BEA Stuff

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Justine and I had a great time at Book Expo America (as she explains on her blog), so here’s my report on the festivities.

My signing was a blast, with somewhere about 200 people dropping by to chat with me for, like, 23 seconds each. Thanks for all your kind words and tolerance of my sometimes brain-missing schmoozing. (I can only schmooze about a hundred people per hour before I start to spout the random.) And thanks to everyone who put up with the line changing locations after we ran out of time.

I met a lot of cool people over the weekend, including Shannon Hale. Unexpectedly, we found ourselves enemies on Saturday night! There was this silent auction of art from children’s books, and Shannon, Justine, and I all wound up bidding on the same fabulous piece by John Rocco from his new book Moon Powder. Anyway, we managed not to come to blows. (And Justine and I got the art. Bwa-ha-ha!)

The Alternate History panel with Holly Black and Cassie Clare was also cool. We tried to unpack why messing with history is so much fun, mixing up the familiar with the strange, and days of yore with that which never was. Anyway, the crowd seemed to enjoy our attempts at deep thoughts. Thanks to NYPL’s Jack Martin for stepping in to moderate.

I also did a pair video interviews. One was for Romantic Times, a magazine devoted to romance novels, which is cool. You may not know this, but the romance genre is vast, accounting for about half of all novels sold. And when you add in romance books from YA, fantasy, and sf, it really is the uber-genre. So RT is a big deal, and it was a pleasure to talk to them. (Whether Leviathan is romance or not, I leave as an exercise for the reader.)

The other interview was with Borders, who had their own video studio on the convention floor. Here’s my makeup session, and me being interviewed:

interview1

interview2

Alas, these interviews won’t go online for a few months, about a week before the pub date for Leviathan. But I revealed a lot more of Keith’s art, though, so you guys should enjoy them.

Anyway, thanks for everyone who worked behind the scenes to make BEA happen, and all the folks who said nice things when they saw my nametag. You rule.

57 thoughts on “BEA Stuff”

  1. That’s so cool! But my comment won’t show up D:
    I hope everyone had fun and I’m looking forward to the interviews

    GO LEVIATHAN!
    Peace!

  2. A friend and I watched your panel with Holly Black and Cassie Clare and really loved it! Also, as two feminists, we loved how you recognized that often in alternate histories a bit of romanticizing happens that glosses over some of the uglier aspects of the past. It was a great talk, and then we both immediately rushed over to Simon & Schuster’s booth to pick up the Leviathan galley!

  3. Browsing through and saw make-up session! Wow! Yay~ interview! I will go and watch it tomorrow…going to sleep now!~ Nights or morning depending on where you are!

    3rd? =D Hopefully!

  4. I am so incredibly jealous of the people that got to go. 4 of my favorite authors were there, You, Justine, Holly Black, and Cassandra Clare. I think the universe hates me! I must devise a way to move to NY. Everything amazing happens there. Glad you guys had an awesome time though!

  8. i wish i could have gone NYC is not that far cause i live on Long Island but I’v been soo busy!

  9. and just a random little thing there is a song called Leviathan by the Manic Street Preachers. i heard of them over the weekend and looked then up and when i saw the name it was the 1st thing i thought of. lol

  12. Wish I was there!

    Darn. Driving from Florida to New York for someone who hasn’t gotten their license yet though is a little sketchy.

    Will Scott show the Leviathan gallery from NY on this blog???

  13. Please please please pleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAaase post a paragraph from the book? Or at least the first and last word?

  15. oh. my. gawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwd.
    come to california scott! southern california! near LA or hollywood! my mom would never buy plane tickets to go to a book signing…….which totally sucks! and the book signings here are all by boring people. Like nonfiction authors, who write about things like, i dont know, “What Type of Hammer should you use on a Nail?”
    or something.

  16. kewel my commment went out of the comment box. or maybe it only does that on my computer. its like across the whole page

  23. Wonderful, wonderful!
    Sounds like you always have a great time, brain-missing or not. Wish I could see you again sometime! Unless you’re coming to Madison soon…

    Hey, listen, Uglies-series fans (and Mr. Scott)!
    There’s something new coming out, something new and fabulous. It’s called Project Natal – and it gave me chills.

