Musings of a Generic Asian

Visit https://artsyraven.com/free/ to win a copy of Somewhere in Nowhere! Enter by May 8, 2026. In Ep137 of the Artsy Raven, Steven Gellman shares how his background as a songwriter shaped his debut novel, explains why telling the story of an #LGBTQ+ #Jewish teenager felt necessary, and treats us to a live performance of the theme song he wrote for Somewhere in Nowhere. songwriter, …

I have been so behind on posting Artsy Raven episodes to social media for a while. Finally caught up and posted info about the latest episode. On the ArtsyRaven.com website the episodes are always up to date but I struggle with social media to post on 6 different sites after an episode comes out to promote it. I want to use a program to post everything at once but this doesn’t exist! The latest…

#HappyValentinesDay ! Celebrating the start of the 6th season of the Artsy Raven podcast with Cynda’s Cookies! Our 126th episode features #filmmakers #NovaAmi and #VelcroRipper on #climatechange. We are trying to commit to one podcast episode a week, but it’s hard. Depending on release dates of books or films, I’ve been dropping 2-3 episodes a week. Not very sustainable, so I need to learn to…

Infusion offers a poignant exploration of themes central to the Asian diaspora experience. Discover the poignant tales of immigrants forging connections in unfamiliar territories, grappling with the isolation of being “the other,” and finding solace and strength in unexpected places. This is Volume #4 of Ricepaper Magazine Books, a collection of anthologies featuring Asian literary works. Visit…

Much to the horror of my husband and child, post LiterASIAN in Vancouver I continued to document our journey as we traveled towards Edmonton with my Squidgame Young-hee (영희) doll! On Instagram, Facebook, X and Tiktok I have been posting our travel videos and initiating a travel trivia game to see if people can guess where we are. It was nice to think of the doll as the child I never had as I…

Over the last year I've been working with Dark Winter Press and Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop on two different books. Finally they are going to be ready for publication next month! #asiancanadian #writing #canlit #publishing #writinglife #gumsan #sanfrancisco #chinatown #yokai #specfic

Over the last year I’ve been working with Dark Winter Press and Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop on two different books. Finally they are going to be ready for publication next month! Dark Winter Press will be publishing a book I wrote for a speculative fiction novel contest (it lost) about yokai demon hunting in San Francisco (Gum San) in 1869 after the completion of the railroad. I did a lot…

On episode 69 of the Artsy Raven podcast, we spoke to Daphne Gray-Grant, a book coach. She surprised me when she advised me that I should just write non-stop and edit later because this will make writing faster. I've been trying to do this, but I haven't managed to grasp this skill yet!

I am awful about posting new podcast episodes, I’ll try to make updates more often! On episode 69 of the Artsy Raven podcast, we spoke to Daphne Gray-Grant, a book coach. She advised me that I should just write non-stop and edit later because this will make writing faster. I’ve been trying to do this, but haven’t managed to grasp this skill yet! On the podcast, Daphne speaks about common writer…

#LoveGameinEasternFantasy《永夜星河》: #Comedy Meets Demon Hunting. It's a smart #fantasy comedy mixed with impressive special effects when the characters are demon hunting! #EstherYu #RyanDing #DingYuxi #cdrama #asian

On Netflix I have a tendency to watch dark stories, but when an ad popped up for Love Game in Eastern Fantasy I just assumed it would be more of the same. I was pleasantly surprised, there is demon hunting in the show, but it’s a wacky comedy with some romance in it. The show’s intriguing plotline moves along and has many funny moments, making it one of the lighter things I’ve watched in…

Two of my stories, "Mind Patch" and "Designing Fate" are in the @blackharepress #ebook SCI-FI #8: Lockdown Science Fiction Adventures. #free #download! https://www.blackharepress.com/lockdown-sci-fi-8/

A long time ago when we were all in lockdown, an Australian publisher asked authors to send in science fiction stories to distribute in a free eBook to readers. Two of my stories made it into this book: Mind Patch, a story about an elderly woman needing the brain of her children to heal her brain and Designing Fate, about genetically modified children. For more info and where to download this…

A long time ago when we were all in lockdown, an Australian publisher asked authors to send in science fiction stories to distribute in a free eBook to readers. Two of my stories made it into this book: Mind Patch, a story about an elderly woman needing the brain of her children to heal her brain and Designing Fate, about genetically modified children. For more info and where to download this…

Sharing my #cancon2024 schedule and announcing a #writer #enamelpins #fundraiser to raise money to pay #writers and #editors for the next @darkhelixpress #book! #canadian #publishing

This year I have a few panels and a reading session at Can Con, a literary convention in Ottawa that is being held Nov 1-3, 2024. I suspect most of my time will be spent in the dealers room where I will be selling “writer” enamel pins as a fundraiser to pay writers and editors for the next Dark Helix Press anthology. Looking forward to having some interesting discussions with other writers and…