sunyi
@sunyidean.com
~Reader, writer, occasional thinker // multi-award-losing author // rep: Harry Illingworth @harryillingworth.bsky.social
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sunyi
@sunyidean.com
· Oct 6
Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
I can already tell that a)this wip will need a heavy set of rewrites when it’s done and b) I need to finish it first before I can see what kind of rewrites to do 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I can already tell that a)this wip will need a heavy set of rewrites when it’s done and b) I need to finish it first before I can see what kind of rewrites to do 🫠
Found two indie novels featuring phages as a core plot point, but the ebook editions are only on KU, which I don’t have, and the pbs are £28(!) and £62(!!).
One of these books was written by an actual scientist and I’d love to read it, but that’s simply an absurd price for a paperback.
One of these books was written by an actual scientist and I’d love to read it, but that’s simply an absurd price for a paperback.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Found two indie novels featuring phages as a core plot point, but the ebook editions are only on KU, which I don’t have, and the pbs are £28(!) and £62(!!).
One of these books was written by an actual scientist and I’d love to read it, but that’s simply an absurd price for a paperback.
One of these books was written by an actual scientist and I’d love to read it, but that’s simply an absurd price for a paperback.
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🏰 LAUNCH PARTY LIVESTREAM 🏰
Author @jeremyteg.bsky.social and friends @sunyidean.com @ryanprose.bsky.social @scottdrakeford.com and more will be chatting LIVE to celebrate the release of J.T.’s new novel THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT.
Join them live on Nov. 8 at 1pm EST: www.youtube.com/live/X6Kutnb...
Author @jeremyteg.bsky.social and friends @sunyidean.com @ryanprose.bsky.social @scottdrakeford.com and more will be chatting LIVE to celebrate the release of J.T.’s new novel THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT.
Join them live on Nov. 8 at 1pm EST: www.youtube.com/live/X6Kutnb...
November 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🏰 LAUNCH PARTY LIVESTREAM 🏰
Author @jeremyteg.bsky.social and friends @sunyidean.com @ryanprose.bsky.social @scottdrakeford.com and more will be chatting LIVE to celebrate the release of J.T.’s new novel THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT.
Join them live on Nov. 8 at 1pm EST: www.youtube.com/live/X6Kutnb...
Author @jeremyteg.bsky.social and friends @sunyidean.com @ryanprose.bsky.social @scottdrakeford.com and more will be chatting LIVE to celebrate the release of J.T.’s new novel THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT.
Join them live on Nov. 8 at 1pm EST: www.youtube.com/live/X6Kutnb...
Day 1 / Question 1 of the Writehive mentor ama! I’ll be updating with new questions and answers over the next couple of days.
More information is on the site here: writehive.org/writehive-me...
More information is on the site here: writehive.org/writehive-me...
November 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Day 1 / Question 1 of the Writehive mentor ama! I’ll be updating with new questions and answers over the next couple of days.
More information is on the site here: writehive.org/writehive-me...
More information is on the site here: writehive.org/writehive-me...
I agreed to be a rent guarantor for a friend who is desperately trying to move out of a really bad situationship. The ex owns the house and won’t leave, so it had to be her and all the kids who go. Tough situation.
However—
However—
October 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I agreed to be a rent guarantor for a friend who is desperately trying to move out of a really bad situationship. The ex owns the house and won’t leave, so it had to be her and all the kids who go. Tough situation.
However—
However—
Hi! I’m a #HiveMentor once again this year and excited to participate. Last time I was incredibly privileged to get to know two fantastic writers, and I hope to be lucky again 🤓
Do check out this programme as there are many wonderful folks participating, covering trad and indie and hybrid and more.
Do check out this programme as there are many wonderful folks participating, covering trad and indie and hybrid and more.
October 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hi! I’m a #HiveMentor once again this year and excited to participate. Last time I was incredibly privileged to get to know two fantastic writers, and I hope to be lucky again 🤓
Do check out this programme as there are many wonderful folks participating, covering trad and indie and hybrid and more.
Do check out this programme as there are many wonderful folks participating, covering trad and indie and hybrid and more.
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📢ANNOUNCING the Mentors for the upcoming #HiveMentor program! We have 20 talented mentors from Traditional Publishing, Small/Independent Press, Self-publishing, Cooperative Publishing, Multi-Author Series, Serials & Web Novels and Kickstarter!
Take a look 🐝 writehive.org/writehive-me...
Take a look 🐝 writehive.org/writehive-me...
2026 Mentors | WriteHive Mentorship Program - WriteHive
We have organized our mentors alphabetically to help users navigate the page. If you need to do a quick search of a mentor’s industry
writehive.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
📢ANNOUNCING the Mentors for the upcoming #HiveMentor program! We have 20 talented mentors from Traditional Publishing, Small/Independent Press, Self-publishing, Cooperative Publishing, Multi-Author Series, Serials & Web Novels and Kickstarter!
