by Alison | Aug 23, 2024 | Blog, Just Life
50 km Biking Adventure When I heard that my electricity was going to be off on Thursday morning, I knew that I wanted to be out of my apartment. My friend, Jaye, invited me over to their place to hang out this week, and I eagerly suggested Thursday. Jaye had heard...
by Alison | Aug 17, 2024 | Blog, Just Life
As a non-Chinese person living in China, I get a lot of stares. Over the years I’ve lived here, I’ve noticed a shift and people don’t stare as much as they used to, and that could be because I now live in a large city; expats and foreign students are pretty common....
by Alison | Aug 13, 2024 | Blog
I want to make my stories more available for anyone to read. For that reason, I’m going to start releasing one story a week on my website. I’ll release the story in English, but I’ll also release it in Chinese! These Chinese translations have never been released...
by Alison | Jul 15, 2024 | Blog, Life Behind the Stories
Behind the Scenes of “Watching Change” One of the stories that I wrote is about an old woman who tries to pay for her groceries at the wet market in cash. In this story, I wanted to capture a small piece of China as it’s changing so fast. I love reading...
by Alison | May 8, 2024 | About the Writing Process, Blog
If there’s one thing I have learned from the process of self-publishing a book, it’s that marketing is essential. Unfortunately, I’m terrible at marketing! Therefore, my book has not been doing well. I have a job, so I’m not desperate for money (although I am hoping...
by Alison | Apr 24, 2024 | About the Writing Process, Blog
Sometimes when I’m talking with my friends, colleagues, or students, the subject of my book comes up. A few of these people don’t speak much English, and they say that they would like to read the book when it gets translated to Chinese. I figured if that was going to...
by Alison | Feb 21, 2023 | Interviews
I have known Jaye since I moved to Guangzhou around 5 1/2 years ago. I helped her with her wedding not long after that, but we didn’t really become close friends until Covid drastically changed our lives in 2020. Since so many of our close friends left the city,...
by Alison | Feb 20, 2023 | Word Doodle Words
If you would like to try out writing your own word doodles, I have some new words for you! If you need someone to read your writing, feel free to contact me!New words:Arrogant and Maroon One of the first things I do with the words is to think about all of the possible...
by Alison | Jan 27, 2023 | Interviews
To put it simply, my book would have been impossible without Megan. I am more than blessed to have a friend like her who has been my editor, but she has also helped me throughout every step of the writing, editing, and publishing processes. I’ve known Megan...
by Alison | Dec 28, 2022 | Interviews
In my interview for today, I talked with Ruby. We had a video call because she decided she would rather share her answers with me that way rather than writing them down. I wrote down her answers and made some small edits to make them more readable. Ruby is also one of...
