Linh Nguyen, is writing
@dreahun.bsky.social
Author of action-adventures steeps in romance. Revising: The Shadow Divide (spy thriller).
Former physician. MS in Stem Cell.
Former physician. MS in Stem Cell.
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THE SHADOW DIVIDE - Querying Soon
❤️🔥POVs of the hero, the girl & the villain
📷Stylish action
📷Technology fear
👀Commercial fiction with upmarket voice
❤️🔥POVs of the hero, the girl & the villain
📷Stylish action
📷Technology fear
👀Commercial fiction with upmarket voice
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My poor (dead) thyroid
November 28, 2025 at 6:40 AM
My poor (dead) thyroid
You just gotta discover a book with a terrible cover, read it anyway, and let it change your life forever.
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
You just gotta discover a book with a terrible cover, read it anyway, and let it change your life forever.
Black Friday Le Creuset deal plss pls pls stop murmuring into my ears. I don't neeeeed you 😭😭
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Black Friday Le Creuset deal plss pls pls stop murmuring into my ears. I don't neeeeed you 😭😭
Finished The Emotional Craft of Fiction. Great craft book that discusses on an essential, yet not very well-circulated aspect of the craft. I found the insight amazing, the exercises very practical; even if some 'lessons' might be too similar with each other. A two-thumb up rec!
Currently reading: With a Vengeance (Riley Sager), The Emotional Craft of Fiction (Donald Mass), and The Thin Man audiobook (Dashiell Hammett) on libby
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Finished The Emotional Craft of Fiction. Great craft book that discusses on an essential, yet not very well-circulated aspect of the craft. I found the insight amazing, the exercises very practical; even if some 'lessons' might be too similar with each other. A two-thumb up rec!
I came up with names for my WIPs so fast in the past. But this Fantasy YA epistolary WIP... I came up blank😭I can't go on calling it YAEpiMH-WIP forever😭
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I came up with names for my WIPs so fast in the past. But this Fantasy YA epistolary WIP... I came up blank😭I can't go on calling it YAEpiMH-WIP forever😭
Got sucked into reading a bunch of Canada's true crime cases this evening. Thank you Toronto Life!
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Got sucked into reading a bunch of Canada's true crime cases this evening. Thank you Toronto Life!
Have a youtuber ever written a good fictional book? And I mean people who starts out as content creator on youtube (for whatever reason), then write books, and not John Green, who is originally a writer before he's a youtuber.
#Booksky
#Booksky
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Have a youtuber ever written a good fictional book? And I mean people who starts out as content creator on youtube (for whatever reason), then write books, and not John Green, who is originally a writer before he's a youtuber.
#Booksky
#Booksky
Read the feedback. It wasn't that bad. Plot beats are now improved 🤘
I got feedback for the plot beats of my YA WIP and I'm so scared to look at it 😭 probably because the person who looked at it is someone I respect and look up to a lot and my perfectionism is kicking in hard 😭
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Read the feedback. It wasn't that bad. Plot beats are now improved 🤘
I got feedback for the plot beats of my YA WIP and I'm so scared to look at it 😭 probably because the person who looked at it is someone I respect and look up to a lot and my perfectionism is kicking in hard 😭
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I got feedback for the plot beats of my YA WIP and I'm so scared to look at it 😭 probably because the person who looked at it is someone I respect and look up to a lot and my perfectionism is kicking in hard 😭
Forgotten Dead Loved Ones. When my character dies, they haunts the livings
#Novmemeber 25
Anti-tropes: what are some tropes that you've purposefully avoided in your WIP? OR, are there any tropes that you've put a twist on?
Anti-tropes: what are some tropes that you've purposefully avoided in your WIP? OR, are there any tropes that you've put a twist on?
