Gah!! I met her! The author of the Shiver Trilogy, the Lament and Ballad books, the Scorpio Races and her new series The Raven Boys.
It was a wonderful Tuesday evening, I'd just finished my one and only class at 6:30pm and a friend of mine and I made our way to Chapters to meet this wonderful woman.
There was a panel first, short, where she told stories and answered a few questions. She never ceases to entertain people, she was laughing and making jokes all the way through.
Then came time for the auctioning of Gansey's shoe and a still from her Scorpio Races trailer. The still sold for $100.
The book signing line wound around the YA and pre-teen bookshelves but it was worth waiting an hour and a half to meet Maggie Stiefvater.
I don't know if you recall but in 2010 I made a makeup tutorial based on her book Shiver and sent it off to her channel as a video response... she accepted it and I've been proud of it ever since :) Its just one of those things that makes you want to go all out and celebrate.
THE VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMPKUARUyj4
Anyhoo, we were in line and I was talking, texting and tweeting, but for some reason I was not nervous, I couldn't figure out why... until I could see her face and the realization of our meeting became real. The closer we got the more I needed to pee... haha. I worked out a question to ask her with my friend and everything was going to be okay... until it was my turn to see her.
I walked up the two steps to her table and just put the book down and stared. "HI! Nice to meet you!" was the first thing I said.
She smiled and replied, "I like your earring, its very different." (its the one that's swinging in the picture).
"I like it too, I got it in Montreal last year."
Okay, what did I just say? Couldn't a thank you suffice?
She simply smiled and took my book and signed the inside page [ a link to my vlog of this day will be up sometime in the future].
The I started to ask my question, "DO you have any advice for..." And My brain stalled. I couldn't think of the rest of my question. She looked up at me expecting, waiting and I just struggled with my momentary lapse.
My friend whispered in my ear, the rest of my sentence, THANK GOD FOR HER PRESENCE, and I continued, "new authors who want to get published?"
And she went on telling me about two websites where I could find an agent and wrote the name down on my sticky note.
Then we took a picture and I tore myself away from her.
That was the end of that, my embarassing meeting with one of my favorite authors. HALLELUJAH.
