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LIVE CHAT TODAY – With S. E. Grove and Lisa Von Drasek

Live Blog Live Chat with S. E. Grove, THE GLASS SENTENCE
 Live Chat with S. E. Grove, THE GLASS SENTENCE(07/16/2014) 
4:48
Nora - EarlyWord: 
We will begin our live online chat with S.E. Grove in about 15 minutes
Wednesday July 16, 2014 4:48 Nora - EarlyWord
4:49
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Meanwhile, here’s the cover of her book, The Glass Sentence…
Wednesday July 16, 2014 4:49 Nora - EarlyWord
4:49
 Nora - EarlyWord
Wednesday July 16, 2014 4:49 
4:50
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Since we announced that the book was part of our program, it’s become a NYT bestseller. Nancy Pearl raved about it on NPR and it’s received critical praise in a number of places.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 4:50 Nora - EarlyWord
4:52
Nora - EarlyWord: 
A few excerpts from praise in the consumer press:

“It's filled with these fabulous, interesting ideas about the nature of maps, about the nature of time…The Glass Sentence is so wonderful. This author's imagination is just amazing.” – Nancy Pearl on NPR



“Refreshing…refulgent with nervy invention…I am in no doubt about the energy of S.E. Grove as a full-fledged, pathfinding fantasist. I look forward to the next installment to place upon the pile. Intensely.” – Gregory Maguire, The New York Times Book Review

“[A] page-turner…thoughtful, intelligent.” – The Wall Street Journal


“The next children's book you'll be hearing about.” – Christian Science Monitor
Wednesday July 16, 2014 4:52 Nora - EarlyWord
4:56
Nora - EarlyWord: 

I see chat participants gathering!

We'll begin at the top of the hour.

You can send your questions through at any time. They'll go into a queue, and we'll submit as many of them as we can before the end of the chat.

Don’t worry about typos – and please forgive the ones we will inevitably make.

Wednesday July 16, 2014 4:56 Nora - EarlyWord
5:00
Nora - EarlyWord: 

Here’s our moderator Lisa Von Drasek.


Say hi, Lisa!

Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:00 Nora - EarlyWord
5:01
lisa von drasek: 
hi, Everyone! Could you chime in say hi to the Sylvia and say where you are from?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:01 lisa von drasek
5:01
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
Hi Sylvia! Chiming in from Eastern New Mexico!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:01 Guest
5:01
[Comment From MD LibrarianMD Librarian: ] 
Thanks for doing this! You can see where I'm from!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:01 MD Librarian
5:02
[Comment From School librarianSchool librarian: ] 
Hi From Kansas
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:02 School librarian
5:02
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
hi from penguin! this is kathryn from marketing
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:02 Guest
5:02
[Comment From Reads for a LivingReads for a Living: ] 
I Love Maps!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:02 Reads for a Living
5:02
[Comment From Deborah BaldwinDeborah Baldwin: ] 
Thanks! Your comment is awaiting moderation.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:02 Deborah Baldwin
5:02
[Comment From Deborah BaldwinDeborah Baldwin: ] 
Hi! I'm from Fircrest, Washington.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:02 Deborah Baldwin
5:03
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
Hi from Penguin also! This is Sylvia's editor, Sharyn November.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:03 sdn
5:03
[Comment From BookWoman, FloridaBookWoman, Florida: ] 
Looking forward to chatting
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:03 BookWoman, Florida
5:04
[Comment From JennaJenna: ] 
Hello from Illinois! I LOVED this book!!!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:04 Jenna
5:04
lisa von drasek: 
Sylvia,

Let's start with the terrific reviews that Nora posted at the top. Gregory Maguire !!! For those who had to look it up REFULGENT shining brightly; radiant; gleaming:

