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@kswrites.bsky.social
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writer of cosy yet chaotic speculative stories that are full of humour and heart ||

she/her, asian, vibing but also struggling w life, as is the norm

rep: @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social

IG: kswri.tes
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ADDIE LARUE x VELVET WAS THE NIGHT

A hopeless romantic drags a grumpy college student with her to chase after an urban legend, and the rest is…

A nightmare of scary men and shady gangs and bloodthirsty vampires. Well, this certainly isn’t the romcom she had in mind.

#questpit #AG #A #SFF #S
A three by three moodboard. From left to right, top to bottom: a white table with dishes piled on it like oily dough sticks and silky bean curd, with the road in the background; a woman holding a guy's hand as they run past a Japanese food stall; a man holding a woman by the waist as they dance; a blue-tinged photo of a hand holding a person's neck and the person holding the hand; an image of a bus stand in the dark, whereby the bus stand is the only thing illuminated; a photo of three hands clinking three glasses of cocktails; a blue-tinged photo of a hand holding a cigarette up in a decrepit room; a red-tinged photo of a step of stairs leading up that is harshly shadowed; a red-tinged photo of a silhouette holding up a transparent umbrella by a building. In the middle of the moodboard, it states "adult upmarket speculative, FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD." At the bottom of the moodboard is @kswri.tes.
August 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
kswrites.bsky.social
introducing my #editorsguide for FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD, an adult urban fantasy/speculative ft. vampires, shady detectives & lost gods set in a fictional district in Taipei!

feel free to hit up my agent @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social or leave a ❤️/reply if interested!
An image of Taipei's urban nightscape with the words "An editor's guide to FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD, adult urban fantasy by Kay Choo" An image of a road with two bus stands across from one another backlit by an orange evening sky. Text reads, "Pitch. Kai Le is a photography studio assistant; Ai Yu is a flower shop apprentice. Their lives are normal as can be, but they long for more. Then chance encounters with an entity at a bus-stand opens up worlds of possibilities for them. Ai Yu lives out the meet-cute of her fantasies; Kai Le stumbles upon an urban legend in the dark. What they want is within their grasp... But between lost gods, ambitious gangs, and horrors prowling in the shadows, the district they live in has more to offer than just their dreams. The most frightening thing about this new reality though? Learning about themselves - and the people they may become, if they allow it." An image of reddish-orange lights shining on a silhouette at night. The book cover for Velvet was the Night on the left, with text above that states "noir", "romance..?", and "Street gangs". In the middle, the book cover for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, with text below that states "search for identity", "morally grey mc", and "lots of yearning". On the right, the anime poster for Durarara!, with text above that states "idyllic until it's not", "shady side characters" and "urban legends". An image of Taipei's urban nightscape with 7-Eleven on the right and street stalls on the left. In the middle is an image of the silhouette of a woman staring out at the sea, with text that reads "Featuring vampires, vagrant gods, dubious detectives, cutthroat gangs, sunshine x grump romance (..?)"
June 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
kswrites.bsky.social
ADDIE LARUE x VELVET WAS THE NIGHT

A hopeless romantic drags a grumpy college student with her to chase after an urban legend, and the rest is…

A nightmare of scary men and shady gangs and bloodthirsty vampires. Well, this certainly isn’t the romcom she had in mind.

#SEAsianPit #AG #A #UF #SPF
A series of six photos set against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. First row, from left to right: A bus arriving at a bus-stand at night. Two hands holding pinkies at dusk. The silhouette of a woman's side profile lit by a dusky sky. Second row, from left to right: A 7-Eleven storefront at night; sausages and other street food being cooked on a grill; a flower shop with the interior lit up at dusk. In the bottom left corner is a torn sheet of paper with the words, "It's you."
May 31, 2025 at 11:39 AM
kswrites.bsky.social
so... 🌟i'm agented!!🌟

