Hello yes! If you were wondering if the note on my Events page that says I’ll be at the Stumptown Comics Fest this weekend was just a vicious lie, let me reassure you. I am totally going to be there, … Keep reading
Category Archives: Appearances
Beyond Judy Blume: followup
There were a lot of other things going on last night — I would’ve been at the Sister Spit event if I could’ve been in two places at once — so thanks to everyone who came to Beyond Judy Blume: … Keep reading
Tradeoffs
For the first time since 2007, I took no part in the Stumptown Comics Fest, except by hanging out both evenings with folks who’d spent their days there. It was still an eventful week. Monday was the Oregon Book Awards. … Keep reading
Chicks Dig Comics tomorrow!
Actually, chicks dig comics every day, which is kind of the point. But tomorrow, Friday 4/20, if you come to Bridge City Comics between 6 and 9 pm, you will see: Jen Van Meter Erica McGillivray Rachel Edidin and also … Keep reading
Upcoming. Incoming. Etc.
Things. They are HAPPENING. Three are Portlandcentric, one is not. NonPDXcentric: Remember how I have a story, “Fair Trade,” with art by the fabulous and now Eisner Award-nominated Dylan Meconis in Welcome to Bordertown? Now you can acquire a fetching … Keep reading
Where I’ll be, now and soon.
Right now, you can read Orienteering, written by me, with art by Erika Moen, on this very Internet. Okay so technically that doesn’t count as me literally being somewhere, but. Go read. It is a short comic, but things happen … Keep reading
An amazing day, and #yasaves
On Saturday, when #yasaves began to happen in response to the latest installment in the apparently endless series of articles decrying YA literature for being Too Dark, I was, appropriately enough, taking part in a YA-centric book event at Klindts. … Keep reading
YA Trends & Audience talk at Write to Publish
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 … Keep reading
3 things.
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 … Keep reading
What A Girl Wants, Write to Publish
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 … Keep reading
Soon.
Things are happening. You may have noticed, it is almost time for the Stumptown Comics Fest? In mere hours, I’ll be headed over to Things From Another World for the party in celebration of Steve Lieber & Jeff Parker’s graphic … Keep reading
Children’s Place event 4/10 1 pm!
Hey, this is basically just a repost/reminder for those of y’all in and around Portland that I hope to see many of you at A Children’s Place Bookstore tomorrow for the following event: Emily Whitman, author of Radiant Darkness, MJ … Keep reading
Not one not two not three
FOUR Pacific Northwest YA authors: Emily Whitman, author of Radiant Darkness, MJ Beaufrand, author of The River, Anne Osterlund, author of Academy Seven, and yours truly will converge upon A Children’s Place Bookstore on Saturday, 4/10, at 1 pm. We’ll … Keep reading
Appearance: Lake Oswego Library, Tuesday 11/17 @ 7 pm
I have pretty much said it all in the subject line of the post. If you’re in or around Lake Oswego on Tuesday evening, please come! Oh, here’s what I’m going to be doing; I suppose that would be useful … Keep reading
Down time
These next few days aren’t the calm before the storm so much as the calm between the storms. (Storms of amazing opportunities, I hasten to add.) This past weekend was the first time that I’ve had a being-an-author gig so … Keep reading
Upcoming! (aka: OMG it’s October already.)
Did you notice that it is already October? (Not actually a gravestone. Part of a fountain.) It is an exciting month, is October, so this post will have a lot of exclamation points. It’s a good thing I am fond … Keep reading
Advise me about my upcoming conference talk, Internet friends
Hey, readers! I know that a significant subset of you are affiliated with libraries in various capacities, and I think that is excellent. On October 9th, I’ll be speaking at the Washington Library Media Association conference in Yakima, Washington. My … Keep reading
Why yes, I am going to Chicago.
Me and my summer cold are getting on a plane real soon now and heading to Chicago to attend the American Library Association conference. On the librarian side, I will attend many fascinating meetings and programs and peruse the exhibits … Keep reading
Stumptown ’09: lovely as always
Ah, Stumptown. As always, I am delighted that you are in my town. Here’s me and Steve on Sunday, thanks to Joshin Yamada, con photographer extraordinaire: Also visible, from left: Kip Manley, Taran Jack Manley’s leg (in stroller), Dylan Meconis, … Keep reading
Stumptown Countdown, etc.
Hey, so today is Thursday and Stumptown is Saturday and Sunday, and, as I have mentioned, right after that I am getting in my car and embarking on the Oregon Book Awards tour to Corvallis and Newport. I hope my … Keep reading
Movin’ right along
I’ll be on the train, not in a Studebaker. But I am off, later today, to the Emerald City Comic Con, where Flytrap #4, “Performance Anxiety,” will debut. Hurray! Question to ponder: I was talking with a colleague who knows … Keep reading
Going places, doing things
April — whether it will be the cruelest month is yet to be determined, but it’s definitely the most packed with travel & events so far in ’09! April 3-5th: I will ride the train up to Seattle for the … Keep reading
SCBWI Oregon Author/Illustrator Gala
Hey, folks within a reasonable distance of Portland — Friday at 5 pm, you should come to the Barnes & Noble at Clackamas Town Center for the SCBWI Oregon Author/Illustrator Gala! The event description from the bookstore site: “Join us … Keep reading
Book awards photos, as promised
Thanks, everyone, for all your lovely congratulatory messages! Here are a couple of photos from the reception after the Oregon Book Awards, at the Portland Art Museum. Linda Zuckerman and I have just been busted by a security guard for … Keep reading
Heads up Portland: Wordstock is this weekend
…and I would sure love to see you at 5 pm Sunday afternoon (the link is to the festival’s Sunday schedule and, warning, for some reason it has music) , when I’ll be reading as part of the Oregon Book … Keep reading