Hi, peeps. I switched from Blogger to WordPress, and now I’m testing (myself) to see if (I can figure out how) it works.
If you follow me on FaceBook or Twitter or SocialMediaConstruct#8792, you know that I’m still slaving away on my third novel and am therefore in self-imposed social [...] Continue Reading…
Hi, y’all.Guess where I’ve been. Give up? I’ve been home working on my next novel, or at a coffee shop working on my next novel, or at my friend Ashley’s house, working on my next novel while she paints her next painting.Or, more likely than that, I’ve been procrastinating [...] Continue Reading…
Etiquette for Friends and Relatives of Authors that I’m Making up off the Top of my Head Right Now1. It’s okay if you can’t attend your friend or relative’s book launch party. You don’t have to write the author a long email explaining your excuse for not attending. “Hey, [...] Continue Reading…
Authoring UpdateEverything is good, which means everything is boring. I mean, too boring for me to describe to y’all here, or to my cousins or my hairdresser when they ask me how everything’s going. Who wants to hear “Hey, another awesome thing happened in my career,” or “Yeah, I’m [...] Continue Reading…
Win free books!In celebration of HIspanic Heritage Month Dia de los Muertos, I’m hosting a book giveaway contest.Look at these sexy titles:Zumba by Beto Perez , Maggie Greenwood-RobinsonEvenings at the Argentine Club by Julia AmanteDamas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz by Belinda AcostaTell Me Something True by Leila CoboAmigoland by [...] Continue Reading…
LatelyI’ve been working like crazy, trying to write decent stuff and not hacky stuff. Like every other fall and every other time I’m under deadline to write a book, I have a lot of good ideas for other projects but NO TIME to do them.Here’s my deal right now… [...] Continue Reading…
Here’s a YouTube for y’all YouTubers.I’ve been super AWOL, busy at the day job and the night job, but guess what I have for y’all three people still checking this site:An interview, of me, by author Alisa Valdes, on YouTube.Enjoy! If you’re into that sort of thing!I want to [...] Continue Reading…
Where I BeHola, peeps. Have y’all missed me? If so, you should check out my Houston Chronicle blog, because I post a little more often over there.Alternately, if you’ve been wondering how sexy, nasal, gravelly, or flat-aspect-y my speaking voice is in real life, how I waste my time [...] Continue Reading…
now entering Hyper Lockdown ModeI’m about to go into Super Hyper Overdrive Lockdown in order to meet my writing deadlines. What does that mean? It means that if I don’t answer your call, respond to your Facebook quiz, or agree to participate in your latest entrepreneurial venture, it’s not [...] Continue Reading…
I don’t know what Buddhist monks do, but maybe this is similar. (Or maybe it’s only Level 1 in their lifelong video game.)Lately I’m starting to believe that all anger and all violence is rooted in hurt feelings and fear. And I’m on a continual quest to control my [...] Continue Reading…
