happy happy day!
i woke to sunshine for the first time
in what seems like weeks. the gray gloom
and doom was really making me grumpy!
then i found out that i won natalie’s contest
in making her laugh! (i wrote about me in
a string bikini, #cuteasiancabanaboys, and food! =)
you can read it over on her fantastic blog!

my prize is a full drawing by natalie.
i really enjoy her art and drawings so i’m
very very excited about this. i’ve asked for
a drawing of ai ling and chen yong together.
*beams*

*this is a drawing natalie was kind enough to
do for me of chen yong last year. =DD

just finishing up this batch of line edits this morn
(and reading the prose aloud) when i got an
email from megan whalen turner inviting me to
go surfing. and i actually agreed. only for you,
megan! i really hate the sea and almost never get
into it. i hope i survive. and i’m already fantasizing
about the bagel and mocha i’ll have after.
food fantasizing always helps in difficult
situations. haha!

the discussions continue on the Fury cover.
i’ve had more than one person ask me whether
or not Silver Phoenix has been remaindered. and the
happy news is that it hasn’t! the paperback with new,
darker cover will release 2/1/2011. Fury of the Phoenix
is out 3/29/2011! thank you so much
to everyone who has supported my books in his/her own
way. it means a lot to me.

and don’t forget i’m giving back the love with
the latest tgifbm! seven fantastic YA novels all
featuring protagonists of color, and the winner
TAKES ALL! i’ll be selecting the lucky person
at random some time tomorrow!! xo