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Do you want to hang out on Sunday?

June 21, 2019 by Erika

Join me online this Sunday, June 23 for a flash writing session.

You can read all about it and view a short video on my blog at:

http://bit.ly/MagicWriting

And I have some more amazing news — just 10 minutes ago, I finished transcribing the very last pages of the four handwritten notebooks for the sequel to The Amazing Adventures of Selma Calderon!

You are the VERY FIRST PEOPLE who know this. I haven’t even run into the kitchen to tell my husband.

It’s been a wild ride in the last four years since I published the first book. And the last few days have been particularly challenging as I had an excellent work meeting on the other side of the country, then had a 20-hour travel day with rerouting and delays and then food poisoning the following day on my wedding anniversary. And yet here I am, in bed, in my PJs at 6:44pm showing up to share with you!

This is me–this very second sharing my last notebook pages! Thank you for supporting me!

Please consider joining me on Sunday or sharing this with someone you think might like some magical time writing together!

And HAPPY SOLSTICE! Let’s make this THE BEST SUMMER EVER if you’re in my hemisphere! And if you live elsewhere, join me in declaring health, wealth and play and most of all CREATIVITY AND LOVE!

#cucalacas

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Take a Tour of Selma & Hurley’s World

August 4, 2015 by Erika

Links for Amazing Adventures!

I’ve placed some links below to help you begin exploring some of the topics covered in The Amazing Adventures of Selma Calderón. Keep up the curiosity, find more links on your own, and share them with your tribe!

Great Books and Resources

TeachingForChange.org

WeNeedDiverseBooks.org

RethinkingSchools.org

Recipes & Our World’s Food

LifeIsMessyKitchen.com

ChopChopMag.org

ImmaculateBaking.com

FoodBabe.com

RobynOBrien.com

KrisCarr.com

Writing, Self-Esteem & Courage

AMightyGirl.com

WriteGirl.org

KidPresident.com

SarahSelecky.com

BreneBrown.com

Staying Active

LetsMove.gov

GirlsOnTheRun.org

BlackGirlsRun.com

Travel & Wildlife

VisitPhilly.com

ChooseChicago.com

LonelyPlanet.com/Paris, France

AlhambraGranada.org

UgandaWildlife.org/Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest

AWF.org (African Wildlife Foundation)

OrcasIslandChamber.com

DoeBay.com

Bullying & Child Abuse

StopBullying.gov

StopCyberBullying.org

ChildHelp.org

Filed Under: The Amazing Adventures of Selma Calderon, Writing Tagged With: books, Hurley, links, recipes, Selma, staying active

Dabbling in magic can be dangerous & delicious…

July 24, 2015 by Rebecca Villarreal

“I don’t really remember my parents. They went missing when I was two. I think there’s something weird about their story. I’m going to use magic to find out what really happened. I’m also using magic to go to Paris, Uganda and Spain. I’m hoping my best friend Hurley Bingenworth will come with me. One thing’s for sure, he’s bringing his marble collection! And we’re finally going to outsmart Xavier Serrano, the meanest bully in Chicago.”

What if you could travel the world, go back in time and eat your favorite foods along the way, all the while unraveling the mystery of your missing parents?

Recently moved to Chicago with her legal guardian, fifth-grader Selma Calderon wants to use her magic to explore the world. She’s planning trips to Paris to taste a café au lait and a chocolate-filled croissant, to Uganda to see the mountain gorillas with her best friend, Hurley, and to Alhambra, Spain to visit the great palaces. But she’s not supposed to use magic without permission from Guadey, her guardian, not even to do her homework. Or deal with the school bully, or the creepy principal. Or to uncover the mystery of her parents who went missing when she was four. Will Selma finally uncover the truth about her parents and get to learn more magic, or will her impatience land her in some deep time-travel trouble?

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