9:25
PM Aug 9th, 2012
deegarretson @RosanneParry Yes, a class I Skyped with asked
me if I knew of any hunting books, both boys and girls in that class hunted.
#mglitchat -9:26 PM Aug 9th, 2012
john_zeleznik I think there's got to be some room for
"action sports" like snowboarding, skateboarding, etc. #mglitchat
-9:26 PM Aug 9th, 2012
RosanneParry @AnshaKotyk Many kids are involved in
competitive dance and it's as serious as any sport. My son went to
worlds--intense! #mglitchat -9:26 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop @rachelnseigel No doubt- even kids who struggled
and pretended to read asked for Matt Christopher books to "pretend"
with. #mglitchat -9:26 PM Aug 9th, 2012
JenniferCEstes @john_zeleznik Yes. Third grader this year
had pitch counts -- rules for catchers too. #mglitchat -9:26 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel #Mglitchat does anyone find that the majority
of sports fic is aimed at boys? (At least at MG level) I get asked 4 more girl
sports books. -9:27 PM Aug 9th, 2012
RosanneParry @rachelgrinti great example of a book about
sports and a lot more. #mglitchat -9:27 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelgrinti Tim Green's football books are very popular
with kids around here. #mglitchat -9:27 PM Aug 9th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @RosanneParry Some schools are pretty intense
with Band competitions... so I hear ya... all good fodder for MG! #mglitchat
-9:27 PM Aug 9th, 2012
ilanawaters @coachhays64 @elliefalcone Sooo...rapid editing
would be a sport, then? #mglitchat #Iwin! -9:27 PM Aug 9th, 2012
ilanawaters @rachelnseigel Yes! And Buffy will slay vamps
w/her crossbow. #mglitchat -9:28 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop Must shout out for PBs aimed at older (MG and up)
readers- often bios, etc. Inspiring, informative, teasers for research/reading.
#mglitchat -9:28 PM Aug 9th, 2012
JenniferCEstes @AnshaKotyk HOLY COW, I was in one of those
schools. More intense practices and competitions than any varsity sport.
#mglitchat #bandgeek -9:28 PM Aug 9th, 2012
john_zeleznik @rachelgrinti Tim Green lived in my
neighborhood growing up and graduated from my HS! #mglitchat -9:28 PM Aug 9th,
2012
RosanneParry @KevinTCraig Oh yes, it's a big family bonding
thing with dad and sons, even dads and daughters. Not my thing but common.
#mglitchat -9:28 PM Aug 9th, 2012
HoppingReads .@PBWorkshop That pretend thing has happened in
my classroom w/M. Christopher, too! I wonder why? #MGlitchat -9:28 PM Aug 9th,
2012
john_zeleznik @rachelnseigel I think that it's a natural
appeal. Boys will read about sports. ANY sports. #mglitchat -9:29 PM Aug 9th,
2012
AnshaKotyk @JenniferCEstes When I tried out for the college
band I found I was woefully out of my league. #mglitchat #bandgeek -9:29 PM Aug
9th, 2012
KevinTCraig @rachelnseigel I know there's a wide potential
audience for girl centric hockey fiction. It's really getting huge! #mglitchat
-9:29 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @ilanawaters She does kick butt! #mglitchat
-9:29 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop @HoppingReads Common ground with peers?
#mglitchat -9:29 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @KevinTCraig My boss's daughter plays Uni
level Volleyball. She read a Manga series about it and would have loved
fiction! #mglitchat -9:30 PM Aug 9th, 2012
JenniferCEstes Funny development -- 3rd grade was yr DH
stopped coaching both kids. Boss at home/boss on field = bad for all.
#mglitchat -9:30 PM Aug 9th, 2012
RosanneParry @rachelnseigel There's a list of girl sports
books on the Mixed Up Files of MG authors blog. check it out! #mglitchat -9:30
PM Aug 9th, 2012
elliefalcone RT @ilanawaters: @coachhays64 @elliefalcone
Sooo...rapid editing would be a sport, then? #mglitchat #Iwin! -9:30 PM Aug
9th, 2012
JenniferCEstes We will see if this trend holds for younger
two....#mglitchat -9:30 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop @HoppingReads That's why Christopher's targeted
series for lore readers is so helpful. Everyone still wants to read them.
