The Epigram Books First Look Sales Conference
Shi Min Xie My publisher, Epigram Books, invited me to their First Look Sales Conference. It’s an event they hold twice a year, and the authors get to talk about the books that…
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The Blog is Back
Hello! I received some good news lately, and I thought it’d be a wise move to update the blog again, you know, get back to it, posting and suchlike. 2023…
That Poem In Which I Imagine Winning the 19 Million Toto Draw
What would I do with 19 million?I’d buy a home, for a start.No longer will I wait for some man to agreeTo live in a pathetic shoebox apartment,Or to be…
The Corporate Adventures of the Eighth Dragon Princess of the South Seas
Ever since the Heavens, Hell, and Earth rolled into one, the Dragon Princess of the South Seas had to take her degree at Singapore Management University and graduate with a…
Turning Red is also about generational trauma, not just about puberty
The new movie Turning Red has taken the Asian community by storm. Like it or hate it, we’re all impressed that this movie got made, especially during the pandemic, with…
On Reunion Dinners, mostly.
I haven’t really updated here in a while, and sometimes, I’m not too sure what this blog is for. Often, I second guess myself–why, of all things, should I have…
The Death of Farmer Yan Part VIII
I did not think that there was an edge of the world, but there we were. Horse and I had walked to the part of the world where the sky…
The Death of Farmer Yan Part VII
I woke up the next day on the temple’s cold, hard, floors. My partner and I had kept vigil at night, and somehow, we had fallen asleep. Every muscle in…
The Death of Farmer Yan, Part VI
Horse and I sat opposite each other at this long table. The prince sat to my right and the princess was on Horse’s left. The mood was sad and solemn,…
The Death of Farmer Yan, Part V
The funeral was to take place in the temple’s great hall. Monks were constructing a wooden platform to put my master’s body beneath it, with Master Yu giving directions. Some…