It’s been a BIG week and a rollercoaster of emotions.
Vaccine booked! Two days before the first yahrzeit (anniversary) of my mother’s death, I will be fully vaccinated against the disease that killed her.
As for writing news, I have [Read More]
This is an ongoing list that I will continue to update, but a topic that comes up often in my community. This list is part of a larger conversation about what qualifies as Jewish literature and what qualifies as Asian [Read More]
It’s official! I’m an author! I was offered my first book contract for a picture book manuscript. Before I open the champagne, there are two things standing in the way of my celebration.
Firstly, I want to call my mother. I [Read More]
If Twitter was actual publishing, I could confidently say that I’m extremely prolific, but, then again, it were life, I could say that I’m social.
For all the negativity that people associate with Twitter, and social media generally, I feel like [Read More]
Though January is long gone, Storystorm isn’t – at least for me it’s not. I have made additional copies of the pages I used in January and taped them into my notebook. While I’m still inconsistent and undisciplined, tending to [Read More]
Happy Lunar New Year! Kung Hei Fat Choi!
It was a strangely quiet, but beautiful holiday this year. With much of the city shutdown, we missed out on large scale celebrations, but we enjoyed some incredible hikes and great weather with [Read More]
Of all the virtual writing community events, Storystorm perhaps requires the smallest time commitment (and no financial commitment). Participants write down one potential picture book idea each day in the month of [Read More]
It’s a slow start to the new year in terms of progress and I think that I have to look at success differently in what amounts to an extended pandemic lockdown. Some days, just helping my youngest try to keep [Read More]
