Nerd power on: Join me and these powerhouse authors/artists/publishers/editors (we wear a lot of hats) in talking about creating comics and literary works from Latino a/x/e identities. ¡Súper! Latines Making Cómics! at New York Comic Con Sat, Oct 10, 2026 at 12pm – Room 1C03, Javits Center, NYC Featuring Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos, Melanconnie,…
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On Tropes, Themes and Libraries
Clip from my longer read of the novel To Love Like Venus, where I highlight some of the larger themes of the book, which partially takes place in Greece in the near future 2050s and includes modern day concerns of impact of climate change, unsustainable tourism and the risk of unchecked foreign buyouts. While being…
Reflections on a Marine Venus
Reflecting on the theme of a marine Venus: on statues, on legacy, on goddesses, youth and death. Reading an excerpt from Lawrence Durrell’s Reflections on a Marine Venus, while providing insight into some of the original non-fiction seeds of my debut novel, To Love Like Venus. You can find Durrell’s masterful works worldwide at bookstores…
The BookLife Prize
Read the Critic’s Report of To Love Like Venus, provided by Publishers Weekly’s The Booklife Prize. These reports are the initial stage of assessing books for consideration for their annual prizes in Fiction and Non-Fiction. It is a nice assessment of the book. After writing a book, it takes a different level of either courage…
Things Readers Taught me at BookCon
I learned a LOT from readers, selling my books as an Indie Author at BookCon, G-5. As they hopefully enjoy my books, here’s a look at what they taught ME! Swipe through. I was at #bookcon as a predominantly literary fiction author whose work also crosses into science fiction, Speculative, historical and romance and women’s fiction… When…
Selling out at The Corner Bookstore
Thanks for buying out all the copies of To Love Like Venus at The Corner Bookstore on UES, Manhattan within a few weeks! They are ordering more, so reserve your copy. Also know if you are into author signatures, this store has an abundance of new releases signed by acclaimed authors.
Venusian Library Buzz: Dayton Metro Library
I have a special place for Ohio in my heart. When I was an undergrad at the University of Michigan, I organized a lecture and film screening around the movie “Rembetiko”, an important part of Greek music history. The Ohio Greek Student association had a VHS copy and, likely using this new cool technology called…
Launched with love
All smiles for the book launch of my novel To Love Like Venus at Korres in New York City on 3/21/2026. Thank you to everyone who was there with us, to those who celebrated from afar by buying a copy of the book, or checking it out from their local library. Raffles were won. Trivia…
Venus is here
Happy Publication Day to my debut novel, To Love Like Venus. Dream yourself into a future NYC of whirling roller-discos and sex robots, sunny Greek islands, and a fight for love while the world is on the brink. Trip to Venus included. Maybe you have literary fiction tendencies? Then: To Love Like Venus is a literary…
Live on Kickstarter! To Love Like Venus
And we are LIVE! Just launched, the Kickstarter of To Love Like Venus. To Love Like Venus is a literary novel in a near-future cyberpunk setting that’s all about love, relationships and how we cope with its heights and disappointments, whether partner, ideals or the symbols that become our children. It’s me publishing it in under my…
