How Dragonhearted came to be called, well, Dragonhearted
Shi Min Xie For the longest time, my book had no name. In fact, I went through most of the first draft without knowing what it was going to be called. Xin Long…
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How I Got A Book Deal
I submitted a manuscript to a competition. The End. LOL JK. That isn’t all I did, but writing it down in one sentence like that showed how it all boiled…
10 Fun Facts About Dragonhearted’s Supporting Character, Four Eyes
Four Eyes, by nature, is sad. It’s part of his DNA. That isn’t to say he can’t be happy–while Shu Ping is happy by default, Four Eyes is pessimistic by…
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)…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Shu Ping Was Originally Supposed To Be A Malay Girl…
Before Shu Ping was Shu Ping, she was supposed to be Aisyah, this Malay girl. This was a conscious decision I made because I wanted to have a little more…