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A reflection on the transformative Clarion West writing workshop experience and an enthusiastic call to join the Clarion West Write A Thon to support future writers.
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A luminous, modular space for imagining futures that fit more bodies, more languages, more ways of knowing. We braid research, story, and community practice into actionable prototypes.
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A reflection on the transformative Clarion West writing workshop experience and an enthusiastic call to join the Clarion West Write A Thon to support future writers.
Author JY Yang talks about their story Red Is The Color Of Mother Dirt in the feminist anthology Athenas Daughters vol 2 and another story Transfers From Connecting Flights in An Alphabet Of Embers reflecting on politics patriarchy selfrejection and diverse anthologies
Archive page for MISSHALLELUJAH.NET month January 2015 featuring posts Award Eligibility Post 2014 Airplanes and Martian Colonies Oh My and TO TUSINDE FJORTEN AF BEDOMMELSESUDVALG
Monthly roundup of standout short fiction with themes of family, parenthood, obligation and loss, featuring brief impressions of several notable speculative stories.
Archive page for November 2014 on MISSHALLELUJAH.NET featuring the post Fiction Nuggets Oct 2014 edition by JY Yang with reviews of standout short stories
Roundup of the authors recent writing life including new SFWA active membership, slush reading for Crossed Genres, anthology appearances, story sales and plans for monthly short fiction review posts.
Archive page for posts published in July 2014 on MISSHALLELUJAH.NET featuring LonCon 2014 Schedule Storytelling And representation and The National Library Board
Archive page for April 2014 on MISSHALLELUJAH.NET featuring JY Yangs post A plug for BooksActually about supporting the Singapore indie bookstore and local lit
Archive page for March 2013 on a speculative fiction themed blog featuring posts on a tea party write in event random prompts Clarion West acceptance and arts fundraisers
Reflection on discovering a local band whose beautiful song and video deeply moved the writer after first seeing them at an open mic night at The Pigeonhole cafe
A reflection on the strange untameable nature of memory framed by research for a short story about a Lada in Singapore and specific remembered newspaper features.
A constellation feed: small observations that become patterns when we place them side-by-side.
Archive page of MISSHALLELUJAH.NET for April 2013 featuring posts Tender Cuts A Novel Idea Perhaps and A Tale Of One Cat And Two Boxes covering poetry writing and a viral cat story
Blog post from June 14 2015 by JY Yang sharing publication updates story sales and a new role as first reader for Strange Horizons with notes on several works.
Monthly short fiction roundup covering Jan to Mar 2015 by JY Yang, highlighting standout speculative stories and a longer list of additional recommended reads.
Awardeligible science fiction stories from 2014 including Storytelling For The Night Clerk Harvestfruit and Patterns Of A Murmuration plus Campbell award notes
A reflective 2014 writing roundup covering speculative fiction submissions sales rejections milestones and statistics with humor about time language and Google Translate
Roundup of the authors recent writing life in October 2014 including SFWA membership news, new slush reading role, anthology stretch goal, story sales, calls for submissions, and plans for monthly short fiction reviews.
A young queer Asian woman reflects on attending NineWorlds and WorldCon, challenging age based fandom stereotypes, noting racial homogeneity, and finding hope in diverse SFF award wins
Reflections on the launch of The Ayam Curtain anthology of Singaporean speculative fiction at the Singapore Writers Festival with readings signings and photos.
A humorous open letter about Singapores Olympic table tennis star Feng Tianwei, national anxiety over marriage and fertility, and the writer applying to be her partner.
Personal reflection by the author on their childhood desire to be Christian, their upbringing in Chinese pagan culture, and the beginnings of their journey toward atheism.
A brief note marking an old website headline introduces a story by JY Yang dated April 7 2012 about an encounter in a McDonalds with an elderly Chinese woman asking for a hamburger
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Two weekends ago I attended a novel writing masterclass organised by Writing The City taught by Jean McNeil and Julia Bell at the Arts House in Singapore. We explored character point of view time and narrative through daily exercises and sharing.
Archive page for January 2016 on MISSHALLELUJAH.NET featuring two posts by JY Yang on Clarion workshops writing community accessibility and quitting writing amid discouragement
Over the last month or so I made a couple of sales and a bunch more things came out I thought to myself time to make a blogpost with updates and news
Roundup of short speculative fiction from January to March 2015 with detailed impressions of standout stories and a curated list of additional recommended reads.
Author post announcing eligibility for the John Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2015 listing published stories from 2014 and recommending several fellow emerging writers for Campbell nominations
Campbell Award eligibility post by JY Yang highlighting 2014 stories including Storytelling For The Night Clerk Patterns Of A Murmuration and Harvestfruit plus Tiger Baby and recommending several emerging writers
Monthly roundup of standout speculative fiction stories for November 2014 highlighting themes of family parenthood obligation loss and emotional resonance
Archive page for September 2014 on MISSHALLELUJAH.NET featuring the post Clarkesworld issue 96 by JY Yang about a story in Clarkesworld and Chinese SFF translations
Reflections on attending NineWorlds and WorldCon as a young queer Asian woman discussing inclusivity diversity age dynamics and experiences of SFF fandom
Archive page for posts from July 2013 on MISSHALLELUJAH.NET. Includes the post CW 2013 Week 1 Rows Of Trousers by JY Yang July 1 2013 about Clarion West settling in and the ritual of doing laundry.
Reflections on the launch of The Ayam Curtain anthology at the Singapore Writers Festival in November 2012 with contributors readings and signing
Reflection on the Amy Cheong incident in Singapore arguing that her racist comments are not an isolated case but part of widespread everyday racism ignored by authorities.