Las Musas Podcast

In the fourth episode of Ask A Musa, we take listener and subscriber questions! Discover how to find traditional publishers that are friendly to Latinx creatives, what to do when you get a "Revise & Resubmit" email from an agent, and what to expect when you're on submission and an agent or editor wants to hop on the phone with you.  

Resources Mentioned: 

Writing Contests from Lee & Low 

SCBWI Awards + Grants 

Manuscript Wishlist 

Here Wee Read's blog post "Diversity in Publishing, A-Z" 

If you enjoyed this episode or plan on using the resources provided, please consider buying a book (or a few) and following the participating Musas to say thanks! 

Buy Chantel Acevedo's MG books Muse Squad: The Cassandra Curse and Muse Squad: The Mystery of the Tenth 

Buy Anika Fajardo's MG book What If a Fish  

Buy Emma Otheguy's picture book A Sled for Gabo 

Buy Vanessa Torres's YA debut novel, The Turning Point 

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In this episode of Debut Diaries (Picture Book Edition), Musas Ana Siqueira, Marissa Valdez, and Gloria Amescua chat about picking the perfect book title, what makes a great cover design, and the collaboration between writer and illustrator. 

If you enjoyed this episode or plan on using the resources provided, please consider buying a book (or a few) and following the participating Musas to say thanks!

Buy Marissa Valdez's picture book Ambitious Girl!

Buy Ana Siqueira's picture book Bella's Recipe for Succes!

Buy Gloria Amescua's picture book Child of the Flower Song People!

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In this episode, Jonny Garza Villa and Alda P. Dobbs discuss titles and cover design! These musas share insight into how they came up with their final titles, reveal how the cover design process worked, offer aspects they loved or things that surprised them, and more!

Resources Mentioned:

Creating Vision Boards with Pinterest

If you enjoyed this episode or plan on using the resources provided, please consider buying a book (or a few) to say thanks!

Buy Jonny Garza Villa's YA contemporary novel Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

Buy Alda P. Dobbs' MG historical fiction novel Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna

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In our third episode of Ask A Musa, we take listener and subscriber questions focusing on our love and hate of revisions, how we make time for our writing, the pros and cons of an MFA, and how we, as writers, approach the creation of our antagonists.

Resources Mentioned:

Kweli: The Color of Children’s Literature Conference

Vermont College of Fine Arts

The Rainier Writing Workshop

The Highlights Foundation

Gemini Ink Workshop

University of Pittsburgh MFA Program

If you enjoyed this episode or plan on using the resources provided, please consider buying a book (or a few) and following the participating Musas to say thanks!

Buy Monica Brown’s award-winning picture book, Sharuko.

Add Angela Velez’s Lulu & Milagro's Search for Clarity to your Goodreads.

Learn more about Jasminne Mendez and her YA memoir A Bucket of Dirty Water: Memories of My Girlhood and her debut picture book Josefina’s Habichuelas.

Buy Ann Davila Cardinal’s Five Midnights and Category 5.

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In this episode, our picture book musas are discussing the editing and revision process! Ana Siqueira, Hilda Eunice Burgos, and Gloria Amescua chat about edit letters, working with your editors, and the highs and lows of the revision process.

If you enjoyed this episode please consider buying a book (or a few) to say thanks!

Learn more about Gloria Amescua’s picture book biography Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jimenez

Add Ana Siqueira’s picture book Bella’s Recipe for Success

Buy Hilda Eunice Burgos' middle grade novel Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle and pre-order her picture book The Cot in the Living Room

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In this episode, Debut Musa and author of DEFINITELY DOMINGUITA Terry Catasus Jennings with fellow Debut Musa and author Alda P. Dobbs of BAREFOOT DREAMS OF PETRA LUNA. They discuss everything from the inspiration behind this middle grade series, Jennings' journey to publishing, favorite parts of the book, and chat about what comes next for Dominguita and Jennings.

If you enjoyed this episode, please consider buying a book (or a few) to say thanks!

Buy Terry Catasus Jennings' MG chapter books Definitely Dominguita: Knight of the Cape, Volume 1; Definitely Dominguita: Captain Dom's Treasure, Volume 2; and Definitely Dominguita: All for One, Volume 3.

Buy Alda P. Dobbs' MG #OwnVoices novel Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna.

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In this episode we're talking edits and revisions! This month's panel discusses the various types of edits—developmental, line edits, copy edits—timeframes and juggling deadlines with life, and notable high points and struggles of the edit and revisions processes.

Resources Mentioned:

Episode 1 of Las Musas' Ask A Musa Podcast Series

Revising with Julie C. Dao, via PubCrawl

If you enjoyed this episode or plan on using the resources provided, please consider buying a book (or a few) to say thanks!

Buy Olivia Abtahi's YA contemporary novel Perfectly Parvin

Buy Crystal Maldonado's YA contemporary novel Fat Chance, Charlie Vega

Buy Jonny Garza Villa's YA contemporary novel Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

Buy Laekan Zea Kemp's YA contemporary novel Somewhere Between Bitter & Sweet

Buy Terry Catasús Jennings' MG contemporary chapter book series Definitely Dominguita

Buy Alda P. Dobbs' MG historical fiction novel Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna

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In our second Ask A Musa episode, we take listener questions on a variety of subjects including how long it takes to write a novel, when you know a novel is finished, talking finding illustrators for picture books and book covers, and the importance and some tips for marketing.

Resources Mentioned:

Poppy Magda, cover artist for Laekan Zea Kemp's Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet

Children's Illustrators on Instagram

#DrawingWhileBlack on Twitter

#LatinxCreate on Twitter

#LatinxArt on Twitter

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Latinx KidLit Book Festival

If you enjoyed this episode or plan on using the resources provided, please consider buying a book (or a few) and following the participating Musas to say thanks!

Preorder Laekan Zea Kemp's YA contemporary novel Somewhere Between Bitter & Sweet

Buy Zara González Hoang's picture book A New Kind of Wild

Preorder NoNieqa Ramos's picture book Your Mama

Buy Mia García's YA contemporary novel The Resolutions

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On this special Valentine's Day episode of the Las Musas Podcast, we'll be talking about our favorite picture book, middle grade, and YA novels that feature LOVE! Not just romantic love, but platonic love, love of friends, love of food (our fave!) and yes, that kind of love, too. 

Picture Books Mentioned: 

The Love Letter by Anika Aldamuy Denise (Author) Lucy Ruth Cummins (Illustrator)

Middle Grade Books Mentioned:

YA Books Mentioned: 

Craft Book: Writing the Romantic Comedy by Billy Mernit 

If you enjoyed this episode please consider buying a book (or a few) to say thanks! 

Buy Ismee Williams’s YA novel This Train is Being Held

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In this episode, we're talking about the often mysterious submission process, how to deal with rejections from editors, and how to stay busy with other projects while you wait for an offer.

If you enjoyed this episode please consider buying a book (or a few) to say thanks!

Learn more about Gloria Amescua’s picture book biography Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jimenez

Add Ana Siqueira’s picture book Bella’s Recipe for Success

Add Lorian Tu's picture book Family Song

Buy Hilda Eunice Burgos' middle grade novel Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle and pre-order her picture book The Cot in the Living Room

Check out the other books on the Las Musas Bookshop page!

Connect with Las Musas on social media:

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