Many thanks to Casey Sanchez for the insightful review he did for the Santa Fe New Mexican. Read it here.

I had a great trip to New Mexico this month, with readings in Albuquerque and my hometown of Las Vegas. Thanks to the many friends and family members who showed up...

I had a great time in Texas, hitting the road with Anel Flores, visiting with old friends and meeting new ones. I have a special place in my heart for San Antonio, where I've attended the Macondo Writers Workshop for many years. San Antonio has a lot of talented artist...

Many thanks to Alex Espinoza for this in-depth interview. Alex asked a number of thoughtful questions that gave me the chance to reflect on the process of writing the book as well as the experience I drew from to create the characters, landscape, and action of the s...

Last month I had the pleasure of being interviewed for La Bloga by Amelia M.L. Montes, Professor of English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and one of my fellow Macondistas. Amelia is one of 11 writers for La Bloga, the largest national/international Chicana/...

Some things take a long time. Like getting around to writing a blog. But here I am, writing the first post of my first blog.

Writing novels takes a long time for me for many reasons. A big one is I have to fit the hours in around my (more than) fulltime job. Another is...