tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34657354733655704292024-03-14T02:23:21.245-07:00Dannie M OlguinAuthorDannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-92199481184354740312023-06-24T09:59:00.008-07:002023-06-24T10:40:08.066-07:00QPOCFest 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Honored to co-present at </span><span class="ql-hashtag" color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: var(--artdeco-reset-typography-font-weight-bold); margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); overflow-wrap: normal; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space-collapse: preserve;">#QPOCFest. </span><span class="ql-hashtag" color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: var(--artdeco-reset-typography-font-weight-bold); margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); overflow-wrap: normal; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space-collapse: preserve;">It was </span><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;">positively brimming with talented authors you absolutely want to hear!</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="438" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6WCOQJjXwx0" width="526" youtube-src-id="6WCOQJjXwx0"></iframe></div><br /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p>Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-73374091719846608332022-07-30T10:35:00.004-07:002022-07-30T16:24:19.638-07:00Dannie M. Olguin at Authorpalooza<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzBLhaP0yuIy2QV1kq59dilWP3kwtK3w0BTmao6msQiiDZJynpD7Qrpgt36FYHYrdGxlAro8iwP-xAFKXy97g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", メイリオ, Meiryo, "MS Pゴシック", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Authorpalooza at Barnes & Noble Dana Park Village Square in Mesa, Arizona. Met some amazing Middle Grade and Young Adult authors.</span></div> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxXLX-B9rDnZLwMN7KMIMZ1XGt1tKzjbK5lpwBojDAP3J_mstCDseIfwq9wusO0o5wZhN0hWvb4_2MpO6-6fg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Thank you, Readers, one and all. #authorpalooza #authorslife📚 </span></div></span>Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comVillage Square at Dana Park, 1758 S Val Vista Dr, Mesa, AZ 85204, USA33.3830854 -111.75698454.7964464653364338 -146.9132345 61.969724334663567 -76.6007345tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-45594695558842936432022-07-04T13:22:00.009-07:002022-07-04T15:14:38.691-07:00Dannie M. Olguin, Co-Panelist at the 2022 ALA Annual Conference<div><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Honored to be a co-panelist speaking about Using Kid Lit To Reach At-Risk Youth at the <a href="https://2022.alaannual.org/" target="_blank">2022</a> <a href="https://www.ala.org/" target="_blank">ALA</a> Annual Conference.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3o_wHPZHugrbl7BGqTYhX3ECWrxH9jD2O40iqbUf_lWc-xpgKtFPLJwLmuaDbDlnr6UUzpTWAT7hS-1_Noao6S8jYSzR_Qw4LycfK8vHbPrfa7vtAmmdgBDyuBbW2o6SVHltkNh0EmJsxM_SPoftl-IxjtIkpaxxU-worJZdoZ0YZ2FCshYoZ0-Zv/s972/dannie%20at%20ala%2022.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="972" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3o_wHPZHugrbl7BGqTYhX3ECWrxH9jD2O40iqbUf_lWc-xpgKtFPLJwLmuaDbDlnr6UUzpTWAT7hS-1_Noao6S8jYSzR_Qw4LycfK8vHbPrfa7vtAmmdgBDyuBbW2o6SVHltkNh0EmJsxM_SPoftl-IxjtIkpaxxU-worJZdoZ0YZ2FCshYoZ0-Zv/s320/dannie%20at%20ala%2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYFOxk6Y0cHmmWWyRWjnEhz-wH1ercHhKuvUCx7rhRMkhuNjxkUmVaZ3YcaISjiprgOo0rgl4ZAU9mDTi81QNeYfWVQR-NIYiMQEtihoONjdlLiOC0IxK2dIBSGM1UsbsDyPc8rrhos2nElsiCnH1kMaDTofIoqNqG_zdBCVjgbaQfj6elP4YZpa7/s1999/dannie%20at%20ala%2022%20with%20others.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1999" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYFOxk6Y0cHmmWWyRWjnEhz-wH1ercHhKuvUCx7rhRMkhuNjxkUmVaZ3YcaISjiprgOo0rgl4ZAU9mDTi81QNeYfWVQR-NIYiMQEtihoONjdlLiOC0IxK2dIBSGM1UsbsDyPc8rrhos2nElsiCnH1kMaDTofIoqNqG_zdBCVjgbaQfj6elP4YZpa7/s320/dannie%20at%20ala%2022%20with%20others.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comWashington, DC, USA38.9071923 -77.036870710.596958463821153 -112.1931207 67.217426136178844 -41.880620699999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-54381756794533097032022-05-30T15:19:00.001-07:002022-05-30T15:19:13.922-07:00Author Services from Dannie M. Olguin<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4IfwRCG4tA9Wyd_wOSnsugv_6PFZcfubPQMjVAH0Y1MYC81NuX4g-eJGEVhg_ggh8RHQo1V8r-wef2m3I0HvpGR19coYyQFf3sQFQrnKPuoJ0m-mGPuFqsssI114Q-19rCelaaqmUOOIX7nwdbtzek8xRvABcmOflrBZmr5_tPu76-0PueEbZny4/s893/author%20tat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="372" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4IfwRCG4tA9Wyd_wOSnsugv_6PFZcfubPQMjVAH0Y1MYC81NuX4g-eJGEVhg_ggh8RHQo1V8r-wef2m3I0HvpGR19coYyQFf3sQFQrnKPuoJ0m-mGPuFqsssI114Q-19rCelaaqmUOOIX7nwdbtzek8xRvABcmOflrBZmr5_tPu76-0PueEbZny4/w95-h229/author%20tat.jpg" width="95" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I'm so excited to announce that I'm now offering select Author Services. As my schedule opens up, I may add other types of editing and author services, but for now I'm focusing on:<br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;" /><br /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);">* Query Letter Critiques</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);">* Submission Package Critiques</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);">* Manuscript Critiques</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;" /><br /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);"><a href="https://www.dmolguin.com/p/author-services.html">Check out this web page</a> for more details or to book me!