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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨

@writerannchow.bsky.social
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I write stabby girls who make bad decisions | East-Asian YA romantasy | words in Uncharted & Black Fox Literary Magazine | she/her | 🇹🇼🇮🇹🇺🇸

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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
New story out now! It’s got fox spirits, a seductive MC, and obsessive, tragic romance! Thank you for the opportunity @unchartedmag.bsky.social! www.unchartedmag.com/stories/the-...
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The Best Part - Uncharted
The best part was always the name. There was a special kind of intimacy to claiming something so tied to a man’s sense of self, of sliding it over my tongue and between my teeth, swallowing it, owning...
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The plot is plotting, the juice is juicing, and I’m cackling at the insane drama my characters have gotten themselves into this time
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The book research rabbit hole is real. At the moment, my YouTube watch history is primarily tutorials for how to play Go
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Recipe for THIS TWISTED ETERNITY: ☠️ Chinese Hell mythology of DARKER BY FOUR + 👑 Deadly court politics a la CRUEL PRINCE + 💕 Fake dating your own murderer = 🗡️ 1 ruthless girl, 🌟 1 irresistible golden boy, 🔥 and an attraction that could destroy Hell itself #BluePit #BluePit 📖 #YA #F #R #W #OV #POC
Hand with gold bracelet. Text reads “This Twisted Eternity, East Asian Inspired YA Romantasy”Pitch: In the Chinese underworld, a dead war general will face an eternity of torture—unless she can fool a treacherous immortal court into believing that she and her murderer are lovers.Comparative titles slide with covers of four books with captions. Never Ever After (East Asian-inspired court intrigue), Darker by Four (Chinese hell myth), Immortal Consequences (Ser in the afterlife), the Cruel Prince (I love you and it disgusts me)Excerpt: “Does it hurt, Fan Lihua?” he breathed into my ear. “Discovering that I’ve finally beaten you?” I gasped, the iron cold against my skin. No, I would not admit how much it pained me, losing to my mother’s killer. His smile curved viciously. “When you’re in Hell, I want you to remember this as the moment you became a failure. I want you to remember me.” His hand tightened around the hilt of the knife. “The one who finally beat you was General Han Xin.”
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
DARKER BY FOUR x CRUEL PRINCE She’s a fallen war general. He’s the enemy who killed her. When the king of Hell mistakes them for star-crossed lovers, they must convince him that they’re desperately besotted… or burn for all eternity. #BluePit #BluePit 📖 #YA #F #R #W #OV #POC
Girl with red robes and sword in background. In front of it, text reads “This all feels too familiar. The gravity of his stare. The intensity of his attention. I haven’t felt this full of adrenaline, this alive since he killed me.”
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
In the afterlife of Chinese myth, a dead war general will face an eternity of torture—unless she can fool an immortal court into believing that she and her murderer are lovers. 💕Fake dating your own killer 👑Deadly court politics 🌟Pretty boy x ruthless girl #BluePit #BluePit 📖 #YA #F #R #W #OV #POC
Black and gold mood board. Pictures of Chinese calligraphy, a pagoda-style building, jewelry, and dragon statues. Center reads “This Twisted Eternity” and the quote reads “I’m nobody’s pawn, least of all his.”
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Decided to participate in #BluePit this upcoming week. Wasn’t sure since I’m not ready for querying yet, but it’s also a hype event for WIPs, and I can’t resist the chance to meet new writer friends + cheer everyone on 😄 Time to prep my pitches 👀
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
2025 writing wrapped! Life got crazy busy in the 2nd half of the year, so unfortunately, I had to take some breaks from writing. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻 for a productive 2026!
2025 writing wrapped. Project calligraphy: 50k words drafted. For halfway then shelved (for now…). Project Diyu: 13k words drafted +revised. Short stories: 4 drafted, revised, submitted. Submissions: 1st short story accepted and published! Woohoo! Community: joined 3 lovely critique groups and 1 awesome critique partnership
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Books I read in 2025! I diversified my genres this year, and it’s reflected in my top picks: urban fantasy, YA botanical horror, romantasy, litfic. My 2026 goal: 50 books!
