I read this book over a long, long time, curled up in my bed with my feet tucked in my blanket. Each word of this book is placed with such intention and brings me a sense of quiet peace. My copy of this book is peppered with bookmarks, each page of this story feeling unique, yet part of the whole book. Welcome To The Hyunam-Dong Bookshop is going to hold a special place in my heart for a long time. I connected deeply with this book, with its quiet musings and thoughtful chara

[There are some mild spoilers of the actual book :)] Before I named my book From Lost to Found, it was called The Mystery Of The Missing Mentor. It was a book that was supposed to be about a simple kidnapping: person gets kidnapped, kids hunt for clues, person is found, happy ending. Right? Nope. Five years of sporadic development changed this book into something I had never pictured. It was still a story about a kidnapping; the kids still hunted for clues and found the pers

Writing, in my opinion, recently reminded me of a particular quote I once heard, in respect to love. "You have to find someone who is your best friend first, so that even once the passion is gone, you still have that.” And I was thinking, I’m the kind of author who gets a lot of ideas and wants to follow them, because they’re new, and exciting. But I also have to decide, when do I keep a current focus so I don’t drift away into several directions, and how do I stick to it? Th

When I was ten, I made my mother a promise I had no idea how to keep. I read fast — fast enough that a book would last me a day, maybe two, and then I'd be standing in front of her again, empty-handed and hungry for the next one. She finally said the only reasonable thing a parent can say to a child like that: I can't buy you a book a week. You'll have to re-read the ones you have. Re-reading all the time felt boring. So I came up with what seemed, at ten, like an airtight so

If you were born before 1985, you probably had a vinyl collection. In an age of digital media like online music, it is now incredibly rare to own a vinyl collection, much less a vinyl player. Remember the days when you saved up your allowance for weeks just to be able to buy a new record by your favourite artist? Remember when you had to listen to the whole album to get to your favourite song? Remember when you had shelves stacked with vinyls? Remember when you had to clean t

Why write about grief the way I did in my debut novella? Why make it so convoluted? Why make it so deep? Why add romance? I never really had a plan for how I wanted this book to go when I started it, and I was pretty much winging it. By the end of 2023, I had what I thought was the complete draft, [my first full draft] and I felt it was enough and ready. I showed it to my mom, and even though she has no clue what a Mary Sue is – and neither did I, at the time [princess perfec

How did I start my writing journey? What prompted me to write a book? Okay... This is an interesting story. Maybe. You see, it was 2020—August, I think. To set the scene, I was in my living room, on our now given-away swing—I think I was in my Famous Five phase at this time...hence why my first book started off as a mystery—and I wanted a new book, but I go through them like water [I like finishing them within 3-4 days! I’m an impatient person!] so of course, there’s limits t

Yesterday, I was struggling with my character's DFM - Desire, Fear, and Misbelief. For days, I just couldn't feel connected to it, it didn’t feel strong enough...