Welcome to Issue #4 of our E-Zine!
This is our final issue of the ezine. In addition to our usual collections of reviews, reports on our activities and upcoming events, we have two articles this time. The first is a discussion of Great Reads for Teenage Boys, and the second is a lovely article looking back over the past year. I hope you enjoy these as much as we have.
When the Class of 2k7 was formed, there were many reasons cited for joining. Articles and discussion have highlighted the promotion aspect. There’s always talk about “networking”—conferences and like where one can make connections—but it’s not door-opening networks that help a person cope with the anxiety of a new, exciting but utterly daunting career. It’s a network of people who are in there with you, just as hopeful and frightened as you are. The Class of 2k7 was a place where a group of new authors we met, connected, and communicated. That is the best sort of networking. Thank you, classmates of 2k7, for being there for each other.
Our experiences have been varied. For some of us, our first book was months ago, and for a few of us, that first release is still coming in the final quarter of the year. In small groups and individually, we’ve traveled to conferences, bookstores, schools, and libraries. And, along the way, we’ve been fortunate to have found support during our foray into this new life. Thank you, all, for joining us.
Thank you, also, to everyone for participating in the Class of 2k7 First Lines Contest. There were dozens of entries and the competition was fierce. Amazingly, three people tied for first place and we had to dig deep in order to come up with adequate prizes for all of you. Even more amazing is the fact that the three winners all came up with perfect scores. Congratulations to Allie Williams, Miriam Goin, and Alyssa Feller!
Even though the year is closing, we continue to welcome your feedback and comments on our website: www.classof2k7.com. Please stop by the site, the blog, the forum, or our individual sites. We are listed by titles, topics, and regions, and welcome contact from you. Despite all this talk of ending, the members of the Class of 2k7 are far from finished. In truth, we have only just begun. During the excitement of our debut year, we were also busy on future releases. Below is a list of those releases as of right now.
January 2008: Carrie Jones Moe Berg’s Story, David Godine/Black Sparrow Press
February 2008: Suzanne Selfors, Saving Juliet, Walker/Bloomsbury; Sara Zarr, Sweethearts, Little, Brown
March 2008: Carrie Jones, Love (and Other Uses for Duct Tape), Flux; Tiffany Trent, Hallowmere: Between Golden Jaws, Mirrorstone; Sara Zarr, Story Of A Girl (paperback release, with reader’s guide), Little, Brown
May 2008: Karen Day, No Cream Puffs, Wendy Lamb Books/Random House; Julie Bowe, My Last Best Friend(paperback release), Harcourt; Sarah Beth Durst, Into the Wild (paperback release), Razorbill/Penguin; May 2008: Carrie Jone, Tips on Having a Gay (ex) Boyfriend (paperback release), Flux
Spring 2008: Melissa Marr, Wicked Lovely(paperback release), HarperTeen; Melissa Marr, Ink Exchange, HarperTeen; G. Neri, Yummy: Last Days of a Southside Shorty (graphic novel), Lee & Low
June 2008: Sarah Beth Durst, Out of the Wild, Razorbill/Penguin
July 2008, Carrie Jones, Girl, Hero, Flux
September 2008: Suzanne Selfors, Fortune’s Farm, Little, Brown, Middle Grade Fantasy; Suzanne Selfors, To Catch a Mermaid (paperback release), Little, Brown
Fall 2008: Julie Bowe, My New Best Friend, Harcourt; Melissa Marr, Love is Hell (anthology), HarperTeen; Jo Knowles, Jumping Off Swings, Candlewick; Heather Tomlinson, Aurelie: A Faerie Tale, Henry Holt
We hope that you will find texts among those that you will enjoy.
with ongoing appreciation,The Ezine Committee
Contributors to this quarter’s ezine: Sarah Aronson, Jay Asher, A.C.E. Bauer, Julie Bowe, Laura Bowers, Greg R. Fishbone, Sundee T. Frazier, S. A. Harazin, Marlane Kennedy, Jo Knowles, Rose Kent, Melissa Marr, G. Neri, Sara Zarr.