Young Adult Literary Chat 2010 July 14

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nancyholder: RT Georgia_McBride July 21 Spooktakular Midnight Chat at midnight NOT 9 PM w/Claudia
Grey, Heather Brewer, and moi #YALITCHAT
7/9/2010 19:36

Tangynt: Time for a book, then for bed. I have a church cookout to go to tomorrow, and a TON of
critiques to see to on #YAlitchat and other places.
7/9/2010 21:00

braydenhirsch: Writing short stories - another great step to publication. http://writebig.wordpress.com/
#amwriting #yalitchat #writing #kidlitchat
7/9/2010 21:50

ScapeZine: July giveaway: huge prize pack of thirteen (yep 13!) YA books. Enter at
www.scapezine.com #YAlit #kidlit #YAlitchat #books #giveaway #sff
7/10/2010 03:54

jolantru: RT @ScapeZine: July giveaway: huge prize pack of thirteen (yep 13!) YA books. Enter at
7/10/2010 03:57

PetaFreestone: RT @ScapeZine: July giveaway: huge prize pack of thirteen (yep 13!) YA books. Enter at
7/10/2010 03:58

Leaheps: saw #Eclipse. Team Jacob definitely. Good kids--no drinking, smoking, drugs, sex.
#parenting #movies #twilight #teens #yalitchat
7/10/2010 05:31

magicbeanreview: Any #YA authors wanting to be interviewed via email? Blog:
http://magicbeanreview.wordpress.com DM if interested! :D #yalit #yalitchat
7/10/2010 06:18

jesserowen: RT @magicbeanreview: Any #YA authors wanting 2 B interviewed via email? Blog:
http://bit.ly/aooZaO DM if interested! :D #yalit #yalitchat
7/10/2010 06:19

LJBoldyrev: Come chat and/or listen to #yalit author @SaundraMitchell on btr in 1 hour! http://bit.ly
/de2JuH #books #reading #kidlitchat #yalitchat
7/10/2010 07:08

Pam_Vickers: WOW. Just finished critiquing 3 MS's. Writers are all at COMPLETELY different stages in
their writing. Fun, but exhausting. #YAlitchat
7/10/2010 12:41

writinginID: How to Make the Most of Your Pitch Opportunity http://bit.ly/a2Vini #amwriting #writegoal
#writing #writechat #YAlitchat
7/11/2010 08:16

UF_Chat: #UFchat is almost here! Pls RT & follow us for updates. Moderated by @inkgypsy
#writechat #storycraft #litchat #YAlitchat #Flitchat #writing
7/11/2010 17:11

inkgypsy: RT @UF_Chat: #UFchat is almost here! Pls RT & follow us for updates. Moderated by
@inkgypsy #writechat #storycraft #litchat #YAlitchat #Flitchat #writing
7/11/2010 17:12

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tabitharees: RT @UF_Chat: #UFchat is almost here! Pls RT & follow us for updates. Moderated by
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7/11/2010 17:30

BrigidKemmerer: RT @UF_Chat: #UFchat is almost here! Pls RT & follow us for updates. Moderated by
7/11/2010 17:52

planetalvina: Join me, @hollyblack and @cecilseaskull and other GEEKTASTIC authors for a
Tweetchat! Tomorrow, Mon, 7/12, 8 pm EST #geektastic #YAlitchat
7/11/2010 19:13

cecilseaskull: RT @planetalvina: Join me, @hollyblack and @cecilseaskull and other GEEKTASTIC
authors for a Tweetchat! Tomorrow, Mon, 7/12, 8 pm EST #geektastic #YAlitchat
7/11/2010 19:28

emilybrary: RT @planetalvina: Join me, @hollyblack and @cecilseaskull and other GEEKTASTIC
7/11/2010 19:29

LauraSibson: RT @planetalvina: Join me, @hollyblack and @cecilseaskull and other GEEKTASTIC
7/11/2010 20:00

NLGervasio: RT @UF_Chat: #UFchat is almost here! Pls RT & follow us for updates. Moderated by
7/12/2010 02:38

Leaheps: Got an @sourcebooks contest giveaway THE SUMMER OF SKINNY DIPPING and blazed
through it--romance, drama--good read! #amreading #yalitchat
7/12/2010 05:26

4KidLit: SCBWI Summer Conf -- Who's going? Speak up! http://bit.ly/beKtSB #yalit #yalitchat
#kidlit #kidlitchat #scbwi
7/12/2010 06:14

Georgia_McBride: Missed #YAlitchat last week? Transcripts here: http://bit.ly/dprnKn and http://bit.ly/can590
7/12/2010 06:52

JoTreggiari: RT @Georgia_McBride: Missed #YAlitchat last week? Transcripts here: http://bit.ly
/dprnKn and http://bit.ly/can590
7/12/2010 07:00

MeganCurd: RT @Georgia_McBride: Missed #YAlitchat last week? Transcripts here: http://bit.ly
/dprnKn and http://bit.ly/can590
7/12/2010 07:34

hollyblack: Join @hollyblack and @cecilseaskull and other GEEKTASTIC contributors for a
Tweetchat! Tonight: Mon, 7/12, 8 pm EST #geektastic #YAlitchat
7/12/2010 09:04

4KidLit: Who's going to SCBWI-LA Summer Conference? http://bit.ly/beKtSB #yalit #yalitchat

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#kidlit #kidlitchat #scbwi
7/12/2010 09:05

EmeraldMagick: RT @hollyblack: Join @hollyblack and @cecilseaskull and other GEEKTASTIC
contributors for a Tweetchat! Tonight: Mon, 7/12, 8 pm EST #geektastic #YAlitchat
7/12/2010 09:11

barrygoldblatt: Join @hollyblack and @cecilseaskull and other GEEKTASTIC contributors for a
7/12/2010 09:12

angelamatteson: @4KidLit I am! >RT Who's going to SCBWI-LA Summer Conference? http://bit.ly/beKtSB
#yalit #yalitchat #kidlit #kidlitchat #scbwi
7/12/2010 09:12

aaernst: RT @hollyblack: Join @hollyblack and @cecilseaskull and other GEEKTASTIC
7/12/2010 09:46

coolkidsread: RT @barrygoldblatt: Join @hollyblack @cecilseaskull & other GEEKTASTIC contributors
for a Tweetchat! Tonight 8 pm EST #geektastic #YAlitchat
7/12/2010 09:51

jenniesmith: RT @hollyblack: Join @hollyblack and @cecilseaskull and other GEEKTASTIC
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7/12/2010 11:31

mpadian: On my blog: The Wild West of Cyberbullying. http://mariapadianblog.blogspot.com/
#yalitchat
7/12/2010 11:59

WeronikaJanczuk: RT @TracyLynntastic: Join @hollyblack and @cecilseaskull and other GEEKTASTIC
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7/12/2010 12:42

blitzkinder: Join @hollyblack Tonight: Mon, 7/12, 8 pm EST #geektastic #YAlitchat
7/12/2010 13:18

aaernst: @hollyblack Be sure to mention that required reading geek 101 story we couldn't
remember the name of at ALA! #geektastic #YAlitchat
7/12/2010 13:46

susankmann: RT @Georgia_McBride: RT @hollyblack: Join @hollyblack and @cecilseaskull and other
GEEKTASTIC contributors tonight: Mon, 7/12, 8 pm EST #geektastic #YAlitchat

