Sara Ryan

Two days in a row, I saw Medusa hiding out in the women’s room.
She was sitting on the floor, leaning against the mirrored wall with her wig off. The wig, with snakes in an especially fetching shade of electric blue, was next to her, like a well-cultivated houseplant or pet.
But aside from a few encounters [...]

3:45 A.M. Friday: While we wait for baggage to come in, I learn that some folks come to Portland for the Argentine tango, and that the tango shoes of the moment are Comme Il Faut.
9:30 A.M. Friday: In line for coffee I realize that the girls in front of me are discussing the fact that [...]

Though, really, all the credit goes to Ron Chan, Cat Ellis, and Dylan Meconis, the illustrators of, respectively:
Flytrap: Episode Three: Over the Wall: The story behind Bishop’s first tattoo.

Einbahnstrasse Waltz: High school orchestra trip to Vienna. Gin and tonic, marzipan, angst. A standalone story.

and Click: A snapshot of Battle’s senior [...]

Jessamyn is in town and it has been delightful to get to hang out. We’ve now known each other for over a decade, and that is equally bizarre and awesome to contemplate.
Last night, around eleven thirty, there was a small group of us at the studio, all working, and Rich asked me, “Typical Saturday night [...]

I stole this ALA picture from Cecil’s blog:

And I stole this report about the comics panel from the Periscope blog.
Thievingly yours, I remain, etc.

Hey everybody: Thanks so much for coming to the reading last night. I was so pleased to see y’all there! I wasn’t on top of it enough to get any photos, unfortunately, otherwise I would have documented the crowd, and especially the amazing special guest that looked exactly like Lucky.
Those of you who haven’t read [...]

Hey Portlanders!
Please come to In Other Words Tuesday, May 8th, at 6:30 pm for my first reading of Rules in Portland!
Please also bring a dollar. Not for me, for the bookstore. It is the very last surviving nonprofit women’s bookstore in the country, and as they say on their site, “In an effort to become [...]

Hey. I was offline for a day and a half and it feels like forever. This probably means I should stay offline longer, but here I am, slave to the keyboard and the coffeehouse wifi.
Huge thanks to everyone who came to see Lauren Myracle and me at the Not Your Mother’s Bookclub event! (Click that [...]

This is just a reminder that this coming Wednesday, April 18th, at 7 pm, I’ll be at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness, along with the fabulous Lauren Myracle. Reading! Signing! Who knows what else! It is, indeed, Not Your Mother’s Bookclub.
Come one, come all!

Hey, Internet. I’m going to be here for at least some of the time both tomorrow and Sunday, at the Mercury Studio table. With comics!