C.H.Lei
@hpl0veshack.bsky.social
Goth-lite, mixed racial almost-maybe writer, heavy metal officiando, Murder Mystery whore. Watches a movie a day, maybe two. He/him.
I use up all my good grammar and spelling while writing.
I use up all my good grammar and spelling while writing.
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C.H.Lei
@hpl0veshack.bsky.social
· Jul 8
Shadows on the Stage: A Performance of Prose & Poetry|Paperback
We see performance in art, on the stage, and on the screen, but what about the performance we see everyday? From the masks we wear to work, to our expressions of gender and identity. Within the realms...
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The anthology released by @forestpublications.bsky.social that a lot of great writers/poets are featured in (and me) is out! Only on paperback at the moment, digital out soon! Let the paper caress your fingers 'n' things.
Non-UK folks get it in the link below!
#books #booksky #sff #horror
Non-UK folks get it in the link below!
#books #booksky #sff #horror
#WeeknightWriters A5
Just the writing grind. Only got to minimal editing on Mo/Tue. Wed/Thur has been me percolating a folk horror idea about a bunch of electricians being sent to fix up a small town after a wind storm and finding spooky stuff on my phone.
Gee, I wonder what’s the influence.
Just the writing grind. Only got to minimal editing on Mo/Tue. Wed/Thur has been me percolating a folk horror idea about a bunch of electricians being sent to fix up a small town after a wind storm and finding spooky stuff on my phone.
Gee, I wonder what’s the influence.
Q5: Share your stories! Tell us about what you’re working on OR something you’ve had published recently & share links if you have them! #WeeknightWriters
December 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
#WeeknightWriters A5
Just the writing grind. Only got to minimal editing on Mo/Tue. Wed/Thur has been me percolating a folk horror idea about a bunch of electricians being sent to fix up a small town after a wind storm and finding spooky stuff on my phone.
Gee, I wonder what’s the influence.
Just the writing grind. Only got to minimal editing on Mo/Tue. Wed/Thur has been me percolating a folk horror idea about a bunch of electricians being sent to fix up a small town after a wind storm and finding spooky stuff on my phone.
Gee, I wonder what’s the influence.
#WeeknightWriters
After these days without power, everything’s gonna be better next week lol. It’s a yearly thing, but still gets in my nerves. Can’t wait to not rely on a power bank to charge my phone.
After these days without power, everything’s gonna be better next week lol. It’s a yearly thing, but still gets in my nerves. Can’t wait to not rely on a power bank to charge my phone.
Q3: What can you do to make next week a little easier for yourself? #WeeknightWriters
December 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
#WeeknightWriters
After these days without power, everything’s gonna be better next week lol. It’s a yearly thing, but still gets in my nerves. Can’t wait to not rely on a power bank to charge my phone.
After these days without power, everything’s gonna be better next week lol. It’s a yearly thing, but still gets in my nerves. Can’t wait to not rely on a power bank to charge my phone.
#WeeknightWriters A1
I’m on day two without power. The pump house generator is finally working today. Thankfully, I got my phone, so while not really editing editing, I’m getting some stuff do e.
I’m on day two without power. The pump house generator is finally working today. Thankfully, I got my phone, so while not really editing editing, I’m getting some stuff do e.
Q1: How are you holding up this week? Vent as much as you need to, this is a safe space (as safe as any public social media space can be) #WeeknightWriters
December 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
#WeeknightWriters A1
I’m on day two without power. The pump house generator is finally working today. Thankfully, I got my phone, so while not really editing editing, I’m getting some stuff do e.
I’m on day two without power. The pump house generator is finally working today. Thankfully, I got my phone, so while not really editing editing, I’m getting some stuff do e.
Hi, #WeeknightWriters! I am late, also I’m C.H. Lei. Atm I’m taking a small break and editing on my nigh-complete MG Fantasy about a girl in San Francisco who gets caught up in supernatural gang warfare.
