Twitter Chat with Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

In a wide-ranging chat earlier today ("today" actually being January 22nd, 2010; this post has been backdated because of space issues), Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and I discussed writing, editing, character-building, and race in publishing with a group of thoughtful Twitterers. Le transcript:

January 22, 2010
2:23 am	olugbemisola:	RT @srjohannes: RT @chavelaque: @olugbemisola and cheryl will Twitter-chat Friday from 12-1 EST, hashtag #8GS0. Details: http://shar.es/aTaV5
2:28 pm	chavelaque:	Last reminder: @olugbemisola and I Twitter-chat TODAY from 12-1, hashtag #8GS0. Transcript will be posted afterward.
2:30 pm	SaraKase:	RT @chavelaque: Last reminder: @olugbemisola and I Twitter-chat TODAY from 12-1, hashtag #8GS0. Transcript will be posted afterward.
2:30 pm	TaraLazar:	EIGHTH-GRADE SUPERZERO! RT @chavelaque: @olugbemisola & I Twitter-chat TODAY from 12-1, hashtag #8GS0. Transcript posted afterward. #kidlit
2:31 pm	JacquiRobbins:	RT @chavelaque Last reminder: @olugbemisola and I Twitter-chat TODAY from 12-1, hashtag #8GS0. Transcript will be posted afterward.
2:33 pm	victoriajcoe:	RT @chavelaque Reminder: @olugbemisola and I Twitter-chat TODAY from 12-1, hashtag #8GS0. Transcript will be posted afterward. #kidlit
2:42 pm	AALBooks:	TODAY twitterchat with @olugbemisola and @chavelaque 12 pm EST SHARP use hashtag #8GS0. Be there or be a SUPERZERO!
3:20 pm	inkyelbows:	Twitterchat: @olugbemisola & @chavelaque TODAY 12-1p EST, hashtag #8GS0. Details: http://shar.es/aTaV5 (via @srjohannes)
3:22 pm	hashtager:	# Twitterchat: @olugbemisola & @chavelaque TODAY 12-1p EST, hashtag #8GS0. Details: http://shar.es/aTaV5 (via @srjohannes)
5:00 pm	chavelaque:	<> Hello, anyone? #8GS0
5:01 pm	olugbemisola:	I'm here! (I think) #8GS0 #8GS0
5:01 pm	HeleneBoudreau:	RT @chavelaque: <> Hello, anyone? #8GS0
5:01 pm	StephanieDBrown:	Hello! Thanks for doing this. :) #8GS0
5:02 pm	victoriajcoe:	Congrats on the book! Crazy in love with the characters! #8GS0
5:02 pm	SaraLewisHolmes:	I'm here, coffee in hand. It's sleeting outside, so I'm relieved to be inside listening to you two! #8gs0
5:02 pm	chavelaque:	Oh, good! Welcome, everyone, & good to see you as always, @olugbemisola. :-) #8GS0
5:03 pm	lauram68:	@chavelaque hey chica! #8gs0
5:03 pm	olugbemisola:	thanks! this will be fun. #8GS0
5:03 pm	StephanieDBrown:	I ordered #8GS0 yesterday and I can't wait for my copy to arrive in the mail! I keep hearing how wonderful the characters are.
