the divine miss pixie woods Cecil Castellucci
author and artisteHelp the Virginia Avenue Project
Hello fellow people who love books and literacy and kids.
I’m helping Rachel Manija Brown with her effort to fund raise for the fabulous Virginia Avenue Project. It is a free afterschool program that uses the performing arts to help kids discover their full potential.
You can bid on my three YA novels (Boy Proof, Queen of Cool and Beige) signed. They are what I like to call my “Los Angeles Trilogy”
OK! Bid here.
Or check out some of the other fantastic things up for grabs.
Montreal Writing Workshop 1/23
Are you a teen or tween? Are you in Montreal?
Well lucky you!
I’ll be holding a teen writing workshop Sat. 1/23 at 2PM at the fantastic bookstore Babar En Ville (1235 avenue Greene, Westmount, QC H3Z 2A4)
The event will start at 2pm and last for around 2 hours.
Those interested should RSVP by phone: (514) 931-0606
or email: babarenville (at) bellnet (at)ca
A Palooza in Arizona!
This past weekend I had the pleasure of participating in a YA Palooza at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, AZ. It was a terrific time. The Los Angeles crew decided that it was a great oppurtunity for a road trip.
So Carol Snow, Blake Nelson, Mark London Williams and I packed into a car and set off like a band of touring authors.
At the book store, it was packed. We mix and mingled and had pizza. Then we broke off into groups and wrote a twelve sentence story with the audience by mixing up two titles and coming up with a new one. Me & author JS Lewis decided to do an exquistie corpse game with our group. We got the titles Wizards and Witches and The Invention of Hugo Cabret. We came up with the title Hugo the Wizard and The Invention of Wizards.
Then we played games pitting our knowledge of YA against each other.
Team LA: Mark London Williams, Carol Snow, Me, Blake Nelson, Andrew Smith
Team Arizona
Top Row: James Owen, Aprillyne Pike, Janette Rallison, Angela Morrison, Tony Carillo
Bottom Row: JS Lewis, Tom Leveen, Janni Lee Simner
Team Arizona won by 1 point.
Afterwards some of the authors went out and had a great dinner. I got to spend a nice amount of time gushing over Janni Lee Simner book Bones of Faerie.
On the way home, we stopped at the General Patton Museum. Gotta love a Road Trip.
Thanks to all of you who came out! And thanks to Changing Hands.
Yallapalooza (1/9 at Changing Hands Bookstore)
Come Join a bunch of YA authors for a Yallapalooza
Carol Snow, Blake Nelson, Mark London Williams, Cecil Castellucci, Andrew Smith, Aprilynne Pike, James Owen, Tom Leveen, Janette Rallison, Angela Morrison, Jani Lee Simner, Tony Carillo, JS Lewis
at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, AZ
1/9 at 4 PM
Rose Sees Red ARC
I have just received the ARCs (advanced reader copies) for ROSE SEES RED, my new YA novel! Out on Scholastic Press in Summer 2010.
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In the spirit of Stephen Elliot and what he did with his most excellent book The Adderall Diaries ARC, of which I was a lucky enough person to get one in advance, read it and mail it on to someone else to enjoy, I am going to experiment and do the same for ROSE SEES RED.
Are you game!?
If so, and you would like to receive the galley and read it way before other people and you love receiving delicous packages in the mail, like I do, why not email me your snail mail address to misscecil (at) gmail (dot) com (or you can post it here, I screen the comments)(just include your email, too)
Then, the magic happens!
I will mail out an ARC to the first few people who respond. You will receive the book in your very own mail box! Then you have one week (or two – but no more!) to read the book and then your job in the magic is that you should mail it on to someone else who wants to read it (I will email you the address of the person you should mail it on to, that is why you should make sure to include both snail mail or email) (if you are a young person, please make sure you let your parents know and get their permission!)
I think this should work. If you are confused. Just email me again.
And you know, if you like the book and you want to talk about it here or there or anywhere, you could do that, too! Or perhaps, when it comes out in 2010, you could purchase one for a friend or for your local library or something like that! Cause you got to read it early and for free! Yeah!
Interfictions 2 Anthology Reading – Los Angeles
Liz Ziemska and Cecil Castellucci
invite you to an evening of readings from:
INTERFICTIONS 2: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing
edited by Delia Sherman & Christopher Barzak
Performances by: Patty Cornell, Dave Foley, Kimberly Huie, Michael O’Keefe, Rasika Mathur, Darcy Martin, & others
reading stories by Cecil Castellucci, Elizabeth Ziemska, Brian Francis Slattery, Ray Vukcevich, Peter Ball, Nin Andrews, Stephanie Shaw
Directed by: Flint Esquerra
Musical accompaniment by: Jonathan Stearns
books will be for sale available courtesy of Skylight Books
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 8 to 10 PM
@ M Bar
1253 Vine (at Fountain)
Reservations are strongly encouraged: 323-856-0036
No Cover + $10 food minimum
Interstitial Arts Foundation Los Angeles Salon Round up!
