Creativity and Healing
YA Authors: Learn from Twisted
As an author of young adult literature, I have learned much from the ABC Family series Twisted. Its writers do what all of us are taught to do but sometimes fail to accomplish. They keep the audience engaged, hungry for more, and totally sympathetic toward the lead...
Books Set In Spain
When I travel to a foreign country, the first thing I do after purchasing my plane ticket is search for books, usually novels, set in the country I'm travelling to. Spain is the setting for CITY OF SORROWS and a country I hold close to my heart. It's where I met my...
My Office at Christmas Time
As a fan of writer’s homes, I love to be in the space where famous authors created their work. For most of these writers, a peek into their world only happened many years after their death, when their books were famous and people’s curiosity peaked. Here are two of my...
Diego’s Gypsy Family Christmas
Diego is one of the three main characters in City of Sorrows. For those of you who have read the book, you may remember that his friend, Rajiv, visited Diego’s home on Christmas Day. Rajiv is from India and this is his first Christmas celebration in Seville. Like...
Andres and Adela’s Spanish Christmas
Andrés is one of the three main characters in CITY OF SORROWS. For those of you who have read the book, you may remember that Andrés took a lot of interest in his little sister, Adela. I thought it would be fun for you to see in pictures some of the places he took...
Who are the Spanish Gypsies?
Young Dancer from El Torombo Studio in Seville What word comes to mind when you hear the word Gypsy? You might be thinking some of the same things I thought before I actually met a person of Roma descent. Words like vagabond, beggar,...
