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Writing

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.

misshallelujah.net2024-04-15
archive

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

misshallelujah.net2016-01-20
Updates

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

misshallelujah.net2015-06-14
Roundup

Roundup of short speculative fiction from January to March 2015 with detailed impressions of standout stories and a curated list of additional recommended reads.

misshallelujah.net2015-04-15
Campbell

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

misshallelujah.net2015-03-08
Awards

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

misshallelujah.net2015-03-08
Fiction

Monthly roundup of standout speculative fiction stories for November 2014 highlighting themes of family parenthood obligation loss and emotional resonance

misshallelujah.net2014-12-01
Clarkesworld

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

misshallelujah.net2014-09-02
Convention

Reflections on attending NineWorlds and WorldCon as a young queer Asian woman discussing inclusivity diversity age dynamics and experiences of SFF fandom

misshallelujah.net2014-08-31
archive

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.

misshallelujah.net2013-07-01
Festival

Reflections on the launch of The Ayam Curtain anthology at the Singapore Writers Festival in November 2012 with contributors readings and signing

misshallelujah.net2012-11-05
Racism

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.

misshallelujah.net2012-10-09

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Fiction

Clarkesworld

Convention

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