Good morning everyone! I woke up this morning feeling strangely energized, so I'm going to try to write an edit a piece of flash fiction in its entirety. Hopefully I don't lose my momentum.

I feel like I can never truly shake off my screenwriting roots. I was trained to think primarily in story beats; that's a hard habit to try and break out of.

Submitting to literary journals should be a full time job!

The Dilllydoun Review / Issue 15 Cover.

My new piece, "Triptych", was published in The Dillydoun Review today! I'm so happy to be published alongside such fantastically talented writers! 😊 thedillydounreview.com/issue-15/jessi…

We're happy to publish your work Jessica Mendoza!!

I was accepted into an MFA program in Creative Writing! 🥰🎉🎉

Jessica Mendoza is a young writer & tutor in Los Angeles, Calif. Jessica spends most of her time feverishly editing essays and raving about the semicolon’s usefulness to her students. Read her short fiction piece, "How To Survive The Buffet" at Streetlight buff.ly/3OaaedR

Grimy magical realism, for sure!

Does anyone have any tips for keeping and maintaining a blog?

Not everything needs to be solved, or explained, or understood, or fully realized. Art is often at its best when it's ambiguous and up for interpretation, and the desire to make everything fully understandable can lead to incuriosity.

I'm always looking for new tutoring jobs! Honestly, tutoring is so fun and rewarding.

I just published Conference Paper: Painful Growing: Black Scholars Within the Damaging Chrysalis of Academia link.medium.com/xr0HiPmsMBb

For my fellow Black writers: is it difficult for you to write about the racism you've experienced?

Lighthouse is open for submissions of poetry and prose until 31st August.

Working on a syllabus for the first time is rough! 😮‍💨

I’m kind of in the mood to write some kind of romance. It’s not my typical genre, but it might be fun to dip my toes into writing a love story!

We’re very excited to announce La Piccioletta Barca’s The Pushcart Prize Nominations for 2023: Nataliya Deleva Claudia Piñeiro 💚 🧡/Fiona J. Mackintosh AlaniRosa lagnajita Jessica Mendoza picciolettabarca.com/posts/pushcart… #pushcartprizenominee #pushcartprizenominees #pushcartprize

I was honored to be invited to write a column for friend and fellow writer Jennifer Steil! open.substack.com/pub/jenniferst…