What an honor it is to be interviewed about your work, but it’s especially wonderful when the interviewer is Tim Knox, author, entrepreneur, and host of the hugely popular “Interviewing Authors” podcast.
Tim Knox has interviewed many fascinating and talented publishing professionals. His podcasts are endlessly entertaining and a treasure trove of insight. I’ve enjoyed them, each and every one, for a long time now.
I loved meeting readers and writers this weekend at Tribeca GalleryCafe & Books in Watertown, WI. They promoted my appearance and my young adult book, God Awful Loser, which I’m thrilled to say they called “an awesome summer read you can’t miss!”
Tribeca is just a beauty of a bookstore with rows of great books, sumptuous coffee selections, unique local artistry, and an adorable children’s area upstairs that’s visible through the white picket fence. Enjoy a few pics of the event!
Tribeca GalleryCafe & Books
God Awful Loser right by the sweets!
Silvia and readers
Tribeca Book Of The Week!
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How fun is this? I got to join some fellow authors at a corporate spelling bee to raise money for literacy!
I’d never been to a corporate spelling bee, and this experience was awesome. Participants raised money for The Literary Council of Greater Waukesha and even dressed the part for the literary theme of “Where the Wild Things Spell.”
Contestants Dressed the L-i-t-e-r-a-r-y Part (Photo credit Sandy Brehl)
Fundraising Baskets (Photo credit Sandy Brehl)
Authors from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators acted as judges to the very impressive spellers. The winning word: VOCIFERANCE, meaning “noisy.” The “ance” starts with an A, not an E, folks!
Had a wonderful book launch for my young adult fantasy, God Awful Loser, held Friday night at the incomparable Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee. Thank you so much to all of my friends and family — and complete strangers (but soon to be friends) — who came out to hear me babble about my book. The reading was fun, as was the mingling afterward. I’m really blessed to have people support me.
I spy God Awful Loser on Boswell shelves
Doesn’t God Awful Loser look great there?
My husband, Jeff, and me behind the sumptuous treats
Petit fours to mimic ambrosia, the food of the gods
Reading a passage
With former colleague Erica and her daughter
Esther, bright and fascinating
With Rebecca and family
With Lynn, Wisconsin’s celebrity stylist!
Eileen, my mom Iris, me, and my mother-in-law Regina
With my mom, Iris
With talented picture book author Janet Halfmann
Mingling with the faaaabulous people
Kathleen & Dano
The awesome athletes in my life
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING!!! 🙂
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We are just a day ahead of my book launch, and in advance of it I chatted it up on Milwaukee’s favorite talk show, The Morning Blend. Hosts Molly Fay, Tiffany Ogle, and I talked about the light-hearted fun mythology can offer readers, my transition from writing news to now writing fiction, and of course how the gods misbehave.
You can view the video here in case you missed the show and the live stream. And please come on down to my launch party! It’s tomorrow, Friday, May 8th, at 7 p.m. at Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee. Love to see you there!
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Wisconsin really should be one of the states you think of when asked to name a place with a deep pool of talent. The high number of acclaimed children’s book authors is truly impressive, and we should be proud.
Melanie Cecka Nolan
Lucky me, I got to spend an afternoon with some of those incredible talents at the spring luncheon of our state’s Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. We met for a delicious luncheon and interesting talk by Melanie Cecka Nolan, Associate Publishing Director at Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers. She covered some of the many changes in the book publishing industry in the past 13 years, including the digital revolution, which has changed the way some people read — and for others has taken away some reading time.
When I think of the digital revolution, though, the first thing that comes to my mind is the way reading has opened up. There are so many more titles in so many more genres. It’s a readers’ (and writers’) paradise, and digital formats reach new audiences which, for a host of reasons, find eBooks preferable to paper.
Yesterday was the official release date of my young adult novel God Awful Loser. It, of course, is available in paper (hardcover), yet I’m immensely pleased that its eBook format can now reach the world. We mustn’t take for granted that it wasn’t always so.
Now I look forward to my launch party this Friday, May 8th, 7 p.m., at Boswell Books. I hope you’ll come and join me on this fun ride. The wonderful ladies in this photo sure are supportive, and SCBWI is sure one great group.
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Featured on “Interviewing Authors”
/0 Comments/in A Writer Writes, In The News, Media / TV / Radio, Presenting the Prose /by SilviaTim Knox has interviewed many fascinating and talented publishing professionals. His podcasts are endlessly entertaining and a treasure trove of insight. I’ve enjoyed them, each and every one, for a long time now.
