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Rainbow Award Winner- Silent /Giveaway :)

My novel Silent was selected as the 2014 Rainbow Award Winner in the Gay & Lesbian Young Adult Category! I don't think I ever posted much about it here-- ran a couple of ads at one point, but I sort of suck at advertising and self-promotion. In any case, on the off chance a curious person stumbles by my blog, here's the cover/blurb:   2014 Rainbow Award Winner: Best Gay & Lesbian Young Adult Novel     Alex's life as a teenager in South Central LA is far from perfect, but it's his

Sara Alva

Sara Alva

Social Skills audiobook

After many false starts, I can finally say that the Social Skills audiobook is now available on Amazon, Audible, and iTunes. My first audiobook! \o/   Awesome Cover Art by Dani Alexander   A few samples: Opening credits Retail sample from Chapter 1   My narrator (Andrew Eiden) did an amazing job, and really went above and beyond to make sure I was satisfied with every line of his reading. He’s an actor and an experienced narrator, and luckily for me he took an interest in my tit

Sara Alva

Sara Alva

Too cute- Kid interrupts Dad's speech in support of gay marriage

I didn't want to post this in the lounge because it might be seen as political. But really, this is all about the cutes.   Watch from 15:14 to 18:00.   Originally found at: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/ridiculously-cute-kids-hijack-their-ridiculously-cute-dads-s   Also, I realized my last blog entry was all depress-y sounding. Things are much better now. I've been rehired, I like my school, I published Social Skills, I posted two short stories this (school) year, I got to participa

Sara Alva

Sara Alva

The Year That Ate My Life

As some of you may have noticed, I’ve been “gone” from GA for a while. I ended my last post of Social Skills, wrote a short story, chickened out about posting it, and disappeared into the mist.   It took me about a month to begin working on a new piece. At the time, I was moving from an apartment into a house, and my writing time was severely limited. In addition to that, I’m a very slow writer (or, if you choose to believe, as Carringtonrj so kindly put it, a “thoughtful” one ). I can’t seem

Sara Alva

Sara Alva

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