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Monday, November 8, 2010 8:11:32 AM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled Good Writers Borrow, Great Writers Steal (T.S. Eliot) Revisited:
Carmen said, " by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban A year ago I blogged about my idea of writing a paranormal story with “a wise older woman as the protagonist. Something like Buffy, the Vampire Slayer with the mother as the slayer,” as I put it then...." more
Friday, October 22, 2010 6:37:52 PM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled From Requiem for a King:
Carmen said, " He stopped when we reached the river bank, and letting go of my hand, parted the reeds so very carefully. I saw it, then, white and slender, a bird made of light. It walked in the water on its long, slim legs, perfectly balanced, as if dancing to a..." more
Friday, October 22, 2010 8:19:56 AM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled Contest for a YA Novel:
Carmen said, " by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban I have stressed before, in this blog, the importance of the opening sentence, paragraph and page in any story. With hundreds of manuscripts to choose from, agents and editors read submissions with one..." more
Thursday, October 14, 2010 5:33:53 PM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled How to Critique a Piece of Writing (Art):
Carmen said, " by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban The following is the best advice I ever read about giving and receiving criticism. I found it at the Eastern PA chapter of the Society of Children Book Writers and Illustrators website..." more
Monday, October 11, 2010 10:29:05 AM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled Dare to Read by Carmen Ferreiro Esteban:
Carmen said, " A picture/photograph shows us what we have already seen, maybe in a slightly different way, or shows us the impossible and shatters our assumptions, startling us. Music sets the mood by appealing to our senses. A movie combines both to tell a..." more
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 8:35:40 PM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled Would You Read More?:
Carmen said, " by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban To tease or not to tease that is the question. Whether to hook the reader on the first page with a teaser, the introduction of a later scene where the life of the protagonist is in jeopardy, or to trust the reader to give..." more
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 10:30:11 AM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled Publishing Seminar!:
Carmen said, " Come Join us at Mercer County Community College on Thursday, August 12th from 7-9 PM for our informative Publishing Seminar! Three Women, Three Authors, Three Approaches to Publishing You finally finished “The Great American Novel.”..." more
Monday, June 28, 2010 8:58:25 PM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled Setting: When Life Imitates Art:
Carmen said, " Summer weather in northern Spain, where I grew up, was unpredictable. Clouds often covered the sky, then rain followed turning the ocean a dark gray and the tranquil waters into angry waves. But green or gray, I loved this ocean and the beaches of..." more
Monday, June 21, 2010 7:12:56 AM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban was just published! Carmen is the Author of Two Moon Princess, which was just released in Paperback. Congratulations Carmen!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 3:34:10 PM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled Pride and Prejudice and Two Moon Princess:
Carmen said, "My young adult fantasy novel, Two Moon Princess (Tanglewood Press), came out in paperback this week. Many adults I’ve mentioned this wish me good luck, but they don’t even consider reading my book. They assume they wouldn’t like it..." more
Friday, May 14, 2010 12:15:21 PM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled How to break into print: Contests and Workshops:
Carmen said, "Writing a query letter and sending it to agents and editors is one way to get your work read. But it’s not the only way. Submitting to literary contests, can be another option. The Guide to Literary Agents..." more
Thursday, March 25, 2010 12:26:58 PM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled What I look for in a critique:
Carmen said, " Writing is a lonely business. A critique group is the writer’s way to connect to others, to get feedback and discuss your characters as if they were real, without being sent to the loony bin or whatever name it has these days for doing so. It..." more
Friday, March 5, 2010 11:04:39 AM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled Good writers borrow, great writers steal. T.S. Eliot:
Carmen said, " Vampires, angels, zombies and fairies have invaded the shelves in the teen section of the bookstores these days. As a writer of Young Adult novels, I have read my share of them, and enjoyed reading them well enough, while calling it research...." more
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 9:42:23 AM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled Shhh! I’m in the Library!:
Carmen said, "Yesterday, I went to the library. Even as I write the words, it almost sounds quaint, as though I were writing a period piece. With the advent of the internet and computers, libraries, with their stacks of dust collecting books, can seem..." more
Saturday, January 30, 2010 12:56:38 PM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled Springtime Thaw on March 20:
Carmen said, "Bears aren’t the only warm-blooded animals to hibernate. It seems to me, after the Christmas holidays, my world goes into a short state of hibernation. Now some of it is of my doing—enjoying the cold weather, gray skies and fluffy,..." more
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 12:45:25 PM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled Wrapping It Up:
Carmen said, "It’s that time of year, isn’t it? Wrapping it up seems like a good headline to sum up this seasonal time of wrapping presents, wrapping up projects, wrapping up another 365 days. So, let me leave you with a bit of end-of-year news and..." more
Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:03:42 PM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled Signed Books–The Perfect Gift!:
Carmen said, " It’s hard to believe (and somewhat cringe-inducing, I know), but the holiday season is almost upon us and with that comes the dreaded buying of the gifts. Hard as I try to maintain some Christmas spirit while searching for just the right..." more
Saturday, November 7, 2009 1:39:27 AM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled Rejecting Rejection:
Carmen said, " Let’s start with the obvious: Editors and agents are people. They come in all shapes and sizes and have different tastes. Their likes and dislikes are their own. Their rejection of your manuscript does not reflect on your writing, but in their..." more
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:02:26 PM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled Three Women. Three Authors. Three Different Approaches to Publishing:
Carmen said, " I met Chrysa Smith at a book signing. We shared space and a blanket as the event was outside and the Pennsylvania weather unseasonably cold. In between talking with readers, we exchanged tips about writing and marketing and..." more
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 12:42:01 AM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled An Unexpected Gift:
Carmen said, "A friend once told me that he never got disappointed because he had no expectations. That’s an interesting theory and one I’ve come to adopt myself in light of certain unpredictable situations like cocktail parties and book festivals. So, I..." more
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:03:49 PM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled Starting Fresh:
Carmen said, "So here it is September again. I find myself in an interesting place this year. For the first time since my children began their educations, I have only one child attending school this year. Unlike in the past, however, this time it’s not..." more
Saturday, September 5, 2009 12:25:06 PM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban wrote a blog post titled Julia long de vie:
Carmen said, "A friend invited me to see JULIE & JULIA. Great, I thought, the perfect afternoon diversion from teaching a summer camp, talking about writing and working on my own new release. So, we went. Little did I know that this decision would turn..." more
Monday, March 7, 2011 10:02:43 AM
Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban made friends with Sharron Thornton