cindy pon
a little sweet, a little sour

Category Archives: interviews

silver phoenix as top model

it’s top model wednesday!
i’m thrilled to share the newest
ALAN Review cover which features
several YA novel covers including many
debs such as :
ASH by malinda lo
HATE LIST by jennifer brown
STRUTS and FRETS by jon skovron
other covers also featured :
AMERICAN BORN CHINESE by gene luen yang
FIRE by kristin cashore
I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want
to [...]

the quotable munchkin

*i squish those cheeks!
munchkin is 4.5 years old now, but one
year old in the above foto, making a blanket
tent with sweet pea! he constantly amuses me
with the things that he says.
these related to me by his preschool teacher,
mrs.p.
munchkin : i won’t see you tomorrow!
i’m going on a long weekend to new york city!
(we were going [...]

29 again.

*speaking of vanity cam shots! my hair looks
esp curly here!
actually 36 years old on the 29th this month.
the love and i are going to see a play (we haven’t
in *years*) and try out a new fancy restaurant to
celebrate my ox year! =D
my mom has come and gone (she can endure about
36 hours of the rabid [...]

white ribbon

*foto courtesy of k!
i failed to mention a few weeks back that
my lotus painting with the delicate dragonfly
(the one featured on my bookmark!) won the
third place ribbon at the fair this year. yay!
and here’s an anecdote to go with that winning.
all artists were invited to a reception to preview
the exhibit before the fair opened–it was [...]

li rong rendered

so exciting! philomela was kind enough to
do fan art of li rong, the charming funny younger
brother to chen yong! beautifully done, philomela!
and THANK YOU! i love fan art!
you can see more of philomela’s art
on her blog here. =D
i’ll be doing an ucsd alumni interview tomorrow
which i’m excited about, as i have such fond memories
of my [...]