urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:m_stiefvater An urban fantasy novelist's blog on writing, folklore, and the creative life. Maggie Stiefvater 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:m_stiefvater:130881 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z Because I am about to run out the door for my UK flight, I am not going to do a proper run down post on my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ballad-Gathering-Faerie-Maggie-Stiefvater/dp/0738714844/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_3">Ballad</a> launch party at Fountain Bookstore or my two days of panels and conferencing at James River Writers Conference. Both were great -- so many friends showed up at the launch, it was wonderful -- but I'm afraid a description would pale beside the real thing. It made me think about just how many friends I've made since last year when Lament came out. Has it only been a year? Sheesh.<br /><br />Anyway, so instead of a pitiful rundown post, I will post some photos that my friend Susan took of me. She was going through them and said &quot;IT'S LIKE A FLIP BOOK!&quot; <br /><br />Apparently, I move a lot while i'm talking. I do not remember making half of these faces, but the camera could not possibly lie. So here they are. In case you wanted to be at the Ballad launch and really couldn't, this is practically as good as the real thing. <br /><br />THE FACES OF MAGGIE.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maggiestiefvater/4008750066/" title="the faces of maggie by Telltale Crumbs, on Flickr"><img width="496" height="1024" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3523/4008750066_13562ca1c6_b.jpg" alt="the faces of maggie" /></a></div><br /><br />If a picture is worth a thousand words, this post is a freakin' chapter. <br /><br /><br /><br /><a title="web counter" href="http://www.statcounter.com/free_hit_counter.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://c.statcounter.com/3881827/0/1603c33f/1/" alt="web counter" border="0"></a>