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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Domo arigato, Japan!

Did you miss me?? I’m back in the good US of A (although I won’t actually be home for a while—tonight I stay in Newark, NJ, and tomorrow I’m off for the NCTE/ALAN conference in sunny Orlando!) and already missing the splendor and stateliness—and, of course, the FOOD—of Japan. My trip was too wonderful and expansive to be described in anything close to concise terms, so I will prove traitorous to the society of writers and follow the old adage “a picture is worth a thousand words.” There will be 4,000 words below…enough for a chapters’ worth!

My experience in Japan, in a place totally foreign to me in every way (I had never been farther east than Budapest) has inspired me to generate a NEW WRITING CHALLENGE. So check back at the beginning of next week, and I’ll be kicking off a new online writing workshop.

In the meantime, I’ll be hobnobbing with fabulous authors, editors, and librarians, and lounging poolside…and maybe even seeing Mickey Mouse! Fingers crossed, peeps. Fingers crossed.




3 comments:

Bethany Neal said...

I used to live in Orlando and Mickey is a surprisingly allusive little bastard--even in the parks. But you need to hit up downtown Orlando. There's a fabulous bar scene!

Have fun in the FL sun. :)

Anonymous said...

Wow! You were in Japan. I live in Japan :D Although you probably didn't hit up my island :D

Ella Preuss said...

Looking forward to that writing challenge!

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