A couple weeks ago I received an email out of the blue with a link to an envelope from May 1941. The person who sent the e-mail had seen my earlier blog posts and believed the envelope was addressed to my relative, Julius Kohlhagen.I've written about Julius, my … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
This week started with a treacherous drive through a thunder snowstorm (only in Chicago?) to visit my grandma for her 98th birthday.Here she is in Macau almost 50 years ago.Happy Birthday, Grandma! … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Paris Letters
I must admit I bought this book because it's from my publisher, Sourcebooks. I've read most of their memoirs and have loved them all, including another titled Paris, My Sweet.Although I've never been to Paris, I feel like I know it better than any other city I've never … [Read more...]
A different take on Valentine’s Day
Today is not just Valentine's Day; it's also the end of the Chinese New Year, or the Lantern Festival. It's a sweet day, a day of candy and/or sesame, peanut, or red bean glutinous rice balls.Nine years ago, I had a feeling that my then-boyfriend was going to propose. And he … [Read more...]
On branding and platform
Writers often think about two ideas integral to book selling: platform and branding.In short, a platform is a solid readership base and branding is an identifiable set of characteristics that screams "author of xyz book(s)".There is always room for improvement with both. … [Read more...]
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