Today was unusual. I spent the entire day out of the building so that I could attend a presentation by Michael Cart, Young Adult literature expert extraordinaire. It was so good I can't even put it into words. You always go to different meeting, seminars, conferences, etc. to learn and be inspired. Michael manages to do that and then some. I challenge anyone who is apathetic about YA literature to attend one of his sessions. I guarantee you won't feel the same way after hearing him speak.

One question still remains though: how does he manage to accomplish everything he does? He's a writer, an editor of his own literature journal, a reviewer, a columnist, a teacher, and kick ass speaker. How does he manage to do all of these things and still find time to read all the books he reads? I wish I had even a tenth of his energy.

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