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Virtual Party and Great News!

11/3/2019

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Over the weekend, I took a leap of faith. I am going to have two virtual parties in April. The one April 1 will be exclusively online for my newsletter subscribers and 600+ followers, most of whom are my friends. Hooray for 600+ Facebook followers on my author site! You are welcome to attend both of them. The first one is already linked as a Facebook event here. The second one is forthcoming, but will be my first-ever live book release and Live Streamed party for Not Your Abuelita's Folktales, so people can come to my house and also watch it from the comfort of their homes. I am going to have prize drawings for both parties, including some e-books. Stay tuned!

The other bit of great news is that my poem "Que Se Mueran de Sed" was accepted by Spillword.com and according to the editor is coming out 3/20/19 at 12:45am Pacific Time (PT). I will post the link as soon as it is live. In that poem, I italicized the Spanish, so I hope it comes through. You should read the online journal. It is amazing, and I am not just saying that because they took my poem.

The last excellent bit of amazing news is that I finally got a reply by a bookstore! I am going to submit my next book for consideration, so they can shelve my book. I am submitting Not Your Abuelita's Folktales as soon as it is done. They take publications from Ingram, but it is my understanding that Lulu Press publishes to both Amazon and Ingram. I will definitely have more to say about this process after next month.

Well, that is all the time I have. I am trying to get midterm grades done by this Friday, so my blog posts may be somewhat scattered, but I will try throw something out to the universe at least every other day.

Have a Magical Realism Monday! I know I am. #barrioblues

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Ana King
11/3/2019 08:54:33 am

¡Felicidades! Your writing makes me feel "magical" while reading it. I laugh, I relate, I ponder, I hold my breath -- all of the feels!

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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
  • My Patreon Page
  • Un Blog de Writing Musings
  • Author Interviews
    • Grayson Bell
    • Eric Allen Yankee
    • Mehreen Ahmed
    • Steve Carr
    • Martin Eastland
    • P.S. Malcolm
    • P.C. Darkcliff
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  • Books
  • Poetry
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  • Contact