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i wrote about first lines and how i view them as an editor open.substack.com/pub/riveraji...

reading “careless people” might not be the best move for my mental health…then again, so would be losing my spot on libby for it

Take it from someone who has only lived in popular destinations, it's OK to be (and look like) a tourist. riverajimenez.substack.com/p/the-one-ab...

There’s an obvious difference between oral and written communication. open.substack.com/pub/riveraji...

habemus papam

everyone who sees my dog during his walks asks me what his breed is and i, for one, think it’s a ridiculous question when they can clearly see him
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he’s a Little Guy

got invited to drinks at 9pm??? the time my dog is already curled up under a blanket? are u crazy?

Graphic saying “I’m attending. The LKBF Latinx Storytellers Conference!”

Looking forward to my second @lkbfstorytellers.bsky.social event this September!

The haunting beauty of Hotel Del Salto: The real-life inspiration behind this new novel The Tequendama Falls is a sacred site for the Muisca people where they believe their ancestors leaped to their deaths rather than be subjugated.

It was such a fun assignment to blend travel coverage with the literary world: www.usatoday.com/story/travel...

In the backseat with Penn Badgley: With 'You,' 'Gossip Girl' in the rearview, what's next Penn Badgley gets candid about "You," "Gossip Girl" fame, texting this famous pop star and what's next.

hey, you 👀 I got to spend a couple days with #PennBadgley before the final season of @netflix.com’s “You.” we ate lunch, rode around New York and chatted about celebrity, “Gossip Girl” and his life. my exclusive feature for @usatoday.com: www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

a little razzle dazzle

don't you sometimes just...mira lo que se avecina, a la vuelta de la esquina, viene Diego rumbeando?

a painting of two wolves looking at each other with fire and water in the background ALT: a painting of two wolves looking at each other with fire and water in the background

my playlist went from Ana Gabriel to Papa Roach

The haunting beauty of Hotel Del Salto: The real-life inspiration behind this new novel The Tequendama Falls is a sacred site for the Muisca people where they believe their ancestors leaped to their deaths rather than be subjugated.

It’s really fun when work meets other work for a joint slay: www.usatoday.com/story/travel...

the one about glimpses of goodness A reminder that kindness still matters (even in a Pokémon card trade)

A Pokémon card collector reminded me that hope—and basic human kindness—are still out there. riverajimenez.substack.com/p/the-one-ab...

got a payment for my fiction 🎉 by Lima, Ohio, show choir rules (as depicted on Glee), I’m considered a professional now 😎

it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight

Barry’s

the one about cringing at old work We should be so lucky to keep looking back and cringing.

trying to embrace the cringe riverajimenez.substack.com/p/the-one-ab...

Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ characters: Graphics explain the data More than a third of books banned last year featured fictional characters or real person of color, a new analysis from PEN America shows.

Across all genres and reading levels ‒ including fiction, history, biography, memoir and picture books ‒ characters and people of color were disproportionately affected by book bans in the past school year. www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

it’s annoying, but it’s good to cringe at old work, i promise

read why:
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further proof jax is just a tiny human with a coat

ok i think i have another story in my hands now...

Everyone’s vacationing in Puerto Rico. Can the island handle it? A tourism boon in Puerto Rico has local hotspots facing challenges of cultural dilution and environmental strain.

grateful i get to write about my home www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
#puertorico #travel #tourism

haven’t seen it yet—i know it’s a horror so i’m not sure it’ll have the same impact of Annie Bot’s ending

absolutely! i saw there’s a movie very similar out now called “companion”

chikorita rn

there too much going on at all times

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why are all influencer podcasts turning into a "my haters say xyz but i keep living" ...like, ok?

everything that’s happening *waves around* has me on edge and this morning the bagel sliced in a thick-and-skinny way and it almost sent me….

(i am very grateful i have food, which is what kept me from spiraling)