5:04 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown thank u! character is my favourite part of the writing process #8GS0
5:04 pm	chavelaque:	Just to dive right in, Gbemi - I've heard you say SUPERZERO started with an image. What was it, & how did you develop it from there? #8GS0
5:04 pm	thebrainlair:	i just started reading. I'm at the part when Reggie goes to the homeless shelter with the youth group. Is it okay to join? #8gs0
5:05 pm	olugbemisola:	a boy in his bed in the middle of the night with the cover pulled over his head because there were bugs loose in his room #8GS0
5:05 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque & he was terrified that one would crawl into his mouth. & it was secretly being filmed 4 a school TV show. #8GS0
5:05 pm	chavelaque:	@thebrainlair Absolutely! The convo will be more general/writing/etc. than book-plot focused. #8GS0
5:05 pm	olugbemisola:	@thebrainlair please do! #8GS0
5:05 pm	thebrainlair:	RT @chavelaque: dive right in, Gbemi - Ive heard U say SUPERZERO started w/ an image. Wht was it, & how did U develop it from there? #8GS0
5:06 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque all of that changed, including his age, but his personality remained the same #8GS0
5:07 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola Yup! And it really did start w/ ideas of embarrassment at school, fear, how that's connected to home . . . #8GS0
5:07 pm	StephanieDBrown:	@olugbemisola so it seems that photo of a boy's fears spoke to you? #8GS0
5:07 pm	thebrainlair:	Join the chat with @olugbemisola and @chavelaque about writing and 8th grade superzero #8gs0
5:07 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque i did not at all expect to develop that image into a book #8GS0
5:08 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown definitely. that time during the teen years... #8GS0
5:08 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola You had to write three pages for a class or writing group, right? #8GS0
5:08 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown that acute self-consciousness... #8GS0
5:09 pm	SaraLewisHolmes:	Are YOU afraid of bugs? Or TV shows? Or did you draw on other fears? #8gs0
5:09 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque yes, it was the night b4 the application was due 4 a wkshp w. Paula Danziger #8GS0
5:09 pm	olugbemisola:	@SaraLewisHolmes i am afraid of bugs now, i'm sorry to say. didn't used to be! i used to make 'ant hospitals' when i was a kid! #8GS0
5:10 pm	olugbemisola:	@SaraLewisHolmes i try to hide my current fear from my bug-enthusiast daughter. #8GS0
5:10 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola So where did you take it from there? #8GS0
5:11 pm	chavelaque:	Also what strikes me about it is that so often, as an editor, I'm trying to push through the story/action to get to the prime emotion #8GS0
5:11 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque Paula really encouraged me to continue on, and I didn't listen to her for a long time, but #8GS0
5:11 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque the character stayed with me #8GS0
5:12 pm	chavelaque:	+ that the scene needs to convey, so we can better build action to do that - sounds like you started with emotion & built from there #8GS0
5:12 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque and after deciding to change Reggie's age from 10 to 13, there were themes that i really wanted to explore #8GS0
5:13 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque definitely. character and emotion are my favourite parts of the process. #8GS0
5:13 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola Did you develop Reggie consciously? Profiles, taste charts, etc.? Or more through just writing? #8GS0
5:14 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque i spend a *lot* of time thinking & writing notes, #8GS0
5:14 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque I do a lot of "think" writing, & imagine my characters in different situations, at different points during the day... #8GS0
5:15 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque when i'm riding the train or walking, i might imagine "what would x do in this situation, or in this conversation, #8GS0
5:15 pm	olugbemisola:	or if she had to confront that person" etc. a lot happens in the course of revision too. & sometimes a scene will come to mind, #8GS0
5:15 pm	victoriajcoe:	@olugbemisola, How did you decide how much personal context to give each 2ndary character (eg, Vicki, Donovan)? #8GS0
5:16 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque sometimes i see people who remind me of some aspect of a character, and observe them for a while. #8GS0
5:16 pm	olugbemisola:	@victoriajcoe Vicky is NOTHING like any Vickys I know! :) #8GS0
5:17 pm	victoriajcoe:	@olugbemisola I'm serious! #8gs0
5:17 pm	olugbemisola:	@victoriajcoe I was very interested in an 'ensemble piece', and i think that #8GS0
