Archive - Words from Wen

June 2024

a preorder campaign, starred reviews & an anthology story

remember when I wanted to do biweekly newsletters

Jun 24 •

April 2024

THE DARK WE KNOW cover reveal!

+ early blurbs, the cover process & surgeon sexual tension

Apr 12 •

February 2024

portal fantasy as diaspora

a short story's roots, clarion west, & unpacking genre trope in "what becomes of curious minds"

Feb 24 •

October 2023

tender apocalyptia

little humanities, revolution poetry, and centering hope and resilience

Oct 30, 2023 •

September 2023

an elegy to the death of community

writing twitter, covid trends, and community in THE DARK WE KNOW

Sep 17, 2023 •

July 2023

i've never doubted my book more than after selling it

aka i will not be my own retelling

Jul 15, 2023 •

April 2023

rdsfwm (revise deranged short fic with me)

revising “Laura Lau Will Drain You Dry”, trying experimental story structures, “fuck the patriarchy!”, and Amanda Lee Koe’s “Chick”

Apr 7, 2023 •

March 2023

the resonance of hunger, and, book deal!

in which i flipflop between officially being a debut novelist and a She Is A Haunting stan account

Mar 16, 2023 •

January 2023

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