full circle
i'm here! i'm here! but have been
so outrageously busy with writing novel 3 and
real life stuff. thanks for stopping by and
please leave a comment and say HI! *waves* =D
at the end of october, i attended my first world fantasy
con AND malinda and i also brought the Diversity in YA
tour to official close, with a fantastic signing at the Poway
library. thank you so much danielle, for having us! so many
of my friends from twitter (yes, twitter!) who love YA came
to attend the event. thank you guys for coming too!
greg van eekhout was the only other local author and
was kind enough to shuttle all the panelists from the
world fantasy con hotel over to the library. i admit, i was
nervous. when we say DiYA is grassroots, we mean it–
pile a bunch of YA authors into one car–adventures!
yikes. greg admitted he was nervous and i felt the exact
same AFTER the event, when i drove everyone to a taiwanese
dinner. ha!
*our rad panel consisted of (L to R): malinda lo, me, cinda chima,
holly black, karen healey, and greg van eekhout with danielle, the
wonderful YA librarian at the Poway branch as moderator.
*i'm fairly certain that i'm responding to the question posed
by the raddest 13 year old boy in the audience: what's a eunuch?
everyone said i did a wonderful job of explaining in an as polite
way as possible. even radder? the boy bought a signed copy of Silver
Phoenix after!!
*it was a packed event and such a fantastic way to end
our Diversity Tour. it truly was a labor of love and malinda
and i stressed but had a wonderful time. to be honest, looking
back, i'm not sure how we pulled it off. haha! but i will say that
the tour was only as successful as the great authors who agreed to
join us at each tour stop, as well as the YA book lovers who showed up
to support us! thank you!!
*a mom with twin girls wanted a foto of them with malinda
and me. how cute are they? one twin got Silver Phoenix and
the other got Fury of the Phoenix, but each only wanted me to
sign the novel to herself. hehe!
*so it started as a joke on twitter when i asked megan
(best fan ever aka BFA) wouldn't she LOVE to be at our diversity
panel. unfortunately, she lives in utah. well, guess who drove all
the way out from utah (again!) to attend the event? thank you megan
for being such a fantastic and fun fan!
*karaline came with her sister larissa, also a YA fan! this
was her first bookish event, hoorah! karaline said she had
a blast. =D
*a group foto of awesome! (L to R back to front: joanna (librarian),
karen, malinda, greg, holly, me, lali (librarian), danielle (librarian),
cinda and jennfier (librarian). i loved the librarians who all came
to support the event, not to mention host us!
*it was so great to finally meet the lovely rae carson,
author of fantasy debut The Girl of Fire and Thorns. and
between you and me? she's even beautiful now than back
in her beauty pageant days!
*i didn't get to attend world fantasy con full time because
i motherly duties called that weekend as well. but a highlight
was definitely meeting n. k. jemisin (nora) whose debut The
Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. i was really bummed i missed
out on her pajama themed release party for the third book in
the series, The Kingdom of Gods. BUT! she tweeted about giving
away the slightly used games from the party and i responded with
a YES, please. so i picked up the games before the banquet. thus nora
is looking so elegant in her beautiful gown. what a fan girl moment!!
*here is a foto by my friend heather of the YA panel i was
on at the con. it was a pleasure and honor to be discussing young
adult books and reading along with mar perez, karen healey and
tamora pierce.
whew! i hope you enjoyed the recap and fotos! it has been a whirlwind
november and i can hardly believe thanksgiving is next week! stay
tuned for another cat painting to be posted this week. i need help
with naming this particular cat–and there shall be a prize if you play!
