hi everyone! three things today, a School Library Journal
review for Fury of the Phoenix, awesome fan art, and a rad
YA author event and luncheon which i’ll be attending in a
couple of saturdays!
First, the SLJ review of Fury:
Gr 9 Up—This sequel to Silver Phoenix (Greenwillow, 2009)
continues the adventure of Ai Ling… who follows her heart
by sneaking [...]

Category Archives: heroine
friday fun!
June 17, 2011 – 2:12 pm
Fury of the Phoenix arc winner!
December 5, 2010 – 8:27 pm
hi everyone!! i had such fantastic entries from readers
for this arc contest. confession: i literally sat there for
a minute before clicking publish on my contest post.
why? i was afraid i wouldn’t get any entries. it’s true!
like having a big party and no one comes. but i really really
wanted this first contest to be for Silver [...]
sirens in vail
October 13, 2010 – 2:56 pm
hi everyone! i got back from sirens on sunday, took
monday to recuperate and then my mom came to visit.
now i finally have the time to sit down and write a little
about the con. it was amazing! there was just over one
hundred attendees which made it very small, intimate and
personal. the staff and volunteers were fantastic, [...]
ai ling and chen yong portrait
September 20, 2010 – 2:19 pm
*ai ling and chen yong by phoenix lu.
i’m afraid i couldn’t resist. after i saw the
amazing portrait that phoenix lu made of silver
phoenix and zhong ye, i knew i had to commission
another portrait of ai ling and chen yong together.
so here they are.
and i love it as much as the other!
again, i’ll be making postcards [...]
silver phoenix and zhong ye portrait
August 11, 2010 – 4:49 pm
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 [...]