It’s not every day that I get to talk to a former work colleague who just happens to be quite the communicator. Lyle Smith has a podcast called The Story Forge, and he was kind enough to let me be on it. I haven’t talked to Lyle in decades, but you’d never know from how easily we chatted. Actually, I think it’s all because Lyle is just really good at this. Please have a listen!
Thanks to Marshal Zeringue for his insightful questions!
Thanks to D.M. Barr for taking time to interview me for Skin Deep!
A couple of weeks ago I had the great pleasure of being interviewed by John Weber, a veteran reporter and frequent contributor for NPR. He’s heading up a wonderful project called Authors and Answers and I’m proud to be the inaugural interview! Take a look it on YouTube.
Many thanks to Jee Yoon Lee of George Washington University and Georgetown University on her blog Writing Like an Asian for this interview.
One thing I can’t stand is seeing or hearing myself, but that shouldn’t stop you from doing so if you are so inclined. Thanks to Taylor Ervin and the Skokie Public Library for interviewing me and putting this together!
I’m on the home page of the Skokie Public Library! I’ll be doing a reading/interview/Q&A/signing, so if you are in the area, please sign up and come on by.
1. If Tony Soprano is alive, and for better or worse we know his mortality will always be in question (I vote for “better” myself), he might have opened up Friday’s edition of the Ledger and read a story about a South Korean author.
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2. That’s me with my Troy Polamalu impression. The photo was taken in Long Branch, by the piers, for a story with a rather long title:
It’s strange to read about yourself on paper. Mostly, what I feel is a sense of dissociation, that the person the reporter is talking about is not me. Yet there I am, sharing the name and the visage with this character, and possessing a personal history not unlike my own. Yes, this is my story, but in order to create the most compelling drama, stresses have been placed on certain facets of my life while other parts were minimized or not mentioned.
In addition, as a writer, what I feel is powerlessness. I’m used to being the one in control of the written word, but in this case, I’m standing on the other side of the glass, looking in.
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3. It finally happened, as I knew it would at some point — you can now buy a copy of my book in hardcover for a penny from Amazon! Of course shipping cost is about 400 times that amount, but hey, it’s nonetheless a genuine bargain.
The good folks at The Nervous Breakdown are currently featuring me on their home page and in the Fiction section for the following:
Last year, I drove into Brooklyn to record a segment for Bootleg Books. It took a while for the video to be edited and for the bells and whistles to be added, but it was well worth it! Many thanks to Jeff Rivera for interviewing me and putting it all together.