Meant to write this way back in September, but this year went by so fast, I’m getting in this blog post on New Year’s Eve. At last, after years of talking about it and manifesting it, and spending my adulthood being salty about not knowing I could apply for citizenship while I was underage, I … … Continue reading →| Jo Wu
Ever since my agent sister Debbi Michiko Florence posted pictures from her experience at the inaugural Harlaxton Kidlit Retreat hosted by our friend best-selling young adult author Kristy Boyce, I was very eager to take part in this retreat myself! So, at the beginning of this year, I booked my spot in the retreat. 2024 … … Continue reading →| Jo Wu
I remember the morning of November 8, 2023, Wednesday: I parked in my company’s parking lot after getting through traffic on the San Mateo Bridge, and saw a missed call and voicemail from my brilliant agent, Tricia Lawrence. Alvina Ling, Senior Editor of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, was looking to buy my picture … … Continue reading →| Jo Wu
Welcome to Part 2 of my quest for dual citizenship. If you’re looking for Part 1, in which I obtained my first Taiwanese passport without a national ID back in March 2022, please go to Part 1 of this blog post series. Back where I left off in March 2022, once the alien resident card (ARC) … … Continue reading →| Jo Wu
Ever since I got my first Taiwanese passport in 2022, fellow Taiwanese-Americans have been asking me how I got started with my dual-citizenship journey. Finally getting around to writing a 3-part blog post as a resource for friends, family, and strangers. When I started this process, Taiwan required getting an alien resident card (ARC) and … … Continue reading →| Jo Wu
This is a very late post 6 months AFTER the inaugural AAPI Kidlit Creative retreat at the Highlights Foundation. I meant to blog about this experience earlier, but in my backlog of writing and non-writing obligations, this kept getting pushed down my to-do list. With Halloween today, I figured it’d be a great day to … … Continue reading →| Jo Wu
What a month March has been. It only feels like it was just March 1, when I had such a strong start with a publication in Uncanny Magazine and all of the sudden, it’s March 31 today. This month was a blur. Let me start with the good stuff: On March 1, after decade of … … Continue reading →| Jo Wu
Thank you everyone who submitted in 2021 to the BIPOC Fairytale anthology! With Lauren Davila and Jo Wu co-editing together, we are opening up to a second round of submissions! We are so appreciative and in awe of the beautiful stories we are seeing. More than half of the anthology is filled up, and for … … Continue reading →| Jo Wu
Seeing that it’s New Year’s Eve, I wanted to make sure I get in this blog post before the new year rolls in. I’m absolutely happy that I was able to go to Big Sur Conference. I wa…| Jo Wu
I am so thrilled to announce that after 16 years (Yes, you read that right, SIXTEEN YEARS) in the query trenches, I am at long last an agent-represented author! For those of you thinking, “Oh look,…| Jo Wu