The Soirée is on the Way
The cake's been ordered, the place reserved. It's roughly two weeks until the official release party for "Creatura". Invitations have been mailed and some will be hand delivered. In all honesty, party planning is something I very much enjoy. However, this one takes precedence over the rest of the parties I've ever had to coordinate. It's absolutely nerve wracking!
I'm a planner - not a party planner, but a planner in general. Often, I tend to think of every detail that would please me if I were an attendee. That's not so bad is it? Okay, yes it is! Call me obsessive or compulsive...or both. I'm a female, for goodness sake!
The release party will be held in the City of Los Fresnos, Texas, also the setting of my book. Why Los Fresnos? Because at the age of 13, I moved there and hated it, BUT then something extraordinary happened - I fell in love. Not with a guy, with the town! It's small, it's friendly, it's simple. Yes, it may only have a population of 4, 512, but it's home, and home is where the heart is. I consider it my hometown even though I didn't move there until my teenybopper years.
Everyone says, "write what you know", but I wrote what I imagined. My imagination ran amok in that town and the surrounding areas as I wrote "Creatura". That's where David Chios came to life in The Ebony Estate (AKA Casa Los Ebanos at Los Ebanos Preserve). It's where Isis Martin attended Los Fresnos High School, and where Claire Martin, Isis' mother, worked for the County, as a paralegal in the courthouse. It's where Krystle, Sheila and Patrick - Isis' friends- graduated high school, before Isis. My characters have a life in Los Fresnos! They're very real to me. Holding the book launch within my town was the only feasible choice.
*I should mention that Krystle, Sheila and Patrick are real people and not just cameo characters in the book:
Krystle - my sister
Sheila - my sister's BFF
Patrick - my sister's BF
**They will be making an appearance at the launch. Who knows, maybe they'll be asked for their autographs.
So, what am I doing to prepare? I'm hot gluing my fingers to the bone - making centerpieces and detailing the event. I'm thinking of a speech and a paradigm. I'm thinking of great treats to serve and of how to set up the room. Plan, plan, plan! Yes, I am obsessive, but if I didn't obsess, how would I have ever detailed all those character personalities in "Creatura"?
Anyhow, I do believe I'm due for a well-deserved break. I'm off to relax with a good book that I'm eager to finish, and then I'll nestle myself into bed, where Morpheus, with a grin, will lure me away. Therefore, I must bid you adieu. I have a long day tomorrow: appointments, post office, burned fingers and crossing off other items on my "to do" list. Wish me luck!
Nely Cab
I'm a planner - not a party planner, but a planner in general. Often, I tend to think of every detail that would please me if I were an attendee. That's not so bad is it? Okay, yes it is! Call me obsessive or compulsive...or both. I'm a female, for goodness sake!
The release party will be held in the City of Los Fresnos, Texas, also the setting of my book. Why Los Fresnos? Because at the age of 13, I moved there and hated it, BUT then something extraordinary happened - I fell in love. Not with a guy, with the town! It's small, it's friendly, it's simple. Yes, it may only have a population of 4, 512, but it's home, and home is where the heart is. I consider it my hometown even though I didn't move there until my teenybopper years.
Everyone says, "write what you know", but I wrote what I imagined. My imagination ran amok in that town and the surrounding areas as I wrote "Creatura". That's where David Chios came to life in The Ebony Estate (AKA Casa Los Ebanos at Los Ebanos Preserve). It's where Isis Martin attended Los Fresnos High School, and where Claire Martin, Isis' mother, worked for the County, as a paralegal in the courthouse. It's where Krystle, Sheila and Patrick - Isis' friends- graduated high school, before Isis. My characters have a life in Los Fresnos! They're very real to me. Holding the book launch within my town was the only feasible choice.
*I should mention that Krystle, Sheila and Patrick are real people and not just cameo characters in the book:
Krystle - my sister
Sheila - my sister's BFF
Patrick - my sister's BF
**They will be making an appearance at the launch. Who knows, maybe they'll be asked for their autographs.
So, what am I doing to prepare? I'm hot gluing my fingers to the bone - making centerpieces and detailing the event. I'm thinking of a speech and a paradigm. I'm thinking of great treats to serve and of how to set up the room. Plan, plan, plan! Yes, I am obsessive, but if I didn't obsess, how would I have ever detailed all those character personalities in "Creatura"?
Anyhow, I do believe I'm due for a well-deserved break. I'm off to relax with a good book that I'm eager to finish, and then I'll nestle myself into bed, where Morpheus, with a grin, will lure me away. Therefore, I must bid you adieu. I have a long day tomorrow: appointments, post office, burned fingers and crossing off other items on my "to do" list. Wish me luck!
Nely Cab
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Aug 05, 2011 10:04PM
When will the book release party take place? Will there be books available on that date? I wish you the best of luck and we will be doing our best to support a valley author.
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Madkropotkin wrote: "When will the book release party take place? Friday, August 19th
Will there be books available on that date?
Yes, a limited amount of books will be available for purchase at the event.
I wish you the best of luck and we will be doing our best to support a valley author."
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your support.
I know what you mean about writing about what you know and who you know. That's exactly what I did with Warriors Of The Cross and Guardians of the Cross. I live near, summer in, and have worked in Galveston. I love everything about it (except its hurricanes). Galveston, Texas is the location of The Warrior Series.
I also created characters who embody my friends and family's most endearing mannerisms. It was a selfish need to preserve forever in my memory who they are and what they stand for.
Good luck with the book release!
T. R. Graves
Thanks so much for the good wishes for Creatura . I love that the plot of your books Warriors Of The Cross and Guardians of the Cross is in Galveston, and let me say they sound very intriguing. Good luck to you on your series!
