UMM. . .You’re Not Really Going to Eat That My husband made pancakes for us a few days ago. We had the mix on hand, I took strawberries out of the freezer, and the whipped cream was left from a couple of weeks ago. The pancakes were delicious. After we were finished eating, and I […]
Hieu’s memoir is officially published! The memoir is available on Amazon. Thank you to everyone who has supported us on this four year project!
So, I just called the extension office in the next county over. They put me in touch with a sheep farmer. As final research for my next book, I need to experience sheep. Hey, what’s it called when a female sheep turns around? A ewe turn. EWWW–that was a ba-a-a-d pun. Buy a sheep, name […]
I got an email from Kindle Direct Publishing. I am going to get a deposit for Royalties from my Kindle book. I couldn’t wait to find out how many books I had sold. Maybe my story was finally taking off. My deposit total: $0.35. That’s right, thirty-five cents. I sold one copy in September. The […]
With the school year approaching, and my writing becoming more prolific, my husband and I need schedules, not only for ourselves, but also for our children. This post presupposes a couple of things: first, you, as the parent, have established appropriate authority over your child, and two, that you have already trained your child to […]
This post is linked to my first post on Hieu Tran’s Website. It involves plot holes and solving the Great Mysteries of Hieu’s Past. Click on the following link, or copy and paste it into your browser. http://comingtoamericaajourneyhome.com/i-love-a-mystery/ As always, please “Like” my Facebook page and subscribe to this blog. Please do the same for […]
I spent about an hour and a half yesterday reading two books: This Must Be My Brother by Leann Thieman and Carol Dey and The Vietnamese Boat People, 1954 and 1975–1992 by Nghia M. Vo . I vaguely remember the first story, so I either read the book when I was younger or watched a show on television […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O7Al0EurGg As part of writing Hieu’s memoir, I have been researching Vietnam’s history, especially the Vietnam war because those events shaped Hieu’s life directly until he was twelve and indirectly after that. Yesterday, a friend and I watched “We Were Soldiers.” My friend commented that the hardest part of watching it was knowing that the […]
Dr. Seuss was rejected 27 times before his first book was accepted by publishers. I was turned down again for a short story I submitted. (Karen, this is not the Library one or the Dog one. I am not sure you have read this one. I will check with you.) And, once again, I thought […]
I have a big announcement to make about a project. I will be posting about it on Monday.