If You Give a Kid a Library Card…
Libraries sparked my early love affair with books. My second grade teacher at E. J. Marshall Elementary School held reading contests to keep bookworms like me busy over the summer. A favorite childhood memory is Mom taking me to the Chino Library. I’d arrive with...Finding Your “Place” in Writing
Could you spot a writer in the wild? How do we write? The traditional montage includes someone typing merrily away on a keyboard, behind a closed door, with nothing to interrupt the transmission. Like clockwork, or an assembly line, the finished prose goes from mind...We will always have the art of conversation
In the span of twelve hours, I managed to have three distinct, important, and meaningful conversations. I accomplished this feat without leaving the confines of Riverside CA no less! This was the liveliest, and thankfully the one recorded live by Hey Riverside. Feel...
Where is the Inland Empire?
I recently completed a book about the rich cultural landscape of the Inland Empire. That book, Secret Inland Empire, provided a way for me to share stories about the Inland Empire, illustrating our rich and diverse cultural landscape. In college I took a course called...Read moreMost small-press publishing does not come with a book tour or a marketing budget.