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More fairies + two events this week

Because you deserve it, some more YA author fairies for your delectation:

Penni Russon, author of the wondrous Undine trilogy, has a most useful fairy:

I have a voice recognition fairy - with her help I can always pick out celebrity voices in animations. As you might imagine this is a very useful skill and has served me well on numerous occasions.

I wish I had a zen master fairy to help with the parenting of the children.

Lauren Myracle, author of the amazing and terrifying Bliss, had this to say when I asked her what her fairy is:

My Starbucks fairy simply loves Starbucks and steers me toward one EVERY DAY, regardless of any opinion *I* might have on the matter. And makes me order mochas, which aren’t really coffee at all, and which do not have the benefits of wheatgrass. ;)

Personally I would rather die than have that fairy. Coffee? *Shudder*

Alaya Johnson, author of the wonderful, Racing the Dark,1 desires a much better fairy:

I’d like a cooking fairy. Specifically, I want one that specializes in making injera, because if there’s a way to cook that Ethiopian flatbread of unbelievable deliciousness without magical intervention, I’d like to know it. I have spent many hours in the kitchen, fermenting and stirring and scraping, and the best I’ve come up with resembles sour construction paste. Yuck!

I have also tried and failed to cook injera. Le sigh.

Click here to see other YA writers’ fairies.

If you want to tell me about your fairies and you’re in the Philadelphia or NYC area you can do so at the following events:

Wednesday, 24 September, 7:00PM
Big Blue Marble Bookstore
551 Carpenter Lane
Philadelphia, PA

Saturday, 27 September 2008, 1:00PM
Voracious Reader
1997 Palmer Ave
Larchmont, NY

For those NYCers who’ve been complaining that I’m not doing any events in the city, Larchmont is a mere twenty minutes away from Grand Central Station and the Voracious Reader is a mere five minutes from the station. Easy peasy.

Hope to meet some of you soon!

  1. Hey, Alaya, when are we going to get the sequel? [↩]

Posted by Justine at 0:00, 22 September 2008 under Cons & Other Gatherings, How To Ditch Your Fairy, What's your fairy? |

Comments

  1. Kiersten Says:

    Can’t wait to see you on Wednesdady!!! I wasn’t going to be able to come but I have off school so my Dad will prolly take me.
    P.S. Pulchy is my new favorite word =]

    September 22nd, 2008 at 6:28 pm

  2. lili Says:

    My fairy would be a Getting Things Done fairy, although it often likes to take a holiday when your Procrastination fairy comes visiting.

    I’m pretty happy with that fairy, although I wouldn’t say know to a Keeping Things Clean fairy…

    Happy touring!

    September 22nd, 2008 at 6:33 pm

  3. Bethany Says:

    This is so weird, my aunt, her family, and my grandpa live in Larchmont! Very cool. I will try to get there. My fairy is a “always has something to say” fairy. I like it, but it’s a bit trying at times.

    September 22nd, 2008 at 8:41 pm

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