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A federal judge in San Francisco signaled Wednesday that she’s ready to halt the Trump administration’s efforts to lay off roughly 4,000 federal workers during the government shutdown, saying the move is unlawful. https://cnn.it/3J6bxxo

True that!

T & GOP can bail out Argentina & give them $20Billion but not pay Fed. employees or healthcare for Americans

#Writersky Surprise in the mail this morning—a royalty check. 💌 So I spent it all on self-care: facial & 💅 -pedi. Writers, remember to honor the little wins. ✨

Check out her mswl first before you send. #amquerying

"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism." Thomas Jefferson.

Happy to hear more readers are able to read my historical fiction Lincoln Public Schools Library Services (Nebraska) has chosen A Bridge Home for the MOSAIC Digital Collection 2025-2026 This is available to their district of 42,000 students & staff and public library patrons. #Booksky 💙📚 #books

I had the pleasure to hear Sandra Cisneros speak at Desert Nights, Rising Star conference for #writers at ASU Heard this gem: “Dreams are poems that our bodies write” “ A story is a little grain of sand that enters your ❤️ & if you don’t tell that story it’ll irritate your heart.”

Full day of useful workshops & so much generative writing that I have a sore thumb. The morning was blazing hot 🥵 & now it’s raining & thundering. #writingcommunity

Friggin hot in Tempe, but I’m still excited to be at the Desert Nights, Rising Stars Conference at ASU Center for Creative Writing #Writing 1st up: Writing the Hard Stuff .

#DVpit is over 😕 but wow, what a joy reading so many clever, unique pitches! The best part? Meeting new writers to follow & cheer on. If you didn’t get a ❤️ this round, don’t sweat it—your story still matters. It just hasn’t met its right reader yet. Keep writing. Keep believing. #amwriting

Here’s your opportunity Kidlit #writers

Ali, a psychic teen, tries magic to fix her heartbreak but it backfires. In Oaxaca, she finds a curandera who gives her the antidote. She must undo the spell in 48 hrs. & choose whether to chase lost love or claim her power. #YA #DVpit #paranormal #POC Magical/Realism X The Bewitching

Ali, a psychic teen, tries magic to fix her heartbreak but it backfires. In Oaxaca, she finds a curandera who gives her the antidote. She must undo the spell in 48 hrs. & choose whether to chase lost love or claim her power. #YA #DVpit #paranormal #POC Magical/Realism X The Beeitching

Betrayed & heartbroken, 18-year-old Ali tries to fix her life with a love spell. Instead, it blows up everything—family, love, and her plans for the future. Searching for a cure in Oaxaca, she finds the magic she needed all along was her own becoming. Magical Realism X The Bewitching #DVpit #YA

Take note #DVpit participants

Ali always followed her parents’ plans until betrayal shatters her perfect-girl act. A desperate love spell 🪄gone wrong drives her to an Oaxacan curandera for an antidote, sparking self-discovery & the strength to pursue her own path & psychic gifts. #DVpit #YA #MR

In case you haven’t seen this pitch formula, check it out before #DVpit It’s helpful & simple

Reminder of the rules for #DVpit Have fun tomorrow!

#DVparty has been fun & useful in developing a whole mood around our stories. Thank you to the #DVpit team for continuing this pitching opp on Bluesky from x

#DVparty About WIP which takes place after the YA ms #amquerying 🔥 Some wounds don’t fade—they echo. When Ali calls on the spirits for help, she finds that forgiveness is its own kind of magic.

#DVparty Describe your WIP: 🌎 In Oaxaca, the soil hums with old magic & the tradition of Curanderismo. Spirits & Spells is a story about what we inherit, what we bury, and what refuses to stay hidden. #YA

I went to see the Downton Abbey movie 🎥 & wish I could write a novel like that. Loved the finale! #Movies

#DVparty Hype Day 4 current project: a continuation of Love Spells: 🪄Spirits don’t always rest just because the living want them to. In Spirits & Spells, Ali learns that some secrets demand to be heard—even if they change everything she thought she knew about her family.

