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Mike Jung
@mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social
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OH FFS, do I have to
Okay fine, FINE, I'm a children's writer and artistttnnnggghhhh that still feels so weird to say, I'm also Korean American and autistic and a messy emotional glob who constantly gets sentimental on main, you've been warned
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I took a shower after aikido practice and is that enough reason to post a selfie? A reasonable degree of cleanliness? Or is it just narcissism? I feel like I’m far too insecure to be a narcissist, but maybe that’s what all the narcissists think
Selfie of me wearing my “girls are autistic too” unicorn t-shirt
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Milestone: this is the first time Felix has climbed into my lap and stayed there. Also, please buy twenty copies of THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT, available wherever people are willing to sell my books
Felix the tuxedo cat sitting on my lap and looking up at me while I look down at him and pet him under the chin
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Are the bags under my eyes as enormous as I think? They are, right? Also I’m just now realizing how extreme my resting bitch face is in this pic, but whatever, posting it anyway, love the real me or don’t love me at all
Extreme closeup of my eyes, including the bags under them
October 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Which of these cats is real? All of them, obviously, but only one of them is finished. I’m paring the design of the stuffed cats way the hell down because of life, but I think they’ll still be nice lil’ door prizes for Sunday’s THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT launch party anyway. Right? Yes?? (just say yes)
Three unfinished stuffed cats and one finished real cat
October 30, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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My launch party is on Sunday and I'm not ready. Also, please pre-order thirty copies of THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT #TheKidsInMrsZsClass
Picture of a very wide-eyed, shocked-looking cat
October 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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This is unhelpful. Also, please pre-order twenty copies of THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT
Loki the Maine Coon sitting on my lap right up against the front edge of my laptop
October 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Hey fabulous people, who's arriving at NCTE on Thursday, 11/25? If that describes you, can we hang out that night? Maybe in the lobby of the Hyatt Convention Center? Yes, that's my hotel, I'm allowed to do that, you're not the boss of me
Logo for the 2025 NCTE conference, with the text "RISE/BEYOND/DREAM/FURTHER/DENVER/2025" and "Annual Convention November 20-23"
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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I'm recruiting a street team for the launch of THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT and everyone's job is to comfort me during my bouts of quiet, soulful weeping
Actor Lee Dong Wook as the grim reaper crying in a scene from the classic kdrama GOBLIN
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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The inside of my head while launch party planning
The oil painting "The Triumph of Death" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1562, depicting an army of skeletons sowing death and destruction across a ruined landscape
October 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Protesting in - you guessed it - Napa, CA #NoKings
Picture of me and a white man holding a sign that says “WINE IS OUR ONLY KING”
October 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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When the bike room in the building’s garage has been broken into one too many times but you still need time in the sun. Also, please preorder twenty copies of THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT. Thank you, thank you very much
Bandit the cat lying in a patch of sunlight between a bike wheel and a sliding glass door
October 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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It’s nine days post-op and our lil’ agent of chaos is doing so well
Closeup of me and Felix the tuxedo cat with his yellow flower cat cone
October 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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This furry agent of chaos had surgery to remove a broken femur head from his hip socket, but his light remains UNDIMMED, RAWR
A tuxedo cat wearing a bright yellow, fabric, “don’t lick the surgical wound” cone
October 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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I got a haircut and I feel better, which helps with the thing where I feel worse because of stress, fatigue, overwork, living in a neurotypical world, American fascism, etc etc and so on and so forth
Picture of me with shorter hair than I had this morning, smiling into the camera like a goofball
September 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Loki continues to thwart my attempts to write by being a sweet floofy boy, it’s totally not my fault, also please pre-order 122 copies of THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT, out 11/4 from LBYR, thank you, thank you very much. I’m doing such a good job, A+ in book promotion for me #TheKidsInMrsZsClass
