thanks for visiting my site! i’m an author and my debut novel, Silver Phoenix : Beyond the Kingdom of Xia and its sequel, Fury of the Phoenix are all out from Greenwillow Books. i’m also a student of chinese brush painting and have a picture book in the works. please take a look around! my blog is updated regularly and i love comments and emails! =)

robin mckinley reads and reviews Silver Phoneix and
Fury of the Phoenix. and she enjoyed them! eep!!

signed hard copies of Silver Phoenix are available
now through Mysterious Galaxy! email me for details
on getting a personalized inscription.

Silver Phoenix paperback available 2/1/2011.

Fury of the Phoenix available 3/29/11
Order personalized and signed hard copies
through Mysterious Galaxy!

bookish fun and ALA events!

hello lovely readers! have been fully immersed
in end of school year activities for the bubs
but have attended some fun bookish events too.
all at the fabulous Mysterious Galaxy, of course!
before the fotos, i just wanted to share some happy
bookish news of my own! i found out yesterday that
the ARCs of Diverse Energies will be available at [...]

classic chinese beauty in progress (2)

hello lovely readers!
i thought i’d update with progress on my
classic chinese beauty, which i, miraculously,
haven’t ruined yet. 8)
last week, i did a very frightening part of the
painting which is coloring her flesh. (in this case,
her face and her neck.) it is scary only because rice
paper is very *unforgiving* as a medium, and once you
make a [...]