It’s a strange thing, writing in Dystopia. Today marks four months of working furiously to finish my novel, which I feel will be more relevant now to a wider audience given the capture of Maduro in January. These first months of 2026 have also been an exercise in collective cognitive dissonance. Tyrants attack human rights,Continue reading “Writing in Dystopia”
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Writing with Eyes Wide Open
Writer’s block: it’s a Hollywood cliché to see a writer pining after ideas, when inspiration suddenly jumps out beside them. A murder happens next door or a love interest enters their life, flooding them with ideas. In real life though, writer’s block is more nuanced and harder to cut through. Sometimes the cause is obvious:Continue reading “Writing with Eyes Wide Open”
2020: Creative Reconstruction
The year of the pandemic has shattered many things: it’s left millions without work or precariously employed, challenged our mental health and forced us to come to terms with many subjects that we generally avoid, like the impact that environmental destruction and polarized politics have on the lives of millions around the world. Having toContinue reading “2020: Creative Reconstruction”
Hipanic Heritage Month
For Hispanic Heritage month, I’ve been reflecting on how hard it was for me to find a voice like mine- a female voice – in Latin literature when I was growing up. Latin America has had highly gifted writers, and I devoured Magical Realism books, which felt so intimate and familiar to me. Reading 100Continue reading “Hipanic Heritage Month”
The Ghosts that Brought us Together
How do keep a family together when your country is tearing you apart? In Venezuela during the Chavez-Maduro rule, increased political conflict has separated friends and families. As the economic and political situation became more tumultuous, tales of ghosts and spirits kept us together. These stories – from a child ghost at our grandparents’ homeContinue reading “The Ghosts that Brought us Together”
My Writing Story 