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Tao Wong

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Scifi and fantasy author with works in the LitRPG, xianxia and cozy fantasy sub-genres as well as anything else that catches his eye. :) Located in Toronto, Canada. Learn more: https://linktr.ee/taowong

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Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · Sep 18

Reminder that Climbing the Ranks 3 is actually available on all wide retailers. Audiobook should be coming out next month, but ebook is already available - books2read.com/climbingther...

Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 5h

Yup!

Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 5h

Hah! Nice. And yeah, I find myself doing plotting after I'm done or in my head as I write. Though sometimes mean significant changes in the work later, as I put in foreshadowing, etc.

Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 9h

October is shaping up to be my 2nd best month for words written so far this year. 80k and a couple more days of uninterrupted writing possible. Maybe if I REALLY pushed, I could hit the best month (over 11k away though...)

I'll settle for 2nd best.

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Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, if it's a marketing e-mail or wanting to do that, I just hit spam and move on. Those aren't worth discussing. This one is more... interesting.

Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 1d

Nearly there, just a little more to fully fund in 4 days!

Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 3d

There's only 5 DAYS LEFT to fund Apex Magazine for 2026, and we just unlocked our 80% goal! 🎉

@lesleyconner.bsky.social will host a LIVE READING of "The Monster Fucker Club" by @avgreenewrites.bsky.social!

Keep weird, wonderful fiction alive and donate TODAY 👽
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Lesley will be reading “The Monster Fucker Club” by A.V. Greene live on the Apex YouTube channel. “The Monster Fucker Club” was published in Apex Magazine issue 139 and was a finalist for the Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction in 2023.

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Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmm, interesting evening...

First one was an e-mail rather rudely asking if we answered e-mails with no further context. From someone as far as I can tell has never e-mailed us before.

Secondly, another comment on an ad accusing me of using AI for the book and art.

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Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 4d

Definitely popped a stitch on the inside. Today's much better than yesterday, which is nice. Will try to get some work done, but nothing major. I'll see what I feel like.

Debating painkillers or not....

Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 4d

Well, it was an internal stitch, so I'm told there's nothing much to do but rest and let it heal up. Unless I get a lot worse (I haven't); they aren't going to open me up again.

Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 5d

I did an oopsie, got up too fast. I think I popped a stitch... *sighs* Today might actually be a rest day because of that.

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Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 6d

Really feeling lazy and not wanting to write. *sighs* These are the days when the term 'work' really comes into play.

Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 6d

This is a great anime. Love it, though I think I'm all caught up. :( Need more episodes.

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Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 7d

Yesterday was a day filled with admin and doctors but I managed to get a few thousand words written. Not on the 'right' projects, since I have to finish up the short story for Ace Books, but that's the focus for today.

If I can get a few thousand words in, maybe I'll be done by the end of this week

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Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 11d

Recovery is weird. Pain is almost gone, but I know I'm still healing and can't lift anything. 10lbs is nothing... but I am not allowed to lift more than that.

So I'm stuck feeling fine, knowing I could crash at any moment with exhaustion and unable to do anything physical.

So weird.

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Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 12d

Got up this morning to read through an audiobook contract for a friend, to find it was actually quite good. That's the 3rd contract (just forgot one) that I've read in recent periods where the contracts are actually reasonable.

Quite the change... kind of nice what competition can do.

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Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 13d

A quick update: I won’t be at Can*Con this year, but i'm cheering on all our friends and fellow authors who will be!

Hope everyone has an amazing time, and i'm looking forward to catching up at the next con.

Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 14d

Slowly improving everyday, which is nice. Didn't have to nap in the middle of the day today and went for a 30 minute walk. I moved slow, but got 1.25km done, meaning my total footstep count for the day doubled from the day before.

About time, since not moving is becoming a problem too.

Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 15d

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.

Hope you had / have some turkey dinners and remember to practise gratitude.

So far, we've had turkey on the Saturday and beef ribs on the Sunday. Today's going to be boring, though. I think.

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Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 17d

You're very welcome! Hope you enjoy it.

Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 17d

Matt's originally a horror writer, so he has a lot of horror aspects to his work. There's mass killing of baby goblins, an AI that's a foot fetishist and basically, a lot of body horror concepts.

It's funny too, but not for everyone.

Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 18d

Somnia Onlie is a VR LItRPG. Not as popular anymore, but was one of the earliest releases and features a female MC.

I'll throw my own in, the System Apocalypse, which is an apocalyptic LitRPG set in the Yukon, Canada.

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Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 18d

Depends, there's a lot of good works, in a variety of formats.

Threadbare is a personal favorite of mine - teddy bear golem has to save his 'girl'. More crunchy (numbers heavy) but does the explanation of why stats matter very, very well.

Dungeon Crawler Carl is huge and phenomenal, if gross

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Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 19d

About 3.6k. Not a huge amount but was editing Climbing the Ranks 4

Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks! It's going well overall.

Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 19d

Good reminder! I just booked mine.

Tao Wong @taowong.bsky.social · 20d

Now that the big edit for Celestial Cataclysms is done, I'm back to writing. Dungeon Brawler 2 is in need of more words. Ended at 144k yesterday, let's see how much I can add in the next few hours. Expecting around 170-180k for this book.

First words then edits! #authorlife

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