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!

brush art friday

hello lovely readers!
well, i decided after more than a decade of
being a brush student, i had to finally attempt
people. classic chinese beauties, to be specific.
this is my third week working on the women.
people are hard to draw, hard to paint. i think they
are one of the most challenging subjects personally.
normally, i never share unfinished paintings. [...]

Thank Goodness It’s Free Books Monday 2012!

hi lovely readers!
it’s been a while since i’ve done a tgifbm! give
away, so let’s start the year off right! these are all
YA novels that i enjoyed reading recently and pubbed
in 2011 or, in the case of Cinder, just released this year!
they are all hardcovers and I Will Save You is a signed
copy by matt.
WINNER TAKES [...]