#writing If you gotta give a character a stutter, remember the consonants in the Wheel of Fortune final wheel. Avoid R S T L N. Because holy crap have I written myself in a fun hole.

For the past three months I’ve forgotten what a jailbreak was and instead percolated the idea of a SELF-HEIST for a story. #writing

If I wanted to write 200 books a year I'd do it with unpaid interns the way god and James Patterson intended.

I’m just saying, if you can watch curling, you’ll survive Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles easy.

#WeeknightWriters A5 Wish me luck, I’m submitting another short story lol.

#WeeknightWriters A4 Stop looking at the Moksha site for updates lol

#WeeknightWriters A3 Not to always pat myself on the back (it combats the anxiety) but I’m cooking with this superhero idea. Plus, I get to design supersuit outfits and ruminate on how questionable thise Teen Titans (2003) outfits were/are! Fun times!

#WeeknightWriters A2 Most of my struggles is that short story magazine waiting anxiety. Subbing something then being like “Wait, was this a good idea?” It’s the problems of your creative group literally being so multidisciplinary we don’t crossover lmao. It’s alpha readers at most lol.

#WeeknightWriters A1 Mostly keeping my nose to the grindstone. Wake up, work, lunch, work, dinner, write/play stuff, movie, midnight meal, write, sleep. So holding up okay overall.

#WeeknightWriters! I am C.H.Lei, and I am walking my dog atm. Aside from continuing working out this little superhero project (Witchings meets Heroine Complex), I’m working on a horror short about yum cha (where dim sum is served) and eating the literal flesh of a god. Week doing ok? Creativity so

#WeeknightWriters A4 Uhhhh, maybe write an outline. I’ve been writing off the cuff, and also five different chapters simaltaniously. But maybe I’ll get to that when I’m ready. Me and this project are in a situationship atm.

#WeeknightWriters A3 My writing assistant. As always.

#WeeknightWriters A2. Yeah, I’m supposed to be editing and I’m writing something else! Personally, I’m good. Got some tortoise sitting later (my profile pic) and that’s always a good extra bump of cash.

#Weeknight Writers A1 Emotionally tired, creatively wired. Dooming in the dreams, but writing marathining over the sheets.

#WeeknightWriters! I be C.H.Lei. I got my short story subbed and now I’m waiting. Current WIP is a MG/YA (I like to write between the two) about a trio of teen super-sort-of-villains learning to be heroes. Witchlings + Heroine Complex. And yes, I did have my second Dispatch run recently lmaoz

Me: I stayed up late editing a short story for sub, I should take a break. At least a day. My mind: NOW YOU GOT TIME TO WORK ON THIS OTHER THING. GET TO IT MEAT SERVANT. #writing

That’s another short story sub done. Fingers crossed #writing #booksky

Nothing like waking up in a cold sweat, wondering, 80+ days post submission, did I actually make that short story submission anonymous as the guidelines said? #writing

#WeeknightWriters A5 Wish me luck that this post-Slasher short actually finishes editing by the time I sub it lmao.

#WeeknightWriters A4 I’m doing the same old, same old. Playing Blue Prince, going through Cassavete’s and Yasujiro Ozu’s filmography, wishing bad luck on my enemies.

#WeeknightWriters A3 Uhhh, I got a new MG book idea that’s part Teen Titans, part of the Phoenix Program aspect of Dispatch. I already have 2 chapters written of supervillain teens being bitchy at each other and— … wait, is this not the answer to Q2 too? (/j) New ideas are a double-edged sword.

#WeeknightWriters A1 I defer my minutes to the other speakers.

#WeeknightWriters! I be C.H. Lei, currently crunching a post-Slasher short story that’s a condemnation of the true crime pop culture media cycle, since my urban legend one needs more workshopping. Week is going well, for writing, that is.

#WeeknightWriters A5: Send those good vibes, not just to me not everyone else!

#WeeknightWriters Finish this horror short. I got a back-up in the wings just in case, but I really like this one— I’m really working that “10 page essay written 15 minutes before class” energy atm. For the record, that was the only A I got in that class.

#WeeknightWritees A3: Things are progressing well. If I get this horror short out then that’s another step into being a non-linear narrative person which idk what to think about. I also got up a cool new MG idea that’s just MG Dispatch, but whatever, I’ll take it. So the creative train is runnin.

#WeeknightWriters A2. So mine’s a very specific struggle: of whether or not I feel POC enough to submit stuff in the POC box. It’s a thing being mixed race Chinese/White, growing up with the Asian side, barely any white-side interaction, but fully passing white. It’s a weird identity conundrum.

#WeeknightWriters A1: Considering everything, I’m doing fine. I got writing and Blue Prince and watching ALGS finals (esports stuff) going on, so I’m a good firm neutral.

