DAN ALATORRE

I hope you are enjoying a very Merry Christmas. I might be a little bleary eyed, but staying up late to put presents under a tree will do that.

This is an exciting time of year for me. Elf On the Shelf is pulling some shenanigans, the trees look good (we’re kinda crazy about Christmas trees; we put one up in every room) and the shopping got under way early (thank you, Amazon). On Christmas Eve, we will usually have my wife’s family over […]

Hey, if you read Double Blind, please leave a review.  

Not everyone has a good time during the holidays. If that’s you, feel free to drop a comment or contact me. Maybe I can cheer you up. I also can recommend a good book… Click HERE to buy Double Blind, and if you’re down and have no cash, check out my Ammy page and let me […]

Slowwww progress but we’re getting there. It’s been a rough week of the flu but Savvy and I should be okay for Christmas. (Michele has dodged this bullet so far.) Are all of you guys okay? Doing your last minute shopping? Got a Christmas illness story you wanna relate? But only if it has a […]

I may not have a lot of readers in Madagascar or krzgyistan, but they are there in 2018 and I appreciate it. If they were there for me, they were there for you. And they were there because YOU liked and shared and came back, making this blog wildly popular – and making it a […]

This blog has long been a friendly place to come and learn, and what better way to learn than to ask? You have questions. Writer stuff, marketing, motivation, you name it. ASK ME Your questions. Your challenges. Your issues. If I don’t know, we’ll put it out to my vast network of author friends and […]

As many of you know, I got invited to work in a big anthology with a bunch of New York Times best-selling author is and USA today best selling authors. I was very flattered to even be included in such a prestigious group! We ended up not making the USA Today bestseller list, but the […]

There are several ways to get from my house to the interstate and other places, but I often choose the route that takes me by my daughter’s school. If she is with me, she will usually sit up and point. “That’s my school!” When I drive by alone during school hours, I like to slow […]

Originally posted on Robbie's inspiration:
There are a significant number of great bloggers out there who write poetry among all sorts of other great posts. I thought I would use today’s post to share a bit about three of the part-time poetry bloggers. I consider that I fall into this category of poetry blogger…