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The 2010 Literacy Signing…Music Video
by SB Sarah | July 29, 2010 | Thursday at 4:35 pm | 63 CommentsLast night I wandered the 2010 Literacy Signing making a music video. With Ke$ha. Not actually with me but playing on endless loop in my head. It is only fair I share the ear worm with you, right?
Thank you to all the authors who let me film them (I’m sorry I could not use all my footage, as some of it was really wonky when I imported it) and who wrote all the lovely books I buy by the truckload every year. And congrats to everyone for raising over $62,000.00 in one night to fight illiteracy. That RULES.
(My apologies for the not-perfect editing. Lip-synching is HARD.)
Filed: General Bitching, RWA, RWA National - Orlando 2010
Tagged: video, rwa, orlando, music, literacy, books, awesomesauce, authors

MJ said on 07.29.10 at 05:05 PM • [comment link]
That was awesome! Thanks from those of us left behind!
Kwana said on 07.29.10 at 05:07 PM • [comment link]
Thanks so much for doing this. You made me feel like I was there. So much fun.
KimberlyD said on 07.29.10 at 05:12 PM • [comment link]
That was adorable! And made me laugh!
I could tell a bunch of the authors were slightly embarrassed/self-concious. But I think they all did a fantastic job and should be proud to help you make that video!
Rita Sawyer said on 07.29.10 at 05:14 PM • [comment link]
OMG! That was so cool. My 20 yr old son was like what are you watching? Next thing I knew he was in the bedroom showing it to my other son.
Terry Odell said on 07.29.10 at 05:20 PM • [comment link]
Although I wasn’t there, add my congrats to the fund-raising. I volunteered for the Adult Literacy League in Orlando for over 15 years (until we moved away). Great cause, and I urge everyone to get out and find a literacy program where they live. Give of yourself. After all, if you’re a writer, you can’t succeed without readers.
Sewicked said on 07.29.10 at 05:29 PM • [comment link]
OMG, I am laughing so hard I have tears in my eyes. A hearty round of applause for all those authors; both for their incredible work, their efforts to support literacy and their lip-synching bravery.
Thanks for sharing this.
BTW, if you are at all crafty, consider donating bookmarks for literacy program graduates.
JJ said on 07.29.10 at 05:40 PM • [comment link]
THIS. THIS IS SO MUCH WIN I CAN’T EVEN…
(Your) LOVE LOVE LOVE (is my drug)
elysabeth williams said on 07.29.10 at 05:44 PM • [comment link]
LOVE IT! :D
Kendra said on 07.29.10 at 05:46 PM • [comment link]
That was wonderful! Really makes me want to go to RWA next year. :-)
Theresa Meyers said on 07.29.10 at 05:59 PM • [comment link]
And THIS is why we love you! That was AWESOME. Thank you!!!
Bren said on 07.29.10 at 06:04 PM • [comment link]
OMG why did you apologize? That was awesome! I can’t believe you did it so fast. So cool to see all the faces to names I’ve been reading/hearing for years! Thanks. Congrats on the fundraiser.
SonomaLass said on 07.29.10 at 06:09 PM • [comment link]
Laughed so hard I cried. Everyone looks so fabulous! Great video, SB Sarah—thank you!!
Melissa W. said on 07.29.10 at 06:25 PM • [comment link]
Hahaha! That was so cute! I loved how some of the authors were shy. I wish I could have been there!
Kaye said on 07.29.10 at 06:26 PM • [comment link]
I can’t stop smiling (even though the song’s gonna be stuck in my head for the rest of the day)!
Those authors showed some mad skillz with the Kesha.
Thanks for sharing. Your blog, your blog, your blog, is my drug.
Meggrs said on 07.29.10 at 06:31 PM • [comment link]
Sarah, BIG props for this awesome vid, and I love love love (is my drug) how much fun the authors had playing along! Nice work, lady.
Kati said on 07.29.10 at 06:59 PM • [comment link]
Whee! Fun video and VICIOUS earworm.
Damn you, Sarah!
Kim said on 07.29.10 at 07:02 PM • [comment link]
Thanks for showing that. Romance authors have a great sense of humor.
library addict said on 07.29.10 at 07:03 PM • [comment link]
What fun!
Story 26. Yes, I imagine Sarah has at least 26 behind-the-scenes stories she could tell in the director’s cut.
