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Uncertainty

For a little less than eight years, I've lived with angst crushing my chest every other day. I didn't know when its punishing fingers would grip my heart and squeeze. I hurt. The pain became physical on the worst days, and hyperventilating, crying jags haunted me around every corner. I was desperate. I needed a change. Maybe if I moved all the way around the world, the pain would go away. It did

Free ebook!

Just a quick note! For the next two days: 2/20-2/21, my book Water Thieves will be FREE for Kindle! Check it out! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079VMWGS6

The violin

He owned them. There was nothing left to say. He was their precious hope, the success they’ve never gotten, all bundled up into fits of spoiled rage and violence.

His latest victim: his violin. Its strings curled and twisted free of their bindings. The polished would more fit to act as a weapon than anything else.

And there were mom and dad, counting pennies to replace it. Again.

And all I could do was watch, and pray.

The call

I let myself lay down against the cracked marbled floor of the patio, his voice berating me over the phone. I could see the clouds floating in the sky above, promising a freedom I couldn’t seem to ever reach. When would I learn?

Book Review: Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians

           Book 5 of Brandon Sanderson's Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians series is out since Tuesday and I'm as happy as can be! This book is the lastest of Sanderson's middle-grade series, but in all honesty, it doesn't matter what age you are1, you will love it anyway.            What grabbed me when I saw the audiobook at the local library was the Evil Librarians part of the title. Being a

Book Giveaway!

Less than a month ago, I published Water Thieves in collaboration and through the SAFER project (Read more about them here). We’re very excited to bring you the second of our books that use art to bring science and water conservation to kids. We have previously published the children’s book The Pink Brush by A. C. Harmon, and now this new book is geared towards middle graders and young adults.

From April 15 until May 15, sign up for a free giveaway of my book Water Thieves. You can win one in...

My first book is out!

Hi, everyone! Long time no see! I apologize for not continuing with posting on the blog, but I do have an excellent excuse. I was busy with the editing and designing of my book: Water Thieves.          For this book, I partnered with the “Sensing the Americas’ Freshwater Ecosystem Risk from Climate Change” (SAFER) project, which is funded by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change

My first book is out!

Water Thieves

By V. L. Perillo and the SAFER team

Hi, everyone!

Long time no see!

I apologize for not continuing with posting on the blog, but I do have an excellent excuse.

I was busy with the editing and designing of my book: Water Thieves.

For this book, I partnered with the “Sensing the Americas’ Freshwater Ecosystem Risk from Climate Change” (SAFER) project, which is funded by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF)....

Fear, ideas, and writing

A unstressful beginning

Freedom can be found in many ways. For me, putting pen to paper without previous thoughts or ideas used to be one of them. The action of writing drove me to express myself, to get what was struggling inside me out into the world. In those moments –as long as they turned out to be– I had no worries, no second thoughts, no judgments. I was, simply put: free.

As a child, unknowing of the judgment and criticism works of art are subjected to, writing short stories meant hou...

Resting the mind

Being tired and/or depressed can affect your creativity, so sometimes you have to make the conscious choice of not writing, so that you can let your mind rest.
Taking a break can breathe new energies and ideas into your life, and although it is hard to say no to the emails and commitments, we have to take care of ourselves. So even if you can’t take a real break from work, you can still take a small break from your hobby or afterwork activities for a while, and maybe try something new, or jus...