kay

@kswrites.bsky.social

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writer of cosy yet chaotic speculative stories that are full of humour and heart || she/her, asian, vibing but also struggling w life, as is the norm rep: @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social IG: kswri.tes

A three by three moodboard. From left to right, top to bottom: a white table with dishes piled on it like oily dough sticks and silky bean curd, with the road in the background; a woman holding a guy's hand as they run past a Japanese food stall; a man holding a woman by the waist as they dance; a blue-tinged photo of a hand holding a person's neck and the person holding the hand; an image of a bus stand in the dark, whereby the bus stand is the only thing illuminated; a photo of three hands clinking three glasses of cocktails; a blue-tinged photo of a hand holding a cigarette up in a decrepit room; a red-tinged photo of a step of stairs leading up that is harshly shadowed; a red-tinged photo of a silhouette holding up a transparent umbrella by a building. In the middle of the moodboard, it states "adult upmarket speculative, FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD." At the bottom of the moodboard is @kswri.tes.
An image of Taipei's urban nightscape with the words "An editor's guide to FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD, adult urban fantasy by Kay Choo"
A series of six photos set against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. First row, from left to right: A bus arriving at a bus-stand at night. Two hands holding pinkies at dusk. The silhouette of a woman's side profile lit by a dusky sky. Second row, from left to right: A 7-Eleven storefront at night; sausages and other street food being cooked on a grill; a flower shop with the interior lit up at dusk. In the bottom left corner is a torn sheet of paper with the words, "It's you."
A blurry image of an urban landscape at night, with the words "KAY CHOO" written on the top, followed by a round image of the back view of a woman wearing a black jacket looking out into a lake, and the words "is now represented by ALEX BROWN, Mad Woman Literary Agency" below the picture.
On the top half of the image, text on a background of an urban nightscape that reads "For The Days We Never Had", followed by text against a translucent reddish background that reads, "After Kai Le and Ai Yu encounter a mysterious entity at a bus-stand, they find themselves getting what they wanted - and more. Thrown into the world of urban legends, they have to grapple with the monsters they have unleashed, both figurative and real. Are their dreams worth losing themselves over?"; "Adult Urban Fantasy - 94k words". On the second half of the image is a 7-Eleven at dusk, with a row of pictures over it: the book cover for Velvet was the Night; the book cover for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue; and the anime poster for Durarara!
On a background of a city street at night, the words 'for the days we never had' is written on the top of the graphic. In the middle is a graphic of an orange-brown liquid in a cocktail glass. To the left of the glass is a graphic of a man in a hat smoking, with the words "Morally Grey" above it, then a plus sign and below it, the graphic of a heart-shaped sun with the words "Sunshine Romantic" written above it. Below that is a graphic of a woman in a cat with the words "Yearning God" written above it. To the right of the wineglass is a graphic of a silhouette of a cloaked figure with the word "Vampires" written above it, a silhouette of a man holding a magnifying glass with the words "Dubious Detectives" written above it, and a graphic of a dragon with the words "Cutthroat Gangs" written above it. On the bottom right of the graphic is the word "Genres", with five icons over a brown background below it: Silhouettes of a castle, a ghost, a gun, a magnifying glass, and a heart. They represent Fantasy, Horror, Suspense, Mystery, and Romance respectively.
A series of six photos set against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. First row, from left to right: A bus arriving at a bus-stand at night. Two hands holding pinkies at dusk. The silhouette of a woman's side profile lit by a dusky sky. Second row, from left to right: A 7-Eleven storefront at night; sausages and other street food being cooked on a grill; a flower shop with the interior lit up at dusk. In the bottom left corner is a torn sheet of paper with the words, "It's you."
On the top half of the image, text on a background of an urban nightscape that reads "For The Days We Never Had", followed by text against a translucent reddish background that reads, "After Kai Le and Ai Yu encounter a mysterious entity at a bus-stand, they find themselves getting what they wanted - and more. Thrown into the world of urban legends, they have to grapple with the monsters they have unleashed, both figurative and real. Are their dreams worth losing themselves over?"; "Adult Urban Fantasy - 94k words". On the second half of the image is a 7-Eleven at dusk, with a row of pictures over it: the book cover for Velvet was the Night; the book cover for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue; and the anime poster for Durarara!
An image of Taipei's urban nightscape with the words "An agent's guide to FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD, adult urban fantasy by Kay Choo"
A series of six photos set against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. Top row, from left to right: The backview of a hooded figure at a boardwalk, with a sole streetlamp lighting the path; a bus arriving at a bus-stand at night; the silhouette of a woman's side profile lit by a dusky sky. Second row, left to right: A 7-Eleven storefront at night; a woman with blond hair clad in a black dress standing outside a warehouse at night, with the flare of a streetlamp on the top left hand corner of the photo; three shadows stretched across a pavement at night.