I agree, this book gleams from my pile of new fantasy titles.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:04 lisa von drasek
5:04
SE Grove: 
Thanks, Lisa. And thanks to all of you for joining and for your enthusiasm about the book!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:04 SE Grove
5:05
lisa von drasek: 
Sylvia- say hi and tell us. what was the genesis of the move?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:05 lisa von drasek
5:05
lisa von drasek: 
genesis of this novel...oy
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:05 lisa von drasek
5:05
SE Grove: 
I was wondering… But then I figured it out!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:05 SE Grove
5:05
SE Grove: 
“The Glass Sentence” was largely inspired by my love of history and my wish to travel to other time periods. (Who doesn’t have that wish?!) But I’ve always found the mechanics of time machines scary and forbidding. As best I can remember, the premise of the Great Disruption emerged from the desire to travel to other places without having to use an unreliable time machine!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:05 SE Grove
5:07
lisa von drasek: 
Lets start with Sophie , can you say how you arrived at her character?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:07 lisa von drasek
5:07
SE Grove: 
Sure…
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:07 SE Grove
5:07
SE Grove: 
Sophia is someone I certainly relate to, though I don’t have a broken internal clock. (I think my sense of time is pretty average – not great, not terrible. Sometimes I do lose track of time, mainly while writing!) ...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:07 SE Grove
5:08
SE Grove: 
I relate to her sense of uncertainty about what and whom to trust, I relate to her wish – not always fulfilled – to do the right thing, and I certainly relate to her curiosity about the world. Primarily, though, in writing Sophia I was less focused on channeling myself into the character and more concerned with creating a young person who could realistically inhabit this world…
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:08 SE Grove
5:08
SE Grove: 
Many heroines these days are what I've heard called the “butt-kicking” variety, and while that can be fun, I’m not sure it’s accurate for many times and places. The nineteenth century, even an alternate 19th century, is not one that would very easily cultivate a butt-kicking thirteen-year old girl! I wanted Sophia to be someone who could truly live in this world and who could still be interesting and hopefully likable to present-day readers.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:08 SE Grove
5:09
lisa von drasek: 
and she is being raised by her uncle the cartographer. Her struggles seem relatable and real to me in this fantasy setting
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:09 lisa von drasek
5:09
[Comment From BookWoman, FloridaBookWoman, Florida: ] 
Actually, butt-kicking isn't that relevant to today, either. Few kids are in that position!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:09 BookWoman, Florida
5:10
SE Grove: 
BookWoman, I'm glad to hear you think so! I certainly wasn't a butt-kicker as a 13-year old. (Nor am I now!)
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:10 SE Grove
5:10
lisa von drasek: 
I was thinking about all of the details of the time periods, plants and objects. How did you go about the research /
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:10 lisa von drasek
5:11
SE Grove: 
I did a lot of research! This was fun for me...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:11 SE Grove
5:11
SE Grove: 
A lot of it was in libraries! And some of it was reaching into the past - travels I've done in various places...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:11 SE Grove
5:11
SE Grove: 
I was intrigued by all the possibilities and limitations of these new places. Would Boston be able to get coffee? Sugar? How would slavery exist if there were no more colonial powers? And so on.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:11 SE Grove
5:11
[Comment From Reads for a LivingReads for a Living: ] 
What got you interested in maps?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:11 Reads for a Living
5:12
SE Grove: 
Reads for a Living, I also love maps!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:12 SE Grove
5:12
SE Grove: 
Obviously...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:12 SE Grove
5:12
SE Grove: 
Maps have always fascinated me, but I think they initially fascinated me as aesthetic objects. In later years, they’ve intrigued me because of how they distort – sometimes unwittingly, sometimes deliberately, the present the world in a particular light. It’s always a skewed light, because maps are interpretive. They make arguments about the world, even when they are attempting to represent it “accurately.”
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:12 SE Grove
5:12
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
I never asked you if you made your own chocolate pottery.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:12 sdn
5:13
SE Grove: 
Ha! I wish. That is on my perhaps-to-do list.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:13 SE Grove
5:13
lisa von drasek: 
Sylvia:
Do you have a map you can share with us?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:13 lisa von drasek
5:14
SE Grove: 
Sure! Here's an interesting one that may back up what I was saying about accuracy and arguments...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:14 SE Grove
5:14
 SE Grove
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:14 
5:14
SE Grove: 
It's an early Christian T-O map.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:14 SE Grove
5:14
SE Grove: 
To us this probably doesn't look "accurate," but at the time this was understood to represent the known world...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:14 SE Grove
5:15
lisa von drasek: 
