Recent content by MPadillaJr

  1. MPadillaJr

    Planning Another Pitchfest is over--what happens now?

    Thank you for coordinating Leslie and thank you to SavvyAuthors for providing us with the opportunity to show our wares! Fingers crossed and best of luck to all other participants!
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    All things writing Thanks to everyone who participated in Pitchfest!

    Thank you SavvyAuthors so very much for doing this and thank you also to all the agents and publishers who supported the effort! I received several requests for materials, so I am over the moon!
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    Intros & Newbies Greetings and Salutations!

    Nice to meet you Amber! I have a degree in journalism so I started as a reporter and then editor. I moved on to public relations, advertising, corporate communications and marketing positions. I always said: "If I could retire young enough and still had enough brain cells, I would write a...
  4. Coconut by Manuel Padilla Jr.

    Coconut by Manuel Padilla Jr.

    “Coconut” explores the often humorous, sometimes painful experiences of a Mexican-American family living during the turbulent 1960’s and 1970’s, a time when Latinos were treated as “wetbacks” despite being U.S. citizens. Like many during the time, they don't even speak Spanish.
  5. MPadillaJr

    Intros & Newbies Greetings and Salutations!

    I have written professionally for 37 years and after "retiring" three years ago, penned my first novel (yes, sometimes it takes that long to get things right). I am presently editing book #2 and am looking forward to learning from this group as I truly believe as long as we are living we are...