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7/12/2010 14:14

fullofstars: RT @hollyblack: Join @hollyblack and @cecilseaskull and other GEEKTASTIC
7/12/2010 14:15

JillCorcoran: RT @Georgia_McBride: RT @hollyblack: Join @hollyblack and @cecilseaskull and other
GEEKTASTIC contributors tonight: Mon, 7/12, 8 pm EST #geektastic #YAlitchat
7/12/2010 14:15

Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT members: Jodie Meadows, Sarah Bromley and Anna
Staniszewski on their deal and agent news! xoxo
7/12/2010 14:22

ebyss: RT @Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT members: Jodie Meadows,
Sarah Bromley and Anna Staniszewski on their deal and agent news! xoxo
7/12/2010 14:23

windyaphayrath: RT @Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT members: Jodie Meadows,
7/12/2010 14:25

Leaheps: Note to self: Do NOT run Middle grade/YA ideas by children (12, 9, 6). ruthless critics,
everything to them is corny #yalitchat #kidlit
7/12/2010 14:34

Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT member: Paul Hankins on having his poetry published!
7/12/2010 14:45

gardenofwords: RT @Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT member: Paul Hankins on having
his poetry published!
7/12/2010 14:47

YAaddict: @Georgia_McBride So many brilliant #YALITCHAT members!
7/12/2010 14:47

RileyCarney: Congratulations, Paul! RT @Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT member:
Paul Hankins on having his poetry published!
7/12/2010 14:47

chorkie: RT @Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT member: Paul Hankins on having
7/12/2010 14:48

MelindaHamby: RT @RileyCarney: cngrts, Paul! RT @Georgia_McBride: cngrts 2 #YALITCHAT member:
Paul Hankins on having his poetry published!
7/12/2010 14:49

ebyss: RT @Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT member: Paul Hankins on having
7/12/2010 14:51

roseonprose: RT @Georgia_McBride Congrats to #YALITCHAT members: Jodie Meadows, Sarah
Bromley and Anna Staniszewski on their deal and agent news! xoxo
7/12/2010 15:03

MeganCurd: RT @Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT members: Jodie Meadows,
7/12/2010 15:18

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elockhart: Join @hollyblack and @cecilseaskull and other GEEKTASTIC contributors for a
7/12/2010 15:58

MundieMoms: MMs, join @cassieclare, @hollyblack , @cynleitichsmith and more on TONIGHT's
#geektastic #YALitChat going on RIGHT NOW!!
7/12/2010 17:11

MyraMcEntire: “@MundieMoms: MMs, join @cassieclare, @hollyblack , @cynleitichsmith and more on
TONIGHT's #geektastic #YALitChat going on RIGHT NOW!!”
7/12/2010 17:11

jpmsull: RT @MundieMoms: MMs, join @cassieclare, @hollyblack , @cynleitichsmith and more on
TONIGHT's #geektastic #YALitChat going on RIGHT NOW!!
7/12/2010 17:18

CherylRainfield: RT @MyraMcEntire: join @cassieclare, @hollyblack , @cynleitichsmith & more on
TONIGHT's #geektastic #YALitChat going on RIGHT NOW!!
7/12/2010 17:23

cleemckenzie: Lots going on at #yalitchat. Check it out.
7/12/2010 17:26

clhamner: RT @hollyblack: Join @hollyblack and @cecilseaskull and other GEEKTASTIC
7/12/2010 17:27

blitzkinder: @hollyblack I don't have a question. I just want to say thank you for sparking my courage
to be a writer. You and Theo #YAlitchat
7/12/2010 17:50

hollyblack: @blitzkinder that may be one of the nicest things anyone's said to me. #YAlitchat
7/12/2010 17:51

AudryT: @DreamingInBooks For writing, there is also #kidlitchat on Tues. & #yalitchat on Wed. &
#scribechat on Thurs. & #litchat M/W/F. #geektastic
7/12/2010 20:07

PIBarrington: RT @AudryT: @DreamingInBooks For writing, there is also #kidlitchat on Tues. &
#yalitchat on Wed. & #scribechat on Thurs. & #litchat M/W/F. #geektastic
7/12/2010 20:08

cleemckenzie: Have you seen the info on grants at #yalitchat?
7/12/2010 20:10

roseonprose: RT @ixtumea RT @cleemckenzie: Have you seen the info on grants at #yalitchat?
7/12/2010 20:30

gretawrites: RT @stdennard: great post on reactions to writers of YA fiction: http://bit.ly/d0trij
#amwriting #YAlitchat #writing
7/13/2010 03:16

4KidLit: Critique Clinic: Round 3 Is Open http://bit.ly/bMjdKH #amwriting #writetip #yalit #yalitchat
#kidlit #kidlitchat
7/13/2010 05:28

LadyinGray: RT @Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT members: Jodie Meadows,
7/13/2010 05:51

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Georgia_McBride: Congrats to #YALITCHAT member: Maggie Stiefvater on being a B&N top pick of the
week for LINGER! xoxo
7/13/2010 06:34

kinksgem: Woot! RT @Georgia_McBride: Congrats to #YALITCHAT member: Maggie Stiefvater on
being a B&N top pick of the week for LINGER! xoxo
7/13/2010 06:35

PetaFreestone: RT @Georgia_McBride: Congrats to #YALITCHAT member: Maggie Stiefvater on being a
B&N top pick of the week for LINGER! xoxo
7/13/2010 06:56

srjohannes: @lisagailgreen i need your email for the contest you won #yalitchat
7/13/2010 07:13

jameskick: RT @Georgia_McBride: Congrats to #YALITCHAT member: Maggie Stiefvater on being a
B&N top pick of the week for LINGER! xoxo
7/13/2010 07:14

CynLeitichSmith: We Remember Norma Fox Mazer by @Annemazer: http://bit.ly/dvNJ2e #kidlit #yalitchat
#teenlit
7/13/2010 08:39

Annemazer: RT @CynLeitichSmith: We Remember Norma Fox Mazer by @Annemazer: http://bit.ly
/dvNJ2e #kidlit #yalitchat #teenlit
7/13/2010 08:40

karlkirkpatrick: Share Your Stuff! http://nblo.gs/5LXMZ #amwriting #yalitchat #kidlitchat #fridayflash
#tuesdayserial #amrevising
7/13/2010 08:42

freckledlib: RT @CynLeitichSmith: We Remember Norma Fox Mazer by @Annemazer: http://bit.ly
7/13/2010 08:53

CherylRainfield: RT @CynLeitichSmith: We Remember Norma Fox Mazer by @Annemazer: http://bit.ly
7/13/2010 08:56

PaulWHankins: @CBethM Have you considered being a part of #YALitChat? Wednesdays at 9PM EST.
Heavy YA Author attendance in these sessions. #FFs.
7/13/2010 09:37

CBethM: @PaulWHankins I have followed #YALitChat but not consistently - I have a tendency to fall
asleep by 9. Terrible affliction.
7/13/2010 09:40