On Saturday, I was delighted to host a mix and mingle LA Salon for the Interstitial Arts Foundation. We gathered at Skylight Books as part of their summer long Hot Summer Nights series. (On Friday and Saturdays they are staying open til midnight and having little soirees)
I invited Steven Collins, an Attitude Adjustment engineer from JPL (he helps to make sure that the rockets go in the direction they are supposed to) who is also a musician to warm up the evening with some theremin playing. He delighted us all with his outer space 1950s sounds and a song about Marie Curie (where he even played the Theremin with a Geiger Counter!) He also let everyone try out the crazy instrument for themselves.
On the walls, for ambience (we projected them but had no sound) I curated a selection of short films by some local filmmakers who are doing interesting interstitial work. The filmmakers were:
Rachel Mayeri whose video art mixes science with film and has a foundation called Soft Sciencethat investigates that combination.
Dani Michaeli whose film “The Passion of the Hairplugs” mixes stick puppets and animation
Jonathon Stearns whose films have digital art, animation, live action and music.
Andrew Takeuchi whose film Memory Loop is a reflection on the tempermental nature of memory.
I also snuck in a film by David Neuman whose film combines both dance and photography. (the entire film is made up of still photographs)
Our salon consisted of fantastic artists, architects, scientists, writers, comedians, filmmakers, librarians, fashion designers and people off the street. There were conversations about physics, philosophy, narrative story telling, fashion, visual art, composing and everything else you can think of that was delightful!
Comedians Mara Shapshay and Michael Duggan
Fashion designer Alex shows off his portfolio. He was wearing a vest he made of buttons!
Mixing and Mingling
Librarians Pearl and Erika with Comedian Janet Blake and niece.
a guy who wandered in and joined us with Video artist Rachel Mayeri
Interficitions 2 authors Cecil Castellucci, Liz Zimenski pose with Musician / Rocket Engineer Steven Collins
Interstitial Arts Foundation LA Salon! August 15th at Skylight Books
Artists and enthusiasts are cordially invited to the first Los Angeles IAF Salon for an evening devoted to the pleasures of conversation among boundary crossing artists, writers, musicians, and creators.
WHEN: August 15, 10pm – 12am
WHERE: Skylight Books, 1814 Vermont Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, 323-660-1175
Skylight Books is a proudly independent bookstore in Los Angeles in the Los Feliz neighborhood. They are known for their excellent selection of books, well-read and book loving staff, small-press salons, in-store book clubs and fantastic author events. This summer they started the Hot Summer Nights events with such diversions as live music, projected films and of course, sparkling conversation (hosted by Interfictions 2 author Cecil Castellucci)!
http://www.skylightbooks.com
There will be wine and bubbly water along with music and short films by local interstitial visual artists.
You provide the artistic conversation!
So, come join us in Los Feliz! Perhaps have dinner before the salon. Bring your laptop and show off your portfolio or wear your portable art! Bring friends and a willingness to mix and mingle with strangers — who might turn out to be future colleagues, new dear friends, or even artistic soul mates!
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Comic Con, I love you!
Comic Con! Wow! What did I do while I was there!?
Well, kind people, I….
hung out with Cylons!
signed Geektastic!
saw
Amanda Fucking Palmer! and while doing so, supported the CBDLF
interviewed the amazing Hope Larson on her spotlight. (buy all her books)
hung out with lots of my pals! And had tons of fun!
Lookit!
Stacy King! Chris Wisnia!
Ivory Madison! (she runs the fabulous Red Room) (if you are an author, you should join)
also went to the Pop Candy party, hosted by the lovely Whitney Matheson! I drank some fancy drinks, like the Andorian moon! The Clone War! The Bird of Prey! All while chatting delightfully with, amongst others, Hope Larson and Marc Bernardin Heidi MacDonald!
I met Han Solo! (OK, so it was really a Han Solo-ina)
I did a voice on the Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyds Michael Rayner warmed up the show with his juggling, and he juggled with a hatchet and spun a hamburger on an umbrella! It could have killed me! (not really, but that sounds dramatic!)
And of course I sat in the Captains Chair!
My biggest dork fan girl moment? Meeting Clancy Brown . When he was on Earth 2 and I was in Nerdy Girl, I loved the show and had written a song about him!
Naturally, this is just a FRACTION of what happened! Like, for example, I managed to not buy too many t-shirts (only two. one of them Gama-Go, of course) Instead I bought art pieces by Colleen Coover, by Ray Fawkes, and by Ken Garduno.
But oh my peeps, as always, thank you to all (to many to name) who made this Comic Con really special. I’m back from San Diego and as always, I am exhausted, but completely energized and inspired by it. Gosh I love you Comic Con!
Comic Con Schedule
I’ll be at Comic Con for a tiny moment.
Here is where you can find me to come say hello!
Saturday July 25th
11 am – 12
Signing GEEKTASTIC at Hachette
booth # 1116.
(I hear there will be pocket protectors there)
4-5 PM
Spotlight Panel HOPE LARSON
Room 3
I’ll be interviewing the fabulouso Hope Larson for her spotlight.
I’ll most likely sit with her at her signing afterwards if you want to come and say hi!
Sunday July 26th
10:30 am
Adventures of Dr Floyd / Live Radio Show
Room 8
I’ll be doing the narration of this live kids radio show! Bring the family! All ages!
