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Puerto Rican Poet, Scholar & Parent
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Amplifying Puerto Rican and underrepresented voices while supporting aspiring & emerging writers through her writing, teaching, and advocacy.
Please enjoy this blog where I share Writing Life Insights & Updates, Mamihood Musings, Book Recommendations (for you and your littles), and my love for all things Puerto Rican!
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WRITERS! You Need a Website!

6/5/2019

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Do I Need an Author Website?


​YES! You Need an Author Website!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you've heard that before.

But do YOU really need a website? Do you really need one right now?

The truth is, it depends.

In general I say: "If you're a writer, then you need a website."

But maybe you're still not so sure, so I created a handy dandy flowchart just for you:
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​Do You Need an Author Website?

Flowchart Image: Do You Need an Author Website?

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Photo Recaps: AWP and The Muse & The Marketplace

4/12/2019

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It's taken me a week to recover from the whirlwind trips to Portland, OR for AWP and Boston, MA for The Muse & The Marketplace.

The best part of each was definitely connecting with old friends and making some new ones.

I documented my fun on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and below is a sampling of the pics I took.

​You can click on any of the posts to access the original Instagram or Facebook posts and explore further.

Enjoy!

Writers Conferences Recaps: #AWP19 & #Muse19

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Muse & Marketplace 2019: Learn & Inspire

3/28/2019

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#Muse19 & You Need a Website

Besides attending AWP at the end of this month (read more about that here), I'm also excited to be heading to some of my old stomping grounds to present at GrubStreet's The Muse & The Marketplace conference.

​I haven't been to Boston, where I lived for three years after college, in years and I can't wait to reconnect with old friends and make some new ones.

I'm especially excited to share my presentation on First Author Websites:
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Saturday, April 6th at 1:00pm
6C: You Need A Website! A Practical Guide to the What, Why, and How of Building Your First Author Website 
with Li Yun Alvarado 


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​¡Feliz Día del Amor y La Amistad!

2/14/2019

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Love Poems, Friendship & A Valentine's Day Gift for Writers!

I know SNL recently made fun of all the non romantic Valentine's Day greetings, and to be fair I thought the bit was pretty funny...
...but I still think Valentine's Day is better in América Latina...
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Let's Talk About Money, Baby

1/20/2019

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Mamihood, Writing, and Money: Moving Past My Money Shame & Crafting a Creative Life I Love

Recently my friend, poet and scholar Raina J. León, had her essay "On Labor's Value" published in the VIDA Review.
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In it, Raina asks: "When and for what should I be paid? And when I am not offered compensation, to what will I say no in favor of my family, my art, my life?"
A piggy bank and pen sitting on a notebook. The title reads:
For Raina (as for me and others I'm sure) so many of these questions -- which have always been there -- have taken on a new urgency since the birth of her child. Raina explains:
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"How do I also negotiate between the labor maternal and the labor that takes me away from my son so that I can creatively express myself and also be compensated for that expression and thereby provide for my son? In short, how do I get paid and provide for my household for the labor that takes me away from my son?"
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My question is: shouldn't we all be asking (and searching for answers to) those same questions alongside her?

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    Amplifying Puerto Rican and underrepresented voices while supporting aspiring & emerging writers through her writing, teaching, and advocacy.
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