Tiffany Chu
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Tiffany Chu

Tiffany Chu

When you’re pacing around waiting for your line editor to get back to you, and she texts you this 😭:

When you’re pacing around waiting for your line editor to get back to you, and she texts you this 😭:

How fundamentalism nearly destroyed my relationship with God
deconstruction

How fundamentalism nearly destroyed my relationship with God

I was a sophomore in college when I turned my back on the religion of my childhood and declared myself no longer a Christian.
My Sunday Shelfie features my stack of books from the library and current reads. I’ve been a bit greedy but not in the least regretful.

My Sunday Shelfie features my stack of books from the library and current reads. I’ve been a bit greedy but not in the least regretful.

This is the fourth year since your son died
grief

This is the fourth year since your son died

This is the fourth year since your son died. You wonder where the time has gone, and wonder if it’d be cliche to say it sometimes still feels like yesterday.

My mom first brought me to our local Barnes and Noble when I was in elementary school.

Made it to EIGHT indie bookstores this past weekend! Not too shabby for a hermit.

Made it to EIGHT indie bookstores this past weekend! Not too shabby for a hermit.

Joanna Penn said nobody actually reads their pretty special edition books.

Joanna Penn said nobody actually reads their pretty special edition books.

No AI will ever write as slowly as I do. Unfortunately. Edit: I change my mind. It’s not unfortunate, it’s human me with my human limitations—unapologetically so.

I was invisible and voiceless. Now I write for the invisible and voiceless. Because being seen feels like taking a deep sigh and relaxing your shoulders after holding your breath for too long.

Anyone else still writing letters and mailing them? Am I one of the last ones standing? 😭

I once adopted a baby cockatiel named Kyoko. She was quiet and gentle, content to snuggle at my boob.

I didn’t even want to be friends with her
social issues

I didn’t even want to be friends with her

People don’t fit into boxes. They’re too beautifully complex, filled with every colour we can and can’t see.

If you invite me to something that begins after 6pm, 99% of the time, I will decline. I’m an old lady at heart who can’t function after suppertime.

Happy Easter Sunday Stack. My current reads:

Happy Easter Sunday Stack. My current reads:

Ever since my 7-year-old found out I was an author,

Ai Jiang said she sent about 1500 submissions when she first started, and received almost as many rejections. Today, she’s a Bram Stoker, Nebula, and Locus, Hugo-nominated award-winning author. Never give up.

Even though I didn’t want to for so much of my life… I’m glad I stayed alive for this.

Remember the words you needed to hear when you were young? Write those.