Oh no! I've slipped and written crushing tragedy again. Why do I keep doing this? 😭😭😭

my eldest continues to be a sniper shot, sending me this apropos of nothing in order to scalp me

I know I've been quiet for a bit, but that's because I've been busy. And now I have good news! Very happy to announce that I'm now represented by @keiralekseii.bsky.social at Azantian Literary! Looking forward to adding more color to publishing together 🥰

Reworked a piece I did 6 years ago and kinda stunned myself with the difference. I am not the same artist I was in 2019. #procreateart #artsky

I think I've studied too much history at this point to read anything about MCs in the nobility. An MC okay with the concept of the aristocracy ❌ Putting our bodies upon the gears of the machine in violent revolution against the wealthy elite ✅

Anyone else need to make detailed outlines, spreadsheets, and world notes for their books before they write a word? Or are you, like, a normal plotter? (Pantsers, you baffle and terrify me. How do you just...write????) #amwriting

Loved drawing this project for @smhallow.bsky.social. So excited for The Halls of the Dead. Really wanted to capture the softness of an antique portrait and the unsettling nature of finding something you maybe shouldn't have in your attic. Pictured: St. John (top), Irene (right), Agnes (left)

This is your friendly reminder that you SHOULD be at least a little in love with your writing. And if you're not, maybe analyze what's bothering you about it, so you can fix it and love it again.

Querying is going very differently than it did a few years ago. I've gotten manuscript requests without being told that I'm too Asian or gay, so that's... new. Um... I think I should be excited???

I never know what to suggest to authors who don't know how to write kids well. Hang around a park to observe children? Go to a daycare and watch them? You'd be in handcuffs by lunchtime.

There's something deeply affirming about being the female breadwinner in my house, just as my mother was before me. My grandmother wasn't able to have her own bank account until she was almost 30, and now I get to support her, too 🥰

I'm still tailoring my feed. Please let me follow you if you're: 🌈 queer ✍🏼 writer (bonus pts for fantasy) 🖤 romance lover 🎶 voice actor/ singer 🕺🏼believe disco never died #writingcommunity #queerwriters #voiceacting

Due to a scheduling error, Monday's crash out has been moved to today. Right now.

The first time I ever queried back in 2016, I got an unprecedented amount of "too queer, too Asian, too foreign, too exotic" and other microagressions, and I know that the attitudes in publishing have changed now (I hope, anyway). Does anyone have any queer and BIPOC friendly agent suggestions?

Truly, I never started writing more than when I realized that my blocks to writing weren't an issue of creativity, but circumstance (e.g. eating enough, sleeping enough, burn out, almost dying in pregnancy). Maybe you're not a failure. Maybe you just need a sandwich and a nap... and healthcare.

Hello! I'm Tyeza, a Southeast Asian author and occasional voice actor. I write primarily queer SFF, with a dash of horror 🌈💀 My cosmic horror narrative podcast, Not Your Name, features a retelling of Persephone, but also Dumuzid & Ereshkigal, Baldr's Descent to Hel, and many, many more.

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Student: So how did you tell your baby daddy that you were a lesbian? Me: Well, it's actually super convenient. He told me that she was actually a woman, and then I married her. Student: Me: 😎🏳️‍⚧️

Going to dust off this high fantasy sapphic WIP about dismantling systems of oppression...for no reason.

So while King Cheeto is in office, I'm going to be focusing on supporting and seeking support among fellow queer and POC folk. Community is everything right now.

I don't know how y'all manage two pen name accounts, but I'm supposed to be "clean" here or something. Just don't look too closely at how steamy my non-explicit scenes are.

Everyone in my house is sick, so congee tonight it is.

Very demure, very mindful.

Guess who has two thumbs and made the shortlist! mastersreview.com/2024-summer-...

I cannot impress this enough. If you write fantasy or sci-fi, you need to look at your own cultural biases and attitudes before you write about others. It will not only improve your world-building tenfold, but it will prevent you from writing damaging stereotypes.

Hold on. Getting a cat.

I'm so mad I didn't come up with this.

There's a metaphor in here. I don't know what it is, but it's metal.

Tradwives™ are ruining homesteading. I'm not a conservative or a woman. I just don't want to pay $6 for a tub of yogurt when I could make three from a $4 gallon of milk. Stop side-eyeing me 🥲

Explaining to climate deniers that climate change isn't just a problem of other species going extinct. It's humans going extinct.

⭐ - [redacted] Weirdly horny. There's no sex, but somehow it's still so horny.

Get to know your mutuals: in no particular order, post 10 things you like- 1. Scratchy sheets 2. Queer books 3. Dark voices 4. TTRPGs 5. Doing dishes with a friend 6. Sharing a meal 7. Warm breezes 8. Giving candy to trick-or-treaters 9. My children's laughter 10. The warmth in my wife's smile

I have had several people now tell me they want to see a certain project I wrote published. I guess I have to now... Sapphic steampunk witches it is.

Outsourcing all my posting to this guy

She’d called me the moment of rest from all suffering, but in my caged and deathless existence, she was my respite. The taste of freedom was on her lips, and peace followed at her fingertips. She loved me. I knew she loved me, but she also loved another. #wipsnips

When I was an editor, it was rare that I met a truly bad writer. Often, they just didn't have a good grasp of the basics and needed a little guidance. If that taught me anything, it's that people need mentors and supports to succeed. Natural talent is a myth. It takes work and care.

Where are the indie authors? I need other indie authors.

I miss when BioWare did fucked up weird shit. Like, ME 2 had a dude who was chimera'd and made to be a horrific lab experiment, and you as a player had to make a decision to let the research continue while this guy is begging to die or to save him. Where's that BioWare?

“Well, let me know if I can do anything to make your time here more comfortable,” I offered. “I haven’t been comfortable in twenty years.” She had a smile, so maybe the statement was intended to be facetious. “Hyperbole?” I prompted, just to be sure. “Yes, I was making a joke.”

From my podcast script.

What was your First LOTR ship? (gifs only)

I was going to work on a different WIP for Dec, but I think I'll pick back up the one about an aristocracy exploiting the lower class' labor. Seems...topical.

"We can't let them know that we sit."

Transphobes: "It's basic biology." Maybe we simplify things for kids, and then as you learn more, things gain complexity. Maybe you should have paid attention in school. Maybe you should listen to actual experts. I didn't get a degree in bio to listen to you stutter through the word 'chromosome.'

I might have very exciting news on Saturday, but I can't tell anyone about it. And it's killing me.

If any of you reader people are looking for Black Friday book deals, consider indie authors. A lot of us are having sales right now. And buying our books directly from us is always better than buying them from Amazon.

Siren story about combatting seismic blasting (the process of firing air cannons at the ocean floor to map it and causes all kinds of destruction). [2k words] tyrskhuynh.com/2024/11/26/w...

Y'all want a short story about a siren trying to destroy a seismic blasting ship?