 Chat Transcript, Pam Barron UNCG Dr. Pam Barron Adult Published Read an Excerpt To read the full transcript, click on EXCERPT. Excerpt Chris Crutcher joined the session Apr 22, 2005 6:58:04 PM EDT Jill Kutz: Hello Mr Crutcher Pamela Barron: Hello Chris...thanks for doing this. We are having a big thunderstorm here. Hopefully we\\\'ll get though this. Chris Crutcher: You're welcome. I was having trouble finding the screen... but I've got it now. Patricia Glazener: Hi all and welcome to North Carolina, Chris. Chris Crutcher: I make big weather. Pamela Barron: Since I have so many students, we have designated folks to ask quetsions. Is group 1 ready? Leslie Hicks: group 1 - first question - Are the characters in your novels taken directly from your experiences as a therapist, or are they fictionalized amalgamations of people you have had contact with? Chris Crutcher: They\\\'re fictionalized. Can\\\'t use the real people without a good lawyer and no ethics. They are amalgamations. Patricia Glazener: How do you handle complaints or actual banning against your books? Is there a set procedure between you and your publisher? We\\\'ve been studying intellectual freedom. Chris Crutcher: Not a set procedure. A lot of times it depends on what the complaint is. I answer all complaints if people ask, give support to teachers or librarians using the books...and if the book is successfully banned, I donate five copies to the nearest public library. Christine Tran: Excellent! Kaye McKinney: That\\\'s great. Bonnie Blum: Thought your sales went up! Chris Crutcher: Yeah, and sales usually do go up. Elizabeth Henninger: What is the oddest complaint you have received? Patricia Glazener: The first time it happened, do you remember how you felt and what you went through? Chris Crutcher: Oddest complaint? I\\\'m not sure... most of them are about language or issues. I think the oddest is that I PROMOTE homosexuality. Caroline Herbert: Group 3 - Where do you get the ideas for your books? Chris Crutcher: I get them anywhere. I get some from the newspapers, or the news. I get some from characters I meet in the real world. Anything that makes me passionate in any way. Candace Brennan: group 7- Teresa has a great ? Could you please tell us your thoughts on receiving the 2005 St. Katherine Drexel Award from the Catholic Library Association, especially in light of having so many of your books banned? Chris Crutcher: The Catholic Award was pretty cool, particularly since the Catholic Diocese in Youngstown Ohio has tried to get me banned from the young writer\\\'s conference there three years in a row. I\\\'m taking the plaque next time. Elizabeth Novicki: group 2 - Welcome great medicine man! Do you see any future trends in YA Lit? Chris Crutcher: Yeah, I think everyone is going to buy Chris Crutcher books exclusively. Actually I don\\\'t know a lot about trends like that because I don\\\'t pay enough attention. Jill Kutz: Group 4 - How do you take the banning of your books? Do you find it encouraging to know that you are able to create a work that gets so much attention or causes a stir? Chris Crutcher: I think there are people out there bowing to the Conservative Right, but I think there are others holding ground. I never take it personally. Less than five percent of people who want to ban books actually read them. I do like that my books get some conversations going, and I do like that kids stand up for them. Elizabeth Novicki: group2 - Any tips for a book talk geared toward YA audience? Chris Crutcher: Book talk? Yeah, cuss a lot. Margaret Hollar: I think regardless of the language or situations, your books give young people hope and that makes all of it worthwhile. Chris Crutcher: Which is what I think. I\\\'m ALWAYS looking for hope in a situation. And that’s a thing kids need. Shelly Mitchell: Group 6- We’ve all read Staying Fat and I’ve also read Whale Talk. I loved the role of the mothers in those books. They are strong role models yet allowed their sons the freedom to make their own choices. Are these characters based on women in your life? And what was your motivation for making the mom the strong parent instead of the stereotypical passive