Cobbled Streets and gray skies
The smell of roasted chestnuts
Rubbing my mittened hands for warmth
as it pours from the café and shop windows
like sunshine on a summer day
But London is muted, dark too soon
beneath dense clouds
The Christmas decorations shimmer bright
colors: reds, golds and brilliant greens
Silver tinsel glitter like iced stars
I want a hot scone slathered in [...]
Category Archives: feast of awesome
london calling
December 14, 2009 – 2:37 pm
feast of awesome library love extravaganza!
October 21, 2009 – 1:40 pm
To celebrate Teens Read Week, the YA and MG
authors of Debut 2009 are giving away a 46 book
set of their debut novels to ONE lucky library,
anywhere in the world! From October 18th until
December 31st, 2009 we’ll be taking entries from
librarians only- public and school libraries are eligible.
It’s incredibly easy to enter. Take a picture of [...]
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July 14, 2009 – 10:00 pm
i’m back from my weekend at ala chicago.
it was incredible. filled with so many unforgettable
firsts for this debut author! i came home pretty
much shattered as i was so excited and inspired
after the newbery banquet that i couldn’t sleep until
4am. the house is a mess! i have yet to unpack.
this morning, i spent 9.30am – 2pm [...]
letting go and zombie faces
June 8, 2009 – 5:13 pm
*met my friend vicky at oceanside pier for lunch today.
munchkin is home with me all week.
next week, sweet pea is out of school too and
i’ll be “escaping” to my mom’s in los angeles
for two days to visit. i’ve a feeling june will fly
by! still bleeding words slowly for the sequel.
i need to know the scene [...]