More Good News!!
The good news keeps on flowing.
I received a Book Excellence Award!
I am incredibly excited to announce that I have been recognized as a Book Excellence Award Winner (2021) for my book, Searching for Sarah in the LGBTQ Fiction Category. Out of thousands of books entered into the Book Excellence Awards competition, my book was selected for its high-quality writing, design, and overall market appeal. To view my complete award …
A Season of Healing
Merriam-Webster defines healing as to become free from injury or disease: to return to a sound state. Like many across the planet, I sit here shocked by yesterday’s Washington, D.C. events at the U.S. Capitol Building. Insurrectionists, not patriots, stormed what many consider hallowed grounds of this Republic. People walked about, vandalizing historical documents and …
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
Last night, my wife and I shut off the noise of the day, turned on Hulu, and watched the holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas. The animation was rudimentary. The dialogue simple. The message, masterful. As I listened to the one-liners, I thought about 2020, especially when Linus, a favorite childhood character, told Charlie Brown, …
Giving Thanks During COVID
I know. Giving thanks during a pandemic seems like an oxymoron, but hear me out.
9-11-2020
Each generation has that milestone moment. The one people point to and say, “I remember where I was when…” During our lifetime, we’ve witnessed the assassinations of Political Leaders, Civil Rights Icons, and Artistic Genuises. Today marks the anniversary of our generation’s watershed moment. Like the others, September 11, 2001, started out like any other …
My Dream
Fifty-seven years ago, today, these words became forever etched into our cultural zeitgeist, and continue to echo across the vast expanse of history. “I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American …
My Newsday Interview with Daniel Bubbeo (Aug 10, 2020)
Though they’ve never met, Vega said Tiger Woods is responsible for him becoming a writer. Vega, 54, of Stony Brook, was all excited about seeing Woods in a golf tournament on TV one Saturday afternoon about five years ago. He soon lost interest when he discovered Woods wasn’t on the roster and his mind started wandering …
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Yeah, but…
I never claimed to be a psychic, but whenever someone begins a sentence with, “Yeah, but…”, I know I’m about to hear or read, “…you’re not like one of those (fill in the blank).” Growing up in an upper-middle-class Long Island neighborhood, the son of a physician, it’s something I’ve heard most of my life. …
The Tears Are Real
I’m struggling. Struggling to come to terms with what I’m seeing. To what I’m hearing. To what I’m experiencing. I’m struggling with what it means to be a brown-skinned Hispanic in today’s world.