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 [...]
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If you follow me on Twitter and/or Facebook, you already know that my Significant Objects story is now live, as is the auction for the object plus my story about it. Here is the object: I’ve written about it in the voice of Anne Cole, a character from my forthcoming graphic novel. WAIT, WHAT? Yes, [...]
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 [...]
…and how they got that way. From the site, curated by Josh Glenn and Rob Walker: THE IDEA A talented, creative writer invents a story about an object. Invested with new significance by this fiction, the object should — according to our hypothesis — acquire not merely subjective but objective value. How to test our [...]
I am thrilled to be participating in the latest awesomeness from Colleen Mondor, “What A Girl Wants.” Here’s part of Colleen’s introduction to the project: I’ve been a bit bothered for awhile now about the kind of books being published for teen girls. As anyone who reads YA titles knows, there are a lot more [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 as we celebrate the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Ilustrators – Oregon! Meet Deborah [...]
…over at the also new, nifty Circle into Square: a Portland-based label, online magazine, and local artist community. It’s called Everybody Knows You’re Not From Here. Me and Steve talk about a whole bunch of stuff, including but not limited to comics, prose, and Portland, with our friend Hiram Lucke of The Harvey Girls.
Or rather, Empress is. On audible.com, read by Lauren Davis. Cool!
