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8 Contemporary YA Standalone Novels I Grew Up Reading That Still Bring All the Feels
Contemporary young adult fiction has come a long way since I was a, well, young adult—but these books have stayed with me.
May 8
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How to Create Characters That Readers Will Love, Root For, and Remember
Crafting characters that will make your readers cry and cheer for them requires you to understand them deeply—inside and out. Here are my tips on…
Apr 26
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Joyce Chua
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Children of the Desert Q&A—Part I: Inspiration, Influences, and Inception
Answering your burning questions about my Chinese fantasy trilogy, starting with world-building and initial concepts!
Apr 20
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Joyce Chua
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Women in Creative Fields—Why We Should Be Both Jo March and Amy March
The two March sisters from Little Women pursued different creative paths and their fates are representative of the dilemma of many women in creative…
Apr 13
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Joyce Chua
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Creatives Need to Talk More About Money — We Don’t Need to All Be Starving Artists!
Let's normalise the notion of not struggling financially to make art.
Apr 9
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Joyce Chua
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Studio Ghibli is the Latest Victim of the Ever-Encroaching AI Machine
Please stop sharing your cutesy photos with that Studio Ghibli filter all over social media.
Apr 3
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Joyce Chua
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Meta’s AI Theft Screwed Millions of Authors Over. Where Do We Go From Here?
Maybe it’s time for a technocultural shift.
Mar 27
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8 Things I Learned From Being Published Again After 8 Years
It took me 8 years to get another publishing deal, and a lot has changed in that time.
Mar 24
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Joyce Chua
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Creative Life Lessons: Do we have hope or do we have expectations?
(Yes, there's a difference.)
Mar 21
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Joyce Chua
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RedNote is the New Playground for TikTok Refugees, and The Tides Are Changing
I am so invested in this enemies-to-lovers plot twist—the recent mass migration of Americatok to RedNote due to the impending TikTok ban.
Jan 17
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Joyce Chua
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Building a social media presence as an author
—or how I got over my fear of failing loudly and being seen.
Dec 20, 2024
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Joyce Chua
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Rest and Reset: Finding Purpose in the In-Between
What I've learned from slow periods and my approach to staying creative, positive, and motivated in career and creative lulls.
Nov 10, 2024
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Singaporean author published by Penguin Random House SEA - making my foray into the intersection of creative life, personal finance, and publishing.
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