Book Release - Imogene and the Case of the Missing Pearls

I have so many things to blog about, but:


Hip Hip Hooray,
Caloo Calay!
My book was just released today!

Here are the links: Imogene and The Case of The Missing Pearls is available from all good bookstores including The Strand Magazine, Amazon USA,Amazon UK, Waterstones UK, and for free shipping worldwide Book Depository. In ebook format it is in Kindle and Kobo and will soon be on iTunes.


Meanwhile, please come back Friday for the first of several blogs about the trip to Portugal.

A school visit,
arranged by my friend, Carla

A fabulous Fadista, Maria da Luz

And, if you like historical novels, please go next door to my Fourth Wish Blog for a review of Nancy Herman's fine book about the Donner Party, told through thirteen-year-old Virginia'Reed's point of view.

Celebrating A School Visit and a Guest Post Next Tuesday

Carla Pereira in her charming
shop, Casa Stop

It's again and I'm celebrating two events that  are actually going to happen next Tuesday, June 2nd. 

One of them is a school visit in Braga Portugal! How did this happen?
   
Last May, Rajan and I visited Braga, Portugal for the first time so I could do research on a new book that I've set in Braga. At that time, I met the very gracious Carla Pereira in a charming shop called Casa Stop which offers a range of things for the home. (You can see more about the shop at its Facebook page HERE.) Carla gave us directions when we got lost, and when she found out I was writing a book, we struck up a nice friendship that we continued by email. (Don't you love the Internet?)

My husband and I visited again in September, and when she learned we were returning in June, Carla asked if I would pay a school visit to her daughter's school. Well, of course I said yes! I'm thrilled! The students speak English (I don't speak Portuguese), and they are curious about American authors. It's a class of 30 I'll be addressing, ages 13 to 15. Pictures will definitely follow in a post visit blog!

The second wonderful thing I'm celebrating next Tuesday is that I'll be a doing a guest post on the cool blog, Mad About MG History, a blog about middle grade historical fiction. It's hosted by several bloggers, one of which is Chris Eboch, who has another blog, Write Like a Pro, a free online writing workshop. (I've heard Chris speak at workshops, read and liked a some of her books, and bookmarked several of her articles. She knows whereof she speaks.) You can visit Mad About MG History HERE and tap into some good reads for middle grade readers. Come visit me there on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, I'm getting to celebrate all this with you, thanks to LEXA CAIN's blog and her co-hosts,
L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge and Katie @ TheCyborgMom. Visit Lexa's blog and follow and join the other links. It's really nice to see what other people are celebrating.

Have a great day.












http://madaboutmghistory.blogspot.com

Guest Post and Giveaway on Natalie Aguirre's Literary Rambles

I'm excited to have a guest post and a giveaway of my new book, Imogene and the Case of the Missing Pearls, on Natalie Aguirre's wonderful blog, Literary Rambles. You can read the post and maybe win your free copy HERE. Please visit her site and check it out.

Here's a teaser of the book, a trailer a friend made for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpBXxmTVdvM&feature=youtu.be



And at Natalie's blog, you'll find a wealth of information on agents and other authors.

Have you ever made a trailer for one of your books?

Friday? Already?

sheep grazie in pastures

one of the small villages

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It's time to celebrate small things again. To be part of this blog hop, all you have to do is visit the Celebrate page on Lexa's Blog for the rules, and then post every Friday about something you're grateful for that week. It can be about writing or family or school or general life.  (Originated by VikLit)  Two wonderful co-hosts of Celebrate the Small Things are: L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge and Katie @  TheCyborgMom

What am I celebrating today? Long walks in the countryside. Villages are close enough that you can walk from one to another and see sheep and cattle on the way. Yesterday we encountered some of our favorite people, Pepe and Melucha, from a nearby village. Pepe introduced us to his brother, who invited us into the bodega for a glass of home-made wine. His wife brought us bread and cheese. It was a bright, sunny day, with a soft breeze, and we stood and talked awhile, enjoying their gracious hospitality. These are memories I will never forget. They will be with me forever.

How about you? Do you enjoy long walks? What is your favorite snack?

Belated Celebration and Things to Come

I'm a bit behind in Celebrating Small Things, the very positive blog hop sponsored by Lexa Cain @ lexacain.blogspot.com, L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge and Katie @ TheCyborgMom. There are lots of good links over there, so hop on over to see what people are celebrating -- including Lexa, who has just had a short story published that sounds great!

For my part, I'm celebrating two things.

1. Catching up on sleep at last! (My husband and I are in Galicia, Spain, our favorite place, but it's in a time zone nine hours away from Sacramento's time zone. You can imagine.

2. I'm being interviewed tomorrow at Rosi Hollinbeck's blog, The Write Stuff . Rosi always has a lot of good writing sites to share,  as well as interesting book reviews and giveaways. I learn a lot from her site and am so pleased to be interviewed by her. 

3. Tomorrow is also my husband's birthday, and we are having lunch at a restaurant in a small town by the river, called Belezar. Delicious food (we went once before), and swans drift by as you eat. How cool is that?

Have a wonderful day.

More About My Interview at "Just Get It Written".

My hurried announcement Sunday evening didn't do justice to Mary C's cool blog, Just Get It Written, because I was madly packing. Early Monday morning my husband and I boarded a plane for Galicia, Spain. We arrived yesterday afternoon, getting to our village late in the evening.

But Just Get It Written is a site worth visiting. Mary C interviews authors every second and last Monday of the month in a column called Behind the Scenes, and I've learned a lot about various authors' processes and slants on writing. I felt honored to be interviewed on such an interesting site.




Please stop by and leave a comment.

Meanwhile, I met Mary C through Lexa Cain's Celebrate Small Things blog hop, a fun blog where you can link up with others who have shares they want to celebrate. (Check that out, too.)

Interview With Mary C

Traveling, so not much time to post, but tomorrow, (May 11) I'll be interviewed by Mary C. on her cool writing blog, "Just Get It Written" .
Come and visit.