What is Christian T-O?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:15 lisa von drasek
5:15
SE Grove: 
Asia at the top, Europe on bottom left and Africa the bottom right.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:15 SE Grove
5:15
[Comment From Reads for a LivingReads for a Living: ] 
Love that map! Where does it come from?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:15 Reads for a Living
5:15
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
T-O?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:15 sdn
5:15
SE Grove: 
These are called T-O because of the T shape in the middle and the "O" around it...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:15 SE Grove
5:15
SE Grove: 
The T and O are oceans...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:15 SE Grove
5:16
[Comment From Reads for a LivingReads for a Living: ] 
So that means T-O maps are so common that they actually have a name?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:16 Reads for a Living
5:16
SE Grove: 
Though to us they don't represent topography "correctly," at the time and place in question (medieval Europe) they were thought to perfectly summarize the state of the world...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:16 SE Grove
5:16
SE Grove: 
Yes, reads for a living! They are very common...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:16 SE Grove
5:16
SE Grove: 
Well, they are a known form - that's probably the better way to put it.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:16 SE Grove
5:17
lisa von drasek: 
Where would someone see a map like that now?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:17 lisa von drasek
5:17
SE Grove: 
Here's a quick link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:17 SE Grove
5:18
lisa von drasek: 
do you have favorite map websites
websites?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:18 lisa von drasek
5:18
SE Grove: 
Lisa, I think most originals are now in museums!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:18 SE Grove
5:18
lisa von drasek: 
should have been reading when I was typing!!!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:18 lisa von drasek
5:18
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
How did you decide on the title of the book?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:18 The Brain Lair
5:18
SE Grove: 
I do! The David Rumsey map collection.http://www.david...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:18 SE Grove
5:18
[Comment From School librarianSchool librarian: ] 
What made you want to write for kids?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:18 School librarian
5:19
SE Grove: 
School Librarian, I really began this book for myself! (You can decide what that says about my inner age…)
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:19 SE Grove
5:19
SE Grove: 
What emerged was a book for 10 and up, but really I think I was writing this for the reader I was when I was 11!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:19 SE Grove
5:19
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
But Sylvia, those are the best books!!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:19 sdn
5:19
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
Have you always been an avid reader?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:19 The Brain Lair
5:20
SE Grove: 
Thanks, Sharyn! I'm glad you think so. ;)
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:20 SE Grove
5:20
lisa von drasek: 
was there an AHA moment book or one that you felt was life changing when you were a kid?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:20 lisa von drasek
5:20
[Comment From Deborah BaldwinDeborah Baldwin: ] 
Do you have any resources, websites you would suggest for kids who find they're interested in maps after reading your book?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:20 Deborah Baldwin
5:20
SE Grove: 
Brain Lair, yes - I have been. It began with picture books. Seduced by the pictures! But it's gone on since then...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:20 SE Grove
5:21
SE Grove: 
Lisa, I think there were several such books. Definitely A Wrinkle in Time and then perhaps the Earthsea trilogy.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:21 SE Grove
5:21
[Comment From School librarianSchool librarian: ] 
Do you mean that you started writing it when you were eleven?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:21 School librarian
5:22
lisa von drasek: 
Can you pin point what they had in common that drew you to them?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:22 lisa von drasek
5:22
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
How did you come up with the idea for the different types of maps? Especially love the water map and the tracing glass.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:22 The Brain Lair
5:22
SE Grove: 
Deborah, I think I'd recommend starting with history books rather than cartography books. My sense about cartography is that it's represented in a rather narrow way in many instructional books these days. One marvelous exception is a book called "You are Here" which is perhaps for an older audience but a young reader would certainly get it!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:22 SE Grove
5:22
SE Grove: 
School librarian - No! I started writing it in my 30s… I just mean that I was writing for my inner 11 year old.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:22 SE Grove
5:23
SE Grove: 
Brain Lair, I'm glad you like them! Here again I think I was imagining the way maps were used in other times and places for other purposes - not just for navigation...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:23 SE Grove
5:24
[Comment From BookWomanBookWoman: ] 
You must be aware of how unusual it is to have a best seller right off the bat. How did that happen (and how did you celebrate/)
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:24 BookWoman
5:24
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