</span></span><br /><p></p>Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-17396059260302702752022-05-29T15:24:00.000-07:002022-05-29T15:24:03.358-07:00Dannie M. Olguin at 2022 ALA Annual Conference<p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So incredibly excited to co-present at the 2022 American Library Association's Annual Conference & Exhibition. Are you attending? Search for my last name <a href="https://www.eventscribe.net/2022/alaannual/agenda.asp?pfp=FullSchedule" target="_blank">here</a></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPiDZW-98P9oeGDHwNp_54Z0WXQ-dO5-xw4FOdiiaN9gAF01dCau_4kBJQElpofFCVyyOFB5kLVmUe-bmqyuLs8RXYPi7txfduOsKS0qDV25ZzcJ0xk6MG3jwOar-uUlZV-QSnTQ5r_3JUbclg-VBOZL8Su5e7yerVTlS7mTUSrkbjGNn55hmiOXG0=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1200" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPiDZW-98P9oeGDHwNp_54Z0WXQ-dO5-xw4FOdiiaN9gAF01dCau_4kBJQElpofFCVyyOFB5kLVmUe-bmqyuLs8RXYPi7txfduOsKS0qDV25ZzcJ0xk6MG3jwOar-uUlZV-QSnTQ5r_3JUbclg-VBOZL8Su5e7yerVTlS7mTUSrkbjGNn55hmiOXG0=w640-h357" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comWashington, DC, USA38.9071923 -77.036870710.596958463821153 -112.1931207 67.217426136178844 -41.880620699999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-63050947930522383632022-04-15T11:42:00.008-07:002022-09-22T13:30:13.513-07:00The Moth Radio Hour - Phoenix StorySLAM<p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This week, I did something terrifying and wonderful.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">One of my favorite podcasts is </span><a data-attribute-index="0" data-entity-hovercard-id="urn:li:fs_miniCompany:71727" data-entity-type="MINI_COMPANY" href="https://themoth.org/radio-hour" style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold); line-height: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); position: relative; text-decoration: var(--artdeco-reset-link-text-decoration-none); touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);">The Moth</a><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> Radio Hour. I've been listening for years and have always wanted to participate in a StorySLAM, but I never felt worthy of an audience. I've been to a couple, but never tossed my name into the hat to tell a story.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-J0H-OQFUiQRxrGEsHLulaAkQ5DWE_zwQZHnNFzhKUGb44EnxKAcwjeSvUAyiRava6WyTMEg6t5D5NAzz9Mo_DxW_-nwGsNYsqMjctaccuRIfUQ30OtbAv1uBGdz_KdBkGKFeKMl61YgyVp_apay9h04odLOswNYTASsVHsPSnmUOhhtPXrkR5Fs/s2048/winning%20moth%20phx%2022.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1915" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-J0H-OQFUiQRxrGEsHLulaAkQ5DWE_zwQZHnNFzhKUGb44EnxKAcwjeSvUAyiRava6WyTMEg6t5D5NAzz9Mo_DxW_-nwGsNYsqMjctaccuRIfUQ30OtbAv1uBGdz_KdBkGKFeKMl61YgyVp_apay9h04odLOswNYTASsVHsPSnmUOhhtPXrkR5Fs/s320/winning%20moth%20phx%2022.jpg" width="299" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That changed this week. I put my name in the hat, hoping to be one of 10 randomly selected storytellers. The theme in the <a data-attribute-index="2" data-entity-hovercard-id="urn:li:fs_miniCompany:10876" data-entity-type="MINI_COMPANY" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/city-of-phoenix/" style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold); line-height: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); position: relative; text-decoration: var(--artdeco-reset-link-text-decoration-none); touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);">City of Phoenix</a><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> was Books, and I was the ninth storyteller to be chosen. </span><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">I got up on that stage, didn't pass out or pee my pants, and told <a href="https://youtu.be/HprgIX226HI" target="_blank">a true story that ended up winning the Slam!</a></span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Now I have the opportunity to participate in a Moth GrandSLAM, where 9 other StorySLAM winners from Phoenix will share true stories in front of an even bigger audience.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">I never expected my name to be chosen, and I definitely didn't think I'd win. I just wanted to prove to myself that nothing bad would happen if I didn't get chosen or if I got up there and bombed.</span></span><p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Never in a million years did I expect to win tonight, but I'm honored and humbled. There were a lot of really good storytellers out there and I'm glad I got to spend the evening in such delightful company.</span></p><p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://youtu.be/HprgIX226HI" target="_blank">Watch it here</a>!</span></p>Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.com308 N 2nd Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85003, USA33.451778 -112.0768355.1415441638211519 -147.23308500000002 61.762011836178843 -76.920585tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-44055975634591141112022-04-06T14:46:00.002-07:002022-04-06T14:46:22.433-07:00Donating Copies of BETWEEN SAFE AND REAL to Kids Need to Read<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEish3xhfV1Ve-ktRwZ1Cs-uVFOnDfR-SLpxW7iVPXZZWmn9jZr4A-oLqr7l0KEvce3O1FpK8WqswQWEOo8DynFqmvOXub_t2IW9wOicwRTUWXEqFnSrw30JHKUpLgCz1xSnjsmneHmJzLLVgIYisyueSR5GjhatHOA63wP23PDyKpS76rwEWMll7RSs/s476/safe_image%20kids%20need%20to%20read%2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="476" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEish3xhfV1Ve-ktRwZ1Cs-uVFOnDfR-SLpxW7iVPXZZWmn9jZr4A-oLqr7l0KEvce3O1FpK8WqswQWEOo8DynFqmvOXub_t2IW9wOicwRTUWXEqFnSrw30JHKUpLgCz1xSnjsmneHmJzLLVgIYisyueSR5GjhatHOA63wP23PDyKpS76rwEWMll7RSs/s320/safe_image%20kids%20need%20to%20read%2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I donated a few copies of BETWEEN SAFE AND REAL to the <a href="https://www.kidsneedtoread.org/" target="_blank">Kids Need to Read</a> charity. Their mission is to donate hundreds of new books to six libraries in high-poverty areas around the nation. It felt like kismet that their headquarters is only about half an hour from my house, so while I was there I decided to spend a couple of hours getting dusty and helping with inventory. </span><p></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">On top of getting new books into underfunded libraries, they also send donated books to underfunded schools, foster care homes and facilities, and <a href="https://littlefreelibrary.org/" target="_blank">Little Free Libraries</a>. </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It's important work that they're doing and I'm honored to be even a small part of the program.