The Latina Book Club's mission is to promote Latina / Latino authors. We do this through book reviews, author interviews, publicity announcements, book of the month selections, etc. A popular feature of our site is " Writers Wednesdays ." The first Wednesday of each month, we feature a writer talking about ...writing. Happy reading!--mcf IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HEAD by Theresa Varela When I was about fourteen years old my mom gave me a laminated version of Rudyard Kipling’s celebrated poem , If . “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs…” I only understand it now. On the arduous journey to the publishing of my debut novel, Covering the Sun with My Hand , I often thought I would “lose it.” “It” changed all the time. Sometimes “it” was opportunity that I believed was slipping through my fingers when yet another new author was published. Sometimes “it” was waiting for responses from agents and editors who said they were interested in my sub...