Join Coven of the East at @anotherstoryto.bsky.social for stories of sisterhoood, healing, and reclaimed magic tomorrow night! #booksky #Toronto #authorsigning @aijiang.bsky.social @samwilket.bsky.social @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social

Headed to StokerCon in Pittsburgh! Who is going to be there!? Say HELLO. I have goodies for you!

Woo hoo!

"Coven of the East anthology reads like a dream in which Asian women march across the page, refusing to shrink..." Thanks @tamikathompson.bsky.social for the review on Uncomfortably Dark Reminder to trust the process and follow your intuition. Happy AAPI Month #aapi #asiandiaspora

Join Coven of the East for a special multi-author event on Sun, May 31st from 1pm - 3pm at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Readings and Q&A starts at 1:30pm with @aijiang.bsky.social @samwilket.bsky.social #gitanjalilena #sarasurani #authorevent #authorsigning

Edits are back from my publisher for "Duplication," corporate dystopian revenge thriller! We are ahead of schedule 📝 😀

As a former affordable housing advocate in California, the difference between corporate sponsored dev versus public good dev destroys communities. See sports stadiums and luxury housing...

Finished up an audition for a storytelling show. Writing is half the work then there is delivering the piece to an audience with your voice, body language, and vibes. The panel laughed at my jokes....so 🤞!

Signed a contract for "Duplication," a corporate revenge thriller, with publish date of July 2027! More details soon.

Reviewing a contract for my novelette 😍❤️🔖

Fun books news coming up!!!

Keep fighting it, everyone.

My scifi flash "Necessary Protocols of the Iron Dresses (鐵旗袍)" is appearing in Space and Time Magazine's April 2026 issue. It's inspired by "Murderbot Diaries," which I read with Fermented Fiction's host @clayvermulm.bsky.social !! Excited for ya'll to read it! #scifi #writerslife

Signing two contracts for short stories this week! Excited to share where two of them landed! #writingcommunity #writerlife

Have you read Silk and Sinew!? Highly recommend but don't just take it from me ---> It's nominated for a Bram Stoker Award!!!

And Chasing Moonflowers by @paulinechow.bsky.social, a novel I had the privilege of mentoring through the HWA program, is also a 2025 Foreword INDIE Finalist for Young Adult Fiction!

Coven of the East — the anthology I co-edited with @paulinechow.bsky.social and published with Authortunities Press & Ghastly Goings-On Press — is a 2025 Foreword INDIE Finalist for Anthologies!

Coven of the East is a Foreword Indies Finalist! This genre-bending anthology features 22 writers from the Asian Diaspora, reimagining Asian Women's magical histories! www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books...

Need to read this!!!

submitted the thing! Feedback from editors interested in a thriller revenge novelette. 🤞#writinglife

I had to make a second Starter Pack! If you have any recs for Latinx Spec Fic authors, let me know and I'll try to add them when I can. Much love! go.bsky.app/UtDuh4e

Typical case of the Mondays? Got my car stuck in snowy the driveway. By the time AAA comes, the snow may melt 😅

Opt Out Project is a step-by-step buy to untangle from bigger tech. If you canot, don't pay for services with your privacy. Google adding AI without my consent to my emails lit 🔥 to migrate away from them www.optoutproject.net

Trying again this year for 100 magazine rejections. Last year got side tracked with publishing a novel and anthology. In 2024, I got noped 65 times. #writingcommunity

VAMPIRES AT SEA by Lindsay Merbaum (Creature Publishing). Reviewed by @rebeccacuthbert.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/vamp...

Thank you @gnofhorror.com for reading and reviewing Chasing Moonflowers.

Chasing Moonflowers has 50 reader reviews! Indie authors had considered this a milestone. Will the algorithm start to pay attention? Is there a new line in the shifting sands? #writingcommunity www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

So grateful for @JFGarrard and ArtsyRaven Podcast! We had a blast discussing the messy, nnonlinear path to becoming a writer, joys of reclaiming myths, and inspiration for Chasing Moonflowers. Have a listen! 🎙️https://open.spotify.com/episode/57Er1jnvcuHxHYSWrUr8Ux #WritingCommunity #gothic #horror

Chasing Moonflowers is a 2025 Best of Indie Books in Kirkus Reviews on 12/15/25! "A dazzling blend of fantasy intrigue and historical drama that will haunt readers long after the final page." Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Find here: books2read.com/chasingmoonf... #booksky #gothic #tbr

I just started this series!

I met Pedro at StokerCon last year. Last night I had a dream that told me read "Mexicans on the Moon." It's so good. Thanks dream angels and @pedroiniguez.bsky.social for writing this poetry collection #read #mustread

Submitted my first ever speculative poems!! Excited to defeat the overlords of overthinking and overediting. #writingcommunity #spec #poetry

This cover just draws me in. Thinking this will be a great read over the HOLIDAYS and/or EASTER 👀

Thanks for the review of Coven of the East from Germany!

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

Coven of the East is in Germany! Vielen Dank fürs Lesen.

And finally, "Once Upon a Skeleton in the West" in Coven of the East: Reclaiming Asian Women's Magical Histories ($9) buy.bookfunnel.com/465pny2xkb Another Chinese Western horror!

Thanks for the shout out!

Book 206: Chasing Moonflowers by Pauline Chow. Digital. 304 pages.

I am back! I watched a ton of hk drama #wuxia in the 50s-90s, I am now returning to this genre. The strength of the female leads have been my fav and been my role models. Content is still amazing and inspring. Any recs!?

Submitted my scifi, psychological thriller novelette. Tonight I am taking a long bath 🛁 and writing poetry. 📝 It's a date on the new moon 🌑 #writingcommunity

✨ Awards eligibility 2025 post: * Chasing Moonflowers (First Novel), * Coven of the East: Reimagining Asian Women's Magical Histories (Anthology Editor), * 2 short stories listed in the thread Members of any status are welcome to reach out for free copies #writingcommunity #horror #fantasy

Finished another round of edits of the middle grade dark fantasy! Kicked off queries, taking a break with poetry, and onto a new manuscript! #writerlife

Everyone can be a hero!

Recieved a fun acceptance on Halloween! Excited to share the story sale 🧛‍♀️ 👹 #writingcommunity

So excited for the last two days of October! All my events are done, so I can finally relax. Do some writing!? 😁

The spookiest month of the year is a good time to GET F*CKIN COZY🔥☕️ and read some short horror fiction❗️ 📚🦑Issue 61 of @chmmagazine.bsky.social features my clown school corporate team-building exercise gone horribly wrong, set in a fictional Lost Coast, CA town 🌊🌲 #horrorbooks #newhorror #horror

Always a good days when someone reads my books! #writersky

At Buffalo Indie Lit Expo!? Come find me for your fall ancestral blessing. And also get your copies of Chasing Moonflowers and Coven of the East #Buffalo #booksky #tbr #irl

Chasing Moonflowers has Publisher Weekly's Indie Spotlight for Scary Month: #horror #gothic #indie #tbr www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...