To paraphrase Nick Hornby, My desert-island, top-five most memorable books in chronological order: 1. Escape to Witch Mountain Tony and…
Tag: inspiration
After I read Celeste Ng’s debut, Everything I Never Told You, I started thinking about writing fiction for real. It…
It is not very often that a work of fiction makes me cry, but that’s what happened when I read…
You always hear people talking about muses whispering in their ear, as if in a trance, or their “characters” speaking…
I can point to many sources of inspiration for my novel, The Talking Drum, but one of the major sources…
Is it possible to be a debutante more than once? In my case, the answer is yes. When I was…
I’m beyond thrilled to introduce you all to your new Friday blogger, Amy Klein! Amy is the author of The…
Aloha! I can’t believe it’s been a year since I first joined the Debutante Ball. Mahalo to the previous class…
I have two manuscripts in the drawer. Although they’re not actually in a drawer, and I have no…
Aloha I no longer have my computer or the bulk of my writing before May…