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August 2, 2010
Books That Caught My Eye at SDCC, Part 2
Again, these are books I haven't read yet (except one)—I saw them at the con and they piqued my interest. The TBR pile moans.
Series by James Owen: The Chronicles of Imaginarium Geographica (I saw these last year too. Gorgeously designed fantasy series with an appealing premise, something about a map of all the imaginary worlds ever written about…
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (they had a very cool one-of-a-kind handbound metal edition at the publisher's table)
Hungry Tiger Press. This is...
August 1, 2010
SDCC 2010 Roundup
My posts on SDCC, all in one handy-dandy linkypost.
Photos of supercool steampunk wheelchair
Awesome sketch drawn for me by the incredible Fiona Staples
Books that caught my eye (part 1)
July 2010 Reading List
(in reverse order of reading)
A very fine month it was! Every single one of these books knocked my socks off. I suppose July is a good time of year for perpetually bare feet.
The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
A Long Walk to Water
by Linda Sue Park
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens (in progress, rereading for the first time since high school)
Amelia Rules! Vol. 3: Superheroes
by Jimmy Gownley (middle-grade graphic novel)
Mouse Guard Vol. 2: Winter 1152
by David Petersen
July 31, 2010
SDCC 2010: The Epic Fantasy Panel
It's a week after Comic-Con and I'm still working through my notes! Two more panels and another booklist to post, and then it's likely to get quiet around here for a spell.
I scrawled a crazy amount of notes at the Once Upon a Time panel—six authors of epic fantasy discussing their craft—but the odds of my being able to translate the scrawl to English are slimmish, so never fear. This was a fascinating panel. (Hence the 12 pages of notes.) Have I mentioned I love hearing other writers talk...
July 29, 2010
SDCC 2010: The LOST Panel
I didn't take many notes on this one, but there are stories to tell. First of all, I went into it expecting a discussion about the show, the ending, our questions, our theories—I mean, I figured there would be five or six people up front debating and taking comments from the crowd. It wasn't like that. What it actually was was an info session on DK's soon-to-be-published LOST Encyclopedia, moderated by a DK rep, with the book's two authors as panelists/interviewees.
This sounds very market-y, ...
July 28, 2010
Books That Caught My Eye at SDCC, Part 1
Again, quickly typing up my notes. These are things that piqued my interest and beg a closer look, when time permits.
No particular order here except the order in which I encountered them at the con. (UPDATE: this post got too long! So now it's a Part One.)
• Owly (kids' graphic novels, the one I saw was wordless and sweet, published by Top Shelf Press)
• Practically everything at the First Second (:01) booth made me drool—I was already familiar with these folks, having read (and been blown...
SDCC 2010: The Rick Riordan Panel
I owe my daughter Jane a nod of thanks for this one. Sunday-morning-at-10:00 panels don't usually make my list, but Jane attended Comic-Con for the first time on Sunday and she was especially keen to hear Rick Riordan speak about his Percy Jackson books. So in we went, bright and early, and snagged good seats about four rows from the front.
The interviewer was acclaimed Irish author Michael Scott, an authority on Celtic folklore and writer of the popular Nicholas Flamel series. Both Scott and ...
July 27, 2010
What I Did at SDCC
"So what do you do at Comic-Con, anyway?" a friend asked me. My con experience is generally quite different from most of my friends' experiences there, the daytime parts at least. Most of my con pals are writers, artists, and editors who are there to work. They put in time at publishers' booths, they sign books and do sketches, they speak on panels and meet fans and go to special events. For most pros, it's a fun week, but a hard one too, often quite exhausting. People are usually pretty...
SDCC Pix: Things That Make Me Go Squee
The amazing, Eisner-nominated artist Fiona Staples drew this sketch for me. I can't stop looking at it and giggling from sheer glee. Thanks, Fiona.
SDCC Pix: Maud Hart Lovelace Goes to Comic-Con
The supercool Carney's House Party shirt made for me by HarperPerennial's Jennifer Hart, aka @bookclubgirl. I would wear it every single day if I could get away with it.