Think Momo Arashima/Spirited Away meets the Green Bone saga or your fav gangster movie. MG. Yup
Think Momo Arashima/Spirited Away meets the Green Bone saga or your fav gangster movie. MG. Yup
Hello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your writing week is going! (Or not going, that's fine too)
December 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Hi, #WeeknightWriters! I am late, also I’m C.H. Lei. Atm I’m taking a small break and editing on my nigh-complete MG Fantasy about a girl in San Francisco who gets caught up in supernatural gang warfare.
Think Momo Arashima/Spirited Away meets the Green Bone saga or your fav gangster movie. MG. Yup
Think Momo Arashima/Spirited Away meets the Green Bone saga or your fav gangster movie. MG. Yup
#WeeknightWriters A5:
I might go back to editing my MG book, which is like Momo Arashima meets The Green Bone Saga, about a teen girl in San Francisco who gets sucked into supernatural gang politics with Chinese gods and spirits.
Or just continue my #FirstDraftFall project.
I might go back to editing my MG book, which is like Momo Arashima meets The Green Bone Saga, about a teen girl in San Francisco who gets sucked into supernatural gang politics with Chinese gods and spirits.
Or just continue my #FirstDraftFall project.
Q5: What are you planning to do after #FirstDraftFall? Finish your current project? Start a new one? Take a three-week nap? #WeeknightWriters
December 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
#WeeknightWriters A5:
I might go back to editing my MG book, which is like Momo Arashima meets The Green Bone Saga, about a teen girl in San Francisco who gets sucked into supernatural gang politics with Chinese gods and spirits.
Or just continue my #FirstDraftFall project.
I might go back to editing my MG book, which is like Momo Arashima meets The Green Bone Saga, about a teen girl in San Francisco who gets sucked into supernatural gang politics with Chinese gods and spirits.
Or just continue my #FirstDraftFall project.
#WeeknightWriters A3
The challange: the camaraderie, definitely.
Project specific: ummmm, most everything. But definitely writing a conplete and utter delusional girlfailure in the center of a thriller. Turns out, I like writing girlfailures. Excepting the girl part, I can relate lol.
The challange: the camaraderie, definitely.
Project specific: ummmm, most everything. But definitely writing a conplete and utter delusional girlfailure in the center of a thriller. Turns out, I like writing girlfailures. Excepting the girl part, I can relate lol.
Q3: What have you enjoyed most about #FirstDraftFall - either about the challenge itself or your specific project?
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#WeeknightWriters A3
The challange: the camaraderie, definitely.
Project specific: ummmm, most everything. But definitely writing a conplete and utter delusional girlfailure in the center of a thriller. Turns out, I like writing girlfailures. Excepting the girl part, I can relate lol.
The challange: the camaraderie, definitely.
Project specific: ummmm, most everything. But definitely writing a conplete and utter delusional girlfailure in the center of a thriller. Turns out, I like writing girlfailures. Excepting the girl part, I can relate lol.
#WeeknightWriters A1
Lol no.
November’s a big month. Besides family obligations I’m supposed not shave, not jork it, AND write 50K words on a single cohesive project? That’s wildin’, yo.
No. But I did write a 10K word novelette, so there’s that. I finished somwthing lol.
Lol no.
November’s a big month. Besides family obligations I’m supposed not shave, not jork it, AND write 50K words on a single cohesive project? That’s wildin’, yo.
No. But I did write a 10K word novelette, so there’s that. I finished somwthing lol.
Q1: #FirstDraftFall ends TOMORROW (not counting our members-only wrap party)
Do you think you'll wrap up your first draft before the challenge ends? #WeeknightWriters
Do you think you'll wrap up your first draft before the challenge ends? #WeeknightWriters
December 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
#WeeknightWriters A1
Lol no.
November’s a big month. Besides family obligations I’m supposed not shave, not jork it, AND write 50K words on a single cohesive project? That’s wildin’, yo.
No. But I did write a 10K word novelette, so there’s that. I finished somwthing lol.
Lol no.
November’s a big month. Besides family obligations I’m supposed not shave, not jork it, AND write 50K words on a single cohesive project? That’s wildin’, yo.
No. But I did write a 10K word novelette, so there’s that. I finished somwthing lol.
#WeeknightWriters! I am C.H.Lei, and well, I got stuff going on.
