Susan Blumberg-Kason

Kicking off the Year of the Horse

January 20, 2014 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 4 Comments

Chinese New Year will be here in a week and a half, but it's not too early to start celebrating!I'm going to talk to three groups of kids about the Year of the Horse, starting this Saturday with my Girl Scout Daisies troop. The girls will get some fun, girly souvenirs at the … [Read more...]

Book swag

January 15, 2014 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 14 Comments

Although my publication date is still five-and-a-half months away, I've lost no time in thinking about the big day.And in preparation, I've started to collect swag. In book talk, swag are those give-aways like book marks, trinkets, customized cookies, etc. that authors give … [Read more...]

Inside Hong Kong’s Golden Crown

January 9, 2014 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 8 Comments

Three and a half years ago, I posted a photo of a restaurant/night club in Hong Kong that was popular back in the 1960s and 70s when my mom, her parents, and one brother traveled there.The Golden Crown!By the time I got to Hong Kong in 1990, the Golden Crown was no … [Read more...]

On finding a literary agent

January 7, 2014 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 4 Comments

January will always be associated with a special time in my life. A time that I often dreamed of, that I often thought would never happen.Finding a literary agent!It took me four years of writing query letter after query letter and receiving rejection after … [Read more...]

Photo Friday

January 3, 2014 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 7 Comments

Now that 2014 has rolled in, it's been a solid 20 years since I moved to Hong Kong for what I thought would be for good.So things don't always turn out the way we hope, although I have no regrets. But I do enjoy looking back at photos from that time and only wish I'd taken … [Read more...]