There are SO MANY things on my mind, blog-wise, today that I’m just going to blog a little bit about them all.
1. thanks SO MUCH to all of you who have tackled the crossword puzzle. And big congratulations to those of you who have completed it. Awesome job.
2. I hope those of you who have discovered the title have liked the title. I must say, I think it fits the book really, really well.
3. I sent out a quick newsletter last night, so if you think you’re signed up to receive newsletters–but you didn’t get it–you might want to check your SPAM folder and/or re-sign up via my website and make sure you go through the “opt in” process.
4. I’m not going to talk about politics on the blog. I want to. But I’m not going to. Because I get too freaking wound up so I’m not even going to go there. (And I’m not approving political comments either, I’m afraid, because I really don’t want this to turn into a battleground.)
6. Fall might be my favorite season.
7. I spent a good part of yesterday wishing that Tim Gunn would come clean out my closet and then take me shopping.
8. I’m super jealous of all the NY area YA writers who are all going to see NICK AND NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST this afternoon together.
9. I’m going to try like crazy to see NICK AND NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST sometime this weekend even though it won’t be with my writer friends.
10. Have I mentioned lately that I really enjoyed the book NICK AND NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST and I’m extremely excited about the movie?
11. Since when did “elite” become an insult? Or a bad thing? Or something that should be looked down upon?
Last I checked, elite was defined as “the choice or best of anything.” But it seems today like it’s the go-to insult when bashing someone for being “uppity” or “snobby”. But uppity and snobby are not synonyms for elite. Not at all.
So for all of you teens and pre-teens who are reading this, I hope you’ll know that being smart is not bad. Being accomplished is not bad. Being competent or experienced or knowledgeable or eloquent is not bad.
I hope that you will all go ahead and be the best at whatever it is you want to do and be–an elite teacher or chef or scientist or race car driver or farmer or parent or journalist.
The world needs more people who are “elite” and not fewer if you ask me.
–Ally