Shop Talk - author Carmen Amato

New Travel Book! The Insider’s Guide to the Best of Mexico

by Carmen | Jun 23, 2017 | #booknews

THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO THE BEST OF MEXICO was released this week on Amazon, Nook, Scribid, Playster, Inkterra, and Kobo. It is already #1 on Amazon's Hot New Releases list for the Mexico Travel category! It's a unique collection of stories, essays, and photographs...

Author to Author with Susan Spann

by Carmen | Jun 17, 2017 | #friends

I’m thrilled to host Susan Spann, author of the Hiro Hattori mystery series. Even if you don't like sushi, you'll be riveted by this series featuring a ninja warrior in medieval Japan. 1 Carmen Amato: Susan, thanks so much for stopping by. I found your mystery series...

How to Solve Hollywood’s Latino Diversity Problem

by Carmen | Jun 9, 2017 | #culture

I have a suggestion or two how to fix Hollywood's Latino diversity problem. Well, maybe not fix. But at least make a good start. The problem in perspective In a recent commentary for CNN, Felix Sanchez, chairman and co-founder of the National Hispanic Foundation for...

Where in the World on Social Media

by Carmen | Jun 4, 2017 | #suggest, #truestory

Social media for authors is an everlasting game. As a form of marketing, social media platforms can suck up all our time, yet still yield little in the shape of real relationships with readers and collaborators. In the 5 years that I’ve been a published author, I’ve...

Playing Big as an Author

by Carmen | May 26, 2017 | #noticed

I was on Facebook recently (who among us can’t start a sentence that way?) and someone in a writers group asked what was our biggest concern. My answer was “Playing small.” Does anybody else feel like this? Although I’ve been a published author for 5 years, I can’t...

Author to Author with Brian Stoddart

by Carmen | May 20, 2017 | #friends

I’m thrilled to host mystery author Brian Stoddart, creator of the Superintendent Le Fanu historical series set in India in the 1920’s. Think Sherlock Holmes meets The Jewel in the Crown, with a bit of my favorite thriller, too. Brian is a New Zealand-based but...

Open Letter to Readers About Sex

by Carmen | May 17, 2017 | #booknews

My first novel, THE HIDDEN LIGHT OF MEXICO CITY, contains two sex scenes. The first catches Luz de Maria and Eddo as they fall in love with an emotional depth new to both of them. The second is when they reunite after each separately survives violence at the hands of...

5 Lessons Learned After 5 Years as an Indie Author

by Carmen | May 9, 2017 | #truestory

It is hard to believe but I’ve been a published independent author for 5 years. In May 2012, after a tearful breakup with a publisher, I released THE HIDDEN LIGHT OF MEXICO CITY via Amazon and Createspace. Once headed down the indie author road and loving the creative...

Chatting with Nordic Noir Author Torquil MacLeod

by Carmen | Apr 23, 2017 | #friends

I’m thrilled to chat with Torquil MacLeod, author of the Malmö mystery series featuring Detective Anita Sundström. Full of shocking twists and Swedish authenticity, the series is a great addition to your Nordic noir library. Carmen Amato: Torquil, thanks so much for...

What Happened to the Jesse Stone Mystery Series?

by Carmen | Apr 20, 2017 | #reviews

When mystery author Robert B. Parker passed away, I mourned the end of the Spenser and Jesse Stone mystery series, as well as his Westerns featuring the enigmatic Virgil Cole. Sunny Randall, not so much, as I never quite connected with the female PI and her annoying...

New Release! PACIFIC REAPER, the New Detective Emilia Cruz Novel

by Carmen | Apr 2, 2017 | #booknews

New release! Detective Emilia Cruz goes up against the cult of Santa Muerte, Mexico's forbidden saint of death in PACIFIC REAPER, the 5th novel in the series set in Acapulco. Without giving anything away, early reviews say REAPER is the most powerful Emilia Cruz...

When Detective Emilia Cruz Meets Santa Muerte

by Carmen | Mar 25, 2017 | #booknews, #culture

Every Detective Emilia Cruz novel uses unique aspects of Mexican culture to create crimes and situations that would not be possible anywhere else. In PACIFIC REAPER, Emilia confronts the cult of Santa Muerte, the saint of death embraced by drug cartels. Someone is...

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I'm author Carmen Amato. I write mystery and suspense, including the Detective Emilia Cruz police series set in Acapulco. Expect risk, power, corruption. And relationships with heat. More