Well, knock me over with a feather. My brother, Michael Alvear, recently informed me that Cleopatra's Moon was mentioned in a piece on the "The Best of the Girl-Power Books" in YA. In The Atlantic Wire.The Atlantic. The online version of the famous magazine. After I picked myself up off the floor, I fell over again. Because, really, this is just another example of … [Read more...] about Getting A Mention on The Atlantic Wire
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Now in Italian!
DQC spoke 7 languages so she doesn't understand my prob.Drag-Queen Cleo (DQC) proudly presents what just came in the mail--my novel in Italian! Every time I read the title, I sigh: LA LUNA di CLEOPATRADoesn't it just sound so much better! Everything in Italian sounds great, I think. More robust. Sexier. Stronger.I'm not sure when it actually releases in Italy, but I'm … [Read more...] about Now in Italian!
SCBWI Schmooze
Big thanks to Irene for arranging the schmooze.This past Friday, I drove to Birmingham for a Southern-Breeze schmooze hosted by the lovely and talented Irene Latham. I really enjoyed talking to the group of children's authors who stopped by. We ended the book talk and signing with a manuscript swap.Green eggs...not dyed!At Irene's, Patricia Weaver showed me the green eggs she'd … [Read more...] about SCBWI Schmooze
Big News! I’m Going to Rome!
One day several weeks ago, at a brunch with family, I indulged my fantasies about actually going to the places where I set my stories. But, with a son about to start college, that dream seemed just that--a sweet imagining.Then, just a couple of days ago, my mother handed me an envelope--and inside it was an invitation for a mother-daughter trip to Roma!Can you believe it? Is … [Read more...] about Big News! I’m Going to Rome!
Drag Queen Cleo is NOT Happy…
"You DARE forget me???"See, it seems I have been forgetting to bring ‘her manliness’ with me on various jaunts. Even telling her that Cleopatra’s Moon, the story of her daughter, Selene, won a Crystal Kite award from our awesome Southern-Breeze SCBWI region did nothing to lift the cold steel of her rage.I mean, look at that face. Seriously, she is not happy.“But it’s the … [Read more...] about Drag Queen Cleo is NOT Happy…
