Much has been said about Hong Kong's "development". Favorite landmarks like Queen's Pier, the Repulse Bay Hotel, and many others are gone forever. In his new book, The Hong Kong I Knew: Scenes and Stories from a Childhood in Kowloon (Blacksmith Books, 2021), Mark Isaac-Williams … [Read more...]
HONG KONG NOIR now an audiobook!
It's been so long since I've blogged and honestly I didn't feel like I had much to say. With the pandemic keeping us at home and book projects in limbo, I had hoped to start sharing more good news in the new year.But now I don't have to wait!The audiobook version of Hong … [Read more...]
Christmas in Hong Kong long ago
This is the first year in many that I haven’t traveled to Hong Kong. After moving back to the US in 1998 (not my choice), I spent 14 years away, always wondering if I would ever come back. Money and time were always tight, plus I was a single mother for six years during that … [Read more...]
Garden Hill
It seems like ages ago when my kids and I spent a week in Hong Kong. We stayed next to Garden Hill, an area I knew because of the eponymous Garden Bakery. The bakery building is gorgeous.One evening after a long day out, we returned to our hostel and the kids wanted to … [Read more...]
Best Intentions
So today I was supposed to be landing in Laos for a week-long writing retreat to workshop my new manuscript. But along with everyone else, 2020 has not been what we expected. So I'm still in Chicago, working on notes for the now-online writing workshop from Authors At Large that … [Read more...]
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