Revised my short story and submitted to beta readers!
Book Review: Yellowface, by R. F. Kuang
Upmarket Fiction, 5+/5
Struggling white novelist, June, steals a dead Chinese-American’s unseen draft novel and publishes is as her own, with ripples upon ripples of fallout. This fast-paced, gripping novel critiques the publishing industry and social media, and as an author myself, I found the settings and events familiar, but eye-opening.
Wrote a short story!
Finished the editing job, and wrote a short story first draft. I’m happy with it–may put it out to beta readers on Wednesday.
Book Review: How Fascism Works, by Jason Stanley
Nonfiction, 3-/5
With a chapter on each of the ten pillars of fascist politics (including propaganda, anti-intellectualism, victimhood, and law and order), How Fascism Works provides insight into the interconnectedness of fascist ideology and tactics. Although many of the individual points were so easily recognisable in Stanley’s examples from around the world and across history, it was the way the elements all work together that fascinated me.
May write a short story this week.
Edited two short essays that are part of the biography of a mountain guide that I’m finishing for my sister who passed away recently, and returned to the structural edit I’m doing for a client–should be finished today or tomorrow. Then, I have a short story idea, and a beta reader got my novel back to me, so that’s next!