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Contemporary young adult fiction has come a long way since I was a, well, young adult—but these books have stayed with me.

Crafting characters that will make your readers cry and cheer for them requires you to understand them deeply—inside and out. Here are my tips on writing real, relatable, and unforgettable characters.

Answering your burning questions about my Chinese fantasy trilogy, starting with world-building and initial concepts!

Jo March made me believe that it was possible to earn a living as a writer as long as I held on to that dream. So I set out to make a career out of my passion. Was that the right decision?

Creatives and money? Yes, they do go together! Let's discuss how we can achieve financial freedom and live that soft creative life.

My feeds are now flooded with Ghibli-filtered photos. What does this flood of AI-generated "art" really mean for creatives?

Now that Meta has openly pirated 7.5 million authors' works, maybe it's time we revolutionise the way we create and consume content

It took me 8 years to get another publishing deal, and a lot has changed in that time. This is what I learned.

Hope is a double-edged sword, and there's a danger in conflating it with expectation.

It took me three years to finally watch Twenty-Five Twenty-One and here are my thoughts about it. Read till the end for similar recs!

I'm so invested in this enemies-to-lovers plot twist—the recent mass migration of Americatok to RedNote due to the impending TikTok ban.