Tracaleros

It’s kind of liberating to live within one’s means. Some people may think that I have a problem with money because I am focused on how much income I need to live the life I deserve and for which I have worked hard. The truth is that I don’t want…

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Banyan Grove in LaBloga

Proud to announce that my short poem Banyan Grove appeared on LaBloga yesterday, March 13. It’s a the bottom of the page, but it’s there. LaBloga is the longest established Latino/a literary blog. https://labloga.blogspot.com/2018/03/los-angeles-la-plaza-hosts-premiere-of.html Here is the poem in case you miss it. Banyan Grove By Lisbeth Coiman The massive…

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Distribution and the Self-Published Author

After the sixth revision of the manuscript of my debut memoir I Asked the Blue Heron was finished, I made the decision to not wait until an agent “discovered” me to publish my work. I knew I was in for the ride of my life, and a solo ride at…

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Countdown to Book Release

In only six more days, I will see the culmination of a long-term personal project, the publication of my debut memoir: I Asked the Blue Heron. As I check off items from the long to-do list leading to this important event in my life, I feel my pulse accelerating, my…

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Book Release: I Asked the Blue Heron

Happy, scared, thrilled, excited. I run out of adjectives trying to describe the range of emotions running through my body as I put the final touches to the publication of my book, I Asked the Blue Heron. I Asked the Blue Heron was born as a tribute to my late…

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World Mental Health Day

Yesterday was World Mental Health Day. Together with over 43 million Americans who suffer from a mental illness in any year, I stand up against stigma. As an In Our Own Voice (IOOV) presenter for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), I bring the message of the hope of…

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