Josh1
@josh1rivera.bsky.social
vejigantes y brujería 🇵🇷 — writes fiction, edits news (usatoday travel)
i wrote about first lines and how i view them as an editor open.substack.com/pub/riveraji...
October 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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
September 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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...
August 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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...
June 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
There’s an obvious difference between oral and written communication. open.substack.com/pub/riveraji...
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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May 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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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got invited to drinks at 9pm??? the time my dog is already curled up under a blanket? are u crazy?
May 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
got invited to drinks at 9pm??? the time my dog is already curled up under a blanket? are u crazy?
Looking forward to my second @lkbfstorytellers.bsky.social event this September!
May 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Looking forward to my second @lkbfstorytellers.bsky.social event this September!
It was such a fun assignment to blend travel coverage with the literary world: www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
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.
www.usatoday.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It was such a fun assignment to blend travel coverage with the literary world: www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
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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...
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.
www.usatoday.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
a little razzle dazzle
don't you sometimes just...mira lo que se avecina, a la vuelta de la esquina, viene Diego rumbeando?
April 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
don't you sometimes just...mira lo que se avecina, a la vuelta de la esquina, viene Diego rumbeando?
my playlist went from Ana Gabriel to Papa Roach
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
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April 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
my playlist went from Ana Gabriel to Papa Roach
It’s really fun when work meets other work for a joint slay: www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
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.
www.usatoday.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It’s really fun when work meets other work for a joint slay: www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
A Pokémon card collector reminded me that hope—and basic human kindness—are still out there. riverajimenez.substack.com/p/the-one-ab...
the one about glimpses of goodness
A reminder that kindness still matters (even in a Pokémon card trade)
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April 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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 😎
April 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
got a payment for my fiction 🎉 by Lima, Ohio, show choir rules (as depicted on Glee), I’m considered a professional now 😎
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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
March 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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
trying to embrace the cringe riverajimenez.substack.com/p/the-one-ab...
the one about cringing at old work
We should be so lucky to keep looking back and cringing.
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March 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
trying to embrace the cringe riverajimenez.substack.com/p/the-one-ab...
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...
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.
www.usatoday.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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:
open.substack.com/pub/riveraji...
read why:
open.substack.com/pub/riveraji...
March 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
it’s annoying, but it’s good to cringe at old work, i promise
read why:
open.substack.com/pub/riveraji...
read why:
open.substack.com/pub/riveraji...
further proof jax is just a tiny human with a coat
March 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
further proof jax is just a tiny human with a coat
ok i think i have another story in my hands now...
March 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
ok i think i have another story in my hands now...
February 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM