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This year has been rough. It’s the first time in my life I’ve held down a job for over a year, and a full-time, labor-intensive job to boot, where the only time I can sit down is on my breaks or lunch. It’s hard to write when you’re working in the middle of a global […]
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On Labor Day of 2022, Chicon released the annual Hugo Awards long list tabulation. The long list is a detailed document that shows how votes were calculated to determine the cutoffs for being a finalist and the award winners. While shortlist entries have fully credited citations, long list entries are presented in an abbreviated format […]
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Another year wherein I thought I didn’t do that much, but it turns out I did so much. My first book came out this year, and I started a full-time job for the first time since 2017 (has it really been that long?). Oh, and the world is… *gestures vaguely outside* you know. Difficult circumstances […]
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I’m delighted to announce that In the Watchful City is on Publishers Weekly‘s Best Books of 2021 list! Publishers Weekly (PW) is a trade magazine that reviews over 9,000 books a year, mainly for an audience of publishers, booksellers, librarians, and others in the book publishing industry. The Best of 2021 list includes 150 books, […]
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Creating during the pandemic has felt like this speech Snoop Dogg gave after receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: This was the first year I went full-time freelance, and, while I didn’t break even from just freelance work, I’ve managed to support myself and be fully independent for the first time. I’ve […]
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If a work you’d like to consider is behind a paywall, please feel free to email me for a review copy. Short Fiction Short Stories “At Your Dream’s Edge.” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2019. 1,900 words. You’ve had the Nightmare app installed for months, but all you’ve ever done is create an […]
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I mentioned to @nicasiosilang that I once tried to explain intersectionality in Mandarin, but ended up with something along the lines of “the… the… feminism… but… more… [how do I say identities?]” To which Nicasio replied, “no no i love it, that on a tshirt: THE FEMINISM BUT MORE.” I had the supplies on hand […]
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Kintsugi (金継ぎ) (Japanese: golden joinery) or Kintsukuroi (金繕い) (Japanese: golden repair) is the Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum, a method similar to the maki-e technique. As a philosophy it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to […]
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I’ve finally started cooking again, and I figured I’d post a roundup once or twice a month to show what I’ve made. I don’t tend to link to recipes on Instagram (where the photos get posted first), but I’ll do so where possible here. 🙂 Let me know if you’re interested in a writeup for […]
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