Pictures from the Holly/Tony Spiderwick Chronicles event:
^Holly reading from The Wyrm King.
^Tony drawing a dragon.
^Tony drawing more dragon.
^The finished dragon.
^Tony also drew a rat king. I was very disappointed that I didn't remember what a rat king was, since I've read Peeps by Scott Westerfeld three times.
Summary of event: SUPER WIN! Seriously, one of the best events I've been to. Holly and Tony spoke for a few minutes about folklore and such, and then Tony drew some creatures from the Spiderwick series (as you can see above) and Holly read a bit from The Wyrm King and then they answered a few questions and gave the drawings away. Tony was especially hilarious, even when trying to get the laughing children to stop laughing answer the questions so they could win the drawings. Usually I am bored when people just read from the book, but it was a short passage and Holly read super well.
After their presentation thing was over, I got my books signed and Tony drew me a picture. I also got chapter one of Holly's upcoming book The White Cat, and it rocks. Wheeee!
I also got to see Senfaye from A Maze of Books, Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia. They are still lovely. :D
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The other day I got to meet Michelle Zink at one of her tour events!!!! Eeee.
^ Michelle being all authory and speaking.
^ Michelle and I. :DSummary of event: Eeeeeeeee! So much fun. I got to speak to Michelle for a few minutes before she started speaking, which was super cool. During her talk, she talked about how she started writing Prophecy of the Sisters and how much time it took and how she moved to NY from CA. She also mentioned that the cover for book two of the Prophecy series is gorgeous (I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT) and she's working on a steampunk book (go steampunk!). My mom is also now reading Prophecy because she liked Michelle's presentation and she says it sounds good. Yay!
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Two super fun events. :D And Michelle is still on tour, so you can check our her tour dates and go see her if she's coming near you!
I hope the inside of the second PoS book will be just as pretty as the first! ;) Awesome author events you got to see! VERY COOL!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, he drew that live??!!?? I'm in awe of artists. Seriously. It looks like you had a great time at both events!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a good dragon drawing. Wow! Sounds like fun!
ReplyDeleteI really wanted to go see Michelle Zink in IL but I have to work *tear* Glad you had fun. Can't wait to see the cover of the second book.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like so much fun! I am trying to get Michelle to come to Germany. No luck yet :(
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