#DVparty Hype day: Magic, Mistakes & Mexican Moonlight 🔥 Eighteen-year-old Ali mixes a love potion in a desperate attempt to win her bf back—but ends up unlocking her family’s buried secrets instead. Heartbreak meets Curanderismo in LOVE SPELLS FOR LOCAS.

?! I’m supposed to fly out Wed for a conference. #GOPshutdown

#DVparty Day 5 Theme song or playlist for your ms. This song by Arcana nails the inciting incident in Love Spells: #writers #readers open.spotify.com/track/1fbtVb...

Wow, going through writers #DVparty day 5 playlist shows serious thought. I don’t have a playlist for the whole novel, but for the first pages it would be Golden. That’s before the MC gets her ❤️ crushed. open.spotify.com/track/1CPZ5B...

Day 4 #DVparty Ali becomes desperate & concocts a love potion that she tests on her nana and her 85 y.o boyfriend but it backfires!

#DVparty Day 4 Ali (MC) ignored her psychic vision & heartbreak 💔 follows leaving her grasping at anything to stop the hurt

#DVparty Day 4 My #YA novel begins with a psychic experience #amquerying

Opening lines #DVparty “A raven flies past Emilio’s windshield, its black wings slicing the night. In the backseat, a girl with purple hair sits, her face hidden.” “I blink and I’m back under the bright glow of the Hyatts ballroom lights, my body wrapped in satin and nerves.” Love Spells4Locas

Introducing Ali, my MC is an 18 y.o Latina honors student w/divorced high achieving parents: ⚖️ Pressured & Pleasing – Struggles to meet her parents’ expectations 🕵️ Secretive & Guarded-what will others think of her breakup & her psychic ability 🎨 Artistic-but puts art aside for her parents plans

More on my MC, Ali for #DVparty She’s: 🌱 Resilient yet Vulnerable – Hurt before, but keeps moving forward 🔥 Impulsive & Bold – Leaps before looking, led by emotion 🌙 Spiritually Sensitive – Feels energies and spirits others can’t Which leads her to Oaxaca to seek the antidote for her love 🧪

#DVparty Ali, my MC is an 18 y.o Latina honors student w/divorced high achieving parents: ⚖️ Pressured & Pleasing – Struggles to meet her parents’ expectations 🕵️ Secretive & Guarded-what will others think of her breakup & her psychic ability 🎨 Artistic-but puts art aside for her parents plans

Another mood board for my MS #DVparty #writers 🌺🕯 Spells don’t always mend a broken heart. 📚💔 Perfection was their dream. Freedom was hers. 🎨✨ She traded their rules for her own canvas of power. 🌀🌌 Ancestral traditions whispers louder than fear

Adding to my #DVparty mood board for my YA novel 🌌👁 Psychic visions she ignored. 💔🌙 A broken heart chasing magic. ✨🔮 A love spell gone wrong. 🌿🕯 Curanderas for antidote 🔥✨ Power she never knew she had.

It’s #DVparty day to post your ms mood board. (See #DVpit for criteria first) #writersky

Take a 👀 at the agent & editor list participating in #DVpit

#DVParty is trending! Keep sharing your amazing moodboards & stay tuned all week for more prompts to talk up your work leading up to #DVPit on October 8th! #writersky #booksky #artistsky

It’s #DVparty day to post your ms mood board. (See #DVpit for criteria first) #writersky

Sharing this in case you aren’t aware of #DVpit or #DVparty prep.

#Catpics Our cats look like feast & famine. Would ❤️ to see your captions.

Highlighting a few of my fav non-fiction 📚 #HispanicHeritageMonth 1-Photographic-The Life of Graciela Iturbide. 2-Creep: Accusations & Confessions. A collection of essays on how people & institutions perpetuate harm. 3-Land Of A Thousand Dances. A history of Chicano Rock n Roll.

Tiny but mighty.

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