Malinda Lo

In the last year I visited Hawaii, went on the Diversity Tour (California, Texas, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York), went home for the holidays (Colorado), and released my second novel (Huntress in April 2011). Here’s my year in twelve photos. January 2011 February 2011 More→

This year, I’ve written and revised (three times) a 95,000-word novel. I’ve also written and revised three short stories totaling about 24,000 words. In between all that writing, I co-managed the Diversity in YA project with Cindy Pon, which involved a tour and a website and a lot more promo than I expected. Oh yeah, ... More→

Yes, I’m still revising my next novel! I will still be on blog hiatus for a couple of weeks, but I couldn’t resist posting an update. These days I spend pretty much all day in a fantasy world I made up in my head. This is a pretty bizarre state to be in, honestly. If ... More→

Yesterday, L.K. Madigan, author of Flash Burnout and The Mermaid’s Mirror, passed away. I knew Lisa through the Debs, and I got to know her better when both of our debut novels became finalists for the William C. Morris Award. Last June, when we were both in Washington D.C. for ALA, I met up with ... More→

In January I went to the Big Island for a week. It was a gorgeous and surreal experience, because I saw not only real moving lava, but blue-white ice. Sure, there were beaches (see above) but my favorite parts were the drama of earth creation and the spectacle of star gazing. Today I’m posting my ... More→

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