About Me
Musings of a writer named Minerva, a Latina with a Roman deity's name, known as Athena in Greek mythology, called Minnie by friends...
Hmmm. About me? Mother, wife, writer, teacher. Trying to find my way through "YALandia" (My Tex Mex term for YA Land). I want a place for Latina/o YA literature apart from the experiences of 1st and 2nd generation Mexican-Americans. I want to read quality YA. I want to write quality YA. I love poetry so that means I'm a huge fan of the verse novel. That's what I want to be...a verse novelist or a novelist of expressive, emotive stories full of poetry. We will see...
Hmmm. About me? Mother, wife, writer, teacher. Trying to find my way through "YALandia" (My Tex Mex term for YA Land). I want a place for Latina/o YA literature apart from the experiences of 1st and 2nd generation Mexican-Americans. I want to read quality YA. I want to write quality YA. I love poetry so that means I'm a huge fan of the verse novel. That's what I want to be...a verse novelist or a novelist of expressive, emotive stories full of poetry. We will see...