Comments on: This an’ that http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/08/17/this-an-that/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/08/17/this-an-that/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Justine Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:07:23 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=127#comment-787 Gwinevere: thanks for the links. Literaticat's letter is most excellent. Here's hoping it will lead to a less moronic future report, but I won't be holding my breath. Gwinevere: thanks for the links. Literaticat’s letter is most excellent. Here’s hoping it will lead to a less moronic future report, but I won’t be holding my breath.

]]> By: Gwinevere http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/08/17/this-an-that/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Gwinevere Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:46:14 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=127#comment-786 A lot of people (including myself) are really upset about this report. I am formulating my letter and will send it soon with my reaction to this piece. It was so one sided and inaccurate. They should apologise for basically slandering the whole YA market. Here is the link to the article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8962686/ along with the e-mail address of the reporter. We can not sit back and let NBC get away with biased reporting. Jennifer offered her letter up on her August 16th blog http://www.livejournal.com/users/literaticat/ Unfortunately, I fear parents who do not know better will influence their teens to STOP reading YA due to this news spot. Maybe with enough letters we can get a retraction or second look at whats really in the YA market. A lot of people (including myself) are really upset about this report. I am formulating my letter and will send it soon with my reaction to this piece. It was so one sided and inaccurate. They should apologise for basically slandering the whole YA market.

Here is the link to the article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8962686/ along with the e-mail address of the reporter. We can not sit back and let NBC get away with biased reporting.

Jennifer offered her letter up on her August 16th blog
http://www.livejournal.com/users/literaticat/

Unfortunately, I fear parents who do not know better will influence their teens to STOP reading YA due to this news spot. Maybe with enough letters we can get a retraction or second look at whats really in the YA market.

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/08/17/this-an-that/comment-page-1/#comment-785 Justine Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:30:17 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=127#comment-785 Jason: I really was shocked by it. I guess that comes of not watching TV news (other than the <i>Daily Show</i>). I couldn't quite believe what I was watching. how could reporting be <i>so</i> incoherent and stupid? Morons, indeed. Mely: I know. I was just blown away by how beautiful it is. The plate further down in the report is also extraordinary. If only I had the time I'd go see the full exhibition. Jason: I really was shocked by it. I guess that comes of not watching TV news (other than the Daily Show). I couldn’t quite believe what I was watching. how could reporting be so incoherent and stupid? Morons, indeed.

Mely: I know. I was just blown away by how beautiful it is. The plate further down in the report is also extraordinary. If only I had the time I’d go see the full exhibition.

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/08/17/this-an-that/comment-page-1/#comment-784 Justine Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:20:47 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=127#comment-784 Welcome, Mr Nelson! I had been wondering who of the <a href="http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Theme/ThemePage/0,,1268124,00.html" rel="nofollow"> Razorbill</a> crew you were, having already eliminated all the ones I know as possibilities. If only you hadn't mentioned the NBC report we wouldn't have guessed! So pleased you liked my book. Yours sure is amazing. Welcome, Mr Nelson!

I had been wondering who of the Razorbill crew you were, having already eliminated all the ones I know as possibilities. If only you hadn’t mentioned the NBC report we wouldn’t have guessed!

So pleased you liked my book. Yours sure is amazing.

]]> By: razorbilly http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/08/17/this-an-that/comment-page-1/#comment-782 razorbilly Wed, 17 Aug 2005 20:51:56 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=127#comment-782 Okay, Justine....I told Liesa it was time to come clean...I am R.A. Nelson. I love your blog. I haven't started one for various reasons, but may do so in the near future.... Please tell Scott I really enjoyed SO YESTERDAY, too. Fun!! Okay, Justine….I told Liesa it was time to come clean…I am R.A. Nelson.

I love your blog. I haven’t started one for various reasons, but may do so in the near future….

Please tell Scott I really enjoyed SO YESTERDAY, too. Fun!!

]]> By: razorbilly http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/08/17/this-an-that/comment-page-1/#comment-781 razorbilly Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:28:46 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=127#comment-781 utterly gorgeous artwork, j. thanks for posting. and congrats on all those sales! you've written an amazing book. completely fresh and breaks new ground. utterly gorgeous artwork, j. thanks for posting.

and congrats on all those sales! you’ve written an amazing book. completely fresh and breaks new ground.

]]> By: razorbilly http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/08/17/this-an-that/comment-page-1/#comment-780 razorbilly Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:27:17 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=127#comment-780 poor r.a. it was a complete setup. in addition, the quote was taken out of context -- he was speaking of kids maturing as READERS, about the wonderful richness of upper-end YA fiction preparing them for the adult side of the store, and the way they positioned it, it sounded as if he was speaking of bringing up a new crop of "ho's." poor r.a.

it was a complete setup. in addition, the quote was taken out of context — he was speaking of kids maturing as READERS, about the wonderful richness of upper-end YA fiction preparing them for the adult side of the store, and the way they positioned it, it sounded as if he was speaking of bringing up a new crop of “ho’s.”

]]> By: mely http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/08/17/this-an-that/comment-page-1/#comment-779 mely Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:20:26 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=127#comment-779 Oh, that picture is gorgeous. Thank you for the pointer. Oh, that picture is gorgeous. Thank you for the pointer.

]]> By: Jason Erik Lundberg http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2005/08/17/this-an-that/comment-page-1/#comment-778 Jason Erik Lundberg Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:55:12 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=127#comment-778 I could absolutely tell just from the promos for the "segment" that it would be unabashedly biased "news" instead of an actual researched story. I love the tagline that went something like, "If teens are reading these books, how is that helping anybody?" Morons. I could absolutely tell just from the promos for the “segment” that it would be unabashedly biased “news” instead of an actual researched story. I love the tagline that went something like, “If teens are reading these books, how is that helping anybody?” Morons.

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