Sara Ryan

Notable because this is the first time I’ve seen a small self-produced flier posted on a phone pole here, as opposed to the professionally produced ones large enough to be visible from cars. Those tend to advertise religion, payday loans, weight loss, and/or overcoming addiction. It’s not a walking town. What I like about this [...]

A friend sent this photo from the Sixth Avenue/West Village Barnes and Noble: I must say, it feels pretty swell to see Empress (which is almost nine years old now) out on display! And in fine company with Roland Smith, Ellen Hopkins, Ally Carter, John Boyne, and S.E. Hinton.

The last time I thought I’d lost my keys was September of 2006. Then, as now, it made me ponder how long I have owned this particular key ring: And man, if I figured I’d had it for fifteen years in 2006, that means in 2010 I have had it for nearly 20, longer than [...]

Hey, thanks to all who attended my YA Trends and Audience workshop this morning at the Ooligan Press Write to Publish conference, and to the conference folks who were super helpful with the usual tech troubleshooting hassles. Special shoutouts to fellow YA author Emily Whitman and to brand new local YA publisher RainTown Press! As [...]

1. If you missed Mr. Gordon Edgar, author of Cheesemonger, the virtues of which I have previously extolled, when he was recently in Portland, you are in CRAZY LUCK because he will be here again TOMORROW, May 19, at 6:30 pm at Square Deal Wine and Cheese. If you suspect that the name of the [...]

Should you wish to ask me random anonymous questions on that site which I am given to understand has become something of The Rage, you absolutely may. Just sayin’. Caveat: I will be absent from the Internet for most of the weekend, so if you ask and do not get immediate answery gratification, be patient [...]

Hey hi! Short post, lots of exclamation points! The new What A Girl Wants post is up! (And I am blushing because Colleen says very kind things about my work in the introduction.) We wrote about the books we wished we’d read when we were sixteen. Portlanders! On Saturday, 5/22 I’ll be giving a talk [...]

For Rina, whose science class is looking at what science is required for careers; in her case, the career of an author. Q. What type of science is in your career? Library science! ::rimshot:: No, really. I mean, library science is seriously involved with my own career, because I am both an author and a [...]

My dad was active in the sf fanzine community in the 1950s and 60s. Every so often I post excerpts from his zines. He was 26 when he wrote this. the loud and the mundane: “Had a mimeograph salesman in to see me today,” said Randy. “You ever hear of a Gestetner?” We were sitting [...]

No, really. An actual walk in an actual park. I, um, don’t spend a lot of time outside typically. So today I met up with my friend Deborah in an attempt to partially remedy that. Outside can be awfully pretty. And because we are in Portland, sometimes it includes giant acupuncture needles. Tuley investigated the [...]