September Blues
By Stephanie Y. Yang
Spoiler alert - life did not settle down. Trying to be gentle and kind to myself for the next few months.
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How is it already August?
By Stephanie Y. YangHah! So I did not write 2 sentences every day. In fact, I got so caught up in things that I totally forgot to make a July post! I’m a little disappointed that it didn’t happen (both the July post and the writing of the two sentences), but then again,... [Read More] -
Decision Paralysis
By Stephanie Y. YangThis year, I’ve been trying to develop a new habit every month. Most of them so far are health-related - things like “meditate for five minutes every day”, or “do a 1-minute plank every day”. I’ve been dragging my feet on including one about writing, and I’m not sure why.... [Read More] -
Writing Badly
By Stephanie Y. YangRecently, I’ve been having trouble getting words onto the page. Words don’t seem to come to me as easily as they used to, and I find myself coming up with blanks when I try to figure out where the story should go next. And I also have trouble committing to... [Read More] -
The Case of the Missing Crystal Ball
By Stephanie Y. YangOops, I’m like four months late in posting this. But my short story, The Case of the Missing Crystal Ball, came out recently in the Lorelei Signal! If you’re into cozy mysteries and lots of bad tea puns, it might be down your alley. You can read it here. [Read More] -
Losing an identity
By Stephanie Y. YangSo…last year, I recently got locked out of my reddit account of 12+ years. This was /u/versenwald3, an account that I’d made when I was still in college. I had written over 100+ stories on it over the years, and had gathered a few subscribers who followed my work. [Read More] -
Strange Medicine
By Stephanie Y. YangI’ve decided to be more intentional about keeping track of what I’ve read this year. In that vein, I’ve started a little 2026 book journal on Instagram, as well as tracking my books on Storygraph more diligently. [Read More] -
Diversity in Publishing
By Stephanie Y. YangThe first post of 2026! Exciting. [Read More] -
2025 Wrap-up
By Stephanie Y. YangJust a quick wrap-up of how my year went! [Read More] -
Spotify Audiobook Selects
aka am i a real writer yet?
By Stephanie Y. YangSo…I’ve got some incredibly exciting news! Strak’s Bad Day was just published as a brand-new audiobook with the Spotify Audiobook Selects program! It’s available on Spotify (free with Premium!), and everywhere else you can get audiobooks - Libro.fm, Audible, Barnes and Noble, Apple, etc. I’ve embedded the preview here if... [Read More] -
Silksong
By Stephanie Y. YangOh my god it’s already October. Where has the time gone!? Let’s look back at what I said I wanted to work on last month, and see how much of that I actually got done… [Read More] -
42 Short Stories Inspired By Internet Strangers
By Stephanie Y. YangIt’s been a goal of mine for about two years, now: to create a curated short story collection from all the prompts that I’ve responded to on /r/WritingPrompts. I’ve been writing on that subreddit for almost ten years, which is wild! Time really flies. [Read More] -
Finally, the Machines Can Do Everything For Us
By Stephanie Y. YangA couple weeks ago, I went to a reading by Raphael Bob-Waksberg. I was looking for things to do in the Cambridge area, and saw that he was going to be reading some short stories from his collection, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory, at Harvard... [Read More] -
hello impostor syndrome my old friend
By Stephanie Y. YangAs a former PhD student trained in the trenches of academia, I have a complicated (and long) relationship with impostor syndrome. Even now, I feel like I’ve fooled the world into thinking that I’m a capable scientist that knows what she’s doing. [Read More] -
Writing slowly
By Stephanie Y. YangI am a slow writer. [Read More] -
My first novella!
By Stephanie Y. YangAfter about three and a half years of writing, I’ve finally self-published my first novella, Strak’s Bad Day! In this post, I thought I’d reflect on the journey and what I’ve learned through the process. [Read More] -
I now have a website!
By Stephanie Y. YangI’ve toyed around with the idea of having a landing page for my stuff on the internet for a long time now, and this holiday season, I figured I’d go ahead and do it! [Read More]