My moment on slate
Of all the interviews I did last week regarding the Dixie Fire taking Greenville, I really appreciated this one. https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2021/08/californias-dixie-fire-rages-on
MorePlumas news writings
I’ve been writing some first person impressions of the aftermath of living with the fire.
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Haunt press GOTHIC BIPOC Anthology
Happy to be included in this anthology! I wrote a multi-generational Mexi-goth horror story set in Crescent Mills, CA. The press is in Scotland. It warms my cold Mexi/Scottish heart to combine my ancestry in one publication. The press is doing a kickstarter campaign for this and two other books. Check it out! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hauntpublishing/haunt-publishings-2021-22-publication-listhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hauntpublishing/haunt-publishings-2021-22-publication-list
MoreCome Write with us/Me
This was the week of many small things coming together nicely. Here’s a flyer for the Taos Writers Conference where I will be faculty this year.
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The Neighborly Thing
I have a very long (they clock it at 44 minutes) short story up at Mystery Tribune. Check it out. It’s got everything. Murder. Witches. And people who need to keep their shit together about suburban landscaping.
MoreA Conversation a Writer Had Late at Night with Her Evil Brain
Originally posted on BREVITY's Nonfiction Blog:
By Margaret Elysia Garcia Writer’s Evil Brain: What are you doing? Writer:? What does it look like I’m doing? I’m making a to-do list. There are things to submit. I kinda thought about that NaNoWriMo thing again but – ?I just don’t write that way. Writer’s Evil Brain:…
Throwing Chanclas 