"After nourishment, shelter, and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world." -Philip Pullman Essays on writing, reading, and his inspiration for #HisDarkMaterials

Learn a language with me for free! Duolingo is fun, and proven to work. Here’s my invite link: invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWKT5…

Hokusai captures life's moments in one scene. I love the image of the wind thinning out the manuscript, an editing process I may need for my book. A Picture of Change for a World in Constant Motion nyti.ms/3a6HG1V

Elif Shafak: ‘We need to tell different stories, to humanise the other’ theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

MFA Mentors present seminar on "Writing Across Cultures" ukings.ca/news/mfa-mento…

Thank you Tuttle Publishing for the big win: The Complete Musashi! Now I am ready to play #GhostOfTsushima and kick some butt!

Thanks for the call out!

I obtained the McGraw-Hill Education Spanish Elementary A2 completion certificate on #Busuu api.busuu.com/anon/certifica…

Learn a language with me for free! Duolingo is fun, and proven to work. Here’s my invite link: invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWKT5…

Wow! Just read 2021 Int'l Booker Prize winner-David Diop’s “At Night All Blood is Black”. Writing that hits you right in the guts. Best use of anaphora (repetition of phrases) I’ve read in a long while. Stripped down,raw sentences that are beautiful and shocking! #bookerprize

Just finished watching Neil Gaiman’s MasterClass. Big takeaway: Finish what you started. Limp, crawl, stagger to the end, whatever it takes. A trail of plot holes, silly dialogue, and one-dimensional characters? Go back to make it sound like you always knew what you were doing.

Fascinating interview about Frank Herbert's idea for #Dune. Not just a simple hero narrative, but also its dangerous repercussions for society. futurespast-editions.blogspot.com/2013/11/lost-i…

Look how much I learned on Duolingo in 2021! How did you do? #Duolingo365

David Chau MasterClass Amen. I always say get the first draft done as fast as humanly possible. Do the whole thing as a TalkingDraft if you must, but never stop no matter how bad it is until it's done. THEN revise, revise, revise. You can edit a bad page, you can't edit a blank page.

Check out #MyYearInBooks Goodreads to discover the 66 books I read in 2023! goodreads.com/user/year_in_b…

Thank you Ontario Arts Council/Conseil des arts de l'Ontario for supporting my writing. Much appreciated and honoured to receive funding and the encouragement to keep on working at it. Ted Hsu