role? Chris Crutcher: They are women I know and women I want to know. I grew up in a family where women didn\\\'t have much voice, and I spent a lot of time in my life getting over that. Some of it I haven\\\'t completely gotten over. So it\\\'s something I pay attention to. Candace Brennan: group 7--Chris, what assumptions do you think censors make about your books that you would like for them to change their view on? Chris Crutcher: Assumptions. : I think they believe that if kids don\\\'t think about things they won\\\'t have to deal with them. That\\\'s our fundamental difference. Candace Brennan: great answer!!! my folks felt the same way. Elizabeth Novicki: Okay, I\\\'ll be blunt due to the format, but my group basically wanted to know \\\"What\\\'s with the religious characters?\\\" Chris Crutcher: Blunt is good... but when you ask that, are you talking about Brittain or Ellerby or both? Because Ellerby is every bit as religious as Brittain. Cynthia Vaughn: Both. Chris Crutcher: Mostly the religious characters are about that dialogue... about whether religion should be punative or expressive, whether it should allow room, or tighten things down. Jill Kutz: Will you ever sell the rights to any of your books to be made into a movie? Chris Crutcher: I\\\'ve sold the rights to a couple. They\\\'re working on Sarah Byrnes now. Kaye McKinney: Wonderful. Shelly Mitchell: Awesome..any idea of when it will be out? Jamee Pritchett: I thought I\\\'d heard that. Chris Crutcher: They\\\'ve been working on it a long time. I\\\'m hooked up with a small production company that makes movies like this. Sooner than later, I hope. Bonnie Blum: So are you involved in the production? Candace Brennan: Who plays Sarah? And is it an indy film? Chris Crutcher: It\\\'s not cast yet. Patricia Glazener: Do you have a favorite book of your own, one that feels especially dear to your heart because of the characters? I loved Staying Fat for Sarah Burns. Chris Crutcher: I really don\\\'t have a favorite. I have favorite passages, but no favorite. Sarah Byrnes and Whale Talk always come to mind when that question is asked, though. Kristopher Jorgensen: group 5 - You do a good job of giving your characters authentic teenage voices. How much contact do you have with teens? Chris Crutcher: I have a lot of contact with teens. I still do some pro-bono therapy work and I visit a LOT of schools. Caroline Herbert: Group 3 - Dr. Barron showed us an advance copy in class, and my group wanted to know what inspired you to write The Sledding Hill. Chris Crutcher: These things, not necessarily in order: pre-teen and teen fear, book banning, loss, great puns. Elizabeth Novicki: Puns? Like what? Chris Crutcher: Like there\\\'s a character named Warren Peece, and the fictional banned book is also titled that.... so they\\\'re trying to ban Warren Peece. Jamee Pritchett: Classy!!! That\\\'s great! Stacy Lenarz: That\\\'s great! Jill Kutz: Who are the other authors you admire and consider to be contemporaries in the fight against book banning? Chris Crutcher: Walter Dean Meyers, Chris Lynch, Terry Davis, Chris Curtis, though he doesn\\\'t have as much trouble with it as we do... Judy Blume, whoever wrote the Bible, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Stephen King. Margaret Hollar: Do you have much experience with teens in the eastern part of our country and what kind of differences do you find? Chris Crutcher: I find more differences between urban and rural, and rich and not so rich. I do see a lot of kids on your coast. Another difference is accent, y\\\'all -- I mean all y\\\'all. Elizabeth Novicki: Do you have time to read? if so, who, what do you like? Chris Crutcher: I do have some time to read. Just read LAMB, which was brilliant. Joel Mayne: What\\\'s your favorite novel by Walter Dean Myers? Chris Crutcher: Probably Fallen Angels or Monster. Elizabeth Novicki: Monster was wonderful and very innovative. I work in a school library with kids like that and I\\\'m talking that book up. Katherine Gound: What was Lamb about? Christine Tran: LAMB is hilarious! Highly recommend! It\\\'s about Jesus\\\' best friend growing up. His name is Biff. Katherine Gound: It sounds like the plot for a Monty Python movie! Shelly Mitchell: What is the most frustrating aspect of writing? Chris Crutcher: The most frustrating aspect is getting started. Always hard for me, particularly when an idea is just forming. Elizabeth Novicki: As is in most of life. Chris Crutcher: Exactly. Shelly Mitchell: Do you outline your books before writing or \\\"just go with the flow?