http://www.hbook.com/2011/12/blogs/out-of-the-box/an-exquisite-event/ Publications about books for children and young adults Tue, 14 May 2013 17:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.hbook.com/2011/12/blogs/out-of-the-box/an-exquisite-event/#comment-12809 Elissa Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:12:56 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=8114#comment-12809 That is exactly how I felt about the movie "Mama Mia." It's clear the actors were having a blast. Me while watching it? Not so much. I had more fun watching the ExqC panelists. That is exactly how I felt about the movie “Mama Mia.” It’s clear the actors were having a blast. Me while watching it? Not so much. I had more fun watching the ExqC panelists.

]]> http://www.hbook.com/2011/12/blogs/out-of-the-box/an-exquisite-event/#comment-12751 Roger Sutton Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:41:16 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=8114#comment-12751 I'm trying to remember the last time I loved one of these write-to-order publishing projects. The most surreal was described to me by Richard Peck, who was commissioned to write a story for a collection of tales in which a child received a birthday present that, when opened, proved to be empty. Every story had to go that way. I thought the Harris Burdick collection was spotty and the Exquisite Corpse unreadable. I’m trying to remember the last time I loved one of these write-to-order publishing projects. The most surreal was described to me by Richard Peck, who was commissioned to write a story for a collection of tales in which a child received a birthday present that, when opened, proved to be empty. Every story had to go that way. I thought the Harris Burdick collection was spotty and the Exquisite Corpse unreadable.

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