Take a look 🐝 writehive.org/writehive-me...
Take a look 🐝 writehive.org/writehive-me...
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Really happy to see folks in the SF/F community here stepping up and donating to food banks and organizations that feed people. This is @adapalmer.bsky.social's doing, and it's making a difference. You can donate too, even if you're not on the Bluesky SF/F community. Need is everywhere.
Just now donated to casamariatucson.org, a group whose approach to hunger is to give people food.
Homepage - Casa Maria Soup Kitchen
The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us? – Dorothy Day Who are we Casa Maria is a Catholic Worker House...
casamariatucson.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Really happy to see folks in the SF/F community here stepping up and donating to food banks and organizations that feed people. This is @adapalmer.bsky.social's doing, and it's making a difference. You can donate too, even if you're not on the Bluesky SF/F community. Need is everywhere.
I can’t promise it’s good, but it is live!
good GOD it's been a long time 🫠
No promises on the quality of this episode! We're rusty as anything. Huge thanks to "Drake Scottford" for being our special guest this episode!
S2 e45 is live!
publishingrodeo.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/s...
No promises on the quality of this episode! We're rusty as anything. Huge thanks to "Drake Scottford" for being our special guest this episode!
S2 e45 is live!
publishingrodeo.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/s...
October 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I can’t promise it’s good, but it is live!
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I am currently reading The Girl With a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean, and it is so very excellent and so hard to put down that I have barely managed to get any writing done those past two days.
The Girl with a Thousand Faces
From the USA Today bestselling author of The Book Eaters comes The Girl with a Thousand Faces, a Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong that meshes ancien...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I am currently reading The Girl With a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean, and it is so very excellent and so hard to put down that I have barely managed to get any writing done those past two days.
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one of the most telling things about the way our society views the potential of ai is that two of the most marketed services are:
- use ai to do your work for you!
- use ai to detect if others are using ai to do their work for them!
guess what fellas? if we just did neither we wouldn't need either
- use ai to do your work for you!
- use ai to detect if others are using ai to do their work for them!
guess what fellas? if we just did neither we wouldn't need either
October 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
one of the most telling things about the way our society views the potential of ai is that two of the most marketed services are:
- use ai to do your work for you!
- use ai to detect if others are using ai to do their work for them!
guess what fellas? if we just did neither we wouldn't need either
- use ai to do your work for you!
- use ai to detect if others are using ai to do their work for them!
guess what fellas? if we just did neither we wouldn't need either
Finished pass pages this morning, at the cost of giving myself a migraine 🤣 They’re not due till the 23rd but I am so keen for this book to be done and handed in, and to start working on the sf properly!
October 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Finished pass pages this morning, at the cost of giving myself a migraine 🤣 They’re not due till the 23rd but I am so keen for this book to be done and handed in, and to start working on the sf properly!
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Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
October 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
October 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta
I've finally gotten permission to use my Book Eaters epilogue. Originally it was only pubbed in the Waterstones hardback special edition.
I thought about using it as a preorder incentive for the next book but I can't see anyone being that fussed about it. Would just free on the website be okay? 👀
I thought about using it as a preorder incentive for the next book but I can't see anyone being that fussed about it. Would just free on the website be okay? 👀
October 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I've finally gotten permission to use my Book Eaters epilogue. Originally it was only pubbed in the Waterstones hardback special edition.
I thought about using it as a preorder incentive for the next book but I can't see anyone being that fussed about it. Would just free on the website be okay? 👀
I thought about using it as a preorder incentive for the next book but I can't see anyone being that fussed about it. Would just free on the website be okay? 👀
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🏳️🌈 🔥 THE NEEDFIRE is aflame!
@mkhardywrites.com 's Scottish Sapphic gothic is roaring onto bookshelves!
Here's what @sunyidean.com @natania.bsky.social @aliettedebodard.com @rainewilson.bsky.social and more wonderful authors think of the book!
Buy now geni.us/needfire
@mkhardywrites.com 's Scottish Sapphic gothic is roaring onto bookshelves!
Here's what @sunyidean.com @natania.bsky.social @aliettedebodard.com @rainewilson.bsky.social and more wonderful authors think of the book!
Buy now geni.us/needfire
September 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🏳️🌈 🔥 THE NEEDFIRE is aflame!
@mkhardywrites.com 's Scottish Sapphic gothic is roaring onto bookshelves!
Here's what @sunyidean.com @natania.bsky.social @aliettedebodard.com @rainewilson.bsky.social and more wonderful authors think of the book!
Buy now geni.us/needfire
@mkhardywrites.com 's Scottish Sapphic gothic is roaring onto bookshelves!
Here's what @sunyidean.com @natania.bsky.social @aliettedebodard.com @rainewilson.bsky.social and more wonderful authors think of the book!
Buy now geni.us/needfire
There are a lot of horror stories about cover art in the trad space, so I just wanted to rock up and say out of the blue that the cover art Tor is commissioning for GWATF is so good that I changed details in my book to match it better. Because it’s just that pretty and just that cool.
