Month: April 2010
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I didn’t mention this in my last post (“A few fictional Asians”) but Sophie from Twenty-Somewhere is Chinese American. Something I’m working out in my revision proposals is how much to play that up — or down. Can mainstream chick lit handle a Chinese protagonist? Then again, will 20SW even be chick lit when I’m done…
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Yesterday, Crossing by Andrew Xia Fukuda became available for purchase. Andrew is another writer and blog-friend I met through the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards, and in fact his book is being published via AmazonEncore as a result of his participation in that contest. Now, I didn’t subject Andrew to an interview like I did Todd, but the Q&A…
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Hey, remember how I won a contest and submitted Twenty-Somewhere to a major publisher for their consideration? Yeah, it’s okay if you don’t; it’s been a while. 90 days, in fact. And since that’s considered an acceptable waiting period before follow-up (according to publishing industry norms), I went ahead and emailed the editorial assistant today…
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In a completely random turn of events, I’m going to be on NPR tomorrow. (WHAT?!) Yeah, clearly I’m still digesting this news myself. Here’s how it went down: I left a comment on the NPR website about being a halfie (see here) and next thing I know, someone is contacting me about recording the comment to put…
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Two men, both wrong. Separated by fifty years in terms of age, and several hours in terms of my day. They speak with authority, but I know they are wrong. “No, this shuttle doesn’t go directly to the airport. It just picks us up and takes us to the central station.” The Texan. The chiseled…