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A Road Trip with Dad and My Novel Characters.  Have You Taken Your Characters Out, Recently?

16/6/2018

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Yes, I am taking the characters of my novel The Harvest out on a weekend trip.  It is Father's Day Weekend, but any time in a hotel writing and revising, while the kids are swimming, is gold.  You may think spending a weekend with your characters or at least having a long cocktail with them is excessive, but when you have been spending years with them, and you need to get to know them better, there's nothing like a weekend road trip.  Maybe, I'll just validate what I already knew about them, and that is fine. 

Have you taken your characters out on a date recently? 
They probably miss you or could surprise you!

On the author front, you may have noticed I added a new section to my page:  Books.  I am posting links to the forums where my book are going on sale like Smashwords and Amazon.  (This morning I got invited to post to a new forum.  I will have to check it out.)  Let me tell you what a learning curve that was, a joyful one.  For now, I am running a promo through my Facebook author page or comments below.  The first five people to buy my short will get a signed copy of The Long Walk.  You can email me details.  I also am selling the Kindle version for a dollar if you buy the print version. 

I mean come on?  What else can you get for such a great deal these days that is so awesome?

Well, I am off to pack.  Oh, I should pack for my characters too!  It's a metaphor.  I don't have any guns or "shit suits",  environmental protection suits from my novel.  That would just be weird.

Take your characters out and immerse yourself in them.  Buy my book.  #Resist

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    María J. Estrada
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    MARIA J. ESTRADA is an English college professor of Composition, Literature, and her favorite, Creative Writing. She grew up in the desert outside of Yuma, Arizona in the real Barrio de Los Locos, a barrio comprised of new Mexican immigrants and first-generation Chicanos. Drawing from this setting and experiences, she writes like a loca every minute she can—all while magically balancing her work and family obligations. She lives in Chicago’s south side with her wonderfully supportive husband, two remarkable children, and a menagerie of animals.

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  • Home
  • Mi Biografía
  • Shop Now!
  • Books
  • My Patreon Page
  • Un Blog de Writing Musings
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    • Eric Allen Yankee
    • Mehreen Ahmed
    • Steve Carr
    • Martin Eastland
    • P.S. Malcolm
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