Mae Tang 董美妍
@maetang.myatproto.social
She/her. Writer. Chinese Singaporean immigrant to the UK. This is where I talk about writing.
Books:
- My 1st book. Shortlisted for the Hachette Children’s Novel Awards 2025.
- Books One & Two. The duology I'm querying with.
- WIP/new novel.
Books:
- My 1st book. Shortlisted for the Hachette Children’s Novel Awards 2025.
- Books One & Two. The duology I'm querying with.
- WIP/new novel.
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Mae Tang 董美妍
@maetang.myatproto.social
· Jun 24
I'm happy that my first book made the shortlist for the Hachette Children's Novel Awards 2025, which is part of the #NorthernWritersAwards with @newwritingnorth.bsky.social. Many thanks to the judges for their encouraging feedback, and congrats to the winners!
I have the feeling that linguistically, I've caught more off Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series than I think. Because every so often writing the WIP, I hear the phrase "Which it is..." from Preserved Killick in my head. And then I have to stop myself, sharpish, from giving it to a character. 😂
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I have the feeling that linguistically, I've caught more off Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series than I think. Because every so often writing the WIP, I hear the phrase "Which it is..." from Preserved Killick in my head. And then I have to stop myself, sharpish, from giving it to a character. 😂
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Officially my birthday, would truly appreciate any help towards getting the $1082 i have left towards rent
Hi all. I once again need help surviving another month.
Still need $320 to get Pooh to the vet (fell short this month), and $1175 by the 1st for rent.
Please help if you’re able to!
ko-fi.com/zumphry/goal...
&
www.gofundme.com/f/zayne-pooh...
Still need $320 to get Pooh to the vet (fell short this month), and $1175 by the 1st for rent.
Please help if you’re able to!
ko-fi.com/zumphry/goal...
&
www.gofundme.com/f/zayne-pooh...
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Officially my birthday, would truly appreciate any help towards getting the $1082 i have left towards rent
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Fellow train nerds! Book collectors! Fans of @monisharajesh.bsky.social! Any of the above! Bid on this signed edition of the brilliant Moonlight Express in the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Over £6k raised now, but let's shoot for £10k!
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
(Art below by @raafaye on insta.)
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
(Art below by @raafaye on insta.)
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Fellow train nerds! Book collectors! Fans of @monisharajesh.bsky.social! Any of the above! Bid on this signed edition of the brilliant Moonlight Express in the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Over £6k raised now, but let's shoot for £10k!
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
(Art below by @raafaye on insta.)
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
(Art below by @raafaye on insta.)
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I've donated two signed (by me) and sketched of my 2022 graphic novel collaboration with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social to raise vital funds for those affected by conflict in Sudan. Please consider bidding to help those most in need 🙏
#Creatives4Sudan
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#Creatives4Sudan
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I've donated two signed (by me) and sketched of my 2022 graphic novel collaboration with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social to raise vital funds for those affected by conflict in Sudan. Please consider bidding to help those most in need 🙏
#Creatives4Sudan
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#Creatives4Sudan
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
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Ebook includes brilliant flash fictions by @maureenmcely.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, @lunchontuesday.bsky.social, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, @jaimegill.bsky.social, @sarahhilary.bsky.social, @kitdewaal.com, @jmgatford.bsky.social, @daraelerath.bsky.social and @zephyrax.bsky.social!
Today is #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay so why not pick up a copy of the FUEL anthology of prizewinning flash fictions - it's a great read and profits go to four #fuelpoverty charities, including @nea.org.uk. The brand new ebook has 75+12 bonus stories = 87 flash stories! Buy here: www.fuelflash.net
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Ebook includes brilliant flash fictions by @maureenmcely.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, @lunchontuesday.bsky.social, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social, @jaimegill.bsky.social, @sarahhilary.bsky.social, @kitdewaal.com, @jmgatford.bsky.social, @daraelerath.bsky.social and @zephyrax.bsky.social!
Today I wrote Baldric realising he didn't remember some of the details of what Clay did to him. Then every one of the adults in the room spoke to him, contextualising his experiences from their own personal knowledge of trauma. It's one of those times when I feel one part moved, one part devastated.
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Today I wrote Baldric realising he didn't remember some of the details of what Clay did to him. Then every one of the adults in the room spoke to him, contextualising his experiences from their own personal knowledge of trauma. It's one of those times when I feel one part moved, one part devastated.
