S3 E5: Alechia Dow & Don’t Ever Lick Your Checks

This week, Claribel and Kat talk about who to follow on social
media to learn more about the industry and writing as well as how
to discuss authentic representation with your writer friends or
as a sensitivity reader. Then they interview debut sci-fi author
Alechia Dow on what it was like writing her amazing novel The
Sound of Stars, Debuting while living abroad, and her amazing
booky cookies!


ABOUT ALECHIA:


Alechia Dow is a former pastry chef, food critic, culinary
teacher, and Youth Services librarian. When not writing YA sci-fi
featuring determined black girls (like herself), you can find her
having epic dance parties with her daughter, baking, mentoring,
or taking teeny adventures around Europe.


Follow Alechia: Website | Twitter | Instagram


Alechia’s Books:


THE SOUND OF STARS


THE KINDRED


Mentions:


Booky Cookies


Writing in the Margins Mentorship


https://www.patreon.com/writeordiepodcast


Dahlia Adler


Susan Dennard


Alexandra Bracken


Kwame Mbalia


LD Lewis


Courtney Milan


DJ Older


Tiffany Jackson


Patrice Caldwell (agent)


Shelly Romero (editor)


Beth Phelan (agent)


Suzie Townsend (agent)


Latinx in Pub


POC in Pub


LasMusas