Sara McClung: ALA

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

ALA MIDWINTER!

ALA MIDWINTER IS NEXT WEEK. And in case you can't tell by my all caps, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

The ALAs are some of my favorite and most anticipated events each year. I come home SO motivated every time. How could I not be after spending days surrounded by BOOKS. And writing buddies? And industry chat? And everything else awesome in-between? I have a feeling this trip will be no exception.

Are you going? If so, I want to hang out!! Let me know :)

If not, I promise to come back with a full recap for you. And maybe some books.

xo

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

ALA: A Post in Pictures

Okay, so, yet again ALA was a phenomenal time. I swear it gets better and better every year.

So, here's what went down in New Orleans:

I ate my FIRST EVER beignet. Holy delicious.

Seriously, are you drooling yet?

I got to hang with some of my favorite writing friends!
Cristin Terrill, Alexandra Shostack, PJ Hoover,
Jessica Lee Anderson, & Carolina Valdez Miller

And Shannon Messenger

And Tere Kirkland, whose NOLA knowledge was invaluable!

I also got to meet some AWESOME authors!
Here, with Franny Billingsly, who wrote Chime, which I can NOT wait to read.

With Lisa Desrochers, author of Personal Demons and
the recently released Original Sin!

With JAY ASHER! I heart his books. A lot.

With the HI-larious Jonathan Auxier, author of
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

With Kimberley Griffiths Little
Author of many books including recently released
The Healing Spell

With Elana Johnson (Possession), Jenny Han (The Summer I Turned Pretty),
Jessi Kirby (Moonglass), and Corey Whaley (Where Things Come Back)

I mean... Who could resist?

And then we ate some more beignets.

The End.

Sike, not really.

It's not the end. Not yet.

Because first I have to give you a little heads up (twss) to visit again on Thursday for a giveaway in which I share some of my ALA spoils with you.

ARCs.

That you want.

Like, a lot.

Trust.

xoxo

Thursday, June 23, 2011

books and beignets and bloggers, oh my

I'm off to New Orleans,

heck yeah dude,

I'm headed to ALA.

Gonna chill with friends,

and get some books,

and eat my very first beignet.

Are you coming too?

I hope we meet--

come find me on Saturday!

At Tommy's Wine Bar

there's a blogger party

hosted by YA Highway!

If you can't come,
I'll miss you so.
But we'll hang out another day.

Plus, I'll be back next week

with pics and stories,

and probably some stuff to giveaway :)

If you tell me your mouth isn't watering at this picture,
I'll call you a liar.
Just sayin'

Clearly, I'm no poet--trust me, I know it.

Wait.

Okay, stopping now.

For reals.

Knowing you just read that poem is embarrassing. If you can even call it a poem. My cheeks are burning. Seriously. But I ran out of time. So that's what you get.

Don't ditch me.

*begs*

*clings*

Anyhoo. I'm super psyched to go to New Orleans. It's my first time :) Catch you dudes on the flip side.

xo

Thursday, July 8, 2010

ALA: Some Pics!

So, all I really have to say about ALA, was that it rocked. A lot. Seriously, that's my recap... There are no better words to describe it.

We met fabulous people and authors, got some goodies to giveaway to you guys who couldn't make it. (I got lucky because ALA was in DC, so of course I had to grab some super fabulous books for you guys who are farther away!)

Also, two of my CPs, Alexandra and Carol, are pretty much awesome. We had so much fun!

And here's a sampling of the proof:

We were told to act like monkeys. Apparently Carol can't follow directions.

"Act Like CPs"

heart

double heart

two of my faves

PJ Hoover!

ALA Expo Floor

John Green!

The Cat in the Hat!

Libba Bray!

A Hungry Caterpillar!

David Levithan!

One last shot before C has to leave...

Like I said: this year was lucky for me, since ALA was in DC. But next year? ALA's in New Orleans... So the big question is: who's coming with me???

Oh, and Carol? Just for you? Hottie McBartender =)