'Heroine Complex' and the Importance of Writing Asian Girls Having Fun

Guest Post by Sarah Kuhn



So I wrote this book called Heroine Complex and I finally have a good answer for the inevitable question every writer dreads: "What's it about?"

I've gone through the Way Too Long Explanation That Goes Off On Many Tangents phase. The Read It And Find Out (Followed by Big Cheesy Smile) phase. The What Is Anything About Really, You Know What I'm Saying? Now Let's Change the Subject To Something That Is Not Me phase.

Here's my actual answer: It's about Asian Girls Having Fun.

At first I said this in a jokey, quippy, tossed off kind of way.

Now I say it as if it's the most important thing in the world. Because you know what? It kind of is.

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