I know what is going to destroy the world and bring it to a screeching halt, forever. It’s not going to be nuclear wars or holocausts. Those only affect a city or two, or a few million people. It won’t be Mother Nature’s hurricanes, tornadoes or tsunamis. Those only affect an occasional coastal area or […]
If you were an agent, would you be interested in seeing this book? This letter is the one shot I have to entice an Agent to find a publisher for my work. Last night at the Woodlands Writers’ Guild, the members insisted that self-publishing is the only way to go. The author gets to keep […]
I didn’t realize that everyone and their dog is writing about Malinche. I just started a book by Laura Esquivel called Malinche. It is edited by Johanna Castillo of Atria Press (Simon and Schuster), and published in 2009. It is by no means the only book on Malinche but it is […]
I didn’t realize that racism is rampant among the Latin American nations. Racism, according to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, is a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. A second definition suggests that racism leads to prejudice and discrimination. As I see […]