Dear Reader, This weekend, I’m teaching a generative fiction workshop and a blogging for writers workshop at The Colony Summit at the downtown library this Saturday. The Colony is an opportunity for writers of color in Houston to get together and support one another in their art journey. I’m so honored to be helping my … Continue reading Are you a writer of color? Come join me at The Colony this weekend!
Dear Reader, I'm currently in the library, trying my best to prep my blogging class but... I'm at a standstill. Not that I don't know where to start because I do. It's not that I don't know what to say because I do. It's just.. Man, I know a lot about this subject. Even as … Continue reading Prepping my blogging class
Dear Reader, Today, of all days, I am dreaming of my mountain. The one near Taos, New Mexico that I have escaped to for a week the past two years. It's about this mountain I want to write about tonight. See, this was the last time I wrote. The last time this year I felt … Continue reading Dreaming of my mountain, gasping for air
Dear Reader, Sorry for the ghosting and the late announcement on something writing related I'm doing! Yes, life is going an interesting thing. Here's the quick, instant coffee version 1.) My mom has cancer. So, my hands are kind of full with that. 2.) I started a yoga blog called Dreaming in Asana. It's … Continue reading Guess who’s teaching a blogging workshop!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg1XbjoA8eq/ Dear Reader, Six years ago, I was outraged. I first saw Trayvon Martin on Facebook. My sister held up her phone and there was his body, laying on the ground. He was life less, still to the point of unreality. I thought it was just one of those Facebook things -- fake news before … Continue reading 1A.
Dear Reader, This was the book review I didn't want to write. In fact, I wrote several other posts before this one because I'm not a fan of disliking things. But here we are. For this review, I read The Changling by Victor Lavalle. This was a read that several of my friends read and … Continue reading Pacing and turning the page in The Changling
Dear Reader, It has been an action-packed couple of weeks so I apologize for not keeping you updated with the goings-on in my writing life. But you know you can follow me on Instagram and Twitter, right? So the thing I want to write about and tell you right now that’s super cool is The Colony, … Continue reading Reppin’ The Colony: Houston POC Writers Unite!
Dear Reader, My dad. I say that with such a heavy sigh. He died in 2003 and every Father's Day has been a bit tough ever since. But this one isn't. The holiday snuck up on me and today I wonder what he would say about his family in 2018? Oh, the Cuban would have … Continue reading Happy Father’s Day, Papi.
Dear Reader, Aye, Anthony. Bourdain's death hit me hard. My breath caught. Still in bed, I scrolled through social media hoping it was not true. And then the CNN statement caught my eye. It was true and so I said the truth out loud for me to hear. It took a while for my body … Continue reading Goodbye, Anthony B. The pain is done.
Dear Reader, I just had another poem published. "In the Aftermath" is a found poem using Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's comments from the press conference after the Santa Fe shooting. I, like many others, was upset after the events from Santa Fe. I wanted to create something and remember a workshop I took about … Continue reading “In the Aftermath”: New poem published in the U.K.
