Why an Editor?

You a writer? You need  an editor. Oh, you're going it alone, you say? Because that's what the indie and self-pub revolution is all ...

Hope is Rekindled

I have hope. An article in the LA Times , by John M. Ackerman, bashes Peña Nieto hard. Maybe--just maybe--there's hope for Mexico after ...

Faithless: Short Story Published Today!

Yay! Fiction365 published another story of mine, Faithless . It's their feature today, Monday 21. If you have a moment to take a stroll ...

Perspective on Mexico, Drugs, & Violence

Excellent article on CNN by Ruben Navarrete takes a big-picture look at the drug-related violence in Mexico and who's at fault.

Bill Weldy and the Journey to Publication

For readers not yet in the know, Bill's first book, OUTLAWS , was published yesterday, May 18th. Congratulations, Bill! His journey to p...

The Mexican Tragedy (A Rant)

My poor, poor country. So far from God, so close to... ignorance . The original saying, voiced by our last (official) dictator Porfirio Díaz...

An award, an award--for ME!

Yes, people--two awesome blogger friends have passed on the Kreativ Blogger award to me, and I'm deeply honored. Touched. Moved beyond t...

Indie vs. Traditional Publishing Bullies & Anne R. Allen

Anne R. Allen has a MAGNIFICENT post up on her blog: Indie or Traditional Publishing? Don't Take Sides: Take Your Time . It is a MUST re...

The Calm After The Storm

Took me two weeks of blogging vacation after the A-Z Challenge, and I feel like I'm on withdrawal. What a ride April was! And, as hard a...