i had two events this past saturday.
the first was with the rolling readers at
the women’s head to toe expo at del mar
fairgrounds. when i originally signed up for
it, i thought it was a reading event. apparently,
it was the first time they decided to try and
do this book/author component with the expo,
and i suspected it might [...]
Category Archives: author's life
a very full saturday
December 7, 2009 – 12:14 pm
i dream of guilin
November 29, 2009 – 9:07 pm
my mom is making a trek back to her
village in the province of guangxi next spring–
her first time back since leaving china at age five
or so. she’s been back to china since, but never
to her home village.
guangxi is where the famous and gorgeous
guilin mountains are located, immortalized by
brush painters, then tourists and their fotographs.
how i [...]
it’s a beautiful day
October 26, 2009 – 10:51 am
i had an incredibly wonderful saturday this
past weekend, dear readers! as you may know,
it was the first time i’d give an official speech
at my old college, revelle at ucsd! on friday night,
i had a YA panel at the santee library with barrie
summy and laura preble and it was so much fun.
marisa, the librarian there, did [...]
interlude
October 20, 2009 – 3:23 pm
*a foto i stole from mary pearson of our encinitas
library panel! (l to r : barrie summy, me, laura preble,
marlene perez, and mary pearson.)
i went to a teen book club today
in solana beach, but it was middle grade
students! their school is right next to the
library and they brought their lunches over
and we had half an [...]
streeeeeech
October 18, 2009 – 8:12 pm
*megan whalen turner and me! =D
last friday i had the pleasure of having
brunch with one of my favorite authors,
megan whalen turner! my editor had mentioned
megan’s books a few times while i was revising
silver phoenix with her, but i didn’t have the
time to pick up the queen’s thief series until
early this year. eugenides is hands down [...]