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January 25, 2012

WRITER WEDNESDAY: Winner of LEV AC ROSEN Signed Book Contest Announced!

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ALL MEN OF GENIUS by Lev AC Rosen (Tor 2011)

Welcome to WRITER WEDNESDAY! Today we announce the lucky winner of our most recent signed book contest giveaway drawing with TOR debut novelist LEV AC ROSEN (“ALL MEN OF GENIUS”/Tor 2011).

We interviewed Lev earlier this month. You can read that original Q&A blog here: http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=1226

This month’s winner, picked at random, is… TIM LEWIS!

Tim wins a personally autographed copy of Lev AC Rosen’s debut novel ALL MEN OF GENIUS (Tor ’11). Congratulations, Tim! We’ll contact you shortly to make arrangements!

In the meantime, Lev AC Rosen is also speaking on Monday January 30, 2012 at the Mid-Manhattan Library at 6:30 PM (455 Fifth Ave. New York, NY, first floor corner room). If you’re in the area, please RSVP at http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/01/30/author-reading-signing-lev-ac-rosen For more info on Lev, please visit his website here: http://www.levacrosen.com/

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Congratulations again to our winner Tim! And grateful thanks as always to everyone for visiting my blog and participating in our writer contests!

Please stay tuned for our next Q&A blog and signed book contest with YA novelist SARA WILSON ETIENNE, whose debut YA novel HARBINGER launches February 2nd from Putnam. The Q&A blog with Sara will be posted on Wednesday February 8, 2012. (Her website: http://www.sarawilsonetienne.com/)

Until the next blog, HAPPY WRITING! Remember… WRITE LIKE YOU MEAN IT! :)

 

January 16, 2012

MUSIC MONDAY: Great Deceivers gig this Friday January 20th!

Filed under: Music — Tags: , , , , , , — paulayoo @ 11:02 am

My band, the Great Deceivers, is a King Crimson tribute band! (http://myspace.com/tgdkingcrimson)

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! And welcome to MUSIC MONDAY. Today’s blog is about my band, THE GREAT DECEIVERS. We’re a King Crimson tribute band. We have a few gigs lined up, including one this Friday January 20th at 10 PM at the Universal Bar & Grill.

(Keep reading after the jump for more details…)

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January 11, 2012

WRITER WEDNESDAY: Q&A with “All Men of Genius” sci fi author Lev AC Rosen!

Filed under: Books,Sci Fi — Tags: , , , , — paulayoo @ 8:00 am

ALL MEN OF GENIUS by Lev AC Rosen (Tor 2012)

WELCOME TO WRITER WEDNESDAY! This is our first Writer Wednesday Q&A blog of 2012! And what better way to kick off the new year with some cool steampunk sci fi historical literary fiction by genius writer LEV AC ROSEN? Today’s blog features a fantastic Q&A with debut novelist LEV AC ROSEN, whose first book, ALL MEN OF GENIUS (Tor 2011), is out in bookstores now. (His website: http://www.levacrosen.com/)

We also are excited to host a fun signed book contest with Lev AC Rosen. Please comment at the end of this blog or email me (paula at paulayoo dot com) to be included in a drawing where one winner will be chosen at random. The winner will receive a personally autographed edition of ALL MEN OF GENIUS by Lev himself! The winner will be announced in a blog posted on Wednesday January 25, 2012.

Lev AC Rosen is also speaking on Monday January 30, 2012 at the Mid-Manhattan Library at 6:30 PM (455 Fifth Ave. New York, NY, first floor corner room). If you’re in the area, please RSVP at http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2012/01/30/author-reading-signing-lev-ac-rosen

ALL MEN OF GENIUS (Tor ’11) is a fantastical blend of historical fiction and “steampunk” sci fi with some Shakespearean elements tossed in as well by this Sarah Lawrence MFA-trained author. The book’s plot is described as: “Inspired by Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, All Men of Genius takes place in a Victorian London familiar but fantastical, where mad science makes the impossible possible. Violet Adams wants to attend Illyria College, a widely renowned school for the most brilliant up-and-coming scientific minds, founded by the late Duke Illyria, the greatest scientist of the Victorian Age. The school is run by his son, Ernest, who has held to his father’s policy that the small, exclusive college remain male-only. Violet sees her opportunity when her father departs for America. She disguises herself as her twin brother, Ashton, and gains entry. But keeping the secret of her sex won’t be easy, not with her friend Jack’s constant habit of pulling pranks, and especially not when the duke’s young ward, Cecily, starts to develop feelings for Violet’s alter ego, “Ashton.” Not to mention blackmail, mysterious killer automata, the way Violet’s pulse quickens whenever Ernest speaks to her, and a deadly legacy left by Ernest’s father. She soon realizes that it’s not just keeping her secret until the end of the year she has to worry about: it’s surviving that long.”

(Keep reading after the jump for our Q&A with LEV AC ROSEN. And don’t forget to comment on this blog or email me to be included in our signed book contest giveaway drawing, too!)

