The Quiet is Loud

Asian Heritage Month, Filipino Heritage Month, and The Quiet is Loud

Filipino Heritage Month follows Asian Heritage Month/AAPI Heritage Month.⁠ May and June kinda knock my mixed-race brain around. I sometimes feel like I don’t belong in these conversations – especially as a writer – but at the same time I feel like I deserve to celebrate my heritage as much as any Asian does. So …

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I’m moderating an exciting AugurCon panel

I’m excited to moderate an AugurCon panel: Worldbuilding the Real World: Creating the Fictional Here, featuring Kim Fu, Natalie Zina Walschots, and Maria Dong, discussing worldbuilding in our own reality. Worldbuilding is one of my absolute favourite things about writing, and I’m eager to hear how these talented writers approach it in their own work. …

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Reflections on my first year of being a published author

May 4th was the one-year anniversary of The Quiet is Loud being published. I can’t believe it’s been that long! It feels like three months and three years at the same time. I shared some thoughts about my first year of being a published author over on Invisible Publishing’s blog, including the things that I …

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