I first came across Weina Dai Randel on a Yahoo group of authors who write novels set in Asia. She always seemed upbeat and enthusiastic to share her knowledge of publishing. We bonded later when she signed a two-book deal with Sourcebooks, the same house that published Good … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
Twenty years ago tomorrow, this is what I was doing.Wedding motorcade:Red qipao:Fancy food at my family's table:Food for thought! … [Read more...]
A tale of two guidebooks
When I was researching Shanghai for a manuscript that's now been put on hold, I turned to guidebooks from the periods for which I was writing. As a guidebook author myself, I find them to be somewhat telling of the times in which they take place. In Good Chinese Wife, I didn't … [Read more...]
Interview with author Kelli Estes
I am beyond thrilled to interview author Kelli Estes, whose novel The Girl Who Wrote in Silk (Sourcebooks Landmark, 2015) just came out yesterday. I absolutely adore her book because it has everything I love in a novel: a couple of love stories involving Chinese and non-Chinese … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Little White Duck
This summer I've been plowing through young adult graphic novels with a Chinese theme, but most of them are a bit too violent or over the heads of my little kids, age 6 and 8. So today I went to our public library to see if I could find any middle grade graphic novels set in … [Read more...]
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