2023: Writing, Death, and Health
It's hard to believe the holiday season is winding down and it's time for my annual year-end blog post. 2023 certainly proved to be an...
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Darlene P. Campos
- Oct 26, 2023
- 10 min
"Give Me Away": The Loss of a Beloved Oma
Five years ago, I wrote the first draft of a novel titled The Center of the Earth. Since it is a historical fiction book, I had to do...
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Darlene P. Campos
- Sep 13, 2023
- 12 min
Abuelita: A Story of Resistance and Strength
Content Warnings: Terminal illnesses, death My earliest memory of Abuelita is from 1998. Before then, I didn’t see her much since she...
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Darlene P. Campos
- Jul 26, 2023
- 15 min
“Make Chile Greater”: The Execution of My Uncle and Torture of My Father
A New Adventure On February 25, 1950, Felipe Porfirio Campos Carrillo was born to Felipe and Ruth Campos in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The...
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Darlene P. Campos
- Jun 8, 2023
- 6 min
Travels, Boxing, and Love
My husband David and I recently visited the East Coast. We walked around Old Town Alexandria in Virginia, spent hours at various museums...
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Darlene P. Campos
- May 26, 2023
- 1 min
Bent Spoons
*The following poem was originally featured at a fundraiser for table//FEAST magazine, held at SweetCup Gelato in Houston, TX. Today...
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Darlene P. Campos
- Mar 29, 2023
- 4 min
The Woes of Being a Writer
Ever since I was a kid, I knew I wanted to be a writer. My mom often took me to our local library and waited patiently as I took my time...
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Darlene P. Campos
- Mar 13, 2023
- 3 min
An Interview with Gabriela Orozco Belt!
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Gabriela Orozco Belt. Her picture book, Only for a Little While, comes out on June 27, 2023....
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Darlene P. Campos
- Dec 30, 2022
- 3 min
Publishing News for 2022
2021 was not the best time for my writing goals. My former publishing house shut down and I barely wrote anything. Additionally, nearly...
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Darlene P. Campos
- Oct 4, 2022
- 15 min
Kurt Philipps: A Child's Life at Apeldoornsche Bosch
Aerial view of Apeldoornsche Bosch, circa 1926. Source: CODA Archives In the Forest Over a hundred years ago, a mental hospital for...
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Darlene P. Campos
- Aug 1, 2022
- 17 min
The Men That Will Not Be Blamed: The Jews and Jack the Ripper
Content Warning: descriptions of crime scenes, antisemitism, violence Introduction Victorian England is not known for being a luxurious...
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Darlene P. Campos
- May 23, 2022
- 2 min
Publishing News for May
Hey y'all! It's been a busy month for me with publishing-related stuff. Here we go: My creative nonfiction piece titled "Four Women" was...
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Darlene P. Campos
- Apr 10, 2022
- 1 min
I'm officially in a bookstore!
This has been my little secret for a couple of months and I'm so happy to finally share the news. Seeing one of my books in a bookstore...
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Darlene P. Campos
- Sep 15, 2021
- 7 min
An Interview with Peter Philipps
This interview was originally published in November 2019 on the Vital Narrative Press blog. -DPC Mr. Peter Philipps is quite the...
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Darlene P. Campos
- Sep 11, 2021
- 4 min
Pitch Wars 2021 Wish List
Thank you for considering me as your Middle Grade fiction mentor. Pitch Wars is a mentorship program designed for emerging writers to...
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Darlene P. Campos
- Apr 22, 2021
- 25 min
Red Carnations by Peter Philipps
By the end of my first semester of college I had flunked every course except an easy-A elective and was put on probation. The dean’s...
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Darlene P. Campos
- Dec 31, 2020
- 6 min
How I Got My Agent
Before I signed with my agent, I was an author for Vital Narrative Press, an independent publishing house in Memphis. After my contract...
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Darlene P. Campos
- Sep 11, 2020
- 4 min
Hello Pitch Wars Friends!
Thank you for considering me as your Middle Grade fiction mentor. Pitch Wars is a mentorship program designed for emerging writers to...
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Darlene P. Campos
- Jan 24, 2020
- 1 min
Good News!
On 10-24-2018, I started an outline for THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. On 11-1-2018, I started the first draft and finished on 11-27. It was a...
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