When spooky shit happens to a horror writer There is an awful little truth about writing horror. You spend so much time courting the dark parts of yourself that sometimes the dark decides to RSVP to your living room. I woke up this morning still processing being spooked last night, and honestly I need to write it down before my brain turns it into a scene and then another scene and then a whole book.

Woke up from a tiny household haunting and wrote the whole thing down. If you like domestic hauntings that smell like coffee and unfinished altars, this one’s for you. Read my new post: When spooky shit happens to a horror writer. #MagicalRealism #LatineReads #OwnVoices #IdentityAndMagic

Self-Doubt and Generational Silence Explored in The Ordinary Bruja Marisol Espinal doesn’t think she’s magical.She doesn’t think she’s brave.She doesn’t think she’s worthy of being the hero in anyone’s story—not even her own. And that’s exactly why I wanted to write her. Because self-doubt doesn’t usually make the headlines. It doesn’t get the center stage in stories about witches and chosen ones. But it lives in so many of us.

Marisol didn’t learn self-doubt in words—she learned it in silence.
And that silence shaped the story she had to fight to remember.

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The Meaning Behind The Ordinary Bruja Title Explained When I first started writing The Ordinary Bruja, I didn’t know that would be the title. I had ideas—working titles, vibes I was chasing, folders full of poetic options—but nothing stuck. Then one day, after writing a particularly raw scene, the words “ordinary bruja” landed in my mind like a whisper from the page. And I laughed. Because Marisol, my main character, doesn’t…

Marisol doesn’t feel magical. She feels forgotten. But what if the most powerful brujas are the ones who bloom quietly? 🌿
Read the story behind The Ordinary Bruja’s title →

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My Book Baby Has a Playlist—and a Whole Lot of Feelings This morning, I hit play on the The Ordinary Bruja playlist—both the iTunes and Spotify versions I just finished—and I had to pause my life for a second. Literally stopped mid-song to record this journal entry because damn, I am feeling it. There’s this strange magic that happens when your story begins to sound like something. When the music captures your character’s heartbeat, your plot’s pulse, your themes, your tension.

Just dropped the Ordinary Bruja playlist on Spotify & iTunes 🎧✨ This book isn’t soft—it’s chaos, curses, and catching feelings while breaking generational silence. The soundtrack? Just as haunting. #TheOrdinaryBruja #BookPlaylist #LatineReads #OwnVoices #IdentityAndMagic