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Mina Li (she/her)
@codenameminali.bsky.social
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Taiwanese-American SFF writer. Fierce with a touch of Midwestern niceness. Profile pic by Lisa Sterle. Opinions are mine.

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Knitting a scarf (and also having some baking planned):
a cabled scarf knitted in deep red yarn (work in progress)
January 9, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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Timeline cleanse: Aquinnah scarf, week 4. About three feet long now, a little more than halfway done.
Aquinnah scarf--a scarf knitted in deep red yarn with lots of complex cables, lying on three feet of blocking mats.
January 8, 2026 at 6:39 AM
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Late WIP Wednesday update: the Aquinnah scarf, which is growing longer and longer. Need to pace myself because there's tons of cables, ofc.
A very cabled scarf in progress knitted in deep red yarn that's about 2 feet long.
January 3, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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Scarf progress: amazing how far 1-2 repeats a day will get you. Yarn was dyed by Wildewood Fibers, who is sadly retired. The colorway is called Dragon's Blood.
A cabled scarf in progress, knitted in deep red yarn.
December 25, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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WIP Wednesday since it's still Wednesday in some parts of my country: the beginning of a scarf. Pattern is Aquinnah, designed by Kerry Robb.

One repeat down, 50 more to go. Yarn is Wildewood Fibers worsted in Dragon's Blood.
The beginning of a scarf with cables, knitted in deep red yarn, on a blocking mat.
December 18, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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New finished object: An Arrow to the Moon Socks, designed by Aimee Sher for @exrpan.bsky.social's AN ARROW TO THE MOON, aka the best retelling of Hou Yi/Chang'E that I've ever read.

Knitted in SweetGeorgia's Mermaid and Snowfall.
A pair of socks knitted in variegated blue and green yarn, with grayish white moon, star, and arrow designs on the legs.
December 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Woke up this morning to find outside like a shaken snowglobe, and I had to drive in it, even if only for five minutes. Took out some beef from the freezer and made Japanese curry rice, since the snow's not over yet.
A photo of Japanese beef curry with some brown rice barely peeking out.
December 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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They're all available for preorder now wherever books are sold! Check out book 1: awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
All three books of the DOMINION OF THE FALLEN trilogy, with the header READ THE COMPLETE TRILOGY!! and AVAILABLE IN EBOOK AND TRADE PAPERBACK March 10, 2026
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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These new editions of the award-winning trilogy feature bonus stories in the world of the Fallen and introductions by Kate Elliott and Adrian Tchaikovsky. Whether you're a longtime fan or a new reader, you'll love 'em.
Cover of THE HOUSE OF SUNDERING FLAMES with the header AND DRAGONS OF THE DEPTHS with the date MARCH 10, 2026
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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With a deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue as the various Houses strive for control of the shattered city, the DOMINION OF THE FALLEN trilogy asks: 'what is the price of power and what is the price of peace?'
Cover of THE HOUSE OF BINDING THORNS, with the header RULED BY FALLEN ANGELS and the release date of MARCH 10, 2026
December 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Hey! New editions of the DOMINION OF THE FALLEN trilogy by @aliettedebodard.com are coming out on 3/10/2026! Enter a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysm and the mysterious Houses ruling the city in this beloved series of fallen angels, devious alchemists, & Vietnamese dragons:
The cover of THE HOUSE OF SHATTERED WINGS, with the words ENTER A RUINED PARIS and the date MARCH 10, 2026
December 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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A little extra from the PNW adventures last week: SIL was kind enough to snap some photos of me wearing the Lorelei pullover. Natural cloudy light = the best for showing off the color. (Also, if it looks good on me, it'll probably look good on you too.)
A woman standing against the railing of a pier with the Columbia River in the background. She is wearing a sweater knitted in deep teal yarn with a lace pattern resembling scales across the neckline. Her face has been blacked out for privacy. A woman leaning against a pier with a backdrop of the Columbia River and a ship floating across. She is wearing a teal sweater with a lace pattern resembling scales across the neckline, and her face has been blacked out for privacy reasons.
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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a trio of delicate white mushrooms hiding out in the hollow of a tree trunk
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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a series of tan mushrooms sprouting from a moss-covered trunk a cluster of tan mushrooms near the ground, topped by moss two mushrooms against the backdrop of a moss covered trunk
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Last of the PNW adventures: hiking in Fort Clatsop, and taking in the local flora (do fungi count as flora? oh well):
some sort of white fungi resembling coral that was growing out of the ground the teeniest pinecones some white mushrooms also growing out of the ground
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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bonus Portland photos: went to Powell's and recommended some titles to SIL. @aijiang.bsky.social @kerstinhall.bsky.social
ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall on display with a staff pick label TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE by Yang Shuang-zi, on the Award Winners shelf LINGHUN by Ai Jiang, also found on the award winners shelf.
November 20, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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a maple tree backlit by sunlight in Lan Su a tree chock full of persimmons redwood trees viewed from the bottom a trio of bonsai trees
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Portland part 3: Hoyt Arboretum and Lan Su Chinese Garden.
a dirt path cutting through a redwood forest the bamboo forest from the outside
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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shot of walkway with morning sun coming in from the left
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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stone jizo statue we saw on the way Japanese rock garden at the top lantern hanging from the roof of the cultural center one of the coolest waterfalls in the garden
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Portland part 2: Portland Japanese Garden.
a stream running down by the steps a bridge over a pond with tons of landscaping in late autumn prism rainbows on concrete steps redwoods reaching up into the sky
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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gorgeous lone mauve rose in a bush blushing pink rose in full bloom close-up of sunset coral rose
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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A pair of wilted purplish-pink roses. a series of three purplish-pink roses from top to bottom a cluster of small red roses close-up of a red rosebud
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Today's Portland adventures, part 1: the International Rose Test Garden, which had some lingering roses despite it being mid-November in the Northern Hemisphere.
close-up of a red and white striped rose two bright pink roses nestled next to each other White rose with pink-edged petals, covered in morning dew White rose with pink edges in somewhat moodier lighting.
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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first thing we did after touching down in PDX:
Bridal Veil Falls, from the viewing deck. The stream under Bridal Veil Falls, under the bridge. Closer shot of the stream under Bridal Veil Falls.
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM