My birthday is next month and I could really use some good writing news 🤞

If I did a literary AMA at, say, the public library where folks could ask me anything about writing and publishing, would that be a good idea or no?

Got some amazing news last night! Not sure I can share it just yet, but I'm super excited for next year 😊

A few other forms found in my hermit crab essay collection HOUSE OF MIRRORS: 📰newspaper 🚶‍♂️self-guided walks ✈️travel blog 📖folktale ↗️Choose Your Own Adventure 📝rental agreements 📱dating & hookup profiles

I gotta say, all these pitch contests are really testing what little graphic design skills I have, especially #posterpit 😅

COMING SOON 👀 One lunar prison. Two condemned men. Jack is a criminal with a blood-soaked past. Elias is an entomologist caught in a web of lies. In isolation, affection blooms. Beneath the surface, something ancient stirs. #PosterPit #SF #H #R #LGBT #WIP

THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN is now in query inboxes near you ✨ #PosterPit #YA #F #LGBT #Q #amquerying

With their attempts at coming out repeatedly thwarted and the attempts on their life getting more and more serious, Andy realizes they’re being stalked by their pre-transition doppelganger—and she won’t stop until she’s taken the life they thought they’d left behind #PosterPit #YA #H #AG

Enter HOUSE OF MIRRORS, a collection of hermit crab essays--stories in the forms of preexisting types of writing like a teen mag quiz or newspaper--about the modern gay Asian experience 🪞 genre-bending🤯 LGBT+🌈 POC💛 immigrant family dynamics👪 search for love & belonging🏠 #posterpit #q #w #a #c #nf

Author Josh Emmons says, "Aaron Chan's HOUSE OF MIRRORS is extraordinary, full of moving...episodes... Chan calls to mind Ocean Vuong and Ben Lerner, poets moonlighting as prose writers to beautiful effect... I applaud the publisher lucky enough to bring out this book.” 😊😊😊 #queerpit #a #lf #cnf

Hey #queerpit! Enter HOUSE OF MIRRORS, a collection of hermit crab essays--stories in the forms of preexisting types of writing like a teen mag quiz or newspaper--about the gay Asian experience. It’s about growing up in an immigrant family and the search for love & belonging 💜 #a #lf #cnf

As to genre, the fact that HOUSE OF MIRRORS breaks traditional prose by its use of various forms blurs the boundaries of fiction and nonfiction. My aim with this book is to take the reader on unexpected emotional experiences through surprising forms. Simply put, I am telling stories. ✨

to break the curse binding her to the ghost of a vengeful pirate, princess mira must fall in love with her best friend, john there’s just one problem: mira’s heart already belongs to princess dorothea 🩷🧡🤍 #queerpit #YA #F #LGBT #amquerying

Hey #queerpit! Enter HOUSE OF MIRRORS, a collection of hermit crab essays--stories in the forms of preexisting types of writing like a teen mag quiz or newspaper--about the gay Asian experience. It’s about growing up in an immigrant family and the search for love & belonging 💜 #a #lf #cnf

When I told the dental hygienist that I'm a writer, she asked, "Have you thought about doing something else since writing is financially unstable?" and the more I think about it, the more bothered i get

If I ever post "onwards and upwards," it means I received a rejection today and I'm trying to give myself a pep talk because I'm disappointed. Onwards and upwards.

There is nothing. Literally nothing. PREVENTING THEM. From writing, or drawing. FOR REAL. I promise you, it's how WE ALL STARTED.

