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....
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...
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 about China,...
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...
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...