#mglitchat -9:30 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @RosanneParry Will do! I know there r some,
just more about boys. #mglitchat -9:30 PM Aug 9th, 2012
sylvie_shaffer @rachelnseigel tangerine is really his only
sports title.yeah, but it's really hugely popular in my lib #mglitchat -9:30 PM
Aug 9th, 2012
JenniferCEstes @AnshaKotyk LOL! It's FIERCE out there in
marching band world! #mglitchat -9:31 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelgrinti RT @RosanneParry: @rachelnseigel There's a list
of girl sports books on the Mixed Up Files of MG authors blog. check it out!
#mglitchat -9:31 PM Aug 9th, 2012
HoppingReads .@PBWorkshop not sure what you mean - common ground
in reading material (sports) or just to be 'reading?' #MGlitchat -9:31 PM Aug
9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @sylvie_shaffer I always find it fascinating
what kids r drawn to! I like Edward Bloor, but have often found him a bit odd.
#mglitchat -9:31 PM Aug 9th, 2012
paulozelinsky @PBWorkshop I have not been looking at
#mglitchat today but must second you on shoutout. Kids in school will respond
to PBs -9:32 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop Commentators hawking big sports spurt will result
from Olympics. Wonder if same for sports books? #mglitchat -9:32 PM Aug 9th,
2012
jodyfeldman Have to wonder if editors and agents get a surge
of sports book submissions with each Olympics. #mglitchat -9:32 PM Aug 9th,
2012
RosanneParry Anybody have a question about sports writing? a
tip for writing action sequences? #mglitchat -9:33 PM Aug 9th, 2012
jodyfeldman @PBWorkshop You beat me by a split second with
that thought #mglitchat -9:33 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @PBWorkshop I don't think so- in 12 in the
industry I've never seen a big boom after an olympics. #mglitchat -9:33 PM Aug
9th, 2012
WendyMartinArt @jodyfeldman they probably get a surge of
Olympics stories! #mglitchat -9:33 PM Aug 9th, 2012
KevinTCraig @jodyfeldman I wouldn't doubt it. :-) #mglitchat
-9:34 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop @HoppingReads Peers, prob. Look like and
"talk like" they know Christopher books. The reading thing is
"cover up" for adults. #mglitchat -9:34 PM Aug 9th, 2012
RosanneParry @paulozelinsky @PBWorkshop Sports biographies
are perennially popular. #mglitchat -9:34 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @RosanneParry I'm curious if sportswriting is
more authentic if u play it yourself- or can it b researched? #mglitchat -9:34
PM Aug 9th, 2012
_TimothyPower The only sport book I can think of is the one
about eleven-year-old Sport Rocque, by Louis Fitzhugh. It's called SPORT. :-)
#MGlitchat -9:34 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop @rachelnseigel Besides, with a long lead time the
new titles wouldn't be out until the 2016 Olympics! #mglitchat -9:34 PM Aug
9th, 2012
KevinTCraig @RosanneParry fascinating. #mglitchat -9:35 PM
Aug 9th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @RosanneParry I've outlined a sport's YA, but
realized I would need a ton of research to make it accurate. It has been
shelved. #mglitchat -9:35 PM Aug 9th, 2012
HoppingReads .@RosanneParry bios can be fun, but I find so
many are poorly written, sports or otherwise. #MGlitchat -9:35 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelgrinti @rachelnseigel I haven't written a sports book,
but I think if you don't play, best research is going to games and listening.
#mglitchat -9:35 PM Aug 9th, 2012
vickijohnson @AnshaKotyk #mglitchat absolutely! I was drum
major during loooong hot marching season. It def felt like an extreme sport.
-9:35 PM Aug 9th, 2012
HoppingReads .@_TimothyPower That's an oldie, but a goodie!
