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Ah, Fall is in the air, and the turkeys are on sale at the super­mar­ket, which can mean only one thing–NCTE & ALAN! Even now, thou­sands of Eng­lish teach­ers are pack­ing for their annual pil­grim­age to the National Coun­cil of Teach­ers of Eng­lish Con­ven­tion and the ALAN Work­shop.  Just the thought of it gets my blood pump­ing.  I myself am pack­ing and doing all of those last minute things that you have to do to get out the door with all your nec­es­sary mate­ri­als and clothes in one checked bag and carry-on item large enough to carry a loaf of bread.

The week­end will be jam-packed (where did they get the jam? The TSA won’t let you carry-on jam, for good­ness sake) with YA authors, includ­ing LJ friends sarazarr , joknowles , mary­pear­son, pro­fes­sor­nana , pam­ba­chorz , elock­har and writer­jenn(If I missed a LJ author, please feel free to let me know in the comments).

I’ll be speak­ing at a num­ber of events and sign­ing in the hall, pro­mot­ing both Soul Enchi­lada and the forth­com­ing future dystopia Black Hole Sun,  which will be out May, 2010 and was described on Fuse #8 as “Aliens meets Seven Samu­rai”!

Here’s my offi­cial sched­ule (don’t be shy about say­ing hi!):

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21

• 7:00 am — 9:15 am ALAN Break­fast
• 10:00 am – 11:00 am Harper­Collins Booth Sign­ing: David Macin­nis Gill and Kathryn Lasky. Booth #213
• 2:45 pm – 5:30 pm Ses­sion: “Mid­dle Level Mosaic Work­shop: BE the Book!” Marriott/Grand Ball­room Salon E, 5th Floor YA AUTHOR SPEED DATING!

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm ALAN Recep­tion. Mar­riott Philadelphia/Grand Ball­room C, D, E  1201 Mar­ket St.

ALAN WORKSHOP

12:00 pm – 12:25 pm Ses­sion: “Soul and Sub­stance in YA Lit­er­a­ture.” Speak­ers: David Macin­nis Gill (Green­wil­low); Jen Bryant (Ran­dom House); Chris Crowe