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Ecuadorian Shrimp Ceviche... mmm..

Otavalo food market

Hello,

I'm in my trailer with the heat blasting, trying to warm up. It's cold today! Before I dive into my revisions for The Ruby Notebook, I thought I'd post another yummy Ecuadorian recipe from Maria Viriginia. This one's shrimp ceviche (which Wendell and Zeeta make together in The Indigo Notebook.) My Ecuadorian friends always serve this with tostado or popcorn.


Shrimp Ceviche (Serves four)

2 lbs of medium shrimp (de-veined and de-shelled)
5 medium tomatoes
1/3 bunch ...

Quinoa Soup Recipe

Hey, everyone!

Google alerted me of an absolutely lovely new review of The Indigo Notebook today! It's from Six Boxes of Books blog, and here's an excerpt:

This first book in the series takes place in Ecuador, and the first sign that I wasn't in Babysitters Club territory was the richness of setting. It's obvious that Resau knows her Ecuador, but it comes out of her naturally, without delving into travelogue territory. The last two days I felt like I WAS in Ecuador, and so the only possible...

Blog tour update...

Hello all!

Just a quick note to say that Zu Vincent of Through the Tollbooth YA writers blog just finished up her three-day series of interviews with me. She asked me some really thought-provoking questions that I haven't gotten before, so be sure to check them out. Go to her group blog, click on The Blog, then click on Archives and click on the 2009 calendar dates Sept 29, 30, and Oct 1. There's probably some easy way to link directly to the interviews, and one of these days I might figure ...

Next stop on blog tour...

Hello everyone!

This is just a quick note to let you know the next stop on my blog tour for THE INDIGO NOTEBOOK is today, at Through the Tollbooth. Just follow the link and click on BLOG if it doesn't bring you right to the interview. Zu Vincent is the interviewer, and she asked me wonderful, interesting questions... she'll actually be posting more of the interview later this week. Hope you enjoy it...

I'll write more later... I wanted to post pics from my Chesapeake Bay trip, but my compute...

Stardust and more Indigo Notebook reviews...

Happy autumn equinox, everyone!

Well, I guess officially the equinox is tomorrow... I just checked my calendar. It feels like fall today-- cool and rainy and gloomy in a nice way, a way that makes me appreciate my fuzzy red robe and mug of tea. I just got back from Maryland last night, and I'll post some pics of the Chesapeake Bay area soon. (That's where I felt inspired to start writing seriously, so it's a very special place for me.)

I love the art of Remedios Varo-- I think she captures the...

Party for Maria Virginia!

pic of Maria Virginia as a teen

Hello all!

My friend and co-author Maria Virginia Farinango is back in town for two months.... and we had a brunch party today to celebrate! Our book, The Queen of Water, is coming out with Delacorte in Spring 2011... here's the blurb:

Co-written with Maria Virginia Farinango, this amazing true story begins in an impoverished community in the Ecuadorian Andes. As a seven-year-old, Virginia is taken from her indigenous family to be an unpaid servant in a mestizo ...

Day 1 of The Indigo NoteBook Blog Tour!

Hi all,

Just a quick note to say my first stop on *The Indigo Notebook Blog Tour* is Marjolein Balm's blog... and what a perfect place to start! Each of the books in the Notebooks series is set in a different country... and Marjolein is based in the Netherlands (at least that's what I deduced from her blog-- hopefully I'm not mistaken). Don't worry-- her blog is in perfect English (which makes me want to learn Dutch!) Isn't the Netherlands a great hopping-off point for this blog journey?! ...