hi everyone!! after a struggle with a bad cold
and other strange ailments, i’m finally pretty much
back to full health. right in time for my sirens con
next weekend. it’s my first away author related con
this year (limited this year since Fury of the Phoenix
was pushed back) and i’m so excited to visit colorado
for the first time [...]
Category Archives: research
weekend away
September 30, 2010 – 10:04 am
rock paper tiger!
June 27, 2010 – 7:05 pm
a few weekends ago, i was very happy to attend
my friend, lisa’s, signing at Mysterious Galaxy
for her debut, Rock Paper Tiger.
it’s gotten great press and critical reviews!
American Iraq War veteran Ellie Cooper is down and out
in Beijing when a chance encounter with a Uighur—a member
of a Chinese Muslim minority—at the home of her sort-of
boyfriend Lao [...]
tartine
April 6, 2010 – 3:03 pm
i had such a lovely full packed three
days in san francisco. it rained off and on
but in the end, we had two days of beautiful
gorgeous weather. and we packed in many locations
(mostly for bubs!) to visit as well as restaurants to
eat at. =)
started off monday morning with a authorly
date at tartine. met with the lovely [...]
a painting and a poem
March 29, 2010 – 2:08 pm
i gift my brush painting teacher an amaryllis each
year. this year, i had chosen one that was a deep
rich crimson. this is my attempt at its portrait. =)
i used the same one and a half shuen paper i had
used for blobby cat with quasi-disastrous results.
the flower blobbed out more than i wanted in much
of the [...]
when they were young
October 21, 2008 – 9:33 pm
i did have some time for daydreamingwhile driving up to my mom’s last week.and i found myself thinking about mygrandparents–their rather tragic lives andhow very little i know about them.
my mom had just returned from a tripto taiwan, and brought an old foto albumfor me. so old that the front cover had tornoff. the first [...]