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March 11, 2013

March Update: JANM Panel, Nikki Grimes, and more!

Filed under: Asian American issues,Writing For Young People — Tags: , , , , , , , , — paulayoo @ 1:40 pm

I attended a poetry class by esteemed poet Nikki Grimes at the SCBWI March 2013 Writers Day conference! Read my blog for more details!

Hello from the writing batcave! I recently left the confines of my writing batcave to attend a wonderful class on “Novels in Verse” by esteemed poet NIKKI GRIMES for the March 9-10, 2013 SCBWI Writers Day conference. I also will be sneaking out of the batcave on Saturday March 23rd to be a panel speaker at the “BEYOND THE BAD & UGLY: STEREOTYPES AND ASIAN AMERICAN POP CULTURE – A SUMMIT” at the Japanese American National Museum. Keep reading below for more details…

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October 24, 2011

Music Monday: Winner of Susan Whitall “FEVER” Signed Book Contest!

Filed under: Music — Tags: , , , , — paulayoo @ 7:00 am

Fever: Little Willie John, A Fast Life, Mysterious Death and the Birth of Soul by Susan Whitall with Kevin John

Welcome to MUSIC MONDAY! We’re excited to announce the winner of our signed book contest with music journalist and author SUSAN WHITALL. We had an amazing two-part Q&A with Susan about her latest book, “FEVER: LITTLE WILLIE JOHN – A FAST LIFE, MYSTERIOUS DEATH AND THE BIRTH OF SOUL.” You can read the Q&A’s here: http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=1000 & http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=1004 For more info on Susan, her website is here: http://www.susanwhitall.com/

(Keep reading after the jump to find out who won!)

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October 10, 2011

MUSIC MONDAY: Meet “Fever”‘s Susan Whitall! (Pt. 2 of Q&A)

Filed under: Music — Tags: , , , , , — paulayoo @ 8:45 am

Fever: Little Willie John, A Fast Life, Mysterious Death and the Birth of Soul by Susan Whitall with Kevin John

Welcome to MUSIC MONDAY! Today, we are featuring Part 2 of our two-part Q&A with author and music critic SUSAN WHITALL. If you missed Part 1, the link is here: http://paulayoo.com/blog/?p=1000

I worked with Susan at The Detroit News in the early ’90s. She was a fantastic writing mentor to me, and we would have very long phone and email chats about how much we loved music!

Susan’s latest book is Fever: Little Willie John, A Fast Life, Mysterious Death and the Birth of Soul (Titan Books 2011). In our two-part Q&A, we’ll be chatting with Susan about the iconic Little Willie John, the music industry, music journalism, and how Little Willie John’s influence led to the birth of soul music. Part 2 of our Q&A also focuses on her music journalism career for all you aspiring writers and rock critics out there!

We are also hosting a signed book giveaway contest. A winner will be chosen at random to receive a signed copy of Susan’s book FEVER! To participate, please post a comment in either Music Monday blog or email me at paula at paulayoo dot com to have your name included in the drawing. Winner will be announced on Monday October 24, 2011. Good luck!

To find out more about Susan, please visit her website here: http://www.susanwhitall.com/

(Keep reading after the jump for Part 2 of our Q&A with “FEVER” author/music critic SUSAN WHITALL!)

September 9, 2011

FOODIE FRIDAY: Meet “The Feast Nearby”‘s Robin Mather! Pt. 1

Filed under: Food — Tags: , , , , , , , — paulayoo @ 8:45 am

The Feast Nearby by Robin Mather

Welcome to FOODIE FRIDAY! For the month of September, we’ll be celebrating “THE FEAST NEARBY,” the latest book release by my friend, ROBIN MATHER.

ROBIN MATHER is a veteran food columnist and journalist, as well as a non-fiction book author. I met her when we both wrote for The Detroit News back in the early ’90s. Her food column at the News always made me hungry! She often used food as a metaphor to discuss larger life issues. That tradition continues with her latest book, THE FEAST NEARBY: How I lost my job, buried a marriage, and found my way by keeping chickens, foraging, preserving, bartering, and eating locally (all on forty dollars a week) (Ten Speed Press ’11). For more info, go here: http://thefeastnearby.com/

Part 1 of our two-part Q&A is posted today. Part Two of our Q&A will be posted next Friday 9/16. And stay tuned for a special recipe from Robin Mather for our Foodie Friday blog to be posted on Fri. 9/23. Many thanks to Robin for taking time out of her busy schedule to join us every FOODIE FRIDAY for the month of September! :)

During the month of September, I’ll also be hosting a book giveaway contest where you have the chance to win a signed copy of Robin’s book! You can participate simply by letting me know via our COMMENTS section or by emailing me at paula at paulayoo dot com with your contact info. I will collect a list of names and pick a winner at random and announce the winner on Friday 9/30. The contest is open between now and Thursday 9/29/11. So join in on the fun! :)

(Keep reading after the jump for Part 1 of our two-part Q&A with Robin)!

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August 26, 2011

Foodie Friday: Q&A with cookbook authors Domenica Marchetti & Robin Mather Coming Soon!

Filed under: Food — Tags: , , , , , , , — paulayoo @ 8:45 am

Foodie Friday is back! (Pic courtesy of http://greatfoodpictures.onsugar.com/)

Welcome to FOODIE FRIDAY! I’m back after a hiatus due to my recent job deadlines. I’ve eaten at a lot of great places and look forward to posting pics of that in the future.

For now, this is a quick blog to announce that I’ll be posting Q&A blogs with guest foodie jouralists and acclaimed cookbook authors DOMENICA MARCHETTI and ROBIN MATHER in the Fall 2011.

(Keep reading after the jump for a sneak preview of these FOODIE FRIDAY interviews!)

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April 29, 2011

2011 LA Times Festival of Books

Filed under: Books — Tags: , , , , , — paulayoo @ 7:38 pm

Have you ever been to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books? It’s been around since 1996, and I’ve attended it every year. It’s a WONDERFUL event, chock full of amazing author panels and fun book readings and even cooking demos from famous TV chefs! I wanted to alert everyone to two special events at this year’s Festival of Books…

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Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story
Good Enough
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story
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