This season’s strawberries have just started appearing in the grocery stores, and conveniently, this is the time of year that rhubarb comes in season, too. The stalks of rhubarb look like pinkish-reddish celery stalks, and apparently the leaves are poisonous. Luckily, when you cook the stalks (which are very tart) along with some sugar, they [...]
by Malinda Lo on April 27, 2010
in Writing
Attention all San Francisco Bay Area Teens! I’m going to be co-teaching a writing workshop especially for teens on June 19, 2010, at Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA. Here are the official details: Fiction Writing for Teens ($150) Saturday, June 19, 2010 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Book Passage Corte Madera, CA Come fill [...]
by Malinda Lo on April 25, 2010
in Food
It’s been a while since I’ve posted any food pics, but fear not! I have continued to eat. Last Sunday we went to brunch at Greens Restaurant in San Francisco. It was a gorgeous day, and the food was incredible. I am totally going back. Here’s what we had: This omelet was truly amazing. A [...]
by Malinda Lo on April 22, 2010
in Writing
I‘ve never considered myself a romance reader, but lately I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes a romance work. This is because there is a romance in Huntress, and initially, it totally did not work. Over the course of several drafts I had to fix it. I started out by reading a some YA [...]
I’m happy to report that the latest draft of Huntress has been turned in! After I hit the Send button on Saturday, I spent the rest of the day wandering around my house aimlessly, half of my brain still stuck in Huntress land, and the other half just dead. After getting some sleep, though, I’m [...]