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I was supposed to take the day off today because over the past 3 days, I’ve: But I found this Feb 1 Vox article this morning and it sparked a need to write down some thoughts here. (More on that below. Also—thanks for coming to my blog!) Here’s my takeaway in case you don’t want to read the article yet: Artists are …
If you appreciate content warnings, then this post is for you. If you don’t care for them, or think they’re useless, or just don’t care, then this post is not for you. As a trauma survivor, I’ve been caught unawares many times—reading or watching a film or show—and I want to mitigate that harm for others if I can, with …
In June of 2012, I signed my first-ever book contract. I didn’t sign another until March 2021. In between, I learned my own hard limits as a newbie author as well as the boundaries of the publishing industry and some of its uniquely antiquated systems. I scaled the steep learning curve of self-publishing in the mid-2010s, picked up a few …
Today is my final day as National President of Sisters in Crime. Don’t worry—this post isn’t going to be just a list of what I achieved. All the juiciest tidbits are behind-the-scenes stories which I can’t share anyway. *evil-girl-smirk.GIF* What I will say is the national board accomplished A LOT while I was president. We all had our unique circumstances …
It turns out May 2020 is a big month for me. Delight, grief, new writing experiments, and now, a chance to look back at my debut novel. On this day in 2013, May 27th, DIE ON YOUR FEET was released into the wild. I published that book with a then-newish, cheerfully optimistic, and somewhat small imprint of a huge multinational …
lovelies, despite weeks of happy anticipation, i won’t be at @LCC2020SanDiego after all 😔(medical condition puts me at high risk + import of LRT tbh) pic.twitter.com/ABEWNkp8aO — S.G. Wong is writing. No, really. (@S_G_Wong) March 8, 2020 How do you know if the choice you’ve made is good or bad? It seemed like a no-brainer for me to cancel my …
