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#WeeknightWriters A5 “What happens when Ali Hazelwood and Stephen Graham Jones or Chuck Tingle Horror collab”

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#WeeknightWriters A4 I mean, it’s fun for a bunch of ppl be doing creative stuff all at the same time. Allows for some unified but chill checks and balances.

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The only negative repercussion is that your motto suddenly becomes “Hey man, it’s chill.” And you have nothing you can do to stop it. Or at least, that’s what happened for me.

#WeeknightWriters A3 Nah. If it’s done, it’s done. If not, it ain’t done.

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#WeeknightWriters A2 Supernatural Horror, Romcom, Mystery. Basically I got the three acts (or four) set up as a scale of Romcom — Horror and just sliding it to the right as the story progresses. I’m better off just saying romance tropes and adding “but spooky” too lmao

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#WeeknightWriters A1 As I mentioned lol, it’s a Romcom Horror mix (I’ve bene reading a lot of romcoms and watching a lot of 90’s horror). Bi mess, second chance at life, small town problems (like THOSE problems), love interests of both genders, and a lot of Asian-influenced horror. For reasons.

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C.H.Lei @hpl0veshack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#WeeknightWriters ! C.H.Lei here. My planning for #FirstDraftFall is already done, so I’m all chill. It’s a Romcom Widow’s Bay, about some loser that winds up in a coastal town, and shit happens in the middle of a why choose? Situation. So not much time to choose when horrors are abound.

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Nope! In they are cursed to have a hunger that’s never sated. Doesn’t mean they aren’t gonna try.

Demon waiters, a man-eating snake with a valley girl accent, hungry needle-mouthed ghosts, and a dragon that lives in the sewers of San Francisco. Those are just a few of the things 13yo Gracie Foon's spirit must overcome in her quest to retake her life from an evil ghost. #DVpit #MG #CF #F #ASIAN

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MARTIAL ARTS, YAOGUAI, GANG STRIFE When a powerful ghost forces 13yo Gracie Foon out of her body, her spirit must brave San Francisco much different than she's used to. If she wants to survive and take back her life, she must find allies, ones that won't try to eat her. #DVpit #MG #CF #F #ASIAN

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Unfortunately no on the onsite, but I got 18 years of living there to go back to, so I already know all the choice places!

Thanks! And if only, right? I probably could go on forever!

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Thank!s I had fun writing it. Stressful fun.

SPIRITED AWAY + TMNT: MUTANT MAYHEM 13yo San Franciscan Gracie Foon has lost her body. Retaking it from the powerful ghost that's now puppeteering her life means teaming up with a scrappy yaoguai tomboy who can DEFINITELY be trusted, and TOTALLY WON'T try to eat her. #DVpit #MG #CF #F #ASIAN

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In the streets of San Francisco, the spirit of a 13yo track star must deal with exorcism-happy spiritualists, wuxia demon gangs, and hidden family secrets if she wants to reclaim her mortal body from the malevolent entity possessing it. #DVpit #MG #CF #F #ASIAN

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So funny thing, I literally wrote my MG out of spite of so many Chinese-American MG books just being centered in SF’s Chinatown. I literally have only been there once!

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Yeah, gotta kick out the tech and bring back the arts! Literally all the working musicians I know have to live in Pacifica or the East Bay now. (Or, well circa 2010’s. Doubt nothing much has changed lmao)

C.H.Lei @hpl0veshack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I spent my first 18 years there! Definitely left my heart there as well lol

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#DVParty Day 5 part 2 - Another MG project TEEN TITANS + SUICIDE SQUAD 🤺 The daughter of an infamous merc 👾 A lab-grown genetic abomination 💪 A princess from an underground tribe The sitch: Either become heroes or get tried as adults. Can they work together to save the city? Do they even want to?

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C.H.Lei @hpl0veshack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#DVParty Day 5 part 1 - Got TOO many things in the works. WIDOW'S BAY + CHECK & MATE (Horromcom) When her car breaks down at a seaside town, a consummate loser pretends competency and stumbles across multiple chances at love. Hard to kiss the guy/girl with nightly horrors and a rising body count.

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C.H.Lei @hpl0veshack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So does the stacks on my bed.

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C.H.Lei @hpl0veshack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#DVParty Day 4. Posting a gif about the martial arts side of my MG. There’s three major fight scenes, all moves I learned from Hapkido and Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan. No Shaolin but SF only had Mantis style that I knew of. Eh, gotta use what you have.

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C.H.Lei @hpl0veshack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oh, it’s a list that shouldn’t exist, I can tell you that!

C.H.Lei @hpl0veshack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#DVParty Day 3. Yup, just the opening line. No big fantasy or horror/ghost stuff until later in the chapter. So for extra I'll just tease that the first chapter is called "The Last Time I’ll Ever Be a Good Samaritan".

"There are many things one does not want to hear at the end of a 5K"

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C.H.Lei @hpl0veshack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#DVparty Day 2. Decided to “Graphic Design is my Passion” up some weird little profile sort-of-mood boards at 1:00 AM for my two #MG pitch heroines, Gracie Foon and Cingmei.

Gracie Foon (13)

Middle School 8th Grade.
Track and Field Ace (Relay, Short Distance Running)
State Bronze Medal

Lives with:
Dad (Firefighter)
Mom (Surgeon)

Likes:
Running
Boba

Dislikes:
Running (For Her Life)
Snakes
Everything Happening Around Her
Snakes
Snakes
Snakes

“I can’t be dead … I got things to do, high schools to apply to. Do you know how long I’ve been studying for my SSATs? I’m not that smart!”

Cingmei
“Meimei”
(14)

Occupation:
Mercenary
Bodyguard
Hired Thug

Family:
One Sister

Likes:
Bao (Baked and Steamed)
Winning Fights

Dislikes:
Just about everything else

“You know, we sort of work well together. Rver thought of just leaving the human world behind?”

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Oh, 1000%. Very easy to use.

Yup! It’s been very easy to go through.

I’m here for the squirrel!

Love how everything is collaged together!

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Thanks! Learning how to do it was an experience!

Thanks! I’m happy with it for my forst mood board!

I get it! I’m not, but writing a character with a big phobia of snakes was a fun time. Hence why I thought I should have a TW lol

The only thing I regret is not having enough green. I’m a big green enjoyer.

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Thanks! It was my very first mood board and it was fun planning it all out, even if I did it at 2AM!

I am a sucker for anything related to the oceans so this is my jam.

My #DVparty mood board! Forst time really making one, trying to blend the San Francisco vibes with contemporary fantasy, Chinese influence and the smidge of horror. Oh, and TW for a big snake. For moodboard and novel I’m pitching lol.

Mood board features many chinese influences, something that’s supposed to be a ghost, San Francisco and a snake.

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#WeeknightWriters A4 Rush as much as I can before #FirstDraftFall. I think I’m doing through edits of multiple projects lol.

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If I lived back in a city, I’d practically live in a jazz club lol

I am and have been! And hooray for new ideas!

It’s a lot of fun stuff. I enjoy that my small-ass town is so artsy.

#WeeknightWriters A3 If we’re saying since last Thursday, I had a fun time listening to so much jazz. There’s an all-fenale collective I’m a fan of and they always kill it.

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If I’m up and walking, notes app. Most of al my v0 is on that. Besides that I tend to lounge around as if I’m in a B-movie Sword and Sorcery harem, so I’m fine just fucking up my elbows on the floor with a laptop.