by Jesse Velez | Sep 11, 2019 | Aftermath, Memory Lane
I awoke today and didn’t even realize that it was September 11th. Eighteen years ago, at about 10:30am I was standing outside on the street at Park Avenue and 49th Street–Midtown. Looking south down Park Avenue, Helmsley Building blocked my view to see the smoke...
by Jesse Velez | Jan 15, 2019 | NANOWRIMO, Writing
This is the first chapter of my story that I wrote to win the National Novel Writing Month’s 2018 Contest. Enjoy, you can also read this post about my experience: Winning NaNoWriMo 2018 As Above, So Below (working title) Living my teen years in New York...
by Jesse Velez | Dec 5, 2018 | NANOWRIMO, Writing
I have been entering a novel writing contest almost every year since 2011. This is my second year winning! NanoWrimo is the National Novel Writers Month put on by nanowrimo.org whose main premise is that I am too busy to write the novel of my dreams, but, if I just...
by Jesse Velez | May 22, 2018 | Fun, Games
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”no” hundred_percent_height=”no” hundred_percent_height_scroll=”no” hundred_percent_height_center_content=”yes” equal_height_columns=”no” menu_anchor=””...
by Jesse Velez | Apr 20, 2018 | Fun, Games
I’m not sure exactly how much you know about me, but I am a creative person and recently I’ve resurrected RPG Maker MV. My father was an artist and I remember him painting the walls in the living room with animals and one time, the entire Milky Way Galaxy...
by Jesse Velez | Mar 16, 2018 | WordPress
This year, I get the opportunity to speak at WordCamp Miami. Even more, it’s on the year of WordCamp Miami’s 10th Anniversary! Last year was the first time I was exposed to WordCamp Miami and my first WordCamp ever. I really enjoyed the community,...
by Jesse Velez | Oct 28, 2017 | Writing
The National Novel Writing Month Contest has been my motivation every year (almost every year) to write a novel. Do you have a dream to become a writer? When you browse Barnes & Noble shelves, do you ever see your name on one of the books? Dreams are...
by Jesse Velez | Sep 24, 2017 | Aftermath, Preparedness
Miami-Dade County was a disaster area. It was shocking to drive down US 1 and see trees snapped in two, nurseries broken and tattered and no street lights. I was pleased to see that everyone approached the intersections with caution and acted as if it were a four-way...
by Jesse Velez | Sep 23, 2017 | Preparedness
Riding out the storm can be more comforting when you are doing it with friends. We were blessed to ride it out at Susie and Cristiano’s house. In total we were eleven people of different ages so it worked out well. We were ordered to evacuate our area because we...
by Jesse Velez | Sep 22, 2017 | Preparedness
Miami-Dade issues a mandatory evacuation. It isn’t easy to hear that you’ve been ordered to evacuate your home. Knowing that we can’t take it all with us, I came up with the idea that we could move all of our stuff up to the second floor where a 10...