A Maine Coon lying on my lap with his front paw resting on my hand
September 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Wanna see something fun? Eh, I'm gonna show you whether you want to or not because it's fun for me, MWAHAHAHAHA! #evil It's the final cover for THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT, arriving on November 4, with art by the amazing @katfcomix.bsky.social! Fun, right? Just say yes. IT'S FUN, DAMN IT #fun
The cover spread for THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT, with text on the back cover that reads "MEET THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS! Theo Chang loves Trainwhistle, his family’s newly adopted cat. There’s just one problem: Trainwhistle does not love Theo. Although he’s a lovey-dovey lap cat with humans, Trainwhistle is mean to other cats. And for some reason, he thinks Theo is another cat. Chased around the apartment and bitten on the ankle by the ferocious feline, Theo doesn’t know what to do! Too embarrassed about getting beaten up by his own cat, Theo is afraid to ask his best friend, Memo, for advice. But when his parents start talking about returning Trainwhistle to the shelter, he realizes time is running out. Can Theo convince Trainwhistle he’s a boy, not a cat, before it’s too late? Both sweetly poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, with black-and-white illustrations by Pura Belpré Honor artist Kat Fajardo, Theo’s story invites readers into Mrs. Z’s class, where friendship and fun rule the school. MIKE JUNG is the author of Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities, Unidentified Suburban Object, and The Boys in the Back Row. He is a library professional by day and a writer and ukulele player by night, and he was a founding member of the We Need Diverse Books team. Mike lives in Oakland, California, with his family, and he invites you to visit him online at captainstupendous.wordpress.com." and the title, author (me) and an illustration of Theo holding Trainwhistle, who's pushing Theo away with one paw, and Theo's friends Memo and Wyatt in the background
July 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Weird-ass launch party door prize cat, now with eyeballs #TheoChangIsNotACat #TheKidsInMrsZsClass
A fuzzy, light blue, stuffed cat that doesn’t really look like a cat because it’s shaped like a potato, has an underbite with six fangs protruding up from its bottom lip, two ears, feet with big white claws dangling from floppy, dark blue fabric legs, red eyeballs with white pupils, and a slightly darker blue leather nose.
June 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Progress on le chat en peluche. Up next: eyes and a tail #TheKidsInMrsZsClass #TheoChangIsNotACat
A fuzzy, light blue, eyeless stuffed cat that doesn’t really look like a cat because it’s shaped like a potato, has an underbite with six fangs protruding up from its bottom lip, two ears, feet with big white claws dangling from floppy, dark blue fabric legs, and a slightly darker blye leather nose.
June 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Weird-ass stuffed cat launch party door prize is coming along #TheoChangIsNotACat #TheKidsInMrsZsClass
A torso of a stuffed cat, meaning the lower torso (made of furry, light blue fabric), four furry, light blue paws with big white claws dangling from short, thin, dark blue fleece legs, a red fleece a gum with a row of six white teeth in an underbite, a sewn-on flap of furry blue fabric that will eventually be the top of the head, all held in the air by my wrinkly-ass hand
June 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Representing on #NoKingsDay with signs by @nidhiart.bsky.social
A pair of signs with illustrations of a diverse group of kids holding hands and raising them in the air, with text that reads “Hope makes America great” and “Immigrants make America great,” with twosmall Pride flags. Art by Nidhi Chanani
June 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Cat paws, now with legs! Unfinished legs that will eventually be finished with some sort of wrapping around the bare pieces of rope, that is #TheKidsInMrsZsClass
Four stuffed cat paws made of white fleece claws, dark blue fleece sheaths, furry light blue feet, and white fabric rope attached at the top of the paw, dangling from my hand
June 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Cat paw in progress #TheKidsInMrsZsClass
A cat paw mad of furry light blue fabric, dark blue microfiber sheaths, and white microfiber claws, held in my hand
May 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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My launch party for THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT is at Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore in Berkeley on 11/2, and yeah, that's 5+ months away, but I have giant, overambitious plans, including completely unnecessary door prizes, which is why I'm making these cat claws #TheKidsInMrsZsClass
A handful of handmade, white microfiber cat claws, approximately thumb-sized, with bright blue microfiber sheaths
May 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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This is the one true perfect example of masculinity someone tell those weirdos on fox news in this essay I will —
Promotional image of the main character from the animated TV show STEVEN UNIVERSE
May 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera roll. No cheating!
Close-up selfie of me, an Asian American man with black hair with white streaks, black-framed glasses, and a black collared shirt, looking into the camera with the usual tight-lipped, off-kilter smile
May 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM