Tuesday Tip – Surveys and a call for help!

idea.gifFor a number of years, I’ve done workshops on the state of Latino fiction and as I am going to be doing a number of talks on this topic in the coming year, I wanted to update some aspects of the discussion. It occurred to me that it might be good to broaden the fact-finding to include various kinds of multicultural fiction and not just Latino fiction.

Armed with that intent, I’ve developed a survey (click here to access the survey) as a way of allowing you to offer your opinions on the state of multicultural fiction today. As the survey is intended to reflect current publishing trends, I am asking only published authors or those with books that are to be released shortly, to offer their comments on the survey.

As this is my first attempt at a survey of this nature, I also beg your indulgence if it’s lacking in any way.

Here’s a link to the page with the survey: https://www.caridad.com/state-of-multicultural-fiction/

Feel free to share this link with any other authors that you think might be interested in offering their opinion on this topic.

Thanks so much!
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Wicked Wednesday – A Ghostly Treat for Halloween

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Since Saturday, we’ve been posting scary stories during our first ever Ghost Story Blog Tour! Today – Halloween – it’s my day to give you my Ghost Story! Please drop by and read all the blogs and get yourself into the Halloween spirit with some awesome stories from all my friends.

Here’s where you can check out the other Ghost Stories on the blog tour:

Saturday, October 27: Berta Platas, author of Cinderella Lopez.
Sunday, October 28: Mary Castillo, author of Switchcraft.
Monday, October 29: Sofia Quintero, author of Divas Don’t Yield.
Tuesday, October 30: Kathy Cano-Murillo, author of Love Shine (it pubs 2009!)
Wednesday, October 31: Caridad Pineiro, author of South Beach Chicas Catch Their Man. Continue reading “Wicked Wednesday – A Ghostly Treat for Halloween”

Guilty Pleasures Monday – Bad Boys with Bite

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Bad Boy James MarstersThis Guilty Pleasure Monday is all about Bad Boys with Bite. Today’s favorite is Buffy Bad Boy Spike aka James Marsters.

What is it about Bad Boys with Bite that is so appealing? Well, I met a delightful group of bloggers from Italy who run the Isn’t It Romantic? site and today, I’ll be blogging on that site about Bad Boys with Bite and why we love them. Click here to check out the blog! Continue reading “Guilty Pleasures Monday – Bad Boys with Bite”

Ghost Story Blog Tour!

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This Saturday, a couple of friends and me kicked off the first ever Chica Lit Ghost Story Blog Tour! Each day one of us will post our story on our blog and promote the other stories to come.

Please drop by and read all the blogs and get yourself into the Halloween spirit with some awesome stories from all my friends.

Saturday, October 27: Berta Platas, author of Cinderella Lopez.
Sunday, October 28: Mary Castillo, author of Switchcraft.
Monday, October 29: Sofia Quintero, author of Divas Don’t Yield.
Tuesday, October 30: Kathy Cano-Murillo, author of Love Shine (it pubs 2009!)
Wednesday, October 31: Caridad Pineiro, author of South Beach Chicas Catch Their Man.

Silly Sunday – Chupacabras in Texas

There is a woman who claims to have found chupacabras in Texas! The woman, Phylis Canion, and her neighbors apparently discovered the bodies of three chupacabras near her ranch in Cuero, Texas. For the complete story, click here.

Canion kept one of them for DNA testing and took some pictures of the creature who is really butt ugly and looks nothing like the creature of legend that I described in DEVOTION CALLS. Continue reading “Silly Sunday – Chupacabras in Texas”