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div>Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comMesa, AZ, USA33.4151843 -111.83147245.1049504638211545 -146.9877224 61.725418136178845 -76.6752224tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-78146837746790010282022-03-06T15:11:00.004-07:002022-03-06T15:11:54.992-07:00Monster Gallery<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEOZfkakfcUeaAfj6_qWB-RouJVnICWwQwS4HTdtHsSIH65rbRxjwKYdSs2vinh3BiB3bO23qf9bK8hB62y0F4xZWCBxAIcnHjd0G1qDWhN5wwFqSBv8jkYzOMPXS3irAsDnP8gC8wGhnUFbg4hQqLUbVy1-guNYWO7CO8FzU0BwT9dWyf1D4HhTIf" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEOZfkakfcUeaAfj6_qWB-RouJVnICWwQwS4HTdtHsSIH65rbRxjwKYdSs2vinh3BiB3bO23qf9bK8hB62y0F4xZWCBxAIcnHjd0G1qDWhN5wwFqSBv8jkYzOMPXS3irAsDnP8gC8wGhnUFbg4hQqLUbVy1-guNYWO7CO8FzU0BwT9dWyf1D4HhTIf=w320-h320" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The first book I ever wrote was a second grade project called Monster Gallery. Every week, we had to write a new story about a classic monster, and this project sparked my love of writing.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Growing up in poverty meant I didn't have access to paper at home, so I cannibalized my least favorite stories for the paper. Sometimes for homework, so my little brother would have something to draw on, and sometimes for other stories. I wish I still had all of the stories I tore out of this book, but I'm glad I have the ones that still exist. I have a vampire, werewolf, mummy, even a bride of Frankenstein among a few others.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhE3Plcz5gNwtffWyLfe-gHx-5R5b-ivf2g9S1GXx5pWNurpKihU9nbz3iqdvgT2sY_Lx4ygPJ2Ap2Jmlz-lyhX1YLpu4T-ZV8zXsp5titgS3sCRuWsqbGIg4WJCZepNbzLbYrBztiKF6ICl2-OXWn5quOEMz9mpi9s73jN-GihtgqCoamfV4uOs17z" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhE3Plcz5gNwtffWyLfe-gHx-5R5b-ivf2g9S1GXx5pWNurpKihU9nbz3iqdvgT2sY_Lx4ygPJ2Ap2Jmlz-lyhX1YLpu4T-ZV8zXsp5titgS3sCRuWsqbGIg4WJCZepNbzLbYrBztiKF6ICl2-OXWn5quOEMz9mpi9s73jN-GihtgqCoamfV4uOs17z=w320-h320" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Seeing Monster Gallery next to Between Safe and Real--my first set of short stories next to my first published novel--fills me with joy and reminds me of just how far I've come.<br /></span><p></p>Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-37137700914236726832022-03-02T08:02:00.002-07:002022-03-02T08:02:28.555-07:00Hope and Representation<span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2022/03/hope-and-representation-a-guest-post-by-dannie-m-olguin/">Hope and Representation, a guest post by Dannie M. Olguin</a> Teen Librarian's Toolbox, which is a microsite of School Library Journal:</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Between Safe and Real wasn’t fun to write and it’s unlikely readers will think it’s fun to read, but I’m okay with that because I truly believe representation matters, even when it’s not fun.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9kh3lzQ8m5GGrqiub69BBdhXnEu4oyAsj5RUHCZQyuGR2EYkPPQVhQ86ZxTebgFv-zLlOu4bPJkMatOdh-Xs_65RsMtCiYpj2YsjWITdG8X-XKNqKFEVJ6fmaiUxf6yFNsyGwCJ0689B0Iby7NmPfKaz0oCs9afhnN4zDeVWVVP83UjcW9vdgeiIE=s616" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9kh3lzQ8m5GGrqiub69BBdhXnEu4oyAsj5RUHCZQyuGR2EYkPPQVhQ86ZxTebgFv-zLlOu4bPJkMatOdh-Xs_65RsMtCiYpj2YsjWITdG8X-XKNqKFEVJ6fmaiUxf6yFNsyGwCJ0689B0Iby7NmPfKaz0oCs9afhnN4zDeVWVVP83UjcW9vdgeiIE=s16000" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div>Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comPhoenix, AZ, USA33.4483771 -112.07403735.1381432638211564 -147.2302873 61.758610936178847 -76.9177873tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-67376577678789851432022-02-25T11:17:00.006-07:002022-02-25T11:17:42.720-07:00AISL Conference 2022 - Reaching At-Risk Youth with Kidlit<div class="feed-shared-update-v2__description-wrapper" style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);" tabindex="0"><div class="feed-shared-inline-show-more-text
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It's a little overwhelming to see so many books with my name on them, but it's super fun to think that soon, all of those books will have my name written in them. I've been dreaming about autographing my own books since I was a little girl!</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you want your very own autographed copy, you can order one here: <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx" href="https://www.dmolguin.com/2022/02/purchase-autographed-copy.html?fbclid=IwAR16gtQVjcts5GofuFFQWWHlZKnv3Fe78pwushXGj2F-XYIyI9jfJ2lR1gU" original_target="https://www.dmolguin.com/2022/02/purchase-autographed-copy.html" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank" waprocessedanchor="true" waprocessedid="rrhu3e">https://www.dmolguin.com/.../purchase-autographed-copy.html</a></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/r9ZXoEObfn8" width="480"></iframe></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unboxing of Between Safe and Real</span></div>Danniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197495381704137131noreply@blogger.comPhoenix, AZ, USA33.4483771 -112.07403735.1381432638211564 -147.2302873 61.758610936178847 -76.9177873tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-69692272751436912762022-02-08T19:00:00.000-07:002022-02-08T19:00:18.353-07:00Purchase Autographed Copy<p> <iframe frameborder="0" height="1346" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRnvrXWYSC_UK_4Pr8myNlytuhzYef6ClGyXhwfIFaWsD0BA/viewform?embedded=true" width="640">Loading…</iframe></p>Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-14046043520932512222022-02-08T09:48:00.003-07:002022-02-08T09:48:20.202-07:00Paperback Now Available!