Where once I seemed to soar over hidden paths, Wheels turning like the pages of an unknown story, I now wade, as if through molasses— This kingdom in the north is still, Like frost in glass or a squid in formaldehyde. I haunt the same haunts, I drink the same flowers. But it’s… Continue reading Return to Glass Town
This month, I entered Pitch Wars! I got 3 requests and while I wasn’t selected, I got 3 (!) offers of unofficial mentorship! So I’m honestly very happy. I’m mapping out revisions right now and look forward to diving into them in September! While waiting for the results to come out, I mostly spent a… Continue reading Life Update: August 2017
This month’s Treasure Box is a little shorter, probably because my laptop keyboard was busted for a week and I thus didn’t surf the Internet quite as much. But it’s still good! Let’s get to it! Covered box used by the Igbo people of Nigeria. ♦ FiveThirtyEight did a statistical analysis of fortune cookie fortunes!… Continue reading Treasure Box: August 2017
THE EPIC CRUSH OF GENIE LO is a book I’ve been anticipating for a while, and it did not disappoint: the foundation in Chinese mythology and hyper-competitive Asian-American high school happens to appeal to me personally because both reflect my own background, but it’s also very funny and smart and has really great characters. I… Continue reading THE EPIC CRUSH OF GENIE LO Book Playlist
So this is my first month-long, fully post-grad life update, so let’s get started! The biggest excitement last month was going to my first writing conference! It was the Society of Children’s Writers and Illustrators in LA, and it was a really great experience. The whole weekend was so informative and so positive and it… Continue reading Life Update: July 2017
Welcome to July’s Treasure Box, in which I share some of the things that I found interesting or whatever last month. Quill box by Odawa/Ojibwa craftswoman Yvonne Walker Keshick ♦ Since July was SDCC month, here’s…A Justice League of Their Own! ♦ And here’s a second Justice League item from Denver Comic-Con: THE ANIMATED SERIES CAST REUNION… Continue reading Treasure Box: July 2017
Confession: I didn’t actually like Sarah Kuhn’s Asian superheroine book, HEROINE COMPLEX, that much. I really wanted to because ASIAN SUPERHEROINES! But the repetitiveness of the narration and overly on-the-nose dialogue unfortunately really slowed the story down for me. But I LOVED the summary for the sequel, HEROINE WORSHIP! I was pretty obsessed with My Fair Wedding with… Continue reading ARC Review: Heroine Complex (with GIFs!)
