brunch with thea
Thea Liua monthly to bimonthly newsletter of my thoughts on the craft of writing, updates on my writing life, and other musings
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moving up means letting go
totally unrelated picture, but I wanted to have a header
My favorite sequence in Bunny, a satirical dark academia novel about a clique of girls at a prestigious MFA program, is when the girls axe their failed attempts at writing the perfec...
world-building #2: magic, status, and the world
Last post, I went through the basics of setting up a magic system. This post is about extending that magic system to the broader world and exploring how magic interacts with … well … everything, and engineering your magic system to resonate...
world-building #1: magic system (source, rules, and limits)
This post breaks two promises: first, the votes in my previous post asked for a craft post about dialogue; second, I told myself I would take a break. But, consider:
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I don’t want to write about dialogue right now. Sorry!
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I left my...
some mentorship program transparency!
Per my previous post, I am a Round Table Mentorship 2026 mentor, and now that this year’s mentees have been announced, I am thinking about how it felt being on the other side applying for mentorships.
There’s so much uncertainty. What does...
2025 recap: the (writing) harvest is coming in!
Despite my look of concern, 2025 has been a banger year in terms of writing and reading. I had words published for the first time! I wrote more than I have since … ever! I have exciting things lined up!
Some struggles occurred, of course,...
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