Note from Lupe Gonzalez

Below is message sent by our Vice President, Lupe Gonzalez, that I would like to share with you:

Here are some pics from Bertha's booksigning and reading. Her story, "A Broken String of Lace" is part of the mystery short story anthology HIT LIST: THE BEST OF LATINO MYSTERY edited by Sarah Cortez and Liz Martinez. Bertha also read a "teaser" from Arthur Munoz' story (who was unable to attend) "Made in China". Other short excerpts she read were from Carlos Hernandez' "Los Simpaticos" and Manuel Ramos' "The Skull of Pancho Villa". The book is published by Arte Publico Press.

Also pic #3673-2 is of me, Bertha and Rebeca. We took the picture because we'd started a critique group in 2006. None of us were published and we were all writing a romance novel. I published TOO LATE FOR ROMANCE in December 2007. Now, Bertha has published her short story and Rebeca has published her own short story collection, HABITANTES DE MI TIEMPO.

We thought it was a great achievement and worth mentioning.