5:17 pm	olugbemisola:	@victoriajcoe well-developed 2ndary characters really move the story along and go along way toward the MC's growth #8GS0
5:18 pm	olugbemisola:	@victoriajcoe and the 'mean' characters are a lot of fun! #8GS0
5:19 pm	victoriajcoe:	@olugbemisola I loved what you said: Everyone has a story, and everyone's story matters #8gs0
5:19 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola @victoriajcoe There's one scene w/ Vicky in the cafeteria we played and played with to get right -- #8GS0
5:19 pm	SaraLewisHolmes:	I agree. Outstanding secondary characters are necessary for me to fall into the world of a book. Can't just be the MC. #8gs0
5:19 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque i don't do much character journaling, but i did 4 reggie because i struggled quite a bit with making him sympathetic #8GS0
5:20 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque without making him seem too whiny. #8GS0
5:20 pm	chavelaque:	+ I think it came out of the MS once, then went back in - b/c it did show that Vicky had feelings, & a story, when she comes off hard. #8GS0
5:20 pm	StephanieDBrown:	@olugbemisola how long did you work on it before you started working with @chavelaque? #8GS0
5:21 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque that was important to me, and in a way it was equally important to me to leave out a lot of Donovan's backstory #8GS0
5:22 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown well...i started those first three pages in 2002, then i didn't do anything with it until the summer of 2006 when i #8GS0
5:22 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown queried @chavelaque #8GS0
5:22 pm	victoriajcoe:	@olugbemisola @chevaleque Yes, the 2ndary characters' stories seem to matter and it's all very satisfying #8gs0
5:23 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown i shouldn't say i didn't do anything...i think my subconscious worked on it a lot, and oh! #8GS0
5:23 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola Wait, you hadn't written the book when you queried me? #8GS0
5:24 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown i did a fantastic workshop with author kate morgenroth and worked out some of the chapters & themes then #8GS0
5:24 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque um. #8GS0
5:24 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque how would you define 'written'? #8GS0
5:24 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola I did not know this. Normally I disapprove, b/c I think writers shld be committed w/o editor's interest. #8GS0
5:25 pm	olugbemisola:	@victoriajcoe thank you! #8GS0
5:25 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque i was stuck for a long time, and my master plan #8GS0
5:25 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola But I will forgive you. :-) - Sry, just saw yrs. "written" = "completed draft." #8GS0
5:25 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque was that querying you would get me over the finish line #8GS0
5:26 pm	StephanieDBrown:	@olugbemisola It sounds like you did a lot of writing in those yrs btw 02-06; and I know every writer's process is different. #8GS0
5:26 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque thank you! (but, don't try this at home, kids.) #8GS0
5:27 pm	KarenMusings:	@olugbemisola Were you involved in any critique groups when you were writing the book? If so, were they helpful? #8GS0
5:27 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola I was surprised you queried me, honestly, b/c it seems often Black writers submit mostly to Black editors-understandably #8GS0
5:27 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown i did. i have journals and notebooks full of scenes, notes, random thoughts, etc. that all #8GS0
5:27 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown contributed to the final story #8GS0
5:28 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque well, for one thing, there weren't very many 2 submit to, which is a problem #8GS0
5:28 pm	StephanieDBrown:	@olugbemisola Picking up from @chavelaque comment, what made you query her? #8GS0
5:29 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque & i had spent a lot of time reading your blog and going over books you'd edited, and thought that you would connect #8GS0
5:29 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque with some of the themes in the story #8GS0
5:30 pm	StephanieDBrown:	@olugbemisola Got my answer. :) #8GS0
5:30 pm	olugbemisola:	@KarenMusings i was in one with kate morgenroth that was very helpful, especially in highlighting Reggie's positive qualities #8GS0
5:30 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola Which I did! And I was honored/excited to work on it. #8GS0
5:30 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown ok, cool! :) #8GS0
