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Saving Beverly in Real Time
The Saving Beverly Fundraiser is moving into high gear with this video. What began as a simple idea: book + gordita dinner = funds raised for survivors of domestic violence, has blossomed into a larger, grander gala, set in the Joan Kroc Center for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego http://www.sandiego.edu/admissions/virtualtour/buildings/ipj/videos.php Co-sponsored […]
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In the Running for The Filipino Reader’s Choice Awards!
I’m thrilled to announce that The Mango Bride has been nominated for the Filipino Reader’s Choice Awards! If you are Filipino and enjoyed my novel, please cast your ballot by clicking on the link below. http://filipinoreadercon.wordpress.com/readers-choice-awards/2014-nominees/
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And Vermin Makes 3
Graduates of Judy Reeves’ Wednesday Writers Group with our personalized “diplomas!” Jim Ruland, Sandra Millers Younger and I met every Wednesday for over two years at Judy Reeves’ read and critique group. We read each other’s pages, exchanged thoughtful feedback and revised our novels’ chapters accordingly. The Mango Bride saw print in April 2013, Sandra’s The […]
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Pandemic Bread 2022
Last Memorial Day weekend indie filmmaker Zeinabu Davis gathered a cast and crew to shoot a film based on my short story Pandemic Bread. The story was inspired by my day job which involved interpreting end of life calls between doctors, Covid patients, and their families. At the height of the pandemic, I was called […]
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The Resilience Series
Stephanie Weaver is a TED Talks Coach, author of The Migraine Relief Plan Cookbook and host of the Resilience Series. Our far ranging conversation covered novels, rejection, my day job, the film adaptations of The Mango Bride and my short story Pandemic Bread and how I cook to survive the writing life. Click on the […]
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the Indiependent Collective Podcast
In which Leah Cioco and I chat about dreams of flying, Joan Didion, mental health, micro aggressions and writing The Mango Bride and Pandemic Bread.
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Adobo Interview
Excerpts from a zoom interview with the whip-smart writers of Adobo Magazine. Angel Guerrero the magazine’s founder, and I worked together at McCann Erickson a lifetime ago. The film adaptation of The Mango Bride provided a reason to reconnect and it’s wonderful to see the media powerhouse she created. https://www.facebook.com/adobomagazine/videos/383494957109341/
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Philippine Fright Night on YouTube
Last October, Filipino American playwright Thelma Virata de Castro and I celebrated Filipino American History month by reading horror stories from two of my books. It was a fun event hosted by the San Diego Public Library. A recording of our event has just been posted to Youtube and you can watch it at this […]
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