Dreamwalks June 2008
NEW DRAGON’S KEEP PAPERBACK When the paperback came out this May I was happy to see the newer, brighter cover. Lord Faul really shows his face and haunting eyes in this new shot. I like the fun font too. The letters are embossed. Run your fingers over them. Don’t they feel a little bit like… Read more
DIVINERS CELEBRATE! The Diviners — that’s my fabulous critique group — really know how to celebrate!! Last week we had a double celebration for Justina Chen Headley (Holding the amazing new ARC of her upcoming YA book NORTH OF BEAUTIFUL above) and for moi for signing another contract. More fantasy books are on the way…. Read more
Glorious Day A perfect morning to journal out on the deck overlooking the lake. Birds are going mad with pleasure chirping, squawking, twittering, flitting. It’s warm with a cool fresh flower-scented breeze. SHADOW ~Image courtesy of Josh Otis~ The sun is to my right. My pencil runs just ahead of its narrow shadow on the… Read more
Today Bloggers are Uniting for Human Rights. One of the best orgs around is Amnesty International.LINK Act Globally:Amnesty International Bulletin:Ensure humanitarian aid for Cyclone Nargis victims Please Please ask the government of Myanmar to ensure delivery of international aid in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. Call on the government of Myanmar to ensure that humanitarian… Read more
We had a blast in Japan! I flew there with my husband, Tom. We met my agent, Irene Kraas, in the airport and were driven to a five star hotel. On the morning of day one, we viewed the Wenny Has Wings movie (Remember That Sky opening in Japan April 26th) in the Sony studio which just… Read more
Dragon’s Keep Party! Let it be known that we had a blast at the Dragon’s Keep book launch party. The revels lasted into the night. Fine music played as the villagers roamed about the “great hall” drinking green dragon punch and sampling treats. All were terrified when the dragon swooped in and fought valiant Kye… Read more
True Confessions I moved the office from bedroom to upstairs about (let me see) four months ago? I’m still in boxes and have to pick my way across the room to the computer. I was going to put everything away once I had all those deadlines under my belt and BEFORE I started writing another… Read more
STARTING OVERI’ve sent off the latest revision of Book Two of the Noor Chronicles and turned in copyedit queries for DRAGON’S KEEP (Harcourt) and TALON (Faber & Faber UK). Now I’ve come up for air. No looming deadlines this week. Ah. The Seed:It’s time to begin a new tale. Back to the seed stage. Looking… Read more
FUN FESTIVAL! I just got back from the 26th Annual Children’s Lit Fest at Drury University CampusIn Springfield Missouri where I gave presentations to hundreds of kids and signed hundreds (yes hundreds) of books. Met fellow children’s authors and illustrators: C. S. AdlerSandy AsherMarsha Diane Arnold J.B. CheaneyVicki Grove David HarrisonAlexandria LaFayeAnna MyersBarbara RobinsonBrad SneedJune… Read more
Held in the clutch of a Dragon! I just sent my second revision of DRAGON’S KEEP back to my editor at Harcourt. This was an amazing process as I only had 10 days to work on it. I was in the Dragon’s clutches from 5 to 9 hours per day. I’m reeling. I’m also elated… Read more