CynLeitichSmith: See trailer: http://bit.ly/9tCRF9 RT @ExtremeReader Happy Book Birthday to SHADOW
HILLS by @anastasiahopcus @EgmontUSA #yalitchat #teenlit
7/13/2010 10:15

susanwrites: RT @CynLeitichSmith: See trailer: http://bit.ly/9tCRF9 RT @ExtremeReader Happy Book
Birthday to SHADOW HILLS by @anastasiahopcus @EgmontUSA #yalitchat #teenlit
7/13/2010 13:56

indiepride: @cleemckenzie a signed book #yalitchat #amwriting #ww
7/13/2010 17:12

LM_Preston: Drop in and visit Party Guest Roza Marie from #yalitchat mod group,
http://lmpreston.blogspot.com

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7/13/2010 17:38

Georgia_McBride: Help @sourcebooks pick a new YA cover! Your thoughts can win you a free copy!
http://bit.ly/ckmwEM #yalitchat
7/13/2010 17:38

abookwormshaven: @Georgia_McBride: Help @sourcebooks pick a new YA cover! Your thoughts can win
RT
you a free copy! http://bit.ly/ckmwEM #yalitchat
7/13/2010 17:42

cleemckenzie: RT @LM_Preston: Drop in and visit Party Guest Roza Marie from #yalitchat mod group,
7/13/2010 17:47

cleemckenzie: @LM_Preston Just dropped in and read your Spotlight Party Guest Post! Super! #yalitchat
7/13/2010 17:48

cleemckenzie: It's time to visit the great outdoors and abandon the Tweet. Off to stretch. #yalitchat
#amwriting #ww
7/13/2010 17:50

ReadingVacation: @susanwrites Yep and I love some of the serious middle grades too. Example - Positively
#yalitchat
7/13/2010 18:43

Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT member: Cyn Balog whose SLEEPLESS releases today!
http://bit.ly/cd8aqZ
7/13/2010 19:29

LindaJoySinglet: RT @Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT member: Cyn Balog whose
SLEEPLESS releases today! http://bit.ly/cd8aqZ
7/13/2010 19:33

Shelltex: RT @Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT member: Cyn Balog whose
7/13/2010 19:35

VagabondagePres: RT @Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT member: Cyn Balog whose
7/13/2010 20:00

PaulWHankins: #kidlitchat #YALitChat #edchat #NWP Please consider an ALAN membership:
http://www.alan-ya.org/membership/ Professional organization.
7/13/2010 20:02

RossGriffin: RT @Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT member: Cyn Balog whose
7/13/2010 20:14

RossGriffin: RT @PaulWHankins: #kidlitchat #YALitChat #edchat #NWP Please consider an ALAN
membership: http://www.alan-ya.org/membership/ Professional organization.
7/13/2010 20:16

Leaheps: Watched #prettylittleliars with my tween last night. Have to say, it's kind of addictive.
Reminds me of twin peaks #parenting #yalitchat
7/14/2010 03:09

KristineAsselin: Check out the Wednesday How We Write series @KristineAsselin Finishing a First Draft
http://bit.ly/aU6BH0 #amwriting #yalitchat #kidlitchat
7/14/2010 04:09

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Leaheps: Do 4th and 5th graders read 5th grade characters?! It seems everyone reads up up up.
Examples? #kidlit #kidlitchat #yalit #yalitchat
7/14/2010 04:15

Georgia_McBride: Tonight's #YALITCHAT: Nailing the high school experience in your YA book --> http://bit.ly
/hJVmK (9PM EST)
7/14/2010 07:25

PaulWHankins: RT @Georgia_McBride: Tonight's #YALITCHAT: Nailing the high school experience in your
YA book --> http://bit.ly/hJVmK (9PM EST)
7/14/2010 07:26

jemifraser: RT @Georgia_McBride: Tonight's #YALITCHAT: Nailing the high school experience in your
7/14/2010 07:27

MeganCurd: RT @Georgia_McBride: Tonight's #YALITCHAT: Nailing the high school experience in your
7/14/2010 07:29

mrseea16: RT @PaulWHankins: Tonight's #YALitChat will be super! "Nailing the High School
Experience in your YA Book." New followers-this is where authors are! 9PM EST.
7/14/2010 07:34

mrseea16: RT @Georgia_McBride: Tonight's #YALITCHAT: Nailing the high school experience in your
7/14/2010 07:39

mrseea16: RT @PaulWHankins: #kidlitchat #YALitChat #edchat #NWP Please consider an ALAN
membership: http://www.alan-ya.org/membership/ Professional organization.
7/14/2010 07:39

CynLeitichSmith: RT @Georgia_McBride: Tonight's #YALITCHAT: Nailing the high school experience in your
7/14/2010 07:45

KarenMusings: RT @Georgia_McBride: Tonight's #YALITCHAT: Nailing the high school experience in your
YA book --> http://bit.ly/hJVmK (via @jemifraser)
7/14/2010 07:51

Georgia_McBride: Winners of Cory @doctorow's FOR THE WIN from #YALITCHAT will receive signed
copies! Should be received by next week! Enjoy!!!
7/14/2010 08:28

Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT member Alyssa Kirk who has gotten a request via the
agent inbox! Good luck!
7/14/2010 09:35

zerbinetta: @Georgia_McBride You provide such an awesome service for writers with #YALitChat.
/bootay shake for Georgia!
7/14/2010 09:52

TL_Tyson: What is it with all these spineless weak female MCs? They are driving me bonkers.
#yalitchat #writers #amwriting #amreading
7/14/2010 11:33

Leaheps: RT @Georgia_McBride: Tonight's #YALITCHAT: Nailing the high school experience in your
7/14/2010 11:36

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TL_Tyson: @Georgia_McBride True! -but I just crave a really strong one, lately they've all been weak
#yalitchat #writers #amreading #amwriting
7/14/2010 11:49

Georgia_McBride: @TL_Tyson Indeed. But it would like expecting a protag to be smart or funny or tallor
blue-eyed. #yalitchat #writers #amreading #amwriting
7/14/2010 11:51

amithaknight: RT @Georgia_McBride: Tonight's #YALITCHAT: Nailing the high school experience in your
7/14/2010 12:23

BurningEagleBks: RT @Georgia_McBride: Congratulations to #YALITCHAT member: Cyn Balog whose
7/14/2010 13:16

LM_Preston: Drop in and visit Party Guest Roza Marie from #yalitchat mod group,
7/14/2010 16:30

cleemckenzie: RT @LM_Preston: Drop in and visit Party Guest Roza Marie from #yalitchat mod group,
7/14/2010 16:43

SarahBillington: ooh, great topic for #yalitchat tonight. Nailing the high school experience in your YA book!
7/14/2010 16:48

SheviStories: RT @SarahBillington: ooh, great topic for #yalitchat tonight. Nailing the high school
experience in your YA book! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 16:48

SheviStories: How was high school for you? If you could change one thing in your high school experience
what would it be? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 16:51

kellylynnthomas: @SheviStories I would have read more, and spent less time watching bad anime.
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 16:53

jfjenkinstweets: just joined #yalitchat! woo!
7/14/2010 17:11

MaryCalhounBrow:#books #kidlit #kidlitchat #yalit #yalitchat Visit #tck at 9 pm EST to visit with award-winning
author Mary Calhoun Brown
7/14/2010 17:14

