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Grace Quon

@gracequon.bsky.social
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Scribbler of stories across too many genres. Core belief: Indoors (books, snacks) is better than outdoors (sunburn, mosquitoes). www.gracequon.weebly.com

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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hurray, my li'l Wholesome Horror has been tossed into the whimsy well! Whether it sinks or swims, it was a blast writing it!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hurray, congratulations!!! 🤩🥳
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I figured! ❤️ Although the idea of some angry guy bashing these out on his keyboard is hilarious. "The Friendly Abyss, mofos. Let's see how you like that!"
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've done a fair handful of writing contests, but @whimsyfiction.bsky.social is the first one where reading the prompts has actually made me smile.
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Went down some rabbit holes with this! PlotLines has plotted the journeys of the characters from 40+ classic novels on period maps. So far, I've explored The Hound of the Baskervilles and Huckleberry Finn. 😍 #booksky peter-guillam123.github.io/plotlines/
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PlotLines - the classics, mapped
Every journey in the book, played out on a genuine period map - out-of-copyright novels and plays, followed stop by stop from Frankenstein to Shakespeare.
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Revealing Susanna Clarke's The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City - Reactor
A bewitching story set 700 years before the events of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Haven't even gone through the list yet, "But perhaps most importantly (to me, anyway), the GOAT Susanna Clarke is releasing a new story in the Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell universe." 🤩 Looks like a novella, but it's going on my list, for sure!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Delighted to have a story featured in the latest episode of the @one-more-story.bsky.social podcast! Listen on Patreon with a free subscription: www.patreon.com/OneMoreShort... (I haven't done an interview since uni, so thanks to Chris for being both a fun and patient interviewer!)
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Thank you to @welkinpress.bsky.social for the kind not-quite-acceptance note and for all the time and work that's gone into the Welkin Genre contest! Looking forward to reading the short-listed stories!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I have it ingrained in me that editors don't want replies, but very happy to take this opportunity to thank you as well for the contest and lovely NQA note! Hope you have a nice summer break planned after this! 🙂
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Women of the Weird West" (including a drabble from me) is out today! "In this bold reimagining of the Old West, dive into haunted canyons, frontier towns hiding cosmic horrors, vast deserts, and far-flung worlds where women take center stage." mybook.to/WomenOTWeird... @kcgrifant.bsky.social
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Read it now
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Very pleased to have gotten to the quarter-finals (Elite Eight) in the Verdant Owl Writing Battle! A fantastic duel at the end: a close loss (3-2) to an excellent story, which went on to win the genre two rounds later! @writingbattle.bsky.social
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A language scavenger hunts its prey on a dying Earth. Gorgeous story from @indigorue.bsky.social.
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Making the most of objects in your stories: "If you show me a pen, I won’t care too much about it.... But if you tell me that the pen is the one you used to sign your divorce papers, or your mother’s death certificate, it’s the saddest pen in the world." lithub.com/a-pawnshop-o... #writing #writers
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A Pawnshop of the Mind: In Praise of Object-Based Writing
“What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” –TS Eliot, from “A Little Gidding” from The Four Quartets * Franca owned a p…
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Congrats, Elysia: what a great review!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Surprised and delighted to have come first in my House in this Writing Battle! Of course, all bets are off once Final Showdown starts... Still, this is the first time I've made it to Showdown in an Owl battle, so I'm taking it as a win no matter what happens next!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"I have never encountered a rule for fiction I believed in, ... apart from 'Don't use a gothic font to make your work feel spooky.'" --from Elizabeth McCracken's "Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction" [Photo: Jez Timms on Unsplash] #writing #amwriting #writers
Ominous staircase with gargoyles in mansion
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@jeztimms?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Jez Timms</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-staircase-in-a-building-with-many-windows-yCdhVA12t8c?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a>
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
What's the "best" MS Word suggestion you've received? Mine: Original sentence: "She looked into Hannah's face." MS Word's suggested revision for conciseness: "She investigated Hannah's face." Touching mother-daughter moment --> murder mystery. Thanks, Microsoft! #writing #amwriting #writers
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Just finished watching Beef season 2 and enjoyed it, (although it's very different from season 1). However, I had no idea that the two leads were acting with earbuds in the whole time (requiring extensive VFX to remove them)!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
That's amazing, congraaats!!!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Eek, I didn't think anything could be worse than Apple!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
ARCs are out for the "Women of the Weird West" anthology! I have a drabble in this, but there are so many more fabulous stories and poems in here. Head to NetGalley to become an advance reader!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Was it bad? We tried to catch a few games on Apple last year, and it was unwatchable.
