Most of you know that I have a mad crush on M.T. Anderson. (You can see my squeetus exclusive interview with him here.) You understand. I'm not in love with him per se. I am an ecstatically happily married woman. And so is he. Only not the woman part. But how can I not help crushing? He's not my only crush, of course. The list is awfully long. (Holly Black, when will you admit we're best friends?!) But he comes up today because:
1. I'm about to read The Game of Sunken Places for the first time. The sequel is out, The Suburb Beyond the Stars, and has this awesome promo vid, if you haven't seen it.
2. We just had this email exchange. I share, with Tobin's permission.
Me:
Man those spam robots are clever! I just found this comment on one of my blog posts that mentions you, written by "Generic Viagra" with a link to an online pharmacy: "M.T Anderson is such a great guy, the most important thing is that he is a smart guy. Maybe he can share with us some other interesting ideas."
Well, sir, can you? Don't betray the high opinion Generic Viagra has placed in you.
MTA:
I should mention that Generic Viagra is my stepmom. She's really nice about promoting my work. We used to call her Genny. For some reason, she was touchy about us using her full name.
Brilliant.
Posted by: Burning | January 03, 2011 at 01:58 PM
*Dies Laughing* Okay, this is why I <3 you both. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Shannon Messenger | January 03, 2011 at 02:00 PM
LOL! That's great. :)
Posted by: MamaBug | January 03, 2011 at 02:03 PM
Just plain hilarious! :)
Posted by: Christen | January 03, 2011 at 02:17 PM
I should definitely check out those books! (As soon as I'm done with yours, Shannon, and Wendy Mass' books.)
I watched the promo video, and the ending scared me so much, I jumped about five feet in the air, right before my mom asked what that screech was.
Trouble.
Posted by: gracie | January 03, 2011 at 02:19 PM
He's so silly. I love that about him - quick on the draw, and completely insane. We got to interview him on our blog and he was so much fun.
Okay. I sound like I'm crushing, too... hard.
::sigh::
Posted by: tanita | January 03, 2011 at 02:21 PM
Perfect! I don't know who MTA is, but I guess maybe I should find out since he obviously has a great sense of humor!
Posted by: Emily | January 03, 2011 at 05:34 PM
LOL! Thank you for that. I needed a good laugh. And I really out to read more MT Anderson...
Posted by: Melissa (Book Nut) | January 04, 2011 at 10:42 AM
Bahaha! I've never read any of his books. Now I must. For sure. :) I just caught up your posts from the last month and I'm so, so happy to hear you gush about your twins and that you want to take the time to be mommy right now. I love that.
Posted by: Crystal Cook | January 04, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Just when I think I love two of my fav YA authors as much as I could, they give me yet another reason. Keep up the awesome, guys!
Posted by: Annie | January 04, 2011 at 02:56 PM
I just saw your recent tweet, so I'm commenting to tell you how much I LOVED this (and how much I loved revisiting your old interview)! Thank you for sharing the exchange.
Posted by: Stephanie Perkins | January 04, 2011 at 04:02 PM
.... is it terrible that I actually believed that until the Genny part? Hilarious.
Posted by: Miriam | January 05, 2011 at 01:36 PM
Haha, love it.
Posted by: Abby Minard | January 05, 2011 at 02:56 PM
I had to refresh the page 2 times to view this page for some reason, however, the information here was worth the wait.
Posted by: coach bag outlet | January 05, 2011 at 05:31 PM
We're particular fans of his Delaware adventures at our house. (If we ever make it to Delaware, some of us are going to be seriously disappointed when it doesn't live up to expectations created by Mr. Anderson!)
Posted by: Rose Green | January 05, 2011 at 06:32 PM
Brilliant
LOL
So many things I could say about this!!!
Posted by: yaks | January 06, 2011 at 05:00 PM
Hahahaha. I don't know why it surprises me when two writers are so cute and clever in their exchanges with one another. I laugh in awe. :)
Posted by: Karen Adair | January 07, 2011 at 06:43 AM
I've not read M. T. Anderson, but I'll check him out on your recommendations :)
Posted by: Bridget | January 07, 2011 at 11:26 AM