just for fun
I’ll post a photo from the Black Oak Books event below. But first, here’s something just for fun. Akaya (cover girl) is one of my book buddies. While I was in the Bay Area she turned me on to a YA series that I just love. If you want to read a swashbuckling, escapist story about an irrepressible young woman, check out Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer.
It’s the early 1800’s and starving street urchin Mary “Jacky” Faber masquerades as a boy to get work as a cabin boy on a British man o’ war. Jacky is a survivor in every sense of the word. She even fends off a pederast onboard ship (remember, he thinks she’s a boy). Actually, she does more than fend him off, she stabs him with her shiv and pushes him overboard. Things get complicated when she enters puberty but Jacky finds a way to deal with every dilemma except the huge crush she develops for one of her shipmates. It is really fun reading about an active, physical girl who just has to be herself. The details about sailing ships and life two hundred years ago are fascinating.
satellite radio
More good news: I just talked with the producer of The Good Life Show with Jesse Dylan. I’ll be interviewed about Strong at the Heart live with call-ins on Tuesday, May 2nd, at 9 a.m. Pacific Time. You can listen live on the web and on Sirius Channel 114.
black oak
Here we are after the book presentation. That’s Arturo (chapter 6) on the left, me, Akaya, and then Maria and Staci who are mentioned in Akaya’s story as important to her healing. In the background you can see Nancy Rubin who wrote Ask Me If I Care: Voices of an American High School.
The photo is by Pia Torelli who is an amazing photographer. For a visual treat, check out her website with journalistic as well as events photos.
