...novels: Baby-sitters Club #4: Claudia and Mean Janine; Salt Water Taffy #2: A Climb Up Mt. Barnabas; and The Adventures of Tymm #1: Alien Circus! They'll be at Brooklyn's favorite comics store: ROCKETSHIP! Parents and kids welcome! Cookies and Ice cream will be served! You can also cast your ballot in Nickelodeon Magazine's first-ever "Best Kids' Graphic Novel" Awards at the event! The awards...

...to early October? I will definitely have some copies for sale at SPX , October 4 and 5, if you'll be at that show! And I'm planning a book release party on Sunday, November 9 from 4-6 PM at Rocketship in Brooklyn--I'll have more info about these events as the dates draw closer. This will be the last book in the BSC Graphix series, sadly. But I'm working on all sorts of other fun things...

My husband: Silky Smooth! I'm in this video, too. But I'm nowhere near as glamorous. :)

...die." Allmusic - "  A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness takes sweet '60s-style pop (somewhat precious and cute, of course), and layers it with droning analog organs and waves of ringing guitars; Rocketship sounds nothing like Stereolab or My Bloody Valentine, but the feelings they evoke are similar. The album is one of the finest pieces of "bedroom music" to come from its scene, thanks to its...

...shirts, and shorts. I put it all in a big trash bag, gave Andrea a thank-you-hug, and went home. I biked out to Park Slope to meet Aaron. I wanted to go to the McSweeney's Superhero Supplies and Rocketship , a new comic book store in Cobble Hill. Unfortunately, Superhero Supplies was closed. Aaron and I biked around Brooklyn and Manhattan; he went to work, and I went to a Pool Party...

And I should also tell you that the new Rocketship album is available here . The downloadables are delish! Mmm.