I have a book. Everything’s different, but still the same.
Shi Min Xie I had sushi (yay!) with a friend and he asked me how the book launches went. The best I could muster up was, “Ok lor.” “Really ah? Just okay lor?”…
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The Case For Swearing
When I was a kid, I discovered that it was very fun to swear. It still is fun, but now that I am a children’s book author, my boyfriend tells…
Getting A Job In Which You Write Could Be Detrimental To You
I remember writing a grumpy, angsty post about how most writing advice is bullshit, but this bit of advice applies to me, as I’ve always thought that getting a job…
How do you find time to write?
While I was having lunch with a bookseller friend of mine, he asked me, “How do you find the time to write?” Writing is something that I do every day,…
The first thing I ever wrote
was a composition about a cat. I was six years old and in Primary One. I had no idea what the story we had read was about — I think…
Pet Peeve: No! Don’t Tell Me The Spoilers!
In recent years, the term “Spoiler Alert” can be found in nearly every single review or recap of any episode, and for a while, it drove me insane. I didn’t…
Why Sailor Moon Is Important To Me, And Should Be For You, Too
When I was a young girl, my dad tried to get me into comics. He bought Daredevil, Spider-Man, and tried to introduce me to the rest. There was also X-Men,…
In which I talk about re-discovering the Chinese language and culture
When I was a child, I hated learning Chinese. The words were always so hard to read and memorise, expressing myself was so difficult, and the stories were always about…
How Matilda Shaped My Life
Like so many other children, I was a reader of Roald Dahl books. He was easily one of my favourite writers because everything in his books were so wild, imaginative,…
Shu Ping Was Originally Supposed To Be A Malay Girl…
Before Shu Ping was Shu Ping, she was supposed to be Aisyah, this Malay girl. This was a conscious decision I made because I wanted to have a little more…