Lian Cho

New York

Author at Am I Doing This Right? (Newsletter)

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Articles

I Left New York on a Saturday

1 month ago | liantomato.substack.com | Lian Cho

On a final note, I wanted to share this poem that was up on the subway as I was leaving: little prayerby Danez Smithlet ruin end herelet him find honeywhere there was once a slaughterlet him enter the lion’s cage& find a field of lilacslet this be the healing& if not let it beAnyways, that’s all for now. Bye bye New York <3Am I Doing This Right? is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Would You Rather?

2 months ago | liantomato.substack.com | Lian Cho

Hi everyone! We have moved successfully and I am absolutely drained. I am also working on two books right now alongside unpacking/packing + settling in + planning a wedding so I haven’t had time/energy to work on a newsletter!I miss you guys though so I’m reposting a newsletter from 2022 that I absolutely LOVE and feel that many of you didn’t get to see. Plus, I made this post before Substack invented the ~poll~ option so I never got to see everyone’s answer.
Sewing a Silly Plushie

2 months ago | liantomato.substack.com | Lian Cho

Everyone say HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESS!!!You can buy Jess’ books here. If you want a snazzy print with it, you can also order them here. She has a great one coming out soon and if you order it it would be a really really cool way to say happy birthday to her!Anyways, I can hear every one of you screaming behind your screens, “LIAN GO PACK?!” but I simply do not hear anything!!!Okay, jokes aside, we technically started lightly packing a couple weeks ago.
Dear New York

Mar 2, 2025 | liantomato.substack.com | Lian Cho

Ah yes… I finally summoned the willpower to make this newsletter. After nine years in this city, we’re finally moving at the end of the month. Adam & I will be spending a couple months in Baltimore with his family, and then a couple months in Taiwan with my family. We’ll be doing lots of travel, soul searching and exploring. The thing with New York is that it sucks you in, and for nine years I was sucked in.
February Diary

Feb 19, 2025 | liantomato.substack.com | Lian Cho

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Nightly Realizations

Feb 8, 2025 | liantomato.substack.com | Lian Cho

Ever since I’ve emerged from the depths of depression, I feel like I’m a little baby learning to regulate my emotions healthily. I think I did a pretty good job last night at reframing my thinking in a way that I actually believed it. It also stopped me from my usual spiral so I’m very proud. Anyways, I wanted to document it and I miss when I made shorter newsletter posts. I’m still in disbelief that I was DUPED by cous cous.
Hourly Comics Day 2025

Feb 1, 2025 | liantomato.substack.com | Lian Cho

Always fun to do hourly comics day even if the day was a little up and down. It’s always so fun to look back each year and see how much quicker I’ve gotten at drawing these comics. I first took part in it in 2022 and I remember struggling so much to draw it in time! This newsletter has been training me like a marathon and I did this year’s soooo easily.
I'm on the NEWS!

Jan 30, 2025 | liantomato.substack.com | Lian Cho

Things have been HECTIC the past couple weeks! Phew. I am tired!A couple weeks ago I went to my ex-editor’s wedding which was held in Upstate NY. My book besties Monica and Jess flew down from Canada for this wedding and we had a blast.
Let's Paint Some Piggies

Jan 30, 2025 | liantomato.substack.com | Lian Cho

Last weekend I hosted a fun workshop with SCBWI! It was three hours long and I had a blast rambling on and on.
America, Again

Jan 30, 2025 | liantomato.substack.com | Lian Cho

The world is burning, again. My mother’s visa rejected, again. Bodies getting stabbed. Bodies getting pushed. I try to sit. “Fuck off bitch.”LA is on fire. Bodies set on fire. I’m hurt again. My ankle again. My fathers heart again. Struggling to beat, again. It’s nearly January 20th. Again. No more water in California. The incarcerated are fighting the fires. The incarcerated are losing the fight,losing their rights,losing their lives throughRebranded slavery. At 0% containment. Yet 100% preventable.