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Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

@roxanne-ocasio.bsky.social

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she/her/ella
🇵🇷 Bilingual fantasy writer
“The Chupacabra Next Door” featured in Speculative Fiction for Dreamers.
Querying a contemporary fantasy with free Luigi vibes.
Cleveland against the World
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Roxanne Ocasio (querying!) @roxanne-ocasio.bsky.social · Apr 15

I am currently querying this novel!!

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!) @roxanne-ocasio.bsky.social · Feb 26

If you’re team #FreeLuigi, how about a book in which a group of superpowered humans decides to execute politicians and CEOs with:

🗡️ Forced proximity
🗡️ Found family
🗡️ Feminist/millennial rage
🗡️ Slow burn friends-to-lovers
🗡️ Morally gray protagonists (obvi)

#WSpit #A #F #R #BIPOC #Own #latinofantasy

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

@roxanne-ocasio.bsky.social

I can’t say anything right now that isn’t going to put me on a list.

I’m angry, I’m tired. People need to fight back NOW.

January 25, 2026 at 3:58 PM

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Clara Elena García, Author 🇵🇾

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A lot of people have been asking me what they can do to fight back if they can’t attend a protest or be on the front lines.

Here are 10 things that you can do to take action right now (many from the comfort of your couch).

There is room for everyone in the resistance. We have friends everywhere.

January 24, 2026 at 11:32 PM

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Pedro Iniguez

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The Fib wishes everyone a safe and happy Halloween tomorrow!

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October 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

@roxanne-ocasio.bsky.social

And now I’m rooting for the Blue Jays. YIKES.

k2amama.bsky.social @k2amama.bsky.social · Oct 30

You can't drop thst bomb and exit stage left...

L.A. Dodgers Owner’s Ties to Private Prisons and Surveillance Spark Backlash from Latino Fans - The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint share.google/GQh1uVXfxqcD...

L.A. Dodgers Owner’s Ties to Private Prisons and Surveillance Spark Backlash from Latino Fans

As thousands of Latinos and immigrant families pack Dodger Stadium night after night, the team’s billionaire owner has faced growing scrutiny over financial connections to companies profiting from …

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October 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

@roxanne-ocasio.bsky.social

I haven’t posted here in a while because LIFE.

I am alive. Sort of. As much as anyone can be in this timeline.

September 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

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Independence Day is canceled this year.

If you’re celebrating, we see you.

July 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

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I refer back to this video OFTEN.

Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · May 24

A decade later, I still think this is the best video on whether or not to italicize words in non-English languages when writing in English. www.youtube.com/watch?v=24gC...

Why We Don't Italicize Spanish

YouTube video by Daniel José Older

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May 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM

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Sheri Hill

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May 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

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Me: *finishes reading The Ashfire King*

Me: *screams at ceiling*

May 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

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Today’s #WIPSnips prompt is “after”; here’s a story within the WIP that might become a prequel 👀:

#booksky #writesky #writingcommunity #bipocwriters #latinofantasy #feministfantasy

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“I imagine they didn’t tell you much about their time abroad when you were a girl. Coño, I don’t imagine these two know much about it either.” Silva leaned his forearm on the table, setting his fork at the edge of his plate. “I’m from some campo town just outside of Jumacao, and volunteered for the navy as soon as I was old enough. I rose to captain quickly because my superior officers kept getting themselves killed, and wound up encountering Lady Amelia when she and your father were cruising the oceans, just before the first invasion of Avonyr. Suffice to say after she kicked my culo a handful of times, stole from ships I was supposed to protect, and made me look a fool in front of king and country, I decided to fake my own death to escape the embarrassment.” He snorted, refilling Victoria’s cup and then his. “I respected them because they fought with honor. When bochinche spread about what they were doing, I brought Joanna with me to come support their cause.”

May 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

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MAGAts: Buy American made!

Their dude: *does this*

Y’all remember those breaches of national security…

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · May 11

“…[In] possibly the biggest foreign gift ever received by the US government…the Trump administration plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747-800 plane as a donation from the Qatari royal family that will be upgraded to serve as Air Force One.”

A “DONATION”. Sure, Jan.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/u...

Trump Is to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One

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May 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

@roxanne-ocasio.bsky.social

Today’s #WIPSnips prompt is “over”; SEND ME ON AN ADVENTURE is a big mood:

#booksky #writesky #writingcommunity #bipocwriters #latinofantasy #feministfantasy

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Victoria switched to her native tongue. “Why do you speak our language?”

“We are all from the same place,” he said, answering in kind. “A country called Borinquera, which is not of this realm. The language we speak therefore is not Spanish, as it is called here, but Borinqueran.”

She touched the pendant around her neck, tracing her thumb over the engraving. “That’s impossible. I would remember—”

“Do you remember anything before you were seventeen?”

“No. How…?” Her eyes widened, her lower lip trembling slightly. “There are pieces of things, but my abuela told me they were dreams. That I read too many books, that I…” She wrapped her arms around her torso, rubbing one forearm. “That a car accident had taken my memory from me. That’s not true, is it?”

May 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

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I think I’m going to write today.

*opens email to rejection letter*

Hmm. Maybe I’ll read. 😭

May 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

@roxanne-ocasio.bsky.social

Today’s #WIPSnips prompt is “cup” and they drink A LOT in the new WIP:

#booksky #writesky #writingcommunity #bipocwriters #latinofantasy #feministfantasy

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“I had to step in last week.” Elliot picked up his cup. “They nearly arrested me.”

“You shouldn’t…” Victoria sighed loudly and looked at the ceiling. “They’ll shoot you, you know. The only reason I can talk them out of it is…” She hesitated, her hand on her cup. The obvious reason—their difference in skin color—wasn’t actually how she managed to avoid getting arrested herself. The discovery of her power to control had been an accident; years ago, when the school had a colonizer’s name, Joanna had been cornered by a bully. Girls with strange accents and even stranger mannerisms were obvious targets. But while Victoria had confessed to her cousin that she could control people with a glance—and move things with her mind, she later discovered—she hadn’t dared to tell their strict, religious abuela. Nor did she intend to tell anyone else, no matter how trustworthy or kind or handsome they seemed to be. “I can talk my way out of it because the cops just assume I’m Italian and I wave my teacher ID around. You though—you probably shouldn’t get involved, for obvious reasons.”

May 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

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All day, my brain: I don’t feel like writing.

The minute I go to bed, my brain: Let’s discuss chapter 14…

May 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

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Listen, the ball belongs to Jarrett Allen. Everyone else is just borrowing it...if he lets them. #Cavs #LetEmKnow

April 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

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My heart is going so hard, I’ll have to read for an hour before I can go to bed. #Cavs

April 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

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For the love of God, someone get this ref some glasses. #Cavs #LetEmKnow

April 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

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People who bought a Tesla *before* all this 🙄, you already knew what you were supporting.

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Apr 21

It is difficult for me to convey how profoundly unsurprised I was reading this article, which is about the world's richest and most famous entrepreneur threatening to deport his employees for pointing out a potentially fatal safety issue with his car company's brakes

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"He's Pure Evil": Former Tesla Engineer Says Elon Musk Threatened to Deport Her Team for Pointing Out a Problem With the Brakes

A Tesla engineer has accused Tesla of threatening her team with deportation after bringing up a brake safety issue with CEO Elon Musk.

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April 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM

Roxanne Ocasio (querying!)

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Stayed up way too late on a work night to read The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah. I’m not even done!

Then all my dreams wound up about fantasy political intrigue. Go figure.

April 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM

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Ben Ross

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Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”