The heroine discovers her heritage by seeking her past in Mexico. She travels deep into Mexico, learning the language, the culture, and her own origins. I thought a Mexican editor is going to butcher it, and Anglo editor is going to butcher it, so I needed a Mexican-American editor, and I knew no one. Eventually her brother edited the book and then other family members suggested she try self-publishing rather then allow her first work to be mishandled. She researched self-publishing, found a printer in Mexico City, copyrighted her work and set out to sell it, but ran into a problem.
Major bookstores don t buy books directly from the publisher but only from a distributor.
Her brother then found a cookbook distributor that agreed to supply her book to major chains, and Serna was on her way. Serna wasn t finished yet however. Serna has just finished writing her second book, this time poetry in sonnet form entirely in Spanish. Serna will be attending the poetry read at the Lopez Bar on Saturday promoting some of her work. Serna is hoping to have it ready to publish by June, but this time with a little more experience under her belt, she wants to go a step further.