#MGlitchat -9:36 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop @paulozelinsky Absolutely! Just finished my 3 day
PBWorkshop for teachers (K-12) and everyone found great topics, titles to use.
#mglitchat -9:36 PM Aug 9th, 2012
JenniferCEstes RT @vickijohnson: @AnshaKotyk #mglitchat
absolutely! I was drum major during loooong hot marching season. It def felt
like an extreme sport. -9:36 PM Aug 9th, 2012
jodyfeldman Write action sequences so readers can picture
every move. You may need outside help to judge if you're doing that #mglitchat
-9:36 PM Aug 9th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @vickijohnson Wool uniform, fourth of July
parade, 4 miles. Def sounds like an extreme sport. #mglitchat -9:36 PM Aug 9th,
2012
jodyfeldman @WendyMartinArt no doubt #mglitchat -9:37 PM Aug
9th, 2012
JenniferCEstes @AnshaKotyk Bowl games/parades/competitions
in deep South in HHH with wool uniforms and reputations. Totally extreme.
#mglitchat -9:37 PM Aug 9th, 2012
RosanneParry @rachelnseigel 1st hand research helps but a
good source and a place where you can watch A LOT of game & coaching action
helps. #mglitchat -9:38 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop @RosanneParry @paulozelinsky PB bios of Olympians
in recent posts, but so many PB sports out there that I can't keep up!
#mglitchat -9:38 PM Aug 9th, 2012
_TimothyPower An MG book about 11-year-old skateboarder
Nanaka Fujisawa would be awesome. She's rad! http://t.co/9n0JpSs8 #MGlitchat
-9:39 PM Aug 9th, 2012
coachhays64 @RosanneParry @paulozelinsky @PBWorkshop And
there is an almost bottomless pit of subject matter. Heroes in every age and
sport. #mglitchat -9:39 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @_TimothyPower #MGlitchat The trouble with
biographies of currently living people is they r out of date by the time they r
released! -9:39 PM Aug 9th, 2012
JenniferCEstes Would love to see more books about extreme
sports with *girl* MCs -- snowboarding/skateboarding/BMX/etc. #mglitchat -9:39
PM Aug 9th, 2012
WendyMartinArt @jodyfeldman Biography books of athletes too,
I'll bet. #mglitchat -9:40 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @JenniferCEstes I agree! Or Girls &
Monster Trucks- there r a few female drivers! #mglitchat -9:40 PM Aug 9th, 2012
_TimothyPower @rachelnseigel True! #MGlitchat -9:40 PM Aug
9th, 2012
JenniferCEstes I have a 7yo extreme girl! She shreds while
wearing tiaras. Pretty awesome. #mglitchat -9:40 PM Aug 9th, 2012
RosanneParry @rachelnseigel Also helpful to try a sport at
an easier level. For example I can sail like in my book, but I'd never race.
#mglitchat -9:40 PM Aug 9th, 2012
coachhays64 @rachelgrinti @rachelnseigel You can also talk
to coaches of a sport for good, solid background. Coaches love talking their
sport.#mglitchat -9:41 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @RosanneParry I can write about being a
champion ankle sprainer! ;-) #mglitchat -9:41 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop @coachhays64 @RosanneParry @paulozelinsky And
gender! #MGLitchat -9:41 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @coachhays64 @rachelgrinti Gr8 advice! #mglitchat
-9:41 PM Aug 9th, 2012
HoppingReads .@rachelnseigel Good point - or the star breaks
bad and falls out of favor - O.J. or Michael Vick. Great example for kids -
not. #MGlitchat -9:41 PM Aug 9th, 2012
AnshaKotyk Excellent advice. RT @coachhays64: Coaches love
talking their sport.#mglitchat -9:42 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelgrinti @coachhays64 Yes! Coaches are an awesome
resource. #mglitchat -9:42 PM Aug 9th, 2012
AnInspiredMind Anyone know of a good MG writers group in the
Denver/Boulder area? I'm in need of some feedback! :) #mglitchat -9:42 PM Aug
9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @HoppingReads @HoppingReads #MGlitchat Not
sport-related, but look at Justin Bieber or Myley Cyrus who r not behaving
well... #MGlitchat -9:42 PM Aug 9th, 2012
JenniferCEstes RT @rachelnseigel: @JenniferCEstes I agree!
