Due to a family emergency, Maria Elena will not be posting for the next couple of weeks. Thank you for your understanding.
A WORLD-WIDE BLOG TOUR
Sandy Bruney invited me on a blog tour with her and other writing friends. Sandy Bruney was born in New York State and moved frequently during her early years. She was an educator until she moved to North Carolina. Her writing career began there as a reporter for a local newspaper (where she later became … Read more
ANOTHER HONORABLE MENTION — NICE!!
The Coin won another honorable mention at the Hollywood Book Festival – for General Fiction. http://www.hollywoodbookfestival.com/winners2014.htm
Arrgh! (Can’t you tell I’m Frustrated???)
Why is it that when you want your writing to go fast, since you are almost done with a novel, it just doesn’t and goes painfully SLOW????Well, will have to take my mother’s axiom to heart: vísteme despacio que estoy de prisa (dress me slowly because I’m in a hurry).
My Short Stories
I posted three short stories I wrote on my website. If you would like to see my narrative style, please visit mariaelenawrites.com .Who can tell me which story has O’Henry-esque elements?
Event Mt. Dora, FL – August 2, 2014
Will be reading from The Coin at this event. Come join me, and other authors, there. The Coin will be available for purchase at site and I will be signing the novels as well. Reading Romance Expo August 2 at 10:00am W.T. Bland Public Library in Mount Dora, Florida For more information go to this link: http://www.mylakelibrary.org/local_authors/default.aspx
A Bit of a Hiatus…
Incommunicado (maybe I should finish with an ‘a’ since I am female). Anyway, will rarely post this week, or next. Crunch time on novel #2, The Book of Hours. Will be like Hemingway said…sitting down at a typewriter (computer, now, thank you very much) and bleed. Well, at least some of my characters will. Need … Read more
Memories…(imagine musical notes)
I want to personally thank all the wonderful people who have recently liked my page up. For those of you who are new to my writing, my first novel, The Coin, is set in the French Riviera, where I lived for five very wonderful years.I lived in a converted attached barn behind the owner’s home. … Read more
Yep…This Is Why We Keep Insisting :)
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