She is a Marvel contributor and has been featured on Buzzfeed, Bustle, Good Morning America, and Deadline.Ĭlaribel’s debut middle grade novel Ghost Squad is a New York Times Bestseller and is being made into a feature film. Today when she’s not busy turning her obsession with eighties pop culture, magic, and video games into books, she's co-hosting the hilarious and chaotic Bad Author Book Club podcast or helping authors navigate publishing with her consulting business GifGrrl. Ortega went from journalism student, editing her classmates' often hilarious ads and ramblings on the back page of SUNY Purchase’s Independent Newspaper, to a small-town reporter, where she enjoyed going to board of ed meetings and texting the town mayors about the line at Starbucks. Interview with Rii Abrego & Benjamin A.New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author Claribel A.Interview with Author Melissa de la Cruz April 19, 2023.The Geeks OUT Podcast: Come on Barbie, Let’s Go Party! April 20, 2023.Rebelle Re-Views: ‘Centaurworld’ and The Discovery of Self through Found Family April 21, 2023.Interview with Webcomic Creator Achiru et al April 22, 2023.Interview with Holding On creators Sophia N.Interview with Artist Sabina Hahn April 29, 2023.I make up stories and get paid for it, it sounds fake. And honestly, it’s strange to make things up for a living.

There is a cycle of “this is amazing, this is actually awful, no wait it’s amazing!” that I go through every time I write a book, and getting to the “it’s amazing” phase is really satisfying. In terms of what’s enjoyable, I love when a story finally comes together. I used to love writing in coffee shops and bookstores, and that really helped my creativity and productivity but writing at home felt a bit stifling for me. It’s been hard having to write at home for the better part of the past two years. I’m usually at the desk by ten, and trying to write, and I’ll be there until at least six, even if no writing has actually occurred. I transitioned to becoming a full time writer just as the pandemic started, so I didn’t really have a chance to set my writing routine in a way that I was happy with until recently.

I try to outline, but the story always changes a ton no matter how much I try to plan ahead.

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