@alexbrownwrites.bsky.social found my weird, cosy/creepy genre-blending story & saw the heart in not just this one book, but the rest of my stories as well🥹 i am so excited to work with her, and i can't wait to see what comes next! 💕
A blurry image of an urban landscape at night, with the words "KAY CHOO" written on the top, followed by a round image of the back view of a woman wearing a black jacket looking out into a lake, and the words "is now represented by ALEX BROWN, Mad Woman Literary Agency" below the picture. On the top half of the image, text on a background of an urban nightscape that reads "For The Days We Never Had", followed by text against a translucent reddish background that reads, "After Kai Le and Ai Yu encounter a mysterious entity at a bus-stand, they find themselves getting what they wanted - and more. Thrown into the world of urban legends, they have to grapple with the monsters they have unleashed, both figurative and real. Are their dreams worth losing themselves over?"; "Adult Urban Fantasy - 94k words". On the second half of the image is a 7-Eleven at dusk, with a row of pictures over it: the book cover for Velvet was the Night; the book cover for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue; and the anime poster for Durarara!
May 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
kswrites.bsky.social
my pitch card for my #amquerying adult urban fantasy, FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD, ft. a discontented college kid and a hopeless romantic grappling with vampires, lost gods, gangs, and shady detectives

leave a ❤️/reply if interested!

#writingcommunity
On the top half of the image, text on a background of an urban nightscape that reads "For The Days We Never Had", followed by text against a translucent reddish background that reads, "After Kai Le and Ai Yu encounter a mysterious entity at a bus-stand, they find themselves getting what they wanted - and more. Thrown into the world of urban legends, they have to grapple with the monsters they have unleashed, both figurative and real. Are their dreams worth losing themselves over?"; "Adult Urban Fantasy - 94k words". On the second half of the image is a 7-Eleven at dusk, with a row of pictures over it: the book cover for Velvet was the Night; the book cover for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue; and the anime poster for Durarara!
March 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
kswrites.bsky.social
She’s a hopeless romantic. He’s a grump discontented with life. Maybe chasing after an urban legend will get them what they want, if what they want is:

🌕 Midnight rendezvous
🌓 Monstrous vampires
🌒 Scheming gangs & shady detectives
🌑 The secret to controlling it all

#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #A #F
On a background of a city street at night, the words 'for the days we never had' is written on the top of the graphic. In the middle is a graphic of an orange-brown liquid in a cocktail glass. To the left of the glass is a graphic of a man in a hat smoking, with the words "Morally Grey" above it, then a plus sign and below it, the graphic of a heart-shaped sun with the words "Sunshine Romantic" written above it. Below that is a graphic of a woman in a cat with the words "Yearning God" written above it. To the right of the wineglass is a graphic of a silhouette of a cloaked figure with the word "Vampires" written above it, a silhouette of a man holding a magnifying glass with the words "Dubious Detectives" written above it, and a graphic of a dragon with the words "Cutthroat Gangs" written above it. On the bottom right of the graphic is the word "Genres", with five icons over a brown background below it: Silhouettes of a castle, a ghost, a gun, a magnifying glass, and a heart. They represent Fantasy, Horror, Suspense, Mystery, and Romance respectively.
March 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
kswrites.bsky.social
ADDIE LARUE x VELVET WAS THE NIGHT

A hopeless romantic drags a grumpy college student with her to chase after an urban legend, and the rest is…

A nightmare of scary men and shady gangs and bloodthirsty vampires. Well, this certainly isn’t the romcom she had in mind.

#LuckyPit #PopupPitA #A #F
A series of six photos set against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. First row, from left to right: A bus arriving at a bus-stand at night. Two hands holding pinkies at dusk. The silhouette of a woman's side profile lit by a dusky sky. Second row, from left to right: A 7-Eleven storefront at night; sausages and other street food being cooked on a grill; a flower shop with the interior lit up at dusk. In the bottom left corner is a torn sheet of paper with the words, "It's you."
March 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
kswrites.bsky.social
ADDIE LARUE x TVD
- vampires hiding their fangs
- a lost god searching for identity
- power-hungry gangs and dubious detectives
- morally grey protagonist
- regretting (?) what you wished for
- realising what you truly are
- in the speculative underbelly of Taipei

#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #A #F
On the top half of the image, text on a background of an urban nightscape that reads "For The Days We Never Had", followed by text against a translucent reddish background that reads, "After Kai Le and Ai Yu encounter a mysterious entity at a bus-stand, they find themselves getting what they wanted - and more. Thrown into the world of urban legends, they have to grapple with the monsters they have unleashed, both figurative and real. Are their dreams worth losing themselves over?"; "Adult Urban Fantasy - 94k words". On the second half of the image is a 7-Eleven at dusk, with a row of pictures over it: the book cover for Velvet was the Night; the book cover for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue; and the anime poster for Durarara!
March 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
kswrites.bsky.social
a fresh new #agentsguide for FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD, an adult urban fantasy/speculative ft. vampires, shady detectives & lost gods set in a fictional district in Taipei!

