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Melissa Ren

26 days

✨ PAST LIVES x EVERY SUMMER AFTER ✨ After they fell head over heels, distance tore them apart. But when they find themselves back in the same city for a week, will love finally conquer all? #QuestPit #A #CR #R #OWN #POC #W #Q (querying soon)

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 month

ok, who here writes romance? any kind, don't care. please let's be friends.

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@melisfluous

28 days

✨ WRITERS! ✨ We're at the half year mark! Tell me all that you've accomplished. It's time to BRAG about YOU! 🙌 Let's goooooo 💥

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

4 months

I GOT INTO TIN HOUSE! Thrilled to learn from Aiden Thomas! As a BIPOC & emerging writer, these opps don't come by very often. Unfortunately I didn't get a scholarship & every little bit helps! Appreciate any shares/ RT ❤️ Thank you! 🙏

Help Send Melissa to the Tin House Summer Workshop, organized by Melissa Ren

Hello friends! I’m Melissa, a Chinese-Canadian writer of fantasy, scien… Melissa Ren needs your support for Help Send Melissa to the Tin House Summer Workshop

www.gofundme.com

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

Holy crap balls! I won the @Write_Hive Sponsored Writer Award!! 😱😱😱 I never win anything, let alone recognition in writing.

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

7 months

You guys, I just signed my first contract for poetry. Holy crap, I'm going to be a published poet 🥺😭

Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

7 months

I think I may have just sold my very first poem 🥺🥺🥺 What in the world?

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

2 months

Didn't pitch yesterday for #pitdark but somehow got an agent like and a full request 👀

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

2 months

Ahhhhh! Been holding this news in! I am beyond stoked to be a part of this! Huge thanks to @lindzmcleod for including me in this lineup! 🙌 🎉 ✨

Lindz McLeod

@lindzmcleod

2 months

I'm thrilled to announce that our first finalist for 'An Honour and a Privilege' is the effervescent @melisfluous ! Melissa Ren is a Chinese-Canadian writer whose narratives tend to explore the intersection between belonging and becoming. She is a prize recipient of Room

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

2 months

✨ I AM GOING TO TIN HOUSE!!!! ✨ Thanks to all of you, we hit our GFM goal!!! I cannot tell how overwhelmed I am by your generosity, kindness, and unwavering support! It means so much to me. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. My heart is SO full ❤️

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

26 days

✨ JADE CITY x SHANGHAI IMMORTAL ✨ Bound by contract, betrayed by love. Until a crime boss offers her an out. With freedom within her grasp, her options are clear: seek revenge on the man who scorned her or burn the MF empire down. #QuestPit #A #F #OWN #POC #W

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

2 months

Yay! Contract signed!! My sci-fi flash about the voices in your head will appear in @WyldbloodPress . Can't wait to share this one! 👀🥰

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

15 days

Yo, I made it 🙌 #thsw

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

If you read @strangehorizons Wuxia / Xianxia issue and are thirsty for more, here are some book recos to keep you satiated 😅 Books by @rche_types @ay_chao @sl_huang @shelleypchan @valleygrrl @kenbebelle

5 Upcoming Fantasy Books Inspired by Wuxia, Xianxia, and East Asian Mythologies - MetaStellar

Check out Melissa Ren's most anticipated fantasy books inspired by wuxia, xianxia, and east asian mythologies!

www.metastellar.com

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

7 months

OMG I got invited to do my first public reading. I'm sorry, but WHAT!?!

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

7 months

I think I may have just sold my very first poem 🥺🥺🥺 What in the world?

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

2 months

Are there BIPOC #pitdark writers in the house??? I WANT TO AMPLIFY YOUR PITCHES... holla at me!

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

What are some #litmag that accept #speculative fiction? I'm specifically interested in literary journals not SFF markets. Suggestions?

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

26 days

SHATTER ME but make it Asian Rules for when a cunning enemy proclaims u as the chosen one & stops at nothing—incl waging war—to steal ur dormant power 👊 Fight like hell 🔓 Unlock ur power 🙅🏻‍♀️ Trust no one 🛡️ Protect ur family 💋 Don’t fall in love #QuestPit #YA #F #OWN #POC #Q

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

Milestone moment for me. Got my 20th acceptance today 😭 I'm not crying you are 🥺

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

11 months

😱 Gasp! ✨ I put together a wishlist 🧵 for @TalesFeathers upcoming open call in October. By no means is this list exhaustive, but a jumping point if you need one. I'm open to ANYTHING cozy & slice of life! ✨ Most of all, I love to be surprised. Do not self reject!

