Hope. Pleasure. Strength.
Welcome to Mommy’s El Camino. Some housekeeping: Last week the newsletter seemed to get stuck in the ether, and I got an explanation from Buttondown about...
preparing for endings
Welcome to Mommy’s El Camino. What’s this all about? Subscribe now Photo by Cecile Hournau on Unsplash An odyssey, going from my house to my mother’s house,...
coming in April 2025
Welcome to Mommy’s El Camino. It’s that time. That time when I ask you, sweet readers, to consider pre-ordering my books, forthcoming in spring 2025. Why not...
our current and temporary trajectory
Welcome to Mommy’s El Camino. Make yourself at home. Los Angeles,CA, 11/5/24 11/9/24 …what to write/how to write into the future that feels so overwhelmingly...
on the periphery of your radar
Welcome to Mommy’s El Camino. Like many people, I’m thinking back to November 2016. Brooklyn, NY, November 2016 My third book, Bruja, had just come out. A...
outside of time
Welcome to Mommy’s El Camino. Dodger Stadium, 10/20/24 You may have noticed that there was no Sunday post last week. I took a spontaneous holiday in...
mini-interview with Taleen Kali
Before the pandemic I was just beginning to get to know Taleen Kali. Btw, I still have the aloe plant from your pre-pandemic tamale party, Taleen tells...
OPEN BOOK DOCUMENT
Welcome to Mommy’s El Camino. note to self Not listed: brainstorm potential reprint launch events. Official publication date of reprints: 4/15/25—my books...
mini-interview with Tori Holder
Subscribe now Recently, subscriber Tori Holder reached out to me via email. Not sure if you remember this, but two years ago you did a workshop about writing...
telling
The purpose of telling.
process: writing log
Welcome to Mommy’s El Camino. It’s been one year since I started a simple writing log in an Excel spreadsheet. my laptop in my office By simple, I mean I log...
novels in verse / review by Lisbeth Coiman
It started when I finished reading Couplets this year. I thought back to The Cyclist, which I’d read so long ago. I had never talked to anyone who’d read it,...
process: reprintland
Welcome to Mommy’s El Camino. In the midst of everything (my partner’s cancer diagnosis and treatment, teaching after a few years off, parenting, and keeping...
Septembers past: 9 photos
when words fail me I always have pictures September 2005, Quito, Ecuador September 2009, Los Angeles, CA September 2012, Will Rogers State Beach, Los...
back to school
Welcome to the Sunday post. In the spirit of back to school vibes, fresh notebooks, and a big autumn to-read list, I offer the gist of my Fall 2024 syllabus...
new teeth
Welcome to the Sunday post. A few days after starting the journal I tested positive for covid for the first time. A few days before I ended the journal my...
mini-interview with Ben Tanzer
Ben is someone I’ve known for about ten years now. He’s the author of many books and has many projects running seemingly at all times. Anytime I have the...
scenes: aug. 15-17
Welcome to the Sunday post. Until next week, Wendy
Process Notes by Tiana Reid
Welcome to the Sunday post. Today’s post is by Tiana Reid. Tiana Reid is a writer, scholar, and educator who lives in Toronto. She is currently an assistant...
the balancing act part 2
Welcome to the Sunday post. view of Los Angeles from Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area When I took the photo above last Monday, I was feeling hopeful. I...