5:31 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque thank you! right back at you. you were so helpful in the revision process #8GS0
5:31 pm	editorgurl:	Listening in on the great conversation with editor @chavelaque and @olugbemisola right now. Follow with hashtag: #8GS0
5:32 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque esp. because you care about structure and story and look for ways to construct a story #8GS0
5:32 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola I admit I sometimes also felt like Stupid White Editor, not quite getting something outside my experience. #8GS0
5:32 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque without sacrificing its emotional heart #8GS0
5:33 pm	StephanieDBrown:	@olugbemisola I was inspired by your author video. You'd make a great speaker @ libraries, bk stores & schools. Any dates set yet? #8GS0
5:33 pm	chavelaque:	+ But I felt that way with @saralewisholmes's OPERATION YES too, where I was Stupid Civilian Editor, not getting something military... #8GS0
5:33 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque the important thing was that you were willing to engage, and didn't dismiss it as alien simply because of the race of #8GS0
5:33 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque the characters. #8GS0
5:33 pm	KarenMusings:	@chavelaque Do you think that writers of color are sometimes put into a box of the type of topics that they can write? #8GS0
5:33 pm	gregpincus:	Me, too! RT @editorgurl: Listening in on the great conversation w/ editor @chavelaque and @olugbemisola right now.Follow with hashtag: #8GS0
5:34 pm	chavelaque:	+ A big part of being an editor: being humble & getting educated by yr authors, & helping share their story clearly w/ all readers. #8GS0
5:34 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque i do appreciate editors, readers, etc. of other races, ethnicities, & cultures who are willing to cross borders, #8GS0
5:34 pm	StephanieDBrown:	@KarenMusings Great question! #8GS0
5:35 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque engage, educate themselves... in the end, that willingness 2keep trying to get it right, on all sides, is vital #8GS0
5:36 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola Me too! "the willingness to keep trying to get it right," even when miscommunications or misunderstandings happen -- #8GS0
5:36 pm	thaliachaltas:	RT @gregpincus: @editorgurl: Listening in on the great conversation w/ editor @chavelaque and @olugbemisola right now.Follow hashtag #8GS0
5:36 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown thank you! that was hard. and yes, i am doing one next week! #8GS0
5:36 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola Crucially important. & everyone getting their egos out of the way for the good of characters, story & book. #8GS0
5:37 pm	olugbemisola:	@KarenMusings absolutely. #8GS0
5:37 pm	olugbemisola:	@KarenMusings it's offensive, and silly, really... #8GS0
5:37 pm	bonnieadamson:	Also lurkimg . . .RT @gregpincus @editorgurl: Listening in on great conversation w/ editor @chavelaque and @olugbemisola right now. #8GS0
5:37 pm	SaraLewisHolmes:	@chavelaque You were NEVER Stupid Civilian Editor. Always curious, kind editor. #8gs0
5:38 pm	olugbemisola:	@KarenMusings just like anyone else, our stories are about more than the colour of our skin, though they are very much impacted #8GS0
5:38 pm	olugbemisola:	@KarenMusings by that, and very much enriched by that as well. #8GS0
5:38 pm	StephanieDBrown:	@olugbemisola It didn't look hard. It seems u spoke from the heart in that video. I knew then that your book would read the same way. #8GS0
5:39 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque that was why i was stuck 4 such a long time... #8GS0
5:39 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque i was thinking more about me the author than the characters and their stories #8GS0
5:39 pm	2nickels:	@olugbemisola Sounds like you started with characters (not surprising! such good characters!) - how did the plot come into place? #8gs0
5:39 pm	KarenMusings:	RT @StephanieDBrown: @olugbemisola It seems u spoke from the heart in that video. <--Yes, totally agree. Loved it. #8GS0
5:39 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown thank you! it really helped that it was done with family -- a filmmaker who is a very dear friend, my husband, #8GS0
5:40 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown my sister, and my daughter (who was an exceptional crew member!) i wouldn't have done it otherwise. #8GS0
5:41 pm	olugbemisola:	@2nickels i did early on have an idea of the school election...and of my MC having thrown up on the first day of school #8GS0
5:41 pm	bonnieadamson:	@olugbemisola Adding my congratulations on a beautiful trailer. #8GS0, a
5:41 pm	olugbemisola:	@2nickels & needing 2 get past that. a lot of the work that i did with children & teens in the meantime really informed the story #8GS0