\\\" Chris Crutcher: I go with the flow. When I was in school I always wrote the thing first and the outline later. Shelly Mitchell: :) Me too. Elizabeth Henninger: Is it hard to know when to stop? Chris Crutcher: I usually know when to stop. By the time I get to the end, I know I\\\'m there. Jill Kutz: What would you suggest for someone who is interested in becoming a writer? Chris Crutcher: Becoming a writer? Write a lot and read a lot. Write the things that make you FEEL. Read a lot of the kind of thing you like to write. Candace Brennan: Seems like you have an idea of themes though, like you mention about The Sledding Hill. Chris Crutcher: Yeah, but you think of the theme after you write the story. It\\\'s easier to get that way, and you tend to preach less. Elizabeth Novicki: You said cuss a lot, any other tips for a book talk for YA? Shelly Mitchell: With both Staying Fat and Whale Talk I was shocked by the endings. Do you aim for a dramatic ending? Chris Crutcher: I aim for a memorable ending. The Whale Talk ending even shocked me. Laura Daniel: What you see as teens greatest fears? Chris Crutcher: Teens greatest fears.... Who they are.... Where their place is…. Their futures. Christine Tran: cooties... Chris Crutcher: cooties. Patricia Glazener: What do you think most people are afraid of that results in their wanting to ban books? Chris Crutcher: That they will lose control of their kids. Bonnie Blum: Agree. Patricia Glazener: Yeah. Elizabeth Novicki: What a missed opportunity. Chris Crutcher: YES. Pamela Barron: And it\\\'s the controlling them that makes them lose them. Elizabeth Novicki: As a parent if you don’t agree, etc. with something seems like that\\\'s a great opportunity to talk to your teen, not ban something. Margaret Hollar: And to show how the values you have taught them can guide them in making decisions in difficult times such as those the book presents. Caroline Herbert: Group 3 - Out of all the books you have written, what would you consider to be the most challenging, difficult plot that you have developed? Chris Crutcher: Probably Chinese Handcuffs. There was the molestation and the suicide and the problem of bringing them together and that stuff was all over in my life at the time. Jamee Pritchett: I have a student with a $200,000 bond on his head--for first degree murder. i definitely agree with the finding their place comment! Chris Crutcher: I guess if you have THAT bond, you may have found your place. Jamee Pritchett: True. Breaks my heart, great kid, big waste! Bonnie Blum: My daughter doesn\\\'t believe that some adults still don\\\'t know where they fit in. Chris Crutcher: I know... and I like to write adults into my stories that show that we often don\\\'t know. Candace Brennan: group 7--Do you feel that public libraries are places of intellectual freedom and really try to be non-censoring, especially of teen books? We try here in Buncombe county. Chris Crutcher: I think it\\\'s the place where that is done best. It\\\'s hard in schools because of the politics, but people expect libraries to hang onto the idea of intellectual freedom. In most places I find they do. Candace Brennan: Here’s an example--we have all your books. :) Elizabeth Novicki: So do we in my middle school library. Kaye McKinney: And our high school library. Chris Crutcher: YEA. Kristopher Jorgensen: Why did you choose fencing as the sport for Telephone Man\\\'s father, and do you portray fencing in a better light elsewhere in another novel or story? Chris Crutcher: Actually because the real Telephone Man, the one the character came from... had a fencer for a father. No other reason than that. Shelly Mitchell: group 6-I have read of authors\\\' frustration when their characters \\\"refuse\\\" to do what the author had in mind