Here’s one final post on my Bolivian holiday. After my sister finished performing her solo concerts in La Paz, we had just enough time for a short trip to Copacabana, a resort town on the shores of Lake Titicaca. So we gathered up the kids and hit the road. The main route to Copacabana winds […]
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An Evening at Teatro Municipal
Shortly after I arrived in Bolivia this summer, I was lucky enough to hear my sister perform at Teatro Municipal, a grand old nineteenth-century theater in La Paz. Accompanied by the young musicians of Encuentro de Jovenes Músicos Bolivianos, she and her husband played the world premiere of Jordan Grigg’s “Concerto Semplice” for Two Violins. […]
Football at 12,000 Feet
While we were in Bolivia, we took the girls to their very first soccer game, which turned out to be an epic match between the two great football clubs of La Paz: Bolívar and The Strongest. Our relatives’ neighborhood is a stronghold for The Strongest, so the girls got yellow scarves featuring the team’s tiger […]
Return to La Paz
You probably already know how much I love Bolivia. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have written a novel called Requiem in La Paz. I’m so happy I made it back to the country for yet another visit. I’ve put together a few blog posts, including this snapshot of La Paz, one of the most amazing […]
Sense of an Ending
After finishing the rough draft of my new novel, I walked around in a daze for nearly a week. If you’ve ever tried to write a manuscript of any kind, you know what the endgame feels like: obsessive bursts of elation, plummeting depths of despair. I already have a folder on my computer dedicated to […]
2014: The Year in Review
Much of my energy in the spring went to the launch of my first novel, Requiem in La Paz. Along with receiving some lovely reviews, Requiem in La Paz was named a finalist in Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer’s Colorado Gold contest.
Launch Day for ‘Requiem in La Paz’
Today is the launch day for my novel, and I am deliriously happy! Requiem in La Paz is a dark fantasy set in Bolivia, featuring a former violin prodigy, a doomed heir to a mining fortune, and a forensic pathologist who studies mummies. You can get the paperback or Kindle version at Amazon, or the […]
Cover Art for “Requiem in La Paz”
At last, here’s the cover art for my forthcoming novel, Requiem in La Paz! Dulcinea is very happy with her complimentary review copy. Requiem in La Paz is a dark romantic fantasy set in Bolivia, featuring a Faustian bargain, a former child prodigy, and a mountain that swallows men. Damon Za’s evocative cover design perfectly […]