I’m so proud to have contributed to a dialogue among friends by writing some voiceover lines for Friends vs Friends! It’s a fast and fun deck-building PvP shooter developed by Brainwash Gang, music by Beícoli, and published by Raw Fury. The visual style and music are delightful.
The song in the trailer is spectacular! They even have a singalong version to enjoy.
Keep an eye out for livestreams and demos and wishlist it on Steam!
Ready, aim, befriend :O)
It has been a while but I wrote a new short story :O)
Double Jointed is a sci-fi/mystery tale that asks, what is the best version of you?
It’s available to read here.
A good friend, who encouraged me to finish writing this story after I had it in the draft phase for so long (thank you! :O)), asked a great question on what music I would recommend to listen to while reading Double Jointed. I would suggest to listen to music that is familiar to you and that you would listen to in the comfort of your home.
Thank you for reading and feel free to share!
A special thank you to my husband for the inspiration and feedback, and for being in the trailer! <3
Double Jointed story trailer
I am so happy and grateful to be a writer on ROUTINE, a First Person Sci-Fi Horror video game set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80’s vision of the future. It’s a dream come true to work with the talented and passionate game developer team at Lunar Software, auditory mastermind Mick Gordon, and magical (un)publisher Raw Fury. They are all such genuinely lovely people and I am thankful to be able to share the love of storytelling, games, and potatoes with them :O)
Check out the re-reveal game trailer.
Wishlist on Steam.
Enjoy the ride!
For my writing and drawing hardware, I use a MacBook Air and a Wacom Bamboo tablet. Both were purchased in 2012.
The MacBook Air is fast and the battery still lasts surprisingly long. The Wacom Bamboo tablet is the first digital pen and tablet I used for drawing and I grew to be comfortable with it.
Before the tablet, I’d use paper and pencil and would then scan the drawings into Photoshop. If I drew digitally, I’d draw with vectors in Illustrator, using a mouse or trackpad. I don’t know if there was an easier way or if it was just a transitional time of the digital age, but it always seemed like I was making it harder on myself, haha!
There was a years long gap where I didn’t draw much just because of stuff like work and whatever. Then when I decided to get back into it, there were all these tools, but at more affordable prices.
For writing, I use Pages (free) :O)
For drawing, I use Pixelmator. I love it. I believe I got it on sale for $10, but full price is $29.99. Now there’s a Pixelmator Pro app available for $40 (upgrade bundle for $35). For now, I’m sticking with what I’ve got, but Pro seems like it’s got some pretty cool new bells and whistles! Check it out if you’re interested (https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/).
I’ve been really happy with my tools, especially because they have lasted for almost 8 years now.
I decided to update my 2012 MacBook Air to Catalina. All else was smooth, except the Wacom Bamboo tablet could not connect correctly. When I went to the Wacom website, the only options were to:
That kind of bummed me out. I was expecting to find a driver or something that I could install to get things working again.
Seeing the only options from Wacom were to downgrade my OS or buy a newer tablet, I wasn’t really in the mood to buy a Wacom product. I researched what Apple products were available. The best quality for the price option was to get an iPad and an Apple Pen. That would be about $350-$400. So that kind of bummed me out, too. The Apple tools still look cool, but now’s not the time for me.
So I found this app in the Apple store called “Connect my tablet” created by WPTRNPT LTD for $9.99. Most of the reviews said that it worked and some specifically referenced “old Wacoms” and Catalina. It was worth a ($10) shot. I’m happy to say that it worked!
A few notes:
Therefore, if you’re in a Wacom/Catalina pickle, you might want to check out the “Connect my tablet” app to see if it can fix your pickle.
Here’s a doodle I drew today with my newly connected old tablet! :O)
Thanks to some positive encouragement, I’m going to bring back Weekday Wordcount posts on my Instagram and Twitter accounts for the month of November. I’ll be drawing a cartoon to accompany each wordcount total post.
While I’ve been writing a lot, I feel like it has been a little bit aimless and irregular lately. I need to edit down what I’ve got, but also need to write more (always!). So I think the wordcount tracking, however big or small the total, will help me hold myself accountable :O)
I would also like to draw more comfortably again and think the only way to do that is to draw daily. My goal is to get a healthy habit where I’m either writing or drawing for a good chunk of the day.
I’m working to make a few submissions to open calls and contests for both writing and comics. Specifically, my short term goals have been to submit at least one short story to the Screencraft Cinematic Short Story Competition by the November 30th deadline. Then, to submit to an open call for an Asian American Comics Anthology by the deadline on January 31st.
Just a note, Writers’ HQ (UK) posts a monthly list of writing competitions and also offers many other writing resources. It’s where I found out about the Screencraft contest. Check them out if you’re interested.
Lastly, I’ll be posting my Weekday Wordcount Cartoons here in case you’d like to see them outside of Instagram or Twitter :O)
Happy Writing!
Earlier this week, I submitted a short film script to an open call. Even though they (very kindly) passed on it, I think it was an important step. I hadn’t written a script before, so I consider it useful that:
1) I wrote it, and
2) I submitted it, despite my fear that it was too novice.
It was also an opportunity to have my work read, which is so valuable to me. If you’re interested in reading it, you can download a PDF of it here.
As always, thank you for reading! :O)
I’ve written a short story called Forest of Children. It’s a little under 2,000 words, so it’ll be good for a quick read :O) Thank you to Palm-Sized Press for the prompt! The prompt helped inspire this story and I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to share and thank you for reading!
Hello :O) I’ve posted the Conclusion of Detective X. It’s the longest part in the series and I hope you enjoy it.
As a surprise, I’ve also posted an Epilogue! So be sure to check it out after you read the Conclusion.
If you’ve been waiting to read the story in one fell swoop, today’s the day :O) The word count comes in at a grand total of 17,603 words and I’m proud of it. Writing this story has been an experience like no other for me. Thank you to everybody that has read and shared it.
A special thank you to: my family for their continuous support, my mom for helping with Japanese to English translations, and my husband for detailed editing and for designing the e-book versions.
Which leads me to this! If you’d like a digital version of Detective X, you can download it for free!
All right, here it is! The penultimate :O) The second to last part of the Detective X series–Part 6! Feel free to share and thank you for reading!
Hello! :O) Here we are at Part 5. It has been an exciting journey for me to share this story with you and I hope you dig it. Feel free to share and thank you for reading!