{"id":1833,"date":"2017-11-29T03:38:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T03:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/?p=1833"},"modified":"2021-07-03T05:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T05:06:38","slug":"surreal-moment-no-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/29\/surreal-moment-no-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Surreal Moment No. 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-828 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Surreal-Moments-200x300.png\" alt=\"Surreal Moment in a Debut Author's Life | www.patriciabaileyauthor.com\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Surreal-Moments-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Surreal-Moments-100x150.png 100w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Surreal-Moments-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Surreal-Moments.png 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Surreal Moment \u2013 November 18 2017<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> St. Louis, MO. (NCTE) National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a week,\u00a0 and I still cannot believe that I was part of a conference session at <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ncte.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCTE<\/a>. Talk about surreal. I never would have imagined I&#8217;d be speaking to English teachers on a national stage &#8211; ever &#8211; let alone after I stopped being one.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend before Thanksgiving, I had the honor of presenting a session at NCTE on Refreshing and Renewing Reading in the Secondary Classroom with fellow <a href=\"http:\/\/classof2k17.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Class of 2k17<\/a> members <a href=\"http:\/\/mccallhoyle.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McCall Hoyle<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexandraott.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexandra Ott<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/leahhendersonbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leah Henderson<\/a>. It was so fun speaking about teaching again &#8211; and extra fun to be speaking about something so dear to my heart &#8211; how to implement pleasure reading in the Language Arts classroom. The me who read Nancie Atwell&#8217;s <em>In The Middle<\/em> religiously while I was getting my teaching certification would have been thrilled.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1835\" src=\"http:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6701-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Surreal Moments | NCTE Panel | www.patriciabaileyauthor.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6701-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6701-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6701-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_6701.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1836 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Barnes-and-Noble-St.-Louis-11-18-17-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"surreal moments | Barnes and Noble Ladue | www.patriciabaileyauthor.com\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Barnes-and-Noble-St.-Louis-11-18-17-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Barnes-and-Noble-St.-Louis-11-18-17-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Barnes-and-Noble-St.-Louis-11-18-17.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>McCall and Alex and I also got to do a book signing at the wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/store\/2542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barnes and Noble in\u00a0Ladue, MO<\/a>. The staff was so friendly &#8211; and it was so fun being around so many kids and adults excited about books.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1837\" src=\"http:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Barnes-and-Noble-St.-Louis-Book-Stack-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Surreal Moments | Barnes and Noble Ladue Store | www.patriciabaileyauthor.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Barnes-and-Noble-St.-Louis-Book-Stack-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Barnes-and-Noble-St.-Louis-Book-Stack-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Barnes-and-Noble-St.-Louis-Book-Stack.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also happy that I&#8217;ve gotten the chance to see some amazing scenery in my travels this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1839 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/St-louis-Arch-from-Street-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"St. Louis | NCTE | www.patriciabaileyauthor.com\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/St-louis-Arch-from-Street-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/St-louis-Arch-from-Street-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/St-louis-Arch-from-Street-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/St-louis-Arch-from-Street.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But mostly I&#8217;m thankful for all the opportunities I&#8217;ve had to talk about books with people so passionate about reading and about kids. 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