Welcome! I’m Leticia Urieta

Leticia, a fat light skinned woman with dark brown curly hair and green eyes is looking into the distance with her hand on a mossy tree. She is wearing a blue sweater and a multicolored scarf. She stands against the tree in a wooded area on the coast of Maine.

Welcome! I’m Leticia Urieta. I am a writer of horror, speculative fiction, comics, poetry and more! I am also write freelance and work as a teaching artist, leading community writing workshops across genres. I also offer editorial services and publish a monthly blog, Leticia’s Creative Obsessions.

I’d love to work with you to support your creative project or lead a workshop for your community!

Finding the Flow

My one-word theme for 2025 was Rhythm. I chose this word because as I transitioned my life through several big changes, I wanted to find a new rhythm for how I would spend my days as a full-time writer and teaching artist, and how Ramiro and I would create this new life together. Looking back…

The Road So Far

This newsletter is a long one, so buckle up! I find myself beginning my day with questions. Not just the every day questions like “what will I make for breakfast this morning?” or “what do I feel like reading?” but invitations to ponder where I want to go or what I feel creatively pulled to…

Ancestors

Learning about the rich and complex histories of the towns we visit has me thinking about our relationship to ancestors, both living and dead. In my last newsletter, I talked about how I struggled with the all the historic monuments and memorials we saw that upheld the myth making of “great men” in American history…

Leticia Urieta

Writer and Community Teaching Artist

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