Georgia_McBride: #YALITCHAT at 9PM EST Topic: Nailing the high school experience in your YA novel -->
http://bit.ly/hJVmK Join us then!
7/14/2010 17:14

NicolaMarsh: RT @Georgia_McBride: #YALITCHAT at 9PM EST Topic: Nailing the high school
experience in your YA novel --> http://bit.ly/hJVmK Join us then!
7/14/2010 17:16

MundieMoms: RT @Georgia_McBride: #YALITCHAT at 9PM EST Topic: Nailing the high school
7/14/2010 17:17

Georgia_McBride: @MaryCalhounBrow So sorry. Tonight is YALITCHAT at the same time! Grrrr. We'd love
to have u on one night. #yalit #yalitchat #tck

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7/14/2010 17:17

jpmsull: RT @MundieMoms: RT @Georgia_McBride: #YALITCHAT at 9PM EST Topic: Nailing the
high school experience in your YA novel --> http://bit.ly/hJVmK Join us then!
7/14/2010 17:17

Georgia_McBride: @TL_Tyson You make a completely valid point. I'm with you. Was not trying to put u
down. #yalitchat #writers #amreading #amwriting
7/14/2010 17:18

MardouLedger: RT @Georgia_McBride: #YALITCHAT at 9PM EST Topic: Nailing the high school
7/14/2010 17:18

HeatherMcCorkle: Sounds like a fun one! RT @MundieMoms #YALITCHAT at 6PM PST Topic: Nailing the
high school experience in your YA novel.
7/14/2010 17:22

4KidLit: Finished SISTERS RED by @JacksonPearce = so GOOD! Original, great dilemma,
awesome characters. Did I mention original? #yalit #yalitchat
7/14/2010 17:28

KFentonWhite: RT @Georgia_McBride: #YALITCHAT at 9PM EST Topic: Nailing the high school
7/14/2010 17:46

dawnmetcalf: And now it's almost time for #YALITCHAT. Topic: Nailing the high school experience in
your YA novel --> http://bit.ly/hJVmK @Georgia_McBride
7/14/2010 17:53

sharifwrites: RT @dawnmetcalf: And now it's almost time for #YALITCHAT. Topic: Nailing the high
school experience in your YA novel -> http://bit.ly/hJVmK
7/14/2010 17:54

chrstinef: RT @sharifwrites: RT @dawnmetcalf: And now it's almost time for #YALITCHAT. Topic:
Nailing the high school experience in your YA novel -> http://bit.ly/hJVmK
7/14/2010 17:55

srolutola: @4KidLit But was it original???? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 17:56

sharifwrites: @Georgia_McBride: #YALITCHAT at 9PM EST // Great topic! --> http://bit.ly/hJVmK
7/14/2010 17:56

Brent_Watson41: Not sure if I'll be home in time for #YALITCHAT :(
7/14/2010 17:56

Rozamillion01: Nailing your HS experience in YA novel at #YALITCHAT
7/14/2010 17:56

CynthiaCWillis: Another great #YALITCHAT topic! Happy to be here! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 17:57

Kristi_Cook: RT @dawnmetcalf: And now it's almost time for #YALITCHAT. Topic: Nailing the high
school experience in your YA novel --> http://bit.ly/hJVmK @Georgia_McBride
7/14/2010 17:57

Georgia_McBride: #YAlitchat in 2 minutes. MUTE me if you have no interest in being taken back to high
school tonight!
7/14/2010 17:58

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Leaheps: hi everyone. I'm excited about this chat--first one in a long while #yalitchat
7/14/2010 17:59

dlschubert: Hello, everyone! Happy #yalitchat ;-)
7/14/2010 17:59

NicolaMarsh: RT @dawnmetcalf: And now it's almost time for #YALITCHAT. Topic: Nailing the high
school experience in your YA novel --> http://bit.ly/hJVmK @Georgia_McBride
7/14/2010 18:00

SheviStories: #YALitChat on high-school experiences starts now! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:00

Georgia_McBride: Cara and I brainstormed about how to shape this topic. Based on some of the queries and
manuscripts I read, this is where we are. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:01

Georgia_McBride: Since so many of us who write YA are er, uh not all that young (though that is changing)...
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:02

Georgia_McBride: What do you do to ensure authenticity in your YA novel re: the YA/teen experience/hs
experience? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:03

WriterCrys: RT @Georgia_McBride: #YALITCHAT at 9PM EST Topic: Nailing the high school
7/14/2010 18:03

adamselzer: Misery, misery, and the certain knowledge that everyone else is getting laid, but you never
will. SHOULD we nail it? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:04

sleepisoptional: I actually use phrases I hear in conversation between my daughter's friends. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:04

srolutola: I think this topic is more difficult than it lets on cuz everyone's highschool exp is diff -
depends on SO many factors #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:04

dlschubert: I rely on memories as well as observing the high-school teens in my house. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:04

lisagailgreen: Don't talk down to them. Don't try too hard to sound "cool" just be natural #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:05

crissachappell: Don't toss your diaries. That's where the good stuff comes from... (I even kept my old
notebooks, swarming with doodles) #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:05

WriterCrys: @Georgia_McBride I always have a few teen readers critique for voice/language. At 36,
I'm no longer up on teen vernacular #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:05

kellyhashway: Working in a 7-12 school building definitely helped me. #yalitchat
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Leaheps: Hard to be universal, so I go for the specific. For example, in my hs growing up,
cheerleaders were IT. In the hs here, not so #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:05

urkidnrite: The latter frightens me. :) RT @dlschubert: I rely on memories as well as observing the
high-school teens in my house. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:05

CynthiaCWillis: For me: Memories, watching teens, reading lots of YA. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:05

SheviStories: There are some things you might not want to nail about the high-school experience, like the
f-word in the halls. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:05

Georgia_McBride: @Rozamillion01 Indeed. But the physical/exterior circumstances must ring true for your
readers. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:06

srolutola: i mean some ppl might say that mean girls are cliche but a lot of high schools have them
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:06

BloggersBooks: Curious about tonight's #yalitchat. I've seen a few books recently with high school
experiences very different from my high school now.
7/14/2010 18:06

Leaheps: My high school yearbook inscriptions are helpful for voice #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:06

dawnmetcalf: @adamselzer Is that "nailing the hs experience" or referencing "getting laid"? ;-) #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:06

Christina_Lee04: Hi EVERYONE *waves* good topic! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:06

tehawesomersace: It that time! Mute me if you don't want to hear all about #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:06

SheviStories: Teens behave differently among themselves than when adults are around. Just observing
as an adult probably isn't good enough. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:07

Brent_Watson41: @Georgia_McBride basically I live and breathe (often with my nose plugged) my target
audience every day I go to work #YALITCHAT
7/14/2010 18:07

Georgia_McBride: @srolutola Indeed. So you think the approach must be broad? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:07

CynthiaCWillis: RT @Leaheps: My high school yearbook inscriptions are helpful for voice--that is brilliant!
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:07

EbonyMcKenna: #yalitchat If your character is true and behaves realistically, then it will ring true, no matter
the year or school
7/14/2010 18:07

john_zeleznik: HS has changed soooo much from 1991...I'm relying on what I see as a HS English
teacher. #yalitchat