#questpit was my first ever pitch event btw! It was fun making these graphics and seeing all these other amazing pitches. Will definitely do this again sometime 😊

MOANA x SHADOW AND BONE A refreshed introduction to WHISPERS OF THE SEA, a YA Fantasy that will embark soon on its query journey. Featuring: 🌊 Native Hawaiian Rep 🌊 Cultural Identity 🌊 Setting as a Character #QuestPit #YA #F #W #OwnVoices #AgentsGuide

A nice thing one of my former professors had to say about my hermit crab essay collection, HOUSE OF MIRRORS: #questpit #q #w #nf #lf #ownvoices #own #lgbtq #agentsguide #bipoc

Hey #questpit! Enter HOUSE OF MIRRORS, a collection of hermit crab essays--stories in the forms of preexisting types of writing like a teen mag quiz or newspaper--about the gay Asian experience. It is about growing up in an immigrant family and the search for love & belonging. #q #w #nf #lf

Every time I come up with something to post, I remember I'm also a children's book author and then I stop and close this app

This no-kill animal shelter is in desperate need of kitten food, kitten milk replacement, and other supplies. If you post a screenshot in my replies showing that you donated at least $10 (even as a Chewy gift card), I'll answer a style-related question for you. Donation info in their thread.

It's been two days since I watched All of Us Strangers and I am still not ok

"That's a fucking bike lane, dumbass," the jaywalking construction worker yelled at the passing cyclist on his e-bike. 🙄

Found an old writing exercise I did during a workshop with the lovely @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social "Amber Dawn was one of the first to help me with poetry which then helped my self-esteem and confidence. She is extremely encouraging and supportive and pushes me to create." ❤️

"What is the point even of writing, if this can happen?" Reading @alexanderchee.bsky.social's HOW TO WRITE AN AUTBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL hits different now that there's another "the election."

Getting a library card is punk as fuck and free!

I aspire to be the kind of person that drinks tea at night

I used to believe I'd die young. Thinking about that tonight again and how it might happen

it's that time

I pressed it 🤞

Everybody remember to go get you a library card to help keep them funded

you have one bottle of soju and the next thing you know, you're red-faced, cackling in front of the bathroom mirror while holding your cat on Christmas

Love it when bookshops or libraries arrange their books appropriately...

Wishing the talented @theaaronchan.bsky.social a very happy birthday! 🥳 Check out Aaron’s children’s book THE BROKEN HEART bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Fell off my scooter yesterday and as I was on the ground bleeding, I may have yelled, "NOOOOO!!" because I was annoyed at the inconvenience also i was on my way to Costco

I'm giving away two signed copies of my new picture book THE BROKEN HEART! It's a moving story about heartache and grief, but also love and family. ❤️ Follow me on Insta, like this post, and tag a couple folks. That's it! Good luck! www.instagram.com/p/DCUPXHWPjgd/

Going to using this site more often instead of that other one 🙃

Less than a month before my picture book THE BROKEN HEART comes out! Tell bookstores and my publisher that you support a story about love, family, healing by pre-ordering a copy 💔♥️ Preorder links in bio.

It's my birthday today! 🥳🎉 You know what would be an amazing birthday gift? If you pre-ordered THE BROKEN HEART, my upcoming picture book! Plus, you'll get a beautifully illustrated book in five months that you'll have forgotten about! 😆🎁 Preorder link in bio

THE BROKEN HEART, my debut children's picture book, is available to pre-order! 🥳🎉❤️ It's a poignant, tender, and subtly queer story about a girl named Stephanie who helps put her brother's broken heart back together 💔 Pre-order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/713317...

⭐️COVER REVEAL! ⭐️ My children's picture book, THE BROKEN HEART, has a cover, illustrated by the fabulous Josiane Vlitos! I love the colours and the subtle heart in the trees and ahhh it's so good!! 😊 THE BROKEN HEART comes out May 28, 2024

Looking for great examples of short creative nonfiction for my undergrad students! Preference for BIPOC, LGBTQ+, disabled, and marginalized writers. Bonus points for Canadian writers. Suggest away!

Until next time, Vancouver ❤️

Ever wondered what agonies are involved in getting a book published as a queer POC? I'll be talking about the publication journey of THIS CITY IS A MINEFIELD on Aug. 18th! Reg here: https://shorturl.ac/7b90t with @catwrites604.bsky.social @candietanaka.bsky.social

Since being back in Vancouver I feel like my brain has been turning into sludge

The gay has arrived