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January 6, 2012

FOODIE FRIDAY: Xmas in Vegas “Good Eats”!

Filed under: Food — Tags: , , , , , , — paulayoo @ 8:00 am

Our view of Vegas!

Welcome to the first FOODIE FRIDAY blog of 2012! Below is a fun account of some of the “good eats” we had on our annual Xmas in Vegas vacation.

I’ve been going to Vegas for Christmas almost every year since 1999. It’s just a fun tradition. You could say I’m a total expert now on all things Vegas. Especially when it comes to foodie gourmet “good eats” at affordable “Occupy Wall Street” prices. :)

Keep reading after the jump to see what yummy food we discovered over our vacation!

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January 5, 2012

TUNA THURSDAY: Adventures With the Catsitters!

Filed under: Pets — Tags: — paulayoo @ 8:00 am

Wow, my cats really partied while I was away on vacation!

Welcome to the first TUNA THURSDAY blog of 2012! As we all recover from our holidays and get back to work, I thought I’d start off this month’s blogs with a funny account of what my cats Oreo, Beethoven & Charlotte did while we were away on vacation.

We have been celebrating “Xmas in Vegas” since 1999. It’s a fun vacation, and I’ll be posting a FOODIE FRIDAY blog tomorrow (1/6/12) about our foodie adventures in Las Vegas. Until then, below are actual text conversations and text photos between my catsitters Ginger, Jessie, and I. You have met Ginger before… I featured a previous catsitter text blog with her when we were at ComicCon in 2011. That blog is here: http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=700

Ginger and her colleague Jessie took care of our cats while we were on our Christmas vacation. They are both certified RVTs (registered veterinary technicians) at a local animal hospital. So that ROCKS because talk about peace of mind – not only are they feeding, playing, and taking care of our cats, but they can spot any strange health problems while we are out of town.

Anyway, keep reading after the jump to see the hilarious texts and pictures between the catsitters and I!

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January 1, 2012

Happy New Year 2012!

Filed under: Writing — Tags: , , , , , , , , — paulayoo @ 11:15 am

Happy New Year 2012 from (L-R) Beethoven, Oreo & Charlotte!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope everyone had a fun and safe New Year’s Eve. Best wishes for 2012! :) Stay tuned for some fun blogs that I’ll post for the month of January 2012! A brief schedule below of some of the blogs that are scheduled so far…

Jan. 5, 2012: TUNA THURSDAY blog featuring what adventures my cats Oreo, Beethoven & Charlotte had with our catsitters Ginger & Jessie while we were gone on our annual “Xmas in Vegas” trip!

Jan. 6, 2012: FOODIE FRIDAY blog about all the yummy food deals we had during our annual Xmas in Vegas trip 2011!

Jan. 11, 2012: WRITER WEDNESDAY featuring a Q&A with sci fi author Lev AC Rosen and also including a signed book contest for his latest novel, ALL MEN OF GENIUS (Tor 2012)!

Jan. 16, 2012: MUSIC MONDAY blog about my band, THE GREAT DECEIVERS (a King Crimson tribute band), and our first gig of 2012 on Friday 1/20/12 at Universal Bar & Grill!

Jan. 25, 2012: WRITER WEDNESDAY announcing the winner of our Lev AC Rosen signed book contest for ALL MEN OF GENIUS

Until the next blog, remember… HAPPY WRITING! WRITE LIKE  YOU MEAN IT! :)

December 24, 2011

CAT SATURDAY (“CATURDAY”): Happy Holidays & Merry “Catmas” 2011!

Filed under: Pets,Writing — Tags: , , , , , , , , — paulayoo @ 3:39 pm

Happy Holidays 2011 from Paula Yoo, Oreo, Charlotte & Beethoven!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND MERRY CATMAS! :)  Welcome to a special CAT SATURDAY (AKA “CATURDAY”) blog! I hope everyone is having a fantastic December. I’ve had a fantastic year with the newly remodelled website http://paulayoo.com as re-designed by my website guru Greg of http://webheadlabs.com/! Thanks again to Greg for his amazing redesign of this website. I also have had a great year with the third annual NATIONAL PICTURE BOOK WRITING WEEK (AKA “NaPiBoWriWee”) – please stay tuned for future updates for this year’s May 1-7, 2012 NaPiBoWriWee event. And special thanks to all the guest authors who graciously participated in Q&A interviews and donated autographed copies of their books to our signed book giveaway contest drawings!

BLOG UPDATES: Please visit my blog in 2012 for future guest book author Q&A blogs including a January 2012 WRITER WEDNESDAY Q&A blog and book contest with sci fi author LEV AC ROSEN (“ALL MEN OF GENIUS,” Tor ’11) and a spring Q&A blog with author/journalist SCOTT MARTELLE (“DETROIT: A BIOGRAPHY,” Chicago Review Press ’12). In the meantime, you can follow me on Twitter (@paulayoo) and you can also follow my cat Oreo, too (@oreothecatyoo)!

