A big, arch-size hug for everyone who came to the conference a few weeks ago. Thank you to YALSA for their hard work in organizing this wonderful event. Thank you to the presenters for all their hard work and for sharing their knowledge with us. Thank you to The Hub for covering the event (check out their notes if your memory is a little foggy). Thank you to the authors, agents, editors and publishers who came to sign…

Don't miss coverage of 31 Days of the Next Big Thing on YALSA's The Hub, a blog all about young adult literature. All month long, Hub bloggers will be posting about what will be the next big thing in literature, as well as big thing trends of the past. The Symposium is only a month away, now is the time to start…

It is time to start planning your days at YALSA's YA Literature Symposium! The schedule has been announced so begins the painstaking process of deciding which sessions to attend. The good news: there are fabulous sessions going on all the time, you will never be bored! The bad news: you are going to want to go to them all and unless you have Hermione's time-turner you will have to choose. The news that…

If you are like me, you are easily confused by the lines drawn between, around and through fan created work and copyright. Sometimes the rules seem clear...others they are a bit more murky. I found this (hour long) presentation from San Diego ComicCon interesting.

Although it should be noted that some people find fault with parts of the presentation. So I…