Or Girls & Monster Trucks- there r a few female drivers! #mglitchat -9:43
PM Aug 9th, 2012
_TimothyPower @HoppingReads The solution is obvious. Steal
their life story and change their name! J/K #MGlitchat -9:43 PM Aug 9th, 2012
TPBookSeries The Color Proof on Book#1 Arrives!
http://t.co/5WDurH6s #publishing #scifi #fantasy #MGlit #MGlitchat #gifted
#fiction -9:43 PM Aug 9th, 2012
KevinTCraig @RosanneParry @rachelnseigel 4 my hockey
WIP-research: crawling out of bed 3am wkends 2 travel 2 rinks-Watch 13yrs of
son's games #mglitchat -9:43 PM Aug 9th, 2012
HoppingReads .@_TimothyPower Love it!! #MGlitchat -9:43 PM
Aug 9th, 2012
JenniferCEstes Ack! Look at me, popping in for a minute,
then staying for 30! You guys *always* make the time fly! But, have to run
now....#mglitchat -9:45 PM Aug 9th, 2012
HoppingReads RT @_TimothyPower: solution (to write bio on
misbehaving athletes) is obvious. Steal their life story & change their
name! J/K #MGlitchat -9:45 PM Aug 9th, 2012
JenniferCEstes Cheers to the hostesses, and looking forward
to the transcript! #mglitchat -9:45 PM Aug 9th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @JenniferCEstes Thanks for visiting! #mglitchat
-9:45 PM Aug 9th, 2012
vickijohnson @JenniferCEstes @anshakotyk now I want to write
a story about/for all the band kids in the world. #mglitchat -9:46 PM Aug 9th,
2012
coachhays64 @JenniferCEstes As a twirler dad and fire baton
prep-man, I would love to see the world of baton covered in MG. #mglitchat
-9:47 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PippaBayliss Hi everyone - finally realized it's THURSday
today and got here in time (late but before #mglitchat is over like I did last
week) #mglitchat -9:47 PM Aug 9th, 2012
HoppingReads Thanks for some good ideas. #MGlitchat -9:47 PM
Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @PippaBayliss It does get hard 2 keep track of
the days sometimes! #mglitchat #mglitchat -9:47 PM Aug 9th, 2012
coachhays64 @JenniferCEstes Ha! It never fails at #mglitchat
-9:47 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop @JenniferCEstes Speaking of cheers, is
cheerleading an actual sport now? Or just rehearsal for a Vegas job? #mglitchat
-9:47 PM Aug 9th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @vickijohnson I know me too! But I could never do
it justice... #mglitchat -9:48 PM Aug 9th, 2012
KevinTCraig @vickijohnson that sounds like an awesome idea!
#mglitchat -9:48 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PippaBayliss @rachelnseigel It's summer vacationitis
(smacking head with palm) #mglitchat -9:48 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @PippaBayliss @PippaBayliss #mglitchatI know
what u mean! I just got back from camping this afternoon- so discombobulated! #mglitchat
-9:49 PM Aug 9th, 2012
_TimothyPower @vickijohnson Yes! #MGlitchat -9:49 PM Aug
9th, 2012
RosanneParry @KevinTCraig @rachelnseigel I think the ups
& downs of parenting an ambitious athlete would make a great adult novel.
#mglitchat -9:49 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PippaBayliss LOL - is it an OLYMPIC sport, ;)? RT
@PBWorkshop: @JenniferCEstes is cheerleading a sport now? Or just rehearsal for
a Vegas job? #mglitchat -9:49 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @RosanneParry @KevinTCraig Me too! #mglitchat
-9:50 PM Aug 9th, 2012
coachhays64 @KevinTCraig @RosanneParry @rachelnseigel That
qualifies as in-depth research, Kevin. Bet you miss it, though (not the 3am
part). #mglitchat -9:50 PM Aug 9th, 2012
_TimothyPower Cheerleading is already so competitive.
