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Perry Author Festival

I’ll be at the Perry Author Festival in lovely Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday, October 16th. I hope to meet you there if you’re in the area. Mark you calendar! I’ll post a flyer for it once it becomes available.

The Great Wiper Saga

One day, my left windshield wiper inexplicably stopped working. It spazzed out a little, made some jerky motions and sort of hovered in the middle of its trajectory. The other wiper, dumb and not much of a team player, slammed into it several times. I turned them off. The right one dutifully returned to its […]

The detox blues

A few weeks ago my belly started acting up. I’m not much of a doctor-goer and something of an experienced “detoxer,” I decided that’s what I needed: a few days of giving my body a break from all the crap I usually put in it. So I quit Red Bull, my drug of choice. And […]

When bellyaching gets results

It is no secret that I hate commuting into New York City. There are many things about it that are soul-sucking: the crowds, the wait. But probably worst of all is the awful, disjointed public transportation. For “the greatest city in the world,” the options for getting in and out of it are dismal once […]

Raise it up

Two very important events will be happening this coming June 14th. The first is that it’s the 200th anniversary of the Star Spangled Banner. To celebrate, on Flag Day the Smithsonian will be organizing “Anthem for America.”(Flag Day is on June 14th, and is one of those holidays that is always on a certain date […]

After all this time

The other day I was out to lunch at Whole Foods with my brother, when I cracked open some supplements I had bought and began to dilute them with water. I’ve been having unspecified stomach complaints (which I’ve self-diagnosed as stress-induced irritable bowel syndrome) and I bought the herbs that were supposed to help with […]

King of Spain to abdicate

I have had a crush on the Prince of Spain since I was a little girl and lived there for six months at the age of seven. I mean… who wouldn’t want to marry a prince? And this one was from the same country as my people! Today I found out he’s finally going to […]

School Library Journal review

School Library Journal, one of the biggest reviewers of books for teens, says this about THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY, M. T.’s narration is candid and at times heartbreaking. Told over the course of her senior year, the story reveals a captivating look at the life of one young immigrant and the challenges so many […]

Crushing on the Cloisters gardens

The other day I went to one of my favorite spots on Earth: the Cloisters gardens. The Cloisters is part of the Metropolitan Museum system and is the only museum in the United States dedicated solely to medieval European art. (For a Spaniard, it’s like going home). It’s only about 10 minutes away from my […]

THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY on Audible’s website

It’s live! It’s a real thing. (Or, at least, it’s live in the sense that it’s telling us it will be live July 22nd). How long does it take to read a 336 page book aloud? Click here to find out.