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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주
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writer, teacher, mother, immigrant, friend of democracy, and a lover of america
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Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story. 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writer #WritingCommunity
#GabrielGarciaMarquez #LoveStory #Aging #Death #Time #MagicalRealism

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Book cover of "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
February 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story. 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writer #WritingCommunity
#CharlesDickens #DavidCopperfield #VictorianEngland #ComingofAge

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Book cover of "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens.
January 27, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story. 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writer #WritingCommunity
#EMForster #Edwardian #England #NewWoman #Suffragette #Capitalist

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Book cover of "Howard's End" by E.M. Forster
January 26, 2026 at 3:33 AM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story. 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writer #WritingCommunity
#PattiSmith #RobertMapplethorpe #Friends #NYC #Art #Music #Love

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Book cover of "Just Kids" by Patti Smith.
January 23, 2026 at 7:08 AM
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Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story. 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writer #WritingCommunity
#SnowWhite #ChildrensLiterature #Fairytale #Fantasy #Romance

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Book cover of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
January 21, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story. 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writer #WritingCommunity
#MalcolmX #AlexHaley #AmericanNightmare #BlackSky #Empowerment

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Book cover of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" as told to Alex Haley.
January 19, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story. 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writer #WritingCommunity
#GuydeMaupassant #Shortstory #Paris #TwistEnding #Literature

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Book cover of "The Necklace and Other Tales" by Guy de Maupassant.
January 18, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story. 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writer #WritingCommunity
#Jung #Tarot #Fool #FoolsJourney #MajorArcana #Psychology

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Book cover of "Jung and Tarot: An Achetypal Journey" by Sallie Nichols.
January 14, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story.

#BookSky #BookTok #Writer #WritingCommunity
#midwife #birth #homebirth #manslaughter @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social

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Book cover of "Midwives" by Chris Bohjalian.
January 13, 2026 at 4:20 AM
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Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writer #WritingCommunity
#Yellowface #Publishing #CulturalAppropriation #SocialMedia #RFKuang

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Book cover of "Yellowface" by R. F. Kuang.
January 11, 2026 at 9:31 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writer #WritingCommunity
#AzakoYuzuki #Japan #Feminist #Fat #SerialKiller #Murder #Journalist

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Book cover of "Butter' by Asako Yuzuki.
January 10, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writer #WritingCommunity
#Yakuza #Japan #Crime #Gangster #Underworld #Tokyo #Gang #ShadowWorld

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Book cover of "Yakuza Diary" by Christopher Seymour.
January 2, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writer #WritingCommunity
#AntoniaFraser #England #EnglishHistory #Tudor #HenryVIII #AnneBoleyn

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Book cover of "The wives of Henry VIII" by Antonia Fraser.
December 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writer #WritingCommunity
#AyaanHirsiAli #Trauma #Sexism #Feminism #HumanRights #PoliticalAsylum

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Book cover of "infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
December 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity
#ThomasHardy #England #VictorianEngland #Wessex #LoveStory #Tragedy

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Book cover of "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy.
December 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity
#Shaman #Occult #Spirit #Ghost #Ritual #Korea #KoreanCulture

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Book cover of "Shamans, Housewives, and Other Restless Spirits" by Laurel Kendall.
December 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Since many of you asked...

I taught myself to write a novel by writing Midwife Shin, set in 1940's Colonial Korea. I read over 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story.

Thanks for reading my first 100 posts and following.
Stay with me as I recount the rest! 📚💙 ⏳📚 🖋️📚
December 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity
#Simcheong #Korea #Folktale #ChildrensBook #Daughters #Patriarchy

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Book cover of "Shim Ch'ong: The Faithful Daughter."
December 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity
#ThomasHardy #EnglishLiterature #VictorianEngland #Wessex #England

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Book cover of "Far From the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy.
December 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity
#EugeneO'Neil #GreekTragedy #TheaterSky #Stage #CivilWar

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First edition of "Mourning Becomes Electra" by Eugene O'Neil.
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity
#ASByatt #SexSelection #Incest #VictorianEngland #Darwin #Ants

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Book cover of "Angels & Insects" by A.S. Byatt.
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity
#PhilipRoth #AcademicSky #Passing #Racism #Identity #AmericanDream

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Book cover of "The Human Stain" by Philip Roth.
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity
#AndreDubusIII #Home #Eviction #Housing #AmericanDream #Iranian

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Book cover of "House of Sand and Fog" by Andre Dubus III.
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity
#Korea #WW2 #ImperialJapan #Joseon #Missionaries #Christian #History

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Book cover of "Living Dangerously in Korea" by Donald N. Clark.
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity #Reader
@rabihalameddine.bsky.social #Beirut #Lebanon #Translations

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Book cover of "An Unnecessary Woman" by Rabih Alameddine.
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM