Proceeds will go to the National Cervical Cancer Coalition (nccc-online.org) or another charity of the winner's choice!
go wild you cursed fiends
January happens to be Cervical Cancer Awareness Month! Cervical cancer is preventable with vaccines and treatable if detected early. Ideally, you should be getting pap smears done every few years starting at age 21
Realized I could make a totally epic tarot deck based on Iron Widow. I mean imagine Zetian as The Empress...[Redacted] as The Emperor...The Vermilion Bird as The Chariot...the Iron Triangle as The Lovers...
The Fool: Peasant Zetian
The Magician: Yizhi
The High Priestess: Qieluo
The Empress: Pilot Zetian
The Emperor: [Redacted]
The Hierophant: Sima Yi
The Lovers: Zetian, Yizhi, Shimin
The Chariot: Vermilion Bird
Strength: WELCOME TO YOUR NIGHTMARE scene 1/2
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/?
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/?
The characters are written in Seal Script, iconic to the Qin dynasty (China's first imperial one). Qin's defining color was also black, which means Wenwu established the Ten Rings about 2k years ago? But the helmets and armor in this battle remind me more of the Tang dynasty 3/?
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!
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
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 -