Ep. 201: Sunyi Dean talks The Girl with a Thousand Faces, Chinese Ghosts, Publishing Rodeo & More

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with bestselling author Sunyi Dean about her new novel and various themes in literature and publishing.

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson, M.J. Kuhn & Greta Kelly as they chat with bestselling author Sunyi Dean about her new novel The Ghost with a Thousand Faces, Chinese ghosts and folklore, Cantonese humor, Kowloon Walled City and the horrors of war, juggling multiple timelines, the Publishing Rodeo Podcast and transparency about publishing, living around the world, persistence and community, representations of neurodivergence in SFF, balancing work with family, messy first books and more. NOTE: This is part one of a two-part chat with Sunyi. Stayed tuned next week for her writing masterclass on Writing for the Reader Experience. 🍄 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PRE-ORDER THE BOOK OF SPORES ANTHOLOGY ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍄 OUR SPONSOR: TRANSFERENCE by Ian Patterson is a sci-fi dystopia that dissects what it means to be human in a city where diseases can be transferred. Purchase it ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in eBook + paperback. SHOUTOUT TO THE 'SFF ADDICT' PATRONS: Thank you Ian Patterson, Emily Marie Wagner, David Hopkins, Luke F. Shepherd, Christopher R. DuBois, Luke A. Winch and GavinGuile for supporting us on Patreon at $10+. SUPPORT THE SHOW…

People in this episode

Hosts: Adrian M. Gibson, M.J. Kuhn, Greta Kelly

Guest: Sunyi Dean

Topics covered

• Chinese ghosts
• publishing
• neurodivergence in SFF
• Cantonese humor
• writing process
• community
• war experiences

Keywords

• Sunyi Dean
• The Ghost with a Thousand Faces
• publishing
• Chinese folklore
• neurodivergence
• writing
• Cantonese humor

Sponsors

Ian Patterson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Publishing Rodeo Podcast, SFF Addicts

Products: TRANSFERENCE

Books & works: The Girl with a Thousand Faces, The Ghost with a Thousand Faces

Places: Kowloon Walled City

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