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    Victor D. Lopez
    Victor D. Lopez
    I am a professor of legal studies, lawyer, and the author of law-related textbooks and scholarly articles published in academic peer-reviewed law journals and law reviews. Although my professional writing is almost exclusively non-fiction, I have been writing poetry and fiction throughout my life since my early teens, and have self-published two books of poetry and several books of short stories. Most recently, I published my first novel in eBook, soft cover, print, and audiobook editions in its original English and my Spanish translation.
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I do not write for money,
And even less for fame,
I write because I have to,
It's simply who I am.

I'm a jack of many trades,
And the master of a few,
But they do not define me,
They are just the things I do.

What I write will not endure,
Much of it will not be read,
Little of all I publish,
Will survive long once I'm dead.

I'd write if no one read me,
In ink, on sand or in blood,
As long as reason abides,
I know that I will not stop.

It is so for all of us,
Who are writers at our core,
Writing is our very essence,
It is who we are, no more.
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