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Alaska, Kingston, Bath

October 8, 2014 By Ying Leave a Comment

Hello, friends. I've got my head down this week, working on revisions to my forthcoming short story, "The Legendary Garrett Girls". It'll be part of a Candlewick Press anthology called Petticoats and Pistols, edited by Jessica Spotswood. I can't tell you how much fun it's been! I loved the research, as always. I used this short story as a chance to experiment with a first-person narrator, which I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Write Tagged With: chronic illness, Dickens, Jessica Spotswood, Kingston, Kingston Penitentiary, Petticoats and Pistols, Stephanie Burgis, The History Girls, The Legendary Garrett Girls, writing advice

The Legendary Garrett Girls

July 30, 2014 By Ying 2 Comments

Hello, friends! Last week, I sent off the first clean draft of my short story, "The Legendary Garrett Girls". It's going to be one of fifteen stories in an anthology called Petticoats and Pistols, edited by Jessica Spotswood and published by Candlewick Press. This is only a first draft, and there are several rounds of editing to come. Still, I'm thrilled to have a full, clean draft … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Write Tagged With: Alaska, Candlewick Press, Gold Rush, Petticoats and Pistols, short story, Soapy Smith, The Legendary Garrett Girls

5 Things About My Work-in-Progress

July 2, 2014 By Ying 7 Comments

Hello, friends. The other day on Facebook, my friend Stephanie Burgis posted her answers to a meme, "Five Things About Your Work-in-Progress". I was delighted! I read it, thinking, "Oh, it's so great to hear more about what she's up to!" Then I realized that I, um, NEVER talk about my work-in-progress. One reason is because I'm constitutionally secretive and vaguely superstitious about unpolished … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Write Tagged With: Alaska, Freddy Spencer Chapman, Gold Rush, historical fiction forever, Jessica Spotswood, Klondike, Malaya, Malaysia, Petticoats and Pistols, Second World War, Stephanie Burgis, The History Girls, The Jungle is Neutral, Things I Write

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