4 February 2024 Happy Birthday, everybody! According to tradition, the 7th day of Chinese New Year is everybody's birthday. Which... is just an excuse for me to send another sporadic newsletter because I skipped all the other big days. But hey, here's your excuse to eat more cake. Or have a party. Chinese New Year decorations at Armenian Park, Penang, along with random passersby. Looking for Beta Readers As part of my glacial revamping efforts, I've been working on a new story that I'd like...
5 months ago • 1 min read
28 November 2024 What are you thankful for? Americans are celebrating Thanksgiving tonight, before heading into that weird sales holiday of Black Friday to Cyber Monday. Here in Malaysia, we're equal-opportunity celebrationists (celebrants? holidayers? people who celebrate stuff), which usually means that we'll celebrate ANYTHING that gives us time off, has great food, and/or comes with discounts. (Side note: this year's big holiday kerfuffle was WHY IS HALLOWEEN TAKING OVER DEEPAVALI? Where...
7 months ago • 1 min read
26 October 2024 New books and a giveaway Hey there Reader! Can you believe it's the end of October? I can't. Time is... weird. My head is still somewhere in, idk, August or something. Anyway, here's your (irregularly) scheduled email about Anna-related bookish stuff! The Books and Bonfires Giveaway just started yesterday and will run until November 3rd. It's a little too hot (and wet) for those of us in Malaysia to get cosy by a fire, but no matter where you are, you can discover amazing new...
8 months ago • 2 min read
6 August 2024 See you in Glasgow! Hello! I'm writing to you from KLIA while waiting for my (delayed) flight to Heathrow. Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon for our Futures starts on Thursday until Monday, so if you happen to be there, do come say hi! Sales! In conjunction with this and Malaysia's Merdeka Day on 31 August, I've put two ebooks on sale. Amok will be only USD0.99 and A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic will be USD2.99 until 31 August 2024! Get Amok Get A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic If you're at...
11 months ago • 1 min read