For my side quest demons
Hello hello *･༓☾ Welcome to today’s edition!! News (publication! upcoming free preso! wheee) A pep talk for all y’all, my beautiful side quest demons Quick...
Recalibrating your taste and conviction
Contents News Pep-talk: Recovering your creative conviction Random News I’m so so honored to be in Lee Mandelo’s upcoming Anthology, Amplitudes: Stories of...
Chaos with a spreadsheet
I hope the spring is treating you well. Welcome to the vernal edition of this newsletter, which will include... A brand new story at one of my white whale...
Community—how to have it? how to find it?
Hello hello! Hope you are having a restful and gentle February so far. News (a new story! an event!) Pep talk: A doot about community News The animus wants a...
What makes a useful resolution? A mini-pep talk from Ash Huang
Happy 2024! Let’s hope it’s not 2020.4. I throttled my way through 2020.3 by the skin of my teeth. It was a bananas year, filled with stress, euphoria, and a...
Tough skin — pep talk from Ash Huang
Howdy! Long time no newsletter. First: thanks for being here. I'm so glad to have some company as I navigate all the ups and downs of all my creative...
Happy 2023—Let me see your blog/newsletter!!
Howdy howdy! Welcome to the winter/new year newsletter. First things first, Ryan and I launched a project to jumpstart creative blogging! It’s aptly...
6—Year end update
Well, hi there! It’s been a while since my last newsletter. Now is as good a time as any for an update, since it seems like we are no longer going to be…bird...
The Case Against Harsh Critique
Hi hi! Everything's still green and spring-y in the Bay Area, and I've been living like a vortex. Not in a vortex, not near a vortex, like a vortex. Me and...
👋🏼 Make art, side-eye capitalism
Hello friends! Long time—a lot of life has happened since my last newsletter. If you’ve forgotten why you signed up for this and who I am, hi, this is me!...
3: 🧠 💎 Tips on knowledge hoarding and jewel hoarding alike
Happy April, friends 🌟 I’ve been doing my best to get in some rest this month, and hope you have been taking good care. I don’t have much to add besides: I...
2: 👻 Art is hard because obsessions are scary
Hello! Popping my head out of the endless merry-go-round of novel editing to 👋🏼. It's always a weird part of the process, and a lot of it feels weirdly...
1: Hi again 👋🏼 it's Ash! Reviving this very infrequent newsletter
Well, hello! Long time no email! It's been almost three years since I sent a newsletter, so just in case you're like, uh, wtf? who dis? here's a re-...