I also don’t feel comfortable aligning myself with a religion whose teenage members that identify as queer are the group that has the highest suicide rate in the country. I feel very creatively fulfilled and don’t have time for religion. I acknowledge it as part of my past but I don’t identify as Mormon or religious or even spiritual. Um, sometimes I don’t want to talk or think about it and then other days I really need to. Are you still dealing with those struggles all these years later? I know you grew up Mormon and have talked about how difficult that was as a gay man. So many of our popular fantasy series are European in their look ( Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter) that I felt having a fantasy with an Aztec look automatically makes it different. And a few of them are queer! The Latina is the fastest growing demographic in the country and they deserve to have stories told for them so I’m glad I was able to work with Claudia as well.Īlso, I wanted to do a fantasy book that was Mexican and Aztec in its visual language. But mostly, I’m proud that it features several Latinas who aren’t maids or sex objects. So there’s a hunky wizard and aliens and monsters and all kinds of things in it. While cleaning the kids discover that every room in the hotel leads to a different magical world. It’s a Young Adult, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, family adventure about three siblings who get sent to live with their creepy Mexican Grandma in a disgusting hotel that she owns. I wrote it and the amazing art is by Claudia Aguirre.
Please tell us all about your new book that I hear is doing sooooooo well.
I have some projects I’m currently working on that will hopefully be announced soon and my new book is doing well.
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