Q&A with Cookie Hiponia

From my Q&A with Cookie Hiponia, author of We Belong:

How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?

I chose the title We Belong because it conveys the main theme of my book. You instantly know what it's about by the title alone.

What's in a name?

I chose the names Stella and Luna for the daughters' names in We Belong because they're the equivalents of my own daughters' names, Tala and Diana. Stella in Spanish is Tala in Tagalog is Star in English. Luna in Spanish is Buan in Tagalog is Moon in English is Diana the Roman Moon Goddess.

How surprised would your teenage reader self be by your new novel?

My teenaged self would...[read on]

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Q&A with Cookie Hiponia.

--Marshal Zeringue