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THAT Moment, when the Editor Challenges the Shit Out of You

3/5/2018

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Yeah, that moment. 

Yesterday afternoon, after my office hours, I met with the editor I hired to review "La Bruja del Barrio Loco." 

All of the advice she gave me was brilliant, and she pointed out things I had never thought about.  For instance, in this third revision, I am making the narration in the magical realism sections more like the magical realism I so love. (That will probably mean that I will read more magical realism in Spanish.)  I am actually looking forward to reading works in Spanish, again. 

She also recommended that I offset the flashbacks as separate chapters in italics, which I already started doing this morning when I was revising the piece.  And, yes, the divisions make total sense.

The most challenging advice was that the main character was not likeable.  I did try to not make her a purely "good" character, but I may have overdone it.  I am adding more passages to round out Elisa, the "protagonist's" humanity and elevate her relationship with her kidnapped son. 

That is all I got because it is almost 4a.m. and the union has a huge board action at the district office to support part-time professionals.  I need to be awake.  Plus, we start negotiating the faculty contract, and I am on the negotiating team.  Wish me luck all!

Do something to support humanity today. #Resist Evil

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Elizabeth Marino link
3/5/2018 05:32:36 am

Thank you. Fight the power. You've got this one, and the other will work out in time.

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Jesu Estrada
3/5/2018 06:26:44 am

Thanks you amazing woman! Let's keep working together!

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Elizabeth Marino
6/5/2018 08:03:23 am

To quote a mutual friend -- Absolutely!




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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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    • Grayson Bell
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