TV/BOOK UPDATES: As many of you know, I was a producer on the wonderful SyFy series EUREKA. We wrapped our show in late August of this year. Our fifth and final season of EUREKA will air in 2012, so please stay tuned for more details. I’ll be sure to blog more about our final season once SyFy announces the official airdates. Until then, you can keep up with the show here: http://syfy.com/eureka As for me, I’m just taking the time off to finish writing some scripts and new books (both children’s picture books and novels – one middle grade novel and an adult novel) before I hopefully find my way onto another TV series as a writer/producer. I also substitute teach (I’m certified K-12 in the LA public school system) so I’m enjoying the chance to bond again with my young students (it’s also great “research” for my children’s book writing!) :)

MUSIC UPDATE: My band, THE GREAT DECEIVERS (a King Crimson tribute band) has gigs Fri. 1/20/12 at Universal Bar & Grill & Sat. 2/18/12 at Paladino’s. Stay tuned for future music blogs with more details!

MORE RANDOM ACTS OF CAT CUTENESS: And as a special treat, below are photos and youtube video links of our attempts to put these Santa caps on my cats Oreo, Beethoven and Charlotte for our annual holiday greeting e-card. Oh boy, let’s just say it was NOT an easy task and right now NONE of my cats are talking to me. They are all sulking under the bed. :P Enjoy the photos and best wishes for everyone in 2012! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! :) And remember… HAPPY WRITING! WRITE LIKE YOU MEAN IT! :)

(Please continue reading after the jump to see more “Merry Catmas” photos! LOL!)

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December 6, 2011

TV TUESDAY: Special Animated Holiday EUREKA Episode Airs Tonight!

Filed under: Uncategorized — paulayoo @ 6:00 am

EUREKA special animated holiday episode airs Dec. 6, 2011 at 8 PM on SyFy!

Welcome to TV TUESDAY! I’m especially thrilled to post today’s blog in honor of tonight’s very special ANIMATED holiday episode of EUREKA! The episode, “DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?” airs tonight (Tuesday Dec. 6th) at 8 PM EST on SyFy!

The episode was co-written by the totally awesome AMY BERG and supercool ERIC TUCHMAN (and we wrote Episode 417 “CLASH OF THE TITANS” together!). For more info on our show, go here: http://www.syfy.com/eureka (I was a producer for the show’s fourth and fifth seasons.)

And speaking of do you see what I see… Here’s an EXCLUSIVE picture of Amy Berg & Eric Tuchman hard at work on their script of “DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?” (I surprised them with my sneaky paparazzi ways… LOL!)

Eric Tuchman & Amy Berg hard at work like elves writing the holiday Eureka episode!

(Click the MORE button to keep reading after the jump for some sneak peeks at the animated glory of EUREKA!)

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December 5, 2011

MULTICULTURAL MONDAY: Are Asian American Students “Good Enough”?

Filed under: Asian American issues,Books — Tags: , , , , , , , — paulayoo @ 6:00 am

Infamous 1980s TIME Magazine cover that horrified me when I was in high school...

Welcome to my first MULTICULTURAL MONDAY blog! I saw a recent article over the weekend that had me seeing red, hence my decision to hop on my multicultural soapbox…

Once again, my YA novel GOOD ENOUGH (HarperCollins 2008) has been proven as being WAY ahead of its time. My novel came out in 2008, long before the phrase “TIGER MOM” became a household word. And now this – a recent news article that states Asian American students are choosing NOT to reveal their ethnicity on college applications out of fear of discrimination.

The link to that story is here: http://news.yahoo.com/asians-college-strategy-dont-check-asian-174442977.html

I’m depressed that even in 2011, we are STILL experiencing this sort of ridiculous racial discrimination. The whole point of my novel GOOD ENOUGH was to poke fun at the Asian American “Model Minority Myth” … but also to use humor as a way of examining the more serious issues of discrimination. (Pictured above is an infamous TIME Magazine cover story on “Those Asian American Whiz Kids” that horrified me as a teenager back in the mid ’80s. :( :P Gah!)

(If you’re curious to read more about my multicultural soapbox rant, please hit the MORE link and keep reading after the jump!)

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November 30, 2011

WRITER WEDNESDAY: Winner of Sheela Chari Book Contest Announced!

Filed under: Writing For Young People — Tags: , , , , , , , — paulayoo @ 8:00 am

Meet YA novelist SHEELA CHARI!

Welcome to WRITER WEDNESDAY! Today we announce the winner of our book contest with YA novelist SHEELA CHARI!

We interviewed YA novelist SHEELA CHARI in November about her debut YA novel VANISHED (Hyperion 2011). You can check out that interview here: http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=1086

This was a VERY popular contest, so our winner had a lot of competition. There were a TON of names in the hat this time around.

(To find out who won, keep reading after the jump!)

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