How To Improve Your Writing With An Online Personal Feedback Tool
Spinning off from an article that I co-wrote for Huffington Post, I became curious if there were any personal feedback tools for writers. I found a little site called 750words that provides a simple service: 750Words provides writers with an online space to write three pages daily. What makes this site great is the information provided about what you wrote in the form of a bowling-esque... Read More
Why Junot Díaz Spent 10 Years To Write Oscar Wao
Even by constraining the creative process through a daily regime, still art cannot be rushed. “I spent ten years writing Oscar Wao, and I definitely didn’t spend the ten years being like, “I’m amazing! This has taken ten years because this much genius requires a decade!” [laughter] I spent the whole time, you know, fucked up, unhappy, really miserable and convinced... Read More
A Writing Collaboration via Huffington Post
A couple of months ago, myself and Daniel Cubias, aka The Hispanic Fanatic agreed to do a writing partnership. I came across Daniel through his blog many years ago and was impressed with his writing skill, sense of style and breath of topics. Meeting Daniel at the Hispanicize Conference in Hollywood, CA was a big pleasure for it’s always nice to meet a writer/blogger in the... Read More
A Quirky Writing Habit
Because I’ve used various writing tools, I’ve noticed a difference in my approach to writing when using them. Since I use WordPress CMS the most I find that my focus wavers when using other software programs. In fact, there have been several times when I’ve switched from one medium over to WordPress and then transferred back the finished piece once done. I don’t... Read More
Improv Blogging: On Writing
Subtitle: You have to think, to blog. Subtitle II: Social Media Is The Greatest Improv Theater (It irks me when I like my subtitles more than the actual post title). This would be my first improv post, inspired from improv theater. I’m going to write and let it flow. It’s an exercise in fearlessness or in Spanish, an exercise in bollas (if that’s offensive,... Read More
Staying The Course
Subtitle: Here And Now, There And Later Not writing on my blog, is like not being at home for an extended period of time. It’s not like I have not been busy though. Here’s what I’ve been occupied with: Networking: I hope many of you are not undervaluing meeting people in ‘real-life.’ I’ve been busy adding more influential people to my... Read More
Latino Book Tours
Subtitle: Promoting Latino Authors with Social Media Social media has many great potentials. I’m constantly amazed by the innovation that individuals display. Again and again, I see come across very unique ways individuals are using social media to engage the market. A while back, we saw how one individual came up with how to learn a different language, with social media. ... Read More
Latino Leadership Interviews #2
With this new series, Latinos who are at the forefront of influence will be asked a series of questions to get to the core of their drive and passion. It is from their direction I believe, that we will find a source of inspiration and encouragement. On Twitter, I’ve thought of creating a new hashtag (#) called #latinoleaders, but I’ll just use the hashtag #leader for a broader... Read More
You Don’t Know Squat About Hispanics
Subtitle: Hispanic Media Myths A great article…it even seems to have some picante to it as it’s spiced up with some humor and witty lines. If you have some image in your head of a poor campesino looking confusedly at a computer screen, delete it. Replace that with an image of Perez Hilton tweeting and blogging and instant-messaging all day. In fact, Latinos far... Read More
Media Needs Your Dialogue
Subtitle: The Need To Pursue Media The ability to cement your message within the stream of media conversation is more vital NOW than ever before. We stand at the cusp of change. With history unfolding before us, we must ensure our views engage the forefront of America’s, and thus the world’s conciousness. Otherwise, others will define everything for us. This is... Read More
Control The Content
Subtitle: Centralized Me. “If you don’t like it, get your own soapbox!” Controlling the content, means owning it. Blogging enables you a platform to speak from that you own. You control the site, you state the rules, you decide what is good/what is bad…you are God. Latinos – take control of your image. Latinos especially should embrace blogging as... Read More
Over 140 Characters
With my blog site back up, I’ve come to appreciate blogging again. 140 characters on Twitter is great for quick updates, witty dialogue and continuous conversations/Facebook is great for engaging in public discussions. Blogs however, can be more personal and allow you to peer into the deeper thought processes the author has. AKPC_IDS += "512,";Popularity: 1% [?] Read More
A Post About Nothing
What do you write when you don’t know what to write? They call that writer’s block. The only way through it is to write whatever: whatever you see; whatever you think; whatever you smell. The trick is to get the creativity flowing through effort instead of waiting for the Muse to inspire you – she, my friends is a fickle thing. So there you go. A post that... Read More