September 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
There are a lot of horror stories about cover art in the trad space, so I just wanted to rock up and say out of the blue that the cover art Tor is commissioning for GWATF is so good that I changed details in my book to match it better. Because it’s just that pretty and just that cool.
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For those who missed our last episode! Here you go
podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/t...
@sunyidean.com rocked hard in this episode and we are so grateful she was our first guest on the #podcast
💙📚
We discussed the marvelously spooky and gory ‘Leech’ by @hironennes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/t...
@sunyidean.com rocked hard in this episode and we are so grateful she was our first guest on the #podcast
💙📚
We discussed the marvelously spooky and gory ‘Leech’ by @hironennes.bsky.social
Episode 8 - Leech by Hiron Ennes with guest Sunyi Dean
Podcast Episode · The Binge Reading Bookclub · 28/08/2025 · 59m
podcasts.apple.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
For those who missed our last episode! Here you go
podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/t...
@sunyidean.com rocked hard in this episode and we are so grateful she was our first guest on the #podcast
💙📚
We discussed the marvelously spooky and gory ‘Leech’ by @hironennes.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/t...
@sunyidean.com rocked hard in this episode and we are so grateful she was our first guest on the #podcast
💙📚
We discussed the marvelously spooky and gory ‘Leech’ by @hironennes.bsky.social
If the three legged dog in my sf book is named Triskele, would you instantly know who I’ve ripped off 🤔
September 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
If the three legged dog in my sf book is named Triskele, would you instantly know who I’ve ripped off 🤔
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We did a gender Conceal party for my son (then my unborn child of indeterminate gender). Got together, played games, ate cake (the reveal was a rainbow!) and admired my baby bump. And talked about how gender norms are bullshit and establishing them so firmly when a kid is in utero is Problematic.
August 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We did a gender Conceal party for my son (then my unborn child of indeterminate gender). Got together, played games, ate cake (the reveal was a rainbow!) and admired my baby bump. And talked about how gender norms are bullshit and establishing them so firmly when a kid is in utero is Problematic.
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Had a looooong chat with @sunyidean.com about what is and isn’t Gothic but something just occurred to me. Is gothic always necessarily horror? Defacto I think ‘gothic horror’ but would love to be shown otherwise
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September 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Had a looooong chat with @sunyidean.com about what is and isn’t Gothic but something just occurred to me. Is gothic always necessarily horror? Defacto I think ‘gothic horror’ but would love to be shown otherwise
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reasons you WON’T like my next book:
- no romance, at all 🙅🏻♀️
- 2nd person / 1st omniscient pov🤮
- ww2 in south china 🙄
- low magic 👎
- monstrous women 🤐
- 53yo mc 🧐
- no romance, at all 🙅🏻♀️
- 2nd person / 1st omniscient pov🤮
- ww2 in south china 🙄
- low magic 👎
- monstrous women 🤐
- 53yo mc 🧐
August 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
reasons you WON’T like my next book:
- no romance, at all 🙅🏻♀️
- 2nd person / 1st omniscient pov🤮
- ww2 in south china 🙄
- low magic 👎
- monstrous women 🤐
- 53yo mc 🧐
- no romance, at all 🙅🏻♀️
- 2nd person / 1st omniscient pov🤮
- ww2 in south china 🙄
- low magic 👎
- monstrous women 🤐
- 53yo mc 🧐
Thrilled to discuss this genius novel that I adored reading so much! These two are brilliant conversationalists too.
Ooos forgot to hit that pesky ‘post’ button yesterday.
Episode 8 is out, where @sunyidean.com and the gang discuss Leech by @hironennes.bsky.social
What’s your favorite parasite?
podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/t...
Available everywhere (except YouTube hmmmmm)
💙📚
Episode 8 is out, where @sunyidean.com and the gang discuss Leech by @hironennes.bsky.social
What’s your favorite parasite?
podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/t...
Available everywhere (except YouTube hmmmmm)
💙📚
Episode 8 - Leech by Hiron Ennes with guest Sunyi Dean
Podcast Episode · The Binge Reading Bookclub · 28/08/2025 · 59m
podcasts.apple.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Thrilled to discuss this genius novel that I adored reading so much! These two are brilliant conversationalists too.
Kind of floored that gender reveals are still a thing, and in fact seem bigger than ever.
Like it’s your life so have one if you want, but they’re low key fucking weird as a concept
Like it’s your life so have one if you want, but they’re low key fucking weird as a concept
August 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Kind of floored that gender reveals are still a thing, and in fact seem bigger than ever.
Like it’s your life so have one if you want, but they’re low key fucking weird as a concept
Like it’s your life so have one if you want, but they’re low key fucking weird as a concept
Cover shaped ideas landing in my inbox 👀
August 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Cover shaped ideas landing in my inbox 👀