{"id":21690,"date":"2017-06-01T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=21690"},"modified":"2017-06-01T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T10:00:05","slug":"name-the-blank-final-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=21690","title":{"rendered":"Name the Blank Final Vote!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_0603-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21632\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_0603-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" \/><\/a>Today we are finishing up new business and returning full circle to something older. We&#8217;ll start with new business. Last week I invited ShelfTalker readers to provide a name for\u00a0the blank page on either side of the title of a new part of a book, the blank pages that are only there when there is a big stopping point and a new beginning in the story.<br \/>\nThere were <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=21630\">some great ideas<\/a> put forward. Thanks to everyone who entered. What I have done this week is pick the four best and put them in a survey below for you to select your favorite from. Please take a moment and cast your ballot!<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<script>(function(t,e,s,n){var o,c,i;t.SMCX=t.SMCX||[],e.getElementById(n)||(o=e.getElementsByTagName(s),c=o[o.length-1],i=e.createElement(s),i.type=\"text\/javascript\",i.async=!0,i.id=n,i.src=[\"https:\"===location.protocol?\"https:\/\/\":\"http:\/\/\",\"widget.surveymonkey.com\/collect\/website\/js\/dg6792OYsnVLffhGo35JGsvAMmfpCLLOFWsRQYuRHhFOBLRhK5oPSy4NnQmgHZtx.js\"].join(\"\"),c.parentNode.insertBefore(i,c))})(window,document,\"script\",\"smcx-sdk\");<\/script><br \/>\nAs far as old business goes, I was surprised to receive a very nice note regarding a remembrance I did here a year ago of <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=18908\">Lucille Clifton<\/a>, the great poet and children&#8217;s book author. Here&#8217;s the note.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gclifton-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21691\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/gclifton-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"617\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTo have the whole idea of connecting the dots in life and sharing those connections\u00a0come so full circle was something I deeply appreciated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cast your ballot for the best contest entry, and a older post comes full circle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}