Rebecca Guevara

About Rebecca Guevara

Article © Rebecca Guevara 2006. She is a freelance writer whose first novel, The Trading of Ken, has just been published and can be seen at www.rebeccaguevara.com. She is also a community activist and speaker. She can be reached at rebeccaguevara@comcast.net.

Memoir is Fiction

Question: How many memoirs does a person need to read before questioning the truth of any memoir? My answer: As many losing lottery tickets as they have in a drawer.Memoirs are a favorite reading.
Date Posted: April 12, 2006

The Subjective World of Book Sales Numbers

Nielsen BookScan reports 4.1 million copies of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince sold in the U.S. in its first 24 hours of release.
Date Posted: February 17, 2006

What Maks Fiction Special

I was in a brisk discussion about whether a woman ‘would’ or ‘would not’ leave her wayward husband when a man interrupted and said, “But he’s not real! It’s fiction!” It was time to end the talk before I began...
Date Posted: February 08, 2006

What Makes Fiction Special

What Makes Fiction SpecialI was in a brisk discussion about whether a woman ‘would’ or ‘would not’ leave her wayward husband when a man interrupted and said, “But he’s not real! It’s fiction!” It was time to...
Date Posted: January 30, 2006

Keeping a Marriage with 5 Not So Easy Steps

Keeping a Marriage with 5 Not So Easy StepsWhen people learn I’ve been married over thirty years they often pause and turn to look me up and down as though I am a chipped statue from the last century.
Date Posted: January 23, 2006