Wendy C. Ortiz
@wendyortiz.com
Writes. EXCAVATION: A MEMOIR,
HOLLYWOOD NOTEBOOK: ESSAYS, and
BRUJA: A DREAMOIR reissued by Northwestern University Press, 2025. @nupress.bsky.social
EIC of MOMMY’S EL CAMINO 🛞 a weekly newsletter. she/her. Los Angeles 🤌🏼 https://linktr.ee/wendy.c.ortiz
HOLLYWOOD NOTEBOOK: ESSAYS, and
BRUJA: A DREAMOIR reissued by Northwestern University Press, 2025. @nupress.bsky.social
EIC of MOMMY’S EL CAMINO 🛞 a weekly newsletter. she/her. Los Angeles 🤌🏼 https://linktr.ee/wendy.c.ortiz
If there are any survivors of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of men in powerful positions reading this amid the avalanche of posts about Epstein, and you have not read my book Excavation, dm me. I have two copies I’d be happy to send. I hope you’re taking care as the timeline unfolds.
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
If there are any survivors of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of men in powerful positions reading this amid the avalanche of posts about Epstein, and you have not read my book Excavation, dm me. I have two copies I’d be happy to send. I hope you’re taking care as the timeline unfolds.
It was 9 yrs ago today that I launched the first edition of BRUJA. I invited a witch to come invoke a spell, and friends read from the book alongside me. This year @nupress.bsky.social reprinted the book with its gorgeous new cover.
Enjoy this 2016 photo of me saying wtf to my child mid-shenanigan
Enjoy this 2016 photo of me saying wtf to my child mid-shenanigan
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It was 9 yrs ago today that I launched the first edition of BRUJA. I invited a witch to come invoke a spell, and friends read from the book alongside me. This year @nupress.bsky.social reprinted the book with its gorgeous new cover.
Enjoy this 2016 photo of me saying wtf to my child mid-shenanigan
Enjoy this 2016 photo of me saying wtf to my child mid-shenanigan
Get HOLLYWOOD NOTEBOOK for 40% off with discount code HAUNTED 10/31 and 11/1
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October 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Get HOLLYWOOD NOTEBOOK for 40% off with discount code HAUNTED 10/31 and 11/1
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Happy Halloween 🎃 Today (10/31) and tomorrow (11/1) you can get any/all of my books for 40% off with discount code HAUNTED from @nupress.bsky.social.
Buy EXCAVATION for 40% off: nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014860...
Buy EXCAVATION for 40% off: nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014860...
October 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Happy Halloween 🎃 Today (10/31) and tomorrow (11/1) you can get any/all of my books for 40% off with discount code HAUNTED from @nupress.bsky.social.
Buy EXCAVATION for 40% off: nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014860...
Buy EXCAVATION for 40% off: nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014860...
Then I panned out and realized
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Then I panned out and realized
I was out here trying to document the new palm frond I’m watching
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I was out here trying to document the new palm frond I’m watching
40% off all 3 of my books, and any @nupress.bsky.social books, with discount code HAUNTED, today through November 1st 🍁🎃💀👻
October 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
40% off all 3 of my books, and any @nupress.bsky.social books, with discount code HAUNTED, today through November 1st 🍁🎃💀👻
post-candy corn races, at least the kids are all old enough now that they’re not eating them off the floor
October 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
post-candy corn races, at least the kids are all old enough now that they’re not eating them off the floor
The last time I was here trucks were pulling in with all the wood to make these steps. And today
October 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The last time I was here trucks were pulling in with all the wood to make these steps. And today
Beautiful book mail! The latest by @mbsycamore.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Beautiful book mail! The latest by @mbsycamore.bsky.social
tossing scary lemon into the timeline 👻🍋👻
October 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
tossing scary lemon into the timeline 👻🍋👻
Running from alligators, tsunamis, bombs, masked men; conversations with suspicious characters; matricide; being pregnant but not knowing how it happened; floating out in the middle of the ocean—Bruja is horror. bookshop.org/p/books/bruj...
October 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Running from alligators, tsunamis, bombs, masked men; conversations with suspicious characters; matricide; being pregnant but not knowing how it happened; floating out in the middle of the ocean—Bruja is horror. bookshop.org/p/books/bruj...
Perhaps the only horrors of Hollywood Notebook are being a baby writer in the field, and how much alcohol I consume bookshop.org/p/books/holl...
October 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Perhaps the only horrors of Hollywood Notebook are being a baby writer in the field, and how much alcohol I consume bookshop.org/p/books/holl...
Judging from countless reader responses over the last 11 years that the book has been out (its most recent incarnation below), I’d offer Excavation: A Memoir as horror. Also, true crime (with thanks to Myriam Gurba for being in conversation with me about this for years). bookshop.org/p/books/exca...
October 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Judging from countless reader responses over the last 11 years that the book has been out (its most recent incarnation below), I’d offer Excavation: A Memoir as horror. Also, true crime (with thanks to Myriam Gurba for being in conversation with me about this for years). bookshop.org/p/books/exca...
I’m baking this one 🌞
October 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I’m baking this one 🌞
This is like the eighth generation of neighborhood grey cat in the 14 years I’ve lived here, and this one comes with a bell 🥰
October 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is like the eighth generation of neighborhood grey cat in the 14 years I’ve lived here, and this one comes with a bell 🥰
Current view from my zero gravity chair in the backyard
October 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Current view from my zero gravity chair in the backyard
You buying books today from bookshop.org for the free shipping? If you click on my linktree in my bio you’ll see links to Bookshop for all three of my books 🤗 Buy Excavation for your oldest friend, Hollywood Notebook for the artist in your life, and Bruja for your Halloween hottie 👻
October 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
You buying books today from bookshop.org for the free shipping? If you click on my linktree in my bio you’ll see links to Bookshop for all three of my books 🤗 Buy Excavation for your oldest friend, Hollywood Notebook for the artist in your life, and Bruja for your Halloween hottie 👻
Today in Los Angeles: come on over to Echo Park this afternoon. We’ll be doing a little writing, a little talking about dreams, liminality, and my book Bruja, and sampling a cannabis charcuterie board.
September 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today in Los Angeles: come on over to Echo Park this afternoon. We’ll be doing a little writing, a little talking about dreams, liminality, and my book Bruja, and sampling a cannabis charcuterie board.
I talked with Hannah Eko, author of Honey is the Knife and founder of The Lit Club, “a creative community at the intersection of art, healing, and pleasure justice.” Hannah is hosting me and my book Bruja on Sunday 9/28 in LA. Cannabis charcuterie board will be present need I say more
September 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I talked with Hannah Eko, author of Honey is the Knife and founder of The Lit Club, “a creative community at the intersection of art, healing, and pleasure justice.” Hannah is hosting me and my book Bruja on Sunday 9/28 in LA. Cannabis charcuterie board will be present need I say more