Shelley Parker-Chan
@shelleyparkerchan.bsky.social
Sunday Times & USA Today bestselling author of SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN and HE WHO DROWNED THE WORLD. Winner of Astounding & British Fantasy Awards. Unhealthily into monks, eunuchs, monsterfuckers
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I deplore the craven cowardice of those implicated in this report. That queer, BIPOC and Chinese diaspora authors were singled out for political examination, and denied a fair chance at SFF’s best-known awards, is reprehensible. Had my first book come out a year later, I’d have been disqualified too
For the last few weeks I've been working with Chris Barkley @cmzhang42.bsky.social of @file770.bsky.social on a report about censorship in the 2023 Hugo Awards.
Leaked emails and files indicate authors and works deemed “not eligible” for the awards were removed due to political considerations. 1/3
Leaked emails and files indicate authors and works deemed “not eligible” for the awards were removed due to political considerations. 1/3
February 15, 2024 at 11:10 PM
I deplore the craven cowardice of those implicated in this report. That queer, BIPOC and Chinese diaspora authors were singled out for political examination, and denied a fair chance at SFF’s best-known awards, is reprehensible. Had my first book come out a year later, I’d have been disqualified too
love this one. One of my favourite calming comfort reads, deeply thoughtful as well as deeply emotional
February 15, 2024 at 9:59 PM
love this one. One of my favourite calming comfort reads, deeply thoughtful as well as deeply emotional
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🍓🍓 TODAY'S THE DAY! LET'S GET PETTY! 🍓🍓
My ex’s judgy older bro (39m) told him to dump me (37f). Now I'm broke & stuck in a 10-ft-wide Spite House next door. If I blast monsterfucking audiobooks & tell MLM reps that older bro can host Tupperware parties, AITA? www.harpercollins.com/products/at-...
My ex’s judgy older bro (39m) told him to dump me (37f). Now I'm broke & stuck in a 10-ft-wide Spite House next door. If I blast monsterfucking audiobooks & tell MLM reps that older bro can host Tupperware parties, AITA? www.harpercollins.com/products/at-...
February 13, 2024 at 2:06 PM
🍓🍓 TODAY'S THE DAY! LET'S GET PETTY! 🍓🍓
My ex’s judgy older bro (39m) told him to dump me (37f). Now I'm broke & stuck in a 10-ft-wide Spite House next door. If I blast monsterfucking audiobooks & tell MLM reps that older bro can host Tupperware parties, AITA? www.harpercollins.com/products/at-...
My ex’s judgy older bro (39m) told him to dump me (37f). Now I'm broke & stuck in a 10-ft-wide Spite House next door. If I blast monsterfucking audiobooks & tell MLM reps that older bro can host Tupperware parties, AITA? www.harpercollins.com/products/at-...
I fully expect The Saint of Bright Doors and To Shape a Dragon’s Breath to be on every awards list this year (and I’m sure when I read The Mad Sisters of Esi I’ll think the same of it), but I must confess: I never expected to be on a list with Salman Rushdie lol
The shortlisted works in the fantasy category are:
- @vajra.me , The Saint of Bright Doors
- Salman Rushdie, Victory City
- Moniquill Blackgoose, To Shape a Dragon’s Breath
- @tashanmehta.bsky.social , The Mad Sisters of Esi
- @shelleyparkerchan.bsky.social He Who Drowned the World
- @vajra.me , The Saint of Bright Doors
- Salman Rushdie, Victory City
- Moniquill Blackgoose, To Shape a Dragon’s Breath
- @tashanmehta.bsky.social , The Mad Sisters of Esi
- @shelleyparkerchan.bsky.social He Who Drowned the World
February 12, 2024 at 2:27 AM
I fully expect The Saint of Bright Doors and To Shape a Dragon’s Breath to be on every awards list this year (and I’m sure when I read The Mad Sisters of Esi I’ll think the same of it), but I must confess: I never expected to be on a list with Salman Rushdie lol
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(by the very talented—and very human—cover designer Mel Four)
(by the very talented—and very human—cover designer Mel Four)
February 10, 2024 at 10:34 AM
🐉🧧
(by the very talented—and very human—cover designer Mel Four)
(by the very talented—and very human—cover designer Mel Four)
standing ovation inflation: the true problem of our times
February 2, 2024 at 10:33 AM
standing ovation inflation: the true problem of our times
Voicemail: Hi Shelley, this is the local library. We were just wondering if—
Me: OMG!! My library has finally figured out I’m a local author and are getting in touch!
Voicemail: —you could check inside the book you borrowed, the previous patron left a bookmark inside that they want back
Me: OMG!! My library has finally figured out I’m a local author and are getting in touch!
Voicemail: —you could check inside the book you borrowed, the previous patron left a bookmark inside that they want back
January 31, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Voicemail: Hi Shelley, this is the local library. We were just wondering if—
Me: OMG!! My library has finally figured out I’m a local author and are getting in touch!
Voicemail: —you could check inside the book you borrowed, the previous patron left a bookmark inside that they want back
Me: OMG!! My library has finally figured out I’m a local author and are getting in touch!
