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August 8, 2022
Chinese Fairy Tales – Powerful and Sweet
When I was a kid, there were only two children���s books that I owned which had stories featuring Chinese kids. One was The Five Chinese Brothers, and the other was The Cricket Warrior. I still own copies, decades later. When I look at the Five Chinese Brothers today with a modern lens, it is hugely […]
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July 19, 2022
Seattle Slayers – Meet Your Fighter Kotori
Meet Your Fighter, Kotori. They call her the Fox. She’s an illusionist and she hates rookies. She’s Roxanne’s new sensei. This is how Roxy meets her: I felt a little sick to my stomach. ���Cage fights to the death? That���s your entertainment?��� Samuel snorted. ���This? This is just a little fun and games. You���ll see.��� […]
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July 6, 2022
Seattle Slayers – Meet Your Fighter Dario the Direwolf
Meet Your Fighter – Dario the Direwolf In the perpetual Twilight of Seattle, shifters honor survival of the fittest and Market Freedom. Dario has a major transformation there and becomes the Direwolf Roxy meets during the trials to become a Slayers initiate. For a charity anthology, we wrote a character study and showed his transformation. […]
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June 22, 2022
Seattle Slayers: Meet Your Fighter Harald of the Reach
Meet Your Fighter Harald of the Reach. He is the Son of Sten, Prince of the Mountain Fae, Guardian of the Northern Pass, and generally as full of himself as his titles are long. If Roxy thought a perfectionist fae from the Hinterlands was going to be a pain, Harald is going to blow her […]
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June 8, 2022
Seattle Slayers: Meet Your Fighter Cordelia of the Hinterlands
Meet Your Fighter, fae princess Cordelia of the Hinterlands. She is one of the first people Roxy meets on her quest to join the Seattle Slayers. Cordelia does everything right. She fights like every motion is effortless, she can handle close quarters in a melee round as well as launch a long range attack. That’s […]
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March 31, 2022
Adamant Spirits – A UF Charity Anthology for Ukraine
I’m pleased to participate in this amazing anthology featuring all these UF superstars: Maggie Alabaster, G. Bailey, Elle Beaumont, Katherine Bennet, Alexi Blake, Ella Blake, Claudia Blood, Jessica M. Butler, Demelza Carlton, Kel Carpenter, Alora Carter, Anna Carven, Debbie Cassidy, Eva Chase, Leslie Chase, Sarah M. Cradit, G.K. DeRosa, T.K. Eldridge, Tameri Etherton, Sara Fields, […]
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January 22, 2022
TOR Acquires Ebony Gate
So in the hellscape that was 2020, we wrote Ebony Gate. Ken and I are delighted that Tor bought the trilogy. Our girl Emiko will be coming to your bookstore in July of 2023! Tor.com’s announcement here. Finding an editor who championed our work was a dream come true. To read more about our Path […]
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January 4, 2022
Ringing in 2022 with Avatar the Last Airbender
I love the beginning of the year. I also get to celebrate new year twice since I will celebrate again on Lunar New Year in February! There’s a reason people start on the first day of the month, or the first day of the week or in this case, the new year–everyone likes a clean […]
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December 21, 2021
Winter Solstice and the Last Huli Jing
Friends, I am delighted to be able to share a story about a hungry little Fox on this coldest night of the year. On brand for me, dumplings are involved—the tangyuan that my family makes for Winter Solstice. WMG Publishing has given me permission to share my story free for a week. The full collection […]
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October 4, 2021
Shang-Chi and Xialing – An Alternate Ending
I rented out a theater for the opening weekend of Shang-Chi. It was a special treat for my family and we had a blast. The film exceeded all of my expectations and I still can’t get over that bus scene. There was so much to love about Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings but I couldn’t […]
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