Melody Chu
@melodygchu.bsky.social
Writer of upmarket / book club fiction with complicated AAPI MCs. Reader of good books. Mother of kids. Lawyer in another life. Clevelander.
My 2024 recommended reads, courtesy of Storygraph:
January 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My 2024 recommended reads, courtesy of Storygraph:
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The Lost Art of Innkeeping and The Hidden Art of Innkeeping are on sale during the #Steam Winter Sale!
Manage an inn, meet fun characters, and find hidden treasures that lead to unexpected outcomes!
#cozygame #indiegame
Manage an inn, meet fun characters, and find hidden treasures that lead to unexpected outcomes!
#cozygame #indiegame
December 21, 2024 at 12:18 AM
The Lost Art of Innkeeping and The Hidden Art of Innkeeping are on sale during the #Steam Winter Sale!
Manage an inn, meet fun characters, and find hidden treasures that lead to unexpected outcomes!
#cozygame #indiegame
Manage an inn, meet fun characters, and find hidden treasures that lead to unexpected outcomes!
#cozygame #indiegame
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Thou shalt not accuse others of being criminals when you just made a criminal the commander in chief. Thou shalt stop being a gigantic hypocrite every second of thy life.
December 2, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Thou shalt not accuse others of being criminals when you just made a criminal the commander in chief. Thou shalt stop being a gigantic hypocrite every second of thy life.
My recommended reads from November 2024:
**Exit West (Mohsin Hamid)
*The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid)
**Exit West (Mohsin Hamid)
*The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid)
December 3, 2024 at 3:40 PM
My recommended reads from November 2024:
**Exit West (Mohsin Hamid)
*The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid)
**Exit West (Mohsin Hamid)
*The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid)
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Writing is fine. It's literally the most embarrassing thing on earth to emotionally put yourself on full display for rejection or validation, but it's good. I enjoy it. I find it therapeutic to horrify myself.
December 2, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Writing is fine. It's literally the most embarrassing thing on earth to emotionally put yourself on full display for rejection or validation, but it's good. I enjoy it. I find it therapeutic to horrify myself.
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It’s Thanksgiving leftovers day #4.
There are no rules anymore and nothing matters. Turkey tacos? Great. Green bean casserole lasagna with gravy? Classic. Mashed potato milkshakes? Makes sense to me. You don’t owe anyone anything. You got this. Spread your wings and fly.
There are no rules anymore and nothing matters. Turkey tacos? Great. Green bean casserole lasagna with gravy? Classic. Mashed potato milkshakes? Makes sense to me. You don’t owe anyone anything. You got this. Spread your wings and fly.
December 2, 2024 at 2:23 PM
It’s Thanksgiving leftovers day #4.
There are no rules anymore and nothing matters. Turkey tacos? Great. Green bean casserole lasagna with gravy? Classic. Mashed potato milkshakes? Makes sense to me. You don’t owe anyone anything. You got this. Spread your wings and fly.
There are no rules anymore and nothing matters. Turkey tacos? Great. Green bean casserole lasagna with gravy? Classic. Mashed potato milkshakes? Makes sense to me. You don’t owe anyone anything. You got this. Spread your wings and fly.
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CHAUCER WRITINGE ADVYCE
If you are tellinge a storye featuringe two younge knightes who speake and act exactlye the same and have the same personalitye, you kan helpe distinguish the characters by givinge them differente names. Followe me for more writinge tippes.
If you are tellinge a storye featuringe two younge knightes who speake and act exactlye the same and have the same personalitye, you kan helpe distinguish the characters by givinge them differente names. Followe me for more writinge tippes.
December 1, 2024 at 7:44 PM
CHAUCER WRITINGE ADVYCE
If you are tellinge a storye featuringe two younge knightes who speake and act exactlye the same and have the same personalitye, you kan helpe distinguish the characters by givinge them differente names. Followe me for more writinge tippes.
If you are tellinge a storye featuringe two younge knightes who speake and act exactlye the same and have the same personalitye, you kan helpe distinguish the characters by givinge them differente names. Followe me for more writinge tippes.
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Dune has the same plot as the Westminster Dog Show: After generations of careful breeding, we have produced this perfect little freak of nature and now it has behavioral issues
Mom: Let's pick out a Christmas movie to watch on Thanksgiving. Which one do you guys want to watch?
Family (in unison): DUNE!
Family (in unison): DUNE!
