Everyday I Write the Book

Here I am, retracing old steps - working on several projects at once instead of concentrating on a single effort.

When I lost the old Computer, I lost a single story in "Dim Sum Yum Cha", yet I couldn't rewrite that story (A Cricket Named Song). About a week ago, I wrote a bit of it, and re-outlined the plot, but am stuck on some of the exposition.

In the meantime, I started an idea for my next "Culture Kids" stories - Peruvian Delights (now titled "Copper Skies and Suri Nights"). I really have lots of ideas for this story collection and am a little unsettled with Ying's "introspection" and lack of total livelihood that Gemma embodied on a constant basis.

So, Carolina Vasquez is a mix between the two - a child who loves to cook with her Auntie Paola and also fish with her uncle Artor and father Rico.

And, on top of that, I'm suffering from romantic breakdowns and that makes me want to delve into "Pair-o-Fishes" a collection of moral narratives written for younger children. It's more about a possible loss of Mai than it is wanting to write Pair-o-Fishes.

So, I'm a little strung out. Tonight, I hope to finish "A Cricket Named Song" and move onward from there.