Love & Monsters is a story I worked on when I took my first novel writing class at UCLA. Since I lost my sister to suicide, I've been fascinated with exploring mental illness and providing any insight I can to eradicate the stigma. Love & Monsters follows Heather Bateman, a girl who has suffered from schizophrenia all her life but has only recently been diagnosed. She tries to socially recover from a very public mental breakdown with the help of her best friend Wren and a strange new boy who calls himself Nex.

these are just scattered thoughts from a scattered mind.

When the century turns in Zian Cheng, a group of mortal travelers are handpicked by the gods to fulfill their greatest wishes, or be sacrificed to the land. To keep the peace and prosperity, the travelers journey to the temples of the gods in the four corners of Zian and attempt the tasks as a group. Success is possible, though rare. Only a handful have ever completed the tasks. This century, the town of Tai Ma is the chosen place for the four cardinal gods to pick their prophets out of. The unfortunates end up with the short end of the stick. Or perhaps the fortunates. The Silk Weaver's Daughter Who Cannot Weave Silk: Tsai La The Crazy Apothecary's Apprentice: Xin Vi The Rice Farmer's Eldest Daughter: Yan Ki Sha The Hotheaded Street Leader: Yang Kai Ren The Nobleman's Dreamy-Eyed Daughter: Ying Mei Please note: This is not actually set in China. These myths in my story are spun off of other myths from China, and are not actual Chinese myths.