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7/14/2010 18:08

Leaheps: @SheviStories good point re. how teens behave around adults vs. w/each other #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:08

tehawesomersace: @fullofstars I went to a huge school and then a small school. It was frighteningly similar.
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:08

WriterCrys: @crissachappell My journals were covered in doodles and pics of River Phoenix
#YALitChat
7/14/2010 18:08

Georgia_McBride: @dlschubert Me too and very vividly. I lived and loved with ever fiber of my being in hs. I
think it's the same with all teens. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:08

srolutola: don't try 2 hard to make ur highschoolers so witty that they always have a oneliner rdy 4
every occas. may end up sounding forced #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:08

Leaheps: funny, but I watched pretty little liars, and even that seems dated. Same with Glee h.s.
with its uber-cheerleaders. Still fun #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:09

Rozamillion01: You still have those groups. the pop kids jocks band people and those people will be
divided out. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:09

khyrinthia: @bloggersbooks only a few? xD I've never read a book even vaguely similar to my current
high school situation #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:09

cuppajolie: Feelings have not changed since any of us were in high school. Technology and
communication are a different story. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:09

skodobah: Don't you forget about me.... #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:09

dawnmetcalf: I try not to write about "high school students". I write about a specific teen having a
specific exp. Emotions are universal. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:09

BloggersBooks: I do have to say that in my school of 600 per class, we don't really have cliques or mean
girls. We hang out with whoever. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:09

srolutola: @Georgia_McBride i guess so. don't have too strict a vision of what the 'authentic high
school exp' is bc there probably ISNT one #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:09

Georgia_McBride: @SheviStories Spy cams? What do you recommend? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:09

EbonyMcKenna: #yalitchat Too many references to TV shows or trends can really date the book. Are
today's 16-y-olds really watching Buffy?
7/14/2010 18:09

kellyhashway: I help my husband coach high school cross country. Kids are more relaxed around coaches

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than in the school building. It's great. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:09

crissachappell: @WriterCrys nice. We used to cover our textbooks in paper bags...perfect for layers of
pencil doodles (faded like cave drawings) #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:09

Georgia_McBride: @Christina_Lee04 Hey. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:09

SheviStories: It's important to keep up to date: teens won't believe a teen's experience is modern w/o
cell phone, texting, email... #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:10

EbonyMcKenna: @dawnmetcalf absolutely, it's the emotions that make a character come to life. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:10

Leaheps: RT @dawnmetcalf: I try not to write about "high school students". I write about specific
teen . Emotions are universal. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:10

john_zeleznik: @srolutola I HAD a one liner ready for every moment when I was in HS! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:10

dawnmetcalf: LOL! *MY* kind of high school experience! RT @skodobah Don't you forget about me....
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:10

dawnmetcalf: RT @cuppajolie: Feelings have not changed since any of us were in high school.
Technology and communication are a different story. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:10

crissachappell: RT @dawnmetcalf: I try not to write about "high school students". I write about a specific
teen having a specific exp. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:10

Leaheps: RT @john_zeleznik: @srolutola I HAD a one liner ready for every moment when I was in
HS! ME TOO! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:10

skodobah: One thing I noticed in Twilight was the lack of cell phone use by Bella and the other
characters. Not sure if anyone had one. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:11

tehawesomersace: @john_zeleznik Did you practice them when no one was around? I did. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:11

HeatherMcCorkle: @EbonyMcKenna Great point, probably not. What's hot is always changing! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:11

ondineb: RT @EbonyMcKenna: #yalitchat If your character is true and behaves realistically, then it
will ring true, no matter the year or school
7/14/2010 18:11

srolutola: it also depends on the school - good resources/dedicated teachers or horrible
conditions/low-quality evrything? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:11

WriterCrys: Single best thing about high school? #YALitChat
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adamselzer: Your book WILL be dated soon, so go ahead and be contemporary. But readers will judge
your chars (& book) on their musical taste. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:11

kellyhashway: @skodobah In the movie they had them. Can't remember if they used them in the novel.
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:12

BloggersBooks: And mean girls? Eh. Not really. We all have our PMS moments. We all move on. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:12

sharifwrites: @SheviStories I don't leave out the technology, it's very important today, but I try to keep
it vague to not date the writing. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:12

Georgia_McBride: @EbonyMcKenna Exactly. too many writers reference shows and music from THEIR
childhood in their YA novels. Mistake. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:12

SheviStories: @skodobah Drives me nuts when modern characters don't use cell phones, particularly
when one call could solve their problems. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:12

kellyhashway: @skodobah I think Bella emailed her mom in the book. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:12

tehawesomersace: @skodobah That's because there isn't any reception in Forks. *snort* #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:12

john_zeleznik: @tehawesomersace Being a smart ass is like being a HR hitter in baseball. You strike out
a lot, but you sure hit a lot of homers. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:12

Christina_Lee04: Was a teacher-lots of boys-and seem to be surrounded by male teen nephews in my
family. Hmm...wonder why I write boy books? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:12

Georgia_McBride: @cuppajolie Aboslutely. Today we are talking about the hs experience. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:12

srolutola: @john_zeleznik no doubt some kids do, but when EVERY ONE of your teenage mcs talk
like that it gets silly. just a pet peeve tho #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:13

skodobah: Exactly!? Got a finger? Dial me on the cell when you need me! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:13

kellyhashway: @SheviStories But if one phone call could solve the problem, then there really isn't a story.
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:13

Buffyandrews: Technology changes so rapidly. I think you have to include it but keep it on the vague side.
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:13

skodobah: @tehawesomersace LOL! Or else they have T-Mobile. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:13

sharifwrites: @Georgia_McBride I see that too, only do that in reference to the parents, not to the MC.
#yalitchat

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7/14/2010 18:13

SheviStories: @sharifwrites Exactly the way to do it: mention video games, for example, but not Wii or
PS3. Might not be around in 10 years. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:13

skodobah: @Buffyandrews True, but keeping something as common as a cell out of a story is a bit...
Twilight-ish!! LOL! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:13

Georgia_McBride: @Rozamillion01 but that's true in life. the models, the tech geeks, the writers, the
housekeepers. so what? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:13

Leaheps: @Georgia_McBride do you think music/shows/movies should be mentioned, but
contemporary ones? Or make them up? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:14

cuppajolie: It's been fun eaves dropping on teen girls at the pool. Mostly they talk about boys,
parents, and texting. Or, they are texting. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:14

Christina_Lee04: RT @WriterCrys: Single best thing about high school? Leaving it--LOL! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:14

EbonyMcKenna: #yalitchat A high school needs just as much world building as a made up country or a town.
7/14/2010 18:14

susanwrites: I think if we can nail the emotion, we can often nail the experience. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:14

dawnmetcalf: @sharifwrites @SheviStories Don't be afraid of using tech, IMO. Ignoring it is obvious.
"Cell phones" may date but it's real now! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:14

kellyhashway: My students loved The Pigman, but try explaining a rotary phone to 8th graders! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:14

skodobah: @cuppajolie Isn't that fun? I love hearing the kids chat it up. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:14

