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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

Shi Min Xie August 20, 2025 0Comments

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Perfection is Overrated

Shi Min Xie July 6, 2025 0Comments

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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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My own nanowrimo pep talk

It is National Novel Writing Month, also known as Nanowrimo. I started doing this for two years as a teenager, coping with A levels and school during my first few…

Shi Min Xie November 13, 2019
Movie reviews

The Joker — Movie Review

Everyone has been raving about Joker for various reasons so I plonked my butt down to watch it. I’ve always been a DC fan as opposed to Marvel, but most…

Shi Min Xie October 23, 2019
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On being enough

Recently, one of my favourite artists Grant Snider posted this comic: This got me thinking about writing, and why I write. I write for various reasons now–to see my race…

Shi Min Xie August 7, 2019
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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

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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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