“Aaron Chan writes with a fierce candour about navigating the layered complexities of coming out and negotiating Vancouver’s Cantonese and gay communities.”— Paul Seesequasis on 2026 #WTRisingStar @theaaronchan.bsky.social writerstrust.com/RisingStars

Congratulations to the 2026 #WTRisingStars! ◤ @theaaronchan.bsky.social, selected by Paul Seesequasis ◥ Curtis John McRae, selected by Michael Winter ◣ Cassandra Myers, selected by @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social ◢ Vinh Nguyen, selected by Sarah Cox ◤Siavash Saadlou, selected by Rawi Hage

I'm finally coming out... as the 2026 Writer-in-Residence for the @cityofrichmondbc! 🥳 I'll be hosting writing workshops and other events, and am super stoked to meet and inspire local writers to produce weird and wonderful work 🤪😊 @rplbc Event listings in my bio link 🔗 #writing #vancouver

Dammit I forgot to wear red today ...does purple count as red 😅

no one objected so now it's happening

cautiously optimistic after sending the query earlier today 🤞

is it a bad idea to order a vegan ice cream cake and eat the whole thing myself

Someone tell me it's better to have tried and felt like an utter fool than to have not tried

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.” 😊😊😊 #bluepit #autofiction

In the afterlife of Chinese myth, a dead war general will face an eternity of torture—unless she can fool an immortal court into believing that she and her murderer are lovers. 💕Fake dating your own killer 👑Deadly court politics 🌟Pretty boy x ruthless girl #BluePit #BluePit 📖 #YA #F #R #W #OV #POC

When marauders menace her village, an empath-scholar leads a tarot-themed odyssey across the climate-ravaged former US to retrieve a key to peace, using meditation powers, survival skills, and archaic tech in the race to save her people. #BluePit #BluePit📖 #Q #A #SP #hopepunk #CliFi #witchsky

#Bluepit Mass effect x Treasure Planet/ Master and Commander in Space 6 years after the Death of Earth and Humanity's Uplift into the Jada Empire. Elise Clarke is enlisted into the Royal Fleet. Can she overcome her trauma and prove Humanity can find a place in the Galaxy? #Q #SF #SFF

An agent's guide to Time's Signature. #agentguide #litagents #amquerying #writingcommunity #bluepit

🔥WHAT will GROW from the ASHES? A young woman's quest across ruins of former US becomes larger than saving her village from raiders. It offers humanity a way forward in a world desperately in need of change. Nature will reclaim the land🌱We create anew #CliFi #Hopepunk #BluePit #BluePit📖 #Q #A #SP

ANTI-CHARTER CAMPAIGN: Speculative Fiction Jumanji X Abbott Elementary School librarian Britt and her teacher friends must figure out how to stop a charter takeover of their beloved school. The strange D&D game they're playing may hold the key. Querying Soon #BluePit 📖 #A #W

THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA × BEST SERVED COLD × THE BUTCHER BOY When a Court Jester snaps and brutally murders the tyrant king, he must perform and slay his way out of a kingdom in chaos, hunted by loyalists, hailed by rebels, while his sanity slips and fractures. #BluePit 📖 #A #D #F #H #W #DIS

SINNERS x THE DEVILS x CASTLEVANIA There's three rules to surviving as a nightrunner: don't get comfortable, don't be a hero, and don't be unlucky. Corado's about to break all three. 🤠 Vampire Cowboys 🦇 Monstrous Night Hordes 🏜️ Pueblo Pit Cities Querying now! #A #F #Q #BluePit 📖 #amquerying

Hard Scifi Thriller ft. Cold War-esque espionage, humanity on the brink of extinction, and a poet-turned-sniper who just wants his lovers back. 🪼Poetry meets Particle Physics 🪼Biopunk Cosmic Horror 🪼Earth as a Myth 🪼Interstellar Life #bluepit📖 #bluepit #W #A #LGBT #ND #SF #T #ND #LGBT

Hey, #BluePit! 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 🪞 genre-bending🤯 #LGBT🌈 #POC💛 immigrant family dynamics👪 identity 🙎‍♂️ #q #w #OV #autofiction

Dreamed I made out with Hudson Williams while Connor Storrie was present and I'm just grateful I got to experience this in my lifetime

It's my birthday today. Mom: I got a cake [noticing it's from Maxim's, a non-vegan Chinese bakery] Me [knowing full well it's not]: Is it vegan? Mom: And where am I supposed to get a vegan cake in this area? What a ridiculous thing to say

Manifesting for 2026: I will work on season 2 of #HeatedRivalry in some capacity (writing, acting, extra work, etc.)

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."