Monthly Archives: October 2008

I’m on the Verge of

The amaz­ingly gra­cious Cynthea Liu has a new fea­ture on her web­site, www.writingforchildrenandteens.com, that she calls “Authors on the Verge.” The goal of the fea­ture is to intro­duce read­ers to authors who are, you know, on the verge of their careers. Recent authors include Cyn Balog, Nancy Viau, and Gayle C. Krause. And now, me! Please …

October 23, 2008 – 7:37 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Interviews | Comments Off

I Want to Live in a Shipping Container

For the past ten years, I’ve lived in your typ­i­cal sub­ur­ban, 3/2 brick ranch neigh­bor­hood. It has every­thing you could want for a fam­ily: Good schools, nice roads, pleas­ant land­scap­ing, and even a golf course in the mid­dle of it. The lawns are man­i­cured, the aza­leas neatly trimmed, and the chil­dren are all above aver­age. …

October 23, 2008 – 2:02 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Essays | Comments Off

Enchiladas Supremes

Because you can belong to enough social net­works (is that really true?), I’ve cre­ated a Ning net­work for Soul Enchi­lada called “Soul Enchi­lada Supremes.” The con­tent will be pretty the same as my Face­book, MySpace, and offi­cial web­site, but hey, how can I turn down free web space? Want to join? Go here.

October 18, 2008 – 9:46 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog | Comments Off

Music City Mastications

Speak­ing at the South­ern Fes­ti­val of Books, a long-running book fes­ti­val in Nashville, Tennessee.

October 13, 2008 – 11:11 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog, Events | Tagged , , | Comments Off

Enchilada ARCs Spotted in the Wild

On her blog, Lau­rie Halse Ander­son has posted a photo show­ing the early gal­leys of Soul Enchi­lada dis­played at the Great Lakes Bookseller’s Asso­ci­a­tion annual tradeshow this past week­end. Debut authors some­times won­der when the whole “pub­lished author” thing starts to feel real. I’m not speak­ing for oth­ers, but when an uber-author like Lau­rie Halse …

October 6, 2008 – 2:33 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog | Comments Off

Soul Enchilada Cover

Green­wil­low Books has released the cover for Soul Enchilada!

October 3, 2008 – 12:59 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog | Comments Off