My phone chat with the Cielo Book Club of Springfield, Illinois, was a lot of fun last week. The readers asked perceptive questions about Andy Veracruz. Yes, he was modeled on some people I knew—in fact, he’s a kind of combination. And yes, he makes some naïve mistakes. I saw that over and over with my own mariachi friends!
Happy readers thinking about Mexico and eating great tacos!
The readers were quite entertained by my descriptions of the trajes we wear and the fact that we jingle when we walk. That’s okay now that I live in a house, but when I had an apartment, it was a little embarrassing to be jingle-jangling my way down the hall at two in the morning!
If I ever find a real-life Yiolanda, I'll run away!
Some readers reported that they couldn't put the book down. Maybe this is why I'm a night owl. I love to stay up late--and in that respect, I love to be a bad influence!
I just want to get to the end of this chapter....
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