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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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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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AWP 2019 Here I Come!

3/21/2019

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Setting Intentions to Make the Most of YOUR Conference Experience


AWP is a little over a month away, and I'm already preparing my plan of attack. (I'm also heading to The Muse & The Marketplace and you can read more about that here.

I've created the handy worksheet below to help YOU get your own conference planning on! (BTW: whether you're going to AWP or just wishing you had an upcoming conference, I think you'll find it useful):
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Click here to download: CONFERENCING WITH INTENTION: A WORKSHEET TO HELP YOU MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE
Picture of Li Yun Alvarado holding her pregnant belly and a postcard with a picture of the cover of her book Words or Water in front of a Finishing Line Press sign at AWP 2016.
AWP 2016 in Los Angeles: I was expecting: a book and a baby!

Words or Water @ AWP 2019!

Thursday, March 28
11:00 am - 11:30 am Signing Words or Water at Finishing Line Press Table (T6073)

Friday, March 29
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Signing Words or Water at Finishing Line Press Table (T6073)

​Read on below to learn about how I made my plans to fulfill my current needs and to check out my tentative schedule.

​And If you're headed to AWP later this month -- I'd love to see you -- come find me!

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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?"
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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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New Year Intentions: Looking Back & Ahead

12/27/2018

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As the end of the year quickly approaches and I prepare to lead Write Your 2019 Into Existence: Seven Day Writing Life Roadmap Challenge for Women and Non-binary Writers, I’m also reflecting on my own 2018 and thinking of the intentions I plan to set for 2019.

Write Your 2019 Into Existence: Writing Life Roadmap Challenge

​Whenever I’m thinking about intention setting and cultivating good habits for my writing life, I turn to two guest posts I wrote a few years back...
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