HANNAH YANG

Category: My Journey

  • How I Discovered My Favorite New Novel-Writing Process

    Over the past few months, I wrote a novel in a way I’ve never tried writing a novel before. And it poured out surprisingly easily—much more so than any of the other novel projects I’ve worked on. I don’t think I’ve ever had this much fun developing a first draft. But on the flipside, it…

  • How to Write a Cover Letter for Submitting Short Fiction to Magazines

    A few days ago, I got my first short story acceptance from Clarkesworld Magazine! I’ve been submitting my work to Clarkesworld for almost five years now, and I’ve only received form rejections up until now. At this point, I could probably recite the Clarkesworld form rejection by heart (which would be a very boring party…

  • One Reason Why I Became a Writer

    Back in high school, when I was agonizing over my future career path, my dad told me to make a list of the things in life that make me happy. Then, split the list into two categories. The first category includes any type of happiness that you can feel instantaneously. Sipping hot chocolate on a…

  • How I Met My Literary Agent

    Back in October, I signed with my incredible literary agent—Rebecca Eskildsen at Writers House. Weirdly enough, my querying process started with me giving up. It was spring of 2022, and I’d completed a YA fantasy novel that just…wasn’t working. I knew it wasn’t working. I really loved the concept and the characters (especially my stabby,…