The Marisol Trilogy Trailers by Eileen Clemens Granfors

Book 1, The Piñata -Maker’s Daughter

Scholarly Carmen Principia finds that she’s ready for everything at the university except Life 101.

Buy link: Amazon.com

Book 2, Some Rivers End on the Day of the Dead

Marisol flees Tijuana, Mexico, with her mother after her journalist father is killed, probably by the drug lords. Living in a migrant camp under an oak tree in a posh suburb is not what Marisol had in mind for life in America.

Buy link: Amazon.com

Book 3: So You, Solimar

Solimar’s sister has the perky attitude and good looks. Solimar has the athletic genes. A tragedy after Homecoming brings the sisters into a more conflicted relationship. (due out Spring 2014)

Author Bio 

provided by author

Eileen Granfors lives in Santa Clarita, California. Though born in New Orleans, Eileen grew up in her mother's hometown, Imperial Beach, California, the most southwesterly city in the U.S. Her mother’s love of Mexico and beaches influenced Eileen's strong ties with her Hispanic neighbors. When Eileen was a child, she and her brother could walk to Mexico down the beach, after crossing the Tijuana River mouth. Today, an iron fence extends out into the breakers at the border. Eileen is a proud UCLA alumna. She began writing after retiring from teaching high school literature and composition for thirty-four years. She enrolled in UCLA’s Extension Writers’ Program on the first day of her retirement.

Author links:

Blog: Word Joy New book reviews of others’ books and tabs, trailers for my books

Twitter: @EileenGranfors

Email: eggranfors@gmail.com

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Blogdom August 2013

Oh boy, do I have loads to share from my Blogdom!

You may want to bookmark this and come back to it a few times. Good stuff here.

(August, 2013)

Book Reviews

-From Authors to Watch, Eye Dancers: http://www.authorstowatch.com/2013/08/book-review-eye-dancers.html?showComment=1376243189407#c7177859839320350075

-From Typing Tiara, Review: Dark Star: http://typingtiara.blogspot.com/2013/07/review-dark-star.html

-From JeanzBookReadNReview, UNDONE - UNRAVELING BY ELIZABETH NORRIS: http://jeanzbookreadnreview.blogspot.com/2013/07/undone-unraveling-by-elizabeth-norris.html

-From Tyngas Reviews, The Trouble with Fate by Leigh Evans: http://www.tyngasreviews.com/2013/07/the-trouble-with-fate-by-leigh-evans.html

-From Silk Screen Views, Going Postal ~ Terry Pratchett: http://silkscreenviews.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/going-postal-terry-pratchett/

-From Paranormal Reads, Today Only by D. Love (not paranormal): http://paranormalreadsreviews.blogspot.com/2013/07/today-only-review.html

-From Blogging for a Good Book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz- graphic novel: http://bfgb.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-by-l-frank-baum-eric-shanower-and-skottie-young/

-From The Artificial Selection, Flash Review of Dave McKean’s Cages: http://theartificialselectionproject.com/2013/08/14/bring-forth-the-underappreciated-artists-flash-review-of-dave-mckeans-cages/comment-page-1/#comment-363

-From Bookaholics, Tiger Lily: http://bookaholicsbkcl.blogspot.com/2013/08/tiger-lily-review.html#.UhIxepK1Fsk

-From Starships & Dragonwings, 5 Stars: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness: http://www.onstarshipsanddragonwings.com/2013/08/19/shadow-of-night-by-deborah-harkness/

-From Shelf Awareness, Review: The Childhood of Jesus (not what you think): http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2053#m20928

Movie Reviews

-From ZanyZach’s Blog, Up In The Air Review: http://zanyzacreviews.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/up-in-the-air-review/

-From Alex J. Cavanaugh, Blogging Rules and The Wolverine Review! Plus Ninja News, New Covers, Video Game Trivia, and an Interview With Byron’s Son : http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/2013/07/blogging-rules-and-wolverine-review.html

-From Romance That Rocks Your World!, Smurfs2: http://nickywellsklippert.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/smurfs-2/

-From  Adopting James, My Top 10 Movies, No.2 [Moneyball] : http://adoptingjames.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/my-top-10-movies-no-2/

Interviews

-From The Wizard’s Cauldron, Orange County Musings with Brenda Perlin: http://greenwizard62.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-year-ago-i-met-brenda-perlin-writer.html

-From Authors to Watch, Interview with Christine Elaine Black: http://www.authorstowatch.com/2013/07/interview-with-christine-elaine-black.html

- From JeanzBookReadNReview, PROMOTIONAL SPOTLIGHT & AUTHOR INTERVIEW - BURN IT BY JENNIFER CIE: http://jeanzbookreadnreview.blogspot.com/2013/07/promotional-spotlight-author-interview.html

- From The Beautiful Room, Exceptional Horsemanship from Lauren Woodard: Guest Blog Post: http://janeayres.blogspot.com/2013/07/exceptional-horsemanship-from-lauren.html

- From JeanzBookReadNReview, AUTHOR INTERVIEW - MEGAN CURD: http://jeanzbookreadnreview.blogspot.com/2013/08/author-interview-megan-curd.html

-From JeanzBookReadNReview, AUTHOR INTERVIEW - ANTIOCH - THE CIRCLE BY WILLIAM HARLAN: http://jeanzbookreadnreview.blogspot.com/2013/08/promotional-spotlight-author-interview_4.html

Writing

-From Creative Writing with the Crimson League, Authors: a warning about classifying and categorizing your characters: http://crimsonleague.com/2013/07/25/authors-a-warning-about-classifying-and-categorizing-your-characters/

- From Myriad Spheres, 101 Thoughts on Self-Publishing -- 010: Write Everything Down: http://myriadspheres.blogspot.com/2013/07/101-thoughts-on-self-publishing-010.html

