DiYA in austin and chicago!
okay. i admit it. i've been mostly
lazy this week trying to recover from
the madness of tour. ha! and it felt good
to be lazy. now, i must prepare for anther
quick jaunt to nyc for SLJ Pre-BEA Day of
Dialog (panel at 9.15 and signing after) and
BEA tuesday (i sign at 10.30 at TABLE 1).
but before i start packing, let me share some
fotos from our radical (i've decided to use rad
instead of awesome at times to switch up the
lingo =) panels in austin and chicago!
*before our panel, guadalupe garcia mccall, varian johnson,
bethany hegedus, me, malinda and dia reeves and jo whittemore
flexing their muscles in front!
*the lovely chandler craig stopped by before another
social engagement. it was so lovely to finally meet her. we only
knew one another from online and she was one of the first to
interview me, way before i was published!
*i know steph and jen from twitter! they were very helpful
with sharing info for our austin stop and both book lovers.
thanks so much for stopping by and it was so great to meet you too!!
*katie is part of the mundie moms site which first started
as cassie clare fan site but has gone on to do so much to spread
YA novels book love. we were both happy to be dolled up in our
pretty clothes for the event (versus our usual more practical, less
pretty mom clothes. =)
*malinda, me and jenny moss (author of Winnie's War,
Shadow, and Taking Off). jenny has been a DEB
friend for years and it was so fantastic to finally meet her!
*okay, so meeting dia reeves was definitely a highlight
of the tour. it was the *first* author panel she'd participated
on and she didn't hesitate to say YES! when i asked.
no idea she'd have to fly to austin. so dia, thanks so much for coming
out and joining us. i'm looking forward to the end of traveling and
being able to settle down with my copy of Slice of Cherry which i know
will be awesome!
*we had yummy mexican (i had the delicious chicken quesadilla,
some of malinda's gaucamole, and a virgin pina colada, yum!) meal
after which was loads of fun! i love celebrating with food after a great
panel, hee!
*next up! check out ari's (reading in color) shirt!
we're in chicago, baby! i've known her for a couple of
years online and she is an absolute delight. i'm excited that
she is going off the college soon, the world is wide open for her!
*claudia guadalupe martinez, nnedi okorafor, me and malinda.
i'm so glad we added chicago as a stop. as a result, we were in
austin and chicago both for less than 24 hours, but it was a
fantastic signing and i got to fangirl nnedi (tho i respected her
no hugging thing–i still squished up against her, haha!) and i
look forward to reading claudia's debut, The Smell of Old Lady
Perfume. after, we had awesome indian food with
malinda's college friend adn we ordered way too much. whoops!
OKAY lovely readers!
i've chosen my two dresses for my second nyc
jaunt (i'll be the Lady in Red) so wish me luck and
perhaps i'll see some of you there? i'll be tweeting as
ever, addict that i am, over @cindypon so follow me if
you don't already.
zai jian for now!! xo