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I'm so excited to see we've raised over 5k so far on the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Can you help us get to £10k? I'm offering a personalised original Loki drawing, and I really will go all out to make it as funny as possible. app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #KidLitUK #KeepEyesOnSudan
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November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I'm so excited to see we've raised over 5k so far on the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Can you help us get to £10k? I'm offering a personalised original Loki drawing, and I really will go all out to make it as funny as possible. app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #KidLitUK #KeepEyesOnSudan
One last one! It's time to assign Shadow the wolfhound (aka Master Sausages, aka Lanky Lad) his own horse. 🤣 This will never happen, not even in an accompanying short story/novella, but if Shadow were getting a horse, it would be a rescued dwarf horse that needs love
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhuT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhuT...
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
One last one! It's time to assign Shadow the wolfhound (aka Master Sausages, aka Lanky Lad) his own horse. 🤣 This will never happen, not even in an accompanying short story/novella, but if Shadow were getting a horse, it would be a rescued dwarf horse that needs love
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhuT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhuT...
Winter time means fewer hot flushes, but also a growing urge to enter torpor. As such querying may slow down as my energy levels dip. Did more research for that today.
Also brought the WIP to 124K words. Writing heart-to-hearts now between Hal and Jon as best friends, and Hal and Glaive as brothers
Also brought the WIP to 124K words. Writing heart-to-hearts now between Hal and Jon as best friends, and Hal and Glaive as brothers
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Winter time means fewer hot flushes, but also a growing urge to enter torpor. As such querying may slow down as my energy levels dip. Did more research for that today.
Also brought the WIP to 124K words. Writing heart-to-hearts now between Hal and Jon as best friends, and Hal and Glaive as brothers
Also brought the WIP to 124K words. Writing heart-to-hearts now between Hal and Jon as best friends, and Hal and Glaive as brothers
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
Not writing related, but too adorable not to share over here as well. Downthread there's info on sponsoring individual sheep!
So apparently gay rams are often killed because they don't tend to make more rams.
So this gay farmer buys the gay rams to keep them alive and sells the wool!
So this gay farmer buys the gay rams to keep them alive and sells the wool!
am I even awake right now?
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Not writing related, but too adorable not to share over here as well. Downthread there's info on sponsoring individual sheep!
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
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... or can't get work anywhere due to "anti dei initiatives" now can't sell their work either because piracy is rampant, what happens to them?
The arts are often peoples' last chance to be okay.
The arts are often peoples' last chance to be okay.
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
... or can't get work anywhere due to "anti dei initiatives" now can't sell their work either because piracy is rampant, what happens to them?
The arts are often peoples' last chance to be okay.
The arts are often peoples' last chance to be okay.
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Re: tonight's book related fuckery, I know it won't help because I know how people are.
But a great many authors and artists work in the fields they do because it's the work they CAN DO. AT ALL.
If someone who can't keep a 9-5 due to disability or can't risk public rn due to suppressed immunity...
But a great many authors and artists work in the fields they do because it's the work they CAN DO. AT ALL.
If someone who can't keep a 9-5 due to disability or can't risk public rn due to suppressed immunity...
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Re: tonight's book related fuckery, I know it won't help because I know how people are.
But a great many authors and artists work in the fields they do because it's the work they CAN DO. AT ALL.
If someone who can't keep a 9-5 due to disability or can't risk public rn due to suppressed immunity...
But a great many authors and artists work in the fields they do because it's the work they CAN DO. AT ALL.
If someone who can't keep a 9-5 due to disability or can't risk public rn due to suppressed immunity...
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One of the worst things about the "To help sell your book, you should build a huge TikTok/YouTube/social media following" advice is that it rarely even works for the people whose whole lives consist of doing that. A big number of subscribers does not equal a big number of readers.
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
One of the worst things about the "To help sell your book, you should build a huge TikTok/YouTube/social media following" advice is that it rarely even works for the people whose whole lives consist of doing that. A big number of subscribers does not equal a big number of readers.
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Hello gays and theys, the end of the year approach-eth, so you know what that means:
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
Hello queers and fears, it's almost Pride Month and I've got a gift for you:
the first six months of the 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
the first six months of the 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hello gays and theys, the end of the year approach-eth, so you know what that means:
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
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Comics artists who work with writers, I am doing a class for young comics writers and I would like to include some ANONYMOUS quotes from artists about things they hate getting in scripts. More "17-panel pages and cross dialogue" than "horses and bicycles". My DMS are open. SECRECY ASSURED.