November 29, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Dune has the same plot as the Westminster Dog Show: After generations of careful breeding, we have produced this perfect little freak of nature and now it has behavioral issues
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America fumbled so hard
November 30, 2024 at 2:30 AM
America fumbled so hard
If you are in Columbus, Ohio, highly recommend a stop at The Book Loft at German Village. It's a labyrinth in the best way.
November 27, 2024 at 5:23 PM
If you are in Columbus, Ohio, highly recommend a stop at The Book Loft at German Village. It's a labyrinth in the best way.
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with Thanksgiving coming up, I would like to remind my fellow writers . . .
you wrote a book
whether you're published, on sub, querying, or just finished
YOU
WROTE
A
BOOK
think of those relatives who say "Oh yeah, I've been meaning to write a book someday--"
you actually did
take pride in that
you wrote a book
whether you're published, on sub, querying, or just finished
YOU
WROTE
A
BOOK
think of those relatives who say "Oh yeah, I've been meaning to write a book someday--"
you actually did
take pride in that
a robot holding a sign that says keep moving forward on it
Alt: the robot from Meet the Robinsons displaying ever more gradiose signs with "keep moving forward" on them, culminating in fireworks
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:02 AM
with Thanksgiving coming up, I would like to remind my fellow writers . . .
you wrote a book
whether you're published, on sub, querying, or just finished
YOU
WROTE
A
BOOK
think of those relatives who say "Oh yeah, I've been meaning to write a book someday--"
you actually did
take pride in that
you wrote a book
whether you're published, on sub, querying, or just finished
YOU
WROTE
A
BOOK
think of those relatives who say "Oh yeah, I've been meaning to write a book someday--"
you actually did
take pride in that
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That time you saw only one set of footprints in the sand was when Jesus unfollowed you
November 23, 2024 at 1:36 PM
That time you saw only one set of footprints in the sand was when Jesus unfollowed you
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Anyone who promoted Trump’s false claims of 2020 election fraud should not be the Attorney General of the United States.
November 22, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Anyone who promoted Trump’s false claims of 2020 election fraud should not be the Attorney General of the United States.
Quiz: is this my puppy or a stuffed animal?
Bonus question: does he look cute or crazy? The correct answer is both.
Bonus question: does he look cute or crazy? The correct answer is both.
November 21, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Quiz: is this my puppy or a stuffed animal?
Bonus question: does he look cute or crazy? The correct answer is both.
Bonus question: does he look cute or crazy? The correct answer is both.
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Octavia Butler tried to warn us. Half of this country failed the assignment 📝
November 20, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Octavia Butler tried to warn us. Half of this country failed the assignment 📝
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Assembling a cabinet from the people in your group chat is certainly a choice.
November 20, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Assembling a cabinet from the people in your group chat is certainly a choice.
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Alright! Started working on a literary agent starter pack on here, for all my writer friends out there!
Follow along and see what folks are looking for. go.bsky.app/EFopcRo
Follow along and see what folks are looking for. go.bsky.app/EFopcRo
November 19, 2024 at 1:03 AM
Alright! Started working on a literary agent starter pack on here, for all my writer friends out there!
Follow along and see what folks are looking for. go.bsky.app/EFopcRo
Follow along and see what folks are looking for. go.bsky.app/EFopcRo
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This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.
November 18, 2024 at 2:40 PM
This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.
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You know that feeling people talk about when they don't want a book to end? Yeah, I don't usually experience that. But somehow, about halfway through EXIT WEST by Mohsin Hamid, I found myself wishing the book would just... slow down without actually slowing down.
(1/2)
(1/2)
November 18, 2024 at 10:46 PM
You know that feeling people talk about when they don't want a book to end? Yeah, I don't usually experience that. But somehow, about halfway through EXIT WEST by Mohsin Hamid, I found myself wishing the book would just... slow down without actually slowing down.
(1/2)
(1/2)
My recommended reads from October 2024:
*Moon Palace (Paul Auster)
**Home Fire (Kamila Shamsie)
*The Berry Pickers (Amanda Peters)
*Euphoria (Lily King)
*Moon Palace (Paul Auster)
**Home Fire (Kamila Shamsie)
*The Berry Pickers (Amanda Peters)
*Euphoria (Lily King)
November 18, 2024 at 10:46 PM
My recommended reads from October 2024:
*Moon Palace (Paul Auster)
**Home Fire (Kamila Shamsie)
*The Berry Pickers (Amanda Peters)
*Euphoria (Lily King)
*Moon Palace (Paul Auster)
**Home Fire (Kamila Shamsie)
*The Berry Pickers (Amanda Peters)
*Euphoria (Lily King)