Calling all emerging writers!20230912130013
Calling all emerging writers!
September 12, 2023Journal Writing, Journeys Map, Personal Essays, Short Story Writing, Tutorial, Video Tutorial, Viet diaspora, Vietnamese Boat People Podcast, Writing0 comments
Calling all emerging writers! Here’s a 3-part video series I created just for you. I had the opportunity to co-host with Tracey Nguyen Mang over...
Easing back into island life with aloha and lei making20230827080041
Easing back into island life with aloha and lei making
August 27, 2023bougainvillea, culture, customs, flowers, friendship, hawaii, leaves, Lei, lei making, song of india, ti leaf0 comments
This summer has been a blur of planning, packing, and moving as we relocated to Hawaii from South Korea. After more than a decade abroad, it was time ...
More accolades for Salted Plums: NIEA Winner & Finalist20230620123051
More accolades for Salted Plums: NIEA Winner & Finalist
June 20, 202317th annual indie excellence awards, AAPI, asian american authors, asian american writers, book awards, national indie excellence awards, NIEA, niea awards0 comments
Salted Plums is Winner in the Multicultural Non-Fiction category and a Finalist in the Asian American & Pacific Islander Non-Fiction category.🎉 I ...
Salted Plums: IPPY Bronze Medalist20230512200059
Salted Plums: IPPY Bronze Medalist
May 12, 2023book contest, bronze medal winner, bronze medalist, IPPY, Salted Plums, Viet diaspora, Viet stories0 comments
What a way to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month! I’m still on cloud 9. Salted Plums, a memoir of culture and identity, is IPPY the Bronze Medal winn...
Prayers for Peace: 70 Years of Separation20230425090059
Prayers for Peace: 70 Years of Separation
My husband and I had the opportunity to visit the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) last week. These ribbons are prayers tied to the fence that divides North a...
Friendships and the Expat Life in The Korea Times20230227210629
Friendships and the Expat Life in The Korea Times
Hi readers, it’s so great to have you here. February was a good-busy kind of month for me. I worked on my children’s book projects and met...
Chúc Mừng Năm Mới20230120090028
Chúc Mừng Năm Mới
It’s already mid-January and Tết is just around the corner. Can I confess that our Christmas tree is still up? Lots of signs and wishes for a gr...
It’s a Wrap, 2022!20221230090028
It’s a Wrap, 2022!
December 30, 2022Happy New Year, Salted Plums, Tet, Vietnamese Boat People Podcast, Writing Goals0 comments
Is it just me or did 2022 fly by in a rush of excitement and milestones? My primary goal this year was to publish my memoir. Tied to that was: 1) Buil...
Cinnamon Spaghetti20221129094933
Cinnamon Spaghetti
November 29, 2022American cuisine, Cinnamon Spaghetti, culture, Food, friendship, Thanksgiving, Traditions, Vietnamese Boat People Podcast, Vietnamese cuisine0 comments
I wrote a guest post for the Vietnamese Boat People Blog! Thanksgiving is here, and every year on this holiday, I think back to my childhood when I sa...
Connecting with readers20221017165441
Connecting with readers
October 17, 2022connecting the dots, Memoir, readers, readers reviews, Salted Plums, Viet diaspora0 comments
Salted Plums has been out about two and a half months now. In that time, I have had some truly amazing discussions with my readers. You’ve email...