Sara Ryan

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 all read briefly and then answer questions about writing. You’ll find out what the most [...]

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 to include: “Join Sara as she reads from her work, leads the group through a [...]

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 close to a hosting-an-author gig, and the experience was exhausting but excellent. Thanks again to [...]

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 of Portland International Airport (PDX), as I will be there more often than usual. As [...]

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 talk is called “Balancing Act: Being an Author/Librarian And How You Can, Too!” (Yes, it [...]

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 with an eye to the book collection at our Juvenile Detention Hall, which I’m now [...]

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, Alden McConnell’s head (slightly above table height), and Carla Speed McNeil. Most amusing moment of [...]

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 brakes hold out. They’ve been squeaky for weeks and I keep thinking I’ll make some [...]

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 someone who’s required to do a job shadow as part of a high school graduation [...]

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 Emerald City ComiCon and the debut of Flytrap #4, Performance Anxiety! April 18-19th: I will [...]