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But I Always Stand Up
Meditations, contemplations, and all the language in the world.
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Travel Bug
“Traveling — it leaves you speechless, then it turns you into a storyteller.” — Ibn Battuta
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Spanglish Now
Or, How to Embrace Being a Latina Writer
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Worldbuilding for Tea Drinkers
That magic system really pulled the room together, man.
![On the Merits of Confusion](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e97a2bfeaed196fa16612f6/1719319459976-TEMTRZRONATCVRB1G3H7/Nin.jpg)
On the Merits of Confusion
What are the complex emotions that go into reading?
![Query Quest](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e97a2bfeaed196fa16612f6/1718300209060-UWWRZ2JEDSCNEFB6N3FX/IMG_5428.jpg)
Query Quest
What I’ve learned from a month of querying.
After the Readathon
I read Minor Detail a few days ago. Today, I have been hooked on the news of a genocide in Rafah.
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Before the Readathon
The first readathon of 2024.
![From Salamanca with Love](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e97a2bfeaed196fa16612f6/1716404299616-NYIWKJBEYMDEPPOV5TPF/IMG_5412.jpg)
From Salamanca with Love
Write a new novel with me.
![On the Poet Scientist](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e97a2bfeaed196fa16612f6/1716211226367-PH9XMTA7WOZDHYBHEPKC/IMG_5407.jpg)
On the Poet Scientist
Curious, here behold my resurrection, after slumber.
![Query Quest](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e97a2bfeaed196fa16612f6/1715957990172-YMWGZXTY187QSQDQZYQB/IMG_5405.jpg)
Query Quest
Week one of my querying journey.
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107,704: A Revelation
“Woman is condemned to be free.” Jean-Paul Sartre (and Savannah Rivas).
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This Year’s Mammoth
What happens when one’s Pessoa obsession meets March reading plans?
Dream, Mood, Poem
A day made for rain, but without the rain.
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Betting on Setting
All about what I write and where I write.
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The End is Nigh (And That’s Great)
Join me as I finish my novel.
![After the Readathon](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e97a2bfeaed196fa16612f6/1701802910611-1G96HC1QF7RXI1EYWMJL/Masnavi.jpg)
After the Readathon
On the troubles of reading slumps and the merits of good books.
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Before the Readathon
My first readathon since the great loss.
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Goodnight, Thesaurus
An update on my graduate school quest.
![My Head is a War Zone and Other Lessons from Applying to Graduate School](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e97a2bfeaed196fa16612f6/1696368483886-96IK08AA7LYIBMK6BQ16/20230929_153333.jpg)
My Head is a War Zone and Other Lessons from Applying to Graduate School
Applying to graduate schools is an unexpectedly humbling experience.
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