Born in Canada. Raised in Colombia. Writing from the Pacific Northwest.
Stories that cross borders, centuries, and ways of knowing.
Time Travel, book bans, and the fight for truth
Five centuries, four continents, forgotten voices restored
The earth is trying to tell us something
What we carry when we leave home
Bookmark Chronicles Vol 5 (YA Series)
When a massive federal immigration operation descends on Minneapolis, Milo and Zoe are pulled to opposite ends of the crisis: Zoe trapped with detained families in a standoff, Milo forced to witness processing operations at the Texas border.
An ancient Maya artifact dormant for five centuries suddenly awakens — and it recognizes what's coming. The obsidian witness was created to anchor Guardians to moments of civilizational fracture. Now it won't release them until the moment completes. When empire comes home, what does it mean to witness — and is witnessing enough?
Kindle · Paperback · Audiobook → https://mybook.to/EmpireComesHome
March 2035. A magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggers a catastrophic sinkhole that consumes the heart of Port Townsend, Washington in seconds.
What emerges in the Chimacum Valley is an experiment in democratic survival — and an unflinching accounting of what it costs. Sociocracy circles for decision-making under catastrophe. Consensus processes that function but require people to break. A radio network broadcasting to forty communities that shrinks to fifteen as the peninsula collapses.
The Sinkhole isn't about preventing climate collapse or building utopia. It's about what democratic organizing actually costs under catastrophic conditions — and what happens when someone with superior force decides your success makes you worth taking.
Climate fiction · English
Kindle $7.99 · Paperback $15.99 → https://mybook.to/TheSinkhole
Your grandchildren deserve to know your story. Now there's an easier way to tell it.
You've lived a life worth remembering — the struggles and joys, the people you loved, the lessons learned the hard way. But writing it all down? That's where most people get stuck: the blank page, the fear of not being a "real writer," the overwhelming question of where to even start.
Your Story Matters shows you how to use AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude as patient interviewers, helpful editors, and encouraging writing partners. No tech expertise required. No special skills. Just your memories and the desire to preserve them. Inside: step-by-step guidance from first conversation to finished book, the "tight leash" method that keeps AI from taking over your voice, 100+ memory prompts to get started immediately, and complete instructions for self-publishing through Amazon KDP.
[Kindle $7.99] [Paperback $14.99]
Ricardo Gómez is a novelist, essayist, and retired University of Washington professor whose work crosses borders, centuries, and languages. He writes historical fiction, YA adventure series, climate novels, and intimate stories rooted in Colombian memory — in English and in Spanish.
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