Mike ChenFrom Submission To Acquisition: What Happens After You Get A Literary AgentSo you’ve finally signed with a literary agent. What happens on the path to publication? Let’s look behind the curtain.·20 min read·Aug 16, 2021--1--1
Mike CheninAn Injustice!What My Fictional Pandemic Got Wrong and RightBack in 2011, I got the idea to write the story of “a wedding planner in the apocalypse.” But what kind of apocalypse? I wanted one where…·6 min read·Aug 9, 2021--1--1
Mike CheninCounter ArtsFive Steps For Writers To Easily Handle Edit LettersWriters talk a lot about craft, and there are plenty of books on things like structure, character, and dialogue. But these discussions…·5 min read·Aug 2, 2021----
Mike CheninAn Injustice!The Space To Exist: The Other Kind Of Diversity In StorytellingAs a person of color in publishing, I’m often asked for my take on diversity and representation, both in the realm of science fiction and…·5 min read·Jul 19, 2021--13--13
Mike ChenRevisiting a shelved manuscript? Here’s how I did it.In 2013, I’d finally decided to put my manuscript entitled The Pause on the digital shelf. It’d been about two years, countless revisions…·10 min read·Jul 12, 2021--2--2
Mike Chen4 Favorite Shortcuts For My Writing ProcessI got a lot of lovely feedback on my worldbuilding process, including some questions that inquired further about my writing process. So…·6 min read·Jul 5, 2021--2--2
Mike CheninCounter ArtsHow To Worldbuild When You Hate WorldbuildingSometimes I get complimented on my worldbuilding, which I find very, very strange. Because I really hate the process of it. I can…·4 min read·Jun 28, 2021--5--5
Mike CheninIndex5 Ways To Balance Writing, Day Job, & ParentingFinding the time/energy/emotional balance required to successfully navigate it all·5 min read·Jun 21, 2021--12--12