5:41 pm	chavelaque:	@saralewisholmes Well, thx! But I *felt* like Stupid Civilian Editor. & it's hard, when I'm used to being Editor w/ (some) Answers - #8GS0
5:42 pm	olugbemisola:	@bonnieadamson thank you! #8GS0
5:42 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque you are The Editrix! #8GS0
5:42 pm	chavelaque:	+ to let go & admit what feels like stupidity. #8GS0
5:42 pm	olugbemisola:	@victoriajcoe you should have seen me in high school! :) #8GS0
5:43 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola Process Q's: What's yr usual writing schedule? Morning, midday, or night? Pen & paper or computer? Best writing place? #8GS0
5:43 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque i think it was katherine paterson who wrote that a stupid person is someone who doesn't know today #8GS0
5:44 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque what u found out yesterday. also, accepting ignorance and moving forward from there is not stupidity! #8GS0
5:44 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque i think i am at my best in the morning, after prayer. #8GS0
5:45 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola. V. true, thanks. But did not intend this to turn into Reassure-Editor Chat! Just admitting humility. ;-) #8GS0
5:45 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque But i?ve had to learn to use whatever time i have; sometimes i don?t get the ideal ?writerly? time every day #8GS0
5:47 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque i most always use pen & paper first. nice & portable. i no longer have a laptop! don't think i have a best place to write. #8GS0
5:47 pm	SaraLewisHolmes:	@olugbemisola If this is too personal, forgive me. Do you pray about your writing? (as one who does herself) #8gs0
5:47 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque wish that i was someone who could write at cafes-i used to fantasize about that as a kid, but most times that i try #8GS0
5:47 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque i feel extremely pretentious. i like working at home, in public libraries...school library is great too. #8GS0
5:48 pm	StephanieDBrown:	@olugbemisola Pen & paper gets the ideas flowing, for sure. #8GS0
5:48 pm	olugbemisola:	@SaraLewisHolmes yes and yes! i pray a lot about the 'getting out of the way' that we talked about earlier. #8GS0
5:48 pm	KarenMusings:	RT @olugbemisola: i most always use pen & paper first. nice & portable. <-- Starting to realize this now too. Laptops distract me. #8GS0
5:49 pm	olugbemisola:	@SaraLewisHolmes for 'eyes that see' and 'ears that hear'. #8GS0
5:49 pm	StephanieDBrown:	@olugbemisola how do you know when your book ends? #8GS0
5:49 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola Are any of yr favorite places in Brooklyn mentioned in the book? (Love our borough! = another thing I connected with.) #8GS0
5:49 pm	StephanieDBrown:	@olugbemisola Who're some of the writers who've inspired you? #8GS0
5:49 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown i really believe that, then by the time i get to the computer, i've done some revising and thinking already #8GS0
5:50 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown for SUPERZERO, and for my WIP, I had the end in mind very early on #8GS0
5:51 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque Brooklyn Bridge!i love seeing the sun rise up there. i love seeing people of all sizes, shapes, colours, ages, #8GS0
5:51 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque physical abilities, traveling back & 4th on foot, on bicycles, in wheelchairs -- everything. #8GS0
5:51 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola @StephanieDBrown 2 go back 2 something earlier-1 of my fave writing quotes is "A writer does not know what a book is" #8GS0
5:51 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque i love that i've been seeing & chatting with some of the same people on the bridge 4 years; #8GS0
5:51 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque sometimes if you haven't been around 4 a while, they ask after you! very cool. i get story ideas up there a lot. #8GS0
5:52 pm	chavelaque:	+ "till he gets to the end of it, & rest must be revised to fit that" - Maxwell Perkins. & that's why I worry when writers submit #8GS0
5:52 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown maya angelou, zora neale hurston, madeleine l'engle, paula danziger, chinua achebe... #8GS0
5:52 pm	AudryT:	:::taking a look to see what #8GS0 is:::::::
5:52 pm	olugbemisola:	c.s. lewis. eloise greenfield, camille yarbrough #8GS0
5:52 pm	chavelaque:	+ before book is done, b/c not all thinking/knowledge of book is there yet, so it isn't really ready to submit. #8GS0
5:53 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque great quote. it was, and is a struggle to avoid that force-fitting trap. #8GS0
