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NPR's Sacramento station, CapRadio News, plays NPR's Code Switch and #LifeKit each Sat., 1:00 p.m. In today's episode, I am interviewed by the wonderful B.A. Parker about my new novel, Chicano Frankenstein. capradio.org/news/code-swit… NPR Books #NPRBooks Forest Avenue Press #Frankenstein

Ever dream of becoming a mermaid? The protagonist in the next novel on our list of 2024 nominees has. BREATHE AND COUNT BACK FROM TEN by Natalia Sylvester (Natalia Sylvester) is a contemporary fiction coming of age story (with disability representation). #MTCBA

Tonite! Three children's book authors chatting about their children's books. On IG MILIBROHISPANO 5pm pst Join us! #kidlit #milibrohispanokids #WritingCommunity #authorslife

Bumping this since events in Sept/Oct for Latinx Heritage Month are already in the works!

Happy #HipDysplasiaAwareness month to all us hippies! Grateful for each & every one of you who’ve shared your journeys & inspired me to share mine. Here’s to all the big & small steps in our paths, & knowing we’re never alone.

My book was NY Public Library's Book of the Day on my BIRTHDAY?!! How did they know?! Thank you, NYPL!!

"I didn’t want to erase any part of Vero, but I also didn’t want her story to be solely about her being a disabled immigrant. After all, we are much more layered, rich, and nuanced than any one aspect of our lives could fully capture." Natalia Sylvester bit.ly/3RetACe

your periodic reminder to read BREATHE AND COUNT BACK FROM TEN by Natalia Sylvester (or feel my wrath) for amazing chronic illness and disability rep, beautiful characters & a coming of age story that will engrave itself onto your heart (and it's got mermaids!) what more can you want

Excited to talk about plotting in YA & beyond through the lens of agency. Join us!

Peeling Away Decades of Whitewashing Our History: On the Writing of the Novel, Dispossessed by Désirée Zamorano. labloga.blogspot.com/2024/08/peelin… #writinglife #WritingCommunity #novels Desiree Zamorano

If you struggle writing plot & want it to feel organic, join me for a workshop on how understanding characters’ relationships to power & agency can reveal plot. We’ll be studying YA but this class is for all writers. $70 via @storystudio_chicago ! storystudiochicago.org/classes/classe…

Gus Walz yelling “THAT’S MY DAD!” 😭😭😭

Again, generative AI is not an accommodation. It is theft. Disabled writers are not asking to use AI. This talking point is not coming from us. Statements like this actually reinforce ableist beliefs. Good writers don't need to cheat. If you do, you aren't a good writer.

Lol my mentions are full of AI fans talking about how it’s ableist not to consider people with “great ideas” writers simply because they don’t in fact write, and my dude, ideas are dirt cheap. They mean nothing. I get ten book ideas daily. Writing is what breathes life into ideas

This Grandparents' Day, time together was the true treasure! Loved using this gem by Natalia Sylvester and Juana Medina as the centerpiece for our Walnut Creek Early College Prep Elementary School celebration. Donuts, reading, and a suitcase craft! What would YOU pack? #FindYourStory #EncuentraTuCuento Austin ISD Libraries