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Why I Write Ghost Stories in a City That (Seemingly) Doesn’t Believe in Ghosts

Shi Min Xie August 27, 2025 0Comments

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Notes from the Other Side of Publication

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Perfection is Overrated

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Behind-The-Scenes: Su Lynn and Cai Rong’s Relationship

Shi Min Xie May 15, 2025 0Comments

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The Book is Out! Finally! Plus Behind-The-Scenes Drafts

Shi Min Xie May 6, 2025 0Comments

Movie reviews

The Shape of Water — A Review

Let me preface this review by declaring one of my biases — I love Guillermo del Toro movies. I like anything that is weird or strange, so this inter-species romance…

Shi Min Xie April 4, 2018
Book Reviews

Akata Witch and Warrior — A Review

My editor, Daphne, recommended that I read Nnedi Okorador’s Akata Witch and Akata Warrior to help with writing my sequel. I had previously read Lagoon and Who Fears Death. After…

Shi Min Xie March 28, 2018
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I review KFC’s Mozzarella Burger

Every once in a while, our fast food chains come up with some decadent menu item to make everyone in this food crazed nation go insane. But wait–Shi Min, this…

Shi Min Xie March 22, 2018
Book Reviews

School for Good and Evil — A Review

I was looking for fantasy books for my students to read, and stumbled upon this while I was browsing through GoodReads. Basically, the story revolves around two girls, Sophie and…

Shi Min Xie February 23, 2018
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I’m not doing Nanowrimo this year.

Nanowrimo. The very competition that got me into writing my first full length novel. And it was full of rubbish. Not Nanowrimo. My novel, I mean. Back in 2006, when…

Shi Min Xie October 15, 2017
Flash Fiction

Shui Gui — A Seventh Month Ghost Story

I am often inspired by Chinese festivals, and this story is no different. Although we have just celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Ghost Month is now over, I thought…

Shi Min Xie October 12, 2017
Dragonhearted Thoughts

How to Sign Books for Children

Many of the people who buy my book are people I know, and some of the people I know come from where I work. Parents and children who support me…

Shi Min Xie July 11, 2017
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How Much of Xin Long’s Chinese New Year Mirrors My Own?

One very common question I get is whether Xin Long is based on me. The short answer is no. We’re very different people. However, since Dragonhearted is based on Chinese…

Shi Min Xie January 31, 2017
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The best Christmas present, ever.

It is the new year and this post is long overdue. For me Christmas doesn’t have that much meaning since I don’t quite celebrate it the so-called Christian way, but…

Shi Min Xie January 3, 2017
Commentary

What I don’t understand about Pokemon

I am playing Pokemon Sun. I would like to write that this is the fist time I’ve touched the franchise since the 90’s, but that’s not true. I played Pokemmo,…

Shi Min Xie December 24, 2016

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Dragonhearted is an award-winning children's book available at most bookstores. Views expressed here are my own.

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  • The Book is Out! Finally! Plus Behind-The-Scenes Drafts

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