5:54 pm	StephanieDBrown:	@chavelaque Great quote! That's why getting through the 1st draft is so important & revising afterward. #8GS0
5:54 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola LOVE the bridge too. In the summer, I walk home across it from work sometimes -- always a great day. #8GS0
5:55 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola Key thought of the book is that small things can make a big difference - any small things you'd like Twitterers to know? #8GS0
5:55 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque actually, i guess the bridge features more in my possible ruthie story (so far) than in 8GS0, but it was a big part of #8GS0
5:55 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque the writing process for me #8GS0
5:56 pm	StephanieDBrown:	@olugbemisola Great list of inspiring authors! #8GS0
5:56 pm	olugbemisola:	@StephanieDBrown i love love love to revise #8GS0
5:56 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque a kind word to a family member is just as important as waging a large campaign 4 justice #8GS0
5:57 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque it's good to do things that make u uncomfortable sometimes, and then not feel obligated to do them again #8GS0
5:57 pm	SaraLewisHolmes:	Small things: e.e. cummings: "may my heart always be open to little birds who are the secrets of living... #8gs0
5:57 pm	SaraLewisHolmes:	+ /whatever they sing is better than to know" #8gs0
5:57 pm	AuthoressAnon:	@olugbemisola @chavelaque May I just say--I WAS THERE watching it unfold behind the scenes! And squeed a lot. =D #8GS0
5:57 pm	chavelaque:	@KarenMusings You asked me the writers of color box question ... I don't know. I'm open to every human story, I hope. #8GS0
5:57 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque bananas are an almost perfect snack (that was one of the last things my mom told me b4 she died) #8GS0
5:58 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque i had a banana on release day #8GS0
5:58 pm	chavelaque:	@KarenMusings But the writers themselves can prob. speak better to that question than I. #8GS0
5:58 pm	olugbemisola:	@SaraLewisHolmes that's beautiful #8GS0
5:59 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque i'm going to have one now #8GS0
5:59 pm	KarenMusings:	@chavelaque I agree. Stories are emotional and speak from the heart. And that is universal. #8GS0
5:59 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola Oh, that's wonderful! Your mother is right. Portable, tasty, and cheerful, like a smile: :-) #8GS0
5:59 pm	SaraLewisHolmes:	@olugbemisola So is the fact that you ate a banana on release day. :) #8gs0
5:59 pm	AudryT:	Oooh, #8GS0 is all about SUPERZERO, writing, and publishing. Very cool!
6:00 pm	victoriajcoe:	We should all eat a banana now! #8GS0
6:00 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque @saralewisholmes :) #8GS0
6:00 pm	SaraLewisHolmes:	RT @olugbemisola: @chavelaque its good to do things that make u uncomfortable sometimes, and then not feel obligated to do them again #8gs0
6:00 pm	StephanieDBrown:	@chavelaque That's so true! I never thought of it...but a banana curves like a smile! :) #8GS0
6:00 pm	olugbemisola:	@victoriajcoe :D #8GS0
6:00 pm	chavelaque:	@olugbemisola @victoriajcoe Yay for bananas! And SUPERZERO! #8GS0
6:01 pm	olugbemisola:	thanks so much, everyone! #8GS0
6:01 pm	victoriajcoe:	@chavelaque @olugbemisola Thanks so much for the chat! #8gs0
6:02 pm	chavelaque:	It's 1 p.m. - thanks so much to you all for joining us!! A transcript will be posted at one of our blogs soon. #8GS0
6:02 pm	KarenMusings:	Thank you @olugbemisola @chavelaque. Great chat. #8GS0
6:02 pm	olugbemisola:	@chavelaque thanks again! and thank you, cheryl! #8GS0
6:02 pm	StephanieDBrown:	@olugbemisola @chavelaque Thank you for a wonderful chat! #8GS0
6:03 pm	bonnieadamson:	@chavelaque @olugbemisola Thank you both! #8GS0
6:03 pm	SaraLewisHolmes:	Hugs to you both. This was lovely. #8gs0
6:04 pm	olugbemisola:	you all made this a pleasure. #8GS0
6:04 pm	olugbemisola:	have a wonderful day! #8GS0
6:07 pm	curiousmartha:	RT @chavelaque: + A big part of being an editor: being humble & getting educated by yr authors, & helping share their story clearly w/ all readers. #8GS0
6:09 pm	kristinlgray:	@chavelaque @olugbemisola Thank you both! #8GS0
6:13 pm	olugbemisola:	& multicultural & multiethnic literature & literacy came up, the importance of education & engaging... #8GS0
6:14 pm	olugbemisola:	wanted to share some resources: @readingincolor @mitaliperkins @CrazyQuilts @CynLeitichSmith @debreese @chasingray #8GS0
6:14 pm	olugbemisola:	@coloronline @thebrownbookshelf (28 days later coming soon!) @BronzeWord @nathaliemvondo #8GS0
6:14 pm	olugbemisola:	Bowllan's Blog at SLJ: http://tinyurl.com/5sgce5 Doret at http://thehappynappybookseller.blogspot.com/ #8GS0
6:16 pm	olugbemisola:	reading the world challenge @ http://www.papertigers.org global reading challenge@ http://2010globalchallenge.blogspot.com/ #8GS0