Happy but not Satisfied
Yesterday morning, I typed those two lovely words I’ve been dreaming of for months: THE END. My first draft of the young adult novel based on my friend Lydia is complete. It is a rough draft, indeed,...
View ArticleBook Writing Recap
Since I started this blog in the summer of 2008, the focus and the audience has changed somewhat. What started as a way for me to keep my friends and family posted on life and work in China has...
View ArticleTelling Stories
A few days before I left on my drive up here to Washington, I sat down with a few Chin refugees from Burma to interview them about how they ended up in Texas. I spent the day listening to their...
View ArticleSecond Draft
With all of my excitement over my trip to Oregon and the Badger Mountain 15k, I didn’t post an update on my book progress in March, as I should have. The good news is…drum roll…I now have a second...
View ArticleBeta Readers
I didn’t know what a beta reader was until a few months ago, and now I suddenly need them. Beta readers are the people who read a manuscript with an eye for giving constructive criticism to the writer...
View ArticleReading to Write
So, remember how I mailed all my boxes of books from Texas to Washington earlier this month? I was so proud that I mailed the boxes as media mail and spent a lot (A LOT) less than I was expecting. As...
View ArticleTwo Book Launches in March!!
I’ve never used an exclamation mark in the title of a blog post, but this news is pretty darn exciting. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not just one, but two books will be ready for release in March 2013 — my...
View ArticleThe Next Big Thing
Today’s post is part of The Next Big Thing blog hop that’s been going on among writers for a few weeks now (I’m a little late to the game, been kind of busy with Thanksgiving and work and getting...
View ArticleCover Reveal for Yunnan Books
Introducing… the cover artwork for the upcoming books by Rebecca D. Henderson Everything’s more official when the design work is finished, right? The wonderful team at Streetlight Graphics put together...
View ArticleYunnan books now available!
Now available on Amazon From the Tea Village (novel) — paperback or Kindle Simply Yunnan (cookbook) — paperback or Kindle After several years of work, my novel and its companion cookbook are now...
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