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Hurry out to your local bookstore and grab the Sept/Oct issue of Michigan History Magazine. On page 49, you’ll find my article, When Cuba Came to Marquette, about the role of the Holy Family Orphans’ Home in Operation Pedro Pan. Thank you, Dr. Tony Madrigal, Carlos Naumann, Luis Piedra, and Richard Ryan, for sharing your stories with me and… Read more »
fyi, if you see lkots of typos in my work 4 the nxt two months, please frgive me. new, SHARP cutco knives + stubborn avocado pit = a cut throuhg my lrft hand, surgery to repair sensory nerves and one-hnded typig for a lng time. grrr.
Darcy Pattison www.darcypattison.com has declared Sept. 7-11 as Random Acts of Publicity week. It is a great idea and I’m in. I’ll review a book written by a friend each a day that week. It will be good for me, good for them, and good for you, dear blog reader. 🙂
I was lucky to be able to attend the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) http://www.scbwi.org/ national conference this past Friday – Monday in Los Angeles and I’m still smiling about it. It was an amazing experience to be in the same orbit as the “A List” of authors, editors, and agents in the… Read more »
Just wanted to pass along information about two new children’s books featuring characters who lived through the beginning of Castro’s revolution: The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez (Random House/Knopf) and My Havana: Memories of a Cuban Boyhood by Rosemary Wells and Secundino Fernandez illustrated by Peter Ferguson (Candlewick). Reviews of both books are glowing. Check ’em… Read more »
Lest you think I’ve been sitting around eating bonbons instead of writing, I’m here to say “nope.” There has been a lot going on at the desk in the photo on your right. I received the critique of my midgrade historical novel from Stacy DeKeyser (www.thejustifiedline.com and www.stacydekeyser.com). She identified areas I can tighten and rework and… Read more »
A television documentary, Escape From Havana: An American Story, premieres Thursday, May 27 at 9PM ET on CNBC. This one-hour show is narrated by Meredith Vieira, co-anchor of NBC News TODAY and highlights the success stories of four members of Operation Pedro Pan. Pass the word. And the popcorn…
Just wanted to share I’ve sent my completed draft of Exile (chapter book) to Stacy Dekeyser for a professional critique (check her out at http://stacydekeyser.com/ and http://www.thejustifiedline.com/). After I complete her suggested revisions, I’ll ask my new friends in the Pedro Pan community to read the manuscript and comment from their perspective. I’m really looking forward to their insights. Special… Read more »
The research for my article (for a history magazine about the role of the Holy Family Orphans’ Home in Operation Pedro Pan) has been so interesting. I’ve been to the Catholic Diocese of Marquette archives, I’m a regular in the historical files at the Peter White Public Library, and I’ve searched every piece of information I can find online. (I’ll use this… Read more »
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