it’s been a crazy summer, dear readers!
but i’ve survived it, and it’s ending with a bang
with a trip to london, my favorite city. in fact,
i’ll be celebrating my 38th birthday there. it’s
been a long time since i’ve visited london during
the summer. am really looking forward to it.
i’ll be tweeting and sharing fotos during my uk
trip, [...]

Category Archives: scbwi conference
london calling
August 16, 2011 – 2:02 pm
awkward author fotos
July 27, 2011 – 3:53 pm
i survived comic con! the panels i attended
(one as a panelist and the other as a YA fan)
were great and i also enjoyed the very short
Fringe presentation i got in on after waiting almost
two hours in line with thousands of other fans.
took two fotos over the weekend that are totally
filled with Pretty People but are [...]
my twelve hours at scbwi!
August 2, 2010 – 9:01 pm
i drove up to los angeles to see my writing
friends at scbwi’s annual conference this past
saturday. it was a 7am – 2am day. by the time
i came home, i was exhausted, my voice was hoarse,
but it was all worth it. i could divide this post in two,
but i won’t, so you can experience in full [...]
the bread bar lunch date
August 16, 2009 – 10:20 pm
you can tell how busy i am by the lack
of food and vanity cam fotos. ha! i’m busy!!
i’m basically done with the first draft of the sequel
but there’s a lot of revising i need to tackle.
my favorite part, yes! but percolating is always
required. i definitely prefer to see writing as some
mystical magical process than one [...]
the blue moon ball
August 11, 2009 – 9:48 pm
it’s nearing 10pm again. and i want to read!
so i’m too lazy to link tonight to all the fabulous
people (and one martian) shown below.
i’m pretty sure this alien was much enamored
of chun li–but we had a language barrier. haha!
actually, he was very popular and took fotos with
many people!
one of the highlights of the night was [...]