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Joyce Chng

Goodreads author profile

url

http://www.goodreads.com/joyce_chng

born

March 01, 1975 in Singapore, Singapore

gender

female

website

http://awolfstale.wordpress.com

twitter username

jolantru

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult, Short Stories

member since

October 2010

About this author

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I am Singaporean. I write SFF and YA. ;)

She settles down gracefully at the water’s edge, calmed by the mirror-flat surface. The night whispers about her. Lights, like fireflies so rare in Singapore now, sparkle about her. Somewhere she hears the throb of techno and smells the whiff of barbequed chicken wings. A girl’s soft giggle comes from the grove of Portia trees, followed by soft masculine murmurs. She loves the night and it love... read more »

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Books by Joyce Chng

Average rating: 2.22 · 9 ratings · 4 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Rider 2.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Of Oysters, Pearls and Magic 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Winged: A Novella 1.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Basketful of Figs 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Envisioning: A Collection of Speculative Fiction 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Jukebox Bard by Maria Velazques, A.H. Jennings, A.R. Yngve (Goodreads Author) 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	My rating:
	M-Brane SF Quarterly #3 by Christopher Fletcher, David Mulis, Michael Andre-Driussi 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Crossed Genres Issue 9: Alternate History by Bart R. Leib (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kay T. Holt (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Erika Tracy (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Crossed Genres Issue 18: Eastern by Bart R. Leib (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kay T. Holt (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris Fletcher 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Bards and Sages Quarterly: Volume II, Issue I by Eugie Foster, Julie Ann Dawson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joyce Chng (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	My rating:

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Joyce's Writing

Path Of Kindness (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

13 chapters — updated May 11, 2012 06:56am

Description: A sequel to Oysters, Pearls and Magic

Anassia's Wings (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

2 chapters — updated Sep 13, 2011 04:35am

Description: A YA WIP

Joyce is Currently Reading

Joyce Chng is currently reading:

Void Stalker

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

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May 17, 2012 09:03pm

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Joyce Chng is now friends with Andrea Pring
May 29, 2012 03:43pm
Joyce Chng made a comment in the group Lyrical Press Books — Nihao from Singapore topic "Hello Alison! :) "
May 20, 2012 07:13pm
Joyce Chng added a status update: Updates on A Wolf's Tale (http://awolfstale.wordpress.com) - stories, flash and general rants.
May 19, 2012 06:07am · like · see status
Joyce Chng liked Graham Storrs's blog post: Why is Science Fiction Dying? " Ah, the good old days. Science fiction appears to have two big problems in the marketplace. One is that fantasy is outselling it by about 3:1. The other is that at least half (pos..." ...read it »
May 19, 2012 05:50am
Joyce Chng liked Joelyn Alexandra's review of Rider: " What worked really well for me was this... The story has many visual aspects, where you can see the scenes coming alive in front of you. This whole new world is built rather well, and the flow of the story is smooth. However, I think what stood out... " Read more of this review »
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Joyce Chng is currently reading: Void Stalker by Aaron Dembski-Bowden	My rating:
May 17, 2012 09:03pm
Joyce Chng wrote Path Of Kindness: Path Of Kindness: Thirteen "It is a strange figure that greets me, turbaned and wrapped with a voluminous shawl. I can see the e" …more
May 11, 2012 06:56am · like
Joyce Chng gave to: Honour Guard by Dan Abnett (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Apr 26, 2012 06:17am
Joyce Chng gave to: Ghostmaker (Gaunt's Ghosts, #3) by Dan Abnett (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2012	My rating:
Apr 26, 2012 06:15am
Joyce Chng gave to: Know No Fear (The Horus Heresy, #19) by Dan Abnett (Goodreads Author) read in March, 2012	My rating:
Apr 08, 2012 04:45pm

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Quotes Joyce Likes

“Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.”
― Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses

726 people liked it

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

tags: bene-gesserit , fear , litany-against-fear , motivational , scifi

2,181 people liked it

“As it has been said:
Love and a cough
cannot be concealed.
Even a small cough.
Even a small love.”
― Anne Sexton

tags: poetry

1,245 people liked it

“The longer I live, the more uninformed I feel. Only the young have an explanation for everything.”
― Isabel Allende, City of the Beasts

964 people liked it

“Never laugh at live dragons.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: dragons , wisdom

3,428 people liked it

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Joyce's Groups

The Myriad Bookclub — 6 members — last activity Mar 25, 2012 01:41am
For the discussion and general mayhem about J. Damask's Jan Xu Adventures (urban fantasy) set in tropical Singapore. Come and meet like-minded folk!

Lyrical Press Books — 157 members — last activity May 27, 2012 11:41pm
Welcome to our Goodreads group! Here, readers and reviewers can gather and connect with Lyrical's authors and staff.

Oysters, Pearls and Magic Book Club — 2 members — last activity Jan 03, 2012 05:49am
A group designed for the purpose of talking about the YA novella "Oysters, Pearls and Magic".

Q&A with Livia Blackburne on Neuroscience of Reading and Writing — 146 members — last activity Apr 03, 2011 12:12pm
What is it that transforms a page of words into something that moves us and leaves us changed? From February 13, 2011 to March 15, 2011, Livia Blackbu...more

Red Dot Suggestions — 35 members — last activity May 27, 2011 10:47pm
A place where we can collect titles for next year's Red Dot children's choice awards for recently published literature (within the last 4 years). Book...more

Indie Book Collective — 1646 members — last activity 1 hour, 10 min ago
A group of indie authors, helping each other out and bringing new books to the world

Q&A with Patty Jansen — 122 members — last activity 21 hours, 30 min ago
Discussion about Science Fiction and Fantasy, about writing and science in writing, and new releases

A Scare at Bedtime — 33 members — last activity 7 hours, 22 min ago
Submit your own flashfiction or poetry. Everyone loves a great thriller/suspence/scary story, so lock your bedroom door, pull the blankets up tight &...more

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