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MoP Launch Fiesta, the Deets: Street Tacos, Live Entertainment, Over $2500 Worth of Door Prizes!
Your fiesta ticket will get you a meal voucher and one (1) ticket to the prize drawing. Come with a cash donation to Immigrant Legal Services of Salt Lake City and you’ll get additional tickets ($1=1 extra ticket)! Up your odds and support a great cause!
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Winter is Coming, and So’s Your Chance to Pre-Order the Book: Music of Pedro Kickstarter Campaign
I’m not going to lie; it would be devastating if we didn’t meet our goal, because even the cost of printing enough paperbacks in time for the launch party is a bit prohibitive, but not without help! We’re looking to have at least 100 copies available at the event and to do that we’ll need between 60 and 80 backers pledging $20 to $40 to our campaign. If that seems pricey, don’t worry, we’ll make it worth your while!
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While Fiesta Plans Brew, Here’s the Story Behind a Couple of Saint Down’s Illustrations
The fiesta for the launch of The Music of Pedro will be a journey into the book, which is why I was set on Highland Gardens as the venue. I want our guests to take a trip from Utah Valley in November to the tropics of a greenhouse, something like the setting of our story: Pivámoc, Jalisco.
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Wistful August Wrap-Up
I met my benchmarks a few days ahead of schedule and I have a moment to forget the weeks and months ahead until launch. Instead I look backward. I consider what I’ve personally put into this book and why, what it communicates to me and what I hope it will communicate to others, and also how much I love my dad.
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Shouting at a Lover by the Sea: Graciela Enjoys Her Power, Such As it Was
Did she enjoy this? she wondered. She shouldn’t, but his lips took hers hungrily and the knowledge of his wanting stabbed her with desire, like that first burn of a hard drink, the way it entered her head with a hum. At least when he wanted her like this, there was something of him that was hers and she was grateful for that power, such as it was. Sometimes it could feel like everything.
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Tlacati, He is Born, but Dina Wished for a Girl
At least a month after her arrival in Pivámoc, Dina woke in the dark, early morning to pounding at her front door. Throwing a shawl about her shoulders, she ran to find Lea at her doorstep in a nightgown and slippers. Her long black hair was plaited into a single braid and dangled from the nape of her neck as she held herself between the legs with one hand, the other pressing hard into her lower back.
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Achievement Unlocked: Adobe InDesign (plus a Sneak Peek at Some Illustrations and Cover Designs)
What it was like to learn InDesign: You walk into a craft store simply knowing that you want to have a pretty house. You feel your eyes get big as your wallet gasps and then you find yourself in the clearance section at the back of the store maybe picking out some beads. Are you frightened? Strangely, yes. Do you feel inadequate? You bet.
