My name is Lucia Helen Viti. I am a local San Diego journalist and published author. I live, work and breathe to write. If I didn't write, my head would explode. My Co...
The Keys to the Kingdom
Finding Place in Historical Fiction
When your eyes glaze ov...ronze mythical animals are situated above the entry way. Julia Morgan’s 1937 remodel of the façade and gold lobby...
I was born with a brain that works differently. I knew always, but the things my brain wouldn't do seemed so unimportant and so outweighed by its strengths that it wa...
Daily Talk
Johnathan: Hi Sealy great day out in the park. I thought it would be much cooler but I can accept this.
Sealy: It sure is. I am super excited to be ou...
Window of Tolerance
During these uncertain and frightening times, I do a lot of wondering about just how all of us put up with cruelty, racism, random fear, greed...
Al Jaffee: MAD Magazine’s All-Around “Mentsh” with Much “Tam”
About a year ago at this time, I interviewed two recently emerged and international musical performers...
In her Pioneer Girl, novelist Bich Minh Nguyen offers us Lee, a protagonist who is both a thief and a literary sleuth. The morally complex detectives of the best myste...
When asked about the inspiration for my novel, I answer simply: “I love libraries.” Libraries of all shapes and sizes; new libraries and old libraries; libraries here,...