“If you can’t be an athlete… be an athletic supporter.” That’s my favorite line from Grease, and as funny as it is, there’s a note of truth in it. It’s a given that if you’re a writer, you’re also a reader. A lot of readers would like to be published writers. And in the meantime,…
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om·pha·lo·skep·sis. noun \ˌäm(p)-fə-lō-ˈskep-səs\ : contemplation of one’s navel as an aid to meditation; also : navel-gazing # The title of this entry is a tag that I first started using on LiveJournal. From an entry dated May 28, 2008: My dear friend Sunil Sebastian suggested someone in the new novel have a bionic navel. To…
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The announcement has appeared in Publishers Weekly, so I can finally share the exciting news that the talented Taeeun Yoo will be illustrating STRICTLY NO ELEPHANTS. Her work is absolutely lovely, and I am thrilled beyond measure. Taeeun’s Etsy store is full of her beautiful art prints, and she also keeps a blog here, which…
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Once there was a small child and his tiny elephant. They needed a forever-home, so they wandered up streets and down, knocking on doors, always hoping… And then, at the top of a tall flight of stairs and behind an apple-red door, a lady with brown hair and smiling eyes invited them to stay a…
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If you will be in the Seattle area at the end of October, you should plan on swinging by SteamCon V at the Bellevue Hyatt Regency. Running from Octobery 25th to 27th with a theme of “Around the World,” I will be there to participate in programming and sign All The Things and talk about…
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You might have caught it the first time I posted on LiveJournal, or maybe this is new material for you, but I’ve added a page for my “Tangled” writing process over here. Welcome to the EmoCoaster!
