My debut book, Where Every Ghost Has a Name: A Memoir of Taiwanese Independence, is officially on sale today!
Today, I am an author and a book mom. Thanks to everyone who believed in this project and who encouraged me to keep going. It’s been a long time coming. 💕💕
Remember that viral essay about aiming for 100 rejections a year? The writer @the_kimlet is now touring w/her (excellent) memoir, and she's back with some really good advice for successful book tours.
Plus—pics of her adorable baby! 👶📚🎊
https://t.co/QkN6mAK3SG
#WriteTip
My debut book, Where Every Ghost Has a Name: A Memoir of Taiwanese Independence, is officially on sale today!
Today, I am an author and a book mom. Thanks to everyone who believed in this project and who encouraged me to keep going. It’s been a long time coming. 💕💕
These Taiwanese and Taiwanese American authors are redefining an identity that has been co-opted, contested, appropriated by outsiders for centuries (@the_kimlet).
John Ross: "I recently spoke with Kim Liao about her new book on her grandfather, Thomas Liao, pioneer Taiwan independence fighter."
https://t.co/outMh6wQ4r
Celebrating Rachel Stolzman Gullo's THE SIGN FOR DROWNING!! And hanging with my writing peeps, new and old... @KaraKrauze @ahellmanwhite @the_kimlet Jael Humphrey @rojarojaroja@JenniferLSears Laura Brown
This song was immediately great when it came out and it’s still just as great all these years later. What a fantastic 5 minutes. https://t.co/VG8sMhphmG
I am open to queries! I can't wait to read more compelling stories this year. I am not always quick (my authors are my first priority), but I do reply to every single query and submission! https://t.co/wNMvL8OZpF
Now, on to my MSWL...
#amquerying
The first thing I do when I’m on Xmas break after my fall semester ends: clean out ALL of my email inboxes. (This also involves doing all the legwork implied by each email….) The OCD itch is getting scratched so hard
Thanks @GuerillaMemoir@Sharla_R_Yates & @brevitymag for having my post on speculative nonfiction, and bringing in speculative elements into nonfiction with CRAFT TALKS next Wednesday, December 20th at 3:30pm East Coast Time just before we head off to celebrate the end of 2023 🍾
I'm so excited for this timely & important book to be made available to English readers June 2024. Thank you @Leon_C_C for being a dream editor & to @NewRiverAgency for advocating for this book & of course to Yee-Wa for crafting such a compelling narrative & trusting me w/ it ✨