March 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
💖💖💖 So glad to have found another appreciative reader!!
#Booksky #Chinesefantasy #Chinesemythology #Diversebooks #JinYong #wuxiaxianxia
#Booksky #Chinesefantasy #Chinesemythology #Diversebooks #JinYong #wuxiaxianxia
Just finished @alicepoonauthor.bsky.social's "Heavenly Sword." Her writing strongly reminds me of sources such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or Journey to the West. Not quite like modern, Western-authored wuxia or xanxia, it's more true to the roots.
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The Heavenly Sword
Set in a world of human conflicts, fantastical martial arts, sorcery and celestial magic, Alice Poon’s debut fantasy, The Heavenly Sword, follows a martial maiden’s heartbreaking adventures in her …
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January 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
💖💖💖 So glad to have found another appreciative reader!!
#Booksky #Chinesefantasy #Chinesemythology #Diversebooks #JinYong #wuxiaxianxia
#Booksky #Chinesefantasy #Chinesemythology #Diversebooks #JinYong #wuxiaxianxia
Just finished @alicepoonauthor.bsky.social's "Heavenly Sword." Her writing strongly reminds me of sources such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or Journey to the West. Not quite like modern, Western-authored wuxia or xanxia, it's more true to the roots.
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The Heavenly Sword
Set in a world of human conflicts, fantastical martial arts, sorcery and celestial magic, Alice Poon’s debut fantasy, The Heavenly Sword, follows a martial maiden’s heartbreaking adventures in her …
earnshawbooks.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Looks like Disney is promoting a new version of Snow White. Honestly, do we want to see more Snow Whites? 😏😏😏 Would we not prefer to see a rebellious and sword wielding Tang Sai'er on the big screen? (guilty of self promotion 😂)
February 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
On this International Women's Day, let's celebrate rebel leader Tang Sai'er's dauntless #wuxia spirit and her valiant cause of liberation from tyranny!
#Chinesefantasy
#wuxiaxianxia
#Chinesefantasy
#wuxiaxianxia
March 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
On this International Women's Day, let's celebrate rebel leader Tang Sai'er's dauntless #wuxia spirit and her valiant cause of liberation from tyranny!
#Chinesefantasy
#wuxiaxianxia
#Chinesefantasy
#wuxiaxianxia
Yay! The Heavenly Sword will be staged in May!! 💖💖💖 Huge thanks to Hannah and Laura at OWWR Podcast @owwrpod.bsky.social !
#wuxiaxianxia #Chinesefantasy
#wuxiaxianxia #Chinesefantasy
And the winner is @alicepoonauthor.bsky.social's The Heavenly Sword! Laura and Hannah will be covering this the first three weeks olin May!!! We are so excited to dive in! Please keep an eye out for a giveaway starting next week!!!!
#Booksky #bookshelf #IndieAuthor #IndieBooks
#Booksky #bookshelf #IndieAuthor #IndieBooks
March 25, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Yay! The Heavenly Sword will be staged in May!! 💖💖💖 Huge thanks to Hannah and Laura at OWWR Podcast @owwrpod.bsky.social !
#wuxiaxianxia #Chinesefantasy
#wuxiaxianxia #Chinesefantasy
Like #LanWanji in #TheUntamed, Pearly (Tang Sai'er's #martialarts coach and Zhang Sanfeng's granddaughter in my #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon duology) also uses her guqin as a weapon!
#TheHeavenlySword
#TheEarthlyBlaze
#wuxiaxianxia
#TheHeavenlySword
#TheEarthlyBlaze
#wuxiaxianxia
March 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Like #LanWanji in #TheUntamed, Pearly (Tang Sai'er's #martialarts coach and Zhang Sanfeng's granddaughter in my #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon duology) also uses her guqin as a weapon!
#TheHeavenlySword
#TheEarthlyBlaze
#wuxiaxianxia
#TheHeavenlySword
#TheEarthlyBlaze
#wuxiaxianxia
Want to see Tang Sai'er and #Nezha in a fierce undersea fight with the Green Dragon, painted in words? Read #TheEarthlyBlaze (Book 2 of the #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon duology)!! This duology is full of #xianxia #cdrama vibes!
#Booksky #wuxiaxianxia #Chinesemythology
#Booksky #wuxiaxianxia #Chinesemythology
January 18, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Want to see Tang Sai'er and #Nezha in a fierce undersea fight with the Green Dragon, painted in words? Read #TheEarthlyBlaze (Book 2 of the #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon duology)!! This duology is full of #xianxia #cdrama vibes!
