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 [...]

Category Archives: author's life
silver phoenix and zhong ye portrait
August 11, 2010 – 4:49 pm
my twelve hours at scbwi!
August 2, 2010 – 9:01 pm
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 [...]
i need a long nap comic-con post!
July 25, 2010 – 8:26 pm
i survived san diego comic-con international 2010!!
i was there only friday and sunday and put in a solid
10 hours. and man, i’m so wiped out.
but i had loads of fun! and got to see and hang
out with some great friends! i was happy to
find megan quite by accident when i arrived on
friday in costume.
we immediately [...]
happy tuesday!
July 13, 2010 – 1:37 pm
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 [...]
fury of the phoenix cover revealed!
June 30, 2010 – 8:56 am
i’m very excited to finally share the cover
for Fury of the Phoenix, my sequel to Silver Phoenix!
wait cindy, you say, this looks different from your
debut cover. a lot different.
i know. i know!
both the Silver Phoenix paperback
(out on feb. 1, 2011) and Fury of the Phoenix
(out april 2011) have been repackaged. it’s
something that isn’t at all [...]