#amquerying, so leave a ❤️/reply if interested!

tqsm @kassandratyst.bsky.social for the wonderful art!

#agentguide
An image of Taipei's urban nightscape with the words "An agent's guide to FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD, adult urban fantasy by Kay Choo" An image of a road with two bus stands across from one another backlit by an orange evening sky. Text reads, "Pitch. Kai Le is a photography studio assistant; Ai Yu is a flower shop apprentice. Their lives are normal as can be, but they long for more. Then chance encounters with an entity at a bus-stand opens up worlds of possibilities for them. Ai Yu lives out the meet-cute of her fantasies; Kai Le stumbles upon an urban legend in the dark. What they want is within their grasp... But between lost gods, ambitious gangs, and horrors prowling in the shadows, the district they live in has more to offer than just their dreams. The most frightening thing about this new reality though? Learning about themselves - and the people they may become, if they allow it." An image of reddish-orange lights shining on a silhouette at night. The book cover for Velvet was the Night on the left, with text above that states "noir", "romance..?", and "Street gangs". In the middle, the book cover for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, with text below that states "search for identity", "morally grey mc", and "lots of yearning". On the right, the anime poster for Durarara!, with text above that states "idyllic until it's not", "shady side characters" and "urban legends". An image of Taipei's urban nightscape with 7-Eleven on the right and street stalls on the left. In the middle is an image of the silhouette of a woman staring out at the sea, with text that reads "Featuring vampires, vagrant gods, dubious detectives, cutthroat gangs, sunshine x grump romance (..?)"
March 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
kswrites.bsky.social
ADDIE LARUE x TVD

- vampires hiding their fangs
- a lost god searching for identity
- power-hungry gangs and dubious detectives
- morally grey protagonist
- regretting (?) what you wished for
- realising what you truly are
- in the speculative underbelly of Taipei

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #UF
A series of six photos set against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. Top row, from left to right: The backview of a hooded figure at a boardwalk, with a sole streetlamp lighting the path; a bus arriving at a bus-stand at night; the silhouette of a woman's side profile lit by a dusky sky. Second row, left to right: A 7-Eleven storefront at night; a woman with blond hair clad in a black dress standing outside a warehouse at night, with the flare of a streetlamp on the top left hand corner of the photo; three shadows stretched across a pavement at night.
February 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
kswrites.bsky.social
Take three characters: Morally grey + sunshine romantic + yearning god

Combine with: Vampires, cutthroat gang leaders, dubious detectives

Put into situations of: Paranormal horror, triad action, literary suspense, a little romcom (as a treat)

You get: FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD

#questpit #Q #A #F
On a background of a city street at night, the words 'for the days we never had' is written on the top of the graphic. In the middle is a graphic of an orange-brown liquid in a cocktail glass. To the left of the glass is a graphic of a man in a hat smoking, with the words "Morally Grey" above it, then a plus sign and below it, the graphic of a heart-shaped sun with the words "Sunshine Romantic" written above it. Below that is a graphic of a woman in a cat with the words "Yearning God" written above it. To the right of the wineglass is a graphic of a silhouette of a cloaked figure with the word "Vampires" written above it, a silhouette of a man holding a magnifying glass with the words "Dubious Detectives" written above it, and a graphic of a dragon with the words "Cutthroat Gangs" written above it. On the bottom right of the graphic is the word "Genres", with five icons over a brown background below it: Silhouettes of a castle, a ghost, a gun, a magnifying glass, and a heart.
February 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
kswrites.bsky.social
ADDIE LARUE x VELVET WAS THE NIGHT

A hopeless romantic drags a grumpy college student with her to chase after an urban legend, and the rest is…

A nightmare of scary men and shady gangs and bloodthirsty vampires. Well, this certainly isn’t the romcom she had in mind.

