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November 16, 2017
MISALIGNED, coming fall 2019!
The news is out! I’m so thrilled to share that my second book will be released fall 2019!
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Misaligned can be found on Goodreads here.
The Publishers Weekly announcement can be seen here.
Can’t wait to share Misaligned with you all (after American Panda, of course, which releases in less than 3 months!!!!).
Thank you to each and every one of you for your continued support!
November 3, 2017
Booklist Star!
So incredibly thrilled and honored to share that AMERICAN PANDA has earned a star in its first trade review!
Booklist calls it “a soulful and hilarious debut,” “wickedly funny,” and “vibrant, complex, and refreshing.”
The full review can be found here or seen below:
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AMERICAN PANDA is also Booklist’s Review of the Day today, November 3rd, and can be seen on their homepage here.
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I can’t believe we are only 3 MONTHS out from publication!!! Can’t wait to share this book with you on February 6...
June 19, 2017
Review: LABYRINTH LOST
by Zoraida Cordova
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Published: September 6th, 2016
Book 1 of the Brooklyn Brujas trilogy
Synopsis from Goodreads:
Nothing says Happy Birthday like summoning the spirits of your dead relatives.
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Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch in a generation…and she hates magic. At her Deathday celebration, Alex performs a spell to rid herself of her power. But it backfires. Her whole family vanishes into thin air, lea
ving her alone with Nova, a brujo boy she can’t trust....
June 12, 2017
Revisions—Part 2
Thank you, everyone, for your support and for all your lovely words about the AMERICAN PANDA cover! It was such a wonderful week, and hearing how much the Chinese girl on the cover meant to people meant THE WORLD to me.
Thank you to everyone who reached out to tell me how the Revisions post from last year has helped you! Given this, I thought it might be useful to write a second Revisions post with more tips I learned from revising AMERICAN PANDA with my fabulous editor. I also thought it...
June 7, 2017
AMERICAN PANDA Cover!!!
I am so overjoyed to be able to share my beautiful cover for AMERICAN PANDA! It’s everything I dreamed of and more! My cover reveal took place on Bustle, and they made this gorgeous gif with dancing graphics!
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I love that the image represents Mei’s struggle with her identity, with the words American and Panda in different fonts and with doodles representing both sides of her (and I especially love the dumpling doodle!). But I also love that the color is bright and hopeful, which is what ultim...
May 29, 2017
88 Cups of Tea Podcast
I am thrilled to have been a part of the 88 Cups of Tea 88th Milestone Episode!
For those of you who aren’t familiar with 88 Cups of Tea, it’s a wonderful, inspiring podcast that interviews amazing writers like Leigh Bardugo, Renee Ahdieh, Kody Keplinger, Jeff Zentner, Sabaa Tahir (just to name a few), as well as agents, editors, and TV/film writers. It’s my favorite podcast, and the one I turn to whenever I need some writing motivation.
Yin and Moonlynn are such wonderful, big-hearted people...
May 11, 2017
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
It’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! I was so excited to see that diverse bloggers are celebrating with fun events like #AsianLitBingo, Author Interviews, and a Twitter chat on Saturday, May 27th (times TBD).
For all the info you’ll need, check out Shenwei’s master post here.
The #AsianLitBingo Reading Challenge:
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The book bloggers have put together a wonderful list of books to check out, and participants are tweeting their reading lists under the hashtag #AsianLitBingo.
The fabulous p...
April 10, 2017
Writing Conferences: Overall Tips
Now that you’ve hear all of the wonderful, wonderful pitching tips Maddy had, I’m wrapping up this series with some overall tips!
Check out part 1, Logistics of Pitching, here
and part 2, Writing Your Pitch, here
and part 3, Pitch Templates, here
and part 4, Pitch Practice, here
and part 5, Pitching!, here.
OVERALL TIPS
My biggest overall tip: Talk to everyone.
If you’re waiting in line, sitting at a table, perusing the same booth, etc, introduce yourself to the person next to you. You auto...April 3, 2017
Writing Conferences: Pitching!
Up today, part 3 of the Writing Conferences series, brought to you by my wonderful guest blogger, Maddy!
Check out part 1, Logistics of Pitching, here
and part 2, Writing Your Pitch, here
and part 3, Pitch Templates, here
and part 4, Pitch Practice, here.
PITCH
Once the day comes, hopefully you’ve had so much practice you’re bored of your pitch and not in the least bit anxious…but if you are nervous, it’s okay. It’s normal. Take a breath, jump into your pitch, keep it as conversational and r...
March 27, 2017
Writing Conferences: Pitch Practice
Up today, part 4 of the Writing Conferences series, brought to you by my wonderful guest blogger, Maddy!
Check out part 1, Logistics of Pitching, here
and part 2, Writing Your Pitch, here
and part 3, Pitch Templates, here.
PRACTICE
Now that you have a polished pitch (hopefully three), it’s time to grab a willing victim audience member, force them to pretend to be a literary agent and roleplay the crap out of your pitches. Guys, I cannot stress how important this part is.
If you don’t practic...
