.Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
What is your writing Kryptonite?
Endings.
What is the toughest writing decision you have made?
This is different from day-to-day. I battle self-doubt regularly. Some days the toughest decision I make is just to write. Other days there’s cutting things you thought your piece would die without.
What does your inner writing voice tell you?
She says a lot of things, all at the same time. She’s like a three year old with a constant stream of jabber who only wants to talk to me when I’m doing something that prevents me from listening, like when I’m on the phone or having a conversation with another adult.
Taína joined the Yellow Arrow family with “Killing Ty” in Vol. V, No. 1 RESILIENCE. You can learn more about Taína and her Taíno roots at tainawrites.com or on Instagram @TainaconCurls.
You can also watch Yellow Arrow, Tatiana Figueroa Ramirez, Taína, Gabriela Orozco, and Barbara Perez Marquez (one of our 2020 Writers-in-Residence), celebrating Latino voices with Latino writers during Highlandtown’s First Friday Art Walk from May 1 for Virtual Voces Latinas. The video is available here.