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This is such a cool thing.<\/p>\n

Some months back I had a nice email from Melissa Elliott, who’s the Senior Librarian in charge of Young Adult Services at the Burbank Public Library<\/a> in southern California. (You know, as in “Beautiful Downtown Burbank.”) She was asking whether they could use a quote from one of the Young Wizards<\/a> books (from So You Want to Be a Wizard<\/a>, in fact) to decorate one of the walls in their new teen section.<\/p>\n

It was absolutely charming to be asked something like this, so naturally I gave my permission, and didn’t think much more about it. But this morning, I had another email from Melissa… with pictures.<\/p>\n

It’s funny the impact it can suddenly make on you when something like this happens. You find yourself thinking, “Wait. Somebody took something I said and painted it on a wall? And not as graffiti? What planet is this?”<\/em><\/p>\n

…Whatever: it’s a planet I like. I very much hope I have a chance to get out to LA some time in ’12, as I’d love to head over to Burbank and see it in person.<\/p>\n

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(ETA: I didn’t even realize we had these<\/a> in the CafePress shop,<\/a> so if anyone wants one, feel free…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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