I’m delighted and honoured to share that Peach Blossom Spring has been selected as the 2023 book for Castro Valley Reads! Castro Valley Reads is an annual literary event where residents in Castro Valley, CA, build community and connections by reading and discussing the same book. There will be a series of events including discussion … Read more
The course I’m teaching with the National Centre for Writing this January is called Start Writing Fiction. I like the title (I didn’t come up with it). But it does what all the best sentences do: it makes each word count. Those are some of the thoughts that come to mind when I hear the … Read more
I’m excited! After a several year hiatus while I worked on my debut novel, Peach Blossom Spring, I’m going to be teaching writing again this coming January! The course is Start Writing Fiction, with the National Centre for Writing, based in Norwich, UK. It’s online, asynchronous (aside from a Zoom meeting at the beginning and … Read more
It’s been just about 3 weeks since Peach Blossom Spring was released in the US and the UK. Woo hoo! It’s been exhilarating and intense! I still can’t get used to the idea of my book being in bookstores and libraries. Each message from old friends or new readers that I receive about the book … Read more
February was always going to be a short month, but this time around it came and went before I managed to do a post here! Nonetheless, it was full of a lot of book excitement in the run up to publication. The month started off with the awesome news that Peach Blossom Spring was one … Read more
Last Thursday, I went down to London to meet my publishers in person! We sold the book in early March 2020 and now it’s nearly 20 months later. It’s been some time. Seems like we should be old friends by now – and in some ways, we are. But after so many rounds of edits … Read more