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Maria Elena Sandovici has been loitering around Galveston Island for twenty years now. In this time, she's befriended some very interesting people, learned many Island stories, and made up many more. Have you heard about the horses, for example? If you visit the historic Leage Kempner House, the Broadway mansion that inspired Storms of Malhado, you might just hear their hoofbeats going up the stairs. Or not. Island lore, fiction, and history blend seemslessly in a universe scented with sea salt, jasmine, and perhaps the faintest whiff of manure.
Recently, the author has acquired a tiny Island cottage that survived the Great Storm of 1900 and resolves to spend more time on Galveston Island, giving historic walking tours, doing book signings,
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Maria Elena Sandovici That depends. If I myself have that issue figured out or can at least imagine how the character should best deal with it, then writing about it is lib…moreThat depends. If I myself have that issue figured out or can at least imagine how the character should best deal with it, then writing about it is liberating. If I feel as stuck as the character, then I end up exhausted. In a worst-case scenario I end up with a few days of writer's block. (less)
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A New Galveston Novel!

Did y'all know I'm working on a new Galveston novel? It's called Breakaway Bridesmaid and is contemporary women's fiction set on Galveston Island. It's about a wedding weekend where one of the bridesmaids disappeas without a trace! Stay tuned!
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“In a world where everybody is lost, and nowhere is home, airports are the only places that show their true colors. Airports are honest. They remind us all, once again, that we are, despite occasional illusions of stability, eternally in transit. At least that’s how I feel.”
Maria Elena Sandovici, Stray Dogs and Lonely Beaches

“The stories they could tell, the people they have met. It must be fascinating to work in a hotel. There must be so much quirkiness and drama. If I worked here, I’d probably want to write a book about it.”
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“None of us are all that interesting, dove. The more you expect others to be out of the ordinary, the more disappointed you will be.”
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