I recently wrote a book called Herc & Pyotr [now independently published as Tea at the End of the World], and it’s a contemporary romance set during a natural disaster: devastating meteor strikes across the world. Although the publisher’s intent, under their award-winning Storming Love banner of disaster romances, was […]
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Before I begin, I want to let readers know that my mother hasn’t finished reading Red Envelope yet, and I don’t plan to push her. Again, I don’t take it personally when friends and families have no interest in my work, or choose not to read a story I’ve written, […]
When my mother asked to read my book, Red Envelope, I told her, “You don’t have to read it.” She said, “I want to read it.” “It’s in English.” “I can read English.” I knew she could, but I knew she also struggled with it and probably hadn’t read an […]
When I was young and going through a terrible childhood, I had stories told to me, that I told myself, and that I found. Each of these stories hindered or hurtled me forward in life. The stories told to me involved not being good enough. It came from trusted adults […]
After attending my first GayRomLit, I was invited by the blog, Prism Book Alliance, to write a monthly column for them under their Outside the Margins feature. Each article would be about anything that interested me, particularly if it related to the M/M romance genre. The blog is no longer […]
What I love about the Netflix Original Series, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (CAOS), is that it’s actually a drama. Like, it’s about life, and that means it discusses themes such as identity, culture, religion, ethics, sexuality, etc through the mask of a paranormal show (which for me, makes everything better). […]
The recent record-breaking success of Crazy Rich Asians and Black Panther has given the mistaken belief that “people of color are not marketable” a run for its money. And we, the unwanted people, want that money. Success is the best revenge in my book. We all cheer for the underdog to win. […]