    It’s freakishly like how one operates a wallscreen or eyescreen in the Uglies series. You move your hand, and things happen. For example, in the wallscreen, it recognizes your voice, and you can do a countless number of things on it…

    Yeah, well this is like that.

    Xbox made motion sensing games now – and it goes BEYOND gaming. Take a look, and I hope you all geek out as much as I did.

    To see how it works, click this link:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSWERIJvve8

    For more info, go here:
    http://onetoonemedia.net/e3-2009-xbox-360-motion-sensing-gameplay-revealed

    I hope you like it, Scott-la!

  24. Ugh. You know, NYC gets too much attention. People who plan on where these events are going to be should like think of us folks who live elsewhere, and can’t afford to buy tickets when I’m allready going to Portland (And that is stretching our funds), and those of us who have school anyways and couldn’t go even if we could get plane tickets. They should balance it out. One event is on the east coast. The next event is in the central US. Next event after that is on the west coast. Balance! Also, each time they have an event in each reagion, do it in a different place. Like NYC is up north, so next time you have an event, do it in the South, like in Georgia. See? Simple solution…

  25. Oh, I’m so happy! Like I pretty much am done with school… only 3 more days left, and we get out at noon or earlier each day! Like, I have to be in school by 10:20 tommorrow, so I’m stayin up late. And I’m going to sleep in, too, of course. I’m going to bed now, though, I want to get enough sleep for once… one more thing to say. There is this song called Brainwashed by Ultraviolet Sound, which is soooooooooooooooooo Uglies!! And I absolutly LOVE that song!!!! Ultraviolet is just awsome! I just discovered them like a couple days ago, when some one used Brainwashed for an Uglies trailer on You Tube… Look it up on YouTube, it’s an awsome song! Here’s the lyrics:
    I wanna be a celebrity
    So you will be obsessed with me
    You’ll sweat my style, want my man
    Take my picture whenever you can
    I’m gonna get me a famous face
    And I’m gonna do whatever it takes
    Botox, collagen, plastic surgery
    Lose more weight then everyone will love me

    Brainwashed

    Why would I want to be
    Anyone else but me
    Not everyone I see
    In a magazine
    We should think differently
    Find our own identity
    And maybe then you’ll be
    In a magazine

    Flash take my picture
    Flash it’s gonna hit ya
    Flash take my picture

    I wanna be a celebrity
    And everyone will be so jealous of me
    Rich, skinny, famous, pretty
    But just in case I still feel empty
    I’ll just buy some self esteem
    But I can’t find it in a magazine
    So maybe I’ll just watch TV
    It’s easier than looking inside of me

    Brainwashed

    Why would I want to be
    Anyone else but me
    Not everyone I see
    In a magazine
    We should think differently
    Find our own identity
    And maybe then you’ll be
    In a magazine

    Take my picture
    Take my picture
    Flash take my picture
    It’s gonna hit ya

    Don’t get brainwashed by TV
    Or every issue of US Weekly
    What they wear and what they say
    Is not the highlight of the day
    Together our society
    Should focus on reality
    Find your own identity

    Why would I want to be
    Anyone else but me
    Not everyone I see
    In a magazine
    We should think differently
    Find our own identity
    And maybe then you’ll be
    In a magazine

    Take my picture
    Take my picture
    Flash take my picture
    It’s gonna hit ya

  26. Haley Rae: I was just thinking we needed computers in our brains! Sooo…close…

    Riva-la: “What type of Hammer to use on a Nail” lol : D

    RC: You could hitch-hike! (which is even more scary than you driving without a license…)

    Amy~la: lol! Where did that come from?

    Alex-wa: You’re traveling theory sounds good. And, forget school! If I could’ve gotten tickets I would’ve been like “I DON’T CARE IF YOU FAIL ME, I’M GOING TO NEW YORK!” lol
    That song is pretty perfect!

    Peace!

  27. i wish i could have gone, i wish that authors would come around where i live but they don’t they go to north east and to the west and skip over the south east 🙁
    looks like you had a great time , save for the makeup, can’t wait for your new book ( can’t spell it right) and to watch those inteviws.
    have a nice day.