And please comment on the different ways to read maps! Love that too!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:24 The Brain Lair
5:25
SE Grove: 
Brain Lair, continuing there on the maps, the historian's ultimate wish (at least for me) is to really _know_ the minds of people in the past. I think the memory maps emerged from that wish. I wanted a full immersion!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:25 SE Grove
5:25
[Comment From Deborah BaldwinDeborah Baldwin: ] 
Thank you. I can think of some readers who would find the example map you gave interesting, and want to know more.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:25 Deborah Baldwin
5:25
lisa von drasek: 
There is a strong sense of morality in the Glass Sentence yet you do portray the most cruel character in a human frailty way. How were you able to balance those sometimes opposing thoughts?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:25 lisa von drasek
5:26
SE Grove: 
BookWoman, I am VERY aware of how unusual it is! I really think it is due to the fact that so many people, from within Viking and Penguin to small bookstores in remote places, embraced the book early. I can't think of another explanation because this seems to me a very unlikely (nerdy?!) book...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:26 SE Grove
5:27
[Comment From SusanSusan: ] 
Hi Sylvia. Chiming in from Williamsburg, VA
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:27 Susan
5:27
SE Grove: 
Lisa, the sense of morality is important to me, though I hope the book doesn't come across as moralizing… When I read fiction I am most moved by worlds in which good and evil are not simply or starkly drawn. I feel that ambiguity and contradictory tendencies more accurately reflect the way of the world. In creating the villain, Blanca, I wanted to elaborate the idea that people who do bad things can also do good; they wish for good as much as anyone, and they have suffered as much as anyone (sometimes more). Ultimately, drawing evil too starkly as something unequivocal makes it too easy to brush off.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:27 SE Grove
5:27
lisa von drasek: 
I am often curious about the editorial process. Would you mind sharing about the evolution of the manuscript. Were there any big / significant changes or challenges from the original draft?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:27 lisa von drasek
5:27
SE Grove: 
Welcome, Susan.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:27 SE Grove
5:27
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
I could "feel" the immersion! The details created a very vivid picture.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:27 The Brain Lair
5:27
SE Grove: 
Lisa, oh yes! Were there every big revisions...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:27 SE Grove
5:27
[Comment From BookWomanBookWoman: ] 
We like to think that librarian Nancy Pearl had a lot to do with it becoming a best seller (and all the librarians in this program!)
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:27 BookWoman
5:28
SE Grove: 
BookWoman, I have no doubt!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:28 SE Grove
5:28
[Comment From Kathryn @ PenguinKathryn @ Penguin: ] 
how many drafts did you and sharyn go through, do you remember?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:28 Kathryn @ Penguin
5:29
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
I know there were a number before it even got to me!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:29 sdn
5:29
SE Grove: 
The revisions started with my agent. As I said, I really wrote the book for me at the start. Then we went through four revisions with her to make the book something presentable to editors!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:29 SE Grove
5:29
[Comment From Deborah BaldwinDeborah Baldwin: ] 
Please share a little about your writing process. Are you part of a Writers' Group? What kind of support helped most?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:29 Deborah Baldwin
5:29
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
Some of the names aren't commonly found in children's lit. How did you come up with them? Especially Shadrack and the Calixta (hope I'm spelling it correctly, going from memory.)
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:29 The Brain Lair
5:29
SE Grove: 
Then Sharyn and I worked on it more for… a year?f
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:29 SE Grove
5:30
lisa von drasek: 
the sdn- is Sharon November- editor
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:30 lisa von drasek
5:30
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
At least.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:30 sdn
5:30
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
It was a total immersion process.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:30 sdn
5:31
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
So, the book was revised four times before you even gave it to the editor????
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:31 The Brain Lair
5:31
SE Grove: 
Deborah, I'm not part of a writer's group, but I do share my drafts with readers. And I get all kinds of input. But mostly what helps me is a long time percolating in between rewrites.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:31 SE Grove
5:31
SE Grove: 
Brain lair, yes to the four revisions!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:31 SE Grove
5:31
lisa von drasek: 
do you just "give it to an editor" how did that work?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:31 lisa von drasek
5:32
SE Grove: 
About the names, a few questions up: I researched those, too. I love unusual names! Shadrack is, funnily enough, a family name that I also thought was quirky.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:32 SE Grove
5:33
lisa von drasek: 
In more than one place I read that you are a "world traveler" what was the most unusual place that you have been?