when the book was started. What do you do when/if this happens to you? Chris Crutcher: I let the character help me tell the story. By that time in the book, the character probably knows best. Shelly Mitchell: Has this happened in specific books with you? Chris Crutcher: It happens all the time. Chandra Cook: Group 4 - TJ from Whale Talk, for instance, is such a strong, wonderful character - what comes to you first, the stories or the people in them? Chris Crutcher: In that case the character came first because I had him in another story that didn\\\'t work. But he came first anyway. He was strong enough to hold almost any plot. Beverly Brown: Who are your heros? Chris Crutcher: I tend to think there are no heroes, only heroic actions. All heroes are human and that means they are going to have some baggage. Chris Crutcher: I have a lot of people I work with who I consider heroes just because they get up every day. Patricia Glazener: Like Sarah. When did you know that writing was something within you, something you had to address in a full time way? Chris Crutcher: I think I got it clearly in my mid-twenties. Took me ten years to pull it off. Scared. Patricia Glazener: Yeah, fear is immobilizing. Chris Crutcher: Yeah and you realize other people are going to be passing judgment on your ideas and what you think is important Elizabeth Novicki: Do you ever think about using poetry as a format for any of your books? Chris Crutcher: No poetry, because I are a way bad poet. Elizabeth Novicki: Poetry is so emotional, something you obviously identify with. I think you might be better than you think. It\\\'s like standing in the street naked! Chris Crutcher: with a truck coming. Laura Daniel: Whoa! Bonnie Blum: And a crowd gathering. Patricia Glazener: Yeah and that does smart. Margaret Hollar: But it also gives you a great adrenaline rush when things work out okay--it\\\'s all about taking risks. Chris Crutcher: The poetry I loved growing up was written by Robert Service. : I could recite The Cremation of Sam McGee in the seventh grade. Stacy Lenarz: Do you think that stories with \\\"heroes\\\" are harmful to young readers? Chris Crutcher: Not really. I think it\\\'s kind of fun to want to be a hero... and to dream... and to wish. Shelly Mitchell: Have you had any of the people you based your characters on upset over being used in your books? or excited about it? Chris Crutcher: Only excited. And usually they weren\\\'t really the ones who were the basis. I\\\'ve never had anyone say they didn\\\'t want me to use them. Except my brother. Christine Tran: How did brother Crutcher feel about his starring role in King of the Mild Frontier? Chris Crutcher: He kind of liked it. Gave a copy to a lot of his friends. Jill Kutz: Who decides on the covers for your books? I was surprised to see a white boy with a letter jacket on the cover of Whale Talk. Chris Crutcher: Yeah, I think that was a mistake and said so. They\\\'re going to change that on the next go round. Jill Kutz: Thank you. Patricia Glazener: How much control do you have about cover art? Chris Crutcher: I can refuse cover art, which I should have done on this last round of paperbacks. I love the cover for The Sledding Hill and for King... Would like Whale Talk if the kid weren\\\'t white. Patricia Glazener: How long were you writing till you got to that point of refusal of cover art? Chris Crutcher: As soon as I started making them some money. Bonnie Blum: My teen basis many of her choices on covers. Caroline Herbert: Group 3 - Would you actually be disappointed if your books stopped causing controversy, like you weren\\\'t challenging the status quo? Chris Crutcher: Yeah, I probably would be disappointed. It would mean they had dropped below the societal radar. Joel Mayne: Have you noticed an increase in challenges & controversies around your books since the Republicans took the wheel? Chris Crutcher: Yup. The Mandate is in full swing. Whale Talk is getting banned like a red-headed stepchild. Margaret Hollar: But banning is also contagious--people hear about what happened one county over and ... Chris Crutcher: That\\\'s right. You lose some customers also a lot of schools don\\\'t