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I only recently found out about "crone fiction" as a genre. So surely it can have a romance subcategory? Spoken as a Gen Xer, hoping to ascend to crone status soon...
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Sounds like your RBF is too much R and not enough B. 😆
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Funny, I just read a series of comments about the problematic aspects (i.e. non-consent) of the Pern books in another thread. I read them as a teenager in the late 80s and even then, there were things that made me go "hmm". [Didn't stop me from reading them all, though, haha.]
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Hmm, I just found a pair of rain pants I thought I'd lost or donated years ago. Does that count? Because I don't need anything fancy like invisibility or flight. Honestly I'd be happy to settle for waking up without feeling stiff. 😆
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I'm so bad at remembering to close my document after sending it for review... ""the little “gotcha” moment where you arrived in the doc to find me waiting there for you like the killer in Scream." To all my beta readers, I'm sorry!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I didn't realize this was a thing either, lol. Now waiting impatiently for my magical powers to manifest.
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
When I saw this last year, I couldn't help wondering if it was mine! :)
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Thrilled to be the top pick of the guest judge in this category with my first attempt at this genre! :) Thank you @elisescott.bsky.social for the kind words! And thanks to @notquitewrite.com for pushing me out of my (writing) comfort zone. ;)
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Hurray, ML! Fantastic result!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Nominated for the Best Live Action Short Oscar, "Jane Austen's Period Drama" is a fun, light-hearted short that isn't a "period drama". It's a drama about periods. :) They've done a great job of recreating the look and feel of those beloved Austen adaptations! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxpj...
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JANE AUSTEN'S PERIOD DRAMA / 2026 Oscar®-Nominated Short Film
YouTube video by JULIA AKS
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Answering the call to wield the em dash for humanity's sake.
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Join Hiro and Juan on their road trip to Winter Ball camp. You won't regret spending the time with these two fabulous characters as they get to know each other on their way down to Tempe.
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Excited to have my drabble "A Fox In Sheep's Clothing" included in this anthology! Can't wait to discover all the other Women of the Weird West!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Such a cool story, Cuyler! Glad it's got a second life!
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 27/02/2026
Canadians travelling to the US advised to not fucking do that
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Canadians travelling to the US advised to not fucking do that
OTTAWA - Canadians thinking of planning a trip to the United States are being advised by the Government of Canada to perhaps consider going anywhere else on the entire fucking planet for their summer ...
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
One baffled, frustrated Cupid and a lot of killer lines. Love this drabble from @ashdoeswords.bsky.social!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Thank you so much, I'm excited to be included!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Thrilled to be included in the "Women of the Weird West" anthology coming from @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social and edited by @kcgrifant.bsky.social! Weird West is such a fun genre, looking forward to reading everyone's stories!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Eek! Me tiptoeing away, quiet as a mouse...
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I have not, but now I'm hungry. [Although Montreal bagel > NY bagel.]
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The awesome @eliodray.bsky.social in his interview after winning Elegant Literature! Learn how his winning story had its origins in erotica. :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgF-...
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$3000 Winner Elio Dray: Elegant Literature Award For New Writers (Charmed & Chained)
YouTube video by Elegant Literature
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
You can't argue with facts.
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I read your Elegant Lit winner! It was just fantastic: gripping, nuanced and what a compelling main character... And you've won NYCM too! That's incredible, congratulations!!!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Delighted that @ratbaglit.bsky.social has given my dating app drabble a home for their Cupid Misfires call. With the barest mention of Cupid in the story, I'm lucky Ratty appreciates a greasy spoon breakfast!
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
My story "Everbright, Ever Faithful" is on Chris Fulwell's delightful podcast "One More Short Story". It's the first time I've had a story narrated, and @spjames.bsky.social did an amazing job! <3 rss.com/podcasts/one... [Story first published in @goblins-galaxies.bsky.social issue #1!]
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One More Short Story with Chris Fulwell- Episode Six | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Join Chris for the first of many episodes themed around the new Writing Battle 'Class' system.This episode is 'Wizard' themed, with two Fantasy stories for your enjoyment:EverBright, Ever Faithful by ...
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Grace Quon @gracequon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The world could use a few more Cupid Misfires like this one...
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