A Marriage Made in Chinatown

This is fifth in a series of posts about being in hedgehog mode, as I write a book about my ancestors. In this post, I provide a glimpse of what I’ve been working on for the last year, including writing about my mother’s immigration journey in 1947. If you missed a post from this series, here they are: Part 1: I’m in Hedgehog Mode Part…

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Felt Like I Fell Way Down

  This is fourth in a series of posts about being in hedgehog mode(opens in new tab), as I write a book about my ancestors. In this post, I provide a glimpse of what I’ve been working on for the last year, including writing about my mother’s immigration journey in 1947, from Hong Kong to San…

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Gifts from Being in Hedgehog Mode

This is third in a series of posts about being in hedgehog mode, as I write a book about my ancestors.  In my second post, I wrote about the biggest delight so far. In this post, I continue with unexpected gifts of the journey that I’m on. Rekindled family ties, both familiar and distant. Researching the lives of six individuals…

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I Didn’t Expect This

In my  last post, I wrote about being in hedgehog mode. Fully immersed in writing a book about my ancestors, some of whom I never met and some I knew for decades, the process keeps surprising me. There are the usual suspects for the unexpected. It’s taking longer than I expected (yes, I quickly adjusted…

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I’m in Hedgehog Mode

I’ve been writing a book about my ancestors. This week, I updated my writing coach: I’m not sure if I’m on track to finish a first draft by the end of the year. It almost doesn’t matter, as the parts of the story that call to me–to reflect, to gather additional detail, to step back…

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