Woo! In London on a layover. I can blog! I can read blogs! I can comment on blogs! I can read all of wikipedia! I have access to google cache! I think I’ve lost 5 pounds! I feel like my mind’s expanded two times over from this trip to China!
I think the 5 pounds are [...]
but then I realized: ack, wordpress.com is banned in China.
Seriously! After trying multiple times, to no avail, to get onto wordpress and then after trying to read other blogs, it dawned on me: the blogging sites are banned in China. Bleah.
It was like a total mystery for a little [...]
Off to China tomorrow–and I haven’t even packed! Instead, I’m pondering all the weight I’ve gained, as I try on all my pants. I am now wearing my fat pants. Time to do some work. Since when have I stopped taking care of myself?
I’ve been collecting my rejection slips. I’m not sure why I do this, really, but at this point, there’s a stack of rejection slips pinned to a bulletin board next to the kitchen.
Some days, they really satisfy me–it makes me feel like I’m putting myself out there, taking risks! That’s the way it [...]
man. bored. even though i have a ton of things to do: write my essay, write my novel, ready myself for vacation…
it’s hot. there’s something about heat that encourages the onset of boredom.
It’s Friday again!
I swear, I will get more writing done–I didn’t touch my fiction, but I did take a look at my essay and worked on it a bit. This week wasn’t much better than last week wrt personal crises…my dad took a turn for the worse with a bacterial infection and a few [...]
Today is my one day a week off to write and do literary things (reading counts). What am I doing today? I have a stroke essay to write and I’ve got to make progress on the slushpile. Today, I am going to divide it into “yes most definitely publish,” “maybe,” and “not [...]
I found this great Salon.com feature article on the “noir underside of publishing” (as the writer puts it) over at Bustopher Jones. I thought I’d mentioned it here too.
Written by a midlist author on the perils, ups, downs, and challenges of being a published writer, it is a great read, especially if you’re a [...]
Korean people LOVE to ask what you do for a living (next to “how old are you,” “are you married” and “do you have children” and “how much do you weigh” and various remarks on appearance RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE). It’s a sign of interest and caring, coupled with judgment. So [...]
I know that there are a lot of things about my life that are “stereotypically” Asian–as much as there are things about my life that are totally not “typical.” But why oh why do moth balls have to be in my life?
My mom LOVES mothballs. She’s horrified of the wrath of moths: the [...]
My vegetable garden has been a great metaphor for writing. It has reminded me to “kill my darlings,” and then to take action, to move the plot along.
The last month has brought quiet and peaceful times to the garden. The tomato plants are thriving, I’ve harvested baby potatoes and peas, and the leaves [...]
Went to Vegas….then flew home.
Spent 36 hours at home. Then left home to fly back to Vegas.
I think it’s the first time in years I haven’t checked baggage. I have never bothered with navigating the whole TSA ban on liquids, and then the TSA limits on liquids (less than 3 ounce of liquid [...]
