Mae 美妍
@atfruitbat.myatproto.social
She/her. Chinese Singaporean immigrant in the UK. Writer. Shortlisted for the Hachette Children’s Novel Awards 2025.
Here's where I write about writing:
https://bsky.app/profile/maetang.myatproto.social
Here's where I write about writing:
https://bsky.app/profile/maetang.myatproto.social
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Mae 美妍
@atfruitbat.myatproto.social
· Oct 6
bsky.app
Hello! You may find me posting about politics, animals, games (esp. wholesome & cosy games), books, TV shows, music, movies, baseball, etc. I may also make updates about my daily life. And I have a 2nd account just to talk about my writing here:
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Making it impossible for an author to sell their next book doesn’t just kill that book. It makes it far less likely the author will continue writing at all. They have to make a living somehow and they were already earning pennies an hour for their bonkers fragile and emotionally demanding work.
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Making it impossible for an author to sell their next book doesn’t just kill that book. It makes it far less likely the author will continue writing at all. They have to make a living somehow and they were already earning pennies an hour for their bonkers fragile and emotionally demanding work.
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Most publishers (there are always exceptions) decide whether or not to buy a second book (or a third etc) based on how the previous book did. So when you pirate a book in most cases it’s less about the money you just stole from both author and publisher it’s about the future book you just killed.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Most publishers (there are always exceptions) decide whether or not to buy a second book (or a third etc) based on how the previous book did. So when you pirate a book in most cases it’s less about the money you just stole from both author and publisher it’s about the future book you just killed.
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Related: I feel like a lot of the piracy vs buying discourse (🤢 that this is even a thing) gets framed as stealing money from individual authors vs. stealing from faceless corporate publishers when for most authors it’s about whether or not they’ll get to publish another book.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Related: I feel like a lot of the piracy vs buying discourse (🤢 that this is even a thing) gets framed as stealing money from individual authors vs. stealing from faceless corporate publishers when for most authors it’s about whether or not they’ll get to publish another book.
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Please give to the Sameer Project today and we’ll send you some gifts. $66 and a specially designed poster from the Institute of Barbarian Books in Hiroshima, Japan with Sameer’s words from their Give Warmth to Gaza campaign: open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/bla...
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Please give to the Sameer Project today and we’ll send you some gifts. $66 and a specially designed poster from the Institute of Barbarian Books in Hiroshima, Japan with Sameer’s words from their Give Warmth to Gaza campaign: open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/bla...
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First vote of the Bluesky #CdramaCup2025 is here!!!
R1M1:
Legend of the Female General v. The Best Thing
Will you choose the slow burn historical epic with a cross dressing female lead,
or the sweet Traditional Chinese Medicine themed romance?
(vote link in post below)
*REPOSTS APPRECIATED*
R1M1:
Legend of the Female General v. The Best Thing
Will you choose the slow burn historical epic with a cross dressing female lead,
or the sweet Traditional Chinese Medicine themed romance?
(vote link in post below)
*REPOSTS APPRECIATED*
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
First vote of the Bluesky #CdramaCup2025 is here!!!
R1M1:
Legend of the Female General v. The Best Thing
Will you choose the slow burn historical epic with a cross dressing female lead,
or the sweet Traditional Chinese Medicine themed romance?
(vote link in post below)
*REPOSTS APPRECIATED*
R1M1:
Legend of the Female General v. The Best Thing
Will you choose the slow burn historical epic with a cross dressing female lead,
or the sweet Traditional Chinese Medicine themed romance?
(vote link in post below)
*REPOSTS APPRECIATED*
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four symbols 🐉🐢🐓🐅
November 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
four symbols 🐉🐢🐓🐅
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Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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⛰️山海経30: 鳳皇。鳳凰は孔雀＋雉型で描かれることが多いのに、山海経では「鶏に似ている」と記述されていて面白い。にわとり、ありがたき生き物。
🌊Shanhai jing 30: Feng-huang. A chicken-like phoenix of the five blessing colors. Interestingly the book says they look like a chicken while they’re usually drawn like a peacock or a pheasant.
