I see, I listen, I think. Therefore, I write.
Here’s a teaser for my newest soon-to-be-published book, The Golden Manuscripts: A Novel. It’s currently on preorder. The novel is inspired by a real case on two illuminated manuscripts stolen by an American soldier toward the end of World War … Continued
A while back (maybe seven years), I read a couple of articles on book reviews, written by an erudite man with impeccable credentials. In an online magazine called The Arts Fuse, he continues the lament of the literati on the … Continued
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, as diverse and big a melting pot as any you’d find in American cosmopolitan areas. I’ve lived in and traveled to Asian and European cities. Been exposed to many cultures and all … Continued
The Shade Under the Mango Tree by Evy Journey is a cultural work of art. It follows Luna and Lucien with different backgrounds and family ties, but who come together out of fate. Lucien finds Luna’s moleskin journal in a … Continued
The Shade Under the Mango Tree is on a virtual iReads Book Tour. A relatively global one―that is, it goes to other countries like Canada, the UK, and India. Even Egypt. Book Tours are more fun when they include giveaways. … Continued
Journey (Margaret of the North) offers a globe-spanning voyage that explores heartbreak, budding love, growing up, and developing connections with others. Luna works at a bookstore and spends her life traveling between California and Hawai’i, but craves adventure. Lucien, a … Continued
Do you have trouble throwing stuff? Those that you might have treasured in the past but are no longer of current importance to you. Not too long ago, I rummaged through a couple of old boxes to make room for … Continued
The Shade Under the Mango Tree is one of the most beautiful books I’ve read in a long time. There is so much to say, I hardly know where to begin! This is both a tender love story and a … Continued
(Spoiler Alert) Luna grew up with her grandmother in Hawaii until the age of thirteen. Afterward, she moved to join her parents and brothers in California, where she continued her education and university studies. Her beloved grandmother gave her a … Continued
Here’s the first professional review of my latest book by Self-Publishing Review, cross-posted on the Independent Review of Books. The book will be free for the next two days: November 17 and 18. Get your free copy. And if you … Continued
When I do blog tours, like the one I’m doing with the release of my latest novel,The Shade Under the Mango Tree, at least one blogger would ask me if any of my own experience makes it into the book. … Continued
The protagonists of my latest novel, The Shade Under the Mango Tree, travel to exotic places. An experience I can easily relate to. Like the hero who backpacked at home and abroad, I remember spending summers as a college student … Continued
I’m getting ready for the book launch of my latest novel. Yes, I’ve finished it: my latest book, The Shade Under the Mango Tree. I started it more than two years ago but, in the middle of writing it, my … Continued
Mr. Thornton repeatedly dreams of Margaret as Una Duessa in Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South. He dreamt of her; he dreamt she came dancing towards him with outspread arms and with a lightness and gaiety which made him loathe her … Continued
As seen through the eyes of Margaret Hale, John Thornton, the hero of Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel North and South, is tall, broad-shouldered, about thirty, with a face that is neither exactly plain, nor yet handsome, nothing remarkable. To this perception, … Continued