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Ruby Lang, Opal Wei, Mindy Hung
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THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU by Mindy out November 2025 from Alcove. WILD LIFE by Opal out now from Harlequin. I have a lot of names. she/her. Canadian. Rep'd by Sarah E. Younger at NYLA. www.opalwei.com
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so this is happening...
new snow on a still-green hydrangea bush
November 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU is out in 2 weeks!

rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
Background: a pile of copies of The Glowing LIfe of Leeann Wu. Book open to dedication page which reads: For everyone who's going through it.
November 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Thanks for doing this! The Glowing Life of Leeann Wu, my romantic contemporary fantasy about a perimenopausal woman whose hands suddenly begin to glow, comes out November 18. rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
Cover of THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU: dark blue background with a darker blue open hand throwing off gold sparks. Title and author name in gold.
October 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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The Inexplicable Magic Giveaway!

@elizabethdavis.bsky.social and I are running a giveaway on Instagram for signed copies of our books TIME FOR YOU and THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU: www.instagram.com/p/DQXVNBUkWQ...

Go to IG to enter!
Center top text, The Inexplicable Magic Giveaway. Covers of Time for You (illustrated white, dark-haired man in Victorian garb kissing the hand of blonde white woman in scrubs) and The Glowing Life of Leeann Wu (blue background with open hand, gold sparks). Center bottom text: "See caption for how to enter."
October 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Join me and @oliviawrites.bsky.social and our excellent moderator @authoremmabarry.bsky.social for a virtual book celebration, 11/22 at 1pm Central. The event is free, but you'll need to register with Love's Sweet Arrow:
shop.lovessweetarrow.com/oliviaandmindy
Cream background with some tiny mid-century stars, an illustrated picture of Olivia (white woman with brown bob, glasses, smile, a dress with lemon pattern) and the cover of Second Chance Romance (illustrated clench) and photo of Mindy (East Asian woman with black hair, glasses, chin on hand) and cover of The Glowing LIfe of Leeann Wu. Text: Olivia Dade and Mindy Hung, November 22 1pm CT. Love's Sweet Arrow logo.
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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One month until THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU, my weird, romantic summer Gothic about a perimenopausal woman whose hands suddenly begin to glow, comes out in paper, hardcover, ebook and audio.

Info and buy links here: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU cover: dark blue background with an open hand, gold bolts shooting from it, title in gold serif font
October 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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We got our mooncakes from Bake Code and they were non-traditional (clockwise starting with the green: matcha, kitkat, and ube).
White plate with gray kaleidescopic pattern, three of those non-traditional mooncakes on top: green (match), red (chocolate kitkat), and silvery lilac-ish (ube)).
October 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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OMG the hardcovers were in the box, too! Thank goodness my editor pointed them out.
multicoloured rug in background and my hand holding a tilted hardcover copy of THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU (so that you can see how thick it is, lol)
October 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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My finished copies of my romantic contemporary fantasy, THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU, arrived today! I'm so excited for you all to read my story about a perimenopausal woman who suddenly develops powers! Out Nov 18 in print, ebook, and audio (narrated by Natalie Naudus).
fuzzy selfie of an East Asian woman with dark hair pulled back and glasses smiling at the camera, face partly obscured by the book she's holding--THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU (blue cover a dark, open hand and gold sparks flying out, gold all caps title and gold author name [mindy hung])
October 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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A propos de nothing, I have a novella about a *very* mid-list YA fantasy novelist (with a PT day job) + the woman who may have inspired the unlikable heroine of his series:

I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART is available in ebook + audio narrated by Jasmin Song:
rubylangwrites.com/i-am-trying-to
Background: wood grain and autumn leaves, a white e-reader featuring the cover of I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART: gray background with multicolored bokkeh bubbles, title in ombre from blue to yellow to pink with the silhouette of a women sitting on the m of "am" and silhouette of a man leaning on the h of "heart"
October 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Publisher's Weekly had this to say about my upcoming contemporary fantasy/women's fiction book,
"[A] lovely multigenerational story . . . Exploring heritage, inherited trauma, and women’s power, this is a treat."

