How Writer’s Block Enriched My Life

So happy to have this essay up today on Women Writers, Women’s Books — How Writer’s Block Enriched My Life! Every writer experiences some form of writer’s block. For some, it’s the inability to [...]

What a Week!

Let me repeat that. What a week! International Book Award First I received the news that Luz placed as an Award-winning Finalist in the International Book Awards for Multicultural Fiction. [...]

IndieView Interview

“We can all relate to a daughter’s desperate need to find her missing father and to a father’s reasons for seeking the best means to support his family. These are common feelings and experiences [...]

Diego Rivera Print

With the cash prize that came with winning the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Award in Multicultural Fiction, I made a donation to United We Dream to support the fight for DACA dreamers who [...]

Luz Makes 8 Best Books List

Just received this news! Luz is listed as one of eight books to read this weekend! Happy Fourth! 📚 💥 🇺🇸 Check out the list: 8 BOOKS TO READ ON 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND by She Reads 0 JULY 3, 2020 Many [...]

Authors Answer

“Authors Answer” asks five random questions because “sometimes it’s fun to ask authors to talk about their life beyond the book they’ve just written.” Here’s my five answers. [...]

Two Most Meaningful Responses to LUZ

It was just two weeks ago that my novel, Luz, was officially released, arriving at the door of those who had pre-ordered. Since then, I’ve been overwhelmed with many positive responses to my [...]

Interviewed by Eileen Sanchez

Writer Eileen Sanchez, author of Freedom Lessons, interviewed me about Luz. Here’s the link now available on YouTube. (Sweet Eileen hesitates as she says my name in the beginning because she [...]

Interview and Giveaway

Join me on Wednesday June 17th for a Facebook chat 11-2pm PT and chance for a giveaway: signed copy of Luz, bookmark, and one of my hand painted mandala stones. Eileen Harrison Sanchez, author of [...]

LUZ Is Launched!

To Vroman’s Bookstore, my beloved mentors Gayle Brandeis and Alma Luz Villanueva, and everyone who joined me last night for the virtual book-launch celebration of LUZ, thank you all from the [...]