want the hassle. Elizabeth Novicki: I read Whale Talk just because it was banned in S.C. and the teens do the same thing. Chris Crutcher: I know. I sold a lot of that book in S.C. Pamela Barron: I am so impressed with the way you have Billy talk about the Earthgame and life after death in The Sledding Hill. Unfortunatley if the censors object to language, they\\\'ll have a field day with this one! Chris Crutcher: I know, but there are NO cuss words. Beverly Brown: What is a cuss word? Candace Brennan: Why? Chris Crutcher: Because I want them to have to come out and fight with the ideas and not hide behind \\\"language that are kids aren\\\'t allowed to use in the halls.\\\" Patricia Glazener: What\\\'s the language problem then? Pamela Barron: No language problem. Just talking to dead people. Chris Crutcher: Right. Crutcher CAN\\\'T know what heaven is about. He ain\\\'t goin\\\' there. Pamela Barron: Well you are right on with this one. It should give kids hope. Lyndall Cantrell: Which was the case in The Lovely bones, if anyone read that. Chris Crutcher: Exactly. I almost didn\\\'t write it because of The Lovely Bones... but had started with the idea before it came out and wanted to see where it went. My heaven was a bit different from hers, so I went ahead. Bonnie Blum: Can\\\'t wait for Sledding Hill--when is it due out? Patricia Glazener: I go to the book store tomorrow--will it be in yet? Chris Crutcher: I got the first copy today. It will be in on the 10th of May. Pamela Barron: What are you working on now? Chris Crutcher: I was going to name it Someday My Printz Will Come, but thought better. Just in the beginning stages. I have the character but not well enough to describe him. Bonnie Blum: LOL Elizabeth Novicki: Puns, again? Patricia Glazener: Chortle chortle--really that\\\'d be great. Pamela Barron: Well you finally got the Edwards, so will happen. Jill Kutz: You mention the character TJ was a character from another book but he didn\\\'t work. Which book was he originally from? Chris Crutcher: I wrote Whale Talk twice. It was about a school shooting... I started the book after the FIRST one, which was around here. Two weeks after I finished it Columbine happened and I pulled it. It would never get a clean read, and I didn\\\'t like the idea of people thinking I had exploited Littleton. Beverly Brown: Censorship? Chris Crutcher: Yeah, I censored myself. I came out two years later with a short story about it.... when I thought it would be read in a proper light. That\\\'s the one guy who SHOULD be able to censor me. Me Lyndall Cantrell: sounds more like respect to me. Chris Crutcher: Yeah, it was respect. Patricia Glazener: right---- Elizabeth Novicki: censorship doesn\\\'t always have to be bad, especially if it\\\'s just concerning yourself. Chris Crutcher: Yeah, it\\\'s when I censor things for your kids that it gets to be suspect. Jamee Pritchett: Maybe this is from left field, but how do you feel about the U.S. Patriot Act? Chris Crutcher: I think it sucks. It\\\'s against what I know to be patriotic. It shows us to be afraid... it shows us not to believe in the strength of our freedom. Lyndall Cantrell: Do you know your topic for the AASL meeting in Pittsburgh? Bonnie Blum: Ever thought of running for office? Stacy Lenarz: Many of us have the same opinions as you concerning censorship, would you ever do a chat like this with those who would not agree? Patricia Glazener: Do you ever dream up a character and then think the book isn\\\'t right for him/her and wait for another book in which to use that character? Chris Crutcher: I haven\\\'t, but could. Laura Daniel: I wish I could get more guys to pick up your books. Athletic Shorts is short, and composed of short stories and \\\"sells,\\\" then guys come back for more. Any hope of another short story collection? Chris Crutcher: Naw, they\\\'re afraid I\\\'ll write another story and kill them off. Margaret Hollar: i have read whale talk and sarah byrnes; what books have you written that appeal to girls more? Chris Crutcher: Actually I get a LOT of mail from girls who have read all my books. They\\\'re more into Chinese Handcuffs, Sarah Byrnes, Stotan. Charles