I was too busy at #NCTE22 to remember, but November 19th was the one-year anniversary of my #book!! A lot has happened in this year, but one of the best things that’s happened is the number of folks picking up the work and sharing it with others. I put my heart into that book, and I’ve heard that my heartwork is resonating with the hearts of others. I’m so glad that it’s a year old, and I can’t wait to see what’s next!
#Bookstadon #Anniversary #Academic #AcademicLife #Author

I didn’t take many pictures, but I enjoyed myself at #NCTE22… I needed to be with my friends again! I’m usually quite the #introvert, but I have to be “on” at #conferences in ways that can sometimes be draining. I’ve found, though, that hanging with #friends keeps me going! Here is one pic of me with #YA and #MG authors #JerryCraft, #NicStone, and #GeorgeJohnson. I’m so excited I got to meet them in person. The other is a pic of me and some folx I couldn’t do #academia without!

I spent this weekend at the #NCTE22 conference, and I got my entire life. I did the presentation thing, of course, but the highlight of the conference was the ability to hang out with mentors and friends for a few days. What a joy to have so many people I love all in one space! ❤️❤️❤️

Learning from the #TeachLivingPoets crew fills my cup at NCTE every single year. #NCTE22

I’m at #NCTE22 and I’m seeing ALL THE PEOPLE and it’s honestly a BIT MUCH but it’s also making me INCREDIBLY HAPPY

I have no voice. Like, really, very much almost none. So the implosion of the bird app is bad, because it seems like the universe is forcing me into silence on all sides...but not here? 😅 Pray for me 😂🤣 #NCTE22

Come chat w/ @SylviaVardell + @janetwongauthor during their signing for Publisher Spotlight Booth 620 and learn about WHAT IS A FRIEND? (poetry anthology for tweens + teens) and the THINGS WE series (for younger kids) in a celebration of ekphrastic poetry!! See you on Friday at 2pm!! #NCTE22

I've decided to offer an incentive at my #NCTE22 signing! Show up at the Chronicle booth on Saturday at 4:30n and I'll name a cat after you! What's better than that? Such an honor! All I have to do now is find a bunch of people who'll let me rename their cats

#cats
#kidlit
#MiddleGrade
#NCTE2022

I had an interesting burst of thoughts re: nobody showing up for my signing on Saturday. The thoughts about no one showing up aren't new; the interesting part is how much calmer about it I feel than I might have 3, 5, or especially 10 years ago. Levine Querido and Chronicle will presumably both have people there. I like those people! Also, if nobody shows up, there'll be ARCs right there, waiting for me, softly calling "Mike...Mike...we belong together, Mike"
#NCTE22
#kidlit
#MiddleGrade

I got invited to #noraebang at #NCTE22 (I love to sing) and while I'm not going - it's even more of a hellish sensory experience than restaurants - I'm happy to have been invited. After decades of feeling excluded (a feeling that hasn't ever left me entirely) it still feels borderline miraculous to be included by people I like and respect
#ActuallyAutistic #autistic #neurodivergent #neurodiversity

This weekend at #NCTE22 I'll be meeting up with friends in restaurants several times, and restaurants are a kind of sensory hell for this particular #ActuallyAutistic person, so if I'm at a restaurant with you, rest assured that I really, really, really want to see you. And also that I might not hear more than 30-35% of what you say during the meal

Who am I going to see at #ncte #ncte22 this weekend? #teachers #kidlit pals? I’m paneling & signing Fri-Sun!

Attention old-timey pachyderm people, I'm signing at #NCTE22 on Saturday in the PM! At 4:00! I think! Maybe? Ugh, I've already forgotten the details - it was a phone call - and I probably should have waited for the official email but I'm all excited. I'LL DEFINITELY BE SIGNING ON SATURDAY BEFORE, AT, OR AFTER 4PM, GAH
#kidlit #MiddleGrade #MGlit #NCTE #WritingCommunity #educators

Also, any #NCTE22 folx lurking around Mastodon? In case the bird site implodes, I may try cross-posting...unless, of course, my brain also implodes bc of cross-posting. :apusheencomputer: