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After a brief GCC hiatus, I'm excited to welcome back Diana Rodriguez Wallach, on tour for her short story, Reflecting Emmy, which appears in the anthology MIRROR, MIRROR.
In honor of my Touch series, also known as the "Deadly Little..." series, Diana filled in the following blank: I have a deadly little______.
Here's Diana's response:
"I have a deadly little cat. No, seriously. Ever hear of that show My Cat From Hell? Yeah, well, when it debuted about a dozen people emailed to tell me I should submit my beloved tabby, Lupi. My husband and I adopted her after 9/11. We were living in Lower Manhattan at the time, five blocks from Ground Zero, and rescuing this little kitty from a shelter in Harlem was our way of coping. She had been a stray before we adopted her, probably about six months old, and let’s just say she kept her street smarts. My parents have nicknamed her, “The Hisser.” She doesn’t scratch (though she still has her claws) and she doesn’t bite, but if anyone other than me comes within ten feet of her, she hisses, back arched and everything. Even my husband. Yet, she sits on the couch with me at night a purrs. Still, she has a major redeeming quality. Our first house in Philly was a 200-year old brick townhome near Society Hill that came with a lovely colony of mice that had been residing there since days of our forefathers. My cat killed 24 mice before we moved out of that house, once killing 3 in one day. By our last year living there, we didn’t see a single rodent. No exterminator needed. Lupi took care of business, literally making her A Deadly Little Cat."
REFLECTING EMMY:
Eighteen-year-old Emmy is in the family business-trapping vapid narcissistic souls into her silver compact mirror for all eternity. It’s what the Rhamnusia family has been doing for thousands of years, all under the direction of Great Grandmother. Only Emmy’s latest assignment, Nara, is about to prove more challenging than she ever expected.
Gorgeous and self-absorbed, Nara is unflinchingly cruel to her classmates. Even her boyfriend, Luke, can no longer tolerate her actions-much to Emmy’s relief since she finds Luke a little more than intriguing. But when Emmy tricks Nara into gazing into her mystical mirror, what she finds there is not what she’s expecting.
The Buzz:
"A fun, fresh and thoroughly entertaining modern twist on the Narcissus myth. Readers will love Emmy and her (mis)adventures. Wallach packs a lot of story into a small packing--romance, friendship and the power of one person to make a difference. The only thing missing... is more!" ~ Tera Lynn Childs, award-winning author of Oh. My. Gods., Forgive My Fins, and Sweet Venom.
"Diana Rodriguez Wallach’s Mythology High is too much fun. Emmy collects narcissistic souls for the family business but after making one tiny little mistake she finds her life turned upside down. These three stories are a must for anyone who loves Greek mythology, feisty heroines and second chances. My only complaint is that I didn’t want them to finish." -Amanda Ashby, author of Fairy Bad Day and Demosity
The Author
Diana Rodriguez Wallach is the author of Mirror, Mirror, a short-story collection based on the Narcissus myth, that includes Reflecting Emmy, Nara Gazing, and Shattering GiGi (Buzz Books 2013). She is also the author of three award-winning YA novels: Amor and Summer Secrets, Amigas and School Scandals, and Adios to All The Drama (Kensington Books).
In 2011, she published a highly regarded essay in Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories (HarperCollins), and in 2013, she will be featured in the anthology Latina Authors and Their Muses (Twilight Times Books). In 2010 Diana was named one of the Top Ten New Latino Authors to Watch by LatinoStories.com, and she placed second in the International Latino Book Awards. She hold a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University, and currently lives in Philadelphia with her husband and daughter.
For more about Diana:
Website: www.dianarodriguezwallach.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/dianarwallach
Facebook: www.facebook.com/diana.rodriguezwallach
Tumblr: http://dianarwallach.tumblr.com
Pinterist: http://pinterest.com/dianarwallach/boards/
In honor of my Touch series, also known as the "Deadly Little..." series, Diana filled in the following blank: I have a deadly little______.
Here's Diana's response:
"I have a deadly little cat. No, seriously. Ever hear of that show My Cat From Hell? Yeah, well, when it debuted about a dozen people emailed to tell me I should submit my beloved tabby, Lupi. My husband and I adopted her after 9/11. We were living in Lower Manhattan at the time, five blocks from Ground Zero, and rescuing this little kitty from a shelter in Harlem was our way of coping. She had been a stray before we adopted her, probably about six months old, and let’s just say she kept her street smarts. My parents have nicknamed her, “The Hisser.” She doesn’t scratch (though she still has her claws) and she doesn’t bite, but if anyone other than me comes within ten feet of her, she hisses, back arched and everything. Even my husband. Yet, she sits on the couch with me at night a purrs. Still, she has a major redeeming quality. Our first house in Philly was a 200-year old brick townhome near Society Hill that came with a lovely colony of mice that had been residing there since days of our forefathers. My cat killed 24 mice before we moved out of that house, once killing 3 in one day. By our last year living there, we didn’t see a single rodent. No exterminator needed. Lupi took care of business, literally making her A Deadly Little Cat."
REFLECTING EMMY:
Eighteen-year-old Emmy is in the family business-trapping vapid narcissistic souls into her silver compact mirror for all eternity. It’s what the Rhamnusia family has been doing for thousands of years, all under the direction of Great Grandmother. Only Emmy’s latest assignment, Nara, is about to prove more challenging than she ever expected.
Gorgeous and self-absorbed, Nara is unflinchingly cruel to her classmates. Even her boyfriend, Luke, can no longer tolerate her actions-much to Emmy’s relief since she finds Luke a little more than intriguing. But when Emmy tricks Nara into gazing into her mystical mirror, what she finds there is not what she’s expecting.
The Buzz:
"A fun, fresh and thoroughly entertaining modern twist on the Narcissus myth. Readers will love Emmy and her (mis)adventures. Wallach packs a lot of story into a small packing--romance, friendship and the power of one person to make a difference. The only thing missing... is more!" ~ Tera Lynn Childs, award-winning author of Oh. My. Gods., Forgive My Fins, and Sweet Venom.
"Diana Rodriguez Wallach’s Mythology High is too much fun. Emmy collects narcissistic souls for the family business but after making one tiny little mistake she finds her life turned upside down. These three stories are a must for anyone who loves Greek mythology, feisty heroines and second chances. My only complaint is that I didn’t want them to finish." -Amanda Ashby, author of Fairy Bad Day and Demosity
The Author
Diana Rodriguez Wallach is the author of Mirror, Mirror, a short-story collection based on the Narcissus myth, that includes Reflecting Emmy, Nara Gazing, and Shattering GiGi (Buzz Books 2013). She is also the author of three award-winning YA novels: Amor and Summer Secrets, Amigas and School Scandals, and Adios to All The Drama (Kensington Books).
In 2011, she published a highly regarded essay in Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories (HarperCollins), and in 2013, she will be featured in the anthology Latina Authors and Their Muses (Twilight Times Books). In 2010 Diana was named one of the Top Ten New Latino Authors to Watch by LatinoStories.com, and she placed second in the International Latino Book Awards. She hold a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University, and currently lives in Philadelphia with her husband and daughter.
For more about Diana:
Website: www.dianarodriguezwallach.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/dianarwallach
Facebook: www.facebook.com/diana.rodriguezwallach
Tumblr: http://dianarwallach.tumblr.com
Pinterist: http://pinterest.com/dianarwallach/boards/