Olympic cheerleading? Oy! #MGlitchat -9:50 PM Aug 9th, 2012
KevinTCraig @rachelnseigel @RosanneParry yep...it actually
rips families apart sometimes. #mglitchat -9:51 PM Aug 9th, 2012
ixtumea #mglitchat -9:51 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @KevinTCraig @RosanneParry I can't fathom the
idea of kids like Gabby Douglas who has lived and trained away from her family!
#mglitchat -9:52 PM Aug 9th, 2012
KevinTCraig @coachhays64 @RosanneParry @rachelnseigel yep.
Miss it! Taking him to get beginner's permit tomorrow. #NoMoreHockey #mglitchat
-9:52 PM Aug 9th, 2012
KevinTCraig RT @_TimothyPower: Cheerleading is already so
competitive. Olympic cheerleading? Oy! #MGlitchat -9:52 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelgrinti @KevinTCraig @RosanneParry Yes, I imagine there
are lots of stories to be told about that situation. Can be so tough I'd
imagine! #mglitchat -9:53 PM Aug 9th, 2012
AnshaKotyk @rachelnseigel You're right about that, training
away from your family, it's a different lifestyle than most kids. #mglitchat
-9:53 PM Aug 9th, 2012
coachhays64 @PippaBayliss @PBWorkshop @JenniferCEstes Some
state associations toning down competitive cheerleading due to injury
liability. #mglitchat -9:53 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @AnshaKotyk In North America it is- in
countries like China/Romania, it's the norm- they leave home at 3! #mglitchat
-9:53 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelgrinti @rachelnseigel Yes. Anyone know of a MG about
an athlete who does something like this? (Moves away from family to pursue
sport) #mglitchat -9:53 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @rachelgrinti Not that I can think of- I don't
think a lot of sports lit really covers these ideas- it's more about the
action! #mglitchat -9:54 PM Aug 9th, 2012
_TimothyPower @rachelgrinti Does running away to join the
circus count? #MGlitchat -9:54 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PippaBayliss Hi JenniferCEstes, ixtumea, rachelnseigel,
TimothyPower - anyone else I know? Hi! (waving). I know nothing about sport ;)
#mglitchat -9:55 PM Aug 9th, 2012
AnshaKotyk bwahahaha! RT @_TimothyPower: @rachelgrinti Does
running away to join the circus count? #MGlitchat -9:55 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop Another thought (along the lines of My Sister's
Keeper)- what about the siblings of the ones who get all the $/time/attention?
#mglitchat -9:55 PM Aug 9th, 2012
coachhays64 @rachelnseigel @KevinTCraig @RosanneParry That's
where sport starts to become a bit sad. Sacrifices great, but makes great
story. #mglitchat -9:55 PM Aug 9th, 2012
_TimothyPower @PippaBayliss Ha! I have already confessed to
that. :-) #MGlitchat -9:56 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @coachhays64 @KevinTCraig @RosanneParry The
media eats it up! #mglitchat -9:56 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PBWorkshop @coachhays64 Good to hear that. Adults need to
insert reason. Adolescents don't have frontal lobe development- feel
invulnerable. #mglitchat -9:57 PM Aug 9th, 2012
PippaBayliss @_TimothyPower So you're here for comic relief,
too. Most awesome. #mglitchat -9:58 PM Aug 9th, 2012
coachhays64 @_TimothyPower @rachelgrinti Only counts if it
is running away to join the circus to become a clown; then it counts big time.
#mglitchat -9:58 PM Aug 9th, 2012
RosanneParry @KevinTCraig @rachelnseigel I know. I cringe
when I see the over-invested parent, but under-involved is its own problem.
#mglitchat -9:58 PM Aug 9th, 2012
rachelnseigel @RosanneParry @KevinTCraig Both extremes!
#mglitchat -9:59 PM Aug 9th, 2012
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