on my desk monday

The Ling and Ting: Together in All Weather magnets have arrived! Would you like one? You'll get one with your book when you order an autographed copy of the book at my local bookstore! All the info HERE!

coming soon!

Look! Look! Here's the cover for Ling & Ting: Together in All Weather!

 Do you like it? It comes out in November! I can't wait!

return to rituals

The art for the fourth Ling and Ting book is finished (have you read the third one? hope you liked it)!

the board in now empty, as compared to before!

Before Rain Dragon made her appearance, I used to make a special art folder every time I began a book. I love pretty paper and it was an excuse to buy and use it; but it also became kind of a ritual--a way to focus before starting work. 

I haven't made an art folder for a couple of years now because I just didn't have the time. But with the art for this Ling and Ting book finished, my plate is finally cleared to plunge into the novel completely without any other work distractions. And I am a little nervous!

So, to procrastinate to clear my mind, I decided to make an art folder:

the outside is rainbow colors!

the inside is rainbow balloons! 

I think it turned out well! Hope it's a good sign for my next project....

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Some finished painting for the fourth Ling and Ting book!

(Do you know that the third book, Ling and Ting: Twice as Silly just came out last week?  Share your silly story with me!)

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more work on Ling and Ting book #4!

just blocking in colors

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Painting the cover art for the 4th Ling and Ting book:

The publisher always asks for the cover art first for marketing their materials. Usually, that is not my preference--I'd rather do the cover art last after I've done the art for the book--but this time I was so eager to paint these rainbow dresses that I was happy to do it.

Can you believe I'm working on a 4th Ling and Ting book? The 3rd one, Ling and Ting: Twice as Silly comes out next month!!!

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I've had to switch gears from my novel and start work on the 4th Ling & Ting book!

Ling and Ting:Together in All Weather on my desk

It's been tough to stop the total immersion into the novel,  juggling has never been my strong point (which is why my production since Rain Dragon has been pretty abysmal) and I worry that having dual projects on my plate will make the quality of both books suffer.

But, my good friend Libby tells me that  famous graduate programs encourage their writing students to take painting or drawing class as it was believed doing so would help their work. A right brain/left brain theory, I'm told.

And t Ling and Ting:Together in All Weather (completely mapped out) on my bulletin board!

Crossing my fingers that it's true!

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Working on Ling & Ting Book 4!! Yes, another Ling and Ting book is coming. Don't miss Book 3, Ling and Ting: Twice as Silly which comes out this fall!

it's official!

There is going to be a fourth Ling and Ting book! As announced in PW:

Alvina Ling at Little, Brown has bought the fourth book in Grace Lin's Ling & Ting early reader series starring identical Asian-American twins. Together in All Weather will be published in spring 2016; Rebecca Sherman at Writers House brokered the deal for North American rights.

Yay! This is pretty great! The third book, Ling and Ting: Twice as Silly (which I think is the best one so far)  comes out in November so having this fourth book under contract is great encouragement. Now can it be called a series?