Voicemail: —you could check inside the book you borrowed, the previous patron left a bookmark inside that they want back
anyway, He Who Drowned the World is eligible for Hugo Best Novel, if anyone is so inclined to nominate it (thank you if you do!) I personally like it better than She Who Became the Sun, but I write to my own taste, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
January 30, 2024 at 8:56 AM
anyway, He Who Drowned the World is eligible for Hugo Best Novel, if anyone is so inclined to nominate it (thank you if you do!) I personally like it better than She Who Became the Sun, but I write to my own taste, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
wait, all I had to do was put my preorder reward short story up on my website for it to count as published, and it would make my 240,000+ words series (two books and the short story) eligible for Best Series?? I AM CRYING
A random thought: While the Radiant Emperor duology isn't eligible for a Best Series hugo as it stands, all it would need to qualify is a single short story.
I feel this is information that, if they don't know it already, @shelleyparkerchan.bsky.social should know.
I feel this is information that, if they don't know it already, @shelleyparkerchan.bsky.social should know.
January 30, 2024 at 8:14 AM
wait, all I had to do was put my preorder reward short story up on my website for it to count as published, and it would make my 240,000+ words series (two books and the short story) eligible for Best Series?? I AM CRYING
cried actual tears by page 2, was snort-laughing throughout, and legit SCREAMING by the end
I really loved this book & howled about it separately with both @shelleyparkerchan.bsky.social and @everinamaxwell.bsky.social. Sarah Rees Brennan knows how to make you laugh and rip you open at the same time. Don’t miss it.
The cover of LONG LIVE EVIL revealed! I can’t wait for you all to meet this saucy lady and join the villains. Pre-order for extra evil treats: www.sarahreesbrennan.com/long-live-ev...
January 30, 2024 at 8:03 AM
cried actual tears by page 2, was snort-laughing throughout, and legit SCREAMING by the end
after months of imaginative labour I have constructed my magnum opus: a world without breasts
January 17, 2024 at 7:47 AM
after months of imaginative labour I have constructed my magnum opus: a world without breasts
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Oh, nothing, just @shelleyparkerchan.bsky.social unravelling then reassembling my heart with this beautiful cruel beast of a book
January 16, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Oh, nothing, just @shelleyparkerchan.bsky.social unravelling then reassembling my heart with this beautiful cruel beast of a book
learned a new word: “the croton hues of the Impressionists”, where croton is this colourful tropical plant I never knew the name of! I remember being enraptured the first time I saw them, in Yogyakarta in my early twenties
January 14, 2024 at 2:37 AM
learned a new word: “the croton hues of the Impressionists”, where croton is this colourful tropical plant I never knew the name of! I remember being enraptured the first time I saw them, in Yogyakarta in my early twenties
as a writer I sometimes break out in a cold sweat thinking about my kid and her fellow fifth graders critiquing The Hunger Games as having “kinda a slow start”
January 13, 2024 at 6:26 AM
as a writer I sometimes break out in a cold sweat thinking about my kid and her fellow fifth graders critiquing The Hunger Games as having “kinda a slow start”
“what kind of personality will be the engine to get me between these disparate plot points that I came up with to generate the one (1) scene I’m actually invested in”
(it’s like solving a multi-variable equation where the variables are, I guess, the Issues that shape their interaction styles)
(it’s like solving a multi-variable equation where the variables are, I guess, the Issues that shape their interaction styles)
Where do you start when building a new character?
For me 4 things first:
Goals - what do they want?
Motivation - why do they want what they want?
Conflict - what's stopping them from getting what they want?
Secrets - what are they hiding from other characters?
Then everything else.
What's yours?
For me 4 things first:
Goals - what do they want?
Motivation - why do they want what they want?
Conflict - what's stopping them from getting what they want?
Secrets - what are they hiding from other characters?
Then everything else.
What's yours?
January 13, 2024 at 2:13 AM
“what kind of personality will be the engine to get me between these disparate plot points that I came up with to generate the one (1) scene I’m actually invested in”
(it’s like solving a multi-variable equation where the variables are, I guess, the Issues that shape their interaction styles)
(it’s like solving a multi-variable equation where the variables are, I guess, the Issues that shape their interaction styles)
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just when you buckaroos thought 2024 would be a break from book drama, here comes chuck tingle in the mix. recently i was asked to be a featured speaker for the TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION conference. a few days ago they rescinded my invitation. here is what happened.
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January 9, 2024 at 7:17 PM
just when you buckaroos thought 2024 would be a break from book drama, here comes chuck tingle in the mix. recently i was asked to be a featured speaker for the TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION conference. a few days ago they rescinded my invitation. here is what happened.
tumblr.com/drchucktingl...
tumblr.com/drchucktingl...
have reached the “fandom ancient” stage where I can binge The Boys and reminisce about each of these middle-aged men when they were 20 and beautiful. Dark Angel and Gossip Girl are easy, Karl Urban has been in everything, but do YOU remember Antony Starr as a centaur in Xena: Warrior Princess? 😂
January 9, 2024 at 12:59 AM
have reached the “fandom ancient” stage where I can binge The Boys and reminisce about each of these middle-aged men when they were 20 and beautiful. Dark Angel and Gossip Girl are easy, Karl Urban has been in everything, but do YOU remember Antony Starr as a centaur in Xena: Warrior Princess? 😂
instead of telling me for the nth time to watch Blue Eye Samurai, petition someone in Hollywood to buy my TV rights lol
January 6, 2024 at 1:01 AM
instead of telling me for the nth time to watch Blue Eye Samurai, petition someone in Hollywood to buy my TV rights lol
what’s the last word you looked up in 2023? mine is ‘aspergillium’ (‘implement for sprinkling holy water’) which appears in Dwight Garner’s memoir The Upstairs Delicatessen as a stand-in for a priest’s exposed penis
December 31, 2023 at 8:54 AM
what’s the last word you looked up in 2023? mine is ‘aspergillium’ (‘implement for sprinkling holy water’) which appears in Dwight Garner’s memoir The Upstairs Delicatessen as a stand-in for a priest’s exposed penis
if you, like me, like to ring in the new year by reading a book in the bathtub…why not consider He Who Drowned the World, which is $4.99, this December 31 only, at the US Kindle store? (me, I’ll be re-reading Tana French’s Faithful Place, my second favourite of hers) www.amazon.com/Drowned-Worl...
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December 31, 2023 at 8:17 AM
if you, like me, like to ring in the new year by reading a book in the bathtub…why not consider He Who Drowned the World, which is $4.99, this December 31 only, at the US Kindle store? (me, I’ll be re-reading Tana French’s Faithful Place, my second favourite of hers) www.amazon.com/Drowned-Worl...
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Very well: 4 UK/IE kindle copies of SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN by @shelleyparkerchan.bsky.social, free for the taking.
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#KindleBookGiveaway
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#KindleBookGiveaway
She Who Became the Sun is £0.99 on Kindle in the UK until 6 Jan, if you wanted to dip your toe into the Radiant Emperor series for practically nothing: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08Q...
She Who Became the Sun: The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller (The Radiant Emperor Book 1) eBook : ...
She Who Became the Sun: The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller (The Radiant Emperor Book 1) eBook : Parker-Chan, Shelley: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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December 28, 2023 at 10:47 AM
Very well: 4 UK/IE kindle copies of SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN by @shelleyparkerchan.bsky.social, free for the taking.
amazon.co.uk/kindle/redee...
amazon.co.uk/kindle/redee...
amazon.co.uk/kindle/redee...
amazon.co.uk/kindle/redee...
#KindleBookGiveaway
amazon.co.uk/kindle/redee...
amazon.co.uk/kindle/redee...
amazon.co.uk/kindle/redee...
amazon.co.uk/kindle/redee...
#KindleBookGiveaway
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Highly recommended to anyone that recently enjoyed Blue Eye Samurai on Netflix!
She Who Became the Sun is £0.99 on Kindle in the UK until 6 Jan, if you wanted to dip your toe into the Radiant Emperor series for practically nothing: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08Q...
She Who Became the Sun: The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller (The Radiant Emperor Book 1) eBook : ...
She Who Became the Sun: The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller (The Radiant Emperor Book 1) eBook : Parker-Chan, Shelley: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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December 28, 2023 at 11:34 AM
Highly recommended to anyone that recently enjoyed Blue Eye Samurai on Netflix!
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The healthy unhealthy motivation.
December 27, 2023 at 11:47 AM
The healthy unhealthy motivation.
earlier this year I had the half-formed idea to become familiar with all the ‘dried things’ (you know what I mean) in the Chinese grocery store, but only got as far as lily flowers, tea tree mushrooms and dried gluten…perhaps completing this delicious quest can be my new year resolution?
I love this idea!
Next year I want to eat every fruit/vegetable in the fresh food section of H-Mart.
Next year I want to eat every fruit/vegetable in the fresh food section of H-Mart.
OKAY FUN RESOLUTIONS, GO
mine is that my condo complex has a weekly mahjong group and I want to go regularly enough to get really good at it
mine is that my condo complex has a weekly mahjong group and I want to go regularly enough to get really good at it
December 28, 2023 at 12:44 AM
earlier this year I had the half-formed idea to become familiar with all the ‘dried things’ (you know what I mean) in the Chinese grocery store, but only got as far as lily flowers, tea tree mushrooms and dried gluten…perhaps completing this delicious quest can be my new year resolution?
She Who Became the Sun is £0.99 on Kindle in the UK until 6 Jan, if you wanted to dip your toe into the Radiant Emperor series for practically nothing: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08Q...
She Who Became the Sun: The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller (The Radiant Emperor Book 1) eBook : ...
She Who Became the Sun: The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller (The Radiant Emperor Book 1) eBook : Parker-Chan, Shelley: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
December 27, 2023 at 11:43 PM
She Who Became the Sun is £0.99 on Kindle in the UK until 6 Jan, if you wanted to dip your toe into the Radiant Emperor series for practically nothing: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08Q...