I’m blushing! Last week, I was just panic stricken. The idea of projecting live TV into multiple fan blogs on this scale was more or less a theory until last week. It is truly something I’ve never heard of anyone doing. Several times in the leadup, I doubted our ability to pull it off.

I think people should know this series was written, edited, printed and promoted in about half the normal time. Everything about it was fresh. And the plan of letting these young authors speak for themselves fit perfectly with the first series of teen-authored memoirs on the market.

The week of the lives chats was like a trial by technology: four authors, each with a different computer, camera and Internet connection. We had to make up a chat with Marni because of a bad connection. But the other material, despite the tech trouble, is compelling. And the feeling of being in on some new form of TV is exciting.

But best of all is that, when the consumer swaps cash for these books, they will be pleased, because Deborah Reber and HCI Books put out a well-edited and important new series of real teens talking about real problems that is changing real lives.