So my unfinsihed #FirstDraftFall was/is a Fantasy/thriller whodunngotpossessed influenced mainly by Chinese folklore and Hitchcock.
I also finished a 10K word humorous Sword and Sorcery novelette.
I got other stuff too. Too much.
So my unfinsihed #FirstDraftFall was/is a Fantasy/thriller whodunngotpossessed influenced mainly by Chinese folklore and Hitchcock.
I also finished a 10K word humorous Sword and Sorcery novelette.
I got other stuff too. Too much.
Hello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your writing week is going! (Or not going, that's valid too)
December 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
#WeeknightWriters! I am C.H.Lei, and well, I got stuff going on.
So my unfinsihed #FirstDraftFall was/is a Fantasy/thriller whodunngotpossessed influenced mainly by Chinese folklore and Hitchcock.
I also finished a 10K word humorous Sword and Sorcery novelette.
I got other stuff too. Too much.
So my unfinsihed #FirstDraftFall was/is a Fantasy/thriller whodunngotpossessed influenced mainly by Chinese folklore and Hitchcock.
I also finished a 10K word humorous Sword and Sorcery novelette.
I got other stuff too. Too much.
The fact that both Garfinkle and Garfunkle are surnames also implies the existence of Garfenkle, Garfankle, and Garfonkle.
December 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The fact that both Garfinkle and Garfunkle are surnames also implies the existence of Garfenkle, Garfankle, and Garfonkle.
#WeeknightWriters
Got a rejection from a short story mag that I really like, so I spent the weekend with some purposeful good old-fashioned wallowing before channeling it into toruting my #FirstDraftFall MC some more. Thanks, Hitchcock thriller dynamics! So overall, a productive day lmao.
Got a rejection from a short story mag that I really like, so I spent the weekend with some purposeful good old-fashioned wallowing before channeling it into toruting my #FirstDraftFall MC some more. Thanks, Hitchcock thriller dynamics! So overall, a productive day lmao.
#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall Check-In: How did your writing go today?
December 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
#WeeknightWriters
Got a rejection from a short story mag that I really like, so I spent the weekend with some purposeful good old-fashioned wallowing before channeling it into toruting my #FirstDraftFall MC some more. Thanks, Hitchcock thriller dynamics! So overall, a productive day lmao.
Got a rejection from a short story mag that I really like, so I spent the weekend with some purposeful good old-fashioned wallowing before channeling it into toruting my #FirstDraftFall MC some more. Thanks, Hitchcock thriller dynamics! So overall, a productive day lmao.
December 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
#WeeknightWriters A4:
I got a weird west sort of sword & sorcery-like short I wanna finish up, but besides that, I’m all good.
I got a weird west sort of sword & sorcery-like short I wanna finish up, but besides that, I’m all good.
Q4: What can you do in the next three days to make the next week of #FirstDraftFall easier for yourself? #WeeknightWriters
December 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
#WeeknightWriters A4:
I got a weird west sort of sword & sorcery-like short I wanna finish up, but besides that, I’m all good.
I got a weird west sort of sword & sorcery-like short I wanna finish up, but besides that, I’m all good.
#WeeknightWriters A3
In terms of on the whole, it’s cool to see how everyone’s doing. Really humanizes a (mostly) very lonely hobby lol.
On the project side, I’m happy that my MC is going as I imagined. Writing a rather POS stubborn/arrogant girlfailure is a hard one, but I think I’m nailing it.
In terms of on the whole, it’s cool to see how everyone’s doing. Really humanizes a (mostly) very lonely hobby lol.
On the project side, I’m happy that my MC is going as I imagined. Writing a rather POS stubborn/arrogant girlfailure is a hard one, but I think I’m nailing it.
Q3: Let’s cheer things up a bit! What’s your favourite part of #FirstDraftFall so far? #WeeknightWriters
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
#WeeknightWriters A3
In terms of on the whole, it’s cool to see how everyone’s doing. Really humanizes a (mostly) very lonely hobby lol.
On the project side, I’m happy that my MC is going as I imagined. Writing a rather POS stubborn/arrogant girlfailure is a hard one, but I think I’m nailing it.
In terms of on the whole, it’s cool to see how everyone’s doing. Really humanizes a (mostly) very lonely hobby lol.