On a background of a city street at night, the words 'for the days we never had' is written on the top of the graphic. In the middle is a graphic of an orange-brown liquid in a cocktail glass. To the left of the glass is a graphic of a man in a hat smoking, with the words "Morally Grey" above it, then a plus sign and below it, the graphic of a heart-shaped sun with the words "Sunshine Romantic" written above it. Below that is a graphic of a woman in a cat with the words "Yearning God" written above it. To the right of the wineglass is a graphic of a silhouette of a cloaked figure with the word "Vampires" written above it, a silhouette of a man holding a magnifying glass with the words "Dubious Detectives" written above it, and a graphic of a dragon with the words "Cutthroat Gangs" written above it. On the bottom right of the graphic is the word "Genres", with five icons over a brown background below it: Silhouettes of a castle, a ghost, a gun, a magnifying glass, and a heart.
A series of six photos set against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. First row, from left to right: A bus arriving at a bus-stand at night. Two hands holding pinkies at dusk. The silhouette of a woman's side profile lit by a dusky sky. Second row, from left to right: A 7-Eleven storefront at night; sausages and other street food being cooked on a grill; a flower shop with the interior lit up at dusk. In the bottom left corner is a torn sheet of paper with the words, "It's you."
A series of six photos against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. First row, left to right: A photography studio; a bus arriving at a bus stand at night; a hand holding a cigarette in the dark. Second row, left to right: Three drinks being poured at a bar counter with purple and orange lights; the back view of a hooded figure standing at a boardwalk at night with a sole streetlamp lighting the path; a 7-Eleven storefront in the dark. At the bottom right is a torn piece of paper with words that read, "don't you want to see an urban legend in person?
A series of six photos set against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. First row, from left to right: A bus arriving at a bus-stand at night. Two hands holding pinkies at dusk. The silhouette of a woman's side profile lit by a dusky sky. Second row, from left to right: A 7-Eleven storefront at night; sausages and other street food being cooked on a grill; a flower shop with the interior lit up at dusk. In the bottom left corner is a torn sheet of paper with the words, "It's you."
A series of six photos set against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. Top row, from left to right: The backview of a hooded figure at a boardwalk, with a sole streetlamp lighting the path; a bus arriving at a bus-stand at night; the silhouette of a woman's side profile lit by a dusky sky. Second row, left to right: A 7-Eleven storefront at night; a woman with blond hair clad in a black dress standing outside a warehouse at night, with the flare of a streetlamp on the top left hand corner of the photo; three shadows stretched across a pavement at night.
A series of six photos set against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. First row, from left to right: A bus arriving at a bus-stand at night. Two hands holding pinkies at dusk. The silhouette of a woman's side profile lit by a dusky sky. Second row, from left to right: A 7-Eleven storefront at night; sausages and other street food being cooked on a grill; a flower shop with the interior lit up at dusk. In the bottom left corner is a torn sheet of paper with the words, "It's you."
A series of six photos against the backdrop of the ocean at dusk. First row, left to right: A photography studio; a bus arriving at a bus stand at night; a hand holding a cigarette in the dark. Second row, left to right: Three drinks being poured at a bar counter with purple and orange lights; the back view of a hooded figure standing at a boardwalk at night with a sole streetlamp lighting the path; a 7-Eleven storefront in the dark. At the bottom right is a torn piece of paper with words that read, "don't you want to see an urban legend in person?"
A display of 19 book titles over a faded background of a book opened on a table. From left to right: Row 1 - World Running Down by Al Hess, If You Could See The Sun by Ann Liang, Book Lovers by Emily Henry, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Row 2 - Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu, Babel by R.F. Kuang, Darker by Four by June CL Tan Row 3 - The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes, Of Jade and Dragons by Amber Chen, Voyage of the Damned by Frances White, The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton Row 4 - The Scarlet Throne by Amy Leow, The Dark We Know by Wen-yi Lee, A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher Row 5 - In The Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, The Adolescent by Fyodor Dostoevsky
A series of photos on a background of the sea at dusk. The first three photos on the top row depicts, from left to right: a hooded man at a boardwalk at night, a bus arriving at a bus-stand at night, the silhouetted profile of a woman at dusk. The second row shows, from left to right: a 7-Eleven shop at night, a woman in blond wearing black on a street lit by bright yellow light at night, three shadows stretching across the tiled ground at night.
Text on background of a road at night that reads: An agent's guide to For The Days We Never Had by Kay Choo. Adult urban fantasy.
A post from sweatermuppet that states "I can't keep living like this!!! [does not change a single aspect of my life]
left to right, top to bottom: man in a hoodie on a boardwalk at night, bus arriving at a bus stand at night, silhouette of a woman's profile at dusk, a 7-Eleven at night, a woman with blond hair at night with yellow light shining on her, shadows of three people stretching across tiles at night