Gerardo Delgadillo's Blog

You are cordially invite to attend the following event:

FRACTALISTIC Book Launch
Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 1 p.m.
INTERABANG BOOKS
10720 Preston Road
Ste 1009B
Dallas, TX 75230

If you live or happen to be in the Dallas area, please come by. We’ll talk about the book–how it went from a vague idea to a final product and whatnot. Then, of course, book signing.

See you @ Interabang Books, Sep 21st, 1 p.m.!

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RELEASE DAY AND GIVEAWAY!

Once in a long-long while, in places far-far away, authors tend to unleash their novels out to the world. For me, today marks the release of my third book! A book that came out as a spark, an idea, that grew into a monster called first draft. Then it suffered through the process to become a streamlined novel.

And from idea to final product, years and years with countless revisions passed. But let’s backtrack to the beginning. How did the book concept come to mind? As I was exploring for high concept ideas, I thought about incorporating my computer engineering skills to my writing, but just from the surface since programming can become quite complex very fast. And I didn’t want to write a manual. For that, read “Programming For Dummies” instead.

I’m excited to announce my latest YA novel’s cover reveal! Yay!!!

Publisher: The Parliament House (@theparliamentpress)

Book Title: Fractalistic

Author: Gerardo Delgadillo (me!)

Release date: July 9th 2019

Before I show you the cover, let me tell you a little something about FRACTALISTIC. Since my day job is all about programming computers, I thought about writing a YA novel with a software element, which lead to a weird premise:

What if you could talk to the dead using a computer program?

From that, I developed a story with a girl traveling to Mexico with her parents, searching for a miracle cure. And, well, check the book blurb:

After moving to Mexico with her parents, Winter Gutan had been hoping the local alternative medicine doctor would cure her mother’s illness. When her mother does not survive his controversial treatments, Winter’s life spirals in despair. Her father, a software engineer, insists his computer program, Fractalistic, will enable them to communicate with her mother’s spirit. But as his sanity begins to slip, Winter confides in her friend Rafa, a computer wizard, who tells her he’s found information about using fractal technology to treat false memories—nothing paranormal about it, leaving Winter confused and without hope. Will she lose her mother forever?

Suspecting her dad is hiding a deep secret, Winter runs Fractalistic behind his back, unveiling a sea of computer-generated imagery swirling on the screen. Her mother appears to her…begging for help! But is this all just Winter’s imagination?

Fractalistic may enable Winter to communicate with her deceased mother, but it might also unleash more mysterious memories buried within Winter’s mind. To figure it all out, Winter must hack into her father’s system to uncover a horrifying truth…or remain in the dark forever.

Okay, so there’s some sci-fi, magical realism, and a huge mystery! If you’re curious about it and also want to help me create “some noise,” add it to Goodreads:

Now, are you ready for the cover? Ready-ready?

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Do you like it? What about this?

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Or this?

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I hope you like the cover as much as I do. Kudos to the Parliament House Press cover designer for an awesome job!

Thank you so much for visiting my site, for supporting me, and for everything!

P.S. Don’t forget to add FRACTALISTIC to your Goodreads TBR pile:

I’m excited to announce my latest YA novel’s cover reveal! Yay!!!

Publisher: The Parliament House (@theparliamentpress)

Book Title: Fractalistic

Author: Gerardo Delgadillo (me!)

Release date: July 9th 2019

Before I show you the cover, let me tell you a little something about FRACTALISTIC. Since my day job is all about programming computers, I thought about writing a YA novel with a software element, which lead to a weird premise:

What if you could talk to the dead using a computer program?

From that, I developed a story with a girl traveling to Mexico with her parents, searching for a miracle cure. And, well, check the book blurb:

After moving to Mexico with her parents, Winter Gutan had been hoping the local alternative medicine doctor would cure her mother’s illness. When her mother does not survive his controversial treatments, Winter’s life spirals in despair. Her father, a software engineer, insists his computer program, Fractalistic, will enable them to communicate with her mother’s spirit. But as his sanity begins to slip, Winter confides in her friend Rafa, a computer wizard, who tells her he’s found information about using fractal technology to treat false memories—nothing paranormal about it, leaving Winter confused and without hope. Will she lose her mother forever?

