Hi, Miss Julie

Oh, my goodness, people! I sent a two sentence e-mail to E. Lockhart‘s (1) publisher/social organizer, and I got picked to attend a schmoozy librarian dinner! I am currently looking for a teen to take with me. I am so incredibly excited, y’all, you can’t believe it. I hope I don’t come across like a blithering idiot. (2)

(1) Author of the brilliant The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks, the book that taught me the word “panopticon.”

(2) Which I suppose means I can’t spend the entire dinner yelling “Poncho poncho poncho!”