tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185048217225279620.post1955647773906163170..comments2023-05-08T04:55:23.022-07:00Comments on I, uh, think I killed my muse: I DUB THEE...BJWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947302421554392540noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185048217225279620.post-67024944286478295212009-07-19T08:47:50.701-07:002009-07-19T08:47:50.701-07:00Wow...I think the nominating worked! Thanks everyo...Wow...I think the nominating worked! Thanks everyone! Hey, Ben...maybe it's just me, but I don't ever see a way to check that little box to say you want to see other comments on a post...I missed all this good stuff until now. Loved reading all the Marla, Bonny, and Arthur goodness. I love all three of those people! I can't wait to hear all about it!Cuppa Joliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15917576466379786147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185048217225279620.post-52552848204327767042009-07-16T21:55:57.602-07:002009-07-16T21:55:57.602-07:00hey didn't get a call but this blog explains i...hey didn't get a call but this blog explains it - sounds like a full, fun, inspirational week! i drove past the college twice on my way to E's softball game Monday - gave a shout out to you BenJammin! (yes, twice, cuz i was a bit lost) :DLa dash of scrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363037106552831141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185048217225279620.post-32203806376444791992009-07-15T00:23:15.287-07:002009-07-15T00:23:15.287-07:00I'm not forgetting my blogging pals Vivian. Qu...I'm not forgetting my blogging pals Vivian. Quite the opposite. I think I'm going through blog withdrawals. I miss you guys. <br /><br />Thank you everybody for all the excessive niceness. Apparently you haven't read the part toward the top of my blog about being a hermit crab. Actually, I soak it up like a big fat yellow sponge (yellow?). Thank you. I'll thank you more properly and give the proper customized hellos when I am more with it. <br /><br />For now, a few of the high points have been seeing Marla Frazee breeze in to the cafeteria, fresh off her flight, straight from her cinderella-ish weekend in Chicago to receive her caldecott honor award (if cinderella was as talented and deserving as Marla). She was glowing and wore a little smile that just wouldn't go away. I've looked far and wide, but it is nearly impossible to find such a talented, humble, down-to-earth, absolutely stylish (especially for an artist!), generous to newer artists/writers, and knowledgeable children's book illustrator who loves kid's books so much. I've known Marla for a while now and she was just as cool before she won this award as she is now. We tried to convince her to wear her special Caldecott dress to her conference presentation but she declined with a HELL NO! <br /><br />Also having a lengthy talk with Bonny Becker on just why "Visitor For Bear" was so tightly written it almost makes me sick. You could save a lot of money on a mfa in picture books by just studying that book alone. Perhaps the very cleanest, tightest, contemporary pic book I've read. <br /><br />And of course today, when Arthur Levine arrived from his plane and gave Marla and I big hugs and then I sat on a concrete wall and just listened in awe to both of them candidly sharing about their mutually amazing and award-filled trip to Chicago (Arthur got to celebrate two excellent successes at ALA himself that I will get into eventually). I was the heaviest "fly" on that wall and felt privileged to hear their genuine excitement and appreciation of it all. <br /><br />Learning tons and meeting lots of really cool writers and illustrators. I love this conference. I wish I was following it up in LA SCBWI, but still very grateful. Hope you all are having a wonderful week. Thank you so much for your kind friendship. <br /><br />"see" you soon. (actually I think I might be doing a talk with my Dad at a bookstore in Ballard on an upcoming Tuesday. Pretty cool and maybe if any of you are in the area we can meet in real life.)BJWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947302421554392540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185048217225279620.post-14776491667761591882009-07-14T21:10:54.051-07:002009-07-14T21:10:54.051-07:00Hey, Ben! Don't forget all of us--we're wa...Hey, Ben! Don't forget all of us--we're waiting over here, while you're having a great time at the conference! <br /><br />Yay! for Martha! And, I second Jolie.Vivianhttp://hipwritermama.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185048217225279620.post-87050376292805379042009-07-13T15:22:54.339-07:002009-07-13T15:22:54.339-07:00As a fellow dog lover I wanted to let you know abo...As a fellow dog lover I wanted to let you know about a giveaway taking place on my blog http://www.thewetnose.blogspot.comMiss Muddy Pawshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04929933904266166107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185048217225279620.post-51411884684284094752009-07-13T09:24:39.944-07:002009-07-13T09:24:39.944-07:00Have a great time at Haystack, or whatever it'...Have a great time at Haystack, or whatever it's now called, Ben!<br /><br />And Martha, how could anyone have fired you? Did you accidentally accept a job as a housekeeper somewhere?<br /><br />Three cheers for Martha having more time to write children's books!Kjerstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07934151755377892504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185048217225279620.post-86859647263459232642009-07-12T12:33:44.626-07:002009-07-12T12:33:44.626-07:00Hey Ben,
To embed a link in a comment you have to...Hey Ben, <br />To embed a link in a comment you have to type out the link html. Ex:<br />[a href="http://awesomewebadress.com/specificpage.html"]Word/s you want to be the link[/a]<br /><br />Replace the brackets [] with angle brackets <>. Make sure that you include the http:// inside your quotation marks or you will confuse the code. If that was muddled and incomprehensible, check out the href Attribute section of <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/HTML/html_links.asp" rel="nofollow">this page</a>.<br /><br />B.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185048217225279620.post-67352357292203698442009-07-12T08:02:10.064-07:002009-07-12T08:02:10.064-07:00Hooray! Three cheers for St. Martha.
Have a great...Hooray! Three cheers for St. Martha.<br /><br />Have a great time at Haystack, Ben! I hope you'll provide us with a lovely report and photos.Jaime Temairikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067444222828595081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185048217225279620.post-69422386728031711672009-07-11T20:28:41.299-07:002009-07-11T20:28:41.299-07:00I think Ben is envious of me because this week I g...I think Ben is envious of me because this week I got a) fired and b) a big dent in my car because someone did a hit-and-run in the parking lot. With luck like this, who needs a Dead Muse? <br /><br />Thank you for this, Ben! And thanks, everyone, for always being so darned nice to me. You have no idea how much the constant kindness means...truly, truly, truly.<br /><br />xoxomarthahttp://marthabee.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185048217225279620.post-17830923530529158882009-07-11T18:45:14.731-07:002009-07-11T18:45:14.731-07:00Enjoy your conference! I wish I could go.Enjoy your conference! I wish I could go.Michèle Griskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712656798778223475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185048217225279620.post-55082466196886601482009-07-11T17:06:13.929-07:002009-07-11T17:06:13.929-07:00Yay, Martha! And you look great in your halo.
Ben...Yay, Martha! And you look great in your halo.<br /><br />Ben, I didn't know you were related to Jolie! That's so cool! You haven't dubbed Jolie yet, have you? I nominate Jolie for a future dubbing. She does so much for our SCBWI, and she does it all with a smile. :)<br /><br />Have a blast at your conference!Dawn Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05667675689038435581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185048217225279620.post-84650397854768480342009-07-11T12:25:32.938-07:002009-07-11T12:25:32.938-07:00Here, here! And Amen! It's sainthood for Marth...Here, here! And Amen! It's sainthood for Martha. :) Good dubbin'!Cuppa Joliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15917576466379786147noreply@blogger.com