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Fiction Thrives When Truth Abides (guest post on Cellardoorians)
I just published a new post “Fiction Thrives When Truth Abides” on Cellardoorians. It talks about how I used my real-life experiences to help shape my fictional work. I’ll give you a teaser here and then you can read the rest on their site. Enjoy! I’ve been asked this question a lot lately in reference…
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My Office
This is a view of the Strait of Malacca which often inspires my writing. Isn’t this the best office in the world? I get to watch the cruise liners from Singapore and the massive container ships from all over the world. What a life in the tropics!
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Win a copy of the paperback version of “Beauty Rising”!
I’m excited to announce that BEAUTY RISING – my new novel – is now available in paperback. To celebrate, I’m giving away 5 FREE copies via Goodreads. Click on the link below and enter to win! Good luck! http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/42158-beauty-rising
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Quietfurybooks Interview with Giveaway!
If you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, here’s the link of the author’s interview I did with Quietfurybooks.com. You can also sign up to win a free KINDLE copy of Beauty Rising. Thanks everyone! http://quietfurybooks.com/bestsellerboundrecommends/beauty-rising/
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I wasn’t beeping at you. Really.
Perception. Have you ever pondered how often you have been the victim of false perception? Have you ever wondered how many times you thought ill of someone without just cause? Perception is such a tricky device. We wouldn’t know anything without it, but sometimes I think we barely know anything with it because it can…
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Cooking Pizza: My Internal Clock Somehow Related to Writing
I’m a pizza baker. I love baking pizza, and my family loves that I love baking pizza. I started learning to cook pizza back around 1995 when I was living in Vietnam. I was just starting to get interested in cooking and I, luckily, stumbled upon one shop in the port city of Haiphong which…
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Author Interview
Author Interview Check out the author’s interview I did with quietfurybooks.com. You can even win a free copy of my novel, BEAUTY RISING!
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The Car Wing Analogy
On my LONG ride home today in our car which overheated so often that we needed to go without the air conditioner for the last few hours, I was putting my hand out the window riding the waves of the wind like I used to do as a kid. As the wind whipped into the…
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Why bother being someone you’re not?
Why bother being someone you’re not? I spent a longtime not writing for a variety of reasons. First, I kept thinking if wasn’t as good as Hemmingway, so why bother? Another prevalent thought of mine was this: “If I can think of it and write about it, then why can’t everyone else?” What did I…