Where do you long to return to and why?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:33 lisa von drasek
5:33
SE Grove: 
Lisa, the process was more complicated and only partly revealed to me. ;) My agent works in mysterious and marvelous ways. But she shared it with many editors. At some point in the process I had a conversation with Sharyn November and we very much connected! It seemed the perfect fit.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:33 SE Grove
5:33
[Comment From Reads for a LivingReads for a Living: ] 
That makes me wonder about your name. Why do you use initials?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:33 Reads for a Living
5:33
[Comment From Deborah BaldwinDeborah Baldwin: ] 
What prompted you to start writing books? Have you always wanted to write?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:33 Deborah Baldwin
5:34
[Comment From Deborah BaldwinDeborah Baldwin: ] 
Do you have a routine or place that helps you create and get into the creativity/writer's flow?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:34 Deborah Baldwin
5:34
[Comment From Deborah BaldwinDeborah Baldwin: ] 
Do you use pen/paper, dictate, computer to write?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:34 Deborah Baldwin
5:34
SE Grove: 
Deborah, I have always wanted to write, and there are many book cadavers in my bottom drawer...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:34 SE Grove
5:35
SE Grove: 
Oh, that kind of process! I use the computer, and I use a fantastic program called Scrivener.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:35 SE Grove
5:35
[Comment From Reads for a LivingReads for a Living: ] 
"Book cadavers" is my new favorite phrase!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:35 Reads for a Living
5:35
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
What will be the series title?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:35 The Brain Lair
5:35
SE Grove: 
haha...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:35 SE Grove
5:36
[Comment From Deborah BaldwinDeborah Baldwin: ] 
Do you make school visits?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:36 Deborah Baldwin
5:36
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
What will happen to the Tracing glass? Will Theo and Sophia go looking for her parents?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:36 The Brain Lair
5:36
SE Grove: 
The horror series set in the world of the Great Disruption… That one might not be a best seller.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:36 SE Grove
5:36
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
YIKES NO
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:36 sdn
5:37
SE Grove: 
Deborah, I haven't made any school visits as yet, but I'm open to it!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:37 SE Grove
5:37
SE Grove: 
Brain Lair, Sophia will definitely go in search of her parents in book 2. But Theo and Sophia have separate story lines in this next book - each pursuing a different kind of search.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:37 SE Grove
5:37
lisa von drasek: 
I'm thinking SKYPE as way to get your feet wet in our world
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:37 lisa von drasek
5:37
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
Is this a standalone? Please say no.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:37 The Brain Lair
5:37
[Comment From MD LibrarianMD Librarian: ] 
How can people reach you for school visits?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:37 MD Librarian
5:37
[Comment From Deborah BaldwinDeborah Baldwin: ] 
Is this book part of the Mapmaker's triology?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:37 Deborah Baldwin
5:38
SE Grove: 
It's not a standalone, and it is part of the Mapmakers trilogy!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:38 SE Grove
5:38
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
It is Book One!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:38 sdn
5:39
lisa von drasek: 
thank you Sharon. Sharon, what was the most surprising aspect of this book for you?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:39 lisa von drasek
5:39
SE Grove: 
I think the person to contact (right Sharyn?) is in PYRG publicity.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:39 SE Grove
5:39
[Comment From Kathryn @ PenguinKathryn @ Penguin: ] 
if you want her for school visits, you can email us! pyrgvisits@gmail.com - name the school, timeframe, class or school size and we'll take it from there!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:39 Kathryn @ Penguin
5:39
[Comment From Deborah BaldwinDeborah Baldwin: ] 
Will you be posting any educational resources at your website?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:39 Deborah Baldwin
5:39
SE Grove: 
Perfect! Thanks, Kathryn.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:39 SE Grove
5:39
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
And Lisa -- how coincidental that you mention Skype. We have a Skype in the Classroom program that I was just talking about tday!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:39 sdn
5:40
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
Oh! I love the premise! Have you titled it yet?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:40 The Brain Lair
5:40
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
Lisa -- Hard to say! It's so inventive. The images just stayed in my head and wouldn't leave!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:40 sdn
5:40
SE Grove: 
I have, Brain Lair - The Golden Specific!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:40 SE Grove
5:41
lisa von drasek: 
Can we talk about design? Sylvia- how did you feel when you first held the finished book?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:41 lisa von drasek
5:41
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
GS again, hmmmm
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:41 The Brain Lair
5:41
SE Grove: 
