Today I had my first meeting with my editor at Sourcebooks! Stephanie, my agent Carrie, and I spoke for almost an hour. It felt like we were all old friends soon after the meeting started.I'm excited to work on a few more revisions over the next several months. The manuscript … [Read more...]
An evening with Jennifer Cody Epstein
Four or five years ago I had just joined a new synagogue and had taken my oldest son Jake to a program one evening. Our rabbi was also new, and in a conversation that evening about books he mentioned that his sister-in-law is a writer. I figured I probably wouldn't know of her … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Hong Kong Noir
When I learned about Feng Chi-shun's new book, Hong Kong Noir (Blacksmith Books, 2012), I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. This week it arrived from Hong Kong. And just as I expected, it was a page-turner.Feng Chi-shun wrote the memoir, Diamond Hill (Blacksmith Books, … [Read more...]
Hong Kong Charms
Since I announced my book deal last week, friends have encouraged me to celebrate to the fullest. I must say that I have enjoyed an action-packed week.First my sister-in-law sent me a beautiful arrangement of flowers. A couple days later I flew to Washington, DC, which was … [Read more...]
The makings of a book deal
Yesterday between picking up my kids at school and darting off to my book group, I announced on Facebook that I have book deal!When I finally made it back home, I was overwhelmed (in a good way!) by all the well wishes and congratulations. After working on my memoir for five … [Read more...]
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