I was an insomniac child and woke one morning at 4 am when I was 11, snuck out to the living room and gazed at the Hong Kong harbor by night. This led to writing my first published piece, an essay about stillness and beauty, which appeared in the children’s section of the local English […]
My feelings have always been best expressed through the written word. I composed countless poems as a child then short stories in the classroom, while my diary entries spilled adolescent emotions onto the page. I even wrote song lyrics in the ‘80s while dabbling at playing the guitar. Writing was a path to my heart, […]
I started writing Under Cardiac Arrest right around the time my father started wearing a batting helmet everyday. Fear of falling. My mother became obsessed with buying cereal. Frosted Flakes, Raisin Bran, Wheaties, whatever was on sale. We had a garage full of the stuff. Being an only child, caring for my 80-something parents was […]
I enjoy communicating with people. If it’s verbally, face to face, then that’s fine and I enjoy that too; however, I can reach more people with the written word and long after I’m gone the books I’ve managed to get finished will be available, somewhere for anyone who wishes to read them. I don’t have […]
The hyperactive presidential campaign with its debates and exposure dominating the media provides enormous grist for the novelist’s mill. The array of characters throwing their hat into the ring to be the next president offers a cornucopia of humanity: ambitions, obsessions, biographies, anxieties, and yes, cunning, deception, hypocrisy, braggadocio and every other trait associated with […]
As a longtime practitioner of the art of fiction writing and a committed reader of the works of others, I have been thinking a great deal about the impact of the proliferating film/TV industry on the future of reading. Having lived through the golden age of Hollywood films shown in ubiquitous neighborhood theaters in the […]
As a longtime practitioner of the art of fiction writing and a committed reader of the works of others, I have been thinking a great deal about the impact of the proliferating film/TV industry on the future of reading. Having lived through the golden age of Hollywood films shown in ubiquitous neighborhood theaters in the […]
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