The Next Big Thing

Thanks to Gabrielle Prendergast and Ilima Todd for tagging me in The Next Big Thing! Melodie Wright told me she *will be* tagging me, so ...

Wordless Wednesday: Garden

Does This Post Demotivate You?

  Sometimes I think writers must indeed be crazy. I mean, not only do we have to be weird creative types, but we have to be the type of pers...

On Waiting

It's nice to have company while we wait, yes? Any writer will tell you, the hardest part of the getting-published process is the waiting...

Dancing Horses

Maybe I'm so fascinated by this because I'm a Hong Kong girl and in Hong Kong there aren't many horses. Maybe all of you reading...

Promoted

Don't freak out. I'm still a mom writing away during those kid-nap-time hours. That hasn't changed. And I really didn't get...

I Recommend: Belinda and the Glass Slipper

We made a fun library-book-discovery this week. BELINDA AND THE GLASS SLIPPER is a delightful twist on the Cinderella story. I've read ...

Big Reveal: Fact or Fiction?

So. You came here for a reveal, huh? You came here to find out if I was LYING. Yeah, I know you. I expected you to show up here today. So do...

Fact or Fiction #2

The summer before my senior year, I went on a hiking binge. My friend Chris was also an avid hiker and for one excursion we thought it woul...

Fact or Fiction #1

Sometimes in a summer, we packed large backpacks full of as many belongings as we could carry and made our way an hour by ferry to Lantau I...