Out Nov 18 in paper, hardcover, ebook and audio: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
Sun glow background with THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU cover centered. Cover: dark blue with a darker blue open hand at center with gold sparks flying outward. Title in gold and author name in gold.
September 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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B&N pre-order sale time again, 7/8 - 7/11. The offer is for Barnes & Noble Rewards and Premium Members only, nonmembers will have to enroll (but it's free). Code PREORDER25

I would very much appreciate it if you'd order LEEANN WU!

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-glowin...
#BNPreorder
Blue background with gold sparks in top right and bottom left corner, cover of THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU. Text: 7/8-7/11, 25% off pre-orders, Barnes & Noble Rewards and Premium Members only! Use code preorder25 at checkout. Valid for Physical Books, Ebooks and Audiobooks at Barnes & Noble. Some exclusions apply. #BNpreorder
July 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Goodreads giveway! Enter for a chance to win a copy of THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU. Open 6/26-7/13, US only unfortunately. I believe this is for printed ARCs but please check Goodreads to be sure.
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
horizontal light streaks with cover of THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU on the right and text on the left: "Enter for a chance to win! 6/26-7/13, Goodreads giveaway!"
June 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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What a beautiful day for so many reasons! Here are some of mine, freshly arrived.

I'll probably do an ARC giveaway in my next newsletter! buttondown.com/rubyopalmindy
Two (visible) advance reader editions of The Glowing Life of Leeann Wu side by side in an open box on the wooden floor. Some succelents in a white pot peeking out at the top of the photo.
June 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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She's living through the hottest summer of her life, of course she's begun to glow.

Out November 18 in audio, print, and ebook:
rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
sunburst background centering cover of THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU (blue background with sparks flying out of an open hand, title in gold, author name in gold)
June 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
rubyopalmindy.bsky.social
everything is terrible. here are some balls.
6 or 7 massive alliums (purple flower balls on long stems)--seriously, I've seen babies with small heads than these guys
June 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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The great Natalie Naudus will be narrating THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU! Coming to audio, print and ebook November 18.

Please consider preordering my romantic contemporary fantasy/WF about a 40-something midwife whose hands suddenly begin to glow: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
Gold sparks in background, Publishers Marketplace announcement: "Mindy Hung's THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU, to Henna Silvennoinen at Spotify, for publishcation in fall 2025, by Stephanie Manova at Alcove Press". Inset cover of book with text, "Out Nov 18 in audio, print and ebook"
June 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
rubyopalmindy.bsky.social
I, too, can hardly bear the weight of my own beauty
Close up of a round allium with a long, weak stem holding itself just inches above the paving stones, other flowers and leaves in the background. Yes, I know it needs more light, but I don't control the sun, okay?
June 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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how convenient! a thesaurus for my morning's writing
a glimpse of my running shoes and graffiti on cement steps that readers "Penis" in white, then "Cock and Balls" in black spray paint.
June 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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what's up tomato plant? you've got a pretty sexy name there
Tomato plant (at the garden centre) with a stake that says "HUSKY CHERRY"
May 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
rubyopalmindy.bsky.social
I'm going to feel really silly if you were being sarcastic but:
Publisher's MArketplace deal announcement for THE LAST THORN by Talia Hibbert... summarizing the text: "Beauty and the Beast retelling set in a glamorous world of magic users living in the shadow of a modern Britain recovering from civil war... to Vicki Lame at Saturday Books and Bella PAgan at Tor UK for summer 2026"
May 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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The Yossy Arefi rhubarb crumb cake
A wedge of crumb cake on a blue and white plate, my overly sombre grey and white kitchen in the background. (Marbled tile, black counter, a glass container in the background.
May 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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::Ashokan Farewell plays in the background::

My Dearest Friend,

It has rained for two days and I begin to fear that I shall never see the sun again. We have been trying to keep our spirits (and leaves) up, but this unceasing onslaught of water wears on all of us...
budding lavender plant in the rain in a wide planter
May 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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i think this says basic mom
keyring with keys, fob, a medallion with a hand drawn daisy on green
May 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Got some wheels for my planter and I've spent the long weekend ferrying my lavender from sunny spot to sunny spot otherwise it droops like a petulant child.
Big black planter with round dolly and a bushy not-yet-bloomed lavender plant that's needs to be treated like a baby.
May 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM