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Wake
When the hearse arrives, we're told to kneel with our backs to it and to keep our heads down and our eyes closed. The scent of incense...

A.K. Lee
May 121 min read
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Black Dress
The bottom eight inches of my black dress swish when I walk, and twirl when I turn. It's of a different material than the rest of the...

A.K. Lee
May 121 min read
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Vacation
When planning for a vacation, I like to choose three to four must-see locations or must-do activities, and then wing it for the rest....

A.K. Lee
May 121 min read
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Cursed
My partner and I firmly believe that we are cursed. Not in the “let’s find an exorcist” way, just mundane commonplace curses that inconvenience us.

A.K. Lee
Apr 171 min read
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Translating Children's Books
In 2024, I translated three children's books. These stories were about landmarks in Singapore's past that are no longer around today. I translated them from English to Chinese, and while it wasn't my first experience translating per se, it was still a learning experience.

A.K. Lee
Apr 172 min read
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Sunbirds
a sunbird on a twig A pair of sunbirds visit my balcony regularly, especially during nesting season. They peel the papery dried layers...

A.K. Lee
Mar 11 min read
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flash fiction: a boy asked for help today
a little six-year-old boy came up to me today, holding a plastic bag full of cold beverages, and asked me if i could help him open the...

A.K. Lee
Apr 25, 20241 min read
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Hiatus Announcement
I am announcing that after the November newsletter, Story+Story will take a hiatus until March as I wish to work on my existing short...

A.K. Lee
Dec 2, 20231 min read
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Find Joy in Writing
I had the pleasure of conducting my very first public workshop at the end of August, invited by the people of Let's Read @SG. This came...

A.K. Lee
Sep 1, 20233 min read
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Roller Coaster July
July has been a heck of a roller-coaster. There were some high points: I moderated a Q&A with the leaders of Centre for Stories from...

A.K. Lee
Aug 2, 20233 min read
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First Lines | For All Mankind
"No crisis in a people's history leaves the previous equilibrium undisturbed." This is how Léon Blum introduced this book. In his cold...

A.K. Lee
Apr 29, 20232 min read
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I Started Writing a #DailyJournal and Stopped
It's official: I will stop my daily journaling/creative writing experiment. Since 30 Dec 2021, I wrote a one-page response to prompts...

A.K. Lee
Apr 14, 20222 min read
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March Prompts
Here are the prompts for March:

A.K. Lee
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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Fragile Vessel Ch. 1
This is the first chapter of Fragile Vessel, also available in my first issue of Story+Story newsletter. I will post subsequent chapters...

A.K. Lee
Feb 16, 202213 min read
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January Journals: Week 1 (plus 2 days)
I've posted my journal responses for the first week of January and I have already found it to be very useful in getting my brain to kick...

A.K. Lee
Jan 9, 20221 min read
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About Nightmares and Dreams
What is in your mind when you are alone in the dark? Confession time: I am a horror weenie. I don't watch horror movies, I nearly always...

A.K. Lee
Oct 30, 20213 min read
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First Lines| The Hobbit
This is the first in a planned series where I examine the first few lines of a novel I enjoyed. ‘In a hole in the ground there lived a...

A.K. Lee
Oct 24, 20213 min read
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On Audiobooks
For the most part, I don't process auditory input very well. It's a matter of attention and retention: I can't listen to one single thing...

A.K. Lee
Jul 1, 20212 min read
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Book Review| Salt: A World History
Fuel, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea. The seven essentials of a Chinese household - and salt is the first condiment listed....

A.K. Lee
Feb 28, 20211 min read
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So You Want to Write a Mother
(initially published in May) Congratulations! You have chosen to incorporate a Mother™ in your latest piece of fiction. This is indeed a...

A.K. Lee
Jan 1, 20214 min read
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