  28. i so would of gone. except it would have been slightly difficult to get from london to america in time in the middle of school n stuff :L
    anywayy, hope you all had fun 😀

    xox

  30. and Jay-wa, i said the bobble head thing because at the time a commercial for the new Night at the Museum was on and it had Einstein bobble heads…

  31. Jay-la: Hitch hike! That is the . . . most genius idea anyone has ever thought of! I’ll be able to go see it and I’ll be exercising! Thanks!

  32. *sobs* NO ONE COOL LIVES HERE! AND THERE ARE NO GOOD CONVENTIONS OR EXPOS FOR BOOKS OR ANIME OR MANGA! *grubles some stuff about hating North Carolina*

    I must hitch-hike. *grabs explorer backpack and boots* HI-HO! HI-HO, NEW YORK! *hikes*

  34. oh. em. gee. i only hav 1 1/2 days of school left! and today wz an all skool dance, and i got to lead the dance for Low, and every1 was dancing along, wich wz sorta a miracle cuz no one wz dancing b4. and we got our yearbooks today…but im sort of sad bcuz i wont b able to c my friends again til august…unless we get 2gether during the summer…y cant winter break b the 2 month break? cz like, during winter u can do kool stuff like skiing, and iceskating in a pond, and drinking hot coco, and roasting marshmallows, and stuff. huff.

  36. aha. hitch-hike :L.
    Riva-la : you guys are already breaking up for summer n stuff ?! thats so unfair. i have like 7 weeks left – and its hot here for the first time in ages. i dont like it :L

    x

  37. Millie-wa: You live in London!? That seems pretty cool! 😀

    Riva-la: Ew. You like winter? And why can’t you do fun stuff in the summer? Like swim in the pond that was once frozen for winter or having a bon-fire with all your buddies and roast marshmallows?

    Amy~la: lol

    I gotta go. Multimedia D:
    peace.

  38. Riva-la, I know they don’t have Ultraviolet on iTunes, I allready searched for that. I was on You Tube. Just go to youtube.com and search for Brainwashed by Ultraviolet Sound, and a few good videos should come up. You can listen to other songs by them, too. Millie-wa, you have 7 weeks left????? Damn. That’s a lot! Haha yesterday I was at school for 2 HOURS!! Haha it was awsome! Sadely, I’ll be at school for both periods today, even though I only have a final for one. So I’ll be at school till 12:45, approxamatly. 4 hours. I’m sooooooo exited for summer!!! And who wants a 2 month winter break? We wouldn’t get a 3 month summer break if we had that. 2 weeks is good for me, cuz winter here… well, it isn’t as bad as winter in Ohio… hehe

  39. My friend was all bragging how she got out of school a week earlier than the rest of us. She’s all like haha, I’m allready out of school! And I’m like when did you start? And she’s all like August 16th. Then I was like Haha! I didn’t start school till August 24th! In yo face! Well, not really the in yo face part, but you get the point… heehee, 1 more day left!!

  40. I’m not a huge fan of the season, but this summer’s gonna be really fun. Me and my friends are gonna see if we can volunteer at the hospital and the animal shelter and then for a week I’m going with my friends to her beach house down by LA! Think 5 girls and 1 mom, a beach house, and lots of hot guys on vacation there. *giggles* HaHa, it’ll be so much fun!!! And we get to go to magic mountain, yaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy rollercoasters! And I don’t know what else we’re going to do, we have to finish thinking of awesome stuff!

  42. My family just got bigger by 2! We just adopted 2 new kitties! They’re young, like still kittens sorta, and sooo cute! The only problem is getting them to get along with eachother, and my now oldest cat, Cinnamon (Since Tibbit dissapeared, he takes on the role of eldest cat in the household). And they’re both girls! Yay! Hehe. We’ve needed some girl cats in this house. Haha, my dad is going to be mad when he finds out. Me and my mom were laughing, saying this. He’s just funny! He’s going to be grumbling and mumbling on how like we have too much animals, or that my room stinks because of the litter box, since I’m kenneling them in my room, and other stuff. He’ll find something to complain about, somehow. Lol! Anyways, I’m sooooo excited! Tommorrows my last day of school! Heehee, I was at school for only 4 hours! Went at 8, came back at 12:45. Or maybe I came back sooner, I didn’t pay attention to the time… cuz when I got home, me and my mom went to the animal shelter and got the cats. They were meowing like crazy when they were in the car, but now they’re all quiet. Well, except for the youngest one hissing and growling at the other. Jeez, why won’t they just get along? Well, they’d better, cuz they don’t really have a choice. So, anyways, yup!

