There are writers who reply with a strength when asked about their weaknesses. Like a writer with great dialogue saying, “My dialogue sucks.” And meanwhile their story development is not as great.
I have always thought my voice sucked. I employ a different voice in my fiction than I do here, [...]
My dear friend, Randa Jarrar, has a book coming out this Fall. It is called A Map Of Home, and I am excited (but probably not as excited as Randa) about its debut.
Good news is coming down the pipe about the book. The Publishers Weekly starred the book in its listing (woohoo!). [...]
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 [...]
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?
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Bleah. Will this siege of bad sickness and death not end? My dad had a heart attack. I have a lot of feelings about this.
I am officially sick. Is it still the cold/flu season? Some pesky bug got into my system at the last minute–I even wonder where I caught this awful cough.
Anyway–sorry for the doldrums posting. I am feeling awfully pessimistic and feeling awfully whiny. But oh well, we all have our individual roads [...]
I am constantly tired, once again. I am not sure why. But recently I made the decision to limit myself to one social activity a day because the whole several-activities-a-day regimen I have had the last few months is wearing me down to a nub. And I have got to get myself home [...]
I’m very allergic to oak pollen. And the live oaks are in full bloom here. Excuse me while I go hibernate.
Tayari Jones recently launched an ebay auction to raise funds for the Dunbar Village survivors. You can go to the ebay auction and bid for manuscript critiques by various authors like Laila Lalami, Carleen Brice, Martha Southgate, Joy Castro, Sarah Schulman and Tayari Jones herself–there are also autographed books and even a photography session [...]
