I spent the month of June in Ireland, at the end of which I attended the 2016 Dublin Writers Conference, put on by Laurence O’Brien and the crew at booksgosocial.com. It was a lovely three days’ worth of inspiring and informative sessions put on by successful writers, instructors and publishers. I’ll be sharing some of the writing tips I learned there (and at this month’s RWA Convention in San Diego) in the next few blog posts. The first batch is from Conor Kostick, an author and ... VIEW POST
Musings on the Depth of Beauty V-W-X-Y-Z
Today I'm wrapping up my "alphabet soup" of interesting tidbits related to my novel The Depth of Beauty: V is for violence …and vitality Imagine up to thirty thousand people, living in a ramshackle neighborhood no larger than fifteen city blocks. Population estimates vary, but generally, that was the case in San Francisco’s Chinatown around 1900. Why was it so crowded? Because of anti-Chinese laws and attitudes, many immigrants faced hatred and violence if they tried to live in other parts ... VIEW POST
Musings on the Depth of Beauty S-T-U
S is for Sieh King King It’s hard to imagine a braver young woman at the turn of the twentieth century than Sieh King King, who at seventeen, traveled from her hometown of Shanghai to further her education in the West. At eighteen, in 1902, she spoke at a theater in San Francisco. She had found her true calling as an activist for Chinese women’s rights. China at that time was sick and tired of losing to Western imperialists, and Sieh King King made ... VIEW POST
Musings on the Depth of Beauty P-Q-R
P is for Paper Son No matter the time in history or place of origin, immigrants in search of a better life will go to almost any lengths to secure it—even if it means circumventing the law. To protect American jobs during a slumping economy, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which meant that only certain groups of Chinese immigrants and their family members could be allowed in or granted U.S. citizenship. Chinese merchants were acceptable because they didn’t replace American ... VIEW POST
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