Gobble: If you could offer one idea, message, or statement to the YA audience, what would it be? Chris Crutcher: I\\\'d LOVE to do a chat with those who don\\\'t agree. : I just had a week in Michigan with a whole bunch of people who didn\\\'t agree. Charles Gobble: Their parents? Chris Crutcher: Sure. Stacy Lenarz: I would be interesting to watch that conversation! Chris Crutcher: What people need to know is that when they censor, they show their kids what they are afraid of .... and when those kids get into a crisis that involves that they naturally turn somewhere else. Patricia Glazener: That could be a bumper sticker. Elizabeth Novicki: They breed fear. Chris Crutcher: They have successfully taken themselves off the short list of people to turn to. They are hurt far more than I. Cynthia Vaughn: Did the folks you debated with make any points that make you reconsider any of your views? Chris Crutcher: No. Most of them didn\\\'t say much, and those who did were so angry or invested that they just preached to me. : If they had known me in high school they\\\'d have known that\\\'s not a good way to get to me. Katherine Gound: Are there any books that you believe our kids should not be reading? Chris Crutcher: Shoot, there are a million bad books out there.... or books that I think don\\\'t have a lot of value... Vonnegut once said the hardest thing about standing up against censorship was the crap you had to stand up FOR. Kevin Washburn: How do middle school students / schools typically react to your book? I\\\'m new to Middle School and we only had S.F.F. Sarah Byrnes in the Collection? Elizabeth Novicki: my middle schoolers eat Chris\\\' stuff up! Chris Crutcher: I get a LOT of middle school email. They seem to love the books. Athletic Shorts in particular.... Sarah Byrnes... though I\\\'d probably save that for H.S. Katherine Gound: I agree. A lot of the books that my students actually enjoy reading seem to have little value. Should we still encourage them to read them? Chris Crutcher: I encourage kids to read what they will read. That way they will get to the good stuff eventually, and they will have enjoyed reading... the task of it. Katherine Gound: That makes sense- As librarians we could point them to books that have similar themes. Elizabeth Henninger: How does your work schedule go? Do you work a set number of hours a day or just dive in when the spirit moves you and ease up when it doesn\\\'t? Chris Crutcher: I have no schedule. I\\\'m ADD to the tenth power. When I write, I write like hell and then hope another time comes soon. Jamee Pritchett: So, i take it you are against accelerated reader? lol! Chris Crutcher: I am in the sense that it doesn\\\'t encourage much expression etc. I\\\'m against it until I see one of my books on it. And then I see $$$$$. Patricia Glazener: does that give you a creative edge? Chris Crutcher: I think it does give me a creative edge. I\\\'m crazily passionate when I\\\'m in the middle of a story. Elizabeth Novicki: My seven year old is a voracious reader, but i feel the need to watch some of what he reads,due to maturity level, etc. so far, I\\\'m reading with him, following his lead and using my gut. any other suggestions? Chris Crutcher: That\\\'s the best way I\\\'ve heard it put. No other suggestions. Go with God. Caroline Herbert: Group 3 - What do you think of graphic novels? Bonnie Blum: We had a great unit on them and their appeal to YA. Chris Crutcher: I think they\\\'re GREAT. They get certain kids reading that don\\\'t necessarily read books, and they make reading COOL. That\\\'s hard to do. The more people read anything, the more they read everything. Shelly Mitchell: Do you intend most of your books for the HS level audience or do you have MS kids in mind too while you write? Chris Crutcher: I really don\\\'t INTEND them for anything... That sounds crazy, but I just want to tell a good story. I kind of let the marketing people and the kids themselves decide. And you guys of course. Shelly Mitchell: Any books with a MS setting in the future planning? Lyndall Cantrell: In that 10 year period before you felt successful as a writer, were you in practice as a therapist and is