
Our Featured Blogger for the last weeks of February is Lisa Amaya from Life of an El Paso
Woman. Thank you for agreeing to the interview.
Tell us a little about your history, where you were born, and your dreams as a child.
I was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. El Paso is a desert border town 45 minutes away from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and Las Cruces, New Mexico. It’s the sixth largest city in Texas. I’ve wanted to write since I was 6 years old. I won a school writing contest in first grade. This inspired me to keep writing throughout the years. Since then, I’ve written stories, poetry, newspaper and magazine stories. Right now, I’m a freelance writer and blogger who works in media sales. I thought I wanted to quit writing for good in 2010. It turned out I just needed a break. I found out writing is my passion in 2015 so here I am!
How do you define your blog’s purpose?
At first, my blog’s purpose was to only write about things that interest me like movies, music, books, art, etc. I also wanted to start a blog to practice my writing skills and get freelance writing projects. I enjoy using my blog to educate others about the people and places in El Paso and the Hispanic culture. I also like to know what other bloggers are doing with their blog and life so…on Saturdays I feature a different blogger in an interview. I call this the
What other blogs do you write for and how did you find them?
Before starting Life of an El Paso Woman, I wrote for my childhood friend’s (Ryan Loera) blog for a couple of months. He asked me if I wanted start writing in his blog and I said yes. I’ve done guest posts for Roberta Pimentel and Tracy’s A Joyful Process. Roberta featured a Be My Guest guest post project. I asked her if I could take part and she said yes. I ended up participating in it twice. Tracy asked me if I would like to do a post for his blog earlier this year and I said yes.
How long have you been blogging and why did you start? I started my blog on February 25, 2015 so I’ve blogged for about a year and a half now. I started the blog to practice on my writing skills and get freelance writing projects.
How often do you post? Every day except for Thursdays. Things sometimes come up so I’m unable to post on certain days.
What are your top 3-blogging tips for other bloggers? Write about whichever topics you want, don’t ever be someone you’re not and leave sincere comments in other blogs you like. Also, if someone leaves a comment in your blog, at least thank him or her for it or like his or her comment. It’s always a nice gesture when someone takes time out of their day to read your stuff and leave a comment. Why not give them a couple of minutes of your time in return?
Thank you, Lisa.
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I read all of her posts
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She’s a great person. She’s the only blogger I’ve met in person.
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Oh cool!
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Dear Lisa, I’m a nearby neighbor (San Antonio) I really love El Paso it’s less pretentious and the food is way better. I wish you all the success for your writing and blogging – this was a great interview of you by Rob xo
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome
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Great interview and love the picture…..xxkat
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Thank you for the comment! 🙂
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Reblogged this on Life of an El Paso Woman and commented:
A thank you goes to my lovely friend/blogging buddy Rob from San Francisco for interviewing me in his blog. Check out/follow his awesome blog if you aren’t already,
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Great interview, Robert and Lisa. It is always a joy to see two of my favorite bloggers in a collaboration!
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I met her when she was here in San Francisco. She’s delightful!
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Thank you for the interview, my friend! It was a pleasure meeting you in beautiful San Francisco!
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Yes, right, you two met! I will meet her next September at the Blogger Bash in Chicago. Perhaps I see you there too!
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Hi Erika! Thanks for checking it out! I’ve been missing you guys! I’ll be back to blogging regularly soon!
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Gosh, Lisa, I wasn’t on my blog for almost two whole days…. so don’t worry at all… lol!
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I’m sure you’ve been super busy, Erika! It’s been so hectic and crazy over here too!
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High Five, Lisa!!! We understand each other…. lol!
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Absolutely Erika High five 🙂
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😄😄 Hope the weekend helps you a bit, Lisa!
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I’m going to Oktoberfest in few hours here. I’m really excited to go for the first time.
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I hope you write about it, Lisa!
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Yes I will, Rob!
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Oh, so cool! I hope you enjoyed it, Lisa!!!
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Great interview and answered Lisa! 🌹😘
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Thanks for your comment!
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Thanks Roberta 🙂 Thank you for checking it out! ❤ Hugs!
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