2025 year in books. 40 books. 14,559 pages. Images of covers of all 40 books read this yearMy year in books top 5: Red City (The New Alchemists, #1) by Marie Lu, Hazelthorn by C. G. Drew’s, Don’t Let the Forest In by C.G. Drew’s, This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara, The Vegetarian by Han Kang
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Check out my story in Black Fox Literary Magazine (Issue 29)! Stoked to have found a home for this piece about the mixed race experience 🙂 my first short story publication! *cue excited screaming* Thank you to the lovely editors for their work on this issue! blackfoxlitmag.com/current-issue/
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Reading one of my favorite author’s newest book and ch1 is already giving me chills 🫠 Marie Lu, the woman you are 🙌🏻 “Everything can be more beautiful. And because it has the potential to be more beautiful later, everything suddenly feels less beautiful now.” -Red City, Marie Lu
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Am doing the thing everyone says not to do… writing a new novel instead of finishing the old one 🤷🏻‍♀️ Someday I hope I’ll rewrite it. There are just too many foundational problems due to me being at lower skill level when I started compared to now. 1 chapter into new book, feeling optimistic 👍
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Halfway thru drafting the book, and realizing that one character should’ve been unalived in chapter 2… the urge to revise mid-draft… it’s too strong 😭
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The midpoint of my novel is within sight… only 3 more chapters to write… If I’ve learned anything from this process, it’s that I take a long time to draft 😂
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Just finished Don’t Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews, and wow…. one of THE best books I’ve read in a long time. My head is still spinning from that ending. The lush prose, memorable characters, haunting dark academia setting… all absolutely phenomenal.
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Mostly my 9-5 day job :) and also dance! I’m a hip-hop dancer and spend many of my evenings at practice with my team. That’s why I love audiobooks. Helps me “read” during drives or in-between moments. #CampRevPit #CRPLunaMoths
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
A Power Inked in Venom has… 🗡️ calligraphy brush-to-throat 🔥 enemies-to-lovers 👑 MC becomes the villain 🖌️ magic is monstrous 🥈 second chance romance 👥 siblings: one light, one dark #CampRevPit #CRPLunaMoths
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
My MC would definitely blast “Vampire” by Olivia Rodrigo on aux. She and her love interest start out a bit toxic to say the least 🫣 but it just makes it all the sweeter when they figure out how to love each other right! #CRPLunaMoths #CampRevPit
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
A quote from my book’s paranoid, perfectionist love interest! “We are in the business of perfection, Zhou. Mistakes are no better than betrayal.” #CRPLunaMoths #CampRevPit
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Let’s just say she’s a little unhinged “Her screams reach a high, keening pitch, and I hum along to the sound, as though it were a song plucked sweet from the pipa.” #CampRevPit #CRPLunaMoths
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
#CRPLunaMoths excited for camp! I’ll be working on my Asian-inspired YA romantasy! “Daiyu kills with calligraphy. Tai wants his oppressors dead. If she fails to escape his deadly prison (and their growing attraction), he’ll use her dark power to assasinate hundreds—including her own mother.”
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
My Roman Empire is writing traumatic flashbacks to a character’s childhood
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Reintroducing myself! In honor of my mom, the person who first ignited my passion for reading and stories, I’ve decided to use her maiden name in my pen name. She is my inspiration, in writing and in life! Hello as Ann Chow!
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Vampire by Olivia Rodrigo is the official theme song for the meet cute of my romantasy 🙌🏻 Enemies to lovers for real
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I haven’t been on Bluesky as much this month, but seeing all the amazing #chaospit posts reminded me just how awesome this writing community is. You all inspire me in my writing journey!
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Met my goal today to finish the chapter I was writing! Celebrating small wins 🎉
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
After countless attempts at outlines that just didn’t work, a 20k-word failed pantsing attempt, and a whole lot of experimentation with different story structures, I’ve finally done it: outlined my first novel from start to finish! Feeling on top of the world. Now comes the writing :)
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
7 pages of potential first lines and I think I’ve finally found the one 🤩
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Oh don’t mind me I’m just cackling excitedly and thinking of ways to make my morally gray MMC even more psycho than he already is
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Writing is really hard. I know practice is essential to growth. But I don’t want to just practice — I want to practice in the right way. Figure out exactly how the experts got good, and then try to replicate the process myself. But what exactly is that right way? Hope someday I can figure it out.
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
My favorite past-time is giving my MCs wildly traumatic backstories. Red flag? #writingcommunity
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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Me: I need to finish my current #wip Also me: here’s 10 other novel ideas that I can work on instead #writingcommunity #amwriting
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