Writer. Spiritualist. Latina. Earth Mother.
A Site for Books and Thoughts on Empowerment,
Culture, and Magic.

JamieMartinezWood.com seeks to provide a resource for unearthing your path to wholeness and full embodiment of Spirit. It offers information about my latest works and workshops, views on earth spirituality and the journey to self-discovery and resources for more facets of Spirit. All is wrapped in a hope and sealed with a kiss that it helps you. The Divine lives and breathes as you. Blessed be.

Earth Mother calls to her children to bring healing to their lives. By healing ourselves we will, in turn, begin to heal Her and our fellow brothers and sisters. Look within yourself to find the answers to your happiness. Know that you have everything you will ever need right inside you. Look to the beauty of a drop of dew on a spider's web or the trusting flight of a bird and know that you are divinely protected and guarded at all times. Invoke magick by believing in your power to create all that you can dream of and more.

Trust in yourself and believe in the love our Earth Mother holds for us. She who cradles her babes in the womb of her ocean belly, in the arms of her gnarled oak trees, with her sweet wind breath and the fire that sparks life and passion. Trust in each other. Know what answers you cannot find for yourself are available whenever you reach out to your sisters and brothers. We are all related. When we help one we help us.

ROGELIA'S HOUSE OF MAGIC TRAILER

Spotlight on Marcela Landres
from the Latino Writers & Jouranlists textbook

I chose to personally interview my subjects in the Latino Writers & Journalist to best capture the spark that makes them inspirational to readers, which is the point of any biography. I wanted to gain a glimpse into the foundation that molded them. In this way the biographical essays establish a commonality with readers and hopefully inspires and encourages them to seek out and unearth their own unique gifts.


Marcela Landres is an inspiring editor and amazing powerhouse of support for Latino/a writers. After leaving Simon & Schuster, she began her own editing consultation company where she can tailor fit her expertise to match her client's needs. She is an integral behind-the-scenes editor with a heart of gold; pushing, prodding, and encouraging aspiring writers to become published and make the most of their career. I met her at a writing conference a few years prior to writing The Latino Writers & Journalists book. I pitched her a historical novel, Born In Blood, that she did not accept, however she did ask me to write a book on Santeria. I felt that I did not understand the religion properly to write a book about it and so, very hesitantly, told her that I wasn't the right person for the job, but to please keep me in mind for future projects. Years after we met, when Claudia Gabel, an editor at Random House, was casting around for a writer to pen a book about Latinas and magic for teens, Marcela suggested me. This project, became Rogelia's House of Magic (June 10). Growing up, Marcela did not see a lot of books on the shelves that depicted her Latina experience. She is out there making a difference in the world, bringing diversity to literature as never before.

http://www.marcelalandres.com

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