#Booksky #wuxiaxianxia #Chinesemythology
#Booksky #wuxiaxianxia #Chinesemythology
If you love wuxia or xianxia cdramas/novels, chances are you'd love this wuxiaxianxia duology set in an alternate Ming China (where the three realms exist), with Jin-Yong style wuxia tropes and mythology elements, and woven around a bloody civil war and a rebellion!
July 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
If you love wuxia or xianxia cdramas/novels, chances are you'd love this wuxiaxianxia duology set in an alternate Ming China (where the three realms exist), with Jin-Yong style wuxia tropes and mythology elements, and woven around a bloody civil war and a rebellion!
Here's my babes and I wishing you a contented and productive Year of the Snake, perhaps sprinkled with #wuxiaxianxia vibes 😍
#SpringFestival
#Chineseculture
#DiverseBooksky
#SpringFestival
#Chineseculture
#DiverseBooksky
January 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Here's my babes and I wishing you a contented and productive Year of the Snake, perhaps sprinkled with #wuxiaxianxia vibes 😍
#SpringFestival
#Chineseculture
#DiverseBooksky
#SpringFestival
#Chineseculture
#DiverseBooksky
It was Nameless' sword (with a slit in the middle) in the film "Hero" that inspired me to create the Xuannu Sword for Tang Sai'er the heroine of my Sword Maiden duology.
#wuxiaxianxia
#wuxiaxianxia
May 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It was Nameless' sword (with a slit in the middle) in the film "Hero" that inspired me to create the Xuannu Sword for Tang Sai'er the heroine of my Sword Maiden duology.
#wuxiaxianxia
#wuxiaxianxia
Did you know how much alike are Ren Ruyi in #AJTL and Tang Sai'er in #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon?
- formidable sword fighters;
- charismatic leaders;
- engaged in deadly espionage;
- each has an admirer whose love they cannot requite;
- masters of own fates.
#cdrama #wuxiaxianxia #Chinesefantasy
- formidable sword fighters;
- charismatic leaders;
- engaged in deadly espionage;
- each has an admirer whose love they cannot requite;
- masters of own fates.
#cdrama #wuxiaxianxia #Chinesefantasy
May 30, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Did you know how much alike are Ren Ruyi in #AJTL and Tang Sai'er in #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon?
- formidable sword fighters;
- charismatic leaders;
- engaged in deadly espionage;
- each has an admirer whose love they cannot requite;
- masters of own fates.
#cdrama #wuxiaxianxia #Chinesefantasy
- formidable sword fighters;
- charismatic leaders;
- engaged in deadly espionage;
- each has an admirer whose love they cannot requite;
- masters of own fates.
#cdrama #wuxiaxianxia #Chinesefantasy
I hope with all my heart that film producers will make more quality wuxia films like this one! There're surely lots of good #wuxiaxianxia novels out there to adapt from! Epic wuxia blockbluster Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants is just a recent example.
#cdramas #wuxiamovies
#cdramas #wuxiamovies
This is an unforgettable dance scene in the #wuxia romance film House of Flying Daggers. It probably ranks second to the climactic duel scene at the end.
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House Of Flying Daggers
YouTube video by BadWolf
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May 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I hope with all my heart that film producers will make more quality wuxia films like this one! There're surely lots of good #wuxiaxianxia novels out there to adapt from! Epic wuxia blockbluster Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants is just a recent example.
#cdramas #wuxiamovies
#cdramas #wuxiamovies
White Lotus in Chinese culture is symbolic of:-
(1) Buddhism,
(2) qualities of uprightness and noble character (as defined in Song poet Zhou Dunyi's 周敦頣's poem, On the Love of the Lotus 愛蓮說),
(3) secret societies vested in the belief of the Maitreya Buddha and righteous rebellions.
#wuxiaxianxia
(1) Buddhism,
(2) qualities of uprightness and noble character (as defined in Song poet Zhou Dunyi's 周敦頣's poem, On the Love of the Lotus 愛蓮說),
(3) secret societies vested in the belief of the Maitreya Buddha and righteous rebellions.
#wuxiaxianxia
July 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
White Lotus in Chinese culture is symbolic of:-
(1) Buddhism,
(2) qualities of uprightness and noble character (as defined in Song poet Zhou Dunyi's 周敦頣's poem, On the Love of the Lotus 愛蓮說),
(3) secret societies vested in the belief of the Maitreya Buddha and righteous rebellions.
#wuxiaxianxia
(1) Buddhism,
(2) qualities of uprightness and noble character (as defined in Song poet Zhou Dunyi's 周敦頣's poem, On the Love of the Lotus 愛蓮說),
(3) secret societies vested in the belief of the Maitreya Buddha and righteous rebellions.
