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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 Goes to the Movies
A story about my day job as an interpreter went from an online performance on Generation Women’s virtual stage; to online publication in Zocalo Public Square; to an abbreviated version published in the San Diego Decameron Project; to an onstage reading at the Cygnet Theater; to a film adaptation, directed by award-winning filmmaker Zeinabu Irene…
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Dimestories Flash Fiction
DimeStories is a monthly Flash Fiction open mic event that began 19 years ago in The Grove, a knitting supply and book store in the South Park neighborhood of San Diego. I began reading excerpts from short stories I’d written for my horror collection Spooky Mo then eventually started writing new flash fiction pieces. It…
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Authors in the Tent
I am honored and delighted to be part of Authors in the Tent, a series of filmed interviews featured in Literary Hub and hosted by San Diego novelist Ona Russell. Previous guests include such distinguished writers as the German novelist Bernhard Schlink, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hector Tobar and Representative Adam Schiff. https://lithub.com/marivi-soliven-on-the-challenges-of-being-a-faceless-interpreter/ Ona films the…
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Food, Fiction and Film in the Time of Covid
Pandemic Bread on Fireside Last Friday Susan McBeth, indefatigable advocate of authors and founder of Adventures By the Book hosted a free virtual event on Fireside, a revolutionary new interactive streaming platform that invites the audience to participate in the show. Director Zeinabu Irene Davis, Screenwriter Marc Chery and I talked about the process of…
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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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