Tales & Feathers Magazine

@TalesFeathers

11 months

It's time to polish up your coziest tales because we are going to be opening up for submissions ✨THIS OCTOBER!✨ October 1-21st—Open to BIPOC, Trans, and/or Disabled creators October 8-21st—Open to everyone We can't wait to see what you have for us! 💖✨

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

2 months

Ooooh!! Contract signed! Stoked my urban fantasy hulijing ghost story will appear in Parsec Ink's Triangulation: Hospitium Anthology. First time I set a story in Toronto, Chinatown no less 🤗✨🫰 @ConfluenceSff @ParsecInk

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

4 months

Got my contributor copy of @FusionFragment 🥰 Looking so so good!

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 month

eeeep!!! I leave for Tin House in two weeks!!! time is flying... guys, i went over the schedule and it's going to be an epic workshop 🥰 #thsw

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 month

So many amazing works nominated this year! My short story DEAR POH POH published in @factorfourmag is included! 🥰 You can read it here

British Fantasy Society

@BritFantasySoc

2 months

Voting for the British Fantasy Awards is open! Cast your votes here: by Saturday, June 29th. Would you like to be a juror? Sign up here:

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

9 months

Welp, #PitDark is tomorrow! 😬 I got a support list going. Anyone else participating?

Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

9 months

#PitDark is this Thursday October 26! I'll be participating 😳🥺 & supporting all day! Apologizing in advance for flooding your feed 🤓 If you'd like to support me with any RTs / QRTs / comments, I would be grateful! 🙏 Let's have fun!

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

Thank you so much @Catrambo for sharing my story! 😭

Cat Rambo

@Catrambo

1 year

Melissa Ren's "Dear Poh Poh" is up on Factor Four magazine.

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

5 months

My story ✨ THE MEMORY SHOP ✨ is out today! This issue is absolutely incredible. Thank you so much @FusionFragment for giving it a home 💞

Fusion Fragment

@FusionFragment

5 months

FF #20 is here! Work by @DarkPeebles @AiJiang_ @mchristinebd Sarah Bess Jaffe @endewriting @CavarSarah @louisevanswrite @AbhishekSWrites @melisfluous @inkspiral ! Cover by @AbiStevens_Art ! Ariel Marken Jack reviews @3lobedmag ! Get it all here for free:

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

24 days

Holy shit, I leave for Tin House in a week!!!! #thsw

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

There are wild days, and then, there is May 25th. Signed a contract with @FusionFragment . Stoked that my story found a home 🥺😭❤️

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

3 months

Friends, I am so close to my goal! Every little bit helps me get to Tin House this summer!!! Please signal boost!!! 🙏❤️

Help Send Melissa to the Tin House Summer Workshop, organized by Melissa Ren

Hello friends! I’m Melissa, a Chinese-Canadian writer of fantasy, scien… Melissa Ren needs your support for Help Send Melissa to the Tin House Summer Workshop

www.gofundme.com

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

3 months

Oh, hey! I got a sci fi drabble in this about a little emotional robot 💞🤖

Shacklebound Books

@shacklebound

4 months

Out Today!!!!

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

6 months

So excited to be in this issue alongside these authors. And check out that cover art! 😍

Fusion Fragment

@FusionFragment

6 months

Beautiful cover art for FF #20 is here, courtesy of @AbiStevens_Art ! Get ready for great fiction from @CavarSarah , @AiJiang_ , @endewriting , @louisevanswrite , @melisfluous , @DarkPeebles , @mchristinebd , Sarah Bess Jaffe, @inkspiral , and @AbhishekSWrites !

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

So fricken thrilled to be @TalesFeathers new editor. I couldn't be in better company.