Suspecting her dad is hiding a deep secret, Winter runs Fractalistic behind his back, unveiling a sea of computer-generated imagery swirling on the screen. Her mother appears to her…begging for help! But is this all just Winter’s imagination?

Fractalistic may enable Winter to communicate with her deceased mother, but it might also unleash more mysterious memories buried within Winter’s mind. To figure it all out, Winter must hack into her father’s system to uncover a horrifying truth…or remain in the dark forever.

Okay, so there’s some sci-fi, magical realism, and a huge mystery! If you’re curious about it and also want to help me create “some noise,” add it to Goodreads:

Now, are you ready for the cover? Ready-ready?

Drum roll

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Do you like it? What about this?

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Or this?

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I hope you like the cover as much as I do. Kudos to the Parliament House Press cover designer for an awesome job!

Thank you so much for visiting my site, for supporting me, and for everything!

P.S. Don’t forget to add FRACTALISTIC to your Goodreads TBR pile:

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BREAKING NEWS

Hot off the presses—April 13th, 2018

Scientists have spotted strange, bacon-covered pies on web pages across the world. They predict these IFPs (Identified Flying Pies) will flood the Internet by the end of the day.

WARNING Hitting your browser’s Refresh button will only cause bacon to erupt from the pies.

BACON PIE

Happy book birthday to Bacon Pie, a co-authored novel by Candace Robinson and your humble server. If you haven’t heard about it by now, you haven’t been paying attention to the bacon tsunami flooding the Internet!

First of all, this blitz includes a giveaway for a $25 Amazon Gift Card, courtesy of Candace Robinson & Gerardo Delgadillo (that’s me), and Rockstar Book Tours. If you’d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post, but wait! You must first read the book info, synopsis, and excerpt. If you fail to do so, the book gods will slap your hand.

Jokes aside, here’s the info, followed by the Rafflecopter giveaway link.

Live long and longest, and may the luck be with you!

About the book

Title: BACON PIE

Author: Candace Robinson & Gerardo Delgadillo

Pub. Date: April 13, 2018

Publisher: Evernight Teen

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 314

Find it: Amazon, B&N, iBooks, Goodreads

Lia Abbie has the easy life—kicking it back with old school video games, hanging out with her best friend Barnabas, and alternating her living schedule between the apartments of her two dads and her mom.

Kiev Jimenez is a theater geek who loves him some Shakespeare and taking care of his pet armadillo. He has one set goal in life: obtaining the role of Horatio for the Hamlet school play.

When a showdown between Lia and Kiev lands them in the principal’s office, they’re forced into volunteer work at the cringe-worthy Piggy Palooza Festival, or risk being suspended. Lia and Kiev aren’t thrilled about the situation, especially when it interferes with Lia’s relaxed life and Kiev’s theater role. But by working together, they may find more than just bacon—possibly a little love in the air.

Excerpt

The door is already wide open. Mr. Walker is missing in action, but two guys are already there—Tweedle Jerk and Tweedle Jerkier.

I’m not dealing with this crap today. I march up to Cole, who is sitting in my seat again, and watch as Kiev’s eyes seem to follow me all the way until I’m standing in between both of them.

“You need to get out of my seat,” I say to Cole. Does he have his usual basketball shirt on today? He does.

He holds up both hands like he’s trying to tame a wild boar. “Calm down. Calm down, Miss Ophelia Abbie. The bell has not announced the start of this oh-so-wonderful class.”

I give him a look of disdain. “Enough with the Ophelia stuff.”

“What’s wrong with the name Ophelia?” Kiev pipes in. “It’s like the name from Hamlet.”

“What?” I turn to Kiev, not sure what this idiot is talking about.

“You know, O-phe-li-a.” He draws the name out super slowly to get his point across.

“I don’t give a crap about Hamlet—that has nothing to do with my name,” I huff.

Tapping his fingers on the desk like he’s typing on a keyboard, Kiev stares at my face. “Are you sure your parents didn’t name you after the character?”

