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 J-K-L
J IS FOR JACK LONDON I inserted the novelist Jack London as a “walk on” character in The Depth of Beauty because he was a San Francisco native and is well known to readers today. His iconic novel, The Call of the Wild (written in 1903) had already made him famous by 1906. The novel is based on London’s experiences in the Klondike Gold Rush, which figures prominently in my first novel, The Art of Love. On the day of the earthquake, London and his second wife, Charmian, were living at their ... VIEW POST
Musings on The Depth of Beauty A-B-C
My new historical novel, The Depth of Beauty is now out in the world (on sale for just 99 cents here!) and already it's gotten great feedback. I love the story because, apart from the romance, it contains a lot of fascinating material about the time period around the turn of the twentieth century. I've been sharing tidbits on my FB page and I thought I'd collect them in bunches and share them on my blog: A IS FOR ANTIBIOTICS AND ANTISERUM The Depth of Beauty tells the story of a wealthy ... VIEW POST