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #UF
A series of six photos set against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. First row, from left to right: A bus arriving at a bus-stand at night. Two hands holding pinkies at dusk. The silhouette of a woman's side profile lit by a dusky sky. Second row, from left to right: A 7-Eleven storefront at night; sausages and other street food being cooked on a grill; a flower shop with the interior lit up at dusk. In the bottom left corner is a torn sheet of paper with the words, "It's you."
February 12, 2025 at 5:11 AM
kswrites.bsky.social
ADDIELARUE x VELVET WAS THE NIGHT

Kai Le’s life in Taipei is out of a drama. Urban legends roam the streets; his vampire employers are being hunted; his crush finally notices him.

Yet what’s most frightening is learning about himself—and the person he may become, if he allows it.

#P2Ppit #A #F #U
A series of six photos against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. First row, left to right: A photography studio; a bus arriving at a bus stand at night; a hand holding a cigarette in the dark. Second row, left to right: Three drinks being poured at a bar counter with purple and orange lights; the back view of a hooded figure standing at a boardwalk at night with a sole streetlamp lighting the path; a 7-Eleven storefront in the dark. At the bottom right is a torn piece of paper with words that read, "don't you want to see an urban legend in person?
January 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
kswrites.bsky.social
ADDIE LARUE x VELVET WAS THE NIGHT

A hopeless romantic drags a grumpy college student with her to chase after an urban legend, and the rest is…

A nightmare of scary men and shady gangs and bloodthirsty vampires. Well, this certainly isn’t the romcom she had in mind.

#P2Ppit #Q #A #F #U
A series of six photos set against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. First row, from left to right: A bus arriving at a bus-stand at night. Two hands holding pinkies at dusk. The silhouette of a woman's side profile lit by a dusky sky. Second row, from left to right: A 7-Eleven storefront at night; sausages and other street food being cooked on a grill; a flower shop with the interior lit up at dusk. In the bottom left corner is a torn sheet of paper with the words, "It's you."
January 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
kswrites.bsky.social
She’s a hopeless romantic. He’s a grump discontented with life. Maybe chasing after an urban legend will get them what they want, if what they want is:

🌕 Midnight chases
🌓 Monstrous vampires
🌒 Scheming gangs & shady detectives
🌑 The secret to controlling it all

#P2Ppit #Q #A #F
A series of six photos set against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. Top row, from left to right: The backview of a hooded figure at a boardwalk, with a sole streetlamp lighting the path; a bus arriving at a bus-stand at night; the silhouette of a woman's side profile lit by a dusky sky. Second row, left to right: A 7-Eleven storefront at night; a woman with blond hair clad in a black dress standing outside a warehouse at night, with the flare of a streetlamp on the top left hand corner of the photo; three shadows stretched across a pavement at night.
January 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
kswrites.bsky.social
ADDIE LARUE x VELVET WAS THE NIGHT

A hopeless romantic drags a grumpy college student with her to chase after an urban legend, and the rest is…

A nightmare of scary men and shady gangs and bloodthirsty vampires.

Well, this certainly isn’t the romcom she had in mind.

#BluePit #Q #A #F #UF 📖
A series of six photos set against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. First row, from left to right: A bus arriving at a bus-stand at night. Two hands holding pinkies at dusk. The silhouette of a woman's side profile lit by a dusky sky. Second row, from left to right: A 7-Eleven storefront at night; sausages and other street food being cooked on a grill; a flower shop with the interior lit up at dusk. In the bottom left corner is a torn sheet of paper with the words, "It's you."
January 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
kswrites.bsky.social
ADDIE LARUE x TVD

Sneaking into basements at night. Chasing after urban legends; chatting up his crush; running down the streets of Taipei with vampires behind his back.

Yeah, Kai Le’s doing pretty well in life.

Just don’t ask him about the body.

