I have refrained from writing about Trump until today. I’ve tried. Really, I have. I haven’t always abhorred him. For starters, since he’s a New Yorker, he and I go way back. [...]
If you like free books, you’ll love Free Book Friday! Every Friday they give away freesigned books. The best part? This Friday they’re giving away five autographed copies of THE [...]
I loved seeing THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY at the top of this wonderful list of new novels this spring. My fellow NJ author Lisa Colozza Cocca (whom you’ll be able to meet alongside me on May [...]
I sometimes worry that THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY won’t go as far as it could because readers might be reluctant to read an “issues book.” I worked hard to make TSSoE not be [...]
This reviewer she’d a few years reading the book. Awww… hugs! Although I did once hear someone say that we read books to feel things. So I’m glad that, at least with this [...]
It begins, “Wow.” (I think some of my favorite reviews are the ones that begin with, “Wow”). It continues, “What an incredible story.” Click here to see what [...]
I was raised to not toot my own horn, which is hard when promoting a book, since, you know, that’s basically all horn-tooting. So sharing positive reviews sometimes feels a bit like [...]
Thank you, Reese’s Reviews, for taking the time to read and review THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY! Here’s a snippet from the review, ‘Wow! When I got asked to review The Secret Side [...]
Here’s how Shooting Star Magazine’s review of THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY begins, “If you live in the United States, you have probably heard a lot about illegal immigrants. Maybe [...]
Today I got one of the most touching reviews yet. It begins, “I won’t be surprised if The Secret Side of Empty wins a bunch of awards. Because, yep, it’s that good.” The [...]
You’d expect that a novel named THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY is a little about keeping secrets. That’s just one of the reasons I love this review from the super-site TeenReads.com. It [...]
Here’s something you might not know: every year, a group of YA (young adult) and MG (middle grade) authors debuting in the following year get together and form a community. They come from [...]
One of today’s reviews is at Tales of the Marvelous, where the blogger quotes L. Frank Baum in her right rail, “”Since I can remember, my eyes have always grown big at tales of [...]
I am honored to be part of an amazing community of young adult writers debuting their novels in 2014 (like I am!). We call ourselves the OneFours and we spend lots of time on a list-serve [...]
Blog posts to promote books can take on many forms. Sometimes bloggers give you a Q&A, other times they post a review of your book. Sometimes they allow you to do what’s called a [...]
When I was looking for bloggers to help me spread the word about THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY, I was delighted to find two friends who are both Latinas and both blog. I am always interested in the [...]
I am so happy to watch the reviews coming in and I particularly enjoyed this one on the blog Agster Thoughts. The writer, Agata, shares her unique perspective of reading the novel as a fellow [...]
One of the cool things about being a new writer today is that you don’t have to travel to 20 cities to let potential readers know about your book. A big thing in book promotion are [...]
Honored and delighted to see THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY (and a Q&A with me!) spotlighted on The Poetics Projects. BONUS: you can read an excerpt from the novel: click here.
I love book bloggers, have I mentioned? They’re out there in the world talking about books just because they love them. How awesome is that? It’s a lot of work to read books and [...]
Anyone who knows me knows that my birthday is a month-long event. Coming smack-dab in the middle of June as it does, I have long considered June “Maria Month.” So it stands to [...]
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