what am i up to?
updated 13 may, 2025
BOOKS
WIPs:
litfic (?) book abt deranged bisexuals
MG fantasy adventure
YA death games book
On deck:
BAD WORDS (St. Martin's/Macmillan, Fall 2026): enemies-to-lovers author/critic romcom. she panned his book, he hates her guts. one editor said about BW: "they loathed each other so much in the beginning, i had no idea how you were going to turn the ship around." i felt seen
CLOSE-UP ON HIS FACE (Union Square/Hachette, Summer 2027)
On shelves:
COME HOME TO MY HEART (Union Square/Hachette, May 2025)
LOOK NO FURTHER (Abrams): a book written with my sister, in which two half-Chinese siblings collide at art camp
ALONE OUT HERE (Disney-Hyperion): post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller best elevator-pitched as Lord of the Flies in space
FINAL DRAFT (Abrams): obsessive artist coming-of-age
NOTEWORTHY (Abrams): musical comedy
SEVEN WAYS WE LIE (Abrams): slice-of-life contemporary
All are available to buy on Bookshop.org here, through your local indie bookstore, or on Barnes & Noble.
A list of content warnings for these books can be found here.
MUSIC
my new music project, catholique, can be found on:
bandcamp
spotify
???? tiktok (still empty...)
various forms of streaming
my older acoustic music can be found here!
you can otherwise find me at:
linktree
inspiration sideblog
