Yay! Boo! Peep! Happy Halloween!!!

I don't like really scary movies. But I do like sorta creepy things. That's why I loved Miss Perigrine's Home for Peculiar Children . . .



It was written by sandwich-eating, foot-wiggling Ransom Riggs . . .



Speaking of creepy cool, recently a totally creepy cool place opened across from my beloved Rialto Theatre.




As many of you know, the Rialto features prominently in WARP SPEED, my novel about a Star Trek geek. Marley Sandelski's family lives in the old theatre, and some say the place is haunted . . .



So I thought that for Halloween, we should pay a visit to The Curio Emporium in my hometown . . .



Peepy was awed by all the cool creepy things she had never seen before . . .



Oh, look! The owners of The Curio Emporium are in one of these photos. Can you guess which one?



Meanwhile, about last Friday, Scholastic had its annual Halloween Costume Party, and I was there! (Sort of.)



Who took 2nd place??? Why, none other than Tracy van Straaten, dressed as everyone's favorite Peep!!!!



And finally, Scenes From a Past Spooky Peepish Blog . . .




HAPPY HALLOWEEN from me and my Peep!!!





Live in or near Pasadena, or have a car, plane or train? Then join me and my friends at Vroman's

Wednesday, November 9 at 6pm
695 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA

Group event for the anthology, Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories --
featuring Cecil Castellucci, Nancy Holder, Amy Goldman Koss, Melodye Shore and Lisa Yee

You are not alone. In this deeply personal collection, at turns moving and self-effacing, today's top authors for teens come together to share their stories about bullying, as silent observers on the sidelines of high school, as victims, and as perpetrators.

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Or, hey! Are you a dad? Do you know a dad? Then come to Skylight books!

Saturday, November 11 at 5 p.m.
1818 N. Vermont, LA, CA

It's a special event featuring the new anthology Rad Dad: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Fatherhood. Join the anthology editors Tomas Moniz and Jeremy Adam Smith, anthology contributor Jason Sperber, special guest Lisa Yee, and musical guest Mista Cookie Jar for an event celebrating the rad dads we all know and love!

NEXT BLOG: Who's that girl and what's she writing?



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Down Home Alabama Folk Art and Dreamy BBQ

Lemme see, where were we? Oh, yes, Birmingham, Alabama!

The next morning after the Southern Breeze conference, there was a meeting for SCBWI PAL (published and listed) members at the pool . . .



I attended and talked about my undying love of Scrivener, a writer's best friend.

Then, it was off to explore Alabama with my dear friend, the talented Kerry Madden and her awesome daughter, Norah. When they took me to Vulcan Park, I got all excited, thinking it was about a certain Vulcan from Star Trek . . .





BTW, here's an awesome review of WARP SPEED, my novel about a Star Trek geek who's bullied and beat up everyday at school.

And here's my very own Vulcan, er, Leonard Nimoy autograph . . .


In fact, the day before, my writing students had been doing their own Vulcan salutes . . .



However, the Vulcan in Alabama, was someone else entirely. Here's Norah and Olive, the dog, doing their best Vulcan . . .



So then, after visiting the non-Star Trek Vulcan, we headed to Tuscaloosa. I was shocked to see the damage from the tornado that hit a few months earlier . . .



Just down the road, the annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts was in town . . .



We got to meet awesome artist and picture book illustrator Bethanne Hill . . .


Peepy loved all the art . . .


(While there, a woman came up to me and said, "Why do you hold up that yellow thing when you take pictures?" I explained who Peepy was, and she just said, "okay," then walked away.)

It was such a thrill to meet Kerry's famous folk artist friend, Charlie "Tin Man" Lucus . . .



Peepy noted that Tin Man already had yellow paint, and she offered to let him paint her. Who knows . . . ?



Further along, we saw more fascinating sights . . .



Later, we had delicious BBQ at local favorite, Dreamland . . .



Thanks, Kerry and Norah for a marvelous day!!!!



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