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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

There is a culture to keep churning out content, and it is no good

A few years ago, I was working for websites that were churning out viral content. I had worked for several companies, and all I did was this: I would get…

Shi Min Xie July 3, 2019
Personal

My ideal library

A friend and I were talking about the kind of libraries we would like to have if we ever owned a house one day. This is something of a pipe…

Shi Min Xie June 26, 2019
Personal

Why “Good vibes only!” and “Be happy” is unhelpful.

I am taking a break from this regularly scheduled programming to talk about this phrase, which I keep seeing so often. I get it. People want to be happy. We…

Shi Min Xie June 19, 2019
Movie reviews

Movie Review: Always Be My Maybe

One of my guilty pleasures is watching romantic comedies. Even though I laugh at how formulaic and predictable everything is, there is a sense of security in watching it. Unlike…

Shi Min Xie June 12, 2019
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My hair is blue, my hair is blue, my hair is blue

I first started dyeing my hair blue after watching that Pacific Rim movie. It is a very silly and completely illogical movie, as far as movies go–or should I say…

Shi Min Xie June 5, 2019
Book Reviews

Book Review: A Ghost in my Suitcase

I got this book from my best friend who visited Singapore. This was a present from her and I read it quickly. In this book, Celeste, the protagonist, goes to…

Shi Min Xie May 15, 2019
Personal

10 Reasons why Game of Thrones has nothin’ on ancient China

Warning: This post is not for children under the age of 12. Read at your own risk.

Shi Min Xie May 6, 2019
Personal

I have a new laptop, or being a writer costs money

To replace my old laptop, I have a new one. It is a rose gold MacBook Air. I’m an aesthete, so I want my glorified typewriter to be pretty. Some…

Shi Min Xie May 1, 2019
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Don’t let the bullies win

Warning: The entry below is not suitable for children under 12. To make things a little better, here’s a picture of Shadow taken by my sister.

Shi Min Xie April 23, 2019
Personal

My laptop is dead

It is gone. After almost six years of serving me well, the machine did not detect the hard drive. On Friday, I was testing students to prepare them for their…

Shi Min Xie April 9, 2019

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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 Epigram Books First Look Sales Conference

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