Searching for myself

So, you know, every so often -- and I do mean "often" -- I like to run a little web search on myself, see what people are saying about me and the book. To wit:

Sara, a sophomore at a high school in Edina, Minnesota is reading Girlbomb for Mr. Hatten's English 10 Class

Wilfred doesn't know how he wangled an invite to the Vanity Fair party, and neither do I, but I'm glad he came anyway.

Michelle Brooks, a fine, fine writer from Detroit, recommends the book for cocktail hour reading.

Carly, who loves school, thinks "this book so far is really good. It makes me think into more things when I'm reading it."

Kameron Z. Weston liked it, too, along with DC skate shoes, Bape hoodies, giant guinea pigs, and the guy who was in the skate shop in Boulder, CO.

Aisha wanted to replace me -- but she, like Beyonce, is the one who is irreplaceable.

Felicia Sullivan is sticking up for memoirists, including me.

And a whole bunch of cool-looking chicks, including Neva (22, North Carolina), Brenda La--De-Da (26, Allston, MA), Chloe (22, Melbourne, Australia), and Sarzee (31, Ontario) listed Girlbomb as one of their favorite books.

All this feedback is invaluable to me -- not just as "market research," which is how I like to justify it (I also like to justify masturbation as "aerobics") -- but as inspiration. As I said to a friend the other day, I don't care how many copies I sell, or what lists I make, as long as Carly who loves school blogs about how much Girlbomb made her think into things. So thanks, random internet peoples, for writing about my writing. It helps.

Comments

[Georgia]

Yay Edina! That's the Westchester of MN. I'm so glad they've got their hands on your book! Should do them good.

Did it show you that I listed you as a hero on my myface page? Oh, wait, it looks like I momentarily changed it to the Green Lantern. Damned cheeky inclinations. I'm changing it back. Right now.

[William K. Scurry Jr.]

This is like the Magic Mirror from "Romper Room." Google it, kids.

[girlbomb]

No, this is like the Beyonce concert we flipped past the other night, where she was calling people out..."I see you, in the blue, waving your hands in the air...I see you, with your Beyonce sign...I see you, jumping up and down there, and you in the yellow shirt, I see you..."

Which means that I am, like, Beyonce levels of high on myself.

And Georgia, you are only making it worse. Not that I mind.

[satia]

I saw something with Beyonce the other day where she actually sees a random group of her fans, pulling people from the lines or audience or something. She apparently insists on seeing at least 100 people per show before the concert. Or something like that.

Gee . . . I really don't know why Rob keeps saying that I don't know how to watch television. I mean, you'd think people actually pay attention enough to, you know, remember what they saw . . .

*sigh*

You could goggle alert yourself. Save yourself the trouble of searching because it just comes straight to your email.

[Danika]

Haha I just did the whole google alert thing on myself...not that anyone will actually google or search for me to be alerted but hey, it's cool to think maybe I'm just as awesome as Janice herself to be adored by so many :) :)

[Daniel Silverman]

My mom saw Girlbomb on my bookshelf and asked to borrow it. I got a call from her the other day. She said that she loved your style and is having so much fun reading it!