Category Archives: artist’s life

Embrace the great YMMV

Posted on June 20, 2017 by José Iriarte

I unfollowed a writer on twitter the other day, in an act of self-preservation. Not a bad guy in any way, but he kept tweeting a sentiment I found artistically damaging. Over the course of several days, he kept tweeting … Continue reading →

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Pretending to still love them

Posted on June 5, 2017 by José Iriarte

There’s this weird thing about being a selling writer that is obvious in retrospect, but that I totally didn’t see coming. When I write my stories, I feel varying levels of excitement about each one. But on some level, I … Continue reading →

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My 2016 Award Eligibility Post

Posted on December 10, 2016 by José Iriarte

I was going to pass on doing an award eligibility post this year, though I’ve had several publications I am very proud of. I felt like all the information on my publications was already available elsewhere on this site, so … Continue reading →

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. . . And my own 2015 recap and award eligibility post

Posted on January 1, 2016 by José Iriarte

In this post yesterday, I told folks about stories by other writers that I loved this year. Now I’d like to take a moment to reflect on my own writing year. Nobody reads my blog anyway, so I know nobody … Continue reading →

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New Pub Plus Half-Year In Review

Posted on July 8, 2015 by José Iriarte

I’ve had two more sales since the last time I updated, and one of them came out yesterday! “Message from Beyond” is a bit less heavy than a lot of my stories, more of a funnish ghost story, so if … Continue reading →

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Attack of the Pod People!

Posted on December 17, 2014 by José Iriarte

The good folks over at the Skiffy and Fanty Show were misguided enough to think I was worth interviewing, so we talked at length about writing, cultures, literature, and the immigrant experience. Give it a listen!

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“My Writing Process” Blog Hop

Posted on June 17, 2014 by José Iriarte

YA writer and dear friend Marlana Antifit tagged me on the writing process blog hop that’s been going around, for which I’m so grateful—I genuinely love being tagged in things like this, and yet I seem somehow to be overlooked … Continue reading →

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Published at Last!

Posted on November 5, 2013 by José Iriarte

Christmas morning ain’t got nothing on the day I’ve had today. Within the last 24 hours, my first and my second fiction sales have gone live. First came “Cabrón,” in Stupefying Stories‘s second annual horror anthology, Two. (Amazon link) (Barnes … Continue reading →

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“Aren’t you supposed to hate everything you write?”

Posted on September 1, 2013 by José Iriarte

August was very good to me. On August 14th, I made my first professional fiction sale, and on the 29th, I followed it up with another short story sale. To say I’m riding kind of high right now would be … Continue reading →

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Hacking my own creative process

Posted on March 27, 2013 by José Iriarte

I feel like my road to being a successful artist is filled with dozens if not hundreds of RPG-like level-ups that I need to unlock. Learn how to finish what I start. Check. Learn how to write novels. Check. Learn how … Continue reading →

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