Grace Lin's Blog, page 58

Order your autographed book before Friday!

 Starry River of the Sky has been receiving some nice notices! This book is definitely my best reviewed book--FIVE  starred reviews as well as a Publisher's Weekly Best Book of 2012!  Shelf-Awareness gave it another starred review, calling it "a timeless treasure," and most recently NPR named it one of The Year's Outstanding 'Backseat' Reads, For Ages 9 To 14! WOW!

Of course, all these accolades are wonderful but they are only important because they hopefully convince readers to give the book a chance. So I hope you give Starry River of the Sky a chance and share it with other readers!  If you'd like an autographed copy for the holidays you have until this Friday, Dec, 14th to order. If you were interested in prints to go along with the book, I also suggest ordering soon to make sure you get everything in time!

On my desk monday

prints, books and baby toys--leftovers from Saturday's RISD Holiday sale...still recuperating!

Sunday Chinese School

Welcome to Sunday Chinese School, where we learn a Chinese word (or phrase) a week with my mom!Today's word is:
poinsettia
shèng dàn hóng
聖誕花

fortune cookie friday

"A hundred no's are less agonizing than one insincere yes."
-Chinese Proverb

and the winners are...

Midnight struck and this morning (rising very early thanks to Rain Dragon) I picked the winners of my Starry River of the Sky Giveaway!

The four winners of the Special Edition Pocket Pacy are:

Heather Shirey
Andi Kasen Bergman
Deborah Sue Rowan
Samantha Pham

And the GRAND PRIZE WINNER, of the portrait painted by me is........

Deborah Dominey!

Congrats to all the winners! Pocket Pacy winners please send me your mailing address at gracelin.manager@ gmail.com and Deborah Dominey please contact me at that same address to discuss your portrait!

Thanks so much for all whom entered!

last chance to enter your photo!

Enter my Starry River of the Sky Giveaway  like these beautiful readers:






Today's your last chance! Winners announced tomorrow!!

last leg

view from the backseat
Up to this point,  while going on mini-tour with Rain Dragon had not been flawless, it had been manageable. So, the Sasquatch and I were fooled into thinking that the last non-local stop on the schedule, Haverford PA would be fine.

But a 6 hour drive, teething and perhaps the start of separation anxiety were soon to humble us.  Because at when we arrived at the charming Children's Book World Bookstore:


Rain Dragon let us know very quickly she did not want to be there:
Not another book event!
Stop signing!
but as they say, the show must go on. And it did, even though many lovely readers had to wait

thanks so much for coming!!
and patiently bear a wailing baby to get a signed book:

This photo from an attendee pretty much sums up the event: a lovely reader, me (completely harried) , Rain Dragon (screaming) and Sasquatch (smiling in disbelief at his hysterical baby). Who said being an author was glamorous?
Eeks! I feel like I owe the readers of PA an apology or at least a do-over with a calm baby.  She usually is a really happy baby. See, this is her only the night before:

in less the 24 hours I will be miserable
Sigh. I think I might have to rethink my school visit schedule in the spring.

on my desk monday

Sold Starry River of the Sky prints from my etsy shop that I am preparingto send out!

Sunday Chinese School

Welcome to Sunday Chinese School, where we learn a Chinese word (or phrase) a week with my mom!Today's word is:
cookie
bǐnggān
饼干

fortune cookie friday

"You cannot be grateful and bitter.
You cannot be grateful and unhappy.
 You cannot be grateful and without hope.
 You cannot be grateful and unloving.
 So just be grateful."
-unknown