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Monday, April 2, 2018
It's World Autism Awareness Day!
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Monday, October 23, 2017
Free this week - Wishing for You
If you haven't had a chance to read Wishing for You, it's free this week at most e-book retailers.
About the book...
This is the second book in the I Wish series, but it can be read as a stand-alone (although there are, obviously, spoilers for Book 1.)
She’s a girl who can’t remember. He’s the guy she can’t forget.
It’s her final semester of high school, and Kimberley Rey is curious about what will come next. She needs to pick a college, but her memory disability complicates the choice. Will her struggles to remember make it impossible to leave home?
Help arrives through an unexpected and supernatural gift. Grant is a “genie” with rules. He can give her thirty wishes (one per day for a month) as long as the tasks are humanly possible. Kimberley knows just what to ask for—lessons in how to live on her own.
But her wishes change when a friend receives a devastating diagnosis. As she joins forces with Grant to help her friend, Kimberley learns that the ability to live in the moment—to forget—may be more valuable than she ever knew.
This is the second book in the I Wish series, but it can be read as a stand-alone (although there are, obviously, spoilers for Book 1.)
She’s a girl who can’t remember. He’s the guy she can’t forget.
It’s her final semester of high school, and Kimberley Rey is curious about what will come next. She needs to pick a college, but her memory disability complicates the choice. Will her struggles to remember make it impossible to leave home?
Help arrives through an unexpected and supernatural gift. Grant is a “genie” with rules. He can give her thirty wishes (one per day for a month) as long as the tasks are humanly possible. Kimberley knows just what to ask for—lessons in how to live on her own.
But her wishes change when a friend receives a devastating diagnosis. As she joins forces with Grant to help her friend, Kimberley learns that the ability to live in the moment—to forget—may be more valuable than she ever knew.
Monday, August 31, 2015
I Wish question - are there diverse characters in the I WISH series?
Yes. Several of the main characters across this series are diverse in race, ethnicity, or ability.
Eli Harper: Eli's mother is a black English professor at fictional Piedmont University. His father is a white civil engineer. Although Eli is biracial, it's incidental to the story. He's been raised in an affluent family. He's always lived in college towns. While his race is not ignored, it's not a plot point either.
Kimberley Rey: Kimberley's father is a Colombian-American, so she is half-Latina. Like Eli, her ethnicity is mentioned but not a plot point. (I chose Colombia because I was visiting there while I was writing the book, and the people and country are beautiful and friendly.)
Kimberley has permanent brain damage from the chemotherapy she received to treat childhood leukemia. Her resulting short-term memory loss is a disability, and that is a major subplot in Wishing for You.
Grant and Camarin: Because they are not human, our Benevolent Supernatural Beings do not have an earthly race. Their descriptions are deliberately vague; I only mention their dark hair and unnaturally green eyes. The humans they serve (as well as readers) are welcome to imagine the appearance and ethnicity of the Beings however they wish.
Secondary characters: In I Wish, you meet Lacey's mother, Crystal, who struggles with depression. The family's financial problems make it difficult for Crystal to afford the mental health care (and medications) she needs. Readers will see glimpses of her in books 2 and 3. The impact of Crystal's battle with mental illness continues to affect Lacey and her brother. Just like in real life, Crystal has good days and bad.
In Wishing for You, readers will meet Scott and Paul Fuentes. They are Latino. Paul, an immigrant from El Salvador, is dating Kimberley's mother. Readers will see much more of his son Scott in book 3. Kimberley's dad has a partner, too. Nour is Lebanese-American. I chose Latino and Lebanese in honor of two of my friends.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Thinking about websites
I'm blogging at the Ruby-slippered Sisterhood Tuesday. The topic is: making websites easy-to-use for disabled visitors. (By the way, if it's good for disabled users, it's good for everyone.) Feel free to drop by, absorb the information, or leave a question.
Even more importantly.... drum roll....
I have a beautiful, redesigned author website. I love the way it turned out. (Thank you, Austin DesignWorks!)
Visit today. Oooohs and aaaahs may commence.
Even more importantly.... drum roll....
I have a beautiful, redesigned author website. I love the way it turned out. (Thank you, Austin DesignWorks!)
Visit today. Oooohs and aaaahs may commence.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Another day, another blog
I'm blogging Tuesday at the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood (a writing group I belong to). We'll be talking about readers with disabilities--which includes blindness, dyslexia, and amputations (can't turn pages!)
So join us if you are curious at the blog.
So join us if you are curious at the blog.
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