I was driving my youngest to school this afternoon when it suddenly dawned on me that today was February 26th. It's not a date I think about every year (like my birthday or wedding anniversary). In fact, years have passed when I haven't thought about it at all.But something … [Read more...]
Searching for Max Sostberg
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...]
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...]
Chinese New Year with a Macanese Twist
For Chinese New Year, I had grand plans to take my husband Tom and number one son to a newish Macanese restaurant in Chicago--Fat Rice. With the babysitter lined up and the afternoon cleared of any diversions that would keep the little kids up past their bedtime, we were all … [Read more...]
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