I’ve been thinking about “jokes” and growth. As a retired college edge-lord, I was once into dead baby jokes, Opie & Anthony, and pushing people’s buttons with low hanging fruit. Standard bullshit that most kids with privilege get away with. “No disrespect”, “Not for nothing”, and “I don’t mean to be fucked up” were the … Continue reading Growth Not Showth (wait, what?)

I fucking hate the term "trunk novel". I hate what it implies and how writers use it as an excuse for giving up. I've had a few trunk novels. And then I didn't. I've been pretty open about my writing career since I started being serious about this 6/7 years ago. I've talked about my … Continue reading The Trunk Novel

If you haven't already, please listen to Latino USA's recent coverage of the American Dirt scandal. Hands down some of the best interviewing on this subject I've heard. Kudos to Maria Hinojosa for laying down hard questions. Oh, btw, if you're tired of me or other Latinx writers talking about this - eat me. Anyway, … Continue reading Caballo de Troya

I'm not about to give a certain book releasing today any amount of exposure (instead I'll share Myriam Gurba's brilliant take down of the book in question). I struggle with this little rant because I don't like the idea of making controversy about me, but this latest controversy does have me thinking a lot about … Continue reading American Vurp

Somebody on Twitter said this I'm not about to get into the DUNKING this tweet received (and rightfully so) but it also started me thinking about the energy people invest in me. Well, more like the word "invest" - that's what I'm stuck on. To invest means to expect a return on that investment, right? … Continue reading Over 9000