About

Susan Yim

Storyteller, Editor, Casual Goon

QUICK BIO

Susan Yim is a biracial fiction writer from the Greater St. Louis area. As far as she’s aware, her work habitually revolves around spirituality, femininity (used loosely), and whatever else feels right at the time of drafting. She exists for jokes and the occasional, more-often-than-not, seriousness.

WHAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING?

From her published works (as this is not a complete catalog of her ‘writing to do’), there are two in-progress sets of collections: her ‘pussy’ collection and her ‘most recent thoughts’ collection.

The ‘pussy’ collection is being written to aid in the ongoing conversations around ‘femininity’ and the shift into progressing the scope of what is ‘allowed’ to be contained within or around it as well as to critique the ‘negativity’ associated (loosely) with what many people view as ‘feminine.’

Her ‘most recent thoughts’ collection, told through exercises, stories, and interactive quizzes, is being written to aid her audience to more genuinely, reflectively, and authentically approach the concept of ‘spirituality’ through a non-aesthetic-only lens – i.e., not through the Western mindset. She will borrow from Eastern philosophy through her Korean upbringing to craft this collection. She is not a teacher but a messenger.

Susan Yim is also presently working on her debut novel (circa 2020), which was her MFA thesis (earned). She only wrote that last part because writing her thesis during an unfortunate time was an unfortunate circumstance that she did not willingly choose. It was a product of the timeline.

THINGS OFTEN SAID

“That’s a future me problem.”


“Just vibe with it.”


“What, Lady?” (referring to her cat)


“I’m white in the winter and asian during the summer.” (with fun sarcasm)

Astrology

Aries Sun

Virgo Rising

Gemini Moon

“Do you really want this as your author photo?” (asked to myself)
“Yeh, okay, sure.” (me to myself)