On Storytelling, On Writing
This was my second year speaking at panels for San Francisco Writer’s Conference. I love the venue and the high energy level of the attendees is infectious. In 2022, I spoke on the following at SFWC: So You Want to Write Science Fiction (San Francisco Writers...
On Storytelling, On Writing
Reading: In 2022, I read a lot. That’s not a surprise. I have been doing that year after year without prompting or goals. My kindle app says I have been reading on it for 165 weeks in a row, which is over 3 years. This year, it says I read 65 books. That number does...
Chinese Fairy Tales, On Storytelling
When I was a kid, there were only two children’s books that I owned which had stories featuring Chinese kids. One was The Five Chinese Brothers, and the other was The Cricket Warrior. I still own copies, decades later. When I look at the Five Chinese Brothers today...
Asian Urban Fantasy, On Storytelling, On Writing
So today I learned from interview with author Piper Drake about the Korean manwha Full House. Apparently Full House was so popular in the 90’s that it spawned manga/anime and a series of remakes. Goodreads can be a scary place for authors but in this case it was...
Asian Urban Fantasy, On Storytelling
My co-author and I often research monsters of Asian origin. We like to call it “Monday Monster” in our FB Group for Fans of Asian Urban Fantasy. I also like to eat so I stalk chefs on Instagram for our Friday Food segment. Often it’s something fun...
Helpful Podcasts, On Storytelling, On Writing
I’ve never been a con person. A friend of mine is an artist (Rob Chang’s gorgeous artwork here) and when we were kids, we went to a Comic Con to hang out with other comic book artists. That was over 20 years ago! This year Worldcon is coming to San Jose...
On Storytelling, On Writing
Epilogue Mack looked around him as Reno burned and smoldered in the aftermath of the battle. Plasma burns scarred every building. Dead Ringheads lay scattered up and down the street. Low, guttering plasma fires burned a dim purple on most of the bodies. A good portion...
On Storytelling, On Writing
Early afternoon light streamed in from the plate glass windows of the small, bustling diner, illuminating the cramped interior with its century old décor. The mingled smells of cinnamon, coffee, and French fries permeated the room, as the scents from the lunch crowd...
On Storytelling, On Writing
Surprising absolutely no one, many YA readers are over age 35! This obviously explains the runaway success of series like The Hunger Games and Divergent. (Yes, the parents read those books too. Shhh.) And now we have the proven category of “New Adult” as...
On Storytelling, On Writing
I wrote over 3k words on Day 1, and it was easier than I thought with the help of dictation. It took probably about just over two hours to do that. I resisted the urge to edit, but of course cleaned up all the dictation randomness. For the month of October, I had a...