Tim and I had a fun talk about my newly released fantasy novel, God Awful Loser, my TV life, and just how interfering Venus is, really. And Tim is so complimentary, calling God Awful Loser “one of my favorite books of the year, and I don’t say that lightly.” Here’s a link to our talk. Enjoy!
http://interviewingauthors.com/silvia-acevedo-tv-journalist-great-time-god-love/
LOVED Signing at the beautiful Tribeca GalleryCafe & Books
/0 Comments/in In The News, Presenting the Prose /by SilviaI loved meeting readers and writers this weekend at Tribeca GalleryCafe & Books in Watertown, WI. They promoted my appearance and my young adult book, God Awful Loser, which I’m thrilled to say they called “an awesome summer read you can’t miss!”
Tribeca is just a beauty of a bookstore with rows of great books, sumptuous coffee selections, unique local artistry, and an adorable children’s area upstairs that’s visible through the white picket fence. Enjoy a few pics of the event!
Tribeca GalleryCafe & Books
God Awful Loser right by the sweets!
Silvia and readers
Tribeca Book Of The Week!
Spelling Bee Bliss!
/0 Comments/in In The News /by SilviaS-p-e-l-l-i-n-g Bee! (Photo credit Sandy Brehl)
How fun is this? I got to join some fellow authors at a corporate spelling bee to raise money for literacy!
I’d never been to a corporate spelling bee, and this experience was awesome. Participants raised money for The Literary Council of Greater Waukesha and even dressed the part for the literary theme of “Where the Wild Things Spell.”
Contestants Dressed the L-i-t-e-r-a-r-y Part (Photo credit Sandy Brehl)
Fundraising Baskets (Photo credit Sandy Brehl)
Authors from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators acted as judges to the very impressive spellers. The winning word: VOCIFERANCE, meaning “noisy.” The “ance” starts with an A, not an E, folks!
Here’s hoping we can do it again soon! 🙂
Left to Right: Ann Angel, Peggy Tromblay, Denise Ryan Martin, me, and Sandy Brehl.
Highlights of the God Awful Loser Book Launch
/0 Comments/in In The News, Presenting the Prose /by SilviaHad a wonderful book launch for my young adult fantasy, God Awful Loser, held Friday night at the incomparable Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee. Thank you so much to all of my friends and family — and complete strangers (but soon to be friends) — who came out to hear me babble about my book. The reading was fun, as was the mingling afterward. I’m really blessed to have people support me.
I spy God Awful Loser on Boswell shelves
Doesn’t God Awful Loser look great there?
My husband, Jeff, and me behind the sumptuous treats
Petit fours to mimic ambrosia, the food of the gods
Reading a passage
With former colleague Erica and her daughter
Esther, bright and fascinating
With Rebecca and family
With Lynn, Wisconsin’s celebrity stylist!
Eileen, my mom Iris, me, and my mother-in-law Regina
With my mom, Iris
With talented picture book author Janet Halfmann
Mingling with the faaaabulous people
Kathleen & Dano
The awesome athletes in my life
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING!!! 🙂
Battering the Gods on The Blend
/0 Comments/in A Writer Writes, Media / TV / Radio /by SilviaWe are just a day ahead of my book launch, and in advance of it I chatted it up on Milwaukee’s favorite talk show, The Morning Blend. Hosts Molly Fay, Tiffany Ogle, and I talked about the light-hearted fun mythology can offer readers, my transition from writing news to now writing fiction, and of course how the gods misbehave.
You can view the video here in case you missed the show and the live stream. And please come on down to my launch party! It’s tomorrow, Friday, May 8th, at 7 p.m. at Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee. Love to see you there!
The event info is also on Facebook where you can RSVP:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1636692243217301/
Wisconsin is a Wealth of Talent
/0 Comments/in A Writer Writes, In The News /by SilviaWisconsin really should be one of the states you think of when asked to name a place with a deep pool of talent. The high number of acclaimed children’s book authors is truly impressive, and we should be proud.
Melanie Cecka Nolan
When I think of the digital revolution, though, the first thing that comes to my mind is the way reading has opened up. There are so many more titles in so many more genres. It’s a readers’ (and writers’) paradise, and digital formats reach new audiences which, for a host of reasons, find eBooks preferable to paper.
Yesterday was the official release date of my young adult novel God Awful Loser. It, of course, is available in paper (hardcover), yet I’m immensely pleased that its eBook format can now reach the world. We mustn’t take for granted that it wasn’t always so.
Now I look forward to my launch party this Friday, May 8th, 7 p.m., at Boswell Books. I hope you’ll come and join me on this fun ride. The wonderful ladies in this photo sure are supportive, and SCBWI is sure one great group.
Authors Diane Swanson, Julie Mata, Silvia Acevedo, Valerie Biel, and Wendy Alm Lombard.