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a monthly to bimonthly newsletter of my thoughts on the craft of writing, updates on my writing life, and other musings
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pass pages, begging other authors to read my book, and an operation (opens the original)
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In case you missed it, about a month ago I got to announce my debut novel, Delicious Minds, an adult dark academia novel with a splash of cannibalism, and shared the details of how that came to be here:Babel meets Girl Dinner when a Taiwanese American graduate student is invited into an elite academic society, only to find out its inner circle eats the brains of other scholars to steal their knowledge — and suspects his brother was one of
how i got my book deal: from idea to offer in 6 months (opens the original)
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After 12 years of hoping for this moment, I can finally say I’m going to be a published author!My debut novel, Delicious Minds, will be coming out in Spring 2027 with Sourcebooks (Poisoned Pen Press) in North America, and Harper Voyager UK in the UK!!<source type="image/
the writing routine of an author who wrote three books in 2025 (opens the original)
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By this time last year, I’d written two novels, a YA horror and an adult dark academia horror. So far, 2026 has been low on new words. I’ve been revising and noodling around with new book ideas for the most part. While I’ve recently embarked on a new book, every day has been a process of wondering, uh, how words work.In the interest of reminding myself that I DO know how to write and HAVE ACTUALLY written six whole books, I wanted to share the writing routine that allowed me to write three books
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