Innocent Dreams: Author Update, August 2020
Over the past month I both had a breakthrough with the writing and hit a creative wall. I also had to make some difficult decisions on what to cut from the book.
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Nelson🇺🇸/Roberto🇸🇻
Boston, MA
Separated from my family during El Salvador's civil war, by death and adoption, I am an author, filmmaker, and technologist.
Innocent Dreams: Author Update, July 2020
It’s time again for another Waking From Innocent Dreams author update. In my last email, I wrote about some of the encouraging feedback I received from early readers who reviewed the first 12 chapters of my book. If you missed that update, you can find it in the newsletter archives on my website.
Innocent Dreams: Author Update, June 2020
Over the past year, I’ve made a ton of process on this project, from I hiring an editor, to nailing down the story, to receiving positive feedback from some early readers. There is way too much for me to cover in a single update, but I plan to send out monthly emails to fill you in on the progress
Waking from | Innocent Dreams
Learning Fiction Craft Through Practice | (2016 - Present)
Coto.Studio
Building Infrastructure for Creative Work | (2007 - Present)
Ana & Isabel's Reunion
Helping Salvadorans Reunite (2014)
The Misfit Playbook
Managing Creative Collaboration | (2013 - 2015)
Inside the Journey
Creating a Platform for Untold Stories | (2013 - 2016)
Operation Ninja S.T.A.R
Professional Crowdfunding Consulting | (2013)
StreetXSW
Learning From A Very Public Failure | (2012)
A Kickstarter's Guide to Kickstarter
Democratizing Crowdfunding Knowledge | (2011 - 2014)
Identifying Nelson/Buscando a Roberto
My First Film | (2010 - Present)
S.B.C. Panamá
Building A Business | (2007 - 2012)
Ana's Miracle
Finding My Voice | (2007 - 2011)
The Village Bank
Custom Software Development | (2004 - 2006)
Starting the Search: My Advice to Salvadoran Adoptees
I often get asked for advice on searching for your birth family, so I created this page to share all of the information I have on the subject.
So you've set a New Years' resolution, great, but what is your system?
It’s that time of the year again when we all set New Years Resolutions. I wanted to share a different approach to resolutions that works with your brain and doesn’t make you feel like a failure. I discovered this approach a few months ago and have a lot of success using it in my own life.
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