Laura (in PA) said on 07.29.10 at 07:05 PM • [comment link]
SO much fun! Thanks, so much - I watched it twice to see who everybody was. I love how Beverly Jansen got into it! Wish I could have been there, but this was the next best thing.
Anony Miss said on 07.29.10 at 07:05 PM • [comment link]
I really don’t know why, but this is just making me cry so hard.
seriously.
I think….
I think it’s seeing all those authors as real people, who give so much to us, who worked SO hard to be in there signing THEIR books and being capital p Published…
There’s a lot of fulfilled hopes and dreams in the making in that room.
Not sure why that’s touching me so much right now, but I’m just sitting here crying. :)
(hormones? Yeah, probably)
Thanks for the awesome video. I might start liking Ke$ha now.
Pam Keener said on 07.29.10 at 07:23 PM • [comment link]
OMG that was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I didn’t like that song before but I see it in a brand new light. LOL I never could figure out why her closing line is there but you got it right GF.
Love & Hugs,
Pam
Maria D. said on 07.29.10 at 07:27 PM • [comment link]
Fantastic Video! Thanks so much for sharing
Karen Mahoney said on 07.29.10 at 07:39 PM • [comment link]
I LOVED THAT!!!
What an amazing job - so, so cool. :)
<3
Kaz
Andrea said on 07.29.10 at 07:42 PM • [comment link]
Man, it is not enough that I am green with envy that you have all these conferences in the U.S., now I can’t even watch the video because of geographic restrictions because of the music! It just says that because it contains music from Sony Music Entertainment I can’t watch it in my country. No fair! Green with envy I tell you!
Oh well, I’ll just have to be content to read about it.
Lyssa said on 07.29.10 at 08:34 PM • [comment link]
I am teary eyed and I don’t know why…other than the fact that this shows not only authors meeting their fans…but also giving back in a way that leads to more. READING (Literacy) opens so many doors!
Rb said on 07.29.10 at 08:38 PM • [comment link]
Seriously impressive! Have fun!
Karen said on 07.29.10 at 09:03 PM • [comment link]
Fan-freaking-tastic! I feel like I was there and am not dying to attend this sometime.
Sasha white said on 07.29.10 at 09:12 PM • [comment link]
Thanks for doing that. It makes me really miss not being there as I know y’all are just having a blast.
Marie Roy aka Collette Thomas said on 07.29.10 at 09:15 PM • [comment link]
One word for this video!
Fantastic!
I only wish I was there….hopefully next year!
:)
Anthea Lawson said on 07.29.10 at 09:17 PM • [comment link]
Awesomesauce! The next best thing to being there. Thanks, Sarah~ :)
Collette said on 07.29.10 at 09:22 PM • [comment link]
How great that they raised so much for charity! Besides being a room full of good sports. I love it.
Shayera said on 07.29.10 at 09:36 PM • [comment link]
Completely and utterly made of total awesome and win.
Claudia McRay said on 07.29.10 at 10:12 PM • [comment link]
Thank you so much! Awesome video!
Danielle C. said on 07.29.10 at 10:39 PM • [comment link]
Grinned from ear to ear. So many good sports, although Beverly Jenkins looked especially at ease and fabulous! Thank you :-)
Juliet Burns said on 07.29.10 at 11:06 PM • [comment link]
OMG, that was SO cool! Thank you for this! Made me miss being there but I loved seeing everyone, so many I know, like Franny, er..Addison Fox with her first national booksigning! Go Franny!
And GO Smart Bitches! Thank you, Sarah!
Maybe you could make this an anual event at Natl conf.!
MarieC said on 07.29.10 at 11:24 PM • [comment link]
That is so awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Santa said on 07.29.10 at 11:40 PM • [comment link]
THAT is some serious awesome sauce right there! LOVE it. It brings the whole amazing experience even closer. Can’t wait until 2011!
Rock on, ladies!
nystacey at work said on 07.30.10 at 12:13 AM • [comment link]
I think I scared my colleagues because I was laughing so hard;)
Thank you so much for doing this, Sarah. It was a great way to capture the excitement and the fun of the signing. Can’t wait until it’s in my backyard next year :)
Stacey
Diana said on 07.30.10 at 12:17 AM • [comment link]
Hey, Sarah. You and your ass-kickingness were mentioned in Meg Cabot’s blog today. :)
http://www.megcabot.com/2010/07/reporting-live-from-the-front-lines-of-rwa/
Loved the music video!
