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This is where I have to spout about how great my publisher Little, Brown & Co. is. If you ever publish a Newbery Honor book, publish it with them. One of the many neat things they did (as well as pay for my room service, thanks!) was put me & Squatchie up at snazzy hotel, complete with robes:
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Now when I was deciding between the two dresses, many people suggested that I wear the one dress for the daytime events and the other dress for the Banquet. That was a good idea, except I had already settled on my daytime event dress.
The dress I had decided on was not only jade green, like my bracelet (in fact, it was the reason why I decided the 1st green dress wouldn't do and decided to keep looking--I didn't want to wear green for both the day & banquet) but it belonged to my grandmother.
I found it while rummaging through my mom's closets and loved it so much that I had it tailored to fit. And I also found an old pin of hers that went beautifully.
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Thus attired, I made my way to the Convention Center, where I had great fun being a terrible pet,
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running into amazing author and friend, Barbara O'Connor,
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grabbing some bubble gum,
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and posing with an origami yoda!
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As I made my way to the Little, Brown booth, I noticed a long line of people waiting for a signing....
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Neat! What fun! A good way to begin the day!