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Teo and Mordecai on a rainy day
so I heard you guys liked Chinese American Witches
I got an email last week from a good friend of mine about a book launch party where the author would be reading excerpts from her new e-book on… Chinese American witches
and I was like
what
oh my god
this is so exciting
WHO IS THIS GIRL SHE IS MY MIND TWIN WE MUST MEET AND I WANT TO BE HER FRIEND!
so I went to the reading and met Gwen Li, the author of The Switch Sisters. pointy hats were worn and Witches’ Brew beer was imbibed.
and guess what, guys! For the rest of today and all of tomorrow you can download the e-book FOR FREE off Amazon as part of a special promo!
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR???
I can’t wait to read it!
From Amazon:
As the only Chinese family in town, the Switch sisters have always kept to themselves. But when Mara Switch is framed for murder, her sisters are forced to step into the spotlight and prove her innocence—all without revealing a dark family secret.
The Switch sisters know they’re different. With ink black hair and cat-like eyes, they certainly draw stares in a small town like Ambrose, where everyone else is white and has lived in the same neat houses with the same grassy lawns for generations. Behind their Chinese faces, however, the girls are also witches. The sisters manage to keep their special powers under wraps—that is, until Mara falls in love with the mayor’s only son. Their wedding is the most exciting event in town history, but festivities abruptly end when someone is murdered and Mara is unjustly charged. Her three younger sisters know that she’s innocent. Each with a budding magical talent, the girls must bring their powers together in order to save their sister. Meanwhile, the real murderer is still on the loose…
An immigrant story inside a witch story, THE SWITCH SISTERS is the first novella in a young adult series that follows Mara, Morgan, Marie, and Mina as they grow up, fall in love, and learn to embrace who they are.
my not so secret goal in case the internet wanted to know: to be Angry Reader of the Week on Angry Asian Man
in Chinese mythology, the Dragon Kings ruled the four seas and often had fearsome half-human half-dragon forms. throughout the land in shadowy groves and clandestine coves lurked fox spirits, beautiful, cunning creatures who often took the form of seductive young women. while the Dragon Kings often were frightening in appearance, their children were quite lovely and could take fully human forms.
I wanted to draw a fairy tale story with a fox spirit and a dragon prince.
please do not remove my commentary if you do reblog, thank you!
ATTN: Korean or Korean American actresses based in NYC/surrounding area!
You should audition for my friend Max’s show! He is looking for a specifically KOREAN or KOREAN AMERICAN actress to play a Korean American girl in his new play, so none of that “All Asians are interchangeable” crap. Here’s his message from me, which he asked me to pass on to you. Please consider auditioning if you’ve ever wanted to be in a show, even if you have no prior experience!
From Max:
I’m directing a great play by Mara Wilson called Sheeple for this year’s New York International Fringe Festival. We’re seeking a Korean actress to portray a rebellious high school student named Soo Min. Here’s a blurb about the play:
Sheeple is a “period piece” set in the latter half of George W. Bush’s presidency. When he discovers his best friend Alberto is considering enlisting, Nick hopes his would-be girlfriend and his LaVeyan Satanist older brother will help talk Alberto out of it. However, as the afternoon progresses, Nick discovers that the problem with encouraging people to think for themselves is that they often will. A coming-of-age story about belief, politics, identity, heartbreak, loss, family, and the teenage burden of having to know everything,Sheeple is about what happens when “everything you know is wrong.”
It’s a really funny, sad, honest play and it should be a lot of fun. Rehearsals will be June-July with performances in August.Anyone interested can email me (maxareuben@gmail.com) to set up a time to come in and read.
also, feel free to signal boost!
Witch fashion
COLD STEEL events
To support the release of the third and final volume of the Spiritwalker Trilogy I will be at the following bookstores/events:
Borderlands Books, San Francisco, CA: Thursday June 27 at 7 pm
with Katharine Kerr who will also have a new book out, Sorcerer’s Luck.
Mysterious Galaxy San Diego, Saturday June 29 at 2 pm
with Andy Duncan and Clarion students (should be fun AND educational).
New York City: NYRSF reading Tuesday July 2 (other author TBA) at 7 pm
University Bookstore, Seattle, WA: Monday July 8 at 7 pm
Powells Beaverton, Portland OR: Tuesday July 9 at 7 pm
All events will include reading from Cold Steel, from my forthcoming YA fantasy, and maybe even from the epic fantasy trilogy I’m currently working on, or possibly I will read a short story instead although that might necessitate you believing I can actually write a short story. Which I can. I totally can.
PLUS Q&A (you have to bring the Qs).
AND I will either have print copies of The Secret Journal of Beatrice Hassi Barahal available (art by the awesome Julie Dillon!!!!) OR if it is not yet finished I will have a rough version with some of the illustrations to display and a place to sign up with your email/address to get notification when the print and e-book versions are ready for purchase.
Please know that I would love to see you. Yes, you! Especially YOU!
And your friends, family, or indeed any passers-by you can snag off the street. If I’m not coming to a city near you then send friends or family who live in the area to the event! The more the merrier. If enough people come I will sing OR demonstrate how to paddle an outrigger canoe and punch sharks.
I plan to attend the Sirens Conference in Oregon in October (it’s a wonderful small conference — come if you can!) but besides that the events listed above will be my only appearances in public venues/conventions this year (as far as I know).
A note on bookstore events:
I’m signing at four well regarded and valued independent bookstores. You may bring personal books from home for me to sign. It is not required to buy (for example) Cold Steel or any book from the bookstore but it is always a strong show of support for independent bookstores if you can and do buy a copy of my newest book or, indeed, any book while you’re there (whether or not it is one of mine).
If you’re not able to make the event, I do always sign stock at each bookstore so you can order a signed copy afterward. If you contact any of the bookstores IN ADVANCE you can reserve a book and get it signed to you at the event (by me! not some random book signing gnome).
Finally, if you are so inclined, do feel free to signal boost this announcement. There is always always someone who says afterward: “But I didn’t know you would be here!”
I’m so excited to see the awesome Kate Elliot when she comes to NYC!!! You guys should go to any of these if you are in the area!
Some characters from an old story. Rosalie, a blind alchemist’s daughter and Beron, the living doll he made for her
I was complaining to friends about some asshole in the street who had yelled “KONNICHIWA” after me and one goes, “I hope he gets crushed by a ton of sushi”
