shadrieka Let me just say for the record, I AM NOT a digital artist. For those of you who photoshop gurus, I apologize in advance for my juvenile attempt at adding color to this drawing. I do want to become a digital genius at some point, but until I get rid of my trusty G3 mouse…. … Read more
My best friend, Kamilah K. Walker, is the greatest friend EVER. She went to a pottery class and made me this fabulous bowl with chopstick holders!! I want to eat everything out of this bowl, even cereal. Eating frosted flakes with chopsticks proves; however, to be a very daunting and futile task. Thanks friend!
I like my job at Bloomsbury. Even amidst crazy deadlines and hefty workloads, I enjoy going to an office three days a week to help keep the machine running. Every now and then a random treat pops up on my desk from a mysterious stranger — even more incentive! Last Thursday that treat was, YES … Read more
Today’s issue of The New Yorker features an illustration by Barry Blitt of Barack and Michelle Obama standing in the oval office. Obama dressed as a Muslim and Michelle as a terrorist and/or black panther depending on where you’re coming from. What do people think? Offensive? This is what yahoo news says: This illustration provided … Read more
I’m working…I swear….. *The rules of the meme get posted at the beginning. Each person answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the blogger then tags five people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them … Read more
I’m back from my whirlwind ALA visit. I arrived in Anaheim on Monday evening. Firstly, there was a great view of Disneyland from my hotel window. I caught a quick glimpse of the fireworks show on my way back from dinner. On Sunday morning I moseyed on over to the convention center and roamed the … Read more
This weekend I will be attending the 2008 American Library Association Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. I will be promoting my upcoming book, Bird, published by Lee and Low Books October 2008. See you in Cali!
This was a really exciting post that got deleted from my last blog. Here is the link to Bird’s feature on the Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast Blog.
I have a new blog…again. My web host’s server went offline last month and derailed my blog. I had been having problems with them in the past and finally decided to switch hosts. I am now with dreamhost. Here’s hopin’.
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