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Isabel Yap @visyap.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I'm glad if it was helpful! It's really difficult, but in some ways it's straightforward. Wishing you the best on your journey!

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Isabel Yap @visyap.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Every time I asked a more advanced writer how to write a novel, they would say some version of, "You just have to do it to learn how to do it." But I wanted a solution, something that would take me from "I can't do it" to "oh I'm doing it." visyap.mymagic.page/do-i-know-en...

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Do I know enough? (Or, how to stop stalling and start drafting)

Touch the project as regularly as you can, and accept that it'll feel, often, simply like work.

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Isabel Yap @visyap.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Thanks so much for reading! I’m glad you enjoyed 😊

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Isabel Yap @visyap.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

😊😊 I knowwww it’s been a minute!!

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Isabel Yap @visyap.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Thank you for reading! I’m so glad you liked the story

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Isabel Yap @visyap.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

With many thanks to you and the 2023 SycHill crew!! ❤️

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Isabel Yap @visyap.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Thank you! 😊 the cover artist did a really great job!

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Isabel Yap @visyap.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Thank you! I hope you enjoy! 😊 yes the cover is so pretty

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Isabel Yap @visyap.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I have a new story out on Reactor today, my first since my collection came out in 2021. It's about a teenage poet, friend breakups, and wrestling with inherited faith. There are spaceships that are massive libraries. It would make me very happy if you read and shared it! 😊

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Isabel Yap @visyap.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Ty Maia!! ☺️ Glad to finally be able to share it soon!

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A translator is forced to confront whether or not she has become an unwitting collaborator with the people who have invaded her home when she translates important religious texts...perhaps too well. Next week. "Into Your Sun-Blessed Life" by @visyap.bsky.social!

A redheaded woman stands in front of a shadowed figure. Matching white and yellow swirls hover over their foreheads

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

We so appreciate the love from @charliejane@wandering.shop & @reactorsff@threads.net! twp.ai/IlpfP4 The LOCUS funding drive closes Tues 4/14 and we are only halfway to our goal! Please help fund the magazine, website, and awards for 2026 at twp.ai/E5AQD0!!

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Why Locus Matters More Than Ever - Reactor

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Isabel Yap @visyap.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

March Newsletter: on deciding which novel project to focus on. All things being equal, you should choose the story that you think will be easiest to write. It's going to be hard regardless, so why not pick something that you think will be quicker? visyap.mymagic.page/deciding-on-...

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Deciding on what project to pursue (or, overcoming shiny new object syndrome)

How I actually chose which story to focus on

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Isabel Yap @visyap.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Feb newsletter is up! "I wouldn't wish the desire to write a novel on my worst enemy, but also, if you feel you have to, there is likely nothing I can say to convince you otherwise. It's too difficult a project to pursue unless you really, really want it." visyap.mymagic.page/how-i-wrote-...

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How I wrote a novel: intro and master post

On always trying to write longer, the five years it took to write this book, and what I'll be sharing about that process

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Isabel Yap @visyap.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Jan newsletter post up! "I have diary entries detailing how, in the inevitable insanity leading up to publication, I was fairly certain no one would buy my book (except for, like, the 100-150 people would purchase it because they like me as a person)." visyap.mymagic.page/the-math-if-...

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the math if we're mathing

How much money did I make from my short story collection?

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Isabel Yap @visyap.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

My newsletter is alive again, on Ghost.io! First post now live—in which I summarize what I've been up to, and why I'm writing the newsletter again. You can read it at the link below, and sign up if you'd like to receive new ones going forward. 😄 visyap.mymagic.page/its-been-a-m...

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it's been a minute

👋 howdy! Welcome to the revived edition of hot yuzu tea, now hosted on Ghost.io. 😊 I'm a little awkward because it's been so long since I sent out a newsletter, but I figured now would be a good tim...

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Isabel Yap @visyap.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

writing is just whispering 'don't lose your nerve' to yourself over and over and over again

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