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Como se siente ver a Mónica Puig jugar por medalla olímpica para Puerto Rico

Yo me imagino que ya todos los Boricuas saben como se siente esta pendejá. Un rush cabrón de adrenalina mezclado con el corazón hinchado de patria y un poquito de sexy porque hay que admitir que la Mónica está linda. Entonces de repente te das cuenta que acaba de ganar al menos plata. Ya es medallista. […]

Placement Is Everything In a Bookstore

Today I went to a local bookstore where they have copies of my book: The Bookmark. The idea was to stake it out, see where the books were placed and if people were looking at it. Well, at first I couldn’t find it at all as it was placed on a bottom shelf (not the […]

Giant Spider – Deleted Scene From Pixie Piper: Vol. 1

As you know writers often change what they write several times. This is a deleted chapter/scene from The Adventures of Pixie Piper: A Fairy's Breath (Vol. 1). Eventually this scene was replaced by a similar scene with a different villain and resolution, but I do like this giant spider character.

6 Reasons Why Pokemon Go Rocks

People are hating like crazy about Pokemon Go. I don’t really understand why everyone is so upset about a simple game. For those of you who are, let me explain why Pokemon Go rocks, and if you don’t understand that, you just don’t get it. It all started a long time ago with a cartoon […]

Dazzle & Sky

In response to Ronovan writes #haiku challenge, here I go: (I did both versions… just because) #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #104 Dazzle&Sky 3/5/3: As she danced Dazzling in firelight Sky was free 5/7/5: Her toes charged with fire Sky danced to her heart’s content Dazzled by freedomFiled under: English

A Democratic Fiscal Control Board for Puerto Rico

Dear Mr. President: As you’ve signed PROMESA, I propose a more democratic fiscal control board. I won’t beat around the bush and will go straight to it. (BTW, I write this in English so nothing gets lost in translation.) Puerto Rico isn’t very happy about this law. I think a lot of people understand there […]

10 Best Questions Kids Ask During a Reading

I love doing live readings for kids. There’s a really cool feeling when you read a part in your book and you hear a collective gasp from the kids in front of you. It makes you feel like you did something right. What follows a reading is usually a Q & A. I love this part because […]

Convocatoria 39ª edición de los Premios de Literatura Infantil El Barco de Vapor y Juvenil Gran Angular 2017

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La Fundación SM convoca en España la 39ª edición de los Premios de Literatura Infantil El Barco de Vapor y Juvenil Gran Angular con el fin de promover la creación de una literatura para jóvenes que fomente el gusto por la lectura y transmita, con calidad literaria, unos valores humanos, sociales, culturales…

Why Readers Stop Reading a Book.

Originally posted on Lit World Interviews:
Recently, we here at LitWorldInterviews.com conducted a survey, “Why do you put a book down?” and through the assistance of the writing community we had a very nice response. Now it’s time to share what we found. First, I want to say why the survey was conducted. We wanted…

First Flight

Originally posted on Unsuccessful Attempts at Brain Silence:
? The Family The baby birds have flown! Recently I posted about a mother bird who had nested in my flower box. In my last post, the baby birds were already full feathered, but still had not flown. I had mentioned how the mother had been cooing at…