S4 E18: Claribel A. Ortega & #WitchlingsBook

Kat interviews Claribel about the process of writing and publishing their second middle grade (and first series!). How publishing a second book feels different. How expectations change as your career progresses. And working on not “giving weight to the negative” ABOUT CLARIBEL: New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author, Claribel A. Ortega is a former reporter who writes middle-grade and young adult fantasy inspired by her Dominican heritage. When she's not busy turning her obsession with eighties pop culture, magic, and video games into books, she’s co-hosting her podcast Bad Author Book Club and helping authors navigate publishing with her consulting business GIFGRRL. Claribel is a Marvel contributor and has been featured on Buzzfeed, Bustle, Good Morning America and Deadline. Claribel’s debut middle grade novel Ghost Squad is out now from Scholastic and is being made into a feature film. Her forthcoming books include Witchlings (Scholastic) and the graphic novel Frizzy (First Second). You can find her on Twitter, Instagram and Tiktok @Claribel_Ortega and on her website at claribelortega.com. • FOLLOW CLARIBEL: Twitter | Instagram | Youtube | TikTok | Website • BUY Witchlings • BUY Ghost Squad • BUY This is Our Rainbow • BUY Reclaim the Stars • Add FRIZZY on Goodreads MENTIONS: • Neverending Story Gmork • S2 E20: Claribel Ortega & I'm Expecting a Payoff Jesus • S2 E21: Claribel Ortega & the Bi-Annual Clickbait • FOLLOW KAT: Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | TikTok • • PRE-ORDER Once Upon a K-Prom (May 2022, Disney) • Check out Kat’s Books • FOLLOW WRITE OR DIE: Twitter | Instagram • Write or Die Episodes • Join our WorDie community! • Learn more about Write or Die

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S4 E18: Claribel A. Ortega & #WitchlingsBook is an episode from Write Or Die Podcast by Claribel A. Ortega & Kat Cho.

This episode is 01:00:28 long.

This episode was published on Apr 4, 2022.

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