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Forgotten Dead Loved Ones. When my character dies, they haunts the livings
I'm blowing through Pride & Prejudice. I wanna eat it's dialogues with a big spoon
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I'm blowing through Pride & Prejudice. I wanna eat it's dialogues with a big spoon
The Shadow Divide "breaks" some genre convention for spy thriller. Which means it might be unsalable; yet I believe in it. People will love it, maybe just a small amount of them. I'm willing to take a risk, no matter the publishing route
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The Shadow Divide "breaks" some genre convention for spy thriller. Which means it might be unsalable; yet I believe in it. People will love it, maybe just a small amount of them. I'm willing to take a risk, no matter the publishing route
YouTube really kills the media world in silence
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
YouTube really kills the media world in silence
It's official. Space Scoundrels here on out will referred to as 🌌🤠
yep. emoji only. I'll sound crazy and that's okay
yep. emoji only. I'll sound crazy and that's okay
November 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It's official. Space Scoundrels here on out will referred to as 🌌🤠
yep. emoji only. I'll sound crazy and that's okay
yep. emoji only. I'll sound crazy and that's okay
Spoiler alert for 🌌🤠
November 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Spoiler alert for 🌌🤠
not me thinking Virgo is an air sign for the longest of time 🤣🤣🤣
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
not me thinking Virgo is an air sign for the longest of time 🤣🤣🤣
I'm in a period in my life where I wonder if I'll get to live my dream, or my 20s will repeat itself and I'll be stuck in jobs I hate forever
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I'm in a period in my life where I wonder if I'll get to live my dream, or my 20s will repeat itself and I'll be stuck in jobs I hate forever
Don't abbreviated "Specific Aims" as "SA" 😭
Science PSA: Never abbreviate “analysis” as “anal”. Ever.
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Don't abbreviated "Specific Aims" as "SA" 😭
Marrick would love heavy metal music. Metallica's Master of Puppets 🤘
#Novmemeber 21
Share a song you think your Main Character would like. This doesn't necessarily need to relate to their story, this is just something you think they would enjoy listening to!
Share a song you think your Main Character would like. This doesn't necessarily need to relate to their story, this is just something you think they would enjoy listening to!
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Marrick would love heavy metal music. Metallica's Master of Puppets 🤘
Jane Austen's omniscient voice is so charming, witty, and perfectly sarcastic that it reads like I'm hearing the tale from my dearest and wittiest friend. This style, imo, is even more intimate that being in 1st person POV.
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Jane Austen's omniscient voice is so charming, witty, and perfectly sarcastic that it reads like I'm hearing the tale from my dearest and wittiest friend. This style, imo, is even more intimate that being in 1st person POV.
I'm not writing. I'm thinking about it: 1/ ideas for my first chapter re-write; 2/ ideas for future substack posts; 3/ another mentorship proposal
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I'm not writing. I'm thinking about it: 1/ ideas for my first chapter re-write; 2/ ideas for future substack posts; 3/ another mentorship proposal
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ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
Beta-reading is a skill not often taught & my other thoughts on giving feedback
A substack post that is much longer than I thought it would be, and I love to hear your thought on this interesting part of the writing process <3
nguynlinh.substack.com/p/beta-readi...
A substack post that is much longer than I thought it would be, and I love to hear your thought on this interesting part of the writing process <3
nguynlinh.substack.com/p/beta-readi...
Beta-reading is a skill not often taught & my other thoughts on giving feedback
It's like dancing. You, your partner, and the text between you.
nguynlinh.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Beta-reading is a skill not often taught & my other thoughts on giving feedback
A substack post that is much longer than I thought it would be, and I love to hear your thought on this interesting part of the writing process <3
nguynlinh.substack.com/p/beta-readi...
A substack post that is much longer than I thought it would be, and I love to hear your thought on this interesting part of the writing process <3
nguynlinh.substack.com/p/beta-readi...
my bf watches The Devil Wears Prada because he wants to know how the fashion magazine industry worked, since "it's gonna disappear soon"
and yeah. he's right.
and yeah. he's right.
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
my bf watches The Devil Wears Prada because he wants to know how the fashion magazine industry worked, since "it's gonna disappear soon"
and yeah. he's right.
and yeah. he's right.
Cr: Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen the OG)
10% in. this book might have the sharpest dialogues I've ever read
10% in. this book might have the sharpest dialogues I've ever read
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Cr: Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen the OG)
10% in. this book might have the sharpest dialogues I've ever read
10% in. this book might have the sharpest dialogues I've ever read