Upcoming C.M. Mayo workshops:
February 20 and 21 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, directly
following the San Miguel Writers Conference. Click
here for more information and to register on-line.
El
último príncipe del Imperio Mexicano
por C.M. Mayo, traducido por Agustín Cadena
Novela basada en la increíble
y verdadera historia del desconocido nieto de Agustín
de Iturbide, a quien Maximiliano de Habsburgo "adoptó,"
convirtiéndolo en el presunto heredero de su imperio.
Desde el momento de publicación en México, se ha
considerado como novela clásica sobre el breve y convulsivo
reinado del emperador Maximiliano y su corte. La prosa de C.M.
Mayo conduce al lector a sentir el México de esos años,
el sabor de la comida, el olor de las especias y las flores,
el calor. Mayo escribe para los sentidos, y para todas las épocas.
El último príncipe del Imperio mexicano
es una historia al mismo tiempo arrolladora e íntima,
una historia sobre la geopolítica, el glamour del poder,
los oscuros laberintos de la ambición, y sobre todo, la
historia de un niño que al final no fue un príncipe
sino un pequeño que pertenecía a sus padres.
"Partiendo de una concienzuda
y afortunada búsqueda en archivos públicos y privados,
Mayo logró reunir un caudal de información notable
de la que hace uso con bastante desenvoltura....No me queda sino
celebrar esta novela, que, comenzando lentamente, termina subyugando
por su notable narración." Pablo
Soler Frost, Letras Libres
"En
México se han escrito novelas históricas que recrean
con erudición, maestría y poesía una época,
un episodio, una atmósfera y unos personajes. Pienso,
desde luego, en Noticias del imperio de Fernando del Paso;
también en la obra de Enrique Serna sobre Santa Anna o
la reciente novela de C.M. Mayo: El último príncipe
del Imperio Mexicano, sobre el nieto de Iturbide en la corte
de Maximiliano." Enrique
Krauze
"El
último príncipe del Imperio Mexicano no es
una biografía... O para decirlo más acertadamente,
es mucho más que una biografía. Se trata de una
historia apasionada y original sobre ese experimento trágico,
heroico, cruel, cómico y hasta absurdo que fue el breve
gobierno de Maximiliano de Habsburgo en México. Para escribir
la crónica de esa epopeya, la autora, C.M. Mayo, se involucró
en un esfuerzo de investigación monumental. De no haber
ocurrido de esa manera, el producto editorial habría resultado
muy diferente y, por supuesto, de meor calidad... La perseverencia
en este tipo de indagaciones resulta fundamental. Es la histamina
que impulsa la exploración sin truega y que la autora
nos comparte en esa suerte de confesión intelectual que
es el epílogo de su conmovedor libro." EduardoTurrent, El Economista
The Arc of Writerly Action
A blog post based on my talk on a panel about writing historical
fiction, American Independent Writer's Conference, 2011. Includes
a handout of recommended reading.
New in the Catalog:
Now for sale as both Kindle and PDF download: "The Building of Quality," the novelesque short story by C.M. Mayo,
from the Kenyon Review.
Writing
workshops:
The schedule will be updated soon. C.M. Mayo will also be offering
a one day "Techniques of Fiction" workshop at the Writer's
Center (near Washington DC) in September. Click
here for more details.
We're getting ready to publish our first
newsletter! Want to receive it? Click here
to join up! You'll also receive a free e-book, "C.M.
Mayo on Creative Writing: The Best from the Blog," a series
of inspiring and practical tips for writers.
The May 28th workshop
in Mexico City is sold out. Stay tuned for an announcement
about another to be scheduled soon.s
New on the website: Q & A with C.M.
Mayo. Coming soon: an archive of the newsletters.
We'd be delighted to have you follow us on twitter @dancingchiva
C. M. Mayo's popular "Techniques
of Fiction" one day workshop will be offered in Mexico
City on Saturday, May 28, 2011.
In our
shop: PayPal is up and running. You can now pay instantly
and safely using any major credit card.
Our all new bodaciously user-friendly website is up &
running, with Mail Chimp, Twitter, "The Bleat" blog,
and more, check it out!
Announcing Our Spring 2011 Workshop
Schedule
C.M. Mayo's popular "Techniques of Fiction" one day
workshop will be offered in Mexico City on Saturday, May 28.
This is a one day only workshop, from 10 am - 2 pm. Visit our
Workshop page for a full description
and to register on-line (on-line registration available shortly).
P.S. There may be a second one day workshop in the Los Cabos
area in Baja California Sur, also in May; check back for new
about that next month (or, to be notified, click
here).
Join! Free
membership in the Dancing Chiva Literary Arts Club entitles you
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Our e-book titles will
be available on iBooks and Kindle (amazon.com), and our
own on-line shopwill offer some very unusual autographed
limited editions. More news soon; stay tuned.
Thank you
for your interest!
Our completely redesigned webpage is under construction!
We will be launching several e-books and limited editions in
2011.
We invite you to view our catalog,
which features forthcoming Baja Californiana, Maximiliana, and
Works for Writers.
C.M. Mayo's "Techniques of Fiction"
one day workshop will be offered
in Mexico City this spring; look for on-line registration
on the workshop page soon.
Listen
to a new podcast , "Hell,
I Knew It Was Paradise,"
from one of our forthcoming e-books, C. Mayo's widely-lauded
travel memoir of Baja California, Miraculous Air.
We have now have a YouTube channel.
At present it shows "trailers" for books (all in print
and available in paperback on www.amazon.com from other publishers)
by C.M. Mayo. We will be adding more videos for the forthcoming
Dancing Chiva titles in the coming weeks.
Learn about membership in the
Dancing Chiva Literary Arts Club here.
Click
here to subscribe to the Dancing Chiva Literary Arts newsletter,
which will go to subscribers as soon as the website is fully
functional. (Please note: we value your privacy; we do not share
our e-mail list. Our brief and informative newsletter will be
e-mailed to subscribers only 5 - 6 times a year, and of course,
you can opt out at any time.)
Our e-book titles will
be available on iBooks and Kindle (amazon.com), and our
own on-line shop will offer some very unusual autographed
limited editions. Stay tuned.
Announcing the
publication of the first English language translation of Francisco
I. Madero's secret book, Spiritist Manual, 1911. 
Plus,
listen to two new podcasts for
writers: "The Number One Technique in the Supersonic
Overview" and "How to Break a Writing Block."
Miraculous Air: 
We're getting ready to publish our first
newsletter! Want to receive it? 
The May 28th 
