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Yolanda Navarra Fleming

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in Jersey City, The United States

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Memoir, Cookbooks, Self Help

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Yolanda Navarra Fleming, MA, started her writing career while still in high school in New Jersey.

She has been a journalist, creative writer, playwright, songwriter, ad copy writer, and magazine editor since 1984.

She was a theater critic and reporter at the Asbury Park Press (1988-2001). Thereafter, her freelance career began. Since then, she has written for and edited many local and national magazines,

Most recently, she is the Manager of Marketing Communications of a NJ hospital. But she has also served as editor of Asbury Park Zest and has generated content for scores of websites and has edited and contributed creative services to many published and upcoming authors.

She is also a musician and artist. This is her first published book.

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Chilangos in the House

Welcome to my blog!

The road to publishing my first book---Chilangos in the House: The True Story of a MexiCAN, has been long and winding. It began as a ghost writing job, then became what it is when I realized my client appreciates authenticity as much as I do.

So, I ask you...assuming you are a writer. How many books have you written? Isn't that a more precise question to ask a writer than, "How m Read more of this blog post »

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