SherylNantus said on 07.30.10 at 12:18 AM • [comment link]
so fun of WIN!!!
:D
Susan R said on 07.30.10 at 12:42 AM • [comment link]
That ROCKED!! Thanks so much for creating that for all of us!
Carin said on 07.30.10 at 12:51 AM • [comment link]
Thank you for the video! It will be shown at book club tonight!
Cath Bilson said on 07.30.10 at 01:45 AM • [comment link]
Sarah, I love, love, love you. If I ever win the lottery I’ll see you at RWA one day and we can lipsync all around the signings and in the bar with Jeanieine Frost (I know I spelt that wrong but she has too many vowels to get right) and Meg Cabot and HelenKay Dimon and all those other authors who I would desperately love to meet and tell them how much their writing is my drug.
spamword: respect94 - oh, boy, I have more than 94 kinds of respect for you for doing that video so fast
Vi said on 07.30.10 at 01:56 AM • [comment link]
You made me like this song! Love the video! Encore, encore!
Theresa Romain said on 07.30.10 at 03:34 AM • [comment link]
LOVE! What a fantastic event. And wow, great editing! I don’t even want to think about how many cuts you had to make. I just want to watch it. I felt like I was really there for 3 mins 20 sec.
word27. Yes. WORD, 27 times.
Sandy said on 07.30.10 at 03:55 AM • [comment link]
I am SO UPSET! I’m not sure why but I did not realize that the conference was in Orlando. I only live two hours away in Jacksonvile.. :(
Sandy said on 07.30.10 at 03:57 AM • [comment link]
It would be nice if I spelled the city I’ve lived in for 16 years correctly..Jacksonville*
sweetsiouxsie said on 07.30.10 at 04:13 AM • [comment link]
I loved the video! Thank you!! ;)
Sarah said on 07.30.10 at 05:33 AM • [comment link]
Just showed the video to my hubs.. and said “This is what I want to go to!!” And finally he didn’t look like I had lost my mind. Thank you.
Brooks*belle said on 07.30.10 at 06:16 AM • [comment link]
Fun Fun Fun Fun fun!!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing the awesomeness.
oh and @Sandy JacksonVILE: how we say it in Tennessee. Extra syllables know DahLing!
Cakes said on 07.30.10 at 06:38 AM • [comment link]
LOL! Great fun!
madeline said on 07.30.10 at 06:50 AM • [comment link]
http://madelinehearst.tumblr.com/
Nora Roberts said on 07.30.10 at 04:21 PM • [comment link]
LOVED it! Such fun, Sarah. Thanks!
KimberlyD said on 07.31.10 at 04:32 AM • [comment link]
I heard that Ke$ha song on the radio today and immediately thought of your video!
Mary G said on 07.31.10 at 05:59 AM • [comment link]
So adorable & fun!! The song is perfect for romance writers.
Thanks for sharing.
Noelle Pierce said on 07.31.10 at 01:19 PM • [comment link]
That. Was. Fan. @#$%#@$#$%. Tastic!
(Apologies for not stopping by sooner. I have been limited in my internet access, since I’m staying in a bargain basement hotel, rather than the Dolphin).
Elise Logan said on 08.01.10 at 02:38 AM • [comment link]
Made. Of. Win.
Fabulous job, ladies!
spamword: lines64 - as in lines 64 hours long for the literacy signing!
Stef Feagan said on 08.02.10 at 04:04 PM • [comment link]
Nice! I feel like I was there, instead of upstairs, counting $62,000.
KristenMary said on 08.02.10 at 05:36 PM • [comment link]
Awesome Sarah. You are the queen of win.
beverly jenkins said on 08.02.10 at 07:47 PM • [comment link]
I loved it Sarah! Great job. Spam word myself. I impressed myself. LOL Thanks sis. B
Kasey said on 08.02.10 at 09:13 PM • [comment link]
That was awesome! It looks like everyone was having a fun time too!
Carl & Charlene Kenyon said on 08.04.10 at 12:30 AM • [comment link]
Even though we were there & failed to make it into the video it was fantastic… but nothing compares with being there!
We will definitely do it again… and again… and… well, you get the idea.
Kambria said on 08.22.10 at 02:16 AM • [comment link]
I loved it! That was definitely a cool video. I would have loved to have been there!
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