Archive - Love in Many Genres

How We Found the Missing Baby

On Christmas Traditions and How to Write About Them

Dec 12 •

Alexandra Hidalgo

October 2024

September 2024

If you read my last post, you may remember that in June I went to the exhilarating (and nerve-racking) Write to Pitch Conference in New York and pitched…

Sep 20 •

Alexandra Hidalgo

August 2024

At some point last May, I got restless.

Aug 26 •

Alexandra Hidalgo

June 2024

There’s something daring about rooting for the underdog. You’ve chosen to support the one who will likely lose. You’ve opened yourself to disappointment…

Jun 10 •

Alexandra Hidalgo

May 2024

The Motherhood Time Machine

I wanted to become a mother for as long as I remember wanting anything at all. Of course, Thor’s mighty hammer had nothing on the one indoctrinating…

May 10 •

Alexandra Hidalgo

April 2024

Love at First Sight

“So how did you two meet?” It’s the quintessential question couples get asked, and the answers rarely disappoint.

Apr 25 •

Alexandra Hidalgo

March 2024

February 2024

Santiago’s Heart of Many Colors

Although I was born and grew up in Venezuela, in 1980 I spent a year living with my (trying-not-to-divorce) parents in a Manhattan brownstone.

Feb 13 •

Alexandra Hidalgo

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