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Comics artists who work with writers, I am doing a class for young comics writers and I would like to include some ANONYMOUS quotes from artists about things they hate getting in scripts. More "17-panel pages and cross dialogue" than "horses and bicycles". My DMS are open. SECRECY ASSURED.
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Stealing is theft. You're STEALING someone's work. You don't *deserve* to read all the books you want to read. Just like I don't *deserve* to eat omokase every night, so I go steal from the local sushi joint.
It's not classist to ask people to not steal.
It's not classist to ask people to not steal.
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Stealing is theft. You're STEALING someone's work. You don't *deserve* to read all the books you want to read. Just like I don't *deserve* to eat omokase every night, so I go steal from the local sushi joint.
It's not classist to ask people to not steal.
It's not classist to ask people to not steal.
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Graphic design skills I do not possess, as evidenced by this free template I selected because the other free templates kept crashing...
Still and all! Here are my awards eligible stories for this year ✨
Still and all! Here are my awards eligible stories for this year ✨
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Graphic design skills I do not possess, as evidenced by this free template I selected because the other free templates kept crashing...
Still and all! Here are my awards eligible stories for this year ✨
Still and all! Here are my awards eligible stories for this year ✨
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We've got a new T&F story for you this Monday! 👀
"After the Astronaut and the North Star Kiss" by Stefan Alcalá Slater is a tale of cosmic longing & the moment where two lonely explorers finally collide! 🌌💫
Read it NOW! 🔗 Link in bio.
P.S. every story in Vol 3 is now on our site, free to read!
"After the Astronaut and the North Star Kiss" by Stefan Alcalá Slater is a tale of cosmic longing & the moment where two lonely explorers finally collide! 🌌💫
Read it NOW! 🔗 Link in bio.
P.S. every story in Vol 3 is now on our site, free to read!
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We've got a new T&F story for you this Monday! 👀
"After the Astronaut and the North Star Kiss" by Stefan Alcalá Slater is a tale of cosmic longing & the moment where two lonely explorers finally collide! 🌌💫
Read it NOW! 🔗 Link in bio.
P.S. every story in Vol 3 is now on our site, free to read!
"After the Astronaut and the North Star Kiss" by Stefan Alcalá Slater is a tale of cosmic longing & the moment where two lonely explorers finally collide! 🌌💫
Read it NOW! 🔗 Link in bio.
P.S. every story in Vol 3 is now on our site, free to read!
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I wrote 12 novels.
Hit #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Optioned three works for film and TV.
Have close to 20 short fiction works in anthos.
I have 35,000 BSky followers.
Have you seen my jewelry shop that keeps my lights on.
www.peculiarityshop.com
Hit #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Optioned three works for film and TV.
Have close to 20 short fiction works in anthos.
I have 35,000 BSky followers.
Have you seen my jewelry shop that keeps my lights on.
www.peculiarityshop.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I wrote 12 novels.
Hit #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Optioned three works for film and TV.
Have close to 20 short fiction works in anthos.
I have 35,000 BSky followers.
Have you seen my jewelry shop that keeps my lights on.
www.peculiarityshop.com
Hit #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Optioned three works for film and TV.
Have close to 20 short fiction works in anthos.
I have 35,000 BSky followers.
Have you seen my jewelry shop that keeps my lights on.
www.peculiarityshop.com
Sent out another query for Book One of the duology
Then I suddenly noticed that I'd started the WIP on Sept 24th. I've been writing it for 2 months. It's now 122K words. Something I esp liked writing in today's section: Hal observed Baldric spoke up for himself in a way Baldric wouldn't have before
Then I suddenly noticed that I'd started the WIP on Sept 24th. I've been writing it for 2 months. It's now 122K words. Something I esp liked writing in today's section: Hal observed Baldric spoke up for himself in a way Baldric wouldn't have before
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Sent out another query for Book One of the duology
Then I suddenly noticed that I'd started the WIP on Sept 24th. I've been writing it for 2 months. It's now 122K words. Something I esp liked writing in today's section: Hal observed Baldric spoke up for himself in a way Baldric wouldn't have before
Then I suddenly noticed that I'd started the WIP on Sept 24th. I've been writing it for 2 months. It's now 122K words. Something I esp liked writing in today's section: Hal observed Baldric spoke up for himself in a way Baldric wouldn't have before