Yoon Ha Lee (he/him)
@deuceofgears.bsky.social
Sf/f writer (NINEFOX GAMBIT, DRAGON PEARL). MFA student in media composition. Hobbies: 2D animation, game design, destroying readers. Rep'd by @sethasfishman.bsky.social.
https://www.yoonhalee.com/
https://ninefoxgambit.com/
https://candlearc.com/
https://www.yoonhalee.com/
https://ninefoxgambit.com/
https://candlearc.com/
Pinned
After foxing up WordPress last year, I've finally gotten the Ninefox Gambit webcomic back online. Echoes the Candle Arc *comic* although the *2D animation* (preproduction) is over at the sister site candlearc.com. Signed, still buried under orchestration homework, back to work!
ninefoxgambit.com
ninefoxgambit.com
Awkward here: writing *was* the best I've ever been paid. However, (a) no one talks to new writers about CASH FLOW and (b) I'm in the USA, so my HUSBAND has the day job with health insurance, without which I'd be dead.
Re: (a) e.g. low six figures, but 80% of the year's income moseys in on Dec 20.
Re: (a) e.g. low six figures, but 80% of the year's income moseys in on Dec 20.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Awkward here: writing *was* the best I've ever been paid. However, (a) no one talks to new writers about CASH FLOW and (b) I'm in the USA, so my HUSBAND has the day job with health insurance, without which I'd be dead.
Re: (a) e.g. low six figures, but 80% of the year's income moseys in on Dec 20.
Re: (a) e.g. low six figures, but 80% of the year's income moseys in on Dec 20.
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Quite a few Forths written in C can run on the CardPuter. I had a couple of them and gave them away, but I managed to get micro eForth (github.com/flagxor/uefo...) and CForth (github.com/MitchBradley...) running on them.
GitHub - flagxor/ueforth
Contribute to flagxor/ueforth development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Quite a few Forths written in C can run on the CardPuter. I had a couple of them and gave them away, but I managed to get micro eForth (github.com/flagxor/uefo...) and CForth (github.com/MitchBradley...) running on them.
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🚨New post up on Writingandwhatnot.com - when pitching a story, execs always ask "Why Now?", well, here's my answer:
Writing and Whatnot — Benson Sisters
Julie Benson is a professional writer who, for once, doesn't know the ending. Join her on the journey to discovering her next chapter. Whether it be writing, producing, project management, Mixology, t...
Writingandwhatnot.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🚨New post up on Writingandwhatnot.com - when pitching a story, execs always ask "Why Now?", well, here's my answer:
github.com/ryu10/M5Card...
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. Now to see if I can code myself a Forth-based simplest-imaginable CYOA-style interactive text adventure on an m5stack Cardputer v.1.1
I was prepared to spend the next decade learning ESP32 assembler but this is probably faster...
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. Now to see if I can code myself a Forth-based simplest-imaginable CYOA-style interactive text adventure on an m5stack Cardputer v.1.1
I was prepared to spend the next decade learning ESP32 assembler but this is probably faster...
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
github.com/ryu10/M5Card...
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. Now to see if I can code myself a Forth-based simplest-imaginable CYOA-style interactive text adventure on an m5stack Cardputer v.1.1
I was prepared to spend the next decade learning ESP32 assembler but this is probably faster...
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE. Now to see if I can code myself a Forth-based simplest-imaginable CYOA-style interactive text adventure on an m5stack Cardputer v.1.1
I was prepared to spend the next decade learning ESP32 assembler but this is probably faster...
Terrifying sf "genius" characters never to d*ck with:
- Miles Vorkosigan
- ANYONE from Cherryh's Cyteen
- Liam from I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire - embarrassed to mention (...fanservice), but ep. 6 has better tactics than 95% of Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It's wild.
- Miles Vorkosigan
- ANYONE from Cherryh's Cyteen
- Liam from I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire - embarrassed to mention (...fanservice), but ep. 6 has better tactics than 95% of Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It's wild.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Terrifying sf "genius" characters never to d*ck with:
- Miles Vorkosigan
- ANYONE from Cherryh's Cyteen
- Liam from I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire - embarrassed to mention (...fanservice), but ep. 6 has better tactics than 95% of Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It's wild.
- Miles Vorkosigan
- ANYONE from Cherryh's Cyteen
- Liam from I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire - embarrassed to mention (...fanservice), but ep. 6 has better tactics than 95% of Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It's wild.
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I like space operas. Hit me with your sci-fi book recommendations! Please RP for more ideas!
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I like space operas. Hit me with your sci-fi book recommendations! Please RP for more ideas!
Today's emotional support spinning brought to you by a very unexpected secondhand spinning wheel find - my first Saxony wheel!
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Today's emotional support spinning brought to you by a very unexpected secondhand spinning wheel find - my first Saxony wheel!
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I do! If you sign up I'll even send you a free novella, it's about a group of adventurers that slays a dragon on the first page and then discovers the real challenge is getting the treasure back home. Gold is heavy! And there are dangerous bankers.
djangowexler.com
djangowexler.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I do! If you sign up I'll even send you a free novella, it's about a group of adventurers that slays a dragon on the first page and then discovers the real challenge is getting the treasure back home. Gold is heavy! And there are dangerous bankers.
djangowexler.com
djangowexler.com
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We have created a monster
This just in: for the first time, Saja has discovered the catnip toys.
