Why?: Chewy Noh and the March of Death

Why?: Chewy Noh and the March of Death The Dedication To J.J. Byun Sadly, the Chewy to my Clint The dedication of this book is to one of my students. He is the one whom I started it with as a writing project. He’d write his book and I mine–something like tandem writing. We were …

Why?: Chewy Noh and the Phantasm of Winter

Why?: Chewy Noh and the Phantasm of Winter The Dedication                                                                            To All My Girls This dedication is a …

To Beat a Grammarian: A Preface

Why I Want to Beat a Grammarian After finishing my first book, I quickly realized there were many things I didn’t know about writing. Clearly, I can string lines together and make them coherent, even sometimes cohesive. Yet time and time again, comments arose about my grammar. And, to be honest, I was shocked. I’ve …

The Fine Line of Prologues

The Fine Line of Prologues To be honest, I never had a problem with prologues. Most of the time, I barely noticed their presence and read them duly as I felt I was supposed to. Now, true, some were less needed than others. One that particularly comes to mind is from the book ‘Timebound.’ In …