HeatherMcCorkle: Some of the best YA I've read stays away from modern technology all together. It's
simpler, if you can do it with your novel. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:14

tehawesomersace: My biggest pet peeve about YA is that everyone seems to have a car. I walked...a lot. Or
took bus. So did friends. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:14

Georgia_McBride: @SheviStories I think that's OK. A book released twenty years ago which references
PacMan makes sense. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:15

cuppajolie: It's not easy to follow the #yalitchat and #rgz conversations at the same time. #failing
7/14/2010 18:15

skodobah: When teenage boys talk, it's about chicks and cars. Same as it ever was. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:15

crissachappell: @EbonyMcKenna true...I can't stand generic high school settings. Every school is unique

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(even in the same city). #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:15

skodobah: Pardon me... my son is trying to rip-up a library book. #evilsin #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:15

Buffyandrews: @tehawesomersace It's probably because if a teen drives, there's no issue with them
getting around. It simplifies things. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:15

Georgia_McBride: @Leaheps making them up seems bizarre to me. always scratch my head at made up
shows. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:15

HeatherMcCorkle: @tehawesomersace True! We've got to be sure not to make things too easy on our
characters. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:15

BellaVidaLetty: lololol :) RT @Christina_Lee04 @WriterCrys: Single best thing about high school? Leaving
it--LOL! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:16

john_zeleznik: @tehawesomersace Not as uncommon as you think. I've had a car of some kind since I
was 17. Most of my friends did too. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:16

glenak: @SheviStories oh invent a game system that has some connection to the ones that exist.
That way it can never get outdated #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:16

Jaime_Reed: It helps to have young relative to study from, nieces, nephews, cousins. they can help u w/
the lingo & new trends. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:16

Leaheps: @Georgia_McBride it's tough, though. I had a sis wearing a Rolling Stones t-shirt. Too
dated? But what if she's retro? dunno #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:16

adamselzer: Everything dates. Everything from 10 (let alone 30) years ago is dated or a period piece
now. No shame in a period piece. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:16

dawnmetcalf: There are teens from big schools, small schools, private schools & homeschooled. We'll
still recognize ourselves in them. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:16

ElanaJ: @tehawesomersace I had a car because I lived reeeaaaly far away from everything else.
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:16

skodobah: @tehawesomersace I had to schlep at Wendy's to save up enough for my first car.
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:16

CynthiaCWillis: @Georgia_McBride Good point. Made up names feel odd to me, too. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:17

cuppajolie: @skodobah So fun. Not only the chatting, but the "making a fool of themselves. " That's
mostly the boys. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:17

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SheviStories: @Georgia_McBride My daughter groaned at the opening of The Princess Bride because
of the old-fashioned video game. Kids notice. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:17

skodobah: @adamselzer I like to re-read Judy Blume books. They are dated, but the topics are
timeless. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:17

Georgia_McBride: @Leaheps not a problem. if it feels right and makes sense, do it. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:17

marybrebner: Yay! Remembered tonight was Wed (trying to house train new dog, who refuses to "go
potty" *headdesk*). #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:17

dlschubert: I agree: the less technology mentioned, the better. That said, in order for story 2 ring true,
u can't ignore current reality. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:17

tehawesomersace: Second point: no after school jobs? RT @skodobah: @tehawesomersace I had to schlep
at Wendys to save up enough for my first car. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:17

adamselzer: In my town (and most built in the last 20 years), you couldn't get ANYWHERE without a
car. No sidewalks. Every1 had to have one. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:17

ElanaJ: @adamselzer I agree! ("No shame in a period piece.") #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:17

Jaime_Reed: All in all, not much has changes in HS, same drama, same heartbreak, same lame
activities, just better technology. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:18

Leaheps: RT @skodobah: @adamselzer I like to re-read Judy Blume books. They are dated, but the
topics are timeless. yay Judy B! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:18

HeatherMcCorkle: @dlschubert Great point. It's a careful balance. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:18

Christina_Lee04: @adamselzer musical taste? Ya think? I just mentioned Radiohead in my latest and was
called on it by crit group--tough one. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:18

kathymccullough: @tehawesomersace I agree with the car comment, and also it bugs me when no kids have
jobs. When I was a teen, we all had jobs #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:18

skodobah: @tehawesomersace Yeah, it seems that is missing from a lot of YA today. Hey kids,
where ya gonna get gas money? #mom&dad? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:18

sleepisoptional: @tehawesomersace No buses in my town. I don't think I knew anyone WITHOUT a car
who was old enough to drive. #YAlitchat
7/14/2010 18:18

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BloggersBooks: @Georgia_McBride Yeah, but at any given time, I know at least two kids who's phones
are broken. Not doing anything if broken. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:18

SheviStories: TV families in the 50s & 60s generally didn't have TVs. That was pretty silly. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:18

DEcharacters: As a teen, I wasn't allowed to have a job. Parents said so because I had to focus on
school and other activities #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:18

HeatherMcCorkle: @Jaime_Reed True. The world around it may have changed but the human element has
not. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:18

dawnmetcalf: @tehawesomersace Nowadays (around here) they've extended the driver's permit to
driver's license age. Can only drive w/a parent?? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:18

Georgia_McBride: @tehawesomersace yeah. i don't know. what books r u reading? then again in
paranormal, u don't need cars. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:18

marybrebner: @dlschubert Exactly re tech. Put enough in to make current but not enough to really date
book. Tech moves faster than publishing! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:19

tehawesomersace: So all those who had cars: did you live in rural areas? I lived in the city, and no one had a
car... #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:19

Christina_Lee04: LOVE it! RT @Jaime_Reed: Not much has changes in HS, same drama, same heartbreak,
same lame activities, just better technology. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:19

skodobah: @PeterMcL "Drake pressed the ON button in his Prius and away we went on our date!"
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:19

oheyitsvivian: @dlschubert I agree too. I was rereading a book and the girl was talking about getting a
beeper. I was like...well, then. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:19

john_zeleznik: @tehawesomersace The pressure on these kids to succeed in school is crushing. Often
there is no time for a job! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:19

lisagailgreen: I agree that emotions are what tie us together no matter what the time frame. And teens
feel intense emotions #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:19

Georgia_McBride: @SheviStories tell her its called retro. LOL. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:19

nelsaroberto: Growing up in small, rural town of less than 3,000 with the biggest city a 45 min drive
away getting your license was EVERYTHING. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:19

skodobah: @tehawesomersace I lived in a small beach city. Walked everywhere & took the bus
before I bought my car. #yalitchat

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7/14/2010 18:19

SheviStories: In some ways you don't want to be too realistic, writing about kids who veg out in front of
the TV or play video games all day. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:19

tehawesomersace: @Georgia_McBride A lot of contemporaries... #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:19

dlschubert: I'm in the burbs, and ALL the kids have p/t jobs. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:20

thereadingzone: @glenak technology is huge for teens- cell phones, social networking, ipads, etc.
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:20

ElanaJ: @tehawesomersace Yes, rural. Had to drive to the city. And I did work too. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:20

Buffyandrews: The repercussions have changed. Used to be the cop caught us drinking, he'd dump it and
tell parents. Now, it's charges. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:20

john_zeleznik: @tehawesomersace A middle class suburb of a midsized, Rust-belt city. Needed cars to
go everywhere! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:20

deegarretson: So true! @Jaime_Reed All in all, not much changes in HS, same drama same heartbreak
same lame activities, just better technology #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:20

