cindy pon
a little sweet, a little sour

Category Archives: spirit bound

i still love you.

yes, i do.
i spent eight hours revisingthe novel yesterday. nearly 4 hoursat starbucks (i had a quick lunchthere) and a few hours while the bubsnapped in the afternoon as well asinto the night.
and after at least six revisions,i’ve found that i still love my characters,my story and my world. i’m so glad.if there’s one [...]

immersed

i haven’t updated because i likepulling up the blog and seeing myfoto with mr.gaiman. =Dalso because it’s been avery busy week.
at the beginning of the week,virginia sent me a link to some possible models who will poseas my heroine for the cover shoot.we agreed on the three we feltwere the best possibilities. that wasvery fun [...]

great expectations

i may not read dickens, but i cansteal his titles. because that’s a great title!i happened to tell the director of the bubs’preschool this week about my books tobe published. the next day, she told me shewas so proud of me and was bragging to peopleshe knew about my books coming out.
which sort of surprised [...]

taiwanese goodness

quite a few of you poor souls did notknow what boba was (aka tapiocaor tapioca pearls). it’s a chewy taiwaneseinvention which you can put into yourdrinks–perfect on a hot humid dayin taipei. they are dark brown in colorand flavorless, but usually cooked ina sweet syrup. you can also put themon top of the crushed ice [...]

wai po

today proved to be a productive day.i headed over to the neighborhood starbuckswith the laptop and my chinese junks bookto read and percolate for over three hours.the $50 was money well spent.it gave me some good scene ideas fornovel 2 as well as visuallyestablish in my mind’s eye the settingand feel i need to [...]