Everything you needed to know about my new project

A few of you might find this difficult to believe, but there was a time when I often wrote non-fiction papers about literature and how it changes our view of the real world. I did this for many years. Some university even gave me a big piece of vellum scribbled all over in Latin for doing so. And now, the lovely and talented Jennifer O’Connell has given me the opportunity to do so again — and this time, it doesn’t mean 15 years worth of student loans:

As reported in Publisher’s Marketplace:

January 17
Non-Fiction
BACHELORETTE #1 author Jennifer O’Connell’s anthology EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT BEING A GIRL I LEARNED FROM JUDY BLUME, with essays by such authors as Meg Cabot, Megan McCafferty, and Julie Kenner (and Diana Peterfreund), which looks at how Blume’s novels shaped a generation of girls and celebrates the women they’ve became, to Lauren McKenna at Pocket, by Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency (world).

I really don’t know how that red bit got left out of the official announcement. That Michael Cader, what a joker! Ahem. No, but in all seriousness, I am going to be in the anthology. They just wanted to give some of the other authors some time in the spotlight.

I’m so excited to be a part of it, because I love love love Judy Blume’s books. When Jen asked me, I couldn’t say yes fast enough! My favorite of Blume’s works (and the one I shall focus on in my essay) is Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself. What’s your favorite and why?