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...
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...
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...
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...
Family Histories and Emotional Truths: Healing Thru Writing20220920100006
Family Histories and Emotional Truths: Healing Thru Writing
September 20, 2022#alisonlihalakha, #asianamerican, #christinavo, #emotionaltruths, #eventbrite, #family, #familyhistory, #healing, #lentran, #newjerseycouncilforthehumanities, #onlineevent, #quillhawkpublishing, #saltedplums, #splitupbythesea, #theveilbetweentwoworlds, #vbp, #vietnamese, #vietnameseamerican, #vietnameseboatpeoplepodcast, Writing0 comments
Join me, Christina Vo and Len Tran online October 4th (7:30pm ET) for “Family Histories and Emotional Truths: Healing Thru Writing” hosted...
It’s publication day!20220802235722
It’s publication day!
It’s 8am and I’m in Colorado. The house is quiet and I’m sitting by the window looking out at aspen trees, their leaves quivering in...
Gorgeous children’s book about Saudi Arabia in the works20210624160600
Gorgeous children’s book about Saudi Arabia in the works
I have been collaborating with my friend Karien on a special children’s book. Karien and I worked together in the school library in our small co...