Aside from the vowels (also known as Finals in Hanyu Pinyin), I like to think that the father of Pinyin saw various modern … More
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Self-publishing: changing with the times
In 2008, when I first self-published A Little Beijing: Your Niche Travel Guide, I made an art installation with the help … More
Self-publishing: raising the fund
After two years of writing, visualising and sharing the hand-sewn version of A Little Daily Dose with friends who were … More
W-o-m-e-n
Try typing w-o-m-e-n with Chinese input methods and you’ll arrive at the word for #We / #Us – #我们 – which literally means the … More
A Little Daily Dose: The Beginning
Somewhere in 2017, I started creating bilingual short stories for Jon. The idea of reading in English and picking up … More
It’s raining in San Francisco
Back in 2012, when Jon and I started sending postcards to each other, California was still in drought. We were … More