On the project side, I’m happy that my MC is going as I imagined. Writing a rather POS stubborn/arrogant girlfailure is a hard one, but I think I’m nailing it.
#WeeknightWriters A2:
I’m all good! When in doubt I got an almost-history not-really-degree worth of research skills to fall back on.
Plot and character wise I’m all good. Working one character is a bit of a toughie, but it’s just cus it’s a more complex character.
I’m all good! When in doubt I got an almost-history not-really-degree worth of research skills to fall back on.
Plot and character wise I’m all good. Working one character is a bit of a toughie, but it’s just cus it’s a more complex character.
Q2: Are you struggling with anything specific in your #FirstDraftFall project? Tell us about it and we’ll see how we can help! #WeeknightWriters
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
#WeeknightWriters A2:
I’m all good! When in doubt I got an almost-history not-really-degree worth of research skills to fall back on.
Plot and character wise I’m all good. Working one character is a bit of a toughie, but it’s just cus it’s a more complex character.
I’m all good! When in doubt I got an almost-history not-really-degree worth of research skills to fall back on.
Plot and character wise I’m all good. Working one character is a bit of a toughie, but it’s just cus it’s a more complex character.
#WeeknightWriters A1
it’s slowgoing as per usual. But still, happy with what I have. Happy that my plotting was TOO TIGHT, and I got some space for extra worldbuilding and character interaction.
it’s slowgoing as per usual. But still, happy with what I have. Happy that my plotting was TOO TIGHT, and I got some space for extra worldbuilding and character interaction.
Q1: How are you feeling about your #FirstDraftFall progress so far? Excited? Disheartened? #WeeknightWriters
December 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
#WeeknightWriters A1
it’s slowgoing as per usual. But still, happy with what I have. Happy that my plotting was TOO TIGHT, and I got some space for extra worldbuilding and character interaction.
it’s slowgoing as per usual. But still, happy with what I have. Happy that my plotting was TOO TIGHT, and I got some space for extra worldbuilding and character interaction.
#WeeknightWriters! C.H.Lei is my name, and doing a fantasy/thriller whodunngotpossessed influenced by Hitchcock and Chinese folklore, about a girlfailure trying not to be a total loser, for #FirstDraftFall is my game.
I also wrote a 10K humorous Sword & Sorcery novella too.
Week going solid. Yay.
I also wrote a 10K humorous Sword & Sorcery novella too.
Week going solid. Yay.
Hello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your #FirstDraftFall project is going!
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
#WeeknightWriters! C.H.Lei is my name, and doing a fantasy/thriller whodunngotpossessed influenced by Hitchcock and Chinese folklore, about a girlfailure trying not to be a total loser, for #FirstDraftFall is my game.
I also wrote a 10K humorous Sword & Sorcery novella too.
Week going solid. Yay.
I also wrote a 10K humorous Sword & Sorcery novella too.
Week going solid. Yay.
Definitely feeling like I’m getting stuff right this time.
And the 10K novellette too lol. I’m very hype about it, despite it’s very niche ideas.
#WeeknightWriters
And the 10K novellette too lol. I’m very hype about it, despite it’s very niche ideas.
#WeeknightWriters
Q3: Let’s cheer things up a bit! What’s your favourite part of #FirstDraftFall so far? #WeeknightWriters
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Definitely feeling like I’m getting stuff right this time.
And the 10K novellette too lol. I’m very hype about it, despite it’s very niche ideas.
#WeeknightWriters
And the 10K novellette too lol. I’m very hype about it, despite it’s very niche ideas.
#WeeknightWriters
#WeeknightWriters A1:
My progress is slow, but I’m satisfied with what I’m writing. Have I only written 5-6 3-4K chapters? Maybe.
I mean, I also did write a 10K novellette in two days, but this is about my #FirstDraftFall project lmao.
My progress is slow, but I’m satisfied with what I’m writing. Have I only written 5-6 3-4K chapters? Maybe.
I mean, I also did write a 10K novellette in two days, but this is about my #FirstDraftFall project lmao.
