Showing posts with label kidlitcon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kidlitcon. Show all posts

Thursday, October 18, 2012

pocket pacy in NYC

Two of the bloggers from the kidlitcon also attended my Dumpling Days booklaunch... and they brought Pocket Pacy to NYC! Here's a sneak peak:

Pocket Pacy in Times Square!

Pocket Pacy at the NY Public Library
I think she might have had a better time than I did, she definitely saw more things! See all her travels in NYC HERE!

And don't forget, your can win your own Pocket Pacy by entering your photo! I'd love to see you!

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

kidlitcon or Rain Dragon in NYC

Last week was quite a whirlwind! Right before my book store book launch and the online book party,   Rain Dragon, Sasquatch & I went to NYC so that I could speak at the 2012 kidlitcon.

Even though it was a very quick in-and-out trip, I think Rain Dragon had a very full experience! Her first train ride:


taxi ride:

and visit to a publisher!

Everyone at Little, Brown (the publisher of Starry River of the Sky) loved her and she loved them right back.

So much so that I was even able to record an excerpt reading for them (and my online booklaunch):


But I was really there to speak at the kidlitcon, a lovely gathering of children's literature bloggers (you can read a full write-up on the whole kidlitcon HERE).  They really were lovely! It felt like a lifetime ago since I did any public speaking and I felt rather rusty. However, the audience was so friendly I found myself slowly hitting my stride again. And they were also very patient and tolerant of Rain Dragon's little, um, "additions" to my speech.



Because by the time I finished, so was she: