Esmé Weijun Wang

for people who are interested in writing personal nonfiction/memoir and would like to start small: I made a free 28-paged workbook called Memoir in Miniature for you! grab it here: www.esmewang.com/memoir-in-mi...

I have a piece in the Washington Post today about those for whom the “post-Covid world” is not so “post.” Thanks in advance to anyone who’s reading 🎉🌱 www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

My husband has been in the hospital for a low white blood cell count, zero neutrophils, and plenty of opportunistic infections with no end in sight. I’m raising money to help pay for my lodging, which I’m doing to be closer to the hospital. NO PRESSURE at all, but if you’d like: gofund.me/23f3543a

the new bird I drew during therapy today deeply reflected/reflects my mood

A really interesting (& brutal) piece about the commodification of Black identity in the art market in 2020-2022, & the opportunists who inflated art prices, only to devalue the same Black artists later

I’m teaching a new (& free!) class called Shape Your Story: How to Create a Full-Length Memoir with Confidence next week—It’s esp good for people who’ve written short pieces, such as blogs or Substack posts, & want to write memoir. Live class, but recording available: esmewang.com/shape-your-story

A dorky question (and tailored-made, I think, for @bcdreyer.social): I often want to put a comma after an independent clause even if the clause that comes after it is a dependent one—because I hear it in my head as having a pause. What’s the rule there? What’s best practice w/literary fiction?

Pupdate for people who’ve missed Daphne on their screens.

If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera roll. No cheating!

I keep thinking I’m getting close to being done with the newest novel, & then I am delayed by things like cancer and depression and whatnot but IT WILL COME EVENTUALLY, I PROMISE

this made me laugh in the most delighted way…

I don’t promote all of my Reasons for Living posts here—but most of the posts are free, and if you can’t afford a paid subscription, just DM me and I’ll comp you one, no questions asked ❤️

@janecasey.bsky.social Back when we were both on The Bird Site, I could at least send you a DM—but alas, searching the internet top to bottom is not helping me find a direct mode of contact. Perhaps I can ask my agent to get in touch with your agent?????

getting a call for a Chotiner interview: *one pill is poison and the other is a Smartie*