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Moving on

For reasons I won’t bore you with, on March 9th I gave myself one month to start dating again. If you’ve been following my dating saga you may recall that I originally gave myself a pass from the “first date game” back in January of 2013 when I sold my novel. I decided I would […]

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A to Z Blogging Challenge – E is for Economic Status

I’m always struck by how little conversation is happening in the book world about depicting characters of varying economic status. We talk a good deal about exploring the experience of race and gender in books, but not much about poverty. I grew up poor. I am now middle class. I am also Latina and Caucasian […]

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What I love

My crocus are bursting open all over the place. I have not one but two daffodils about ready to flower. Although I stayed out kind of late on Saturday out for drinks in the city, I was up at the crack of dawn to get in the garden on Sunday. Then, a walk in the […]

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I am in love!

My crocus are bursting open all over the place. I have not one but two daffodils about ready to flower. Although I stayed out kind of late on Saturday out for drinks in the city, I was up at the crack of dawn to get in the garden on Sunday. Then, a walk in the […]

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A to Z Blogging Challenge – D is for Diversity

Diversity is the theme I’ve chosen for this 26-day blogging challenge. But why a push for diverse books? Shouldn’t we just read the books that appeal to us? Isn’t insisting on diversity a bit forced? No one was as shocked as I was when my book got labeled “diverse.” Although it’s the story of an […]

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Blocks are telling you something

The Big Spring Clean continues full steam ahead. On Day 15, I am past the halfway point and I feel absolutely liberated. (For those of you just tuning in – I am getting rid of 27 things a day for 27 days. So that’s over 400 items gifted or discarded since March 20th!). Perhaps the […]

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A to Z Blogging Challenge – C is for Censorship

Censorship continues to be a reality, particularly in the young adult book world. We all know of great classics that have at one time or another been banned, but it’s an ongoing phenomenon. The American Library Association maintains a list of the most frequently banned books, and you can check it out here: banned books […]

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A to Z Blogging Challenge – B is for Biracial

Sure, I thought of doing “black” for B. And I could find plenty to say. There are not enough authentic, well-written African American (or just African African) characters, although there are so many beautiful ones. But then I tried to think of how many biracial characters I could think of. It wasn’t many. They exist, […]

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A to Z Blogging Challenge – B is for biracial

Sure, I thought of doing “black” for B. And I could find plenty to say. There are not enough authentic, well-written African American (or just African African) characters, although there are so many beautiful ones. But then I tried to think of how many biracial characters I could think of. It wasn’t many. They exist, […]

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A to Z Blogging Challenge – A is for Ability

So, here I go with another writing challenge. As you may know, I try to blog every day (and it’s a challenge!). Mostly, I succeed. Sometimes I super-duper fail. So I was a little apprehensive when my friend and fellow author Yvonne Ventresca invited me to join the A to Z Blogging Challenge. That’s a […]

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