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Why I Won’t Write For Free ANYMORE

I’m tired of giving away too much for free. Why? Because I don’t feel that I have an incentive. 

The Greatest Sin of Puerto Ricans

Our greatest sin was believing the lies we were told for more than seventy years, and I don’t mean four-year campaign promises.

God, Slaves & Half-Naked Tourists

Having been a fan of YouTube since the fall of cable TV, I am aware that videos with ridiculous titles often get higher recommendations and viewership. Some even exaggerate the video’s actual content, but I didn’t want to be dishonest.

The Start | Writing “After Revelation” day 1

Why write it now and not ten years ago? Because I’m an idiot. I can’t elaborate more on that.

Lessons While Getting Older

One of the biggest lessons I have learned is that life cares nothing for your plans or dreams. A time will come when you will look back and evaluate how much of those plans materialized.

Losing Someone

You are left with going backwards, in time, in memory, in anecdotes. That is the real heartbreak about loss.

Writing A Short Story | A Dumb White Woman

I began writing A Dumb White Woman, a short story that somewhat mirrors the current political paranoia happening around the world.

Update on “Who Am I?” | Nov. 2024

What if something happens to me, like an accident, death, or worse… alien abudction?

Who Am I? | Ch. 4

The detective wasn’t a superstitious man, but homicide victims have a way of talking from the afterlife.

Who Am I? – Ch. 3

The corpse of Javier Escalera laid on the first bed, naked, on a puddle of his own gore, in the fetal position.