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We have created a monster
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Today's blog post: Habits creationandplay.blogspot.com/2025/11/habi...
Habits
A blog about board game creation, design and publishing.
creationandplay.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Today's blog post: Habits creationandplay.blogspot.com/2025/11/habi...
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Omg the cubs are PURRING right now and you can hear it 🐱
I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest
Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
nationalzoo.si.edu
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Omg the cubs are PURRING right now and you can hear it 🐱
Catten living her best life
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Catten living her best life
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Under the Oak Tree has returned! Season 5 launched yesterday, and I couldn't be more excited for my battle besties. 😆
To celebrate the occasion, Manta asked me to revisit the first 10 chapters of the series. So let's have a thread! 🧵
#UnderTheOakTree #UTOT #Sponsored
To celebrate the occasion, Manta asked me to revisit the first 10 chapters of the series. So let's have a thread! 🧵
#UnderTheOakTree #UTOT #Sponsored
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Under the Oak Tree has returned! Season 5 launched yesterday, and I couldn't be more excited for my battle besties. 😆
To celebrate the occasion, Manta asked me to revisit the first 10 chapters of the series. So let's have a thread! 🧵
#UnderTheOakTree #UTOT #Sponsored
To celebrate the occasion, Manta asked me to revisit the first 10 chapters of the series. So let's have a thread! 🧵
#UnderTheOakTree #UTOT #Sponsored
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New economic plan: generate more seigniorage by putting cute animals on banknotes and getting people to hoard them
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
A lot of axolotls: the amphibian-themed banknote Mexicans don’t want to spend
Nearly 13m people are hoarding millions of dollars’ worth of the stylish 50 peso note, featuring Mexico’s cutest critter
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
New economic plan: generate more seigniorage by putting cute animals on banknotes and getting people to hoard them
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Break time after morning's emotional support weaving & spinning, then brunch, then back to music production (indoors) now that it's no longer ass o' clock and BRAAAAAMS won't wake people.
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Break time after morning's emotional support weaving & spinning, then brunch, then back to music production (indoors) now that it's no longer ass o' clock and BRAAAAAMS won't wake people.
I don't know that I'm going to get all that far into today's to-do list but that's not a reason not to try...
November 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I don't know that I'm going to get all that far into today's to-do list but that's not a reason not to try...
Doubling down on the one career (writing sf/f) my parents told me was a waste of time, as opposed to viola (support!) or medieval history (support!) or linguistics (support!).
Their reaction to the math B.A. was "But you hate math! What about history?" 😅
Their reaction to the math B.A. was "But you hate math! What about history?" 😅
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Doubling down on the one career (writing sf/f) my parents told me was a waste of time, as opposed to viola (support!) or medieval history (support!) or linguistics (support!).
Their reaction to the math B.A. was "But you hate math! What about history?" 😅
Their reaction to the math B.A. was "But you hate math! What about history?" 😅
Today's emotional support spinning: IxChel's guanaco blend (Guanaco 60%, Mulga Silk 25%, Cashmere 12%, Angora Bunny 3%). Fountain pen for ~scale, not integral to the spinning process!
November 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Today's emotional support spinning: IxChel's guanaco blend (Guanaco 60%, Mulga Silk 25%, Cashmere 12%, Angora Bunny 3%). Fountain pen for ~scale, not integral to the spinning process!
I am being supervised while writing.
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I am being supervised while writing.
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Started a blog to track my journey as a writer who, for once, doesn't know the ending. Discovering my next chapter whether it be writing, Proj Mgmt, Mixology, deep-dives into forgotten women in history, or just antiquing who knows! If any of that sounds interesting, welcome... writingandwhatnot.com
Writing and Whatnot — Benson Sisters
writingandwhatnot.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Started a blog to track my journey as a writer who, for once, doesn't know the ending. Discovering my next chapter whether it be writing, Proj Mgmt, Mixology, deep-dives into forgotten women in history, or just antiquing who knows! If any of that sounds interesting, welcome... writingandwhatnot.com
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Useful for a whole bunch of games I can think of
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Useful for a whole bunch of games I can think of
Catten would never impede -important- work!
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Catten would never impede -important- work!
We who committed this mechanical keyboard because it's the *most Kel keyboard imaginable* salute you? Yours in calendrical heresy etc.
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We who committed this mechanical keyboard because it's the *most Kel keyboard imaginable* salute you? Yours in calendrical heresy etc.
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Finally here! I've been working on this article for a few months now.
Whatever podcast clips are ubiquitous, spreading truly vile misogyny everywhere online. But almost nothing is known about the show.
Well, I aim to change that. My investigation.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
Whatever podcast clips are ubiquitous, spreading truly vile misogyny everywhere online. But almost nothing is known about the show.
Well, I aim to change that. My investigation.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
The online clip factory that's radicalizing teen boys - Salon.com
How a wildly popular YouTube “dating” show heaps mockery on women to create "so many more incels”
www.salon.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Finally here! I've been working on this article for a few months now.
Whatever podcast clips are ubiquitous, spreading truly vile misogyny everywhere online. But almost nothing is known about the show.
Well, I aim to change that. My investigation.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
Whatever podcast clips are ubiquitous, spreading truly vile misogyny everywhere online. But almost nothing is known about the show.
Well, I aim to change that. My investigation.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