#山海経の怪鳥30羽描く #30WeirdAncientBirds
🌊Shanhai jing 30: Feng-huang. A chicken-like phoenix of the five blessing colors. Interestingly the book says they look like a chicken while they’re usually drawn like a peacock or a pheasant.
#山海経の怪鳥30羽描く #30WeirdAncientBirds
November 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
⛰️山海経30: 鳳皇。鳳凰は孔雀＋雉型で描かれることが多いのに、山海経では「鶏に似ている」と記述されていて面白い。にわとり、ありがたき生き物。
🌊Shanhai jing 30: Feng-huang. A chicken-like phoenix of the five blessing colors. Interestingly the book says they look like a chicken while they’re usually drawn like a peacock or a pheasant.
#山海経の怪鳥30羽描く #30WeirdAncientBirds
🌊Shanhai jing 30: Feng-huang. A chicken-like phoenix of the five blessing colors. Interestingly the book says they look like a chicken while they’re usually drawn like a peacock or a pheasant.
#山海経の怪鳥30羽描く #30WeirdAncientBirds
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Found a new hunter killer spambot activation phrase
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Found a new hunter killer spambot activation phrase
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So so close to £200,000!
Other parties are funded by the super rich, hedge funders with private healthcare, oil and gas and arms traders.
We're growing our movement with the people.
If you want to help take the fight to Reform - please do chip in!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Other parties are funded by the super rich, hedge funders with private healthcare, oil and gas and arms traders.
We're growing our movement with the people.
If you want to help take the fight to Reform - please do chip in!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Hope is here. In just 5 hours, we hit our £100,000 target. We're doubling our target. Let's take the fight to Reform in May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
So so close to £200,000!
Other parties are funded by the super rich, hedge funders with private healthcare, oil and gas and arms traders.
We're growing our movement with the people.
If you want to help take the fight to Reform - please do chip in!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Other parties are funded by the super rich, hedge funders with private healthcare, oil and gas and arms traders.
We're growing our movement with the people.
If you want to help take the fight to Reform - please do chip in!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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“I just want to read it over and over again.… A really beautiful story of acceptance, forgiveness and of course, love.” ~ Mandi at Smexy Books
/jb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Unloc...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...
/jb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Unloc...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
“I just want to read it over and over again.… A really beautiful story of acceptance, forgiveness and of course, love.” ~ Mandi at Smexy Books
/jb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Unloc...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...
/jb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Unloc...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...
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The sound of lightning on Mars - listen here www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This is what lightning on Mars sounds like
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 26 November 2025
www.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The sound of lightning on Mars - listen here www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Following yesterday’s story about Australia’s success tackling cervical cancer with the HPV vaccine, here’s the latest research on how vaccines can help prevent dementia, heart disease and some cancers.
The common vaccines that can prevent chronic disease or some cancers
In addition to cancer, a growing body of research has shown that vaccines can reduce the risk of developing dementia and heart conditions.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Following yesterday’s story about Australia’s success tackling cervical cancer with the HPV vaccine, here’s the latest research on how vaccines can help prevent dementia, heart disease and some cancers.
I hit the tariff arc in War of Faith, and I see now why people were talking about this previously. The timing really was very apposite 😂
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I hit the tariff arc in War of Faith, and I see now why people were talking about this previously. The timing really was very apposite 😂
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Your month, your duo!
September 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Your month, your duo!
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どうぶつの森 ハトの巣サブレを無事入手🐦
Official Brewster’s Roost sablé cookie☕️
Official Brewster’s Roost sablé cookie☕️
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
どうぶつの森 ハトの巣サブレを無事入手🐦
Official Brewster’s Roost sablé cookie☕️
Official Brewster’s Roost sablé cookie☕️
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The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
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ただのオタクなので推しの写真を常に手帳に忍ばせています。マスターの写真は年に一度更新している。
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
ただのオタクなので推しの写真を常に手帳に忍ばせています。マスターの写真は年に一度更新している。
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the whale’s vast plaited forehead forms innumerable strange devices for the emblematical adornment of his wondrous tun
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
the whale’s vast plaited forehead forms innumerable strange devices for the emblematical adornment of his wondrous tun