Austin SCBWI

Join me for the annual San Marcos Texas Author Day on Sunday, October 30, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the San Marcos, Texas, public library. There will be a host of authors including yours truly. I will be doing a reading of The Battle of the Snow Cones at 2 p.m. The address is 625 E. Hopkins St. Phone: 512-393-8200.

I will be joining other local authors at the eighth annual Texas Author Day at the San Marcos Public Library on Sunday, October 30, 2011, from 2 – 5 p.m. At 2:15 p.m., I will do a reading of my book, The Battle of the Snow Cones, and will sign books afterwards. The library is located at 625 E. Hopkins St., San Marcos, TX. Telephone: 512-393-8200. See you there.

Great news! The annual SCBWI 2011 Amazon.com Work-In-Progress Grant winners were announced yesterday. And …. I was a runner-up in the Multicultural Category!!! Not only that, but one of my fellow writers, a member of our local Southwest Texas SCBWI chapter, Shannon Morgan, was also a runner-up in the General Category. Is that too cool or what? Yea Texas!

Last March, I submitted an application to the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators along with a synopsis and a writing sample (2500 words) of my work in progress, my YA novel, Dulce’s Quest for the Crown. The grant that I won can be used for research, travel, conferences, writing workshops – anything related to the writing process to help finish the work in progress.

I want to thank SCBWI and Amazon for this wonderful gift. It shall be used wisely. I congratulate all the other winners, runners up, and those who received letters of merit. I am honored to have been included with such talented writers.

El dia de los Niños – Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 12:30 p.m
Join me at a reading/book signing of The Battle of the Snow Cones
Barnes & Noble Bookfair
Supporting the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Dance Academy
Location: Barnes & Noble La Cantera
15900 La Cantera Pkwy
San Antonio, Texas
210-558-2078