Leaheps: @PeterMcL But don't some want to read about their own experience, and some want
experiences different and new? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:20

dawnmetcalf: @skodobah @kathymccullough @tehawesomersace When I was a teen, no job until
summers/breaks. Told to STUDY STUDY STUDY instead. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:20

skodobah: @SheviStories LOL! Eating Cheetos and wondering when mom will take them to
Gamestop! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:20

KarlaKT: @john_zeleznik Manufactured drama...yup, see it as a teen parent and teacher. Like life
should feel like reality TV ---ugh. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:20

adamselzer: @Christina_Lee04 I'd have no problem w/ that, but kids judge each other on musical taste
- and will do it to ur characters, too #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:20

dawnmetcalf: RT @lisagailgreen: I agree that emotions are what tie us together no matter what the time
frame. And teens feel intense emotions #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:20

dlschubert: Bingo! RT @marybrebner ...Tech moves faster than publishing! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:20

dawnmetcalf: @john_zeleznik Exactly. #yalitchat
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susanwrites: We certainly didn't have the focus on testing testing testing when I was in HS. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:20

skodobah: @dawnmetcalf I wish that had been me. It was always work and school; no emphasis on
one or the other. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:21

sleepisoptional: @DEcharacters I'm right there with you - grades more important than $. My parents said
no job for me. My MC is jobless... #YAlitchat
7/14/2010 18:21

kellyhashway: @dawnmetcalf My parents told me school was my job--until summer came. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:21

SheviStories: Yes! RT @skodobah: @SheviStories LOL! Eating Cheetos and wondering when mom will
take them to Gamestop! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:21

marypearson: RT @dawnmetcalf: I try not to write about "high school students". I write about a specific
teen having a specific exp. Emotions are universal. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:21

skodobah: Gen-x folks - How did Breakfast Club influence you? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:21

adamselzer: Far fewer kids have jobs than 10 years ago now, though. We thought we needed it them
to build resumes. Hurt more than helped. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:21

cuppajolie: Technology has also provided new ways of being mean. Also anonymous. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:21

thereadingzone: @kellyhashway Same thing most of my students parents say. School is your job.Many kids
then go to camp/work camp in summer. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:22

Buffyandrews: me, too. and i tell my kids this... RT @kellyhashway: @dawnmetcalf My parents told me
school was my job--until summer came. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:22

tehawesomersace: @skodobah I have a deep and abiding hate for fingerless gloves... #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:22

Georgia_McBride: But its not just hs that's diferent. The world around them is. More parents r divorced. More
classes are structured differently. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:22

dawnmetcalf: @susanwrites Good point. "Teach to the test" is a real high-pressure reality for these kids.
College diploma is like hs diploma. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:22

lisagailgreen: LOL I guess fantasy might be easier when considering some of this #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:22

SheviStories: I was the Ally Sheedy character. RT @skodobah: Gen-x folks - How did Breakfast Club
influence you? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:22

EbonyMcKenna: @skodobah I'm Gen-x - Breakfast Club v entertaining. But didn't see it until I left high
school :-) #yalitchat

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7/14/2010 18:22

CynthiaCWillis: @skodobah I liked the characters a lot. Of course, right? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:22

phoebeeating: @skodobah It made me love scruffy slacker boys? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:22

Buffyandrews: @adamselzer How did having job hurt more than help? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:22

glenak: @thereadingzone i actually invented a device like d ipad 4 my book #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:22

Christina_Lee04: Every exper. is so very different. I taught in a poor district. Technology? Teachers nor kids
had access--just chalk and erasers. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:22

BookEditorLM: RT @lisagailgreen: I agree that emotions are what tie us together no matter what the time
frame. And teens feel intense emotions #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:22

glenak: @kathymccullough yep. Exactly! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:22

kellyhashway: @lisagailgreen good point! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:22

skodobah: @tehawesomersace I know what to get you for your birthday!!!! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:23

thereadingzone: @phoebeeating Oh yeah. And kids are very critical of authors who use tech incorrectly.
They lose credibility #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:23

Georgia_McBride: Should this not be reflected in what we write? The differences in the world outside of the
hs walls? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:23

SheviStories: Speaking of The Breakfast Club, my daughter hated it. Said, "How can you like a movie
that takes place in one room?" Good point. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:23

crissachappell: not everybody in hs = nerd/jock/outsider girl lusting after the hot guy. I'd love to see more
stories about girls I relate to... #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:23

Jaime_Reed: Just visity ur old HS, for research. The best thing for a writer to do is to talk to teens get
their take on life. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:23

skodobah: @EbonyMcKenna I saw it on video after it came out because I was a loser. I was Ally
Sheedy! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:23

dawnmetcalf: YES! Bullying/relationship violence + Internet. RT @cuppajolie Technology also provides
new ways of being mean. Also anonymous. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:23

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kathymccullough: I'm in L.A. and ride the bus (really!): lots of kids! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:23

tehawesomersace: @skodobah A carton of cigarettes? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:23

adamselzer: @Buffyandrews a resume full of retail and restaurant gigs only qualifies you for more of
the same. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:24

skodobah: @Jaime_Reed I would LOVE to go back to my school and talk to the kids. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:24

thereadingzone: @dawnmetcalf Most drama I see with my students starts online. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:24

john_zeleznik: I sometimes think having a job messed me up as a student. Too tied up in "making money"
than working hard in school. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:24

Leaheps: Talking to teens doesn't help me much. I honestly have to go deep to access my emotions
at that time--to pretend I'm a teen #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:24

nelsaroberto: So competitive now in terms of academics (not for all).Stress & pressure to succeed
academically & go on to university huge now.#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:24

skodobah: @tehawesomersace Yeah! That makes a great gift! #judd #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:24

BloggersBooks: A lot of kids in my grade have jobs. We're currently going into junior year. If you're 16?
You're trying to get a job. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:24

phoebeeating: @skodobah Ha! Looking over at my husband . . . kind of married a Bender. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:24

susanwrites: HS kids with babies of their own is something that was never heard of (or talked about)
when I was in HS. Now all too common. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:24

dawnmetcalf: @Jaime_Reed Don't need to do that. Just need to watch the reality TV show "American
High School." That WAS my high school. ;-) #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:25

SheviStories: Not high-school per se, but kids today live in a very fast world. Sound bites. Tweets.
Texts. Gotta get to the punch quick. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:25

tehawesomersace: @adamselzer A college degree can get you the same, especially in PA. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:25

skodobah: My dad lost his job when I was 16. The next day, I pounded the pavement until I got my
own. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:25

skodobah: @phoebeeating Good for you!!!! *clap-clap* #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:25

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Buffyandrews: @susanwrites They even have nurseries in the schools for students who have kids.
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:25

EbonyMcKenna: @skodobah Breakfast Club had only 2 female characters, but at least it had 2! Some teen
films only had girls as afterthought #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:25

deegarretson: @crissachappell I also get tired of the stereotypical mean girls, lots of mean girls out
there, but make them interesting #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:25

skodobah: @tehawesomersace LOL! As someone without a degree (yes, I will admit it), I'm pretty
damned lucky to have gone this far. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:26

