TAT-TA-TA-TA!!!! HEAR YE! HEAR YE! The audio book for my detective novel, Hanging Softly in the Night: A Detective Nick Larson Novel is HERE!!! Can’t tell you how excited I am, especially because the novel has come to life by the incredible narrative voice of Charles Kahlenberg. I will post the links to his IMDb … Read more
Wonderful readers! I have to share this with you. So excited!!! My novel, Hanging Softly in the Night, has won at Readers’ Favorite 2021 Book Awards!! It now has a beautiful green medal to celebrate an honorable mention. I am so grateful. The novel, my first stint at the detective genre, has been getting awesome … Read more
Hi, wonderful readers. I hope you are enjoying the last vestiges of summer. I am, although I’ve had to get used to high humidity days once more. I thought of doing something different. For those of you who don’t know, I love languages. I always love where a word originated, how every language borrows from … Read more
I am super stoked!! Received this just today, after an excellent book signing trip to Deadwood, SD. Will be posting about the trip later. But THIS!!! OMG! Title: Hanging Softly in the Night: A Detective Nick Larson Novel Author: Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra Genre: Fiction/Mystery/Thriller Audience: Adult Word Count: 100000 Assessment: Plot: Alonso-Sierra’s high-speed plot … Read more
Talk about a throwback Thursday! This goes to show how long I have been at the creative writing business. Below is a picture of a postcard I sent to my friend Rita in Spain. It dates back to 1974 and shows that I entered a novella in a writing contest sponsored by the English Department … Read more
Hot off the presses!!! The March InD’tale Magazine published its review of Hanging Softly in the Night: A Detective Nick Larson Novel. Click on the image and it will take you there. Super awesome!!!
Woo-hoo!!!! My recently published detective novel, Hanging Softly in the Night: A Detective Nick Larson Novel, has won bronze medal in the New York City Book Awards!! I am beyond ecstatic. https://nycbookawards.spread.name/?filter=Category-%3AMystery%2520%2526%2520Detective
I am so, so happy. My recently published detective novel, Hanging Softly in the Night: A Detective Nick Larson Novel, has made it to the finals at the NY City Book Awards. This is the second book award that has catapulted my novel to the final round! This contest will announce the winner on Feb. … Read more
Talk about receiving the perfect writer’s gift for my birthday! Great review. Check it out! https://www.vigilantreader.com/recent-reviews.html Title – Hanging Softly in the Night Author – Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra Genre – Detective/Mystery Word Count – 108,500 Rating – 5 stars out of 5 No. 07 – 2021 Posted 2/12/2021 My Impressions: Professional writing, interesting, believable characters … Read more