-From Writerland, 7 Things I take to writer’s conferences: http://meghanward.com/blog/2013/07/25/7-things-i-take-to-writers-conferences/

-From Live Write Thrive, Are you a who or that? : http://www.livewritethrive.com/2013/07/26/are-you-a-who-or-a-what/

-From Masquerade Crew, Multiple POVs: Why I Love 'Em: http://masqueradecrew.blogspot.com/2013/08/multiple-povs-why-i-love-em.html

-From Patti Roberts and Guests, Writing Tips From Authors - And how they became published authors: http://paradox-theangelsarehere.blogspot.com/2013/08/writing-tips-from-authors-and-how-they.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Paradox-SeriesOfBooks+%28PARADOX+-+Series+of+books%29

Blogging

- From Daily (w)rite, What Do You Do When You Step into a Dead #Blog? http://damyantiwrites.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/what-do-you-do-when-you-step-into-a-dead-blog/#comment-13566

- From the examiner.com, Author blogs and the art of fishing:  http://www.examiner.com/article/author-blogs-and-the-art-of-fishing?CID=examiner_alerts_article

- From LogAllot, The Danger of Using Photo Images and What it Will Cost You:  http://www.logallot.com/the-danger-of-using-photo-images-and-what-it-will-cost-you/?goback=%2Egde_66325_member_258845345

-From Larry Neilson Blog, How to Use Short URLs: http://larryneilson.com/how-to-use-short-urls

Entertainment

-From inspirationenergy, Its Friday, Take 2: Stephen Colbert’s Answer to Racial Harmony: http://inspirationenergy.wordpress.com/

-From LoadingDocProcution, A Tap on the Window Promotional Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXk0ADZ70cc

-From IndieWire.com/The Playlist, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty trailer: http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-ben-stiller-takes-the-red-one-in-surprising-trailer-for-the-secret-life-of-walter-mitty-20130730

-From Chronicle Books, CARNIVORES By Aaron Reynolds, Illustrated by Dan Santat : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgt8k8Dle-Q&feature=youtu.be

-From AudioSexx, Geek Week: http://audiosexxx.com/2013/08/04/geek-week/comment-page-1/#comment-1716

-From TRISTA DIGIUSEPPI, Look At Me-chapter one: http://tristadigiuseppi.wordpress.com/2013/08/04/look-at-me-chapter-one/

-From Chronicle Book, Dead Mountain -- Book Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCOTZTdUEAw&feature=em-uploademail

-From TheNoseBleed.com , Ashton Kutcher reveals real name, gives incredible speech at Teen Choice Awards: http://thenosebleeds.com/ashton-kutcher-reveals-real-name-gives-incredible-speech-at-teen-choice-awards/

-From PASTE, 12 Best Fictional Libraries: http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/08/best-fictional-libraries.html

-From Huffington Post, 13 Bookish TV Characters (VIDEO): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/02/bookish-tv-characters-_n_3695805.html?ref=topbar

Other

-From  The Masquerade Crew, Introducing Masquerade Book Tours. A new site, a new service: http://masqueradecrew.blogspot.com/2013/08/introducing-masquerade-book-tours-new.html

-From LiveWriteThrive, Words of Advice from Famous Authors That Are Just Wrong: http://www.livewritethrive.com/2013/07/29/words-of-advice-from-famous-authors-that-are-just-wrong/

-From Faerie Book Loft, Clean Up Bookmarks and Favorites FREE: http://sunni-faeriebookloft.blogspot.com/2013/07/clean-up-bookmarks-and-favorites-free.html

-From JeanzBookNReview, TEN SONGS THAT GET THE WRITING ENERGY FLOWING FOR M.A. GEORGE: http://jeanzbookreadnreview.blogspot.com/2013/07/ten-songs-that-get-writing-energy.html?showComment=1375132130959#c3303375698371270394

-From Rob On Writing, Come on over and conversate a little (content advisory): http://robonwriting.com/2013/07/26/come-on-over-and-conversate-a-little/

- From Christmas All Year Long, Don’t Procrastinate! Here’s Why...: http://christmaswithbrenda.blogspot.com/2013/08/dont-procrastinate-heres-why.html

-From Jenn’s Trends, The Importance of Using LinkedIn: http://jennstrends.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/the-importance-of-using-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-865

-From A Curious Girl, Rain Rain Go Away: http://acuriousgal.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/rain-rain-go-away/

-From Eli Bishop, 10 Myths About Introverts: http://elibishop.com/2011/07/27/10-myths-about-introverts/

By including links to these articles, reviews, interviews, etc…I am not endorsing the opinions of these bloggers and writers, but am simply sharing the highlights of my blog reading experience.

If you happen to stop by any of these post and want to leave a nice comment, please tell them I sent you. (Copy this => I came upon this post via Toi Thomas.)

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About: Trailer For 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty'

indiewire.com 7/30/13

“When word came down that Ben Stiller was remaking Danny Kaye's 1947 musical fantasy "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty," we figured the story — in which a man escapes into his daydreams — was a setup for another "Night At The Museum"-esque jaunt. But, we certainly weren't expecting this...” ~KEVIN JAGERNAUTH

Reblogged from IndieWire.com : The Playlist

Watch: Ben Stiller Takes The Red One In Surprising Trailer For 'The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty'

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I just want to say that I’m a pretty big Danny Kaye fan and really liked the original. I like Ben Stiller as an entertainer, but was worried when I heard about this. I usually make it a policy not to watch movies trailers of films I actually want to see because I don’t like being shown all the good stuff beforehand. I watched this trailer wondering just how silly Stiller was going to make this remake, but now I’m at a loss for words…No more trailers from hence forth-  ;) maybe. I want to see this movie now.

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