Perfection is Overrated
Shi Min Xie “If I were a perfectionist, I would do this…” my boss said, demonstrating to me for the nth time how to take pictures. That was how I knew I needed…
writing
Behind-The-Scenes: Su Lynn and Cai Rong’s Relationship
A guilty pleasure of mine is reading romance books. Back when I was a teenager, pining about boys who would never like me back, I would go to the library…
The Book is Out! Finally! Plus Behind-The-Scenes Drafts
You probably have already realised that Ghost Hunters of Geylang is out. You probably have seen the reel of the book launch, of the workshop at CHIJ Katong Convent, and…
How Playing a Pirate Queen Helped Me Reclaim My Confidence as a Writer
The year was 2019. The pandemic was much more than the world could handle, and my editor had just screamed at me for writing a shitty sequel. I’d had an…
The Blog is Back
Hello! I received some good news lately, and I thought it’d be a wise move to update the blog again, you know, get back to it, posting and suchlike. 2023…
The Corporate Adventures of the Eighth Dragon Princess of the South Seas
Ever since the Heavens, Hell, and Earth rolled into one, the Dragon Princess of the South Seas had to take her degree at Singapore Management University and graduate with a…
Writing the sequel to Dragonhearted
When I typed the last few words of Dragonhearted, I knew that there was going to be a sequel. It came as a surprise because I did not plan for…
Memorising ‘good phrases’ isn’t really the way to teach kids how to write
I get slightly exasperated when students’ parents ask me if there is a list of phrases that their child can memorise to get ready for their composition examinations. I don’t…
Inadvertently ignorant things people say to writers
I thought for a long while about doing this entry, even though my blog is supposed to be a force for good and also mostly for me to review books…
What Writing Is
Writing is freedom. You may not realise it, but it is. Writing is casting magic spells and slaying the dragons. It is being your own hero and showing yourself that…