Tales & Feathers Magazine

@TalesFeathers

1 year

Folks, we are so excited announce that @thelitgal_z and @melisfluous are hopping on board as T&F editors! Welcome to the team!! ❤️❤️✨✨

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

3 months

Spent the day at TCAF @TorontoComics ... But how incredible is this library? Tis my fave 🥰

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

9 months

So, I wasn't going to do #MoodPitch but figured, hey, why not! If you're pitching, let's be friends and support each other! I'm so organized I started a support list! 😂🙌 Looking forward to cheering this community on!

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

3 months

FRIENDS!! It's #AAPI Month and I'd love your support on my writing journey! I have 25% left to go!!! Help me get to Tin House!!! Please boost! 🙏❤️

Help Send Melissa to the Tin House Summer Workshop, organized by Melissa Ren

Hello friends! I’m Melissa, a Chinese-Canadian writer of fantasy, scien… Melissa Ren needs your support for Help Send Melissa to the Tin House Summer Workshop

www.gofundme.com

Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

4 months

I GOT INTO TIN HOUSE! Thrilled to learn from Aiden Thomas! As a BIPOC & emerging writer, these opps don't come by very often. Unfortunately I didn't get a scholarship & every little bit helps! Appreciate any shares/ RT ❤️ Thank you! 🙏

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

18 days

if you want to keep up with my Tin House shenanigans, i'll be posting to stories over on IG, same username @/melisfluous 🤓 I leave TOMORROW!!!! #thsw

Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

24 days

Holy shit, I leave for Tin House in a week!!!! #thsw

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

3 months

Can we please have a moment so we can GUSH about this cover???

Psychopomp.com

@psychopompcom

3 months

hello this is sean, publisher of Psychopomp the release date for KT Bryski's (amazing) LOVELY CREATURES is June 11th, not May 14th the miscommunication here is all on me--the tentative date didn't get updated internally. me? I blame the horrors... yanno. sorry :/ details 👇

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

Joining the fun - Sold my 1st SFF short w/ @factorfourmag - 15 short fiction acceptances - Named editor w/ @TalesFeathers - Won @Write_Hive Sponsored Writer Award for my novel-in-progress - Got a mentor @helander_amanda / @writeteammentor - Saw my story in print for the 1st time

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@AllyMalinenko

1 year

Writers! They year is half over! Tell me what you've done and tell me what you plan on doing! For me my plans are: -finish doll book -finish witch book and go on sub -write short stories -plot adult horror -submit to short stories to horror anthos -plot and start writing new MG

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

22 days

Still one of my favourite covers of all time. Look how cute and tiny! Stoked to be in the final issue of @wzrdsinspacemag 🚀👩🏻‍🚀✨🕊

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

8 months

Welp, my cozy fantasy set in Imperial East Asia about a boy who finds a star will appear in an issue of @DreamForgeMag in 2024. So, so excited for this! 🏮🌟

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 month

Eeep! 4 weeks till Tin House! 👀😱 #thsw

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

2 months

✨ PAST LIVES x EVERY SUMMER AFTER ✨ After they fell head over heels, distance tore them apart. But when they find themselves back in the same city for a week, will love finally conquer all? #JoyPit #A #CR #R #OWN #POC

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

11 months

Our @TalesFeathers senior editor @spondeee moderated The Speculative City panel today at AugurCon with @haamyue , @AFSulli and @TheSuiWay . Such a great chat! @augurmag

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

Holy crap folks, I won third prize at @RoomMagazine Short Fiction Contest! 🏆 Immense gratitude goes out to @lethal_heroine for your kind words. I will never forget this. Whenever imposter syndrome hits, I will whip out your blurb. Thank you forever.

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

4 months

✨ AURORA AWARDS ELIGIBILITY ✨ It's my first eligible year! If you're voting, I'd love if you considered my short story DEAR POH POH published in @factorfourmag about a bad ass grandma who can see beyond ppl's deceitful ways You can read it here:

Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

5 months

Hello Canadians! If you're voting for the Aurora Awards, I'd love if you considered my short story DEAR POH POH published in @factorfourmag I don't have a fancy graphic, but here's a link to the story below 🏮💞

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

3 months

GUYS... I WON THE RAFFLE!

