and then we rocked cambridge…
i'm back! i'm back!
*thunk*
okay, my two full days in nyc
this time were fantastic! i got a chance
to be a bit of a tourist (at least for a few
hours) and the SLJ Pre-BEA Day of Dialog
was wonderful. BEA itself was a bit of a mad
house, but i had so much fun at my signing!
unfortunately, my flight back on tuesday night
was not as fun. we flew over tornadoes and it was
a very very bumpy scary ride. those of you on the
ground where the tornadoes are still going nuts, stay
safe!
now let me catch up a bit by posting about our radical
(i'm working on bring the RAD back =) cambridge public
library diversity event two weeks ago.
boston was the first place in which malinda and i were
actually stopping at for more than twenty hours. so on
thursday morning, we headed over to newbury to do some
shopping. by chance, we came across the john fluevog shoe
store. cassie clare, holly black and sarah rees brennan are
huge fans of these shoes and i've seen them wear these cool
shoes every time we've met. of course, i had to try some on!
i ended up buying this pair of baroques rubens.
yes, they are rad!!!
but by the time we got home (after a great japanese
lunch on newbury), i was pretty much wiped out. all
the plane hopping had finally caught up to me. and i wanted
to show off my new vogs but wasn't into the idea of putting
another dress on. (beauty is pain.) none of my jeans were right
and malinda convinced me to put on my betsy johnson to see
how the new vogs looked with it. beautiful, of course!
so it is thanks to malinda that when i was finally zipped into
the dress, i couldn't be bothered to take it off again. ha! it's
true, i have little opportunity to wear this fabulous dress, so
i'm glad i did for the cambridge event.
*one of the first people i saw was gail who recently
read both Silver Phoenix and Fury and is a rad new fan!
*it was wonderful that kristin cashore came! i had
personally invited her to the event and not only did she
come with two friends to support us, but she also blogged about
it on her site, so several people who attended did so because of
her post! thanks so much kristin! (and i don't think i've ever seen
malinda smile so big! =)
*the cambridge pubic library was beautiful and we
had a really great lecture hall for our panel.
*the panel: sarah rees brennan, francisco stork, deva fagan,
malinda lo, holly black, roger sutton of Horn Book, me and maya
escobar, the librarian who helped to make this event happen for us!
one of the highlights of this entire tour for me was meeting francisco.
he is so sweet and smart, and writes fantasic books. i loved Marcelo
in the Real World (and reading it was what made me realize he was in
boston and i screwed up enough courage to ask him to join us and he
agreed straight away, saying what a wonderful idea it was =)
and got a signed copy of The Last Summer of the Death Warriors!
can't wait to read it!
*although we've been corresponding for a few years,
this was the first time i got to meet leah cypess (Mistwood,
Nightspell). that was a real treat!
*it was also the first time i met liz michalski,
the author of Evenfall. she is a new sarah rees brennan
fan because of our panel. (that sarah, she's such a witty
charmer and radical writer to boot!)
*after the panel, those of us who still had the energy
headed over to grafton street for dinner and celebration.
it was a lot of fun, and i ordered fries near the very end, which
i think was approved by all. =) sarah, leah, holly, me and malinda.
malinda and i really had so much fun at this event, but it was also
intense as both roger and the audience asked some great questions
of the panelists.
here are some links from those who attended in the audience:
kip blogs about cambridge diversity tour event here.
leah cypess recaps over at the enchanted inkpot.
and liz (pictured above) also shares her thoughts at her blog.
