Pre-50

Posted June 25th, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

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Anyone who’s curious about publishing phenomenon 50 Shades of Grey’s place in the history of smutty books will love Lucy Mangan’s hilarious article at http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/may/29/erotica-fifty-shades-of-grey
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Price, Speed, Quality

Posted May 31st, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

Being in need of IT help, a good friend told me: “Quality. Price. Speed. Choose two out of three.” Having gone for a low price,
A Dog's Life in Asia

A Dog’s Life

Posted May 6th, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

I think that most of us have ideas for a book, but it takes real passion–plus a whole lot of time and hard work–to bring

Book lover

Posted April 16th, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

Today I read an unpublished article written by a Vietnamese writer named Quang Minh about a retired university professor by the name of Mr. Phan
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Lost & Found

Posted March 26th, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

Since I live in Vietnam, and most of the English-language books that make it into local bookstores are awful, I get a lot of my

Jane o Ha Noi (with accents)

Posted March 5th, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

Hanoi Jane coversMy publisher just informed me that they’ve sold the Vietnamese-language rights for my novel, Hanoi Jane, to a Vietnamese publisher. While this probably
Tall chickens!

Chickens

Posted March 3rd, 2011 by & filed under Blog.

As a favor to a friend I agree to do an interview with some guys from VTV10 who were doing a story about foreigners living