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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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The Not-So-Secret Path to My Publishing Success

9/14/2020

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New Publication Alert! 

"Welfare Baby" 
in the New York Daily News on Monday, September 14, 2020

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I’ve written before about the ways in which I can often trace my publications to personal and community relationships I’ve developed along the way.

My most recent OpEd, "Welfare Baby," which ran in the NY Daily News is no different.

What does it take to get published?

The simplest answer? ​​


Write, Revise, Submit, Repeat
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That’s it. You keep doing those things until your work is accepted and published. 

The order might change, there might be some revise and resubmit thrown in there, but at the heart of it, that is the work.
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Author Platform Building

7/5/2020

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5 Mistakes Writers Make When Building Their Author Platforms

It's July 2020, and I'm discussing mistakes writers make when building their author platforms all month long.

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2019 Money Update

1/3/2020

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Last year I wrote a lengthy blog post about my relationship with money and my creative life:

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

As part of that post, I outlined potential streams of income for 2019, and I thought I would update you on how things worked out on the money front in 2019.
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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?

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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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