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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

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Thoughts on Neil Gaiman

Shi Min Xie January 17, 2025 0Comments

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How Playing a Pirate Queen Helped Me Reclaim My Confidence as a Writer

Shi Min Xie November 17, 2024 0Comments

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The Epigram Books First Look Sales Conference

Shi Min Xie July 20, 2024 0Comments

Commentary Dragonhearted

10 Fun Facts About Dragonhearted’s Supporting Character, Shu Ping

Shu Ping was given this name because I liked it. There is no depth to naming this character. I did, however, name her after a classmate in Junior College (JC)…

Shi Min Xie March 30, 2016
Dragonhearted Personal

10 Fun Facts About Dragonhearted’s Main Character, Xin Long

There are so many things that inspired me to create this character that I don’t know where to begin, but I’ll do up a list of 10 things you need…

Shi Min Xie March 29, 2016
Game Reviews

Don’t Starve is actually a pretty existential game

I may be late to the party, but recently, I got around to playing “Don’t Starve” but the indie developer Klei Entertainment. I love this game, and I’m so addicted…

Shi Min Xie March 28, 2016
Dragonhearted Querying

In which I write about submitting Dragonhearted to an agent

Before I knew Dragonhearted was getting published by Scholastic Asia for sure, I started sending my books to local publishers and overseas agents. (I mean, just because I was shortlisted…

Shi Min Xie March 27, 2016
Dragonhearted Personal

How I Create Characters

There are a few ways that I use to create characters. Some of them overlap, of course, and none of them are mutually exclusive. To each his or her own.…

Shi Min Xie March 24, 2016
Dragonhearted Personal

5 Things That Inspire Me To Write

There are people asking me how Dragonhearted came about, and it’s because I am surrounded with inspiration. Nearly everything and anything inspires me to write, but here’s a list of…

Shi Min Xie March 23, 2016
Dragonhearted Personal

Dragonhearted wasn’t meant to be a children’s book…

but I’m glad it is. When I set out to write Dragonhearted, I didn’t think that it would be a children’s book. In fact, I didn’t think it would be…

Shi Min Xie March 14, 2016
Dragonhearted Personal

10 Fun Facts About My Book, Dragonhearted

As some of you know, my book, Dragonhearted, will be published this year. I know lots of people are excited for me, and to get you interested in reading this…

Shi Min Xie February 20, 2016
Thoughts

The Recurring Theme In Many Hotel Ads

I have had the privilege of being a travel writer for a luxury magazine, and there is a recurring issue that I encounter every time I put the magazine together.…

Shi Min Xie August 30, 2015
The Grumps Writing Tutorials

Lots Of Writing Advice Is Bullshit

When I was pitching my book to agents, I came across an article that said something like, “Why Prologues are not a Good Idea.” It detailed the ways in which…

Shi Min Xie July 18, 2015

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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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