Who?
I’m L.J., a translator (Korean and English), researcher, and academic/educational writer by trade. Happily partnered with a fellow nerd, ADHD mom of an adorable and spirited autistic child. I have varied interests including history, specifically the ancient history of Northeast Asia, writing historical fiction esp. about women and queer people in that area, translation, technology (specifically Linux and Emacs), the Korean musical form pansori, political economy, roleplaying games, and more.
Contact/social
If you want to talk to me about something on this blog or send other inquiries, you can send an email to lj at the url of this site.
I’m also ljwrites on the fediverse at writeout.ink, a Mastodon instance I run.
Publications
short fiction
A Very Long Malaise (2024) on the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast, a short story about bad blood between exes, espionage, intrigue, and community at the royal palace in 18th century Korea.
Between One Word and the Next (2026) will be aired as part of the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast’s fiction series. It is based on the love story between 15th-century enslaved women preyed on by a Crown Princess Consort.
poetry
A Maiden’s War (2025), a verse retelling of Mulan as a transgender woman for The Corvid Queen. It takes its form and meter from my 2020 translation of the original Ballad of Mulan.
The Building Across the Way (2025), a multi-directional shaped poem about strangers’ windows and lives, was published in the inaugural issue of The Carrier Bag!
book review
Review: The Lantern and the Night Moths (2024) on Yilin Wang’s collection of modern Chinese poetry translations and original essays for Exchanges: Journal of Literary Translation
Archives/inactive
Here are some of my older web presences, on hiatus/archival for the most part:
blogs
Dreamwidth - Personal essays and observations, fannish stuff especially Avatar: The Last Airbender and a few Star Wars essays ported over from Tumblr.
Tumblr - Mostly a fannish blog. I was big into the Star Wars sequel trilogy at this point.
fanfic
Fanfiction.net - Where most of my fanfic lives. Avatar: The Last Airbender, Inuyasha, even a Disney’s Brother Bear fanfic. I also had a Final Fantasy VIII phase.
Archive of Our Own - I guess this is the cool thing now? There are Star Wars fics on this account that aren’t on ffn, plus some fandom exchange stuff. A couple of historical short stories, too.
videos
YouTube - I have a tiny channel where I upload the occasional fanvid or lyrics translation video.