Cindy Pon's Blog, page 14
July 25, 2010
i need a long nap comic-con post!
i survived san diego comic-con international 2010!!
i was there only friday and sunday and put in a solid
10 hours. and man, i'm so wiped out.
but i had loads of fun! and got to see and hang
out with some great friends! i was happy to
find megan quite by accident when i arrived on
friday in costume.
we immediately went to the harpercollins booth
together! i'm supposed to be a "pirate queen". i'd
be a pirate wench if i were more curvaceous. haha!
and let me just say straight up that corsets are...
July 18, 2010
ai ling & chen yong by natalie!
squee!!! look at the wonderful portrait the
talented natalie whipple drew for me of ai ling
and chen yong together. don't you love it?
be sure to click on the drawing to see a larger
version! i couldn't be more thrilled. thanks so much
natalie!! i love it!!!
July 15, 2010
Bedeviled: Careful What You Wish For
i'm happy to feature shani petroff's third novel
in the bedeviled series today!
Book Summary:
Being a teen is tough. Especially when your dad's the
devil. Literally.
Angel is not sure she'll ever gain control of the powers
she inherited from her devil father. All she meant to do
was help poor nerdy Max break into the popular crowd.
But somehow the wires got crossed and she ended up
granting all of her best friend Gabi's secret desires instead.
Not that Angel has anything against Gabi getting what...
surf's up, baby!
i survived my first try at "surfing" with
megan as my coach. she was really great
and i had a blast! more soon… =)
i did eat well after, yum!
congrats to becky who won the tgifbm!
extravaganza giveaway! there will be another
big giveaway soon, san diego comic-con international
style! don't forget, i'll be moderating a panel
on sunday at noon.
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
noon – 1pm in Room 24ABC
Blood, Sweat and Tears: Teen Angst in Young Adult Fiction
Panelists: Nancy Holder, D.J. MacHale, James Owen...
July 13, 2010
happy tuesday!
happy happy day!
i woke to sunshine for the first time
in what seems like weeks. the gray gloom
and doom was really making me grumpy!
then i found out that i won natalie's contest
in making her laugh! (i wrote about me in
a string bikini, #cuteasiancabanaboys, and food! =)
you can read it over on her fantastic blog!
my prize is a full drawing by natalie.
i really enjoy her art and drawings so i'm
very very excited about this. i've asked for
a drawing of ai ling and chen yong together.
*beams*
*...
July 6, 2010
fighting the gloom
it feels like monday.
and the weather has been overcast
for three days. which makes me feel
all bleah and lethargic.
i'm taking solace in my Fury edits.
will be reading the prose aloud. i highly
recommend this to writers. it allows you
to hear things (redundancies, stilted dialogue,
awkward prose) that you normally wouldn't
notice while simply reading.
i'm also having instant ramen for lunch
with an egg! my ideal comfort food. and finally,
what better way to combat the gloom than with
some jay...
July 4, 2010
tgifbm! feel the love, baby!
like everyone else, i have a pretty busy
weekend filled with secret project, meeting
with wonderful writerly peeps like martha flynn,
reading by the beach and hanging out with family.
i have had so many readers let me know how much
they love Silver Phoenix and looking forward to
Fury. i'm touched and a little overwhelmed. (or a lot. =)
so i wanted to do a special tgifbm! this week.
it's more like an extravaganza. SEVEN awesome
books–each i have loved reading and recommending,
ALL featuring...
July 1, 2010
fury cover and thursday links
there's been a lot of discussion about
the Fury cover, and opinions do differ.
i think it just goes to show how challenging it
can be when creating book covers. i feel very
fortunate to have two gorgeous ones! for those
who worry that Fury may be construed as non-asian,
i do think the knife gives the hint. also, the jacket
will have asian details and of course, the blurb will
definitely clue the reader in that the novel is chinese
inspired fantasy.
and i'm happy to say there will be chapter...
June 30, 2010
fury of the phoenix cover revealed!
i'm very excited to finally share the cover
for Fury of the Phoenix, my sequel to Silver Phoenix!
wait cindy, you say, this looks different from your
debut cover. a lot different.
i know. i know!
both the Silver Phoenix paperback
(out on feb. 1, 2011) and Fury of the Phoenix
(out april 2011) have been repackaged. it's
something that isn't at all uncommon. it's a way to
reach a different and (we hope) wider audience.
i feel so blessed to have gotten the original cover
so wonderfully created by...
June 27, 2010
rock paper tiger!
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 Zhang turns her life upside down. Lao Zhang
disappears, and suddenly multiple security organizations are
hounding her for information. They say...
