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2 Dec, 10 tweets, 6 min read
YOOOOO THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN LOOKS IN MISS GRAND INTERNATIONAL?!
Individual shots of Miss Grand Malaysia, Indonesia, Phillippines, and Vietnam!
Individual shots of Miss Grand Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar!
....what's going on with France, Australia, the Netherlands, and the United States tho
miss germany also looking like she bought the outfit straight off of aliexpress 😭
ITALY SINGLEHANDEDLY CARRYING THE COLONIZER COUNTRIES' FASHION REP
OH MY GOD THE LATIN AMERICAN COSTUMES THO!!! OMG!!!!! MISS ECUADOR!! PERU!!!! BOLIVIA!! MEXICO!!!!!!!
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, COSTA RICA, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, AND COSTA RICA ALSO SLAYING
portugal vs brazil

how did we end up here
MAURITIUS IS A MERMAID OMG

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22 Nov
all right LET'S DO IT - THE CHINESE CULTURAL REFERENCES IN SHANG CHI - A THREAD

Disclaimer: I know this movie is supposed to be fantasy so I'm not checking for authenticity, I'm just picking stuff out for fun and educational purposes 1/? Logo of Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
the characters on the flag of the Ten Rings, read from top middle and clockwise, are 權力壮偉傑勢宏雄强威. Power, Strength, Strong, Great, Outstanding, Influence, Grand, Might, Strong, Authority. A little excessive tbh. WE GET IT, YOU'RE POWERFUL. 2/?
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20 Oct
YELLING as I finally get to reveal the cover for Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor, my middle grade adventure in the vein of Chinese Percy Jackson meets Yugioh!

SO MUCH LOVE TO KARYN LEE FOR THE COVER DESIGN AND @Velinxi FOR THE ILLUSTRATION!

Preorder: zacharyying.com The Zachary Ying cover, fea...Image
I SERIOUSLY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO STOP THINKING ABOUT THIS COVER SINCE I GOT IT MONTHS AGO

THANKS SO MUCH TO MY EDITOR @sarahrmccabe AND HER TEAM AT S&S MCELDERRY FOR GETTING ME LITERALLY EVERYTHING I WANTED AND MORE 😭 I MEAN LOOK AT THIS QIN-DYNASTY-ACCURATE SEAL SCRIPT YING Image
As someone who writes stories deeply rooted in my Chinese heritage, I'm extremely grateful that my publishers have listened to my input and made my covers so culturally authentic. I gave S&S 22 PAGES of reference materials, and I'm glad they didn't just boot me out, LOL - Image
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16 Oct
The payment schedules in publishing are so weird, like my small advance for Iron Widow was split into 5 and I have no idea when my royalties will start coming so if I didn't have alternate income I'd be in poverty despite my book hitting the bestseller lists week after week 😣
OH to clarify, this was a 2 book advance that was split into 5, which I think is relatively normal..? I've definitely heard of people who've had 1 book advances split into 4 or 5 now though 😫
Since people appreciate transparency in this industry: #publishingpaidme 16k USD / 20k CAD for Iron Widow (per book in a 2 book deal), paid out over 2 years on signing, delivery, and publication. Pretty sure I've sold this many copies less than a month since release ;_;
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8 Oct
WHY DOES IT COST SO MUCH TO SPAY A CAT 😭😭
619 DOLLARS TO REMOVE KOKOCHIN'S UTERUS 😭
ok it was actually $519 for all the spaying stuff because there was also a $100 charge to clean her teeth, and then there was tax, but here's how the fees added up:
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1 Oct
Oh my god @KaijuKombat, N/F/Ts aren't going to be a thing, STOP TRYING TO MAKE THEM A THING. You are grossly misrepresenting the Ultraman brand by associating with a pyramid scheme like that. Your success at this game is lower than the anatomy quality of your models.
What the hell are you doing making people buy N/F/Ts for access to a fighting game???
NO YOU'RE NOT, YOU ARE TRYING TO GLEEFULLY GRIFT PEOPLE
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1 Oct
Stumbled upon this mini PBS documentary on the historical China Town in Wyoming and it's actually super fascinating and enlightening regarding the early Chinese Americans there, especially the ways they kept their culture alive in, well...Wyoming
Apparently the Chinatown in Marysville, California had an expensive silk dragon imported from Hong Kong and they would loan it out to Chinese communities across the West Coast for their New Year's celebrations, so they actually had to stagger all celebrations -
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