Boston, MA
Separated from my family during El Salvador's civil war, by death and adoption, I am an author, filmmaker, and technologist.
Over the past month, I’ve continued to work through the 12 chapters that make up Act 2A. After rewriting Chapter 22, and adding a few more scenes, I was able to finish this section and send it off to some early readers.
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.
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.
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
Learning Fiction Craft Through Practice | (2016 - Present)
Building Infrastructure for Creative Work | (2007 - Present)
Helping Salvadorans Reunite (2014)
Managing Creative Collaboration | (2013 - 2015)
Creating a Platform for Untold Stories | (2013 - 2016)
Professional Crowdfunding Consulting | (2013)
Learning From A Very Public Failure | (2012)
Democratizing Crowdfunding Knowledge | (2011 - 2014)
My First Film | (2010 - Present)
Building A Business | (2007 - 2012)
Finding My Voice | (2007 - 2011)
Custom Software Development | (2004 - 2006)
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.
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.
Throughout my life I have failed. I have failed so many times, in so many different ways. Often, it seemed like the things that I
These photos first appeared in print as part of the 2015 issue of The Misfit Anythogly. For the magazine I wrote: > My favorite type
