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In which I disappear for a few days…
2009 at 2pm Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky
So BBAW is right around the corner, and I know that you know this because I (and pretty much every other book blogger) have been talking, tweeting, and emailing about it nonstop for the past couple weeks. I had such a great time during last year’s BBAW that I volunteered to help out this time around, so I’m chairing one of the award panels. This past week was filled with notification emails, spreadsheets, updated spreadsheets, incoming links from nominees, and excessive tromping around the blogosphere trying to find other information I needed to make my part of this thing happen.
And people, I am tired! I don’t know how My Friend Amy does it. Is she sleeping? Is she eating? Has she discovered some amazing energy drink the rest of us don’t know about yet? Did she find a real-life version of those little stars that give the Super Mario Bros. an extra boost?
Since I spent yesterday at a baseball game against my will, and since the outing then turned into a whole-day event that included an extra long dinner and ended with me and hubby getting home at 11pm and falling directly into bed, I’m already a step or two behind in my panel chairperson duties. So I probably won’t be around much this week.
Instead, I’ll be emailing my panel members, visiting blogs to read posts by my category’s nominees, and carefully filling in scorecards. And I’m sure I’ll be learning some new tricks in Excel along the way. (I certainly hope so….I might be toast without them.)
But reading and then blogging about what I’m reading? Not so much.
It will all be worth it when BBAW 2009 rocks even harder than last year’s, so for now, I need to find a nice, quiet place to hide out with my laptop and get some awards stuff done.
See you in a few!
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Thanks for all your hard work for BBAW! You guys who make this all work are all amazing!
Lezlie
You award chairpersons rock! Hopefully next year I’ll be able to help out a bit more.
Thanks for chairing a panel! I’m serving on 2, so I know how much work it is. BBAW should be fantastic this year!
Hang in there! You’re doing a great job!
Thanks for all your hard work Rebecca! Really and truly.
and not surprisingly, apart from a desperately needed break for dinner and a movie, I worked on BBAW the entire weekend.
I think we’ve learned some tips, though. HA!
Thanks for everything!
I’m so excited for BBAW!
Thanks for all your hard work. I can’t even imagine how much time you are probably putting into BBAW so that it’s absolutely wonderful (which I hear it will be – this is my first year participating!). Good luck with the Excel spreadsheets – they can be so annoying, but once you figure out shortcuts and whatnot, I hear they’re really useful!