Coincidence, Brain Lair!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:41 SE Grove
5:41
SE Grove: 
Lisa, I was amazed!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:41 SE Grove
5:42
SE Grove: 
It's such a beautiful object. It really reminds you of why books are supposed to be on paper! Don't you all think?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:42 SE Grove
5:42
[Comment From School LibrarianSchool Librarian: ] 
Tsdn -- Please tell us more about Skype in the Classroom program -- sounds interesting.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:42 School Librarian
5:42
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
Ha! Now you have to have GS for the final book. Also, did you draw the maps that were included?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:42 The Brain Lair
5:42
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
I agree with Sharon. The images are very vivid!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:42 The Brain Lair
5:43
SE Grove: 
The maps were made by the wonderful Dave Stevenson. I had made very sketchy and barely readable maps. He made wonderful maps that seemed drawn by Shadrack Elli!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:43 SE Grove
5:43
lisa von drasek: 
As a librarian, I am looking forward to book talking this one in the fall. Anyone out there have a sentence or two that you would book talk this book with?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:43 lisa von drasek
5:43
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
I love how the maps became more specific so that I could hone in on particular places. Extremely helpful.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:43 The Brain Lair
5:43
[Comment From Deborah BaldwinDeborah Baldwin: ] 
Great collaboration between you and Dave!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:43 Deborah Baldwin
5:43
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
Dave's maps are based upon Sylvia's maps.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:43 sdn
5:44
lisa von drasek: 
Sylvia- do you have one of your maps that you drew to post?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:44 lisa von drasek
5:44
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
There's a link here: https://education.skype.com...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:44 sdn
5:44
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
I love the cover design also. How much say did you have?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:44 The Brain Lair
5:44
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
What's the sentence repeated on the glass map? I would use that as part of my talk.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:44 The Brain Lair
5:44
SE Grove: 
Sure, here's a map!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:44 SE Grove
5:45
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
Thanks sdn!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:45 Guest
5:45
[Comment From BookWomanBookWoman: ] 
Did I miss your answer to Lisa's Q about your favorite travel destinations! I love travel, too.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:45 BookWoman
5:45
 SE Grove
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:45 
5:45
lisa von drasek: 
oohhh thanks
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:45 lisa von drasek
5:46
SE Grove: 
You didn't miss my answer, BookWoman, I didn't get to it! One of the most wonderful places I've been is San Pedro de Atacama in the north of Chile - a desert oasis town that is absolutely transporting. Like stepping into another Age!!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:46 SE Grove
5:46
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
How did you come up with the idea of the glass map not only being a map for people but for other maps?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:46 The Brain Lair
5:47
[Comment From BookWomanBookWoman: ] 
Thanks for that -- will have to look in to it!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:47 BookWoman
5:47
SE Grove: 
And someone asked a while back about posting educational materials on my website. That is SUCH a good idea and I feel foolish for not doing it so far. I will! I have about a thousand books I'd like to recommend. (and I often wonder what to post other than about the book… You've given me the answer!)
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:47 SE Grove
5:48
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
And map resources!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:48 sdn
5:48
SE Grove: 
Brain Lair, I wish I could remember the moment I thought of that, but I can't! A lot of my favorite ideas occur while in the midst of writing, and then I can never recover the thought process that got me there.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:48 SE Grove
5:48
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
And books you like!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:48 sdn
5:48
lisa von drasek: 
... and recipes...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:48 lisa von drasek
5:48
lisa von drasek: 
...just kidding...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:48 lisa von drasek
5:49
SE Grove: 
Thanks, all. ;) great suggestions. I assumed you meant recipes for chocolate, Lisa! That would be very appropriate.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:49 SE Grove
5:49
lisa von drasek: 
really what's your favorite recipe?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:49 lisa von drasek
5:49
SE Grove: 
I'm part central american (Guatemalan), thus the interest in that part of the world, and I have to say that arroz en leche is what always springs to mind...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:49 SE Grove
5:49
SE Grove: 
rice, milk, sugar, and cinnamon. A kind of runny rice pudding.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:49 SE Grove
5:50
lisa von drasek: 
hmmm. now I am hungry.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:50 lisa von drasek
5:51
SE Grove: 
Someone asked me about cover design. Brain Lair? I had a lot of input once the design group had selected artists. And I love what they came up with! Maybe Sharyn can say more there.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:51 SE Grove
5:51
lisa von drasek: 
My, time has flown as if we had a deficit. We are in the last minutes...any burning questions from the peanut gallery?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:51 lisa von drasek
5:51
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
When will book 2 arrive? What else are you writing?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:51 The Brain Lair
5:51
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
http://www.thenakedscientis...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:51 sdn
5:51
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
This was a difficult cover to do, because we had to come at it from a new angle, something organic, reflecting the book ...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:51 sdn
5:52
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
It looks like a map itself
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:52 The Brain Lair
5:52
SE Grove: 
Book two is being written as we speak! Well… it's being revised. It is supposed to come out the same time next year - June. And it will, right Sharyn? ;)
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:52 SE Grove
5:52
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
We did a few rounds before we got it right. More trial and error than most covers, because of the layering.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:52 sdn
5:52
SE Grove: 
As for what else I'm writing… whew. Book 3? I'm pretty swamped, honestly.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:52 SE Grove
5:53
[Comment From Deborah BaldwinDeborah Baldwin: ] 
Please consider adding a bibliography and biography to your website as well.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:53 Deborah Baldwin
5:53
SE Grove: 
That's a great idea, Deborah. I'll definitely put up a bibliography...
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:53 SE Grove
5:54
[Comment From Deborah BaldwinDeborah Baldwin: ] 
I have found my students enjoy getting to know the authors. It's fun to find out about their interests and hobbies.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:54 Deborah Baldwin
5:54
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
Gah! I wish I had it here with me. Now I want to examine it more! Next book, foldout maps!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:54 The Brain Lair
5:54
[Comment From School librarianSchool librarian: ] 
Yes! I wouldn't have guessed your Guatemalan background.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:54 School librarian
5:54
[Comment From GuestGuest: ] 
I second Deborah's suggestion!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:54 Guest
5:54
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
I want to see the maps as I'm reading! Sharyn, can you make that happen?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:54 The Brain Lair
5:54
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
And don't forget our website, which we will be updating and adding to: www.theglasssentence.com
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:54 sdn
5:54
SE Grove: 
Yes, I am a little internet shy with personal details. ;) I will try to put up things that are interesting and informative (like travels, etc.) without oversharing!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:54 SE Grove
5:55
lisa von drasek: 
regretfully it is time to say goodbye. Last thoughts, Sylvia?
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:55 lisa von drasek
5:55
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
Brain Lair -- ha!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:55 sdn
5:55
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
Oh, the website is cool looking!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:55 The Brain Lair
5:55
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
Sylvia, we will have fun discussing all of this. I have some ideas, too. As for THE GOLDEN SPECIFIC -- Summer 2015!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:55 sdn
5:56
[Comment From Kathryn @ PenguinKathryn @ Penguin: ] 
thank you everyone!!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:56 Kathryn @ Penguin
5:56
[Comment From NM LibrarianNM Librarian: ] 
Thanks for such an interesting and original book. Looking forward to the next in the series!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:56 NM Librarian
5:56
[Comment From Deborah BaldwinDeborah Baldwin: ] 
Thank you!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:56 Deborah Baldwin
5:56
SE Grove: 
Thank you all so much for your invigorating questions and wonderful suggestions! I've really enjoyed the chat!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:56 SE Grove
5:56
[Comment From SusanSusan: ] 
Thanks.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:56 Susan
5:56
[Comment From The Brain LairThe Brain Lair: ] 
Thank you for another awesome chat! Thanks, Sylvia, Lisa and Sharyn too!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:56 The Brain Lair
5:57
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
Thank you, everyone. And thanks, Sylvia, for writing this book.
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:57 sdn
5:58
Nora - EarlyWord: 

Thanks, Lisa and Sylvia for a fascinating discussion. And thanks to all of you for your great questions.

Our next chat, coming up in three weeks, is with Tracy Holczer, author of The Secret Hum of a Daisy. If you’re not part of the program, you can sign up here -- http://penguinyrauthors.ear...

Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:58 Nora - EarlyWord
5:58
lisa von drasek: 
Thank you Sharon November and Sylvia for giving us insight in what is one of the best novels of the year!
Wednesday July 16, 2014 5:58 lisa von drasek
 
 

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