“Who the hell names their kid after a stupid Shakespearian play?” I’ve read two, and I hated them both.

“Plenty of people. Juliet Weaver, in our grade, was named after Romeo and Juliet.”

“Quit being pretentious.”

“Quit being a—”

I narrow my eyes at him. “A what?”

“You know what you’re being.”

“Shut up, Kiev. Oh, my parents named me after the capital of Russia, because I’m such an important person who has to answer questions for people when they don’t need help answering!” I yell.

“Um, Kiev is actually the capital of Ukraine.” He bobs his head. “You know that, right?” I hear Cole’s loud hooting to my right.

That’s it! Without thinking, I slam my fist directly into Kiev’s nose.

About Candace

My name is Candace Robinson. I’m just your average hemiplegic migraine sufferer. My days are spent writing, book reviewing and traveling through books for my blog, Literary Dust. I live just outside of Houston, Texas, where it feels like the hottest place on Earth with the crazy weather. No, seriously, one day it’s 30 degrees and the next it’s 70 degrees! I live with my husband and awesome daughter!

You can also follow me on my review blog Literary Dust

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Tumblr | Instagram | Goodreads

About Gerardo

Gerardo’s amazing bio.

Yup. Even though I’m like one-hundred-and-fifty-nine years old, spelled all out, I love to write about contemporary teens in distress. So no magic, dragons, or unicorns.

About me:

At the tender age of sixteen years old, when giant lizards ruled the world, I used to be a DJ–turntables and all.
I was born in the States, raised in Mexico, and now live in Big D.
Cloud computing is my area of expertise–just don’t ask me what cloud computing means.
I love football, the one played with the feet by footballers, La Liga from Spain being the best.
Chilaquiles is my favorite food. Yummy.

About my novels:

Multi-cultural is my writing trade, in English and Español.
My writing must be emotional or else …
I believe in the Oxford comma, but the Oxford comma doesn’t believe in me.
Love first person present tense POV.
In my novels, food tends to be another protagonist.

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Giveaway Details: All International

One (1) winner will receive an Amazon Gift Card, International.

Ends on April 24th at Midnight EST!

Rafflecopter Link–click to enter!

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/e2389ba2725/?

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A lot of people have asked me why and how co-writing a novel happens. Here’s my bullet-list answer.

Once upon a last-year, I met an author online, the talented, multi-published Candace Robinson.
Once upon a last-year, we talked and talked about co-authoring a book.
Once upon a last-year, we agreed to co-write a quirky YA contemporary novel.
Once upon a winter, we finished writing our book.
Once upon a still-winter, Evernight Teen Press acquire it!
The result? BACON PIE.

This sounds like a fairy tale, but it isn’t. It’s HARD work–harder than we thought: Constant brainstorming, critiquing each other’s chapters, re-writing.

“Oops!” and “Ohs?” and “Whats?”

But we did it! To celebrate our accomplishment, we backed a virtual bacon pie and ate it. Who said you can’t have your cake and eat, too? Er, well pie isn’t exactly a cake, but it’s a kind of cake? Maybe?

We are proud of our BACON PIE!

It releases April 13th, 2018. Backed to pre-order here:

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A lot of people have asked me why and how co-writing a novel happens. Here’s my bullet-list answer.

Once upon a last-year, I met a author online, the talented, multi-published Candace Robinson.
Once upon a last-year, we talked and talked about co-authoring a book.
Once upon a last-year, we agreed to co-write a quirky YA contemporary novel.
Once upon a winter, we finished writing our book.
Once upon a still-winter, Evernight Teen Press acquire it!
The result? BACON PIE.

This sounds like a fairy tale, but it isn’t. It’s HARD work–harder than we thought: Constant brainstorming, critiquing each other’s chapters, re-writing.

“Oops!” and “Ohs?” and “Whats?”

But we did it! To celebrate our accomplishment, we backed a virtual bacon pie and ate it. Who said you can’t have your cake and eat, too? Er, well pie isn’t exactly a cake, but it’s a kind of cake? Maybe?

We are proud of our BACON PIE!

It release April 13th, 2018. And you can pre-order it here:

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