that how you supported yourself? Chris Crutcher: Yeah, I was a child abuse and neglect therapist. Patricia Glazener: what book from your youth stands out to you? Chris Crutcher: To Kill A Mockingbird. Patricia Glazener: Yeah. Bonnie Blum: Love it! Stacy Lenarz: Wonderful book! Patricia Glazener: I love Scout and Boo. Jill Kutz: Another banned book. : ) Chris Crutcher: Me too. I learned \\\"voice\\\" from Scout. Elizabeth Novicki: We had that book as a community book for everyone to read, great book for connecting people. Cynthia Vaughn: What aspect of the book really connected with YOU? Chris Crutcher: The injustice. And Atticus. Pamela Barron: Chris.....I am sure we could ask a million more questions, but you have graciously given us an hour. Shelly Mitchell: Have you thought of developing teacher resources for your books (to encourage their reading in schools)? Chris Crutcher: Naw, they would be unusable. There are people at Harper who do stuff like that, though. Elizabeth Novicki: There are all kinds of lesson plans for his books on the web, aren\\\'t there? Patricia Glazener: I loved the idea of things in the tree, and Boo not really being scarey but scared. Chris Crutcher: I do too. Every town has a Boo Radley. For John Irving he was Piggy Sneed. Patricia Glazener: Thanks so much from Group 5--an honor! Candace Brennan: Hey chris--thank you so much, and we hope you have little warren more peace. Kaye McKinney: …and a Printz. Chris Crutcher: Thanks to you all too. Shelly Mitchell: You are now absolutely my favorite author! Elizabeth Novicki: Thank you! Caroline Herbert: Group 3 thanks you for your time and insights! Jill Kutz: Thanks from group 4. Kristopher Jorgensen: Thanks Chris. Stacy Lenarz: Thanks! Chris Crutcher: Yeah... I\\\'d like to get that so I could say a bunch of good things about Mike Printz. I don’t care about the award, but I want to keep the guy alive. He was amazing. Chris Crutcher: Welcome. Jo Warwick: What a pleasure to chat with you....thanks for your time. Chris Crutcher: You\\\'re welcome. Patricia Glazener: Thanks, Dr. B, for allowing this opportunity. Elizabeth Henninger: This has been great. Have a good weekend! Jennifer Parry-Hill: Thank you so much. It has been so nice to have some insight into your thoughts! Lyndall Cantrell: And also thanks for setting it up, Dr. Barron. Donna Cook: Thank you for sharing with us. Thanks to all the group leaders! Kevin Washburn: Thanks Chris! Your awesome and I love your books. Chris Crutcher: Welcome. Kaye McKinney: It\\\'s been fun! Thank you. Eric Ruddy: Thank you for your stories. Charles Gobble: This has been fascinating and rewarding. Thanks a bunch! Chris Crutcher: Welcome. LOVE that you love my stories.T Elizabeth Henninger: We do! Greta Walker: Thanks. Very interesting. Candace Brennan: Bless you. Beverly Brown: Thanks, Stay Left! Chris Crutcher: WILL DO. You should see the wear on the tires on my car. Always worn on the left. Teresa Taylor: Enjoyed it! Thanks. Katherine Gound: Chris, your books have inspired me, and I hope to include more of them in our school library. Joel Mayne: You do great, meaningful work thanks. Chris Crutcher: .Thank you. And thanks Pam. You\\\'re amazing. Talk with you later. Pamela Barron: Thank you so much. Chris Crutcher: Welcome. Chris Crutcher left the session Apr 22, 2005 8:04:19 PM Elizabeth Henninger: That was really fun! Thanks, Dr. B. Laura Daniel: Hard to \\\"hang up.\\\" Thanks Dr. B. Stacy Lenarz: THanks for the opportunity to talk to Christ Crutcher Dr. B! Jill Kutz: A wonderful experience - thanks so much. Pamela Barron: Glad you all got to experience this...it almost make BB worthwhile. Charles Gobble: This was fun! Teresa Taylor: It was fun just reading. Thanks Dr B. Jamee Pritchett: thanks so much for making this happen!!! Kevin Washburn: A real treat! Thanks Dr. Barron. Beverly Brown: Thanks for setting up the chat. It was great! Eric Ruddy: This was a good way to spend a rainy Friday night...Thanks! Chandra Cook: It was wonderful, thanks, Dr. B. Candace Brennan: thanks very much!!! Elizabeth Novicki: Dr. Barron, thanks. Best Friday night in a while. |
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