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixaOKVRFMN0i93f1cb0YUWz86fDKyIkmrwNqWaTiv4_R9DcHCVfX8boakoC7BVndInayKh4LDPg9GVEeRmz9noGK_5gE_UXaAvvS5M2G4PQeVkzahKgDVYEjSwzInRUyZijak0TkhdEBbJfAQvLg9I2QRd_DaVVDfua9_-Nj57MNkGqDBc9IQxOoss=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1440" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixaOKVRFMN0i93f1cb0YUWz86fDKyIkmrwNqWaTiv4_R9DcHCVfX8boakoC7BVndInayKh4LDPg9GVEeRmz9noGK_5gE_UXaAvvS5M2G4PQeVkzahKgDVYEjSwzInRUyZijak0TkhdEBbJfAQvLg9I2QRd_DaVVDfua9_-Nj57MNkGqDBc9IQxOoss=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The paperback version of BETWEEN SAFE AND REAL is available for purchase a whole month early! I'm a traditionally published author, y'all!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm expecting a great big box of books for me to autograph in about a week, so if you want one, <a href="https://form.jotform.com/220384741276154?fbclid=IwAR03jUy7ZtExe_yzrlXoLzipLd27iE80sJqZ9cnPeDLpwGXeIJ_-x61LTfU" target="_blank">fill out this form</a> and I'll get you one ASAP!</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">If you want a copy without an autograph, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Between-Safe-Real-Dannie-Olguin/dp/1955784310/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank">head on over to Amazon</a>.</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">And speaking of March 8th, I'm planning a virtual launch event, so stay tuned for details! <i>The ebook version will also be releasing on March 8th.</i></div></div></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comPhoenix, AZ, USA33.4483771 -112.07403735.1381432638211564 -147.2302873 61.758610936178847 -76.9177873tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-51780375180047826262022-02-06T16:24:00.002-07:002022-02-08T09:50:58.326-07:00Special Announcement!<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Celebrating good news with a beer and a chocolate tart! Details coming early the week of February 7th!</span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-qKXcP0droQq1bDBpcG6ZbtMjvmumIhaM3BFx_-IPdRubBgxulE4JH__GW9fvkRBVsjcIpsl-vjoeitZ6Xf_N5nhblIg9zyZb5J0XEgnvMd2pGpQATMnwdp7DNWFmxPScQt5Fg3c535gCpcn7-HvRkWWlClYJmtrCw5mNDjw46gOPJrqLc8Fcqv3S=s929" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="697" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-qKXcP0droQq1bDBpcG6ZbtMjvmumIhaM3BFx_-IPdRubBgxulE4JH__GW9fvkRBVsjcIpsl-vjoeitZ6Xf_N5nhblIg9zyZb5J0XEgnvMd2pGpQATMnwdp7DNWFmxPScQt5Fg3c535gCpcn7-HvRkWWlClYJmtrCw5mNDjw46gOPJrqLc8Fcqv3S=s16000" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comPhoenix, AZ, USA33.4483771 -112.07403735.1381432638211564 -147.2302873 61.758610936178847 -76.9177873tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-35420134265780929812022-02-01T12:09:00.002-07:002022-02-01T12:54:39.863-07:00Using Kidlit to Reach and Engage At-Risk Youth<p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://twitter.com/DannieMOlguin/status/1488579901376524288?s=20&t=8QZw_2wtSkXs-6WRz9yHhQ" target="_blank">I'm thrilled to announce my first panel appearance</a> at the AISL (Association of Independent School Librarians) virtual conference on March 4! The topic is dear to my heart, and I'm so excited for this!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTPfb7D7uGyZOY0sIXeE7dmxEhvI2xcNgTdJdl5JdyEeb7y7qVBs08CzKCiPqtiSjGwVouQMiy2Bj6uCZ02hbj4Z61cmgf4b7tJ6ofNoVM3hCwYAmKzzqB8kPKa8TilXm3yIPZev16LLlIpSXf6kFojRnTyh029MekQGIAJZkWayzGrhFGLhD-5VrZ=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTPfb7D7uGyZOY0sIXeE7dmxEhvI2xcNgTdJdl5JdyEeb7y7qVBs08CzKCiPqtiSjGwVouQMiy2Bj6uCZ02hbj4Z61cmgf4b7tJ6ofNoVM3hCwYAmKzzqB8kPKa8TilXm3yIPZev16LLlIpSXf6kFojRnTyh029MekQGIAJZkWayzGrhFGLhD-5VrZ=w640-h336" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p>Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-40540348654650819522021-12-23T15:45:00.000-07:002021-12-23T15:45:00.824-07:00Feeling Festive? Pre-order an eBook Today!<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Holiday cheers! </span></span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">More than two weeks since the preorder launch of Between Safe and Real, and it's holding steady at #1 on <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/kindle/?__cft__[0]=AZXGpgpyOi0Gvr4bfMaOi4MSH_0BNui32-oORcZtQlXcBtVvfvu5qU29dtNv7HWteHcXN1ZOVwIzaModzGTEJ3BifL6ZQ1B1obfRufObDcvZttkR5jhj0SUf1Vb30cxNAQOv3ymTa0Jv_cwQ_wUxxbmznVtnci1nHnItZuNxKBC1GeBZTbQzp-IBocbOlIpNrEw&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Amazon Kindle</span></a> for the New Releases in Children's Violence Books category. Not just that, but it's still sitting pretty in the top 100 books in the same category! #55 as of today!</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">My heart is overflowing. Representation matters for everyone, including at-risk kids with rough home lives.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thank you for spreading the word and preordering!</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Feeling festive? 