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Ash Huang

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THE SECRET LIVES OF IMMORTALS (Orbit/Redhook, 2027) • Three pep talks in a trench coat • LCRW, Nightmare, Lightspeed, Ecotone • Editor at Orion's Belt • Rep: @hel-no-wai.bsky.social • ashsmash.com

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Sid Jain@sid--j.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ever felt that you're running low on ideas, either at the start or in the middle of a story? I have some nifty tricks to never run out of ideas (and in a way, rewire your brain to always be spinning up ideas) Come join me as we play with some idea-mashing journaling prompts! tinyurl.com/4e57zhh8

Single-Session: Sid Jain teaches The Charged Field: How Writers Build

Just in time for our busy drafting season, this class is perfect for the writer looking for new ways to cultivate story ideas! Every story starts with an idea, and accumulates new ideas with every sen...

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Lauren (LJ) McMenemy@laurenwrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

PSA: this massive event happens online TOMORROW, Saturday 25 July. It's free for BFS members or £5 for everyone else. You'll get three hour-long panels discussing how writers use power to control, to influence, and to change, both for good and for ill. 🧵⬇️

British Fantasy Society@britfantasysoc.bsky.social · last mo.

The British Fantasy Society is excited to announce our next event day, taking place on Saturday 25th July 2026, 10am to 6pm (BST). BFS Online: Power in SFFH Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfspowr

Shown is a graphic that has a blue wormhole background with streaks of light blue lightning through it. In the centre is the outline of a fist smashing down. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a white dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Text: BFS Online: Power in SFFH; Join the BFS as we examine power in speculative fictions, its many forms, the imbalances and the consequences, and what it means to really have it; Saturday 25th July 2026, 10am to 6pm, Online.
Ash Huang@ashsmash.bsky.social · 3w ago

So nice to meet new folks and finally hang out in person with others I’ve been chatting with forever @readercon.org Ps—if this was your first con and you’re anxious/ruminating over all the low stakes stuff you said, it means you talked to enough people for long enough to be able to ruminate today

Putri Prihatini@putriprihatini.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Singaporean artist Leia Ham reimagined LotR as Tale of the Middle Kingdom, since Chinese name for China (Zhōngguó) means "The Middle Kingdom." Her concept art includes the Fellowship, armors, buildings like Bag End, props like Aragorn's banner and Fellowship brooches, and more. #TolkienTrewsday

An illustration of the Fellowship, reimagined with Chinese-style period outfits.An illustration of armors of Gondor, Rohan, and Rivendell Elves, reimagined using different periods of Chinese armors as concepts. On the top right are three side profiles of Rohan man, Gondorian, and Elf with different Chinese hairstyles. On the bottom right is Aragorn's banner redrawn with Chinese influence.A concept art of Bag End reimagined as Chinese court houses, with tall stone gates, round wooden doors, curved roofs, and open courtyard, nestled in a hill.A concept art of Rivendell in the style of Chinese painting. Next to it are several props drawn in Chinese style such as Fellowship brooch based on gingko leaves, lembas in the shape of mooncake, Elfstone as round jade, Galadriel's phial in a green jade bottle, and shards of Narsil.
Orion's Belt magazine@orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Happy to share that our Flash Editors @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @ashsmash.bsky.social @yanrongtan.bsky.social & Lindsey Ragsdale did an interview with The Village @heyflashvillage.bsky.social. They dived into what sets a story apart, what keeps them up at night, & more. Read it here: bit.ly/4vAsun5

SmokeLong Quarterly

This is the home of our communities: The SmokeLong Fitness year-round workshop The Village with All of the Flash Writers

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Ash Huang@ashsmash.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Listen. You need this today. @roseciesla.bsky.social shared this link about an author incorrectly getting ROASTED for calling a Wawa food item ‘sub’ not ‘hoagie’. (yes…'food item'; I'm from New England, I don't want to also be roasted) www.inquirer.com/news/nation-... I BEGGED her to cook. 🧵

A rom-com author caught heat for using the phrase ‘Wawa sub’ in her new book. She’s defending it.

B.K. Borison's new book, "And Now, Back to You," includes a line about ordering a "sub" — not a hoagie — from Wawa. Some readers are horrified. Now, the author is doubling down.

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Ash Huang@ashsmash.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“How do we nurture an artistic practice outside of commodification?” Great interview re the Tin House Workshop/MWC name change; how Lance, A.L, Yimei, and Autumn have thoughtfully maintained this community space for us. By bestie @alexismwright.bsky.social !! electricliterature.com/the-mccormac...

The McCormack Writing Center Places Artists and Community First - Electric Literature

As they shed the Tin House Workshop name, Executive Director Lance Cleland discusses the values that remain at the organization's core

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Ash Huang@ashsmash.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Do yall care about moodboarding/style visualization, or find that interesting? I’m thinking of sharing some tips for how to take em to the next level for your projects in my newsletter