A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 is barely here

@TheSuiWay

4 months

mark your calendars for May 10th! THE DRAGONFLY GAMBIT ✨book launch✨ at @BakkaPhoenix with special gusts @sillysyntax and Kelly Robson! join us for an evening of queer fiction, book chats, and snackies 😘

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

What the what???? I made @RoomMagazine 's longlist for their Fiction Contest! 😱 @lethal_heroine will be reading my words and I am not ok 🥹 Huge shout out to Room's readers ❤️

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@melisfluous

11 months

WE ARE OPENING.... get those stories ready folks, and give me all the cozy you can muster. I AM READY TO READ YOUR AMAZING WORDS!

Tales & Feathers Magazine

@TalesFeathers

11 months

It's time to polish up your coziest tales because we are going to be opening up for submissions ✨THIS OCTOBER!✨ October 1-21st—Open to BIPOC, Trans, and/or Disabled creators October 8-21st—Open to everyone We can't wait to see what you have for us! 💖✨

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@melisfluous

1 year

I have turned into a ball of goo... @lethal_heroine read my words! Actually read them!🥹 She SHORTLISTED my story for @RoomMagazine 's short fiction prize. 😱 And I am dead. Feeling copious amounts of gratitude.

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

I'm a fricken MENTEE!!! 😱😱😱

Write Team Mentorship Program

@writeteammentor

1 year

Our 2023 Class of Mentees is live! Thank you to all the participants for your patience as we did some post-reading window clean up. As always, PLEASE do not be too discouraged if you were not chosen for mentorship. There were only ~10 spots & 50 people!

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

3 months

I'm so thrilled to be going to TIN HOUSE! But I need your help to get me there. I'm 59% of my fundraising goal. Every little bit counts! Appreciate RT / boosts! ❤️🙏

Help Send Melissa to the Tin House Summer Workshop, organized by Melissa Ren

Hello friends! I’m Melissa, a Chinese-Canadian writer of fantasy, scien… Melissa Ren needs your support for Help Send Melissa to the Tin House Summer Workshop

www.gofundme.com

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

4 months

My flash THE MIDNIGHT DIYU is out now with @factorfourmag ! It's a story where not everything is as it seems 👀🔥

Factor Four Magazine

@factorfourmag

4 months

No fooling here. Issue 34 of the magazine is live now and you can read it for free here:

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@melisfluous

2 months

LOOOOK who's returning to @augurmag !!! Let me tell you, this story is... all... the... things....

A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 is barely here

@TheSuiWay

2 months

happy to report that "One Becomes Two", my story about loneliness in marriage, Greenland, and creepy arctic hares is coming to @augurmag later this year 😘 huge thanks to @Aelintari who double-checked the science!

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

11 months

Oh hey! I'm in this issue! 🥰

Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine

@DoorIsAJarMag

11 months

Just one more day until Issue 28 Fall 2023 of @DoorIsAJarMag is officially live! And you can still pre-order a copy using the link below:

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

Squee! My first reprint will appear in @shacklebound Book of Drabbles. I wrote "Creatures Among Us" in @arleysorg 's workshop about theme put on by @ApexBookCompany . Stoked to see it in this anthology! 🫶 Preorder your copy

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

6 months

I'm on the hunt for BIPOC fantasy 2024 debuts. Got any recos?

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

16 days

I made it to Portland and woke up to a new story out today! 👀 Thanks @WyldbloodPress for giving my sci-fi flash a home!

Wyldblood Press

@WyldbloodPress

17 days

We have new free flash fiction on our website - The Look of Seconds by Melissa Ren is grounded sci-fi with wit, charm and a virtual coffee bar.

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

Everyone, stop what you're doing and read @liu_angela 's story in @clarkesworld . This is not a drill.

Angela Liu

@liu_angela

1 year

My cyberpunk story “Imagine: Purple-Haired Girl Shooting Down The Moon” is in the new issue of Clarkesworld (😱)! Inspired by the earliest days of Midjourney and imagines what becomes of art in a world where everyone just wants to escape.

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@melisfluous

1 month

I have the sudden urge to start a blog (or something) with just interviews / Q&As / coffee (or martini) chats with writers whom I love and adore.