Hello, #WeeknightWriters! I am C.H.Lei. My week has been going well, but I’m sort of rushing a horror short story about urban legends and the sort of the evolution of them before subs open up. So that’s my WIP atm.

When you look at stuff like manga and light novels such, it’s wild that Japan has a market that’s romcoms for the young male demographic. The sketch of many titles aside, the fact that’s a thing is wild. #books #booksky

#WeeknigtWriters A5: For reading, uh, I make a new book stack if they aren’t sequels/part of a series. My bookshelf has been full since ‘21 …

#WeeknightWriters A4: No reading goals, but I’ve already read like 4-ish books so far? I’m still getting through the Mel Blanc memoirs, since I’m doing every movie chapter after watching the movie etc.

#WeeknightWriters A3: Biggest goal is to try to get a short story pubbed in a pro-rate mag or the like. Then I can start flexing around people j/k That and maybe get my MG finally finished up—it’s been in editing since ‘24 lol.

#Weeknightwriters A2: I got something published for the first time! Super story in a super small indie press anthology over in, like, Scotland. Just don’t ask me what I think about the short now lol.

#WeeknightWriters A1: Oof. I mean, I think it’s pretty obvious. *looks out window*

#WeeknightWriters! I am C.H. Lei and my #— just kidding. My current WIP is editing an MG for sub, think Momo Arashima meets The Green Bone Saga, about a Chinese-American girl in San Francisco suddenly thrust into the politics of Yaoguai gangs after her spirit gets displaced. Week going good.

Hmmm, should I sub this rather simple but effective short story, or shpuld I just go back to the drawing board and write an entire experimental piece 2 weeks before subs open? Hmmmm. #writing

#WeeknightWriters A5 Just the writing grind. Only got to minimal editing on Mo/Tue. Wed/Thur has been me percolating a folk horror idea about a bunch of electricians being sent to fix up a small town after a wind storm and finding spooky stuff on my phone. Gee, I wonder what’s the influence.

#WeeknightWriters After these days without power, everything’s gonna be better next week lol. It’s a yearly thing, but still gets in my nerves. Can’t wait to not rely on a power bank to charge my phone.

#WeeknightWriters A1 I’m on day two without power. The pump house generator is finally working today. Thankfully, I got my phone, so while not really editing editing, I’m getting some stuff do e.

Hi, #WeeknightWriters! I am late, also I’m C.H. Lei. Atm I’m taking a small break and editing on my nigh-complete MG Fantasy about a girl in San Francisco who gets caught up in supernatural gang warfare. Think Momo Arashima/Spirited Away meets the Green Bone saga or your fav gangster movie. MG. Yup

#WeeknightWriters A5: I might go back to editing my MG book, which is like Momo Arashima meets The Green Bone Saga, about a teen girl in San Francisco who gets sucked into supernatural gang politics with Chinese gods and spirits. Or just continue my #FirstDraftFall project.

#WeeknightWriters A3 The challange: the camaraderie, definitely. Project specific: ummmm, most everything. But definitely writing a conplete and utter delusional girlfailure in the center of a thriller. Turns out, I like writing girlfailures. Excepting the girl part, I can relate lol.

#WeeknightWriters A1 Lol no. November’s a big month. Besides family obligations I’m supposed not shave, not jork it, AND write 50K words on a single cohesive project? That’s wildin’, yo. No. But I did write a 10K word novelette, so there’s that. I finished somwthing lol.

#WeeknightWriters! I am C.H.Lei, and well, I got stuff going on. So my unfinsihed #FirstDraftFall was/is a Fantasy/thriller whodunngotpossessed influenced mainly by Chinese folklore and Hitchcock. I also finished a 10K word humorous Sword and Sorcery novelette. I got other stuff too. Too much.

The fact that both Garfinkle and Garfunkle are surnames also implies the existence of Garfenkle, Garfankle, and Garfonkle.

#WeeknightWriters Got a rejection from a short story mag that I really like, so I spent the weekend with some purposeful good old-fashioned wallowing before channeling it into toruting my #FirstDraftFall MC some more. Thanks, Hitchcock thriller dynamics! So overall, a productive day lmao.

#writing Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, but make it film noir.

#WeeknightWriters A4: I got a weird west sort of sword & sorcery-like short I wanna finish up, but besides that, I’m all good.

#WeeknightWriters A3 In terms of on the whole, it’s cool to see how everyone’s doing. Really humanizes a (mostly) very lonely hobby lol. On the project side, I’m happy that my MC is going as I imagined. Writing a rather POS stubborn/arrogant girlfailure is a hard one, but I think I’m nailing it.