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With the preorder launch just this week, BETWEEN SAFE and REAL ranked #1 NEW RELEASE in Children's Violence Books on </span><span style="color: #1d9bf0;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Between-Safe-Real-Dannie-Olguin-ebook/dp/B09N2WC37M" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span><span data-offset-key="eblpe-2-0">. A reminder:</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="6crhb" data-offset-key="4evi3-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4evi3-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4evi3-0-0"> To the Survivors,</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="6crhb" data-offset-key="s8p-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="s8p-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="s8p-0-0">You are loved. You are not alone. You are fierce.</span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4QVV7bwsXFMy3YHZ19SY8YgL4VUm57MbJd83i-e0j-WKCofzTImCYiRx3s9w1KpPAcHu56DbqkHQEWD6fI9S4sSoQmhx0bBeV9t7vXV7jpshVeTDtRk55oFjEnNRxD2t6Udv22BxP6ZX4N3pbnM6fwq8AkllKKU14KSDKH-Sd9L_OPkE_auuTWhMo=s787" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="787" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4QVV7bwsXFMy3YHZ19SY8YgL4VUm57MbJd83i-e0j-WKCofzTImCYiRx3s9w1KpPAcHu56DbqkHQEWD6fI9S4sSoQmhx0bBeV9t7vXV7jpshVeTDtRk55oFjEnNRxD2t6Udv22BxP6ZX4N3pbnM6fwq8AkllKKU14KSDKH-Sd9L_OPkE_auuTWhMo=s16000" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comPhoenix, AZ, USA33.4483771 -112.07403735.1381432638211564 -147.2302873 61.758610936178847 -76.9177873tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-13978821176591036902021-12-10T08:58:00.005-07:002021-12-10T16:09:22.575-07:00To the Survivors<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);">This book is dedicated: <b>To the Survivors,</b></span><b><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);">You are loved. You are not alone. You are fierce.</span></b><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit !important;" /><a data-attribute-index="0" data-entity-hovercard-id="urn:li:fs_miniProfile:ACoAAAMTM14BSC6PnCKQnHcara9mIpc6mOQZzOs" data-entity-type="MINI_PROFILE" href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/between-safe-and-real-dannie-m-olguin/1140637149" style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold); line-height: inherit !important; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); position: relative; text-decoration: var(--artdeco-reset-link-text-decoration-none); touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);" target="_blank">Dannie M. Olguin</a><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);">'s <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Between-Safe-Real-Dannie-Olguin-ebook/dp/B09N2WC37M" target="_blank">Between Safe and Real</a></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);"><br /></span></span></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/C_COL0Thf1g" width="480"></iframe>Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comPhoenix, AZ, USA33.4483771 -112.07403735.1381432638211564 -147.2302873 61.758610936178847 -76.9177873tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-23768282888577907592021-12-06T20:06:00.009-07:002022-03-31T14:37:49.692-07:00Preorder Between Safe and Real TODAY!<p><span style="font-family: arial;">TODAY is the day! Here are a couple of links to <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Between-Safe-Real-Dannie-Olguin/dp/1955784310/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank">preorder</a> the eBook of my debut novel, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Between-Safe-Real-Dannie-Olguin/dp/1955784310/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank">BETWEEN SAFE and REAL</a>:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Between-Safe-Real-Dannie-Olguin/dp/1955784310/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/between-safe-and-real-dannie-m-olguin/1140637149" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/between-safe-and-real" target="_blank">Kobo</a></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Between-Safe-Real-Dannie-Olguin-ebook/dp/B09N2WC37M/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="1348" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1dyqUcQH7VPqPyKRW6zFdoQvMsK82PA_N1P8aLdRpkuWpoyTT3GRq6NKFRzezZFf0vPAklLB08uhPkxaKSeNkb8Rt71aQ9-myJz-wA4GyBvWjRdy4HowBRd8Biiqll0cFKT2LhTNRNqOeYMrTk_H9kxB0mQiOfjTS2bQiBQnmIIRKD4-Klq72YVy-=w640-h235" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comPhoenix, AZ, USA33.4483771 -112.0740373-19.004511759734683 177.6134627 85.901265959734687 -41.7615373tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-82061321931311753902021-10-23T12:06:00.007-07:002021-10-28T14:46:16.127-07:00Unboxing Print Proof for BETWEEN SAFE AND REAL!<p><br /></p>
<blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@danniemolguin/video/7022272593365339398" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7022272593365339398" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@danniemolguin" target="_blank" title="@danniemolguin">@danniemolguin</a> <p>Unboxing my print proof since I don't get a box of ARCS. <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/22debuts" target="_blank" title="22debuts">##22debuts</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/booktok" target="_blank" title="booktok">##booktok</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/betweensafeandreal" target="_blank" title="betweensafeandreal">##betweensafeandreal</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/yabooks" target="_blank" title="yabooks">##yabooks</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/unboxing" target="_blank" title="unboxing">##unboxing</a></p> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7022272487715408646" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - danniemolguin">♬ original sound - danniemolguin</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comPhoenix, AZ, USA33.4483771 -112.07403735.1381432638211564 -147.2302873 61.758610936178847 -76.9177873tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-78677000163719206162021-10-23T12:00:00.000-07:002021-10-23T12:00:02.184-07:00Cover Reveal for Between Safe and Real<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1VWFYp0fhohZrSpdNdWhMY3xVlD68mNKb8eoz2fXhguOrhmDcqiAT4hNRtwp6350jl-RblXVuq9Q3vxtTlLwZFjRIlav0LCzoE1fe4UwbykHH22GWzjrLHYB0sWP8mKJXqPmsilUKMPmqe-lHQEIenl2y8x85viaFZz7r9Ug1cwRKy7Ou3nM_JYzG=s900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1VWFYp0fhohZrSpdNdWhMY3xVlD68mNKb8eoz2fXhguOrhmDcqiAT4hNRtwp6350jl-RblXVuq9Q3vxtTlLwZFjRIlav0LCzoE1fe4UwbykHH22GWzjrLHYB0sWP8mKJXqPmsilUKMPmqe-lHQEIenl2y8x85viaFZz7r9Ug1cwRKy7Ou3nM_JYzG=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; white-space: pre-wrap;">BETWEEN SAFE AND REAL has a cover! This story broke me and put me together in a million ways, and I can't wait for you to meet Zoe, her IRL siblings, and her amazing found family.</span><p></p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Release day is 3/8/22, but you can preorder on 12/7/21.</span><div><br /><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span class="r-18u37iz" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; background-color: white; color: #0f1419; flex-direction: row; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><div><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comPhoenix, AZ, USA33.4483771 -112.07403735.1381432638211564 -147.2302873 61.758610936178847 -76.9177873tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-6192066645801789552020-12-13T13:18:00.002-07:002020-12-13T13:18:56.274-07:00MY BOOK IS ON GOODREADS!<p><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Don't mind me, I'm just hiding under my desk and freaking out about the fact that MY BOOK IS ON <a href=" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56233840-between-safe-and-real " target="_blank">GOODREADS</a>!</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">All these years, I've said you're a writer the minute you decide to write things. But seeing my book up on Goodreads is...it's just really heavy. I didn't expect that.</span><div><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit !important;" /><a data-attribute-index="2" href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=writer&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6743975097364742144" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: baseline;">#writer</a><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a data-attribute-index="3" href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=writing&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6743975097364742144" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: baseline;">#writing</a><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a data-attribute-index="4" href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=books&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6743975097364742144" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: baseline;">#books</a><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a data-attribute-index="5" href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=author&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6743975097364742144" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: baseline;">#author</a><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a data-attribute-index="6" href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=publishing&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6743975097364742144" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: baseline;">#publishing</a></div>Dannie M Olguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06028998472433685693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-46944390864293742392020-12-09T12:34:00.000-07:002020-12-09T12:34:51.126-07:00*Tap, Tap, Tap*Is this thing on? I have a little update...<br /><br />I GOT A BOOK DEAL! My Contemporary Young Adult novel, BETWEEN SAFE AND REAL, will be published my Melange Books in February 2022! <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1an2Tdps37U/X9EgcuUOvOI/AAAAAAAAuFg/Put6BYklpawemxhYYFOrKJPAIcLqM5f6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/BSAR%2BPM%2BAnnouncement.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1an2Tdps37U/X9EgcuUOvOI/AAAAAAAAuFg/Put6BYklpawemxhYYFOrKJPAIcLqM5f6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/BSAR%2BPM%2BAnnouncement.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Stay tuned for more updates, like my cover reveal and pre-order campaign! Until then, I owe a million thanks to so many people. <br /><br />Thank you to my agent, Tina Schwartz. Her passion and tireless championing of Zoe's story kept me going when my spirits lagged.<br /><br />Thank you to my amazing husband. Stirling, thank you for loving me even when I can't keep my head out of the clouds. Or maybe especially when I can't keep my head out of the clouds!<br /><br />To the amazing folks who work their tails off to put DFWCon together every year...THANK YOU! I'm a better writer because of the con.<br /><br />To my soul-siblings and wing-people I met through DFWCon, you know who you are and you know exactly what you mean to me. I love you and am beyond humbled that you still let me sit with you at the cool table!<br /><br />Never ever give up on your dreams! I'm living proof that there's no such thing as too old to live your dreams.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Danniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197495381704137131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-14992742117047396472020-03-29T12:37:00.003-07:002020-03-29T12:39:14.251-07:00Dannie Signing with Literary Agent<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Knock Knock...
