Wild Things: YA Grown-Up discussion

Just heard from Neil Gaiman. He asked when, so that sounds wild thing hopeful. I said anytime before the end of the month.

Oooh!! I am so excited! I've been reading a lot of Gaiman lately, so this is great!

That will be great! Oh I so need to get the book done this weekend.

Best done underneath your blanket with a flashlight on. Just a suggestion. Winkie wink.

I'd better find a library branch with the book!

Thanks, Karey!

ooooooo...how exciting! It will be hard to pin down a time convenient to everyone. Is there a way to find out when people tend to be on here & what their time zone is? I'm usually here evenings Eastern US time (unless American Idol is on...lol!)

I'm crazy for Neil Gaiman!! I can't find The Graveyard Book around here....going to Ft Myers for the weekend, hoping to have a chance to look there!

I can generally make it in just about any time. I'm just happy that Neil is going to come here to chat with us! That is really cool. :)

I'm listening to him read The Graveyard Book right now, and I am really liking it.

All I have to say is


!!!!!!!!!!!

This is so exciting, I don't know how to express it!

Best said with !!!!!

Yay! Or should I add more, like Laura?

GAH! That's so freakin' exciting. My coworker once met him when she worked for Anderson's and said he is very dreamy to meet in person. Sqeeeeeee. I'm so excited!

More More Beth!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!!!!! That is so awesome!!!

Isn't it?????

(I can't stop.)

I already have my question all ready!! (I just finished The Graveyard book last night by the way, and I loved it!)

And look at us, grown women acting like 12 year olds at a Jonas Brothers concert.

(Edited: Excuse me, it is JONAS not JONES. I stand corrected.)

LOL.

I would rather meet about any author in the world then the Jonas Brothers though :P That makes it okay.

I know. I feel so dumb, but I can't help it. I admire him so much, being able to write so great for so many audiences. Also, he's not crude like so many of the other humor writers, and I love that. I just hope I don't get too worship-y.

I met him once in California and he signed one of my Death comics. I have a picture somewhere. This is really exciting!

Ditto. They aren't even cute!

I know, I'm glad this is over the net, no way for me to trip and fall on my face in front of him :P

Exactly!

Hahaha! You're so funny.

I think we should change our group name - just for the day he comes in - to

Wild for Neil Gaiman Things !!!

!!!!!

yeah, then he'll read this topic and run away screaming.

He'll base his next horror characters on us.

Crazy Internet Stalker girls who abduct cool authors by pulling them through computer screens?

Sweet!

Allison wrote: "yeah, then he'll read this topic and run away screaming.

He'll base his next horror characters on us."

Now you have me thinking of what a book like that could possibly be named. Thanks.

hehehe :)

Becky wrote: "Crazy Internet Stalker girls who abduct cool authors by pulling them through computer screens?

Sweet!"

I love that! He probably will base it on us!

OK, I'm off to review TGB. I loved it. :)

hey, here are his top 10 books, per an interview on BN.com:

What are your ten favorite books, and what makes them special to you?


The Biography of Manuel by James Branch Cabell -- Eighteen volumes of beautiful, worldly, wise writing by a forgotten American master.

The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe -- The best science fiction novel of the last century.

Lud in the Mist by Hope Mirrlees -- My favourite fairy tale/detective novel/history/fantasy.

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by Jan Potock -- A labyrinth inside a maze; also a wonderful film.

Viriconium by M John Harrison -- I could pick any Harrison book, though. It could as easily be Light, his recent sci-fi novel, or Climbers, his astounding mainstream novel. He's a master of prose and ideas.

Codex Seraphinianus by Luigo Serafini -- A guide to an alien world, in an alien language. The strangest book I own.

A Humument by Tom Phillips -- In which an artist works into a Victorian novel to create something perfectly new.

Archer's Goon by Diana Wynne Jones -- The best writer of magical children's fiction of our generation. I don't know if this is the best of her novels, but it's my favourite.

Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R.A. Lafferty -- The funniest, oddest short stories in this or any other world.

The Complete Newgate Calenda -- One of those books, like Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor, that's almost a window into the past. In this case, an immersive and astonishing look at criminals and their often short and tragic lives. My set is four volumes, bound in red leather, and it smells like a bygone age.

YAY theres a DWJ novel in there! That'll please Fiona.

Thanks for posting that Allison!

yeah, I knew that'd make Fiona happy...especially since I don't think she has read that one :P hahaha.

What fantastic titles. I haven't heard of any of them but just the names are amazing.

And look at that, Fiona, he loves DWJ, too!

come on Fiona! it would be fun! And drive more people to be WILD !!!

I don't think he's hot, just talented! (which is way better!!!)

I hear the girlish screeshing miles away! Just had to click on this thread!

K.S.R- You are my hero for asking him!! I'm so happy that he responded and I so look forward to reading what he has to say.

He just wrote and said "after May is definitely do-able." I suggested he pick a day in June. So now we're just waiting on Wild Man Neil . . .

Wow!!!

*bows to Karey*

This is so exciting!!!!!!

This is absolutely amazing! So very excicted!

What do you all think about inviting more friends to the group for the discussion? Or do you like it the size it is? By some quirk of nature I have over 3000 friends here, so I could send a lot of invites. Yes, no, maybe so?

I'm all for having a big group of people if they want to really discuss YA and are fun, cool people... But then I love the more intimate feeling of the group as it is now, since we don't have a gazillion people here....

I'd say to go ahead and invite people that you think would contribute something to the group and who actually like to read YA. :)

I'm so excited to see that the group here (I just joined) is reading Gaiman's The Graveyard Book and is scheduling a visit with him. I had the book marked for a June reading, but it has now moved up to May for the group read.

Just a personal note about Neil Gaiman. I met Neil in Washington, D.C. in 2004 at the National Book Festival. His signing line was so long that there was no way he could get to everyone before his scheduled speaking time. So what did this gracious author do but set up another signing for after his speaking time (keep in mind he had already signed for at least a couple of hours). I had two books signed by him and at the end after he had signed books for hours, he allowed me to have a picture taken with him. This guy is so magnanimous. He appreciates his fans and shows it.

What a great man he must be! Now I'm even more excited!

yeah, I read another author's blog and they were at the same event, and he said some crazed person was hanging all over Neil asking questions about being published and asking if Neil could hook him up and stuff...and he said he was so floored by how great Neil handled it...never lost his cool with the guy or anything.

Allison, I didn't see the guy you are talking about, but I'm sure Neil did handle it in a calm and cool manner. Apparently, he is a very mellow guy. So nice to see that fame and fortune haven't affected a person's core being.

um...I think it was Patrick Rothfuss's blog.

I meant...he was at the same event as Neil, not the same event you were at Kathy...sorry. I didn't make my story very clear. :D

Allison wrote: "I meant...he was at the same event as Neil, not the same event you were at Kathy...sorry. I didn't make my story very clear. :D"

Oh, no problem, Allison. I guess the downside of being a famous author is that everyone who writes wants free advice. I'm so glad to see you here, too. Gee, it seems all my favorite people are in this group. How did I miss it?