#wuxiaxianxia
This mythical tale is retold in #TheHeavenlySword and #TheEarthlyBlaze. Nezha is a key character in the immortal cast of this #wuxiaxianxia duology, who helps Tang Sai'er to tackle the Green Dragon!
March 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This mythical tale is retold in #TheHeavenlySword and #TheEarthlyBlaze. Nezha is a key character in the immortal cast of this #wuxiaxianxia duology, who helps Tang Sai'er to tackle the Green Dragon!
Everyone! Nezha is in love with the androgynous Lan Caihe of the Eight Immortals in the #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon duology! No one else suits him better 🤩
#TheHeavenlySword
#TheEarthlyBlaze
#wuxiaxianxia #Chinesemyths
#TheHeavenlySword
#TheEarthlyBlaze
#wuxiaxianxia #Chinesemyths
March 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Everyone! Nezha is in love with the androgynous Lan Caihe of the Eight Immortals in the #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon duology! No one else suits him better 🤩
#TheHeavenlySword
#TheEarthlyBlaze
#wuxiaxianxia #Chinesemyths
#TheHeavenlySword
#TheEarthlyBlaze
#wuxiaxianxia #Chinesemyths
I still can't believe it!! Did #TheHeavenlySword just win in the @owwrpod.bsky.social contest?!!!! If it did, it would be the first time ever that I've "won" anything that is related to my #Chinesefantasy works!!!
#wuxiaxianxia
#Chinesemythology
#SwordMaidenfromtheMoon
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#wuxiaxianxia
#Chinesemythology
#SwordMaidenfromtheMoon
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BONUS EPISODE- INDIE INTERMISSION #9 ANNOUNCEMENT
YouTube video by On Wednesdays We Read Podcast (OWWR Pod)
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March 25, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I still can't believe it!! Did #TheHeavenlySword just win in the @owwrpod.bsky.social contest?!!!! If it did, it would be the first time ever that I've "won" anything that is related to my #Chinesefantasy works!!!
#wuxiaxianxia
#Chinesemythology
#SwordMaidenfromtheMoon
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#wuxiaxianxia
#Chinesemythology
#SwordMaidenfromtheMoon
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#cdrama
Interested in a wuxia anthology with 16 cdrama-like wuxiaxianxia stories written by 16 authors? The KS funding campaign is closed but pre-orders are now open at MartialHero.Backerkit.com!
Interested in a wuxia anthology with 16 cdrama-like wuxiaxianxia stories written by 16 authors? The KS funding campaign is closed but pre-orders are now open at MartialHero.Backerkit.com!
Martial Hero: A Limited-Edition Wuxia Fantasy Anthology on BackerKit
16 C-drama adventure stories presented in a deluxe limited-edition softcover with French flaps, embossing, and foiling!
MartialHero.Backerkit.com
August 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM
#cdrama
Interested in a wuxia anthology with 16 cdrama-like wuxiaxianxia stories written by 16 authors? The KS funding campaign is closed but pre-orders are now open at MartialHero.Backerkit.com!
Interested in a wuxia anthology with 16 cdrama-like wuxiaxianxia stories written by 16 authors? The KS funding campaign is closed but pre-orders are now open at MartialHero.Backerkit.com!
I wish some artist would illustrate the scene of Xiwangmu's birthday bash/magic peach feast as depicted in #TheHeavenlySword, or Tang Sai'er's and Nezha's undersea fight with the Green Dragon in the Crystal Palace in #TheEarthlyBlaze! Any volunteer?
#Chinesemythology
#cdrama
#wuxiaxianxia
#Chinesemythology
#cdrama
#wuxiaxianxia
Immortal Island (1984, Foreign Languages Press) — A hidden gem of Chinese literature and art.
Du Dakei’s ethereal illustrations truly bring the mythic world to life.
More illustrations: 👇 1/3
#mythology #art
Du Dakei’s ethereal illustrations truly bring the mythic world to life.
More illustrations: 👇 1/3
#mythology #art
April 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I wish some artist would illustrate the scene of Xiwangmu's birthday bash/magic peach feast as depicted in #TheHeavenlySword, or Tang Sai'er's and Nezha's undersea fight with the Green Dragon in the Crystal Palace in #TheEarthlyBlaze! Any volunteer?
#Chinesemythology
#cdrama
#wuxiaxianxia
#Chinesemythology
#cdrama
#wuxiaxianxia
This book review that appears in the Jade Moon Magazine Issue 2 truly strikes a deep chord with me! The reviewer is indeed a kindred spirit!