Groan...Who's there?
It's me, an officially agented author!
I'm thrilled to announce that after a lifetime of chasing this dream of being an author, I have signed a contract with Tina P. Schwartz of The Purcell Agency. After one more small round of edits and tweaks, she'll approach actual publishing companies with my young adult novel!</span><br />
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VLBJkaIj1ao" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465735473365570429.post-85163253855291958842018-05-04T06:22:00.001-07:002020-03-29T12:54:46.503-07:00The Canyon<i>Prompt: There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in--Leonard Cohen</i><br />
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I shivered and stared at the long crack, which started halfway up my wall and ended at the floor, and imagined I was a teeny-tiny ant. No, smaller than an ant. An amoeba or something, and the crack was a gigantic canyon carved deep into red-brown mountains. I could usually wish myself into any world I could dream up, but this time was different. Her shouting was louder. Scarier. Just when I got to the point where I could almost imagine hiking down into the canyon, just when I could almost smell the dirt and hear the wind in the trees, I snapped back to my mattress on the dirty brown carpet in this freezing room in this smelly old apartment. I wasn't usually scared, but this time, I was. Part of me wanted to open my door and sneak down the hall to see if things were okay, but something deep inside told me to go exploring the canyon instead.<br />
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Mother screamed and something hit the wall so hard that if I had been down in my wall canyon, I would have turned the sound into thunder. Why couldn't I disappear this time? What was wrong with me?<br />
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Daddy's low voice rumbled, and I thought about thunder again. If thunder had a voice that could calm lightning down, it would sound just like Daddy. Still, I wished he'd stop talking. It never helps. Thunder is just noise. It's harmless. Lightning, though...lightning can burn the house down. It can kill you.<br />
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"Don't be so stupid, Libby. She's not lightning and she's not gonna kill anybody."<br />
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Sometimes saying things out loud makes me feel better, like I can make it real. I have to be careful what I say out loud, though, because if some of the things I think really happened, I'd live in a world with no lightning. Maybe that might seem like a relief, but without lightning, there'd be no thunder. Then where would I be? In some orphanage run by scary nuns like Mother is always threatening to send me to? No way, Jose. I'll take my chances with being zapped.<br />
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I don't know how long I slept, but when I woke up, my room was dark. The street lamp outside my window was busted out ages ago, so no light came through the cracks in my blinds.<br />
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Stupid, I thought as I remembered we didn't have electricity. I should have taken a shower while it was still light.<br />
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The whole apartment was quiet, and I wondered if it was safe to make my way to the kitchen to find something to eat. Sometimes after a big fight, Mother and Daddy went to their room for a nap. Sometimes, they left me all alone in the apartment and would be gone until the next day. If either of those things happened, I'd be safe. My stomach grumbled and I thought about what I could make myself for dinner. Maybe I could bring a spoon and the peanut butter back to my room. And Daddy's thermos. I could fill it up with water and bring that back, too, because peanut butter always makes me thirsty. I opened my bedroom door and listened. I held my breath and imagined my ears growing as big as a bat's. Bigger. As big as Dumbo's. So big, I could hear Mother blinking if I concentrated hard enough.<br />
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I was about to step into the dark hallway when I remembered the last time I thought it was safe after a fight. I walked into the kitchen and froze when I saw her sitting at the table. She was smoking a cigarette, the ashes a long, grey snake. The heavy green ashtray sat in front of her, heaped with a miniature mountain of butts. Her eyes were far away and she didn't seem to notice me. I turned around to go back to my room, but before I could take a single step, the ashtray smashed the wall next to me. Ashes stung my eyes and the ashtray clanked to the floor in three big chunks.<br />
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"See what you made me do," she screamed after me as I ran back to my room. Somewhere between between the kitchen and my bedroom, I had an accident.<br />
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“Stupid baby,” I whispered as I quietly clicked my door shut.<br />
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"No way, Jose." A grumbly stomach wasn't worth the risk. I shut my door and moved back to my mattress. I climbed under the old blanket and wrapped myself up like a burrito, only I left my face poking out so I could see and breathe.<br />
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After a few minutes, I got tired of lying in the complete dark. The stick on the blinds was missing, and if you pulled on the string, the blinds went up all crookedy and got tangled, but even a little light from outside would be better than sitting in a freezing cave. When I got the blinds up as far as I could, I went back to my mattress and stared at the crack. At first I had to stare so hard my eyes hurt, but after a few minutes something happened.<br />
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A thin thread of golden light started at the top of my wall canyon and moved like the sun all the way down to the bottom. I watched, not breathing, not blinking, until my eyes burned and I had to squeeze them shut against tears. When the light hit the bottom of the canyon, it got a little brighter and moved back up to the top of the crack. Warm, golden light soaked the wall like some kind of weird paint.<br />
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"I must be dreaming," I thought. I walked over to the wall, reached my hand toward the light, and pulled it away. It was warm! How could that be?<br />
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The light kept moving up and down the crack, getting brighter each time it came to an end. After a while my whole room was filled with light as warm and bright as the sun. I closed my eyes and tilted my head back. The sun made orangey-red patterns behind my eyes. My face was close-to-a-campfire warm. Keeping my eyes closed in case opening them made this wonderful dream go away, I lowered myself to the floor and sat cross-legged. I didn't think anything at all as I let the sun wrap me up. I just sat there feeling safe and warm.<br />
