Maria Gonzales: The Columnist?

I'm sure you're asking, "What's this? Maria Gonzales is writing something that isn't fiction?" Yes, I am. Writing fiction can be hard work. Coming up with new ideas that haven't been written a million times before and creating compelling characters isn't easy, even to somebody with an imagination as vivid as I admittedly have. But I like to write. No, I love to write. It doesn't even matter to me if anybody reads what I write or likes what I write. Writing is relaxing and stimulating at the same time. Much to my husband's dismay, my favorite thing to do is to sit at my computer, the television tuned to a steamy novela, and write. So that's what I'm going to do. Twice a week, sometimes more, sometime less, I'll write a little thousand word or so column. Sometimes it will be a rant about something I've seen and sometimes it will just be me blathering on like an idiot.

Being a columnist would be my dream job, but I can't imagine a newspaper or magazine hiring a twenty-something mother of four Mexican immigrant with little writing ability as a columnist. Not even the most desperate website would hire somebody like me, so I'll just write my little columns and post them here on my little insignificant web site, where people can read them or ignore them as they wish. Believe me, I do understand that my opinions and thoughts aren't important to anybody but myself. I just have fun writing and writing fiction all the time can be tiring.

I'll write about whatever pops into my head. Sometimes I'll write about erotica, sometimes I'll write about my real life and sometimes I'll even write about something going on in the real world.

• October 12, 2000 - Confessions of an Erotic Writer
• October 16, 2000 - Men and Sports
• October 19, 2000 - A Few Questions
• November 2, 2000 - A Dream