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

5 months

@QueenOfRats Love this! Please check out: @ay_chao Shanghai Immortal @liu_angela in @clarkesworld @ashsmash in @ApparitionLit @yilinwriter The Lantern & the Night Moths @meganflchee in @LightspeedMag @kelllsify in @shoreinf @vivianlicreates in @HeartlinesSpec @pqwrites in @KhoreoMag

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

Look, there I am! LONGLISTED! 😱

Heather O'Neill

@lethal_heroine

1 year

Here is the longlist for the @RoomMagazine fiction prize. All excellent. Congratulations to the selected authors 🖤

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@melisfluous

4 months

My dearest #writingcommunity ! We're at 48% of my fundraising goal. Every little bit helps! Appreciate all of your shares / QTs / RTs ❤️ Thank you for all of your support! 🙏

Help Send Melissa to the Tin House Summer Workshop, organized by Melissa Ren

Hello friends! I’m Melissa, a Chinese-Canadian writer of fantasy, scien… Melissa Ren needs your support for Help Send Melissa to the Tin House Summer Workshop

www.gofundme.com

Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

4 months

I GOT INTO TIN HOUSE! Thrilled to learn from Aiden Thomas! As a BIPOC & emerging writer, these opps don't come by very often. Unfortunately I didn't get a scholarship & every little bit helps! Appreciate any shares/ RT ❤️ Thank you! 🙏

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@melisfluous

11 months

AugurCon vibes... And an @augurmag teacup! ✨🍵

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

2 months

my oldest sub is 601 days old 🫠

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@melisfluous

11 days

Good morning from Tin House! Been posting my shenanigans over on IG stories if you want to keep up. Same handle 😉 I leave you with a view of Reed College #thsw

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@melisfluous

2 months

The countdown is on. 6 weeks to Tin House!!!! #thsw

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@melisfluous

8 months

Just reposting my @TalesFeathers wish list for NO APPARENT REASON 👀👀👀

Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

11 months

😱 Gasp! ✨ I put together a wishlist 🧵 for @TalesFeathers upcoming open call in October. By no means is this list exhaustive, but a jumping point if you need one. I'm open to ANYTHING cozy & slice of life! ✨ Most of all, I love to be surprised. Do not self reject!

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@melisfluous

3 months

One year ago today @factorfourmag published my first SFF story, DEAR POH POH 🥰 It's been helluva year... Immense gratitude 🙏

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@melisfluous

2 months

17% left to go! Help me get to Tin House! Every little bit helps! 🙏❤️

Help Send Melissa to the Tin House Summer Workshop, organized by Melissa Ren

Hello friends! I’m Melissa, a Chinese-Canadian writer of fantasy, scien… Melissa Ren needs your support for Help Send Melissa to the Tin House Summer Workshop

www.gofundme.com

Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

3 months

FRIENDS!! It's #AAPI Month and I'd love your support on my writing journey! I have 25% left to go!!! Help me get to Tin House!!! Please boost! 🙏❤️

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@melisfluous

9 months

Futuristic E Asian SHATTER ME Rules 4 when u find out a cunning enemy proclaims u as the chosen 1 & stops at nothing—incl waging war—to steal ur dormant power: 👊 Fight like hell 🔓 Unlock ur power 🙅🏻‍♀️ Trust no one 🛡️ Protect ur family 💋 Don’t fall in love #PitDark #YA #FA #POC

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@melisfluous

2 months

Heard back from all of my authors whose stories I'm editing for @augurmag and I am the smitten kitten 😻 Can't wait to share these stories with you! They're so so good! 😭

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@melisfluous

8 days

It's my last day on the Reed College Campus. We're all saying our goodbye to Tin House. And it is pouring rain. Seems fitting. #thsw

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@melisfluous

3 months

My micro WHITE FLOWERS is out now with @Sunlight_Press This is a very personal one about my grandfather 🤍

White Flowers - The Sunlight Press

My eyes widened. A faint scent of white flower oil lingered on his collar.

www.thesunlightpress.com

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

Welp, I signed a thing with @solarpunklitmag . Can't wait to share my hopeful story about polar bears with you!

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@melisfluous

3 months

As an editor, getting cc'd on the acceptance email is peak third party excitement! 😍 Welcome to Augur!

