it’s difficult for me to explain theentire process of writing, getting anagent, and submitting to publishers tomy family. i can blame it on a languagebarrier, but the love’s parents (in england)also seem to have a difficult time graspingjust exactly what i’ve written. i keep sayingit’s like harry potter but it’s asian fantasy.i know, complete hubris [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2008
through the hourglass
June 17, 2008 – 8:49 pm
i think it happens some timein your thirties–when your physicalage becomes incongruent with howold you actually feel. because as ateenager, i thought people in theirthirties were old. they were married,had kids and mortgages and full timejobs. i mean, there was a whole showdedicated to this strange caste of adults–thirty something.
now that i’m turning 35 in [...]
me first
June 14, 2008 – 10:11 pm
i came back from my writing meetingthis morning with the most amazing news.a fellow brush student congratulated meon placing FIRST with the above bamboopainting, titled “majestic”, atthe san diego county fair.
i’m so thrilled and proud of myself!i’ve garnered several honorable mentionribbons for my brush work, but had neverplaced before–much less win first!last night was [...]
publicity fotos
June 9, 2008 – 6:50 am
i went ahead and hired a fotographerto take some fotos of me in the back garden
tonight. i sent both to virginia’s assistant
and i hope at least one of them works for
what they need. let me just say this–“modeling” is not easy.
there’s a story behind that green andgold qi pao (chinese dress). but it’s waypast [...]
lan hua
June 6, 2008 – 8:57 pm
last night, i awoke between dreams andhad chapter header illustration ideas.i repeated them several times and hopedthat the thought lingered for the waking day.it did. =) now it’s a matter of renderingwhat i see in my mind onto rice paper.i’m sure many writers will agree with me,words often fail us. we have the most incredible [...]