As I’ve written in my novel Agave Blues, and as my research shows, the sacred agave plant is good for more than just Tequila (and a good old-fashioned Margarita with maybe even a sustainable agave straw, to boot). For centuries, the indigenous people of Mexico have used the agave plant…

Please (I’m begging, which is hard for me to do, but please bare with me for this writer’s rant and don’t check for typos!). It’s post book release. This is the week I promised myself I’d get back to my writing and it’s already Tuesday, almost noon. Right now I…

So, I just don’t know what to think of this and, of course, I’m no expert on Tequila and this is only my opinion, but I think this is wrong. And so I guess that’s why I call it the agave blues. In this age of hurry up and don’t…

It’s 2010 and I’m watching an episode of my favorite series Entourage (Mark Wahlberg, executive producer) where Turtle invests in a Tequila brand and strikes it rich. I want to scream at my television set, Hey, that’s my idea! Not only has the Tequila Sunrise episode been practically filmed in…

Lamenting the place I find myself in my writing career, I hum a Beatles tune, When I get older losing my hair… By now, I have the crazy notion I might’ve been making a living doing what I loved (but first you gotta be recognized, silly). Will you still need…

Dear God (capital G), I wanted to keep this simple, but English (capital E) is not an easy language. For my upcoming novel Agave Blues, I decided to capitalize the word “Tequila” and here are my reasons and my backup for this decision. After researching for days and hours what’s…

Since this unscheduled Corona challenge began, my book tour for my novel “Curse of the Ninth” is cancelled, my book-signing calendar erased. Everyday more aftershocking news and I lose all motivation to write. Why work on the sequel, when no one will see the original? Why write? Who cares? What’s…