Augur Society | Augur Magazine

@augursociety

3 months

All final responses have now gone out! ✨ Congratulations & welcome to this year’s Augurian creators— We’ll share who’s joining us once the ink is dry on our contracts 💜

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@melisfluous

8 months

WE ARE OFFICIALLY OPEN!!

Augur Society | Augur Magazine

@augursociety

8 months

Poets, writers, & word-makers! ✨ Augur is OPEN to dreamy, immersive + transformative spec fic submissions! Dec 15-Jan 31 — Everyone, everywhere Feb 1-14 — BIPOC/trans/disabled people in/from Canada (extended call) $60/poem, $0.11/word. Canadian $.

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@melisfluous

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Thank you so much for the review @Danaiwrites / @HavenSpec 🤗💞 You can read my story THE MEMORY SHOP and the rest of the dope issue of @FusionFragment here:

Issue #20

“Dirt Retreat” by Eugénie Szwalek: places to rest / deer-borne cake / GREG”Give Me English” by Ai Jiang: language as currency / diaspora / frenemies”In Pursuit of the …

www.fusionfragment.com

Haven Spec Magazine

@HavenSpec

3 months

We loved "The Memory Shop" by Melissa Ren / @melisfluous , published in Issue 20 of @FusionFragment ! Read it here! More reviews! Review by Danai Christopoulou / @Danaiwrites

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

I love it when a lit mag drops a mofo in a tweet

Rejection Letters

@rejectionlit

1 year

SUBS ARE OPEN, MOTHERFUCKERS

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

5 months

Feeling very grateful to have received a recommender grant from @ONArtsCouncil . Huge thanks goes out to the OAC and @RobinMartinPC for supporting me and other artists.

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

2 months

Crowdsourcing ideas: I'm looking for dual timeline books that you thought were done well in any genre. What are your favourites? 👀

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

4 months

This is my first review 🥺 You can read my story ✨ THE MEMORY SHOP ✨ in the latest issue of @FusionFragment along with some other great stories. Thanks @Danaiwrites for the thoughtful review 🙏

Issue #20

“Dirt Retreat” by Eugénie Szwalek: places to rest / deer-borne cake / GREG”Give Me English” by Ai Jiang: language as currency / diaspora / frenemies”In Pursuit of the …

www.fusionfragment.com

Danai Christopoulou | Greek SFF Author (she/they)

@Danaiwrites

4 months

So excited for the latest @HavenSpec issue! Besides a stellar fiction and poetry lineup, it also contains my short fiction reviews of stories we loved by Alexia Antoniou, @AiJiang_ , @melisfluous , and @CL_Hellisen

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 year

I am very much obsessed with elevated modern architecture atm

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

2 months

Just got the packing list for Tin House this summer and dance moves is on it. DANCE MOVES.... ✨ Guys, I have never been more in love. 🥰 #thsw

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

9 days

HE'S TALKING ABOUT MY AMAZING COHORT!!! 🥺💕 #thsw

Aiden Thomas 🇵🇸

@aidenschmaiden

9 days

just finished up my last session with truly INCREDIBLE writers i got to work with at @Tin_House this last week. it really reminded me how much i LOVE leading workshops and teaching craft 💖💖💖

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@melisfluous

4 months

✨ I’m over halfway there! ✨ Every little bit helps! Appreciate any boosts! Thank you! 🙏❤️

Help Send Melissa to the Tin House Summer Workshop, organized by Melissa Ren

Hello friends! I’m Melissa, a Chinese-Canadian writer of fantasy, scien… Melissa Ren needs your support for Help Send Melissa to the Tin House Summer Workshop

www.gofundme.com

Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

4 months

I GOT INTO TIN HOUSE! Thrilled to learn from Aiden Thomas! As a BIPOC & emerging writer, these opps don't come by very often. Unfortunately I didn't get a scholarship & every little bit helps! Appreciate any shares/ RT ❤️ Thank you! 🙏

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

2 months

SHATTER ME but make it Asian Rules for when u find out a cunning enemy proclaims u as the chosen 1 & stops at nothing—incl waging war—to steal ur dormant power 👊 Fight like hell 🔓 Unlock ur power 🙅🏻‍♀️ Trust no one 🛡️ Protect ur family 💋 Don’t fall in love #kidlitpit #YA #F #POC

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@melisfluous

10 months

Oh hey! I recently joined @KhoreoMag as their audio producer. Thrilled to be working with @lianxiarose and @xjenuine -- such an incredible duo!