Q1: How are you feeling about your #FirstDraftFall progress so far? Excited? Disheartened? #WeeknightWriters
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
#WeeknightWriters A1:
My progress is slow, but I’m satisfied with what I’m writing. Have I only written 5-6 3-4K chapters? Maybe.
I mean, I also did write a 10K novellette in two days, but this is about my #FirstDraftFall project lmao.
My progress is slow, but I’m satisfied with what I’m writing. Have I only written 5-6 3-4K chapters? Maybe.
I mean, I also did write a 10K novellette in two days, but this is about my #FirstDraftFall project lmao.
#WeeknightWriters! I be C.H.Lei, and my #FirstDraftFall project is a fantasy/thriller whodunngotpossessed influenced by Hirchhcock and Chinese folklore about the village loser solving murders before her village gets destroyed. Think Ninth House meets, uh, [enter asian fantasy book here] (comp WIP)
Hello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your #FirstDraftFall project is going!
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
#WeeknightWriters! I be C.H.Lei, and my #FirstDraftFall project is a fantasy/thriller whodunngotpossessed influenced by Hirchhcock and Chinese folklore about the village loser solving murders before her village gets destroyed. Think Ninth House meets, uh, [enter asian fantasy book here] (comp WIP)
Uhhhhh, today and over the weekend, I wrote in total 500 words of my #FirstDraftFall project and then, in a spark of inspiration wrote a 10K Sword & Sorcery novelette.
Yup.
Yup.
#FirstDraftFall Check-In: How did your writing go today?
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Uhhhhh, today and over the weekend, I wrote in total 500 words of my #FirstDraftFall project and then, in a spark of inspiration wrote a 10K Sword & Sorcery novelette.
Yup.
Yup.
#WeeknightWriters A6:
Nothing project-wise, but I’m best-manning a wedding tomorrow! So writing (on my computer) postponed for a bit!
Nothing project-wise, but I’m best-manning a wedding tomorrow! So writing (on my computer) postponed for a bit!
Q6: Do you have anything exciting going on outside of #FirstDraftFall - recent or upcoming publications, other exciting projects, etc? Share it here & be sure to post links if you have them!
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
#WeeknightWriters A6:
Nothing project-wise, but I’m best-manning a wedding tomorrow! So writing (on my computer) postponed for a bit!
Nothing project-wise, but I’m best-manning a wedding tomorrow! So writing (on my computer) postponed for a bit!
#WeeknightWriters A5:
It’s doing well? I’ve realized that my pacing might be TOO tight, so I have time to breathe. And like, the MC actually needs to interact with the guilty party more than once? I got space to worldbuild! WOOOO.
It’s doing well? I’ve realized that my pacing might be TOO tight, so I have time to breathe. And like, the MC actually needs to interact with the guilty party more than once? I got space to worldbuild! WOOOO.
Q5: Time for a status update! How is your #FirstDraftFall project going? Are you struggling with anything we might be able to help with? #WeeknightWriters
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
#WeeknightWriters A5:
It’s doing well? I’ve realized that my pacing might be TOO tight, so I have time to breathe. And like, the MC actually needs to interact with the guilty party more than once? I got space to worldbuild! WOOOO.
It’s doing well? I’ve realized that my pacing might be TOO tight, so I have time to breathe. And like, the MC actually needs to interact with the guilty party more than once? I got space to worldbuild! WOOOO.
#WeeknightWriters A4:
I don’t have any for super long-term blockage. But if it’s just a sudden thing, I’d recommend just interlizing and asking the big Q of why. It could range from something personal to just your brain telling you to do something different.
I don’t have any for super long-term blockage. But if it’s just a sudden thing, I’d recommend just interlizing and asking the big Q of why. It could range from something personal to just your brain telling you to do something different.
Q4: What advice would you give to someone dealing with writer’s block? #WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
#WeeknightWriters A4:
I don’t have any for super long-term blockage. But if it’s just a sudden thing, I’d recommend just interlizing and asking the big Q of why. It could range from something personal to just your brain telling you to do something different.
I don’t have any for super long-term blockage. But if it’s just a sudden thing, I’d recommend just interlizing and asking the big Q of why. It could range from something personal to just your brain telling you to do something different.