#BluePit #A #Q #F 📖
A series of six photos against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. First row, left to right: A photography studio; a bus arriving at a bus stand at night; a hand holding a cigarette in the dark. Second row, left to right: Three drinks being poured at a bar counter with purple and orange lights; the back view of a hooded figure standing at a boardwalk at night with a sole streetlamp lighting the path; a 7-Eleven storefront in the dark. At the bottom right is a torn piece of paper with words that read, "don't you want to see an urban legend in person?"
January 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
kswrites.bsky.social
so these are my 2024 reads -

I've had such a good year when it comes to books - I enjoyed every one of these! - & can't wait for more next year!

would love to know what others have read last year, or are looking forward to reading in 2025 👀

#booksky #writingcommunity
A display of 19 book titles over a faded background of a book opened on a table. From left to right: Row 1 - World Running Down by Al Hess, If You Could See The Sun by Ann Liang, Book Lovers by Emily Henry, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Row 2 - Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu, Babel by R.F. Kuang, Darker by Four by June CL Tan Row 3 - The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes, Of Jade and Dragons by Amber Chen, Voyage of the Damned by Frances White, The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton Row 4 - The Scarlet Throne by Amy Leow, The Dark We Know by Wen-yi Lee, A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher Row 5 - In The Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, The Adolescent by Fyodor Dostoevsky
January 2, 2025 at 7:14 AM
kswrites.bsky.social
ADDIE LARUE x VELVET WAS THE NIGHT

🌕 a grump & a sunshine yearning for more in their lives
🌔 a lost god pretending she's something she's not
🌓 friendly (?) vamps & a shady duo investigating them
🌒 a power-hungry gang leader
🌑 a mysterious entity at the bus-stand

#amquerying #writingcommunity
A series of photos on a background of the sea at dusk. The first three photos on the top row depicts, from left to right: a hooded man at a boardwalk at night, a bus arriving at a bus-stand at night, the silhouetted profile of a woman at dusk. The second row shows, from left to right: a 7-Eleven shop at night, a woman in blond wearing black on a street lit by bright yellow light at night, three shadows stretching across the tiled ground at night.
November 24, 2024 at 2:02 AM
kswrites.bsky.social
introducing an agent's guide to my #amquerying adult urban fantasy!

VELVET WAS THE NIGHT x ADDIE LARUE

In Taipei: A man tired of his threadbare life. A woman who longs for a drama-like romance. A god searching for identity.

Navigating the world of urban legends.

#writingcommunity #booksky
Text on background of a road at night that reads: An agent's guide to For The Days We Never Had by Kay Choo. Adult urban fantasy. Text on background of a car parked in an alley at night, that reads: Kai Le is a photography studio assistant. Ai Yu is a flower shop apprentice. Their lives are normal as can be, but they long for more. Then they chance upon an entity at a bus-stand, and it changes everything. They have cute romantic encounters; they chase after urban legends in the dark. Everything they want is within their grasp-but the district they live in has more to offer than just their dreams. The most frightening thing about this new reality, though? Learning about themselves, and the people they may become, if they allow it. Three photos on a background of a wall with red and blue neon lights reflected off it. Photo on the left is the cover of Velvet was the Night, which features a woman wearing sunglasses and smoking. Arrows point out from the cover, which reads: Noir, Romance..?, street gangs. The second photo is of the cover of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, with three arrows pointing out of it that reads: Lots of yearning, search for identity, morally grey MC. The last photo features the poster of an anime called Durarara!!, with multiple characters in frame. Three arrows point out of it that read: idyllic until it's not, urban legends, interesting (shady?) side characters A photo of a bus reaching the bus-stand at night on the right, text on the left that reads: also featuring vampires, self-discovery, ambitions and power, fight for autonomy, sunshine x grump (take with caution)
November 17, 2024 at 4:43 AM
kswrites.bsky.social
Kai Le has many problems and here are some of them

(we don't talk about the fact that most of these stem from his own issues 🌚)

#unhingedpit #A #spec #Q #amquerying
A post from sweatermuppet that states "I can't keep living like this!!! [does not change a single aspect of my life] A tweet from brk @rosenstein_ that states, "I have been nothing but distant and hard to read and this is how you treat me." A text that states "no thanks, I enjoy being alone."
November 13, 2024 at 2:58 PM
kswrites.bsky.social
introducing my #amquerying project: an adult urban fantasy ft. legends, gangs, and lost gods set in a fictional district in Taipei

🌕 genreblending (romcom, noir, slight horror)
🌓 people who want more from life
🌑 learning about who they rly are

a guide (hopefully) coming soon! #writingcommunity
left to right, top to bottom: man in a hoodie on a boardwalk at night, bus arriving at a bus stand at night, silhouette of a woman's profile at dusk, a 7-Eleven at night, a woman with blond hair at night with yellow light shining on her, shadows of three people stretching across tiles at night
November 13, 2024 at 2:58 PM