MyraMcEntire: *waves to #yalitchat - promises to return once these revisions are turned in - hopefully by
July 28th!*
7/14/2010 18:26

glenak: @dawnmetcalf yep! That's pretty much wat i do most of the time for research lol plus lots
of stuff on d internet #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:26

dawnmetcalf: Best use of technology for reflecting teen angst = unsent messages from girl to boy in
BALLAD by @mstiefvater. Read it. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:26

KarlaKT: My weekend waitressing job helped me---dealing with people, managing time. Made me
know I wanted a career, #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:26

phoebeeating: @susanwrites It always happened! My father had a baby in HS--the mat. grandparents
made the mom put it up for adoption #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:26

AbielleRose: RT @Jaime_Reed: All in all, not much has changes in HS, same drama, same heartbreak,
same lame activities, just better technology. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:26

john_zeleznik: I was horrified when I found out one of our summer institute students (incoming Freshman)
has a 1 year old! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:26

skodobah: All the retail jobs lead to office jobs... and graphics, marketing, writing, editing... creative
direction. You never know. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:26

EbonyMcKenna: #yalitchat Lack of girls in books and movies as a teen has me deliberately populating my
books with girls.
7/14/2010 18:26

Jaime_Reed: The teen/coming of age premise is universal. Note passing has turned into texting, making
out has turned into hooking up...#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:26

Georgia_McBride: @thereadingzone Readers/teens are critical or writers who get anything about their world
wrong. You only get one shot. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:26

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HeatherMcCorkle: @deegarretson I couldn't agree more! The mean girls (or any antagonist) of today's YA
should be multi-dimensional! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:26

dlschubert: @MyraMcEntire Hi, Myra! Hugs to you, my friend. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:26

NyxensAdventure: Most high schools don't have that slutty cheerleader or that jerk who's a jock or that
unpopular nerdy kid. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:27

PaulWHankins: Part of that Hughes magic is he found room for the nerd, right? Not just as comic relief, but
as a member w/in the microcosm. #YALitChat
7/14/2010 18:27

Rozamillion01: if it's sports that remains the same, if it is classes look them up on the internet what most
teens are taking now #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:27

skodobah: @EbonyMcKenna That is interesting... you are right. It was all about the boys. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:27

skodobah: @NyxensAdventure Oh, mine did! We had a gaggle of stereotypes at San Clemente High!
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:27

HeatherMcCorkle: Love that! RT @EbonyMcKenna #yalitchat Lack of girls in books & movies as a teen has
me populating my books with girls. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:27

marybrebner: @john_zeleznik Sad as it is, we've had several pregnant 8th graders over the last couple
of years. Fast-moving world, indeed. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:27

SheviStories: BTW, just signed daughter up for an online high school: WiloStar3D.com. How's that for a
modern high-school experience? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:27

MyraMcEntire: @dlschubert MISS YOU! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:27

Leaheps: RT @NyxensAdventure: Most high schools dont have that slutty cheerleader or that jerk
whos a jock or that unpopular nerdy kid. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:27

skodobah: Farmer Ted. Need I say more? #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:28

skodobah: BRB #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:28

KatherineBoG: But are teens looking for reality in their books? Or hyper-reality? Or stylized reality? While
must ring true, mustn't be true. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:28

adamselzer: @tehawesomersace I tell kids that these days, college is likely to be a sacrifice ya make
to get smarter. Incl. bus.degrees. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:28

crissachappell: @deegarretson My tiny little hs was so mean...even the lowest kid on the social totem

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pole was mean. High school is war. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:28

tehawesomersace: @NyxensAdventure You're right. Now the valedictorian is slutty, and the jock is a video
game nerd. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:28

dawnmetcalf: Great research tool about the high schooler experience? YouTube. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:28

SheviStories: Glee? RT @Leaheps: Most high schools dont have that slutty cheerleader or that jerk
whos a jock or that unpopular nerdy kid. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:28

marybrebner: I was part of the black-clad newspaper geeks. Not emo or angsty so much as I liked
black. And working on the newspaper. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:28

tehawesomersace: @adamselzer Yeah, the Masters is the new Bachelors. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:29

PaulWHankins: @dawnmetcalf http://www.amazon.com/You-Couldnt-Ignore-Tried-Generation
/dp/0307408434 Ask your Indie, but here's the book. #YALitChat
7/14/2010 18:29

Rozamillion01: HS depending on the size have a lot of different things going on too.#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:29

adelegriffin: @deegarretson v much agree-- gave my "mean girl" a crippling case of OCD in my new
book #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:29

kellyhashway: @dawnmetcalf That is very true! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:29

Leaheps: @SheviStories yeah, I was just rt'ing someone's thought--my school did have those
people. sigh. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:29

Buffyandrews: the cum competition leads to teens with eating disorders, mental disorders, seriously, it's
crazy... #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:29

cuppajolie: @susanwrites I ran into one of my 2nd graders (now 19) with her 2 & 1/2 year old today.
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:29

phoebeeating: @marybrebner I was goth for awhile. Don't see goth kids much anymore even at Hot
Topic! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:29

adamselzer: @tehawesomersace and a BA is like a high school degree 30 years ago. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:29

crissachappell: @marybrebner I was a yearbook geek, too. It was like...re-writing my version of reality.
#yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:30

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dlschubert: Tell the story u feel compelled to tell. Beta readers/agents/editors will help you tweak it.
Don't get lost in what's "correct." #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:30

EbonyMcKenna: Teen pregnancies? Yeah, my school had a couple of them, and I went to a Catholic girls
school. #yalitchat #wafernotacontraceptive
7/14/2010 18:30

deegarretson: @crissachappell makes you see how group mentality can take over, especially among that
age #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:30

bethrevis: Definitely consider changing stereotypes. Don't forget that some schools have their own
specific stereotypes. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:30

cuppajolie: @susanwrites But there were definitely teens with kids at my HS too. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:30

skodobah: @tehawesomersace LOL!!!!!! Slutty smart girl meets virginal bad boy. Interesting story
dynamic there. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:30

tehawesomersace: @adamselzer Tell me about it *hides stupid history degree* #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:30

dlschubert: RT @SheviStories I believe most readers are looking to escape from reality, but it still has
to ring true. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:30

KarlaKT: I think there's more pressure to succeed--to decide what you're going to do----most have
to "know" by 8th grade for classes #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:31

marybrebner: @phoebeeating We have a couple goth-ish types at our middle school but they're more
emo #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:31

adelegriffin: @PaulWHankins yes he did plus empowered the nerd with genuine disregard of the "cool"
#YALitChat
7/14/2010 18:31

BloggersBooks: In our area, middle school was the time for cliques and "mean girls". We're over it in high
school. #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:31

deegarretson: @adelegriffin that's what I mean, good choice for a mean girl! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:31

Jaime_Reed: Attention YA Writers: to write about HS, in 1st POV, u have got to speak the lingo. u can't
be corny or out of date. Research! #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:31

phoebeeating: @SheviStories I don't know if that is always the case--my favorite book as a teen was
"Sloppy Seconds" which hit v. close to home #yalitchat
7/14/2010 18:31

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