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 month

Today's the last day to vote! And my short story DEAR POH POH published in @factorfourmag is nominated among a bunch of amazing stories.

British Fantasy Society

@BritFantasySoc

1 month

Time is running out to vote in the British Fantasy Awards! The form closes tomorrow, Saturday 29 June, so don't dilly-dally any longer: head over to to get details on how to vote, and who's eligible to have their say, then get those shortlists chosen.

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@melisfluous

1 month

This community is absolutely thriving. What a lovely surprise to see all the talent on here! ✨ If you're a reader / writer of romance (any genre! sub plot or main plot) and looking to connect with others, check out the comments in my original post. Find your community too!! ❤️

Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

1 month

ok, who here writes romance? any kind, don't care. please let's be friends.

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

6 months

My oldest sub at 475 days old just changed to "In-Progress" in Submittable. I may just hear back in 2025 🤞

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

7 months

The DETAILS!!! Such a gorgeous cover by @fatimajpeg

Tales & Feathers Magazine

@TalesFeathers

7 months

✨🪶💖 COVER REVEAL 💖🪶✨ As 2023 comes to a close, we are over the moon to share this INCREDIBLE artwork with you all! Tales & Feathers Issue 2, cover art by @fatimajpeg , releasing early 2024!

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

7 months

Oh hell yes! 👀

Augur Society | Augur Magazine

@augursociety

7 months

✨ This is NOT a drill ✨ The Augur Literary Society is, as we speak, working towards launching a press in 2025-26 !! We'll start with novellas, novelettes, and chapbooks, before aiming to accept longer works. Expect more press-related news throughout the year !!

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

5 months

My oldest sub is officially 517 days old

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@melisfluous

1 year

RELEASE DAY! 😭😭😭

Tales & Feathers Magazine

@TalesFeathers

1 year

Folks, it's release day. Tales & Feathers Magazine Issue 1 is OUT NOW! ✨💖🌟🪶 Issue 1 collects all the stories we published in 2022, featuring 7 writers and 2 artists. We are so thrilled, and so grateful to all of you for putting your trust in our small, growing market. 🥰💖💖

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

7 months

👀 You still got time to sub. It's our only sub period for 2024!

Augur Society | Augur Magazine

@augursociety

7 months

HELLO! It's January 15, and that means we're 66% of the way through... Our ONLY subs period for the year!! 😱 ✨ General subs close Jan 31 ✨ Subs from BIPOC, trans, and/or disabled folks in or from Canada close Feb 14 Send us your dreamy, surreal, epic & lush words!

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@melisfluous

6 months

This is a fucking stunning cover for the last issue of @wzrdsinspacemag ✨ I'm so thrilled to have a story in here 💞

Wizards in Space Magazine

@wzrdsinspacemag

6 months

With pride, joy, tears, & gratitude, we present to you... the final Wizards in Space cover. A culmination of every journey we've taken, every chapter of this book, every wish on every star. We're so grateful to have traveled the universe with you; here is our rainbow's end.

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

8 months

✨*peaks through the door*✨ So I guess I'm doing this too 😬... Well hey, hello! I literally *just* started querying my YA fantasy aesthetically inspired by a futuristic Asia. If you ❤️ Warnette, dormant powers, and a tangled web of lies, then I got you😉 Le vibes....

kate is querying | 🍉

@akatepockett

8 months

do u think agents stalk unagented authors’ profiles if they like their work

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Melissa Ren

@melisfluous

2 months

Take a walk back to the story that started it all. From first pub to the Nebulas... 2 years later🎉🎉

Angela Liu

@liu_angela

2 months

Completely forgot with everything that’s been going on, but happy anniversary to the first story I ever had published, “Ppaka” in @thedarkmagazine . Can’t believe it’s already been two years 🐸

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@melisfluous

2 months

The first thing I'm going to do when I get to Tin House this summer is find me one of these totes, stat. Help a girl out, @Tin_House ! Where can I find this??

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