  43. I love winter 😀 Snow is so pretty
    its way to hot out right now…Im dying
    at least when your cold you can bundle up to stay warm….when your hot its pretty hard to get colder when you dont have a pool

  46. Tally&Zane: Enjoy your summer! It sounds awesome!

    Alex-wa: Yay! Kitties! Also, ugh, four days (counting today) and they’re all FULL. I hate exams.

    Kristina-la: Winter is the ultimate form of EVIL.

    Peace! 😀 Everyone have a good day! (Even if you still have school.)

  47. Hi, thought I’d pop in… I do sometimes.. 🙂
    I also have a new kitten! Actually, my mum rescued it from this farm where they just let all these cats breed to keep the rats away, and they dont even feed them, so that all they do is catch them, and if not- survival of the fittest…
    N’way yeah, she brought one home and app its 4 months but looks 10 weeks, the Vet said was V. malnutritioned…ITs adorable! it loves people and was besties with this big dog on the farm (they feed that).

    Im so looking forward to Scott coming to Melbs!!! OMG im gonna be so star-struck, ill prob garble and freak him out lots… but i do that to lots of ppl anyway, so no probs there hehe!!

  48. Jay-Wa: no wayy, London sucks big time :L
    Dee: aww, i would love a cat – but i live in a flat with no garden ¬¬

    xox

  49. YAHOO!!!! SUMMER!!!!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heehee, I’m soooo like happy. FINALLY!! All this stress… just gone! Like a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. My mind still hasn’t prossessd the fact I have 2 new kittens, and that SUMMER is here!!!!! At last!!!! Finally! It’s been hot allready! Like, the 90’s. Sometimes, the upper 90’s. It won’t be long untill we reach the 100s. And Anthony leaves. ugh, I am like soooo mad that he has to move… he ruined the whole movie we were going to make!! Savanna’s real mad, too, it’s funny. I will make him stay here… I will kidnap him! Make him live with my family until his parents have to leave, then he can live wherever he wants to. With another friend or something, cuz he’s told me all of his friends have offered to let him live in their places. So, yeah. And I’m going to be Greek Dancing in the 90-100 degree heat, too, for the Texas Folklife Festival. Yup, it’s gonna be hot. They’d better have some kind of huge fan blowing on us or something! Woo, wee, boy is it gonna be hot. Well, anyways, though lots of sad things are happining, lots of good things are happening this Summer, too. Like, I get to go to Portland for the TSS-US conference this year (Portland, ugh. The land of no sun.). And… our family friends who we havent seen for years are visiting! (For approxamatly 3 days only…) Aaaaaaand……… I turn 15, which would be my Quincenera, that is, if I was hispanic, which I am NOT. soooo… yup. This Summer isn’t going too well allready. And we all blame Anthony!!!!!! And the vile discusting creature who took our beloved cats!!!!! GGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

  50. Hey, i just realized something!
    in the Manifesto, the last chapter in specials, Tally says this:
    ” The wild still has teeth. Special teeth. Ugly teeth. Us.” So i just realized that had it been the other way around: Ugly teeth. Special teeth, then it would have been us. See? ugly and special? US? get it???? wow i dunno wat im doing but only 2 more weeks of school!!!! when does mind rain come out again???

  51. i’m out of school! haha wait i take that haha away i dont need enemies. but i’m out because i go to private school!!!! super gay. lol gay. lol. i crack myself up cuz the- oh never mind. but Pony-la i so get your ugly special thing.

  52. Scott, i have a request. you spend half your time in America and the other half in Australia right? well, all your books (excluding the Risen Empire and Uglies series) seem to be set in America. (Bixby, Manhattan, you know the drill) And as a little Aussie i would REALLY like to see one set in Australia! it may not have all the glory of New York but it is still a wonderful place! and with a creative mind I’m sure you could think up something brillent about the place!!!!!!!

    And yes, I’m willing to beg.

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