Becoming a published author: Wen-Yi Lee on representation, writing residencies, and building a reade @NationalCentreforWriting
Becoming a published author: Wen-Yi Lee on representation, writing residencies, and building a reade  @NationalCentreforWriting
Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
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In this episode of The Writing Life, writer and Dragon Hall Cottage resident Wen-yi Lee shares insights into building a writing career, and the process of taking a project from conception to completion.
 
Wen-yi Lee likes writing about girls with bite, feral nature, and ghosts. She is the author of historical fantasy When They Burned the Butterfly and YA horror The Dark We Know, and has also published speculative fiction and essays in venues like Lightspeed, Uncanny, Strange Horizons, Reactor, and various anthologies. A University College London alum, she is currently based at home in Singapore. In February 2025, she completed a residency in our Dragon Hall Cottage.
 
She sits down with writer and mentor Kate Worsley to discuss her journey as a multi-genre writer, and the importance of representation in literature. Together, they touch on navigating queer storylines, finding a writing community online, and striking the balance between vulnerability and protection when exposing parts of yourself in your writing.
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Becoming a published author: Wen-Yi Lee on representation, writing residencies, and building a reade

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