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amor and summer secrets / young adult fiction author August 27, 2008
READ MOREI got tons of calls, emails and texts yesterday. All from friends and family. All telling me that they just received my book from Amazon. Half of them pre-ordered it months ago and have been sending me regular IMs asking why they hadn’t received it yet (very funny). And all were genuinely enthusiastic to be […]
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Ciao! I’m back from Italy a few pounds heavier (oh, the food) and a few Euros poorer (ouch, the conversion rate). My husband and I had a wonderful vacation all the way from Rome to Tuscany to Venice. And I even did some work. Part of my WIP will be set in Italy, so I […]
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author / book promotion / publishing / writing / young adult fiction author May 8, 2008
READ MOREIt’s hard to get published. Duh. There are oodles of writers out there who are (regrettably) slaving away on manuscripts that will never land at a bookstore near you. And a common piece of advice offered by many published authors is that there is no magic trick to expedite the process because when it comes […]
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ghosts / Philadelphia / young adult fiction author May 2, 2008
READ MOREMy house is haunted. I haven’t had ghost hunters investigate or anything, but I’m positive there are numerous spirits hanging out with me at any given moment. My cat likes them. They keep her company. And I’m not joking. I live in a brick townhome in Philadelphia that was built in 1832. Do you know […]
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editing / Oprah / wedding / writing / young adult fiction author April 25, 2008
READ MOREI watch a lot of Oprah. I have a long history with the woman that stretches back to me and my grandma when I was a tiny chica in grade school. I now DVR the show every day. I own Oprah’s 20th anniversary DVDs and the book she released at Christmas. My husband thinks I’m […]
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editing / writing / young adult fiction author April 16, 2008
READ MOREYou know those times when you feel so overwhelmed that you don’t want to do anything? We’ve all been there: like finals week in college, or the deadline before the big meeting, or the days leading up to a major event. To this day, I still remember that dog-awful Women’s Studies final I had junior […]
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research / Salem Massachusetts / young adult fiction author April 10, 2008
READ MOREFor those of you who have read through my website (and if you haven’t, go ahead and do it now. I’ll wait… http://www.dianarodriguezwallach.com/for_writers.html), you know about my fated trip to a Salem, Massachusetts psychic in 2002. To sum up, back when I was living in Manhattan—working as a reporter and searching for career direction—my husband […]
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research / writing / young adult fiction author April 3, 2008
READ MOREI sat on a barstool, a martini in my hand. Before the first sip touched my lips, an older gentleman appeared beside me. His head was clear of any hair that might have grown in his youth, but his face was confident with a strong brow and rounded cheeks. I could tell he must have […]
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book promotion / marketing / young adult fiction author March 27, 2008
READ MORESince I’ve sold my book, I’ve had to dispel many of my friends’ and family’s myths about the publishing business, because there seems to be some delusions that novel writing is a speedway to Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (oh, don’t we wish). First, the success of J.K. Rowling is not a reasonably attainable […]
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research / writing / young adult fiction author March 21, 2008
READ MORESeriously, what did writers do before the Google Guys were born? I can’t imagine how long it would take to write a book if I had to go to the library and look at microfiche every time I wanted to know when the U.S. invaded Italy in WWII (September 1943). Or if I wanted to […]
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latina / multicultural / puerto rico / young adult fiction author March 13, 2008
READ MORESo if you’ve landed on my blog, at some point you’ve probably passed a photo of me. And you may have noticed that I don’t look like the Latina stereotype one pictures when they hear the last name “Rodriguez.” It’s okay. You can admit it. I get that a lot. Let me just come out […]
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author / editing / publishing / writing / young adult fiction author March 7, 2008
READ MOREI’m a Type A over-achiever. This means I put immense pressure on myself and I worry a lot (thanks mom for passing down those genes). I stress about everything from money to Christmas dinner to dentist appointments. I’m also crazy competitive. In the 10 years that I’ve been in a relationship with my husband, I’ve […]
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author / work / writing / young adult fiction author March 3, 2008
READ MOREPrior to becoming a novelist, I rarely fielded questions about my career. Actually, I can safely say, I never fielded questions about my career. But once I told family and friends that I was writing a novel, the inquiries flooded in. “How’s the novel going?” “When’s it gonna be published?” “Can I buy it in […]
