Happy Valentine’s Day! As history and memories and community converges and culminates and catapults into the next stage of life, allow me to share with you once again words from my heart. Last night, I surely had this opportunity in front of many friends, family, readers, fellow writers, hearts and souls at the book launchRead more about Secondhand Memories Book Release, Dinner Event, Thank You’s & Reflections from the Soul[…]
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Winter Fanfare: TV Interview, Writing Tips, Stat Milestones, Poetry, Travel Memoir
Snow has hit Toronto. Mid-November, winter has begun. And it won’t be pretty, just like last year. Winter ought to be a season of hibernation, and human beings ought to be in accordance to the natural laws and nature, yet the world tries to be too busy these days. But at least we can pickRead more about Winter Fanfare: TV Interview, Writing Tips, Stat Milestones, Poetry, Travel Memoir[…]
Interview (+ Transcript) with Maaja from Creative Teacher Librarian
Had the opportunity to share with Maaja Wentz, a teacher, librarian and author about Espresso Love, cell phone novels, digital technology, multimedia, art and writing, Japanese culture, teaching, student experience, education and its reform. I realize I am probably much more eloquent in writing, and much more redundant and imprecise in conversation, but nevertheless itRead more about Interview (+ Transcript) with Maaja from Creative Teacher Librarian[…]
Espresso Love COMPLETED, Next Steps, Interviews
Espresso Love is officially COMPLETE! Thank you so much for participating on this journey, for your amazing support and wonderful insightful encouragement. You are what made this journey so worthwhile for me. It has been a long journey, I started writing the manuscript in January of 2014 inspired by my experiences and observations in theRead more about Espresso Love COMPLETED, Next Steps, Interviews[…]
News: BOTW, Author Site, Toronto Meet Up, Fight Club
Few things to check out via Wattpad side of activities: I’m honoured to be chosen as a Book of the Week Nomination, thank you @Alecia_Stone and congrats to the writers! Check it out here: http://cbybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/botw-nominations-week-64.html — Some of Wattpad’s popular and talented authors have gathered at @KenMagee ‘s wonderful initiative to discuss the elements ofRead more about News: BOTW, Author Site, Toronto Meet Up, Fight Club[…]
Toronto Meet Up, Subjective Idealism, DIG USA, and more
“There are symbolic dreams– dreams that symbolize some reality. Then there are symbolic realities — realities that symbolize a dream. Symbols are what you might call the honorary town councillors of the worm universe. In the worm universe, there is nothing unusual about a dairy cow seeking a pair of pliers. A cow is boundRead more about Toronto Meet Up, Subjective Idealism, DIG USA, and more[…]
IndieReader, Interview, Illustrations, and More
Some really cool things happening! Firstly, today Espresso Love has been chosen by Wattpad as a feature on IndieReader.com right alongside Kobo and Amazon picks, so that kinda feels really neat. Secondly, Rowena Wiseman of Out of Print Writing blog has done an interview with me on Cell Phone Novels 🙂 Espresso Love’s manuscript documentRead more about IndieReader, Interview, Illustrations, and More[…]
Intro to Cell Phone Novels with Takatsu (Documentary/Interview)
I apologize for abandoning this blog!! LOL. But I think i might start re-using it again, and if you’ve been here before then you know I’ve changed the design. To update you all, a lot has happened but let’s just leave it with my current updated writing projects. Please check it out here! On theRead more about Intro to Cell Phone Novels with Takatsu (Documentary/Interview)[…]
Interview with Figment
I realized I haven’t put this up yet! Recently, I was featured in Figment.com’s blog post about cell phone novels. We talk about what they are, some characteristics and I had the opportunity to recommend a few cell phone novels from textnovel. Textnovel is the first cell phone novel site in North America and weRead more about Interview with Figment[…]
Interview with AJ Best!
Hey everyone! I had the exciting opportunity to be interviewed by my great friend, fellow writer AJ Best, who has for a long time worked with the publishing industry and has recently joined Textnovel. She is an amazing person so please head over to this article and leave comments for both of us as wellRead more about Interview with AJ Best![…]