Month: April 2012

  • The next

    As a girl when I told people I wanted to be a writer, they would often say something like, Oh, you’ll be the next Austen or Shakespeare! In college when I started working on my first novel (about two Chinese American sisters and their mother) people said, Oh, you’ll be the next Amy Tan! Now when I…

  • I’m becoming that dog lady

    Hey, remember that time I thought a wolf was attacking me and Riley, but it turned out just to be a stray Husky, and then I helped her reunite with her owner? Yeah, that’s sort of happening again. Only this time it’s an American bulldog mix (vet’s guess) and I still have no idea who…

  • The pesky problem of reader assumptions

    My 7th grade science teacher liked to say, “Never ASSUME. It only makes an ASS out of U and ME.” I’ve always found that maxim easy to agree with, but difficult to live by. Despite good intentions, I often make assumptions — out of convenience, and perhaps a bit of arrogance too. It’s a habit…

  • What it takes

    Courtesy of my friend Adam, who saw this at his gym and said it reminded him of my blog.

  • The controversial story behind my boyfriend’s book

    A couple weeks ago when I posted the new cover image for my Facebook page, several of you asked about Andy’s book, saying you had no idea he was a writer. Well, that’s because he isn’t one, according to him. “Yeah, I wrote a book, but I’m not a writer.” Paradox? Allow me to explain.…