One of my favorite things in fiction has to do with stealth, sneakiness, and subversion. I love spy stories and…
Author: Aya de Leon
In college, I went through a Black Nationalist period, and read a number of novels written by African American men…
Last week, I turned in a very rough and raggedy second draft of book #2 to my editor at Kensington.…
I devoured MODERN GIRLS. From the moment that I met the mother/daughter co-narrators, Rose and Dottie Krasinsky, I was sucked…
For years, I’ve been hearing about AWP (the Association of Writers Programs conference). I wanted desperately to be on one…
I have always loved the name Marisol. A Spanish name, it is short for Maria del Sol (Maria of the…
I do best with plans at the horizon. I am utterly energized and enthusiastic about them. You should have seen…
This week’s question is about going from being an aspiring writer to being a successful writer. In this arena, I…
Enter the backstabbers… When my novel was on submission and I first got notified by my agent that an acquiring…
Recently, I was riding BART, the Bay Area’s subway, and saw a woman reading a novel. Something about the book…