Late Bloomer Playlist – Nanowrimo Inspo
This page was live and dynamic between Nov.1 – Nov. 30, 2022 during NaNoWriMo. I’m entering the National Novel Writing Month (NanoWrimo) Challenge starting Nov …
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Alternating POVs in a Novel
As I was doing my third Mercury Retrograde rewriting retreat this year, I ran into a Point of View (POV) problem again — this time …
Mercury Retrograde Novel Rewriting Review
We’re in the third and final Mercury Retrograde of 2022, so of course this means it’s time to retreat from the world for the next …
What Does the Rewriting Process Look Like?
Now that your mom, sister, husband, a few friends, writing comadres, teachers and classmates at UCLA have weighed in on your story, what does the …
Searching for An Empty Stall in the Public Restroom
Dreamed last night about seeing old journalism colleagues in San Francisco. Mostly the guys I used to work with. They were complimenting me, saying things …
Puerto Rican GenX Writer
Model RicansInfogram My writing covers the experiences of a growing demographic: The Puerto Rican diaspora — from a GenX Perspective. There’s a part of me …
Tropical Goth Wedding
This is still rough. But apparently I like to compose blog posts over a span of time, even after hitting the “publish” button because it …
Tryin So Hard to Build a Platform But Fuck All – I’m Just Gonna Write
It’s 3:09am, last day of March. Not quite a fool, just almost. I’m here grieving the loss of my dog. No, he didn’t die. A …
How to Digest Creative Writing Feedback
The feedback I got on my novel — from two literary agents and my creative writing workshop teacher and classmates — is unanimous: “PLEASE! For …
