Perhaps you saw the article in PW today about how a bunch of YA authors got together last weekend to celebrate the magnificence of the Pajants. Let me tell you, it was a Pajants rager!
The best part for me (other than chilling with my fellow YA authors) was finally getting to meet Lauren Myracle. I’ve wanted to meet her for years. Our paths were always crossing a bit crookedly and I kept missing my chances and I was beginning to think that wacky, brightly-colored-hair-streak chick was a figment of my imagination. But then there she was. So I went up to introduce myself and I was like, “Hi, I’m Susane.” And she went, “Susane Colasanti?”
Dude. Lauren Myracle totally knew who I was. She even said she was a fan!
Lauren is even more fun and energetic than I expected. We bonded over Rocket Dogs, being the spazzes we are, and Bridesmaids. We even recreated the brunch “Will you marry me?” scene with stuff on our teeth at the after party. It has been confirmed. Lauren Myracle and I often bring attitude.
Famous book blogger Ron Hogan caught us on video talking about what books we’re reading. Thanks, Ron!
The Pajants rager was buzzing with excitement. Jon Scieszka told me the best news ever. Are you ready for it? He said I could tell you. Okay…Jon Scieszka is writing – wait for it – a teen novel. A teen novel! You KNOW this is going to be the best teen novel ever. He hasn’t even started it yet and I can’t. freaking. wait. Additionally awesome? Is how Jon sat on the floor with everyone else, despite his ambassador status. He’s not one of those uptight ambassadors who throws a tantrum when his throne is unavailable. Seriously, Jon is one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met. I was thrilled that he was there. I would have been more thrilled if he’d worn the Pajants, but hey. It’s not a perfect world.
The whole Pajants thing was inspired by Ann Brashares. So you can imagine how stoked we all were to have her participate in the rager. She even wore the Pajants! It was my first time meeting Ann and I could not get over how profoundly sweet and sincere she is. You know how some people just have this depth of compassion in their eyes? She has such a peaceful energy. I bet her aura is, like, sparkly powder blue. She signed the Pajants PAJANTS = LOVE. How perfect is that?
None of this would have been possible without Sarah Mlynowski and Courtney Sheinmel, hardcore Pajanters who organized the event. Thanks for getting us all together, ladies! Extra loud shout-out to E. Lockhart for putting together an incredibly comprehensive slideshow of each author’s time in the Pajants. You can watch the slideshow here. And special thanks to Peter Glassman at Books of Wonder for hosting all of us.
We love you, Peter!
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How fun! You and Lauren Myracle seem like kindred spirits. 🙂 So cool that you got to meet Ann Brashares. I love her!!
Lauren is, like, beyond cool. She redefines cool. Have I mentioned that I love her? And Ann is such a sweetheart. I was nervous about meeting her, but she’s totally chill and adorable. Such a fun event!
I think I arrived too late to meet all of the authors that I had wanted to, but you’re the one I wanted to see the most, so I’m glad I went! The Pajants look wonderful in person. I explained to my friend Tom that they’re basically like the Sisterhood of the Traveling Authors (Authorhood of the Traveling Pajants?) pants instead of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants jeans. Thank you for the autographed card and for being so nice! 🙂
It was so good to finally meet you, Cristy! Sorry our conversation was cut short – I was called upon to fix a smear on the Pajants. Once arts & crafty, always arts & crafty! Hope to see you again at another event soon ❤
Wow Susane! That sounds like so much fun. I love the books both you and Lauren write! Thanks for writing, I really enjoy it. 🙂
Thank YOU for reading 🙂
So glad you had a fun time. 🙂
Wish you were there, Ronni! You would have loved the energy.
That’s really nice that you had fun. Please, oh please just ONCE come to India. You should know you have a lot of fans here, too 🙂
I top the list, of course. ‘Something Like Fate’ is a perpetual favorite. And since I write too, I’ve names the lead in my book (titled ‘Yours, Truly) as Jason Parker 🙂 Hope you do not mind!
Love,
Snigdha
It blows my mind to think about you reading my books in India. That is so freaking cool.
No worries on the name. We seem to all be using the same ones anyway 😉
That seems awesome! Glad you had fun.
Love your books!! Are you coming out with a new one soon besides Keep Holding on?
Thanks! You should be able to expect a new book from me every year for the next several years. Right now I’m working on the first draft of book seven, which should be published in 2013.