The interview is a long one, but you bet it's well worth your time 😍
#wuxiaxianxia #JinYong #Chinesefantasy
The interview is a long one, but you bet it's well worth your time 😍
#wuxiaxianxia #JinYong #Chinesefantasy
July 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This book review that appears in the Jade Moon Magazine Issue 2 truly strikes a deep chord with me! The reviewer is indeed a kindred spirit!
The interview is a long one, but you bet it's well worth your time 😍
#wuxiaxianxia #JinYong #Chinesefantasy
The interview is a long one, but you bet it's well worth your time 😍
#wuxiaxianxia #JinYong #Chinesefantasy
📌Tang Sai'er, the protagonist in the Sword Maiden from the Moon duology, was a real-life White Lotus Society leader who led an uprising against the tyrannical reign of the Ming Yongle Emperor, a usurper who had incited a civil war that brought on many deaths and destitution.
#wuxiaxianxia
#wuxiaxianxia
White Lotus in Chinese culture is symbolic of:-
(1) Buddhism,
(2) qualities of uprightness and noble character (as defined in Song poet Zhou Dunyi's 周敦頣's poem, On the Love of the Lotus 愛蓮說),
(3) secret societies vested in the belief of the Maitreya Buddha and righteous rebellions.
#wuxiaxianxia
(1) Buddhism,
(2) qualities of uprightness and noble character (as defined in Song poet Zhou Dunyi's 周敦頣's poem, On the Love of the Lotus 愛蓮說),
(3) secret societies vested in the belief of the Maitreya Buddha and righteous rebellions.
#wuxiaxianxia
July 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
📌Tang Sai'er, the protagonist in the Sword Maiden from the Moon duology, was a real-life White Lotus Society leader who led an uprising against the tyrannical reign of the Ming Yongle Emperor, a usurper who had incited a civil war that brought on many deaths and destitution.
#wuxiaxianxia
#wuxiaxianxia
Today marks the seventh year since the passing of wuxia fiction icon Jin Yong. I'd like to say that as my childhood idol, he fired up my lifelong passion for #Chinesehistory and the #wuxiaxianxia media. The justice themes in his novels became the guiding light in my writing. Forever grateful!
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Today marks the seventh year since the passing of wuxia fiction icon Jin Yong. I'd like to say that as my childhood idol, he fired up my lifelong passion for #Chinesehistory and the #wuxiaxianxia media. The justice themes in his novels became the guiding light in my writing. Forever grateful!
These two images of #NeZha are closer to the lovely immortal in #TheHeavenlySword and #TheEarthlyBlaze !!! The 2019 animated film version lacks some of the finesse.
#Chinesemythology
#wuxiaxianxia
#Chinesemythology
#wuxiaxianxia
January 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
These two images of #NeZha are closer to the lovely immortal in #TheHeavenlySword and #TheEarthlyBlaze !!! The 2019 animated film version lacks some of the finesse.
#Chinesemythology
#wuxiaxianxia
#Chinesemythology
#wuxiaxianxia
Karma is one of the themes explored in my #wuxiaxianxia fantasy duology #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon.
Both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were merciless murderers in their respective reigns. Many of the Zhu descendants lived very short lives. Payback certainly can transcend time.
Both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were merciless murderers in their respective reigns. Many of the Zhu descendants lived very short lives. Payback certainly can transcend time.
One reason I'm obsessed with #historical #cdrama #MingDynasty is that it tells the toxic dynamics between usurper #ZhuDi (villain in my Sword Maiden duology) and his two scheming sons. Zhu Di fears payback for his bloody coup. His enthroned son & beloved grandson died young.
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August 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Karma is one of the themes explored in my #wuxiaxianxia fantasy duology #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon.
Both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were merciless murderers in their respective reigns. Many of the Zhu descendants lived very short lives. Payback certainly can transcend time.
Both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were merciless murderers in their respective reigns. Many of the Zhu descendants lived very short lives. Payback certainly can transcend time.
I'm really curious to know whether I've made readers hate Zhu Di (the evil Ming emperor & Sky Wolf incarnate) in the Sword Maiden from the Moon duology!
Please comment if you've read the books.
#wuxiaxianxia #Chinesehistory
#TheHeavenlySword
#TheEarthlyBlaze
Please comment if you've read the books.
#wuxiaxianxia #Chinesehistory
#TheHeavenlySword
#TheEarthlyBlaze
August 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'm really curious to know whether I've made readers hate Zhu Di (the evil Ming emperor & Sky Wolf incarnate) in the Sword Maiden from the Moon duology!
Please comment if you've read the books.
#wuxiaxianxia #Chinesehistory
#TheHeavenlySword
#TheEarthlyBlaze
Please comment if you've read the books.
#wuxiaxianxia #Chinesehistory
#TheHeavenlySword
#TheEarthlyBlaze