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May 1, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

A Twitter Chat with Lisa Burstein, author of Pretty Amy and Dear Cassie

May 1, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS   Leave a Comment

Last night several of us got together and had a Twitter chat with Lisa Burstein, author of Pretty Amy and Dear Cassie.  Below are some of the highlights.

@tlt16 I didn’t. Amy was written so long ago…8 years, that I had no idea I’d get to tell her story let alone anyone elses… #TLTCASSIE
— LisaBurstein (@LisaBurstein) May 1, 2013

@tlt16 6 months! that’s what happens when you get a publisher #TLTCASSIE
— LisaBurstein (@LisaBurstein) May 1, 2013

@lisaburstein HI! #TLTCassie When’s Lila’s story coming out? 😉
— M. Andrew Patterson (@DyadicEchoes) May 1, 2013

@tlt16 @dyadicechoes I’ve heard Lila will be next summer. Everyone loves Troyer…so I’m thinking about a Novella from her… #TLTCASSIE
— LisaBurstein (@LisaBurstein) May 1, 2013

@kiki3239 probably Cassie…just because she is so herself! she doesn’t take shit and I wish I could have been more like that… #TLTCASSIE
— LisaBurstein (@LisaBurstein) May 1, 2013

@tlt16 @kiki3239 she does, but what she lets people see is strong, even that is hard for a lot of teens I think #TLTCASSIE
— LisaBurstein (@LisaBurstein) May 1, 2013

@tlt16 keeping my writing authentic…I don’t try, I think that might be why it is… #TLTCASSIE
— LisaBurstein (@LisaBurstein) May 1, 2013

@kiki3239 hmmm… probably DARE ME by, Megan Abbott, it came out in July #TLTCASSIE
— LisaBurstein (@LisaBurstein) May 1, 2013

@kiki3239 Pretty Amy is awesome. I loved it. So well written. I would say more, but I don’t want to post spoilers. #TLTCassie
— M. Andrew Patterson (@DyadicEchoes) May 1, 2013

@tlt16 as a teen, not a lot… but as a younger kid NANCY DREW, JUDY BLUME, RAMONA #TLTCASSIE
— LisaBurstein (@LisaBurstein) May 1, 2013

Inspiration for CASSIE came from a friend of mine in HS she didn’t go through what Cassie did, but she is hard as nails #TLTCASSIE
— LisaBurstein (@LisaBurstein) May 1, 2013

What excites me most about AMY, CASSIE and LILA and the worlds they are in, is that they have so many possibilities 1/2 #TLTCASSIE
— LisaBurstein (@LisaBurstein) May 1, 2013

hardest thing to write in Dear Cassie for sure, her sadness, her true, empty sadness… #TLTCASSIE
— LisaBurstein (@LisaBurstein) May 1, 2013

Re: realistic language…I think it is important, because teens swear, I have gotten some people who think it’s too much 1/2 #TLTCASSIE
— LisaBurstein (@LisaBurstein) May 1, 2013

but for the most part people GET that CASSIE uses words like they are her armor…like many teens do 2/2 #TLTCASSIE
— LisaBurstein (@LisaBurstein) May 1, 2013

@gabylafara YES! I would love to tell people how Cassie and Ben are doing…I just have to figure out, how they are doing 🙂 #TLTCASSIE
— LisaBurstein (@LisaBurstein) May 1, 2013

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About Karen Jensen, MLS

Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).

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