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Wind whistled through treetops and I opened my eyes. I wasn't in my room anymore. The dirty carpet had turned to dirt underneath me. I was in my canyon. I had managed to wish myself there after all!<br />
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"Woo-hoo!" My voice bounced off the steep canyon walls. I jumped up and down until I ran out of breath, got dizzy, and had to sit down. The canyon in my imagination was so much smaller than this one was. In my mind, I was able to throw a stone from one wall and it would hit the other. This one's walls were too far apart for that. I dug my feet into the powdery, hot earth and wished I was wearing shoes instead of just old, holey socks.<br />
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In geography, we learned that The Grand Canyon was carved by a river over the course of billions of years. Just thinking about all that water made my throat burn with thirst. I scanned both directions, looking for signs of water. Nothing. I'd have to go exploring. Either that, or try to wish myself back home and risk an ashtray to the head in the kitchen.<br />
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I hadn't been walking all that long when I heard a sort of trickle-splash coming from around the bend. I tucked my head and ran as fast as I could, ignoring the fact I learned in science: Water out in the world usually isn't safe to drink. It's contaminated with all sorts of bacteria that can make you sick or kill you. It didn't much matter, though. I was so thirsty, I would have picked up a dog bowl and gulped it all down.<br />
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Around the bend, the canyon spread out even wider and I lost the feeling I was even in a canyon. Now, I was in a in a meadow or prairie or something. I couldn't remember the difference, but it didn't matter. Canyons don't work like that. They don't go from deep to flat just like that, but what did it matter? All of this was in my head anyway. Sure, it felt real, but I knew I was huddled in my blanket in my dark room. This was all just a pleasant dream, and I was going to enjoy every second of it. Starting with the cabin I somehow hadn’t noticed right away.<br />
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I didn’t even think twice as I walked up the sturdy front steps. Lacy white grandma curtains hung in the open front windows and the breeze poofed them in and out. The front door was open and inside, dishes clanked together as a lady hummed. Something inside made my mouth water and my stomach grumble. It was too inviting not to go inside.<br />
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“Hi, Libby!” The beautiful woman smiled at me like she’d been waiting for me all day. “Come in, sit down. Lunch is ready, honey.”<br />
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She gestured at the small table set for two. A loaf of bread bread, still warm-smelling from the oven, sat next to a big pot of something thick and brown. I wondered it if was stew. I’d never had stew before, but always wanted to try it. But as much as I wanted to sit and shove my face full of food, I stood in the archway between the front entry and the dining room.<br />
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“Oh, honey, don’t be shy. I know you didn’t come all this way to just stare at me. Sit, eat!”<br />
“Yes, ma’am. Thank you.” I slid into the nearest chair and tried not to let my mouth water. Why not? Whatever the lady gave me to eat in this dream had to be better than the big Nothing Sandwich I’d have if I let myself wake up.<br />
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“I appreciate your manners.” She took my bowl and heaped the brown stuff into it. “But there’s no need to stand on formality here. You can call me Margot.” She set the bowl in front of me and began filling the second bowl for herself.<br />
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“Thank you, M--Margot.” I shoveled a heaping spoonful into my mouth and didn’t even care when it burned my tongue.<br />
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I had so many questions. Who was she? How did she know my name? How did she know I was coming? How did she know I was starving?<br />
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“Is any of this real?” I dipped a hunk of bread into the stew. Definitely stew.<br />
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“As real as anything, I suppose. What’s it matter? Real or not, you’re here now, so you may as well fill that empty belly of yours and get some rest. You certainly deserve it.<br />
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The more I ate, the less important my questions seemed, and by the time I finished my second bowl, I had almost forgotten I didn’t belong here. Really, I think I would have forgotten all the way if I hadn’t heard mother calling from far away. I dropped my spoon and stood up so fast, I knocked my chair over.<br />
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“I have to go.”<br />
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“Nonsense.” she picked up my chair and refilled my water glass. “Of course you’re welcome to leave if you like, but it’d be wonderful if you’d consider staying. Nobody can get you here, Libby. And I promise you’ll always have plenty of food and a warm bed.”<br />
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“Libby,” Mother called again. Fainter this time. Like she was walking away from me.<br />
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“I don’t know. Mother needs me.”<br />
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“I know she does, Sweetie. And if you must go back to her, then go. But you need a mother. Someone to look after you and keep you safe. Someone to be the adult while you get to be a kid. I think you know she’s never going to be able to do that for you. Not her, or your daddy.”<br />
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As if he heard Margot say his name, Daddy shouted for me. Louder than Mother, but still distant. Still far away.<br />
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“I can’t.” I almost couldn’t get the words out. I wanted to stay so bad it hurt.”I can’t just leave them.” I looked up at Margot and she smiled.<br />
“You already did, sweetheart, and that was the hard part. I promise.” She set a piece of chocolate cake in front of me.<br />
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“Libby!” Mother and Daddy called again. Only this time, I could barely hear them at all.<br />
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“Maybe I’ll go back later.” I drug my finger through the thick frosting and licked.<br />
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Margot smiled, but didn’t say anything.<br />
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I closed my eyes and listened for Mother and Daddy again, but all I could hear was the wind in the trees and the sound of Margot’s fork hitting the plate as she dug into her cake.<br />
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