Author Archives: cindy pon

neither here nor there

*all dressed up with somewhere to go! =D
hello my lovely blog readers!!
i turn 37 today!! i love the odd number years,
because i love odd numbers in general. but
i’ve been mooching up the birthday loving all over
the internets rather shamelessly. i joke that i have
Summer Birthday Complex. you know. when you get
your lockers decorated on your [...]

a concert at noon

i was able to go to a free concert and panel
on chinese music, then and now, at lunchtime
today. i wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but enjoyed
myself so much! i never did learn a musical instrument
and know nothing about music in general, but i’m
always humming and singing (not well, either =) just
like my mom does [...]

silver phoenix and zhong ye portrait

i commissioned this portrait from phoenix lu. =)
her digital art work is nothing less than stunning.
i cannot wait for you to read zhong ye and silver
phoenix’s story in Fury of the Phoenix.
and YES! i am making postcards to give out as swag!!
just finishing up line edits and this commission
couldn’t have arrived at a better time [...]

tgifbm! monster comic-con give away!

okay faithful readers, here is the extravaganza give away
i’ve been promising for some time. ELEVEN BOOKS and winner
takes all. these are authors from my san diego comic-con
international YA angst panel as well as harland’s Worldshaker,
at another mysterious galaxy event and signing i had moderated
this year. all copies are SIGNED with the exception of christopher
pike’s Thirst. [...]

my twelve hours at scbwi!

i drove up to los angeles to see my writing
friends at scbwi’s annual conference this past
saturday. it was a 7am – 2am day. by the time
i came home, i was exhausted, my voice was hoarse,
but it was all worth it. i could divide this post in two,
but i won’t, so you can experience in full [...]